Finally... AOS!!

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Well, it's been a VERY long road since we applied back in August of 2010, but today, we received Roxane's EAD and GC. Many delays along the way, mostly due to my deployment, but to be sure, USEM not sending a confirmation letter, not getting NOAs due to USPS sending them back undelivered, and more, sure made the process trying and painful at times. But finally, we have arrived. Not that it matters to anyone here but us, but I am sharing he good news because:

A) Good news never happens often enough

and

2) Perhaps it will help someone else who is impatient or feeling down about how long the process takes, even in the best of circumstances.

So be patient, stay true to yourselves, and you two (too) will get where you want to. No shortcuts, no cheating, just lots of sweating and waiting. (the worst is often the lack of knowing what is going on) Even if our president allows illegals to stay in the US... just do what is right, and it will happen for both of you. Best of luck to those who are still headed towards a GC or ROC!!

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

Well, it's been a VERY long road since we applied back in August of 2010, but today, we received Roxane's EAD and GC. Many delays along the way, mostly due to my deployment, but to be sure, USEM not sending a confirmation letter, not getting NOAs due to USPS sending them back undelivered, and more, sure made the process trying and painful at times. But finally, we have arrived. Not that it matters to anyone here but us, but I am sharing he good news because:

A) Good news never happens often enough

and

2) Perhaps it will help someone else who is impatient or feeling down about how long the process takes, even in the best of circumstances.

So be patient, stay true to yourselves, and you two (too) will get where you want to. No shortcuts, no cheating, just lots of sweating and waiting. (the worst is often the lack of knowing what is going on) Even if our president allows illegals to stay in the US... just do what is right, and it will happen for both of you. Best of luck to those who are still headed towards a GC or ROC!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Well, it's been a VERY long road since we applied back in August of 2010, but today, we received Roxane's EAD and GC. Many delays along the way, mostly due to my deployment, but to be sure, USEM not sending a confirmation letter, not getting NOAs due to USPS sending them back undelivered, and more, sure made the process trying and painful at times. But finally, we have arrived. Not that it matters to anyone here but us, but I am sharing he good news because:

A) Good news never happens often enough

and

2) Perhaps it will help someone else who is impatient or feeling down about how long the process takes, even in the best of circumstances.

So be patient, stay true to yourselves, and you two (too) will get where you want to. No shortcuts, no cheating, just lots of sweating and waiting. (the worst is often the lack of knowing what is going on) Even if our president allows illegals to stay in the US... just do what is right, and it will happen for both of you. Best of luck to those who are still headed towards a GC or ROC!!

As always thank for your service.

We are in the beginning stages of the AOS; got notice of acceptance... now we doing the game... wait, wait, wait

[Caryh 5,206]

Well, it's been a VERY long road since we applied back in August of 2010, but today, we received Roxane's EAD and GC. Many delays along the way, mostly due to my deployment, but to be sure, USEM not sending a confirmation letter, not getting NOAs due to USPS sending them back undelivered, and more, sure made the process trying and painful at times. But finally, we have arrived. Not that it matters to anyone here but us, but I am sharing he good news because:

A) Good news never happens often enough

and

2) Perhaps it will help someone else who is impatient or feeling down about how long the process takes, even in the best of circumstances.

So be patient, stay true to yourselves, and you two (too) will get where you want to. No shortcuts, no cheating, just lots of sweating and waiting. (the worst is often the lack of knowing what is going on) Even if our president allows illegals to stay in the US... just do what is right, and it will happen for both of you. Best of luck to those who are still headed towards a GC or ROC!!

Wow close to two years now? But why an EAD and a green card? The green card invalidates the EAD.

As to the current president allowing illegal immigrants to stay, I guess many people forget ICE has still been deporting illegal immigrants at a 20% higher rate than the previous administration. Now if congress would just do their jobs for a change instead of only worrying about staying in office, maybe we could get a sensible immigration bill that would make coming legally easier, and removing illegals easier. There's really too much political disinformation about illegal immigration in the USA. I honestly think politicians like keeping the system all screwed up just so they can use it as a political football. When they raised all the fees, back when GW Bush was in office, they said it would speed things up. Its not any faster now than it was before, but it costs a heck of a lot more. AOS alone went from $255 to $995. OK I'm getting off topic and getting pissed at politicians for doing nothing. Congrats on getting the AOS complete. We just got notified this morning my wife's green card has been mailed!

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Thanks, Hank! Some days it is just a job, but other days, it's actually an adventure...

Good luck on your AOS, hope it goes as fast for you as ours did. We had additional challenges because the USPS kept returning our NOAs and such as undeliverable, delaying things by about 3 weeks, but even with that, it was faster than some have had to wait. We finally changed our address to a friends house, and ironically enough, our EAD, GC, as well as change of address notice arrived the SAME DAY!

Caryh, we applied for EAD and AOS at the same time, as most do. We never got our NOAs due to a USPS problem with me changing addresses twice in one year (due to my deployment), and now they are kicking back about 60% of my mail as undeliverable. Bills seem to make it thru to my mailbox, but not the NOAs. *sigh* Then by a twist of fate, I happened upon the email address of a local (350 miles away) USCIS office, and was able to actually COMMUNICATE with a PERSON about our case, and basically scheduled an appointment just two days out, as opposed to having to wait for an appointment letter and another month for them to come to our home town to process cases. Interview & biometrics one day, email the next saying: DECISION, and that further instructions would be mailed to us, then an email 2 days later saying our cards were being cut, and to expect them in 7 days (even though the agent told us up to 60 days between interview and card arrival - I think they just over compensate so people won't bug them), and then 4 SHORT days later, we got her cards in the mail. Both at the same time. You're right, EAD means nothing now, in fact the agent told us to destroy the EAD as soon as the GC arrived. So that's why we received both at the same time.

Now I set a Google calendar reminder for 20 months from now to apply for the extension, and the 10-year card. Woot!!

[Caryh 5,206]

Thanks, Hank! Some days it is just a job, but other days, it's actually an adventure...

Good luck on your AOS, hope it goes as fast for you as ours did. We had additional challenges because the USPS kept returning our NOAs and such as undeliverable, delaying things by about 3 weeks, but even with that, it was faster than some have had to wait. We finally changed our address to a friends house, and ironically enough, our EAD, GC, as well as change of address notice arrived the SAME DAY!

Caryh, we applied for EAD and AOS at the same time, as most do. We never got our NOAs due to a USPS problem with me changing addresses twice in one year (due to my deployment), and now they are kicking back about 60% of my mail as undeliverable. Bills seem to make it thru to my mailbox, but not the NOAs. *sigh* Then by a twist of fate, I happened upon the email address of a local (350 miles away) USCIS office, and was able to actually COMMUNICATE with a PERSON about our case, and basically scheduled an appointment just two days out, as opposed to having to wait for an appointment letter and another month for them to come to our home town to process cases. Interview & biometrics one day, email the next saying: DECISION, and that further instructions would be mailed to us, then an email 2 days later saying our cards were being cut, and to expect them in 7 days (even though the agent told us up to 60 days between interview and card arrival - I think they just over compensate so people won't bug them), and then 4 SHORT days later, we got her cards in the mail. Both at the same time. You're right, EAD means nothing now, in fact the agent told us to destroy the EAD as soon as the GC arrived. So that's why we received both at the same time.

Now I set a Google calendar reminder for 20 months from now to apply for the extension, and the 10-year card. Woot!!

I know about the moving and getting your mail messed up very well. Had some of my mail get messed up due to issues with the postal service. Well I should say poorly a couple informed postal workers. At least none of our immigration papers got messed up, but then I knew the postal service doesn't forward much of that so I was right on top of changing my address with USCIS and they never messed it up. We just got notification my wife's green card was picked up by the postal service yesterday. We're at 5 texts in 3 days after so many months of hearing nothing. We'll be marking our calendar to.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Here's how mine went down...

Forwarded my mail Jan 15 2011 to my sister's house temporarily.

Deployed a few days later to Afghanland

Got downrange, changed my address in July 2011 to the APO in country

Changed my address to my home in late Dec 2011

Arrived home early Jan 2012, was receiving mail just fine, until...

Sometime in April 2012, discovered that *some* mail was being returned undeliverable... from school, bank, USCIS, SSN, etc. But other mail was coming thru.

Called the USPS about it, both locally and the 1-800 general number. Was told that I had a mail forward from July 2011 that was about to expire, and THAT is what was kicking mail back. I asked them to remove it from the system, was told they can't, only I can. But in order to do so, one must have the original confirmation number (YEAH RIGHT, like I would still have that 10 months later!!)

Then, the USPS sends me an email that my mail forward is about to expire from last July, WITH the confirmation number, and telling me I can go online and modify or cancel it. Great!! Now I have the number I need, so I go online, click the cancel button, and get a message that tells me I cannot make changes because the forward is still pending. #######?!? So I call the USPS folks again, and their answer to the problem is to wait til July comes and goes, and HOPEFULLY the system will work again. Then they tell me I shouldn't change my address so often.

Wow, what a fun ride this has been. BLUF, I just have any important mail sent to a friends house until I know for SURE my address is working again.

[Caryh 5,206]

Wow, what a fun ride this has been. BLUF, I just have any important mail sent to a friends house until I know for SURE my address is working again.

Now that is the best plan.

[X Factor 1,112]

Well, it's been a VERY long road since we applied back in August of 2010, but today, we received Roxane's EAD and GC.

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