AOS Transferrees' Thread

[Caryh 5,206]

Congratulations on your wife's approval! I am happy for you guys. The GC can be a major issue at times. I was in an interview where even though I told them I have an EAD which is renewed even if the GC was delayed they kept asking questions about the GC and dwelling on it like it's a matter of life and death. They wanted me to even assure them I won't come and ask them for sponsorship of the GC later in future. They asked why my DL was not permanent? You can imagine all this things that seems to be a deficiency of EAD may become marginal if the GC is delayed too long. I am sure CSC refused to acknowledge this facts. Am sure your wife will be able to find some jobs now and take a rest from VJ till 2014.

All da best and wish us that are waiting the very best too.

There was one loan firm that refused to include my wife on a loan because of what is written on her SS card. It will be nice to get that off and to get her drivers license extended for two more years on the immigration check line. But the best part is no longer worrying about an RFE, or refiling for an EAD or AP, or worst of all a denial.

[minae 5]

There was one loan firm that refused to include my wife on a loan because of what is written on her SS card. It will be nice to get that off and to get her drivers license extended for two more years on the immigration check line. But the best part is no longer worrying about an RFE, or refiling for an EAD or AP, or worst of all a denial.

It's sad to know CSC put a lot of K1 holders through all these stress. I am thinking of contacting my congressman, do I need to put in a service request first before doing this or not? I am tired of waiting although it's not yet 180days.

[Caryh 5,206]

It's sad to know CSC put a lot of K1 holders through all these stress. I am thinking of contacting my congressman, do I need to put in a service request first before doing this or not? I am tired of waiting although it's not yet 180days.

If you're not at 180 days, congressional help may not work. My congresswoman and both senators had information on their web site about having to wait until its after normal processing time until they will help you. If I had contacted them before the 180 days, I'm not sure if they would have acted on our behalf. But then again, all they really did was send in an inquiry email to the congressional contact email address with USCIS, so maybe they will contact them but it might not spur action yet. It was only 6 days after the inquiry reply from our congresswoman's aid, that we had notification the green card was in production. And there was the 4th of July holiday in those 6 days to. Reply to congressional aid was July 3rd, and card in production was July 9th. There was also a reply to one of state's senators during that time to. The senate office was a little slower to act than the congressional office. I thought hitting them with two was better than one, but the last experience calling the customer service line kind of pissed me off. Having caught them changing their story because they couldn't keep their lies straight told me not to bother following the normal procedures for the rest of this process.

[Lainie B 465]

It's sad to know CSC put a lot of K1 holders through all these stress. I am thinking of contacting my congressman, do I need to put in a service request first before doing this or not? I am tired of waiting although it's not yet 180days.

You can try putting in a service request if your case is outside the current processing time of your local office (even though your local office has nothing to do with your case if it is at CSC, USCIS uses the local office processing time to determine whether you are eligible for a service request). However this probably won't do much, given my own experience and the experience of others here lately. CSC will probably just reply with the usual "we are really busy right now and we will get to you when we get to you".

You can contact your representative for help but there is not much they can do until your case has been at CSC for 6 months. They can contact CSC for you, but they cannot request the file be pulled until 6 months after your case arrived at CSC. This is what my representative's immigration liaison told me. Looking at your timeline, your case has only been there for 3 months.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Lainie B

[BobCray 5]

Think I'll bypass the USCIS customer service and contact the local representative (who already helped expedite my EAD). My letter from the National Benefits Center informing me of the transfer is dated Jan 3rd, more than 6 months ago and the processing time for the local office is 4 months.

[tru_loves_journey 117]

Hi, I received this today:

Your Case Status: Initial Review

The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office

[Caryh 5,206]

Hi, I received this today:

Your Case Status: Initial Review

The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office

At least they're no longer claiming it will speed up the process. I hope your wait is short.

[tru_loves_journey 117]

At least they're no longer claiming it will speed up the process. I hope your wait is short.

Thanks

[minae 5]

If you're not at 180 days, congressional help may not work. My congresswoman and both senators had information on their web site about having to wait until its after normal processing time until they will help you. If I had contacted them before the 180 days, I'm not sure if they would have acted on our behalf. But then again, all they really did was send in an inquiry email to the congressional contact email address with USCIS, so maybe they will contact them but it might not spur action yet. It was only 6 days after the inquiry reply from our congresswoman's aid, that we had notification the green card was in production. And there was the 4th of July holiday in those 6 days to. Reply to congressional aid was July 3rd, and card in production was July 9th. There was also a reply to one of state's senators during that time to. The senate office was a little slower to act than the congressional office. I thought hitting them with two was better than one, but the last experience calling the customer service line kind of pissed me off. Having caught them changing their story because they couldn't keep their lies straight told me not to bother following the normal procedures for the rest of this process.

Hey, thanks for your detailed explanation. I went to see my congressman yesterday and the liaison officer called CSC who then said they have until after 6 months to decide on a case whether yes or no for production. That gave some respite though at least they were able to pull the file and say something relevant a lil even if not palatable.

[minae 5]

You can try putting in a service request if your case is outside the current processing time of your local office (even though your local office has nothing to do with your case if it is at CSC, USCIS uses the local office processing time to determine whether you are eligible for a service request). However this probably won't do much, given my own experience and the experience of others here lately. CSC will probably just reply with the usual "we are really busy right now and we will get to you when we get to you".

You can contact your representative for help but there is not much they can do until your case has been at CSC for 6 months. They can contact CSC for you, but they cannot request the file be pulled until 6 months after your case arrived at CSC. This is what my representative's immigration liaison told me. Looking at your timeline, your case has only been there for 3 months.

This is very true. Exactly this was what happened between me and the officer in charge

[tru_loves_journey 117]

I was looking at the Immigration Timelines (at the top of the page in blue) I noticed that most of the people from these states were given an Interview for AOS

MI

CA

OR

TX

WA

IL

CO

HI

AZ

FL

NJ

NV

NY

AK

NM

GU

[cchhat01 14]

I was looking at the Immigration Timelines (at the top of the page in blue) I noticed that most of the people from these states were given an Interview for AOS

MI

CA

OR

TX

WA

IL

CO

HI

AZ

FL

NJ

NV

NY

AK

NM

GU

We are in NY, and my wife's AOS went to CSC. Just an FYI.

Its a basket case.

Chigs

[tru_loves_journey 117]

We are in NY, and my wife's AOS went to CSC. Just an FYI.

Its a basket case.

Chigs

It doesn't mean that their won't be an Interview after it's transferred, I saw some with interview's after the CSC transfer. My point is, in the states in that list there tended to be more being interviewed. I found that to be odd.

[cchhat01 14]

Two of my friends. Both living in NYC. Both brought their fiancees through K1, married here and filed AOS. NONE OF THEM had interviews, all went to CSC.

Just saying. Though it may be completely random -- rendering the following explanation completely extraneous -- I feel it has something to do with the countries from where the beneficiary is, and futhermore the history of the the petitioner/beneficiary over the course of time. There must be statistical data that would indicate low/high divorce/fraud/legitimacy rates. Certain countries just raise red flags and the adjudication process takes a different route altogether.

I would reckon that based on the IRS, the gov't would have an idea as to what cultures are "at risk" for divorce/fraud/etc.

Another thing is paperwork. If your paperwork is solid -- along with certain flags not present in the case -- you're likely to get transferred.

Also, we're all curious as to the process of why certain cases get interviews and others get transferred (and some still have interviews after). We're just shooting in the dark. All we can do is go through our respective process with our loved ones because that's all that matters ultimately.

Chigs

[tru_loves_journey 117]

Two of my friends. Both living in NYC. Both brought their fiancees through K1, married here and filed AOS. NONE OF THEM had interviews, all went to CSC.

Just saying. Though it may be completely random -- rendering the following explanation completely extraneous -- I feel it has something to do with the countries from where the beneficiary is, and futhermore the history of the the petitioner/beneficiary over the course of time. There must be statistical data that would indicate low/high divorce/fraud/legitimacy rates. Certain countries just raise red flags and the adjudication process takes a different route altogether.

I would reckon that based on the IRS, the gov't would have an idea as to what cultures are "at risk" for divorce/fraud/etc.

Another thing is paperwork. If your paperwork is solid -- along with certain flags not present in the case -- you're likely to get transferred.

Also, we're all curious as to the process of why certain cases get interviews and others get transferred (and some still have interviews after). We're just shooting in the dark. All we can do is go through our respective process with our loved ones because that's all that matters ultimately.

Chigs