Notice of Potential Interview Waiver Case [Part III]

[janet&adonis 57]

GREEN was mailed today! We will see how fast it gets to us!

[GJF 5]

GREEN was mailed today! We will see how fast it gets to us!

Just got mine in the mail. That was pretty quick for USCIS standards in less than 10 days they produced the card, sent to me and I received it, all that with a holiday in the middle. I'm impressed.

[janet&adonis 57]

after waiting 15 months, having an RFE, 2 biometrics appts, and a local interview, we received the long awaited GREENCARD yesterday. It took exactly 10 days (including weekend) from approval to received date.

SEE YOU IN JUNE 2017 ROC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Redlove76 28]

Congratulations!

We are going on 14 months and still nothing.

[Derwood 203]

after waiting 15 months, having an RFE, 2 biometrics appts, and a local interview, we received the long awaited GREENCARD yesterday. It took exactly 10 days (including weekend) from approval to received date.

SEE YOU IN JUNE 2017 ROC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AY! Congrats! Don't forget to start saving evidence for ROC straightaway! Other than that, take 21 months off - you deserve it! :-)

#USCISYouStillSuck

[TheWebbys 1]

Received our NPIW letter today.

Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Before this topic, the forum had 2 other topics with 300 pages each.

So yes, the NPIWC is getting very common. Looking at the timelines and the topics, I think more than half of the people that applyed in the end of last year and in the beggining of this year got one.

In my opinion that's basically a way that USCIS uses to give itself more time to process the cases. The NPIWC letter is being used as a delay tool.

Looks like the only centers that still does many interviews and process things in a more reasonable time are the California ones.

Do many NPIW cases still have to go through an interview?

Edited September 14, 2015 by TheWebbys

[PerditaD 35]

Hi guys

I received a NPIW letter dated March 17 2015 and was wondering if the 6 months mark expires on September 17 2015 or if I should just calculate 180 days from the date on the NPIW letter? I want to submit an online request about my case and I don't want to be rejected due to sending it a few days early/before reaching the 6 months mark. Thank you!

Also, I submitted an address change request on September 4 2015 and haven't received any updates about that for a week now (request assigned to an officer). Last time I changed my address everything was completed in one day so I'm just curious

Thank you

[elvishfire 10]

Got my NPIW letter today as well... So I guess I should basically expect an RFE for medical (mine will be one year old in January) and for the rest of this process to take at least 9 months? This blows.

I didn't apply for an AP but now I wish I had...

[JR loves JR 196]

I'm pretty sure that if you fill out the form for AP and include all the required stuff plus a copy of your NOA1 that it will still be free. I would definitely recommended trying at least. You never know if you will actually need it and we all know that you'll want to know you have the option to go if you wanted.

As for the 9 month wait, maybe / maybe not. It seems like some folks get the letter and get approved before the 6 months. And others sit and wait. There are more than a couple waiting from last June. The worst part is there's no reason for some to be approved and others to be passed over.

[Travelman64 2]

Looks like we are joining the club as we received the NPIW letter today.

Starting new time clock and hoping it does not take 6 months to receive approval.

[amarok 4]

Joining the rest of you!

We also received the NPIW letter today with an estimate of 6 months.

Hoping it goes quick... Not looking forward to possibly doing a new medical!

[Derwood 203]

Welcome to all the new people joining the NPIW club. For those of you that don't know already, here's what to expect.

Your cases are currently being held at the National Benefits Centre. USCIS will tell you that this is the period when 'background' checks are done. These background checks are generally completed before your EAD/AP cards are issued. The truth of the matter is that your cases are just being held until they can be processed. Sometimes a random case escapes very quickly but for the most part, cases remain incarcerated for many months,

After an unspecified amount of months your case will be released and forwarded to a local office for adjudication. The NBC does not adjudicate NPIW cases which they ceased doing in 2012 due to not having the necessary resources. USCIS will look to see which office in the country has the most 'spare capacity' to process your case - i.e. which is the least back-logged. This takes NO account of where you live. I live in Ohio and my case was adjudicated by the Newark NJ local office. We have also seen Florida cases adjudicated in California and NYC cases sent to Houston TX. Once again, IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT YOUR LOCAL OFFICE WILL PROCESS YOUR CASE.

New USCIS instructions in 2014 state that ALL medicals are now only valid for a year: http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-issues-new-policy-form-i-693-report-medical-examination-and-vaccination-record You may therefore get an RFE for a new medical once your case has been transferred to a local office. Some people do, some people don't - it really depends on whether the adjudicating officer had a nice breakfast and upon which way the wind is blowing.

Thinking of calling the USCIS mis-information line? My advice is don't bother. Nothing helpful ever seems to come from this and it only results in increased frustration.

Service requests - you can raise a service request once your case is outside normal processing times. Even though your case isn't going to be processed by your local office you have to wait until your local office processing date is past your priority date. Such cases usually result in an email or letter stating that there is a further delay and USCIS are unable to state when your case will be processed. You also have the option of raising an Ombudsman enquiry.

Could your case still be sent to a local office for interview? Yes. Even after a year of waiting. Your online status will [should] be updated if this is the case.

On the brighter side, after a flurry of Ombudsman complaints a few months ago, NPIW cases do seem to be getting processed faster now.

Good luck everyone.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Derwood

[genr87 53]

Welcome to all the new people joining the NPIW club. For those of you that don't know already, here's what to expect.

Your cases are currently being held at the National Benefits Centre. USCIS will tell you that this is the period when 'background' checks are done. These background checks are generally completed before your EAD/AP cards are issued. The truth of the matter is that your cases are just being held until they can be processed. Sometimes a random case escapes very quickly but for the most part, cases remain incarcerated for many months,

After an unspecified amount of months your case will be released and forwarded to a local office for adjudication. The NBC does not adjudicate NPIW cases which they ceased doing in 2012 due to not having the necessary resources. USCIS will look to see which office in the country has the most 'spare capacity' to process your case - i.e. which is the least back-logged. This takes NO account of where you live. I live in Ohio and my case was adjudicated by the Newark NJ local office. We have also seen Florida cases adjudicated in California and NYC cases sent to Houston TX. Once again, IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT YOUR LOCAL OFFICE WILL PROCESS YOUR CASE.

New USCIS instructions in 2014 state that ALL medicals are now only valid for a year: http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-issues-new-policy-form-i-693-report-medical-examination-and-vaccination-record You may therefore get an RFE for a new medical once your case has been transferred to a local office. Some people do, some people don't - it really depends on whether the adjudicating officer had a nice breakfast and upon which way the wind is blowing.

Thinking of calling the USCIS mis-information line? My advice is don't bother. Nothing helpful ever seems to come from this and it only results in increased frustration.

Service requests - you can raise a service request once your case is outside normal processing times. Even though your case isn't going to be processed by your local office you have to wait until your local office processing date is past your priority date. Such cases usually result in an email or letter stating that there is a further delay and USCIS are unable to state when your case will be processed. You also have the option of raising an Ombudsman enquiry.

Could your case still be sent to a local office for interview? Yes. Even after a year of waiting. Your online status will [should] be updated if this is the case.

On the brighter side, after a flurry of Ombudsman complaints a few months ago, NPIW cases do seem to be getting processed faster now.

Good luck everyone.

Thank you for all the info. We just received NPIW yesterday.

[DaveNot 55]

Seems my local office jumped 2 months ahead now. Last month their figures literally went backwards

Honestly, their stats make no sense at all...

[JR loves JR 196]

Hey Derwood... so if your priority date has been reached by your local office does that mean you can file a service request even if it hasn't been six months since you got the NPIW letter? St Paul says that they're on January 12, 2015 as of July 31st. We filed end of February so in theory the next update should make us current. But we didn't get the letter until June meaning three more months. Does anyone know if your priority date is current for your local office if that means that you should prepare for an interview or just expect to wait for the waiver? Now I'm curious.