AOS November 2016 Filers

[sabellic 33]

2 minutes ago, Hope&Love said:

Sam here. Question: Why do some people get approved without being interviewed? is it because they are from K1 visa?

yes, some K1s get no interview. you can read more about it here:
https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartA-Chapter5.html

[Rick & Apple 233]

7 minutes ago, Hope&Love said:

Sam here. Question: Why do some people get approved without being interviewed? is it because they are from K1 visa?

From the USCIS Policy Manual:

 

USCIS has the ability to waive an interview. Adjustment of status interviews are generally waived for applicants in the following classifications:

•Applicants clearly ineligible;

•Unmarried children of U.S. citizens, if not filed as part of a family pack;

•Parents of U.S. citizens;

•Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens who married within 90 days, and their children;

•Asylee and refugee cases in which the applicant has previously been interviewed by an asylum or refugee officer; [3] and

•Unmarried children (under age 14) of lawful permanent residents

 

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartA-Chapter5.html

[Hope&Love 38]

Got it. Oh well Interview....Here I come 

[Sam&Sam 20]

Question, my husband's green card status changed to "my card was mailed to me" on April 7. However, it's still not coming up on myUSPS. Anyone know how long it usually takes to arrive? Thanks!

[rsilva 18]

5 hours ago, sabellic said:

My case is still on fingerprint fee received

I am still on fingerprint fee, too.  If anyone has ideas, I'd love to hear it.  I am being processed by San Diego which is one of the slow offices.  I should never have moved to down here from Orange County!!!!  

[Daisy Mae 2]

Hi,i sent my AOS,EAD,AP application last November 2016,got my biometric last December..but unfortunately we recieved RFE letter last January 2017 that we didnt pass the poverty guideline,last March 2017 we send the additional documents they asking,and got an update March 17,2017 that they recieved it and start to process it..how long before i recieve my EAD and AP card?by the way im from Missouri.

Edited April 13, 2017 by Daisy Mae

[mrs.felicia 11]

7 hours ago, Sam&Sam said:

Question, my husband's green card status changed to "my card was mailed to me" on April 7. However, it's still not coming up on myUSPS. Anyone know how long it usually takes to arrive? Thanks!

Call them and ask to speak to a tier 2 officer. Most likely it will be a call back in 240 minutes, but they do call back. Many times they transfer the case but don't update the website. 

[avenajolic 2]

On 4/11/2017 at 0:26 PM, Hope&Love said:

Omg that's crazy. I got my combo card 03/31. my case filed 11/30. No REF. Did you try to call them?

Yeah I know. I put a service request. We'll see what happens, hoping I get it soon...

[Sam&Sam 20]

7 hours ago, mrs.felicia said:

Call them and ask to speak to a tier 2 officer. Most likely it will be a call back in 240 minutes, but they do call back. Many times they transfer the case but don't update the website. 

Thank you! But his green card actually arrived yesterday. The tracking just never showed up on USPS. 😊

[Lena95 14]

21 hours ago, Mthldou said:

How long does it take to receive ssn?

Mine arrived exactly 1 week after I applied for it. But they told us within 2 weeks. Just be patient

[samack 79]

I emailed our congressman (a democrat, thank god) the day before yesterday and heard back from his USCIS liaison today. She asked me to fill out the privacy release form, so I did that immediately and also sent copies of our NOAs, my biometrics letter, and our RFIE. I figure that, at the very least, she'll be able to find out if they just haven't told us about something else holding up the process yet.

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

23 hours ago, rsilva said:

I am still on fingerprint fee, too.  If anyone has ideas, I'd love to hear it.  I am being processed by San Diego which is one of the slow offices.  I should never have moved to down here from Orange County!!!!  

If you're still on fingerprint fee your case has not left the NBC for your local office and you can still get a direct approval from the NBC. In which case your local office processing time does not matter.

[enxhi96 34]

Congrats everyone that got approvals lately!!

I can't wait for the green card to come so we can stop stressing for a while lol. My congressman reached out to me yesterday to let me know that our i485 has been transferred to the local field office and they are still processing everything.. With NYC field office I know it will probably take forever to hear something again, which I've sadly gotten used to now. 

[rsilva 18]

2 hours ago, Suss&Camm said:

If you're still on fingerprint fee your case has not left the NBC for your local office and you can still get a direct approval from the NBC. In which case your local office processing time does not matter.

I just never trust the USCIS system.  I imagine a room with giant stacks of files, dust and cob webs on some of them; and my file is on the bottom!  haha!  I dream of waking up with a status change text message!  

[Cryssiekins 976]

25 minutes ago, rsilva said:

I just never trust the USCIS system.  I imagine a room with giant stacks of files, dust and cob webs on some of them; and my file is on the bottom!  haha!  I dream of waking up with a status change text message!  

Hahaha I always imagined them sitting around a fire in heavy cloaks drinking whiskey and tossing some of those cobwebbed files into the fire and laughing as they swig from their glass of whiskey. 

 

It WILL happen.  I have given up on checking all the time and brought it down to once a week.  Monday afternoon on my lunch break I thought I'd check and BAM there was that approval.