AOS September 2016 Filers

[daniel4310 154]

You will receive a I797 receipts for each petition you filed

Cool, thank you

[Georgia16 2,858]

Congrats on the NOA1's

[mariachrin 4]

I just got my receipt text last night , too. It was like at 12am. For all three petitions. <3 Congrats to all of us.

[Beth & Achraf 328]

I just got my receipt text last night , too. It was like at 12am. For all three petitions. <3 Congrats to all of us.

Edited September 24, 2016 by Beth & Achraf

[Beth & Achraf 328]

I just got my receipt text last night , too. It was like at 12am. For all three petitions. <3 Congrats to all of us.

Thats wonderful...... nice way to start the weekend, mine came around 11:30 pm Friday

best wishes on all our journeys.

[MandEJ 46]

Apparently got my biometrics appointment letter through the mail yesterday - been away for a long weekend with best friend so we'll see what date they gave me! Glad it's all moving along for everyone!

[mariachrin 4]

It seems like this process goes by faster than the k1 visa process.

What are the steps after the biometrics appointment usually? Does the interview usually come by closely afterwards?

[p-ana 933]

It seems like this process goes by faster than the k1 visa process.

What are the steps after the biometrics appointment usually? Does the interview usually come by closely afterwards?

Depends. As you're adjusting from a k1, you have chances of not getting and interview at all, they can send the green card and skip the interview. After biometrics all you do is a lot of waiting - for the combo card, for an interview or for the green card itself. I was done within 4 months and had an interview. Some people were done within 3 without one. It's unpredictable though, you'll have to wait and see

[mariachrin 4]

Depends. As you're adjusting from a k1, you have chances of not getting and interview at all, they can send the green card and skip the interview. After biometrics all you do is a lot of waiting - for the combo card, for an interview or for the green card itself. I was done within 4 months and had an interview. Some people were done within 3 without one. It's unpredictable though, you'll have to wait and see

3-4 months isn't too bad! At first I was worried it would take around a year but then I noticed a lot of people getting approved far before that.

Do you by any chance know what determines an interview or not?

Congrats on your approval btw!

[p-ana 933]

3-4 months isn't too bad! At first I was worried it would take around a year but then I noticed a lot of people getting approved far before that.

Do you by any chance know what determines an interview or not?

Congrats on your approval btw!

It will be sheer luck. There's no rhyme or reason. That are still people waiting from previous months, so it can take a while, but I guess within 6 months is a good bet.

[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

Just to add about how long AOS takes, a lot of it also depends on where you live.

Because significant portions of the process are handled by the local USCIS offices and not just the same main service center, different locations have different wait times.

Some local offices (like my Milwaukee, WI apparently) are backlogged processing significantly slower than others.

[daniel4310 154]

Anybody in Florida??? Wondering how long it takes here

[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

This page has sort of a general idea of averages for the different centers. http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aosstats.php

Unfortunately though many of the centers have a very limited number of cases that are taken into account which I am sure doesn't speak well to the accuracy of the data...

[trudi 1,317]

Just to add about how long AOS takes, a lot of it also depends on where you live.

Because significant portions of the process are handled by the local USCIS offices and not just the same main service center, different locations have different wait times.

Some local offices (like my Milwaukee, WI apparently) are backlogged processing significantly slower than others.

And if you're adjusting from a K1 there is no telling if your file will stay at NBC, go yo your local office or be sent to another regional office for processing.

I live in North Carolina, local office is Charlotte, my AOS was sent to an office in Texas where it was processed ( I only know because I had a RFE)

I was approved without interview but there is no update to your status to let you know where your file actually is

[mariachrin 4]

Wow. I always assumed it would be sent to the local office. And there's no way to find out where your case goes unless you get some sort of update like an RFE? D: It doesn't say anything in the NOA?