March 2017 AOS Filers

[Kalciaa 31]

13 hours ago, emchappie said:

i have a kinda weird question, but has anyone been looking at applying for jobs ready for as soon as they get their EAD?

if so, when you fill out online applications and it says 'are you authorized to work in the united states' have you been saying yes? 

I can tell you what my international student advisor told me right before I applied for my EAD for OPT. Yes, say you're are. You can't take the job unti you have the card in your hand, but nobody will even look at your application unless you're authorized to work here. Hiring proces takes anywhere from few weeks to couple of months, by then you should have your EAD. 

They also ask about the time when you can start, just guesstimate when will you have your card. And if you get the job offer and won't have a card for another week or so just communicate with employer you can't start for another week or however long you're expecting to wait. If they're willing to wait that's great, if now you'll have to look for something else. As long as you're not working without work permit you're not doing anything illegal. I applied to my job before had the EAD in my hand and they just waited for my email saying I finally have it  

 

good luck! 

[Shushulsan 32]

Greetings,

 

I am new here and would like to share some information with this community. I also am from Iran and under this new administration, people from my country maybe impacted by delays, denials, extended background checks and simply never ending bureaucratic loops. There is a very opaque program runs jointly by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called CAARP (Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program). This program will target people from Middle East, North Africa and those from other Islamic country, irrespective of individual's religious affiliation. This will make a 1-2 month biometric  timeframe into 1-2 years (sometimes more) protracted process that delays individual's Adjustment of Status or Citizenship petition.

 

 

(01-07-2013) I-130 Sent (Under F2A because spouse was LPR).

(08-08-2013) I-130 Approved.

(03-27-2017) I-485 Sent. (Under IR-1 because spouse has naturalized).

(03-29-2017) I-485 Received.

(04/05/2017) I-485 Online Status (Fingerprint Fee Accepted).

(04/05/2017) I-485 Text/Email Notification Received.

(04/10/2017) I-485 Notice of Action Received.

(04/14/2017) Fingerprint Appointment Notice Recieved

(04/24/2017) Biometric Done.

 
I have lived in this country for for over 17 years. Married my university classmate/current wife 11 years ago. But our history together goes back 15 years in the past. When we married both were on F-1. We have a 5 years old child together.

 

I self filled the following:

G-1145                         (Applicant)

I-130                            (Applicant)

                                    Cover letter+ Received + Approval Notice.

I-485                            (Applicant) signed

                                    Includes:  2 recent photos with applicant name on the back.

                                    Includes: Payment (personal check $1225.00)

G-325A                        (Applicant) + (US Citizen Spouse) signed

I-693                            (Applicant) sealed/signed/stamped

                                    In Sealed Envelope.

I-864                            (US Citizen Spouse) signed

                                    Includes: 3 years tax filling (2014 - 2016) plus W-2 and 1040 for each year.

                                    Includes: most recent salary letter from current employer.

                                    Includes: 6 months pay stubs (Sep 2016 - Mar 2017)

I-94                              (Applicant)

    Front & Back

Visa/Stamp                  (Applicant)     

Passport                      (Applicant)

    Original passport copy used to enter US.

Certificates                  (Applicant) + (US Citizen Spouse) + (Child)

    Naturalization Certificate (US Citizen Spouse)

                                    Marriage Certificate

                                    Birth Certificate + Translation (Applicant)

                                    Child Birth Certificate (Applicant/Sponsor Child)

I-765                            (Applicant) signed

                                    Includes: 2 recent photos with applicant name on the back.

 

Best of luck to all of you.

Edited April 25, 2017 by Shushulsan

[Apfel 46]

31 minutes ago, Shushulsan said:

Greetings,

 

I am new here and would like to share some information with this community. I also am from Iran and under this new administration, people from my country maybe impacted by delays, denials, extended background checks and simply never ending bureaucratic loops. There is a very opaque program runs jointly by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called CAARP (Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program). This program will target people from Middle East, North Africa and those from other Islamic country, irrespective of individual's religious affiliation. This will make a 1-2 month biometric  timeframe into 1-2 years (sometimes more) protracted process that delays individual's Adjustment of Status or Citizenship petition.

 

 

(01-07-2013) I-130 Sent (Under F2A because spouse was LPR).

(08-08-2013) I-130 Approved.

(03-27-2017) I-485 Sent. (Under IR-1 because spouse has naturalized).

(03-29-2017) I-485 Received.

(04/05/2017) I-485 Online Status (Fingerprint Fee Accepted).

(04/05/2017) I-485 Text/Email Notification Received.

(04/10/2017) I-485 Notice of Action Received.

(04/14/2017) Fingerprint Appointment Notice Recieved

(04/24/2017) Biometric Done.

 
I have lived in this country for for over 17 years. Married my university classmate/current wife 11 years ago. But our history together goes back 15 years in the past. When we married both were on F-1. We have a 5 years old child together.

 

I self filled the following:

G-1145                         (Applicant)

I-130                            (Applicant)

                                    Cover letter+ Received + Approval Notice.

I-485                            (Applicant) signed

                                    Includes:  2 recent photos with applicant name on the back.

                                    Includes: Payment (personal check $1225.00)

G-325A                        (Applicant) + (US Citizen Spouse) signed

I-693                            (Applicant) sealed/signed/stamped

                                    In Sealed Envelope.

I-864                            (US Citizen Spouse) signed

                                    Includes: 3 years tax filling (2014 - 2016) plus W-2 and 1040 for each year.

                                    Includes: most recent salary letter from current employer.

                                    Includes: 6 months pay stubs (Sep 2016 - Mar 2017)

I-94                              (Applicant)

    Front & Back

Visa/Stamp                  (Applicant)     

Passport                      (Applicant)

    Original passport copy used to enter US.

Certificates                  (Applicant) + (US Citizen Spouse) + (Child)

    Naturalization Certificate (US Citizen Spouse)

                                    Marriage Certificate

                                    Birth Certificate + Translation (Applicant)

                                    Child Birth Certificate (Applicant/Sponsor Child)

I-765                            (Applicant) signed

                                    Includes: 2 recent photos with applicant name on the back.

 

Best of luck to all of you.

My husband is from Iran and your biometrics dates are similar, I'm curious to see if the process will in fact take longer due to his country of origin! It's been pretty fast so far

[Shushulsan 32]

6 minutes ago, Apfel said:

My husband is from Iran and your biometrics dates are similar, I'm curious to see if the process will in fact take longer due to his country of origin! It's been pretty fast so far

Only time will tell. How long has he been here and how long you too have been married, of course if you don't mind me asking, lol!

 

Also your USCIS field office has a great bearing on time-frame. In some jurisdiction it would take long time to be scheduled for an interview.

 

By the way what RFIE they needed for his Shenasnameh (Birth Certificate). Did you send them a copy of front page in Persian? or just translation?

Edited April 25, 2017 by Shushulsan

[Apfel 46]

3 minutes ago, Shushulsan said:

Only time will tell. How long has he been here and how long you too have been married, of course if you don't mind me asking, lol!

 

Also your USCIS field office has a great bearing on time-frame. In some jurisdiction it would take long time to be scheduled for an interview.

He has been here since 2014 on F1, and we got married in January after dating for almost two years. Someone on VisaJourney from our field office recently went from application to green card in 4 months, so I am hopeful, but of course they were from a country with a better relationship to the US!

[Shushulsan 32]

Thanks for the heads up.

By the way what RFIE they needed for his Shenasnameh (Birth Certificate). Did you send them a copy of front page in Persian? or just translation?

[Shushulsan 32]

On 4/20/2017 at 6:30 PM, DorothyLa said:

 

in my RFIE it was saying COPY of it. So i sent copy of my original birth certificate. 

 

I sent original the first one and they asked copy of it. Weird.

 

EDIT: I am done biometrics today. Took 10 minutes. But jacksonville was too far away from us. 5 hours driving there and 5 hours driving back. Exhausting. 
 

Which part of Florida are you from? I am in the south. where is your field office.

[DorothyLa 107]

3 hours ago, Shushulsan said:

Which part of Florida are you from? I am in the south. where is your field office.

Northwest. I am near Freeport. Our field office is Jacksonville. There isn't closer uscis office to us than jacksonville. . 

[Apfel 46]

4 hours ago, Shushulsan said:

Thanks for the heads up.

By the way what RFIE they needed for his Shenasnameh (Birth Certificate). Did you send them a copy of front page in Persian? or just translation?

The RFIE says we just sent the translation, but we sent the copy of the page with his birth information and a certified translation   At our InfoPass the agent said the person processing our application just didn't know what a shenasnameh was. So we sent the same documents along with a printout of the Iran Reciprocity Schedule from travel.state.gov as requested in the RFIE

[Shushulsan 32]

29 minutes ago, Apfel said:

The RFIE says we just sent the translation, but we sent the copy of the page with his birth information and a certified translation   At our InfoPass the agent said the person processing our application just didn't know what a shenasnameh was. So we sent the same documents along with a printout of the Iran Reciprocity Schedule from travel.state.gov as requested in the RFIE

Hope they won't do that to mine. I added a sticky note to my Shenasnameh copy stating its name and that Iranian use it as birth certificate that contains name and place and date of birth. But you never know, I might get RFIE.

 

Very stressful indeed.

[EmilyUK 10]

To all those who have had RFIEs,

 

Approximately how long was it between your RFIE response being delivered (according to Fedex/UPS/USPS tracking) and the case tracker being updated to say response received???

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

p.s. Still annoyed that I got an RFIE asking for a copy of marriage certificate given that I sent a certified copy with the original packet!!! That's better than a photocopy!!!

[rose michigan 75]

54 minutes ago, EmilyUK said:

To all those who have had RFIEs,

 

Approximately how long was it between your RFIE response being delivered (according to Fedex/UPS/USPS tracking) and the case tracker being updated to say response received???

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

p.s. Still annoyed that I got an RFIE asking for a copy of marriage certificate given that I sent a certified copy with the original packet!!! That's better than a photocopy!!!

My RFIE response was delivered yesterday according to the uSPS tracking.. My status still the same

[britontherun 35]

8 hours ago, Shushulsan said:

Which part of Florida are you from? I am in the south. where is your field office.

My wife just did her biometrics last Thursday in Tampa... 10 minutes or so in and out

[britontherun 35]

1 hour ago, EmilyUK said:

To all those who have had RFIEs,

 

Approximately how long was it between your RFIE response being delivered (according to Fedex/UPS/USPS tracking) and the case tracker being updated to say response received???

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

p.s. Still annoyed that I got an RFIE asking for a copy of marriage certificate given that I sent a certified copy with the original packet!!! That's better than a photocopy!!!

We got a request for a Birth Certificate too.. which we sent in again 10 days ago. Today they sent a text and email that they got the response and were working on the application again.

 

 

 

[PinkCandy 134]

3 hours ago, EmilyUK said:

To all those who have had RFIEs,

 

Approximately how long was it between your RFIE response being delivered (according to Fedex/UPS/USPS tracking) and the case tracker being updated to say response received???

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

p.s. Still annoyed that I got an RFIE asking for a copy of marriage certificate given that I sent a certified copy with the original packet!!! That's better than a photocopy!!!

Hi EmilyUK, my status changed 2 days after they received my RFIE and some had it at 3.