March 2017 AOS Filers

[lirnos 7]

Hey all! I'm an April filer but am adjusting from VWP and just wanted to reach out to see if there are any March filers adjusting from VWP and how it's been going?  No idea if cases are even processed on different timelines but was just curious to see!  Cheers!

Edited August 9, 2017 by lirnos

[Jessleb 24]

3 hours ago, Cynthia68 said:

Hello, I am sorry I can't help with your problem. But I am wondering if you could tell me did DMV need your SSN to give your Driver's liscense?

I don't know if they ''Needed'' it but they definitly used it. My husband was there with me and they made him fil a paper too. I went to a NY state  DMV. I hope it helps you.

[nikaero 131]

20 hours ago, ddddgggg.visa said:

Hi all, I have a question. Is it possible to know where your case is at? My I-797 receipt starts with MSC so I thought it is in NBC. But when I look at processing time for I-485 in  the webpage of USCIS I see no row for I-485. I can see it for I-765 and other forms.

i-485s are processed at the local office after initial processing if i understand this correctly so u shud be checking your local office's processing times for i-485... Best of luck with your process...

 

21 hours ago, Keepchill said:

Got my card finally! After a headache trying to chase down the letter because it was mailed to my old address, I contacted USPS and they were able to hold the letter at the post office for me before it was out for delivery!

 

I'm so relieved!! Good luck to everyone stil waiting!! 

Congratulations!!! that's a lucky break coz i thought USPS could not do such things with mail coming from USCIS as it is of a sensitive nature and has to be delivered to the written address itself, but anyways I'm happy that you got through that without too much trouble... best of luck with the rest of your process...

 

 

On 8/8/2017 at 8:10 PM, LCat said:

I meant to write this post earlier, but my husband received his greencard! He was adjusting from a B2 visa. Our interview was July 18th in Chicago.  We had to wait for a long time (didn't start interview until about 45 min after our appointment time), but it seemed like that was because of some odd case with the interviewees before us.  Ours was over within 20 minutes, the man was friendly and didn't have too many questions, just flipped through our initial submitted evidence and asked me for the copy of our lease that we had just renewed the week before. He asked me how we met, if we had met each other's parents, and then everything else almost was just casual conversation really. He told us he would approve our case and we received the card in the mail one week after the interview! What a great feeling 

 

 

congratulations...

 

On 8/8/2017 at 4:47 PM, Jessleb said:

Hi guys. So far I went through this process without any obstacle until today. I would like to know if you have similar situation. 

-EAD went smooth. (Received on July 26th)

-SSN went smooth. (we went on July 28th)

-Driving license went smooth

 

Yesterday, I accepted a job offer and they put my information into the e-verify. However, I received a TNC (Tentative NonConfirmation) because information they have entered differ from what SSN or DHS have in their system. The lady thinks it is because my SSN is so new but I never heard anyone here have the same problem and people seem to get their job relatively quick after their EAD...It makes me worried a little bit..

 

22 hours ago, Cynthia68 said:

Hello, I am sorry I can't help with your problem. But I am wondering if you could tell me did DMV need your SSN to give your Driver's liscense?

 

19 hours ago, Jessleb said:

I don't know if they ''Needed'' it but they definitly used it. My husband was there with me and they made him fil a paper too. I went to a NY state  DMV. I hope it helps you.

 

I am surprised that you ran into that problem @Jessleb and you are right about the fact that we haven't seen many posts stating that they had a similar problem, hopefully its just a clerical error and fixed fast... Best of luck and gooooo Bills!!!

 

@Cynthia68 in New York state you do need the SSN to get a drivers license... If you don't have one and cant get one, you need to get a letter from the social security office stating that you are not eligible to get one or that you cant get one at this point in time, and bring it with you, that's what i had to do when i went to get mine...

Edited August 10, 2017 by nikaero

[Keepchill 19]

@nikaero thank you! I thought the same thing but I was happy they held it for me!

 

[nikaero 131]

I cant sit down... I am jumping up and down... Its finally OVER!!! I just received my Green Card...

Status still says card is being produced but who cares anymore??? LOL... It came via priority mail

and MYUSPS let me track it from the moment they printed the postage all the way to my mailbox!

Its the old design(which i kinda like more than the new design!) and all the information is correct...

Now its time to celebrate!!!

 

A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped me out with this process on VJ and for sharing your

experiences with me... this was my relaxation every day,reading posts here, knowing other people

are going thru the same exact things i was...

 

P.S. Now its time for vacation and spending time with my family before sister's wedding in India...

Fingers crossed and my thoughts and prayers are with each of you, hoping all of you get good news

soon... I am going to post this in the May, April and March 3017 AOS filers topics as thats were i got all the

help from...

Best of luck!!!

[britontherun 35]

USCIS just updated their processing times... as of June 30, 2017

 

Check here...

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

My local office in Tampa is processing I-485's in November. Guess I have a few more months to wait...

 

[Kalciaa 31]

22 minutes ago, britontherun said:

USCIS just updated their processing times... as of June 30, 2017

 

Check here...

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

My local office in Tampa is processing I-485's in November. Guess I have a few more months to wait...

 

Oh dear God! Looks like another 12 months for me! 

Does anybody knows what should I do when my current EAD expires? It will in April 2018, and I'm not going to get the GC by then for sure... Do I qualify for automatic extension? 

[britontherun 35]

8 minutes ago, Kalciaa said:

Oh dear God! Looks like another 12 months for me! 

Does anybody knows what should I do when my current EAD expires? It will in April 2018, and I'm not going to get the GC by then for sure... Do I qualify for automatic extension? 

 

 

Pretty sure you have to re-file and pay another fee BEFORE the expiration of the old one...

https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/employment-authorization-document

https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/automatic-employment-authorization-document-ead-extension

 

Hopefully your card will be approved in the 12 months though... Houston is running at about 11 months it seems

If not I am pretty sure you have to do the medical again too which sucks financially...

I'd call around 9 months if you haven't heard anything and try and get the case moving..

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2017 by britontherun

[Cynthia68 24]

On Wed Aug 09 2017 at 1:27 PM, Jessleb said:

I don't know if they ''Needed'' it but they definitly used it. My husband was there with me and they made him fil a paper too. I went to a NY state  DMV. I hope it helps you.

Thank you very much!

[Cynthia68 24]

On Thu Aug 10 2017 at 9:11 AM, nikaero said:

i-485s are processed at the local office after initial processing if i understand this correctly so u shud be checking your local office's processing times for i-485... Best of luck with your process...

 

Congratulations!!! that's a lucky break coz i thought USPS could not do such things with mail coming from USCIS as it is of a sensitive nature and has to be delivered to the written address itself, but anyways I'm happy that you got through that without too much trouble... best of luck with the rest of your process...

 

 

 

congratulations...

 

 

 

 

I am surprised that you ran into that problem @Jessleb and you are right about the fact that we haven't seen many posts stating that they had a similar problem, hopefully its just a clerical error and fixed fast... Best of luck and gooooo Bills!!!

 

@Cynthia68 in New York state you do need the SSN to get a drivers license... If you don't have one and cant get one, you need to get a letter from the social security office stating that you are not eligible to get one or that you cant get one at this point in time, and bring it with you, that's what i had to do when i went to get mine...

Thank you nikaero! Last time I went to dmv they said come back with your GC, so yesterday I went back and they said you have to have your SSN. So I am still waiting for my SSN, hopefully I can get it soon! Congratulations on your GC!

[Babigau 42]

1 hour ago, lirnos said:

Hey all! I'm an April filer but am adjusting from VWP and just wanted to reach out to see if there are any March filers adjusting from VWP and how it's been going?  No idea if cases are even processed on different timelines but was just curious to see!  Cheers!

 

I think you can expect the timeline to be the same. I figure your visa is B or T but that is irrelevant.

 

I've not found enough evidence to suggest that the adjusting from visa has a bearing on family based AOS duration. One of the first AOS approvals from active posters in the March forum was adjusting from F-1. I've also noted plenty on trackitt.com also.

 

To be clear, the basis is family for AOS based on USC partner regardless of what visa, if any, you are adjusting from.

 

You'd expect that AOS from K-1 would be faster since some things in the AOS have already been completed but that just does not seem to be the case.

 

 

 

 

[Denis & San 72]

I'm looking at the processing times and in the Field Office, there are 2 for Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.  What is the difference?  

[Denis & San 72]

13 minutes ago, Denis & San said:

I'm looking at the processing times and in the Field Office, there are 2 for Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.  What is the difference?  

Found it.  https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices/california

 

Seems that Los Angeles Field office is anything West of Los Angeles (Downtown LA) and Los Angeles County field office is anything East of LA.  From what I gather anyways.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Denis & San

[DelilahBrz 48]

I haven't seen much activity since August 4th on the uscis app. I wonder if that is just a just a glitch. I hope. 

[TL2016 208]

16 minutes ago, DelilahBrz said:

I haven't seen much activity since August 4th on the uscis app. I wonder if that is just a just a glitch. I hope. 

I've actually noticed the same. There was one update for a case yesterday, but besides that it's basically been dead silent for a week now.