July 2017 AOS Fillers

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6 minutes ago, fishe23a said:

This is perhaps old news to some. But my wife was approved 9/25 for GC, which we are still awaiting. Just wanted to post here that we stumbled across many forums on what to do following receipt of GC, to make sure we missed nothing. We did not realize that you have to change your Social Security Card to an unrestricted type following AOS. My wife has had a SSN since she was here on a J-1 ten years ago, to work at a summer camp. However, it says she may not work prior to DHS Authorization on the card. Anyone with a SSN saying this or that they cannot work (anyone who applied for SSN after marriage with K-1) must have their SS "account" essentially changed to an unrestricted type so they can get a job.

 

This is easy enough: once you have the card, make an appt with nearest SSA office to have it changed. They change status on the spot and mail you an unrestricted card in 7-10 days. Cheers!!

Congrats  and thank you for  the info!

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2 hours ago, fishe23a said:

This is perhaps old news to some. But my wife was approved 9/25 for GC, which we are still awaiting. Just wanted to post here that we stumbled across many forums on what to do following receipt of GC, to make sure we missed nothing. We did not realize that you have to change your Social Security Card to an unrestricted type following AOS. My wife has had a SSN since she was here on a J-1 ten years ago, to work at a summer camp. However, it says she may not work prior to DHS Authorization on the card. Anyone with a SSN saying this or that they cannot work (anyone who applied for SSN after marriage with K-1) must have their SS "account" essentially changed to an unrestricted type so they can get a job.

 

This is easy enough: once you have the card, make an appt with nearest SSA office to have it changed. They change status on the spot and mail you an unrestricted card in 7-10 days. Cheers!!

Congratulations! Thanks for being so thoughtful and sharing this valuable piece of information!!!

[Athens 101]

Goodmorning to you all. I have a question pls. for those whose  I-485 case status was ready to be scheduled for interview before you request SR for EAD, did your I-485 date change but still remain on ready to be scheduled? 

Edited October 2, 2017 by Athens

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On 9/28/2017 at 8:00 PM, gabara14 said:

Just got the message that my EAD has been mailed to me!!! So happy. 

 

On 9/29/2017 at 1:15 PM, agnsd said:

@gabara14 congrats for you EAD!  did you make a request to get it faster?

Oh yea, we resqueted to expedite it under severe financial loss. 

[jsj1992 3]

We had our AOS interview yesterday and wereapproved. They told us we should receive our GC within 4-6 weeks and gave us this letter afterwards and he said they'll also mail us a letter of approval. He gave the 10yr GC because we're married for 2yrs now and told us we can apply for citizenship after 3yrs. Did anyone else get a letter like this after their interview? And how long did it take for your GC to arrive? We didn't expedite anything, I actually never receive my EAD card and our case status (ead and ap) is still showing case is received. So I think we skipped the ead altogether because we had the interview pretty fast. 

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5 hours ago, jsj1992 said:

We had our AOS interview yesterday and wereapproved. They told us we should receive our GC within 4-6 weeks and gave us this letter afterwards and he said they'll also mail us a letter of approval. He gave the 10yr GC because we're married for 2yrs now and told us we can apply for citizenship after 3yrs. Did anyone else get a letter like this after their interview? And how long did it take for your GC to arrive? We didn't expedite anything, I actually never receive my EAD card and our case status (ead and ap) is still showing case is received. So I think we skipped the ead altogether because we had the interview pretty fast. 

Congratulations! I don’t think you should worry that much. Maybe the interviewer was just easy. You mentioned he said you will receive a 10-yr GC. That’s great! My husband and I have been married for 4 years and have two kids, I was out of status for almost 4 years. So I am really hoping my interview will go fast and easy as yours! So far I haven’t got any changes, still waiting for EAD/AP and no changes online about AOS as well. I can’t answer your question, but Congratulations! 🥂

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On 03/10/2017 at 1:09 AM, gabara14 said:

 

Oh yea, we resqueted to expedite it under severe financial loss. 

thanks for your answer

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I submitted an online service request regarding my EAD last Thursday, 09/28/2017. Today recieved an approval notice in the mail, dated 09/29/2017. Status on the USCIS site - New card is being produced. Honestly, I am plesantly surprised. 

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53 minutes ago, JSWH said:

I submitted an online service request regarding my EAD last Thursday, 09/28/2017. Today recieved an approval notice in the mail, dated 09/29/2017. Status on the USCIS site - New card is being produced. Honestly, I am plesantly surprised. 

I did same day but it’s still currently not assigned to an officer. Did yours chang to assigned to an officer? You filed 06/30. That may be the reason why they acted fast. 

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56 minutes ago, JSWH said:

I submitted an online service request regarding my EAD last Thursday, 09/28/2017. Today recieved an approval notice in the mail, dated 09/29/2017. Status on the USCIS site - New card is being produced. Honestly, I am plesantly surprised. 

Congratulations!! Did it just change today on the website or did it change on the 29??

Edited October 6, 2017 by NYC August Filler

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1 hour ago, JSWH said:

I submitted an online service request regarding my EAD last Thursday, 09/28/2017. Today recieved an approval notice in the mail, dated 09/29/2017. Status on the USCIS site - New card is being produced. Honestly, I am plesantly surprised. 

Congrats! May I ask if you got a confirmation saying you will get an answer regarding the inquiry and what date? Thanks. 

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9 hours ago, Athens said:

I did same day but it’s still currently not assigned to an officer. Did yours chang to assigned to an officer? You filed 06/30. That may be the reason why they acted fast. 

 

No, mine did not. I have no clue why USCIS responded so fast. I din't expedite or something, just submitted SR.

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9 hours ago, NYC August Filler said:

Congratulations!! Did it just change today on the website or did it change on the 29??

Frankly, I don't know. I submitted a SR out of curiosity without even expecting of believing that it would change anything, and haven't checked the website since then. That's why I was surprised to receive an approval notice in the mail.

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9 hours ago, Ehri&Mark said:

Congrats! May I ask if you got a confirmation saying you will get an answer regarding the inquiry and what date? Thanks. 

Thank you! Yes, after submission, I got an automatic confirmation on my email saying that I would get an answer within a month, so Oct.28.

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11 hours ago, JSWH said:

I submitted an online service request regarding my EAD last Thursday, 09/28/2017. Today recieved an approval notice in the mail, dated 09/29/2017. Status on the USCIS site - New card is being produced. Honestly, I am plesantly surprised. 

congratulations! How long had it been before you submitted an SR? mine has been sitting for 70days. I know I can only make a follow up affer 75days but I am wondering whether I should wait a little more if it means getting a positive response like yours.