AOS without EAD&AP

[Ja&Ra 2]

Hello Visajourney friends! This is my issue, I came to United States with a K1 visa and I got married on January 10th before 90 days. In April I applied for the adjustment of status (AOS) but I did not do the employment authorization document (EAD) and the avance parole (AP) application. I attended my biometrics appointment on May 12th in Nashville, Tennessee and now I'm waiting for an interview but I researched the field office at Memphis, apparently this office take more than seven months to process an interview or approve the conditional residence.

I did not apply for EAD and AP because I did not know it was free at the time of filed the AOS package.

My questions are: 

If apply now for the EAD and AP Shall I have to pay the fees for each form or are they still free because my application of AOS?

If apply for the EAD and AP Shall I have to attend a second biometric appointment?

 

I will thanks your advices and comments, I'm just sick and tired of being waiting, by the way what is the average time for the AOS to be approved?

THANKS!

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by Ja&Ra

[Dashinka 24,804]

I believe if you file now with a pending AOS the fees will still be waived.  The question you have to ask yourself do you need to?   If you filed in April, and are now more than two months in, filing the EAD/AP will take 3 months plus, so it might be useful for just a month or so.  In your shoes, I would probably still file them, but it is a question you have to ask yourself.

 

Good Luck!

Edited June 29, 2017 by Bill & Katya

[KULtoATL 1,551]

You can still apply for EAD and AP for free by attaching a copy of your AOS NOA1 to the applications

[GreatDane 366]

17 minutes ago, Ja&Ra said:

Hello Visajourney friends! This is my issue, I came to United States with a K1 visa and I got married on January 10th before 90 days. In April I applied for the adjustment of status (AOS) but I did not do the employment authorization document (EAD) and the avance parole (AP) application. I attended my biometrics appointment on May 12th in Nashville, Tennessee and now I'm waiting for an interview but I researched the field office at Memphis, apparently this office take more than seven months to process an interview or approve the conditional residence.

I did not apply for EAD and AP because I did not know it was free at the time of filed the AOS package.

My questions are: 

If apply now for the EAD and AP Shall I have to pay the fees for each form or are they still free because my application of AOS?

If apply for the EAD and AP Shall I have to attend a second biometric appointment?

 

I will thanks your advices and comments, I'm just sick and tired of being waiting, by the way what is the average time for the AOS to be approved?

THANKS!

 

If you apply now, it will be free since it is processing. However, the wait for EAD/AP is about three months. Based on the data from your office, you might expect your AOS in October/November. They would basically come weeks apart, best case. However, you wouldn't need a second biometric appointment.

You can see data reported for your office here: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aosstats.php 

According to USCIS's website, on April 30th they were processing AOS from November 19th.

If I were you, I'd file EAD/AP asap, just in case.

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by GreatDane

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Apply for EAD/AP, we filed May 2015 and are still stuck in background checks, you can't really go by processing times at this time.
With increasing backlogs due to checks it will drag on and on.