I-751 April 2017 Filers

[sweet01 39]

Hi guys,

 

A quick update. I just finished going to USCIS today for my biometrics. It just took me around 10-15 minutes.They just asked for my biometrics letter and green card then I just filled out a form asking for basic info such as name, previous name before marriage,phone #, ht, wt, nationality, citizenship, A#, application nos, color of eyes and hair and after filling up the form, they gave me a number then called me after and that's it. I also went there an hour before my appointment schedule and since they were not toxic that time, they let me in. 

 

Now, the waiiiitiiiing game begins.... Good luck to all of us! 

Edited May 9, 2017 by sweet01
added some info on the biometrics

[JP & LMR 13]

1 hour ago, sweet01 said:

Hi guys,

 

A quick update. I just finished going to USCIS today for my biometrics. It just took me around 10-15 minutes.They just asked for my biometrics letter and green card then I just filled out a form asking for basic info such as name, previous name before marriage,phone #, ht, wt, nationality, citizenship, A#, application nos, color of eyes and hair and after filling up the form, they gave me a number then called me after and that's it. I also went there an hour before my appointment schedule and since they were not toxic that time, they let me in. 

 

Now, the waiiiitiiiing game begins.... Good luck to all of us! 

In the same boat as you! Hopefully the wait isn't TOO long! *fingers crossed*

[njblue 51]

On 4/9/2017 at 5:32 AM, babe2012 said:

Hello everyone!! Just a question, for the bank statements did you include all the months since the day you got married up to the present? Or you just did quarterly?

 

 

thank you!

In my case I sent ever statement since nov 2014 my marriage date to present. But some people send quarterly 

Edited May 9, 2017 by njblue

[woohoo25 28]

got my NOA 1 last Friday 5/5 - check cashed a few days before then

 

Also was chatting with immigration coming back from a vacation abroad and they said the i751s are really backed up now and to expect it to take over a year

 

Edited May 10, 2017 by woohoo25

[SofisPatience 23]

14 hours ago, woohoo25 said:

got my NOA 1 last Friday 5/5 - check cashed a few days before then

 

Also was chatting with immigration coming back from a vacation abroad and they said the i751s are really backed up now and to expect it to take over a year

 

To be honest, i'm not at all surprised. When we were filing the I-130, the processing times got longer than they'd been a few months earlier. It was due to the volume of of applications sent. So it makes sense now that all those people are filing the I-I-751 and with the supposed hiring freeze that only makes it worse.

 

Doing things the right way always takes longer but it's worth it. 

[Oli_C 23]

On 5/9/2017 at 8:31 PM, woohoo25 said:

got my NOA 1 last Friday 5/5 - check cashed a few days before then

 

Also was chatting with immigration coming back from a vacation abroad and they said the i751s are really backed up now and to expect it to take over a year

 

So if it takes more than a year, will then extend our temporary status for another year?

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

1 hour ago, Oli_C said:

So if it takes more than a year, will then extend our temporary status for another year?

From the Visa Journey ROC guide:

" If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport."

The I-551 stamp extends the green card another year.

[moonhunt 1]

1 hour ago, Russ&Caro said:

From the Visa Journey ROC guide:

" If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport."

The I-551 stamp extends the green card another year.

Also, you have option to file N400, so don't have to worry about green card renewal forever. 

I-551 stamp on passport + N400 filing. 

Probably IO from N400 may review both I-751 and N400 at the same time. 

[bubblebubble 16]

58 minutes ago, moonhunt said:

Also, you have option to file N400, so don't have to worry about green card renewal forever. 

I-551 stamp on passport + N400 filing. 

Probably IO from N400 may review both I-751 and N400 at the same time. 

Supposedly, we file 3 months before the card expires. That gives us a max of 1 year and 3 months. Let's see.

Hope that we don't have to wait so long that we need the stamp. 

[California Life 16]

I had biometrics appointment for 5/15 but i walked in early (today, 5/11) and had them done. Doing early walk in significantly changed my timeline during EAD process hoping for the same here. 

 

 

[CoffeeVegan 223]

Hi guys

Any idea on whether we can do an early  biometrics walk in? If so, how do we go about with that? Thank you!!!

Edited May 12, 2017 by kay&K

[bubblebubble 16]

I have received my NOA 1 today in the mail. Dated at 4/27/2017 at 19:00.

[Elle&Kev 120]

Biometrics Notice received today (5/11/17) and appointment scheduled for 5/26/17. 

[#mrs. 0]

i want to ask if anybody can help me with this... my son and i came here to the US on the same date with CR1 and CR2 visa,  both of our GC expiration are the same.. it says on I-751 that i can put him on Part 5 as my dependent,, so thats what i did.. we also pay biometric for him (his 8 years old).. it just makes me confused because when i recieve my NOA1 the reciept notice they just put my name on it not mentioning my sons name and says my green card is extended for one year... it makes me so worried because i didnt know if my sons GC also included to the NOA1 they sent me..

[W&C 9]

Received our Biometrics letter today, 5/11/2017. Our appointment is on 5/25/2017! Thinking about an early walk in.