August 2017 AOS Filers

[car0593 42]

I had made a SR for my fathers EAD back on 10/27/17.. and just this past Friday I got a email reply saying : "your case is currently under review. you should receive a decision or notice of other action shortly" yay...... today marks 196 days.....

[GoodVibesOnly 206]

On 2/17/2018 at 4:04 PM, LP123 said:

Thank you and sorry to hear about your case.

You can try send email or call them (but I tried to send email and even call my congresswoman and they didnt response). Thus, I think you should come your congressman's office and then tell them anything about your case. 

p/s: Last week, I checked 500 receipt numbers around mine, and i saw a lot of case i-765 (August filers) are still stick with status "case was received".

Yeah  when I checked mine though just like 20% were in “case was received” and most of them were approved. Not sure if it’s because I filed on August 4th. Thanks for your help  we just need to wait  

[GoodVibesOnly 206]

2 hours ago, Hamilton said:

I have a theory about why some people (me included) are still waiting from August. 

 

Every single time I spoke to a Tier 2 officer until Jan, they said my case was still undergoing background checks. I have zero idea why this would be, I have no criminal history, and a unique name. But maybe those of us waiting were unlucky enough to have long background checks. Once the check is complete, they start looking at the file. So for me, maybe the check was complete in January, and that's when I got my RFIE. For others, once the check was complete in Jan/Feb, they got their EADs. 

 

Just an effort to try find some logic in this agonizing process... 

 

 

I have this theory too but even though a tier 2 officer told me I already have passed the background checks and all, not sure why they haven’t sent the EAD after all this time!! O_o it just doesn’t make any sense and it didn’t make any sense to the officer either. Oh well.  

[AriK2000 20]

2 hours ago, GoodVibesOnly said:

I have this theory too but even though a tier 2 officer told me I already have passed the background checks and all, not sure why they haven’t sent the EAD after all this time!! O_o it just doesn’t make any sense and it didn’t make any sense to the officer either. Oh well.  

Hi @GoodVibesOnly 

 

I'm so sorry to hear about your case - I know it's so frustrating and disappointing  Have you tried reaching out to some congressman/woman office? We reached out to Sen Tammy Duckworth by the end of December and we received a response a month later. The senator's office at least was successful in getting some real answers from USCIS (but not that useful for us because I still don't know whether/when I will have my AP in a month...). But it might be more helpful for you. Here is the link to get help from Duckworth office

 

https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/help/help-with-a-federal-agency

[crispytofu 19]

On 2/17/2018 at 4:52 PM, Faby&Jaz said:

Thanks for the love and sympathy, it helps to talk about it! <3 So, check this out, I have been checking everyday for an INFOPASS appointment in my area, and there are absolutely no appointments available ever! lol Our congressmen is a republican, who are totally against immigration reform at this time moment, so I do not believe it will help. I did email the congressmen's office, never got a response. Then I decided that I should hand write a request, yet I figured that they may never respond. I also saw that the NBC service center has one star reviews, extremely bad reviews, and that is where our case is being processed so I do not know how beneficial it will be to contact NBC even. I guess its just the waiting came left now. I do not understand how our system is and it is unfortunate that the system can not even assist American citizens with legalizing their spouses.  

You should contact the congressman. I'm also in Texas as well and even though they are Republican, they still have to look out for their constituents, many times it isn't even the congressman themselves handling your request but their local office. I actually had the same concern as well, but then after not hearing about any status, my wife and I figured, well what's the worst that could happen? They tell us that USCIS is still in process? Turns outs our first reply back from the congressman's office was that it was still being processed, but we were just happy that we at least had another party looking out for our case.

 

For my wife and I, contacting a senator was not very helpful since they seem to be slower in responding than my local House representative. For the House rep, I just called and they told me to have my wife email over a form and the next week I got some info, then a couple weeks later my wife's EAD was processed.

 

Have hope, and just ask the congressman since you won't really know what their response will be unless you ask. After all, you have 3 in Texas that represent you, if one doesn't help out there are 2 others that might.

 

Edited February 20, 2018 by crispytofu
Too early in the morning... fixing some grammar issues.

[Denglish 58]

So crazy that everyone doesn’t have their EAD yet! Hopefully this month you will just get an interview notice (happened to some people in July too, no EAD or it came rediculkusly close to interview time). For my own case I notice that the whole thing overall is right on target in terms of timeline. We have our interview this Friday, almost exactly 6 months after applying, which is exactly what I expected. The only unexpected and absolutely agonizing part was waiting for that EAD card which we expected within 90 days of filing. 

 

So so I hope you all will get interview notices soon and not have to worry about EAD. 

[T_P 872]

2 minutes ago, Denglish said:

So crazy that everyone doesn’t have their EAD yet! Hopefully this month you will just get an interview notice (happened to some people in July too, no EAD or it came rediculkusly close to interview time). For my own case I notice that the whole thing overall is right on target in terms of timeline. We have our interview this Friday, almost exactly 6 months after applying, which is exactly what I expected. The only unexpected and absolutely agonizing part was waiting for that EAD card which we expected within 90 days of filing. 

 

So so I hope you all will get interview notices soon and not have to worry about EAD. 

I will have my interview tomorrow and will be posting a review after. Let us know how your interview goes as well. 

 

Good luck

[Faby&Jaz 22]

2 hours ago, T_P said:

I will have my interview tomorrow and will be posting a review after. Let us know how your interview goes as well. 

 

Good luck

I am going to contact the Congress person today. I really need things to start cooking, and yes it’s basically six months time to be scheduled for an interview soon do not what’s really going on. I spoke to a friend who works for USCIS and she told me the issue they are having is the background checks have not come back and people who applied later but were able to obtain their work permit was due to their background check coming up faster. They are anazlyzing ever unique name and unique background. This information comes from a legit officer who works for USCIS on these types of cases and she basically told me the other issue is that they are backlogged and they currently are trying to catch up. She said NBC gets 1000 applications everyday so that is just pushing them behind. Hope that helps 🙏🏽😕😳

[T_P 872]

2 minutes ago, Faby&Jaz said:

I am going to contact the Congress person today. I really need things to start cooking, and yes it’s basically six months time to be scheduled for an interview soon do not what’s really going on. I spoke to a friend who works for USCIS and she told me the issue they are having is the background checks have not come back and people who applied later but were able to obtain their work permit was due to their background check coming up faster. They are anazlyzing ever unique name and unique background. This information comes from a legit officer who works for USCIS on these types of cases and she basically told me the other issue is that they are backlogged and they currently are trying to catch up. She said NBC gets 1000 applications everyday so that is just pushing them behind. Hope that helps 🙏🏽😕😳

This isnt new, USCIS is backlogged since last year, when we started this thread there were quite a few articles posted around this topic (backlogged) and many of us wondering when we would receive our EADs. Still tons of people from august waiting their docs etc....

 

I just wish people would read more and search a little bit more here on VJ. Lots of people from Jan, Feb complaining and they have no idea how painful and frustrating this can be.

 

Good luck @Faby&Jaz

[Faby&Jaz 22]

3 hours ago, T_P said:

This isnt new, USCIS is backlogged since last year, when we started this thread there were quite a few articles posted around this topic (backlogged) and many of us wondering when we would receive our EADs. Still tons of people from august waiting their docs etc....

 

I just wish people would read more and search a little bit more here on VJ. Lots of people from Jan, Feb complaining and they have no idea how painful and frustrating this can be.

 

Good luck @Faby&Jaz

Just got an update on my case for request for evidence. 😑

[Londonergirl 133]

4 hours ago, Faby&Jaz said:

I am going to contact the Congress person today. I really need things to start cooking, and yes it’s basically six months time to be scheduled for an interview soon do not what’s really going on. I spoke to a friend who works for USCIS and she told me the issue they are having is the background checks have not come back and people who applied later but were able to obtain their work permit was due to their background check coming up faster. They are anazlyzing ever unique name and unique background. This information comes from a legit officer who works for USCIS on these types of cases and she basically told me the other issue is that they are backlogged and they currently are trying to catch up. She said NBC gets 1000 applications everyday so that is just pushing them behind. Hope that helps 🙏🏽😕😳

But how come that people who applied after us are getting approved before? If we sent our applications before others, our background checks should come back before theirs? I spoke to someone who sent their AOS two months after me and she already got her GC, and we are in the same field office. Feels like a kick in the knee  

[Londonergirl 133]

4 hours ago, T_P said:

I just wish people would read more and search a little bit more here on VJ. Lots of people from Jan, Feb complaining and they have no idea how painful and frustrating this can be.

 

I get a bit annoyed when I read that! I have seen several comments about December fillers and January who are super mad that they don't have their EAD etc because they need to work. What the heck, don't you think I would like to work as well?!    Loooool

1 hour ago, Faby&Jaz said:

Just got an update on my case for request for evidence. 😑

When did you send in i485? (Sorry, you might have written it before)

[dt101 9]

For anyone still waiting for their EAD, I just received an update that my EAD was being produced today. So it looks like it is taking approximately 6 months or so to get the card. My priority date is August 7th, 2017 with NBC.

 

I've reached out the senator, congressman, and ombudsman for help and raised an expedite request. I think these steps might have helped in getting the card a little faster.

 

Also if anyone is worried about a request for evidence on the underlying i485 resetting the clock for EAD. I don't think this is the case because I received a RFIE on my i485 on January 19th and I sent it back on February 1st and it took about 2 weeks and a half since February 1st for them to produce my card.

Edited February 20, 2018 by dt101

[GoodVibesOnly 206]

58 minutes ago, Londonergirl said:

I get a bit annoyed when I read that! I have seen several comments about December fillers and January who are super mad that they don't have their EAD etc because they need to work. What the heck, don't you think I would like to work as well?!    Loooool

When did you send in i485? (Sorry, you might have written it before)

 True. I share the sentiment. We all have needs but also need to let the ego and selfishness aside and try to be compassionate about others who have filed months before us and yet have nothing. That’s why I never complained about the EAD/AP, not even in the 90 days mark. I understand the hurry of some people who want to submit a request even in the 75 days mark, I get it, and everyone has their own personal struggles. Sure, we all can have concerns but not to the point of being mad about it + not seeing the sad reality of people who filed long before them. We are in a great group where some were lucky and got their cards approved already but they still stick to us in this forum, not all of them but a few. It must also be hard for them to comment on anything now since there are still several people here who haven’t received their EAD/AP cards or any updates for months. It’s kind of a delicate situation.

Today is day 200 for me. Really tired of this waiting and all the mistakes, it’s getting very old. I just think to myself that I happened to be so extremely lucky in (real) life that my luck is balancing out with this terrible, terrible luck we are having with USCIS. And that’s the only thing about this process really: Luck. Some had it here, some didn’t. I am part of the ones who didn’t and still their luck doesn’t change. At the end, though, we are in this together. 

 

Good luck to all of you fellow Augusters.

[Hamilton 511]

1 hour ago, dt101 said:

For anyone still waiting for their EAD, I just received an update that my EAD was being produced today. So it looks like it is taking approximately 6 months or so to get the card. My priority date is August 7th, 2017 with NBC.

 

I've reached out the senator, congressman, and ombudsman for help and raised an expedite request. I think these steps might have helped in getting the card a little faster.

 

Also if anyone is worried about a request for evidence on the underlying i485 resetting the clock for EAD. I don't think this is the case because I received a RFIE on my i485 on January 19th and I sent it back on February 1st and it took about 2 weeks and a half since February 1st for them to produce my card.

Thanks so much for this update. I received an RFIE on my 485 ten days after you and it would be really useful to know what to expect. 

 

Did you do anything after sending them the response to the RFIE? Like contact your congressperson or request another expedite after the response was received?

 

We spoke with a Tier 2 officer when the RFIE was issued, and he had suggested that we could request another AP expedite immediately after USCIS receives the 485 RFIE response. I'm afraid to do that - or anything else - because I don't want to accidentally slow down the process.