July 2010 AOS

[LiLMermaid 2]

Hello July 2010 AOS-Filers!!! I joined this group i filed mine too in July. But i am wondering why some members here got there NOA's-1 via text so fast even in hardcopy.....Should i worry or not? I am paranoid everytime i heard my phone beep coz i thought its from USCISW, but nah (I am really a worrier person).....

Pls check my timeline if i need to chill for now. Any advise pls'?

AOS TIMELINE:

Sent AOS Package -------------- 07/15/10

AOS delivered & received ------------ 07/19/10 (signed by L.BOX)

still waiting..................

Did you attach the form requesting txt msgs and emails? If so you should be getting it very soon. Hate to say this but have you double checked your forms to make sure there were no errors? I didn't hear anything after they received mine on the 9th until I got it back in my mailbox 10 days later. If you didn't sign up for the emails/txt then I would be checking your mailbox about 10 days after they received your petition for your NOA1. It could take longer then that though...10 days is only the average. I wouldn't worry yet and really there is nothing you can do but wait. Calling them would only result in them telling you to wait 30 days. Good luck and hope you hear something soon...I'm sure you will.

Edited July 27, 2010 by LiLMermaid

[shakira08 0]

Did you attach the form requesting txt msgs and emails? If so you should be getting it very soon. Hate to say this but have you double checked your forms to make sure there were no errors? I didn't hear anything after they received mine on the 9th until I got it back in my mailbox 10 days later. If you didn't sign up for the emails/txt then I would be checking your mailbox about 10 days after they received your petition for your NOA1. It could take longer then that though...10 days is only the average. I wouldn't worry yet and really there is nothing you can do but wait. Calling them would only result in them telling you to wait 30 days. Good luck and hope you hear something soon...I'm sure you will.

Hey thnxs for a quick reply LiLMermaid'. I appreciated it very much. Yes i double check everything before we mail it, and seems we did the right job. I came here as K1 & K2. We married now for 2yrs. & 7mos.. I know u are curious why we didnt filed AOS before. We have so many obstacles in our life that cause the hindrance of our AOS. I got hospitalized twice and same with my hubby & a lot more. Oh well life's full of surprising u know. Anyway, yes we did attach the form to update our application thru texts/email. But still no update till as today.Its more than a week now :-(

Do u count days base on the "receive" days and u count the weekends too? just curious.....i will keep u posted anyway. I see that we belong in the same local office which is Tampa, Florida.

AOS TIMELINE:

Sent AOS Package --------------------- 07/15/10

AOS delivered & received ------------ 07/19/10 (signed by L.BOX)

still waiting..................

Edited July 27, 2010 by shakira08

[brit_la 1]

Ok, this may be a stupid question but.....

I wanted to know if where your local office is, depends on how quick your case goes through. I got my NOA1 16th July and havnt been touched since then. I have noticed that people who have filed the same time as me, have already had their biometrics done and some people who have filed after me have their biometrics appointment already.

So, I was wondering if its because my local office is Los Angeles and maybe its one of the busier ones?

Anyone else have this experience?

Im not complaining, honest, I just want to get my EAD and get working asap, im bored out my mind here!!!

[LiLMermaid 2]

Hey thnxs for a quick reply LiLMermaid'. I appreciated it very much. Yes i double check everything before we mail it, and seems we did the right job. I came here as K1 & K2. We married now for 2yrs. & 7mos.. I know u are curious why we didnt filed AOS before. We have so many obstacles in our life that cause the hindrance of our AOS. I got hospitalized twice and same with my hubby & a lot more. Oh well life's full of surprising u know. Anyway, yes we did attach the form to update our application thru texts/email. But still no update till as today.Its more than a week now :-(

Do u count days base on the "receive" days and u count the weekends too? just curious.....i will keep u posted anyway. I see that we belong in the same local office which is Tampa, Florida.

AOS TIMELINE:

Sent AOS Package --------------------- 07/15/10

AOS delivered & received ------------ 07/19/10 (signed by L.BOX)

still waiting..................

Somebody else in Tampa! YAH! I guess you'd get to skip the whole conditional visa and head straight for the 10 year one. I hope that doesn't cause you any issues. I was reading about that and although I dont think anybody has been denied for it they tend to be a bit of a pain about it. Start gathering all your evidence to show why you had no choice but to wait as long as you did. Hospital bills, etc etc...

Honestly I think its all about the money. ROC is another 600 or so, I think mine adds up to over 700 with the K-2s on there. Thats money they won't get out of your pocket and they are gonna want to know WHY. I can totally understand why though...we had the same issues. He was hospitalized for a few days just before we got here, had to take numerous days off for Dr appointments and then another week for surgery. We had to really strap ourselves to come up with the 2810 for AOS. Do a search on the site and check out others that have done AOS after 2 years and see if they had any problems so you can be as prepared as you can be. Don't stress out about it but you can never be too prepared.

They got yours on the 19th so its been 8 days. They've had mine 6. People have been getting txt's at 6 days but they may be having a busy week since you haven't gotten one yet.

I guess the rest of us who sent ours later will be waiting for you to get yours now so we'll know ours is coming soon! lol

Hang in there....do like the rest of us and walk around checking for new txt msgs every 5 minutes!

[LiLMermaid 2]

Ok, this may be a stupid question but.....

I wanted to know if where your local office is, depends on how quick your case goes through. I got my NOA1 16th July and havnt been touched since then. I have noticed that people who have filed the same time as me, have already had their biometrics done and some people who have filed after me have their biometrics appointment already.

So, I was wondering if its because my local office is Los Angeles and maybe its one of the busier ones?

Anyone else have this experience?

Im not complaining, honest, I just want to get my EAD and get working asap, im bored out my mind here!!!

Yes. Check the processing times at your local office here. For example...Tampa says 4 months for AOS. If your office is really swamped then sometimes it gets transferred to CSC to speed up processing time. That seems to be a hit and miss though because I've seen people wait 6 months and others file months later and have it in 2 months. Your EAD is different though...almost everyone has been getting theirs in 2 months so I'd ..well...chill!

Oh and alot of the ones that have their biometrics done do a walkin the minute they get the letter in the mail. I highly doubt this speeds anything up but I'm sure its nice to get it over with. I wouldn't worry until your pushing 2 months and haven't gotten one yet. good luck!

[AandB 3]

I think Dallas is one of the busiest one.. I guess it will take a long time before my green card is processed.. I'm very glad they process AP and EAD separatly from the green card!!

[Justine+David 218]

Ok, this may be a stupid question but.....

I wanted to know if where your local office is, depends on how quick your case goes through. I got my NOA1 16th July and havnt been touched since then. I have noticed that people who have filed the same time as me, have already had their biometrics done and some people who have filed after me have their biometrics appointment already.

So, I was wondering if its because my local office is Los Angeles and maybe its one of the busier ones?

Anyone else have this experience?

Im not complaining, honest, I just want to get my EAD and get working asap, im bored out my mind here!!!

I was under the impression that the travel and EAD stuff was done at Chicago and only the permanent resident stuff was done at the CSC or your local office.

In any case, I think we're both (I got NOA1 on July 16 too) too early to worry too much at this point but hard to tell myself that!

[shakira08 0]

Somebody else in Tampa! YAH! I guess you'd get to skip the whole conditional visa and head straight for the 10 year one. I hope that doesn't cause you any issues. I was reading about that and although I dont think anybody has been denied for it they tend to be a bit of a pain about it. Start gathering all your evidence to show why you had no choice but to wait as long as you did. Hospital bills, etc etc...

Honestly I think its all about the money. ROC is another 600 or so, I think mine adds up to over 700 with the K-2s on there. Thats money they won't get out of your pocket and they are gonna want to know WHY. I can totally understand why though...we had the same issues. He was hospitalized for a few days just before we got here, had to take numerous days off for Dr appointments and then another week for surgery. We had to really strap ourselves to come up with the 2810 for AOS. Do a search on the site and check out others that have done AOS after 2 years and see if they had any problems so you can be as prepared as you can be. Don't stress out about it but you can never be too prepared.

They got yours on the 19th so its been 8 days. They've had mine 6. People have been getting txt's at 6 days but they may be having a busy week since you haven't gotten one yet.

I guess the rest of us who sent ours later will be waiting for you to get yours now so we'll know ours is coming soon! lol

Hang in there....do like the rest of us and walk around checking for new txt msgs every 5 minutes!

Hi there again!...yes i have proofs of everything and co-mingling bills like Cable bills , water bills, joint-savings account, filed jointly in Tax, Letters address to us both, and me alone too with same address, photos and affidavits from friends. Do you think its enough?....now i am worrying so much. I heard of that too of more than 2yrs. of marriage and delayed AOS. But i heard no problems, as long marriage is in good faith ( of which we have)u wont encounter a problem im sure....

Yes i am sure i will get 10 yr. greencard because we skip the conditional (crossed-fingers & God's will).....im just stress-out of this whole process u know.........i do hope at least to hear something from them even in texts,right?....

So what if i didnt hear anything from them for coming few days...should i worried and call INFOPASS? .....what do u suggest?...

AOS TIMELINE:

Sent AOS Package --------------------- 07/15/10

AOS delivered & received ------------ 07/19/10 (signed by L.BOX)

still waiting..................

[brit_la 1]

I was under the impression that the travel and EAD stuff was done at Chicago and only the permanent resident stuff was done at the CSC or your local office.

In any case, I think we're both (I got NOA1 on July 16 too) too early to worry too much at this point but hard to tell myself that!

Oh yea, sorry, maybe I didnt say what I was meaning properly. Im assuming that the biometrics you have to have for the EAD is at your local office, so thats why I was wondering if it was all to do with how busy the office is.

Its just frustrating that I havnt even had a touch since they sent the NOA1. I wasnt fretting like this over the K1, because we had so much time, but now just the waiting for to get my EAD is all Im thinking about , Im not even too worried about how long the Green Card will take!

[LiLMermaid 2]

I was under the impression that the travel and EAD stuff was done at Chicago and only the permanent resident stuff was done at the CSC or your local office.

In any case, I think we're both (I got NOA1 on July 16 too) too early to worry too much at this point but hard to tell myself that!

Yes the local office times are for the AOS part only. The EAD and AP are a different thing altogether. Lately its 2 months and a bit for pretty much everyone. Heh....and alot of them receive their green card a week later! LOL

[LiLMermaid 2]

Hi there again!...yes i have proofs of everything and co-mingling bills like Cable bills , water bills, joint-savings account, filed jointly in Tax, Letters address to us both, and me alone too with same address, photos and affidavits from friends. Do you think its enough?....now i am worrying so much. I heard of that too of more than 2yrs. of marriage and delayed AOS. But i heard no problems, as long marriage is in good faith ( of which we have)u wont encounter a problem im sure....

Yes i am sure i will get 10 yr. greencard because we skip the conditional (crossed-fingers & God's will).....im just stress-out of this whole process u know.........i do hope at least to hear something from them even in texts,right?....

So what if i didnt hear anything from them for coming few days...should i worried and call INFOPASS? .....what do u suggest?...

AOS TIMELINE:

Sent AOS Package --------------------- 07/15/10

AOS delivered & received ------------ 07/19/10 (signed by L.BOX)

still waiting..................

You should get your NOA1 by txt soon. Since you are filing so late they may look at your file more closely and grill you a tad more at the interview stage but it won't affect you getting your NOA1 or how soon you will get it. You can't call infopass because you don't have a receipt number yet and they would tell you to wait at least 30 days. So if in 30 days you haven't gotten your NOA1 then you can call but that isn't going to happen. It'll be here probably before the end of the week.

[brightskte 18]

Hi everyone, I sent in my aos forms 7/19 and it was recieved 7/21. But I haven't recieved any texts/emails or noa1. When I check the delivery status, this is what I see:

Your item was delivered at 3:06 PM on July 21, 2010 in CHICAGO, IL 60680 to MIXED INS . The item was signed for by D COLONNA.

I thought L.Box woud sign it, should I be worried? What should I do???

Have you gotten anything yet Krystle? I think mine took a little over a week to do anything. I hope Maggie sends hers in soon so that we can obsess together. We've been so used to ranting to each other. Other people don't get how we are sometimes.

Now we're just waiting on his biometrics appointment letter.

[LiLMermaid 2]

Oh yea, sorry, maybe I didnt say what I was meaning properly. Im assuming that the biometrics you have to have for the EAD is at your local office, so thats why I was wondering if it was all to do with how busy the office is.

Its just frustrating that I havnt even had a touch since they sent the NOA1. I wasnt fretting like this over the K1, because we had so much time, but now just the waiting for to get my EAD is all Im thinking about , Im not even too worried about how long the Green Card will take!

Well think about it this way. The biometrics is a digital picture and a digital fingerprint that is put on your EAD card. You get a letter around 2 months after you filed saying your EAD is approved. Then they print the card and mail it to you. So technically they would need your picture and fingerprint on their computer system sometime in September so they could print your card. That gives you a month at least before they are even going to be thinking about printing yours off. Also try not to put too much faith in the 'touches'. Some people get touched daily and nothing happens and others dont see a touch and get their biometrics letter and EAD and still nothing shows online. It'll come....I don't think I've seen anybody wait longer the 2.5 months to get their EAD lately.

[krautlaus 7]

Good day everyone. I got my e-notification today! I'm sure everyone else who filed 07-21 (received) will get theirs today as well or tomorrow at the latest!

About the job. I really only saved up enough money for about another 2.5 months of unemployment so I really hope they hurry up

[LiLMermaid 2]

Good day everyone. I got my e-notification today! I'm sure everyone else who filed 07-21 (received) will get theirs today as well or tomorrow at the latest!

About the job. I really only saved up enough money for about another 2.5 months of unemployment so I really hope they hurry up

UGH! I didn't get mine ....ahhh well....I always seem to end up waiting the longest. lol Congrats on getting yours now you can stalk the mailman waiting for the hardcopies! I just want the NOA1 at this point so I know this time its been accepted and isn't on its way back to me again. That really sucked.