K1 Visa Holders who skipped AOS interview?

[NYBEtt 88]

This thread is a follow-up to another thread: www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/630753-case-status-not-updated-since-fingerprint-fee-received/

 

I am trying to figure out what could be determining factors in skipping the AOS interview for K1 visa holders.

 

I was hoping people who received their green card without an AOS interview could share their experiences:

-How much time passed between K1 interview and AOS application?

-How long were typical wait times from NOA1 to receiving green card from your local office?

-What was your case status on the USCIS website while you waited? (Mine has been for almost two months the same: " we accepted the fingerprint fee for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status Our National Benefits Center location is working on your case.")

-Did you at any point know you would be skipping the interview?

-How long did it take between NOA1 and green card approval?

 

Any other information that would be relevant would also be appreciated!

 

[FutureMrs.Lacka 14]

I didn't have an interview you can check my time line 

[yuna628 9,676]

No interview. As you can see from our timeline, our wait was significantly long. Had our case been actually routed to our local field office, the wait would have been even longer. Note I said had. We had assumed our case was stuck at our field office, the reality is our case had been shipped elsewhere to a field office in another state. We had no status changes or updates until we received a medical RFE - after responding, our case was approved soon after. We assumed the interview would be skipped once we were aware that the case had been shipped across country (there was no indication up until that RFE)...

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

-How much time passed between K1 interview and AOS application?

Interviewed August 11th 2016, Arrived in US October 19th, Applied AOS November 17th 2016 - roughly 3 months

 

-How long were typical wait times from NOA1 to receiving green card from your local office?

Roughly 10 months. This is what I attribute a large degree to when it comes to interview waiver/direct approval at the NBC since USCIS practices workload distribution between its offices.

 

-What was your case status on the USCIS website while you waited?

Name Updated, since I sent a SR for a typographical error but prior to this Fingerprint fee Received. Once you get the update "Ready to be scheduled for interview" , the jurisdiction is at your local CIS office. From here you can either get an interview or a interview waiver letter.

 

-Did you at any point know you would be skipping the interview?

No, since there is no update while at the NBC

 

-How long did it take between NOA1 and green card approval?

100 days

Edited April 5, 2017 by Suss&Camm

[NYBEtt 88]

1 hour ago, Suss&Camm said:

-How much time passed between K1 interview and AOS application?

Interviewed August 11th 2016, Arrived in US October 19th, Applied AOS November 17th 2016 - roughly 3 months

 

-How long were typical wait times from NOA1 to receiving green card from your local office?

Roughly 10 months. This is what I attribute a large degree to when it comes to interview waiver/direct approval at the NBC since USCIS practices workload distribution between its offices.

 

-What was your case status on the USCIS website while you waited?

Name Updated, since I sent a SR for a typographical error but prior to this Fingerprint fee Received. Once you get the update "Ready to be scheduled for interview" , the jurisdiction is at your local CIS office. From here you can either get an interview or a interview waiver letter.

 

-Did you at any point know you would be skipping the interview?

No, since there is no update while at the NBC

 

-How long did it take between NOA1 and green card approval?

100 days

 

Thanks for the detailed response! Did your case status ever change to "Ready to be scheduled for interview"? Or did your case never get transferred to the local office?

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

7 minutes ago, NYBEtt said:

 

Thanks for the detailed response! Did your case status ever change to "Ready to be scheduled for interview"? Or did your case never get transferred to the local office?

I got a direct approval at the NBC, my status prior to approval was "name updated" and before that "fingerprint fee received", so no it was never transferred. We've had quite a few of these in the November filers - I was the first of the posters to receive it 1 month ago and then a number of additional ppl have gotten it aswell. Within that time several ppl have also had their interviews at their local offices - the ones with short processing times. Getting an interview waiver from the local offices can many times take longer than getting an interview itself.

Edited April 5, 2017 by Suss&Camm

[Unlockable 7,314]

No interview also for US.

 

You can review my timeline. No indication there would or would not be an interview. Did have an RFE for not having a signature on one of the docs but it did not slow anything. Took about 80 days. Received GC prior to any notice of approval. In fact, besides the NOA1, RFE, and a few updates online regarding biometrics scheduling and such it was pretty quiet until the EAD/AP card arrived. Ironically, the GC arrived just a week later.

 

It is going to be hard trying to figure out the determining factor for interviews. I admire you efforts but there are way too many variables that can take place and too much information needed inside immigration, which we do not have privy of knowing, to come up with a good factor.

[Pennycat 880]

-How much time passed between K1 interview and AOS application?

Interviewed 10/13/15, arrived 10/24/15. Didn't apply for AOS until 4/16/16. So just about 6 months.

 

-How long were typical wait times from NOA1 to receiving green card from your local office?

I don't remember what our local office was reporting at the time. A year or more I believe. We wound up at not our local office (which was my first clue that we wouldn't have an interview), but which oddly enough had a longer wait time. Couldn't figure that one out.

 

-What was your case status on the USCIS website while you waited?

We were part of a weird glitch where the website didn't recognize our numbers. At some point, my husband got them to fix it, but it remained "fingerprint received" the whole time, which I'm guessing is part of the glitch.

 

-Did you at any point know you would be skipping the interview?

We got the stupid medical RFE (the one where they ask you for your vaccination records even though they're the ones who have them), it came from the Newark Field Office, which is not our local office. I figured that meant we wouldn't be interviewing.

 

-How long did it take between NOA1 and green card approval?

192days (104 to EAD/AP)

[CareBear 18]

I didnt have an interview at AOS or ROC stages. My timeline is below.

[Prystine 184]

No AOS interview here either, (see timeline below) but you never get any real updates during the process either from NBC.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

It seems hit or miss but...

 

-How much time passed between K1 interview and AOS application?

K-1 Interview was Sept 22nd, recieved a 221g for more documents (a second cosposnor),
he was approved Nov 9th, six days after they received the documents,
he came into the country Dec 6th,
 we married Feb 20th,
his I-94 expired on March 4th,
we sent out the AOS application on April 7th.

197 DAYS FROM INTERVIEW TO AOS APPLICATION
149 days from visa approval to AOS application

 

-How long were typical wait times from NOA1 to receiving green card from your local office?

San Antonio had an almost two year wait time while we were waiting for the GC. CURRENTLY it is doing I-485's from may 2016, so it's at about a year average now.

 

-What was your case status on the USCIS website while you waited? (Mine has been for almost two months the same: " we accepted the fingerprint fee for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status Our National Benefits Center location is working on your case.")

The fingerprint status. It didn't change from that until he received the your new card is in the mail status. There were no RFE's.

 

-Did you at any point know you would be skipping the interview?

When the status changed to saying a new card was being produced. His EAD/AP hadn't even been approved yet, the I-485 just changed saying it was being produced and then later changed to it being mailed out.
 

-How long did it take between NOA1 and green card approval?

77 days

Edited April 6, 2017 by Ash.1101

[TBoneTX 45,284]

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