AOS December 2016 Filers (merged)

[mrs.felicia 11]

11 minutes ago, jimjilbangbang said:

I checked this morning the processing time for our Santa Ana office and it says that they are processing June 27 as of January 31st!!!! WTH!!!! ???

I don't know about this online processing time. We can see people who applied in Nov., Dec, even Jan, with interviews scheduled and the website processing time for their office is back in May or June. So I'm hoping the date on the site reflects the last application they are processing with tons of late replied RFIE/ RFEs. ?

 

 

[lleaka 57]

@Bronxnyc yes , I was extremely upset they hadn't looked at my case for so long.But like my husband said " just make sure you bulletproof your application this time , it's not like you're denied " ??

 

@J-boogie Thank you ! And again, congrats.??? 

I was ready for anything ( so paranoid) so that gave me time to re-prepare everything. I am basically ready to send it over as soon as Monday. Hopefully, they'll start working on it not too long after. It doesn't reset my case and I was already at day 85 !!

[Bronxnyc 33]

38 minutes ago, lleaka said:

@Bronxnyc yes , I was extremely upset they hadn't looked at my case for so long.But like my husband said " just make sure you bulletproof your application this time , it's not like you're denied " ??

 

@J-boogie Thank you ! And again, congrats.??? 

I was ready for anything ( so paranoid) so that gave me time to re-prepare everything. I am basically ready to send it over as soon as Monday. Hopefully, they'll start working on it not too long after. It doesn't reset my case and I was already at day 85 !!

Exactly you were not denied. We just having long waits. I remember I submitted in November but my entire package was sent back because we didn't sign the correct place, I literally cried my eyes out. But thanks be to God we are in good standing this far. I know so many ppl who would love to be were we are now

[Cooldude20 161]

4 hours ago, mrs.felicia said:

I don't know about this online processing time. We can see people who applied in Nov., Dec, even Jan, with interviews scheduled and the website processing time for their office is back in May or June. So I'm hoping the date on the site reflects the last application they are processing with tons of late replied RFIE/ RFEs. ?

 

 

Are you talking about I-485? Cuz NBC processes I-765 and advance parole.. ?

[mrs.felicia 11]

36 minutes ago, Cooldude20 said:

Are you talking about I-485? Cuz NBC processes I-765 and advance parole.. ?

So.... does it mean the i485 gets sent to our local offices right away and the i765 stays at NBC?

 

Edited March 12, 2017 by mrs.felicia

[lleaka 57]

 

Has any of you sent a copy of the tax return as given to you by the preparer ?? We did our taxes last year using H&R and were given a "client copy" by their office.Is it okay to send that one ?

Can't understand  why they ask us for 2015 tax return again ???

[Mthldou 45]

41 minutes ago, lleaka said:

 

Has any of you sent a copy of the tax return as given to you by the preparer ?? We did our taxes last year using H&R and were given a "client copy" by their office.Is it okay to send that one ?

Can't understand  why they ask us for 2015 tax return again ???

Hi! 

You can get tax transcripts from the IRS as well it's easier for them to understand. 

Or you can create an account on hr block website where you'll be able to download a PDF of the full tax return with W2s. It's free. 

[Scandi 4,166]

How soon after you file your taxes can you order a tax transcript on IRS website?

[Bronxnyc 33]

1 hour ago, lleaka said:

 

Has any of you sent a copy of the tax return as given to you by the preparer ?? We did our taxes last year using H&R and were given a "client copy" by their office.Is it okay to send that one ?

Can't understand  why they ask us for 2015 tax return again ???

Why not use transcripts. I never sent returns I only sent transcripts. A lawyer told me that uscis actually prefer transcripts seeing that it's coming directly from IRS.

[jimjilbangbang 10]

1 hour ago, lleaka said:

 

Has any of you sent a copy of the tax return as given to you by the preparer ?? We did our taxes last year using H&R and were given a "client copy" by their office.Is it okay to send that one ?

Can't understand  why they ask us for 2015 tax return again ???

I sent my husband's tax return which preparer did for him together with his w2!

[jimjilbangbang 10]

4 hours ago, Cooldude20 said:

Are you talking about I-485? Cuz NBC processes I-765 and advance parole.. ?

That means it takes them 1 month to process the amount of cases in a month because as of Nov 30th 2016 they were working on April 27th and now as of Jan 31st 2017 they are on case of June 27th??? WTH???

[Cooldude20 161]

4 hours ago, mrs.felicia said:

So.... does it mean the i485 gets sent to our local offices right away and the i765 stays at NBC?

 

I-765 and I-131 and I-485 are all treated independently. They do not correlate to one another as USCIS said.. 

 

It is a job of USCIS to provide the combo card while the I-485 is in process separately. 

 

Once you get the I-765 and I-131, the role of NBC for these petition are over. Once your status for I-485 changes online to Your Status Is Scheduled For Interview, they already passed on your case to your respective service center. 

 

If there are some issue in your I-485 in NBC level, they will not pass your case to your local service center. This is what you call RFIE. It may or may not affect your I-765 and I-131. But in many cases they do. Ideally, they don't and shouldn't.

 

The only reason why some people do not receive their EAD and AP because of RFIE, this is because the lacking info is necessary for them to conduct a background investigation. This is a vital part of the whole process. 

[lleaka 57]

8 hours ago, Mthldou said:

Hi! 

You can get tax transcripts from the IRS as well it's easier for them to understand. 

Or you can create an account on hr block website where you'll be able to download a PDF of the full tax return with W2s. It's free. 

I've tried accessing our H&R Block account yesterday, all I see is our Ny state one, there's no 1040 !!!! 

I guess I'll just get transcript from the IRS website.

 

Thanks everyone !

[jimjilbangbang 10]

9 hours ago, Cooldude20 said:

I-765 and I-131 and I-485 are all treated independently. They do not correlate to one another as USCIS said.. 

 

It is a job of USCIS to provide the combo card while the I-485 is in process separately. 

 

Once you get the I-765 and I-131, the role of NBC for these petition are over. Once your status for I-485 changes online to Your Status Is Scheduled For Interview, they already passed on your case to your respective service center. 

 

If there are some issue in your I-485 in NBC level, they will not pass your case to your local service center. This is what you call RFIE. It may or may not affect your I-765 and I-131. But in many cases they do. Ideally, they don't and shouldn't.

 

The only reason why some people do not receive their EAD and AP because of RFIE, this is because the lacking info is necessary for them to conduct a background investigation. This is a vital part of the whole process. 

So as of our status right now, "you case is ready to be scheduled for the interview", the NBC still have our cases or they already send them to our Santa Ana local office? I think they already did it because the local office would receive our case and book us down as soon as they have available date, right?

[Cooldude20 161]

1 minute ago, jimjilbangbang said:

So as of our status right now, "you case is ready to be scheduled for the interview", the NBC still have our cases or they already send them to our Santa Ana local office? I think they already did it because the local office would receive our case and book us down as soon as they have available date, right?

It is with the local service center now.. ?