June 2017 I-751 filers

[StaGor 26]

22 hours ago, StaGor said:

Hello world

 

I have been following this thread for a year now, so I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes with questions or answers - it gets at least some understanding of where are we all standing.

I myself am still waiting for i751 resolution, so wanted to share my timeline:

09/08/2015 conditional GC approved

06/14/2017 i751 case received by VSC

07/21/2017 biometrics appointment (fingerprints, etc)

 

According to USCIS website, my case has been received in local office on April 9th. This seems to be generic message, which might not necessarily be true.

According to DHS account site, they received my case on 6/14/17; 2/25/18 and 2/27/18 (all three dates are entered twice, making it as duplicates).

 

 

6/14/18 N400 received (filed by mail, as I heard some people complain of issues adding evidence online, so I did not risk)

7/2/18 biometrics appointment(again same fingerprints)

 

According to USCIS website, case is being actively reviewed (as soon as I walked out of biometrics appointment, literally 5 minutes as I was at he parking lot). Also they gave me a book to study civics test.

According DHS website, they reviewed my biometrics and I do not need to do anything at this time. Estimated wait time 11 months.

 

 

Now lastly, considering that we are all waiting for 18 months extension letters; and the fact that I am about to accept a new job offer, I am not going to wait until the letter and need infopass i551 stamp to meet i9 guidelines.

All things considered, I used Visualping chrome browser extension, and it took me 10 minutes to get appointment tomorrow. I will let everyone know if there is anything out of ordinary or if I get any information that seems to be unique or useful.

If you are struggling with infopass, try Visualping as it tracks changes of particular web page every X amount of time. So as soon as infopass page changes from "no appointments available" to any available schedule, you will get notified. So if you are watching youtube, are at work, etc, open infopass page with visualping and you will see the magic.

I am wishing everyone of us (both VSC and CSC) good luck and I will let you know as soon as something comes up (RFE or approval).

 

 

So as promised, I wanted to follow up on this. 

Getting stamp was easy. It took an hour and a half. Officer explained, that generally Mondays are busy. 

They said even if you don't get your stamp before extension letter expires, your status will not and you can get stamp any time. 

Keep in mind that unlike the letter, the stamp will not extend conditional green card by another year, but rather it will give one more year starting from the day it was stamped. 

Also officer mentioned that they can see address change but most recent address is my original address. To clarify, I have not changed or intended to change the address, so maybe another hickup in the system. 

I urge everyone not to worry, and get stamp upon necessity. Apparently you can even travel with it. 

[StaGor 26]

Also they did not take my expired conditional card. So I get to keep it for now along with original extension letter and stamp; until a new 18 months letter arrives or case gets resolved. 

[phem0r 16]

Just received an email this morning with a case status update.. Finally! I had just last week received the NOA1 again with a 18 month extension. Filed June 8th 2017.

[mrs thb 331]

2 hours ago, phem0r said:

Just received an email this morning with a case status update.. Finally! I had just last week received the NOA1 again with a 18 month extension. Filed June 8th 2017.

Congrats!

 

I cannot believe the way VSC is whipping these approvals out.  Yippee for VSC filers.

 

And, I also cannot believe nothing has been done to adjust the disparity between the 2 service centers!!!  

[Chaka Quaker 41]

1 hour ago, mrs thb said:

Congrats!

 

I cannot believe the way VSC is whipping these approvals out.  Yippee for VSC filers.

 

And, I also cannot believe nothing has been done to adjust the disparity between the 2 service centers!!!  

Are there more filers on the west coast? 

[gc@gc 184]

3 hours ago, phem0r said:

Just received an email this morning with a case status update.. Finally! I had just last week received the NOA1 again with a 18 month extension. Filed June 8th 2017.

 

what is the start date of that 18 month extension letter? you had received one year extension already, right? 

[Chaka Quaker 41]

On 7/14/2018 at 11:09 PM, eurydice01 said:

Update:

I wrote on my previous post that I received an update on my case July 6, 2018 to "New card is being produced." July 13, 2018, I received my 10-year Green Card. 

Hey so you had to sign a paper so the mailman would give you the card? I’m just wondering if I need to take the day off the day the card is supposed to arrive

[gc@gc 184]

31 minutes ago, Chaka Quaker said:

Hey so you had to sign a paper so the mailman would give you the card? I’m just wondering if I need to take the day off the day the card is supposed to arrive

 

it is just a priority mail with tracking, no signature is required

[gc@gc 184]

47 minutes ago, Chaka Quaker said:

Are there more filers on the west coast? 

 

california service center handles cases for 33 states/territories, while vermont service center deals with cases from 22 states/territories

[Jameson78 32]

3 hours ago, mrs thb said:

Congrats!

 

I cannot believe the way VSC is whipping these approvals out.  Yippee for VSC filers.

 

And, I also cannot believe nothing has been done to adjust the disparity between the 2 service centers!!!  

As you would expect, California deals with the larger proportion of DACA, illegals trying to adjust status, related family petitions, and god knows what else, since there are more of them in the border states. Assisted by various NGOs, they all get priority over you people doing it the right way, suckaaaaaa.

Edited July 17, 2018 by Jameson78

[CharlieBrown 28]

1 hour ago, Jameson78 said:

As you would expect, California deals with the larger proportion of DACA, illegals trying to adjust status, related family petitions, and god knows what else, since there are more of them in the border states. Assisted by various NGOs, they all get priority over you people doing it the right way, suckaaaaaa.

I would guess most of DACAs are processing in CSV.. Idk why we cant all file directly with our local office in the first place since every state already has its own office.. 2 offices for the entire country is clearly not enough

Edited July 17, 2018 by CharlieBrown

[Jameson78 32]

Just now, CharlieBrown said:

I would guess most of DACAs are processing in CSV.. Idk why we cant all file directly with our local office in the first place when every state already has its own office.. 2 offices for the entire country is clearly not enough

The whole thing makes no goddamn sense, because it is funded entirely by fees.  They clearly aren't high enough because they are chronically understaffed. Just double or triple them, hire more staff, and be done with it, for god's sake.

[CharlieBrown 28]

2 minutes ago, Jameson78 said:

The whole thing makes no goddamn sense, because it is funded entirely by fees.  They clearly aren't high enough because they are chronically understaffed. Just double or triple them, hire more staff, and be done with it, for god's sake.

true, people complain about the fee but I don't think its that high if you think that you're moving to a country where you never paid taxes in until now.. so I'd totally be willing to pay a higher fee for us to have a better service..

all the money people put in attorneys they could just give that to uscis and deal with less bureaucracy 

Edited July 17, 2018 by CharlieBrown

[gc@gc 184]

16 minutes ago, CharlieBrown said:

I would guess most of DACAs are processing in CSV.. Idk why we cant all file directly with our local office in the first place since every state already has its own office.. 2 offices for the entire country is clearly not enough

 

there are three uscis facilities dealing with daca applications:  phoenix, az;  dallas, tx;  and chicago, il

[CharlieBrown 28]

2 hours ago, gc@gc said:

 

there are three uscis facilities dealing with daca applications:  phoenix, az;  dallas, tx;  and chicago, il

correct, I said most were probably filed at CSV 

Edited July 17, 2018 by CharlieBrown