March 2017 AOS Filers

[Becci391 339]

4 minutes ago, atuegwu said:

Wow!!! Congratulations. Guess you may have been scheduled around 10-13th April. Good luck.so happy for you.

Haha...yes, my appointment is on April 11th.

[PinkCandy 134]

@rose michigan aha! I just realized what RFIE is and that's what they are asking from me (I have not received the notice yet so still no idea what they want  )

 

Request for Initial Evidence Was Mailed

On March 27, 2017, we mailed a request for initial evidence for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status, Receipt Number MSC____________. The request for evidence explains what we need from you. We will not take action on your case until we receive the evidence or the deadline to submit it expires. Please follow the instructions in the request for evidence. If you do not receive your request for evidence by April 26, 2017, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request a copy of the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

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14 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Congratulations!

[Becci391 339]

4 minutes ago, Californiansunset said:

Why should you have an RFE already?! It's not like they had a lot of time looking at your application. Of course you will get a status update saying RFE is issued but that doesn't mean you should have it already. You received your NOA1 so all that this means is that they verified that thy got your application and put it in the system. That doesn't mean that someone already actually went through every single paper checking whether it's correct and complete.  You can get an RFE still at day 80 or 90 (happened to a lot of December AOS Filers). Right now a lot of people receive the RFE letters right after the biometrics appointment letter though so maybe you get it soon. 

Well...the documents are ready to be send out.

I just wait and see..

 

[TL2016 208]

17 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Questions: It looks like that my Service Center is the NBC. Does that mean that they will process my applications?

I have to go to the Application Support Center. Anyone who has been there? I thought I would have to go to the Field Office in Atlanta...

Is it possible to give someone my missing documents for the I-864?

ASC's are where you go to get your biometrics taken. They don't actually process much paperwork beyond that and I-90's really. 

Your actual processing center will be the NBC or your closest field office, not the application support center.

[Soft 46]

19 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Questions: It looks like that my Service Center is the NBC. Does that mean that they will process my applications?

I have to go to the Application Support Center. Anyone who has been there? I thought I would have to go to the Field Office in Atlanta...

Is it possible to give someone my missing documents for the I-864?

Wow congrats Becci 

[Becci391 339]

5 minutes ago, TL2016 said:

ASC's are where you go to get your biometrics taken. They don't actually process much paperwork beyond that and I-90's really. 

Your actual processing center will be the NBC or your closest field office, not the application support center.

That makes sense.

Is there a way to find out who processes my case?

The appointment letter says that the Service Center is the NBC.

[TL2016 208]

4 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

That makes sense.

Is there a way to find out who processes my case?

The appointment letter says that the Service Center is the NBC.

That I don't know. I actually asked that today because my NOA'a also all say NBC. I asked directly if they can find out for me and I was told they have no way of looking it up. So I assume you also can't give them any additional documents.

[butterfly09 14]

34 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Questions: It looks like that my Service Center is the NBC. Does that mean that they will process my applications?

I have to go to the Application Support Center. Anyone who has been there? I thought I would have to go to the Field Office in Atlanta...

Is it possible to give someone my missing documents for the I-864?

Congrats! 

[Californiansunset 336]

51 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Questions: It looks like that my Service Center is the NBC. Does that mean that they will process my applications?

I have to go to the Application Support Center. Anyone who has been there? I thought I would have to go to the Field Office in Atlanta...

Is it possible to give someone my missing documents for the I-864?

Would you really feel comfortable giving someone your documents who has to transfer them to a national benefit center in another state (apart from the fact that I highly doubt that's possible)?! If those were immigration officers you were dealing with (the ones you talk to at an infopass appointment) I would understand it but the people at the biometrics appointment are from Homeland Security and are NOT immigration officers. They can barely answer any questions you might have (mine didn't even know what a I-765 form is and that it grants me permission to work... longer story). 

 

what you can do is: Make a copy of your NOA1 and send the documents to the benefit centers RFE adress immediately. That's what I did (although I didn't know that your I485 adress is not the same as the RFE adress so the USCIS hotline as always gave me wrong info so I'm sure I could've prevented the RFE entirely if I had submitted it to the right adress). So before I even received my paper RFE and had answered to the RFE  the status in the app had already changed to "We received your requested missing documents on March XY and continue working on your case..." because my other documents I had sent two weeks earlier had reached my application. Instead of losing weeks, I lost 4 days (maybe would've lost none if I have had the right adress but who knows). 

Although I think that you (if you get at an RFE at all) will get your RFE paper very soon, because the February and March Filers all got their RFE within their first six weeks so you might be better off to just wait now. I had sent my missing papers the same day that I got my NOA1, that's why I didn't really lose time. 

Edited March 30, 2017 by Californiansunset

[Soflatlndr 55]

47 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

Received my Biometrics Appointment Letter.

 

Questions: It looks like that my Service Center is the NBC. Does that mean that they will process my applications?

I have to go to the Application Support Center. Anyone who has been there? I thought I would have to go to the Field Office in Atlanta...

Is it possible to give someone my missing documents for the I-864?

If you applied to I765 and I131, they will be taken care of at NBC. 

I485 initial stages are taken care of at NBC too, they are the ones who look at your file and make sure everything is there before they forward it to your field office in Atlanta. Also, keep in mind that interview waivers can be given at anytime during the process and you might not have to attend an interview.

The best way to go with USCIS is to just do what they ask you, send missing documents if that's the case, and don't try  taking any shortcuts. 

You won't be allowed to know who is actually processing your case because, that simply does not matter. 

Try to relax and be patient, and you'll see that this process will be much smoother.

[antoineD 36]

16 hours ago, Apfel said:

I made my signature but can't find how to add lines to it, editing my profile no longer has a signature option, is anyone experiencing that? I'm on Safari browser

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[Becci391 339]

14 minutes ago, Soflatlndr said:

If you applied to I765 and I131, they will be taken care of at NBC. 

I485 initial stages are taken care of at NBC too, they are the ones who look at your file and make sure everything is there before they forward it to your field office in Atlanta. Also, keep in mind that interview waivers can be given at anytime during the process and you might not have to attend an interview.

The best way to go with USCIS is to just do what they ask you, send missing documents if that's the case, and don't try  taking any shortcuts. 

You won't be allowed to know who is actually processing your case because, that simply does not matter. 

Try to relax and be patient, and you'll see that this process will be much smoother.

Thanks for the information.

[antoineD 36]

17 minutes ago, Soflatlndr said:

If you applied to I765 and I131, they will be taken care of at NBC. 

I485 initial stages are taken care of at NBC too, they are the ones who look at your file and make sure everything is there before they forward it to your field office in Atlanta. Also, keep in mind that interview waivers can be given at anytime during the process and you might not have to attend an interview.

The best way to go with USCIS is to just do what they ask you, send missing documents if that's the case, and don't try  taking any shortcuts. 

You won't be allowed to know who is actually processing your case because, that simply does not matter. 

Try to relax and be patient, and you'll see that this process will be much smoother.

Is that only true of people who came in on fiance visas, and thus were presumably exposed to extensive screening and interviewing already, or does this apply to people like me, for instance, who came in on a different visa and then are applying for FBAS?

 

[Becci391 339]

3 minutes ago, antoineD said:

Is that only true of people who came in on fiance visas, and thus were presumably exposed to extensive screening and interviewing already, or does this apply to people like me, for instance, who came in on a different visa and then are applying for FBAS?

 

I know and also read that some people who came to the US on a K1 visa did not have to have an interview because of the K1 visa interview at the US embassy in their home country.

Not sure if that applies to other visa categories too.

Edited March 30, 2017 by Becci391