Waiting on Ead did Biometrics

[maryireland 0]

Hi All Happy Holidays ,

MY friends are all confused . The wife is a US citizen now she petitioned her spouse he is from Peru they reside in Dc . They filed the I-765 and I-485 together got receipts back in October he has gone for his biometrics weeks back. They can see the case status online as USCIS system has an error says case cannot be found they called an agent weeks back was nice guy he said all looked to be okay . They went online yesterday and the system months later is still not showing their case status at all says case can not be found when the enter the case no for the I-130 which was approved it shows as approved . SO as I was visiting them we decided to call USCIS again .WE called first agent we got said he could not see the case info also and transferred us to another department the Agent was not too friendly at all .We confirmed who we were etc and they gave permission for me to talk on their behalf .The agent said "Oh it will take 6 months for the EAD " I know each case is different but looking at a lot of the timelines here people seem to have gotten the EAD in like 3 months they are in Dc . I know we have the holiday upon us now and days where USCIS staff will be off but six months . The husband and wife have submitted the Affidavit of Support also. They have a lawyer on the case but he just says the same wait its all a waiting game . The husband entered the US legally on a tourist Visa and obviously out stayed his Visa .He has a clean record never being in trouble or anything like that. So any shared stories much appreciated.Also when will USCIS get that online system up and running correctly its being like this since early October . I know I may have asked similar question before but now I am a bit confussed also alot of the timelines I read here seem to have went through the process pretty fast .. :yes:

Thanks All and Good luck on your journeys..

Regards

Mary

[C-ma'am 684]

**Moved from AOS from family visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas. The person on whose behalf this post has been made, is adjusting from a Tourist Visa.

[maryireland 0]

they are not seeking a tourist visa ? they filed i-485 ..

**Moved from AOS from family visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas. The person on whose behalf this post has been made, is adjusting from a Tourist Visa.

[C-ma'am 684]

they are not seeking a tourist visa ? they filed i-485 ..

**Moved from AOS from family visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas. The person on whose behalf this post has been made, is adjusting from a Tourist Visa.

I replied to your private message. I know your friend is not seeking a Tourist Visa. You said that your friend came into the country on a Tourist visa, got married and stayed. This means that he will Adjust Status from being a Tourist to LPR because he married an American Citizen.

The other forum is for those of us who are AOSing from FAMILY BASED VISAS.

This is the correct forum for this topic.

[MrsB2012 10]

Without seeing a timeline it's hard to give information to you. The current processing time for EAD is 90 days. Current processing time for AOS/i485 is 6 months. A lot of cases do not make it into the online system, it's unlucky but normal. When did your friend file his/her applications?? When did he/she complete biometrics?

[Darnell 8,479]

receipts in october, you say?

please let us know what 3 letters the receipt #'s start with, all of the receipt notices..

Thanks !

[maryireland 0]

The receipts start with MSC and he came on a tourist Visa thats long expired . I see someone moved my post his petition is family based i.e married to a US citizen .. Did the Biometrics approx October 12th 2012

[maryireland 0]

The receipts start with MSC and he came on a tourist Visa thats long expired . I see someone moved my post his petition is family based i.e married to a US citizen .. Did the Biometrics approx October 12th 2012

O they filed the paperwork for EAD and I-485 in late September received receipts Ocober 10th did Biometrics October 12th 12

[Darnell 8,479]

ok - is best to call into USCIS, get a Tier 2 Human, an ISO, and find out casefile status,

as MOST of the casefile #s starting with MSC aren't trackable online at the USCIS online status portal.

'family based' only denotes adjusting status from a K-1 or K-3 visa. These 2 types are 'family based'.

HE IS adjusting status from a tourist visa , not a K-1 or K-3, so the topic is in the right place.

If you'd like to learn more about this type of adjustment of status, feel free to study this particular sub-forum.

OTOH, since they only have receipts from October, then I suggest to you that they are 'in-line' on time and timing for the EAD, usually these are issued within 90 days of the biometrics appointment.

'submittal date' is meaningless - what is meaningful are the receipt dates, printed in the I-797-C formletter. They should have 3 to 4 of these , so far.

Edited December 9, 2012 by Darnell