October 2017 Concurrent Filers (I485, I130, I131 and I765)

[EvieMN 105]

How's everyone doing?

Hope you're having a great weekend with many good news from USCIS.

My AOS journey is almost done.

I got texts and emails yesterday

I-130 approved

I-485 card mailed

 

Tickets to Bugaria purchased

[happywu 56]

Hello everybody, 

 

I hope everything is doing all right. 

 

Who still waiting for the work card? Today I made my second request about my card. The first one was online ( not answer) and today I called them. Hopefully good news will come on my way soon. 

 

Take care are you all !

[ajs1984 28]

I am still waiting. I raised an expedite (over the phone) and an SR (online) and neither have been responded to for 30 and 15 days, respectively.

[MonkeyBanana 1]

1 hour ago, happywu said:

Hello everybody, 

 

I hope everything is doing all right. 

 

Who still waiting for the work card? Today I made my second request about my card. The first one was online ( not answer) and today I called them. Hopefully good news will come on my way soon. 

 

Take care are you all !

 I’m still waiting at day 117

[EvieMN 105]

37 minutes ago, ajs1984 said:

I am still waiting. I raised an expedite (over the phone) and an SR (online) and neither have been responded to for 30 and 15 days, respectively.

That sucks! Did they give you a timeframe in which to expect an answer?

[ajs1984 28]

When you call USCIS, you get a Tier 1 Officer, who has no more information than you can get online (if the online system is working!). They ask you if you want to speak to a Tier 2. In my case, I got a call back from a Tier 2 based in the LA office. Both officers were intelligent and had some good advice. The advice of the Tier 2 was "fax a request for a receipt of your documents to the same number you faxed the evidence". It seemed sensible enough. Unfortunately, I did so, and received no receipt or any kind of communication subsequently. The truth is, the people on the phones can only help so much. They don't have access to the paperwork you submit.

 

I think (like many government agencies) the remediation systems USCIS has in place to deal with delays are mostly placebos. Even on this forum, there are just as many examples of people filing an SR/expedite and getting a response a few days later as there are people who don't get a response for months. Same for congressman, USCIS ombudsman. I suspect the people that get a response a few days later are just correlating their success with the request, when actually their progress was going to happen anyway. As USCIS doesn't publish any statistics about the effectiveness of their service requests, I doubt anybody knows for sure whether they contribute directly to shorter processing times.

 

I've got my interview next week and I guess I'll just have to hope I can get an I-512 stamp; otherwise, it's probably going to be another month at least before I can start working for the job I already secured!

[happywu 56]

5 hours ago, ajs1984 said:

When you call USCIS, you get a Tier 1 Officer, who has no more information than you can get online (if the online system is working!). They ask you if you want to speak to a Tier 2. In my case, I got a call back from a Tier 2 based in the LA office. Both officers were intelligent and had some good advice. The advice of the Tier 2 was "fax a request for a receipt of your documents to the same number you faxed the evidence". It seemed sensible enough. Unfortunately, I did so, and received no receipt or any kind of communication subsequently. The truth is, the people on the phones can only help so much. They don't have access to the paperwork you submit.

 

I think (like many government agencies) the remediation systems USCIS has in place to deal with delays are mostly placebos. Even on this forum, there are just as many examples of people filing an SR/expedite and getting a response a few days later as there are people who don't get a response for months. Same for congressman, USCIS ombudsman. I suspect the people that get a response a few days later are just correlating their success with the request, when actually their progress was going to happen anyway. As USCIS doesn't publish any statistics about the effectiveness of their service requests, I doubt anybody knows for sure whether they contribute directly to shorter processing times.

 

I've got my interview next week and I guess I'll just have to hope I can get an I-512 stamp; otherwise, it's probably going to be another month at least before I can start working for the job I already secured!

I think you should not worry anymore about your EAD. Soon you are going to have your greencard, so you are not going to need EAD. But it's impressive how they work. Not even with the expedite you got an answer. It's really frustrating.

[happywu 56]

5 hours ago, MonkeyBanana said:

 I’m still waiting at day 117

Oh, wow! Did you raise any request? Did you receive any RFE? 

 

Well, hopefully you can get some good news soon. Keep us posted!

[MonkeyBanana 1]

5 minutes ago, happywu said:

Oh, wow! Did you raise any request? Did you receive any RFE? 

 

Well, hopefully you can get some good news soon. Keep us posted!

My lawyer advised me to just wait a little longer as several of his other clients have also been waiting 4+ months so it seems to be a new normal. I didn't receive any RFE

[happywu 56]

12 hours ago, MonkeyBanana said:

My lawyer advised me to just wait a little longer as several of his other clients have also been waiting 4+ months so it seems to be a new normal. I didn't receive any RFE

Oh, I got it! It's frustrating to know that 4+ months is the new normal for EAD.

[ajs1984 28]

I noticed the USCIS processing times statistics were updated.

 

Field Office Processing Dates for National Benefits Center as of: November 30, 2017

I-131	Application for Travel Document	All other applicants for advance parole	September 1, 2017

I-765	Application for Employment Authorization	Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)]	September 1, 2017

 

According to this, the processing times were back to 90 days in November. Huh..

 

[lms 50]

1 hour ago, ajs1984 said:

I noticed the USCIS processing times statistics were updated.

 

Field Office Processing Dates for National Benefits Center as of: November 30, 2017

I-131	Application for Travel Document	All other applicants for advance parole	September 1, 2017

I-765	Application for Employment Authorization	Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)]	September 1, 2017

 

According to this, the processing times were back to 90 days in November. Huh..

 

Seems to match the Timelines of October & Nov filers.

[ajs1984 28]

It matches only some filers, which is exactly what we are discussing..

[shakeyy 78]

What an eventful day!

 

So I finally went to SSA office today to sort out my application with my SSN. Waited for 2.5 hours and finally had my application processed and when i was about to leave, a fistfight almost broke  out between a couple inside the SSA office and Security tried to kick out the rowdy fellas who refused to leave and to my amusement bystanders were like "too bad i couldn't get a good video, i would have posted it on youtube"  and one person yelled "Welcome to America" Hahahaha! 

 

 

Hahahaha! Story of my SSA journey! Fun times.

 

 

[ColoradoBeauty 79]

3 hours ago, shakeyy said:

What an eventful day!

 

So I finally went to SSA office today to sort out my application with my SSN. Waited for 2.5 hours and finally had my application processed and when i was about to leave, a fistfight almost broke  out between a couple inside the SSA office and Security tried to kick out the rowdy fellas who refused to leave and to my amusement bystanders were like "too bad i couldn't get a good video, i would have posted it on youtube"  and one person yelled "Welcome to America" Hahahaha! 

 

 

Hahahaha! Story of my SSA journey! Fun times.

 

 

What a show ! Hahaha 

I'm guessing you got tired waiting for SSA to send you the replacement SS card? 

Would you mind sharing the process? Such as paperwork completed and documentation you brought in? Did they shred your old SS card?