February 2018 AOS Filers

[Britinstl 47]

19 minutes ago, S*UK said:

I know how you feel! I went through the same mind battle of 'what the heck do I send them'.

I would resend your birth certificate and just add in a cover letter stating  'this is a copy of the original long form birth certificate, in English, issued by the governing authority of the United Kingdom'. This is basically what I did for mine but put more emphasis on it already being in English lol. 

You could also ask around in the JAN forum to see if anyone had this RFIE before you. Since I haven't got an update on my case yet and wouldn't want to tell you that this will be fully sufficient. 

Thank you. It's been 5 days since they received the document. But it was Easter so I'll be patient. 

 

Wow. I called USCIS and I asked about it, and said I'd already sent it in, is that the one I should send in? And she said yes, if that's what they want then send it in. I asked 'even if I have already sent it once?' to which she said yes.

[S*UK 543]

15 minutes ago, Britinstl said:

 

Wow. I called USCIS and I asked about it, and said I'd already sent it in, is that the one I should send in? And she said yes, if that's what they want then send it in. I asked 'even if I have already sent it once?' to which she said yes.

Yep. It's pretty damn ridiculous. I was so angry for a while after getting that RFIE. I put weeks into preparing that application.

The first time around I even sent an official copy of my birth certificate that cost me £15. I included a cover letter saying it was the full length BC in English. All to try and avoid that RFIE that so many Brits had mentioned. And still I ended up with the RFIE. It really does beg the question What exactly do they want from us? 

I saw a couple of people even suggest they were mailing out RFIEs to try and keep their processing times down. To make it look like they were getting through them quicker than they actually were.

My question though is what exactly does USCIS have against the UK Birth certificate? They seem to be disproportionately targeting that. 

[Britinstl 47]

3 minutes ago, S*UK said:

Yep. It's pretty damn ridiculous. I was so angry for a while after getting that RFIE. I put weeks into preparing that application.

The first time around I even sent an official copy of my birth certificate that cost me £15. I included a cover letter saying it was the full length BC in English. All to try and avoid that RFIE that so many Brits had mentioned. And still I ended up with the RFIE. It really does beg the question What exactly do they want from us? 

I saw a couple of people even suggest they were mailing out RFIEs to try and keep their processing times down. To make it look like they were getting through them quicker than they actually were.

My question though is what exactly does USCIS have against the UK Birth certificate? They seem to be disproportionately targeting that. 

 

I'm super annoyed to. Mine is clearly the long form as it has both my parents on it and the general register office logo in the bottom right corner. What more can I send?

 

I've photocopied front and back this time.

 

I've wrote a cover letter stating how it meets the requirements in accordance with the travel.state.gov website they linked me to. That should be suffice, I'd hope?

[S*UK 543]

3 minutes ago, Britinstl said:

 

I'm super annoyed to. Mine is clearly the long form as it has both my parents on it and the general register office logo in the bottom right corner. What more can I send?

 

I've photocopied front and back this time.

 

I've wrote a cover letter stating how it meets the requirements in accordance with the travel.state.gov website they linked me to. That should be suffice, I'd hope?

Thats sounds good to me. Good luck and I hope this doesn't delay either of our cases for too long. 

[t1m1t 8]

On 4/3/2018 at 1:28 PM, AnaMolina said:

I really think that might be your interview notice!!! If I were you, I would call just because it would be on my thoughts al the time making me miserable, but... you should get the hardcopy of the notice soon!!! Good luck.🍀 

I noticed that the USCIS DHS website has no changes and still states the received dates for all three (i-485, i-131, i-765) as 02/03/2018.  The USCIS Case Status website shows no information for the i-485 and shows the new updated date (3/27/18), but shows no information (blank).  The i-131 and i-765 still show received dates and information (02/07/18).  All the "received on" dates for the i-485, i-131, and i-765 are different on the two sites with only the i-485 showing an "updated on" date on the USCIS Case Status site (not on the USCIS DHS site).  I gave them a call yesterday only to be told that they would call us back since they were jammed with other phone calls.  Again, they never called back... I'm really getting tired of all this confusion and their lies about calling us back.  We have yet to receive any mail...  

[Mike & Tuyen 598]

34 minutes ago, t1m1t said:

I noticed that the USCIS DHS website has no changes and still states the received dates for all three (i-485, i-131, i-765) as 02/03/2018.  The USCIS Case Status website shows no information for the i-485 and shows the new updated date (3/27/18), but shows no information (blank).  The i-131 and i-765 still show received dates and information (02/07/18).  All the "received on" dates for the i-485, i-131, and i-765 are different on the two sites with only the i-485 showing an "updated on" date on the USCIS Case Status site (not on the USCIS DHS site).  I gave them a call yesterday only to be told that they would call us back since they were jammed with other phone calls.  Again, they never called back... I'm really getting tired of all this confusion and their lies about calling us back.  We have yet to receive any mail...  

What is the difference between the Case Status site and the DHS site?  

[t1m1t 8]

55 minutes ago, Mike & Tuyen said:

What is the difference between the Case Status site and the DHS site?  

I'm not sure exactly, but they require different accounts, and both are telling me two different things...

[JahRyl 87]

49 minutes ago, t1m1t said:

I'm not sure exactly, but they require different accounts, and both are telling me two different things...

hi! can you please give the link for the case status acct? i do have the dhs acct.

thanks

[Mike & Tuyen 598]

1 hour ago, JahRyl said:

hi! can you please give the link for the case status acct? i do have the dhs acct.

thanks

Here you go.  Hope it helps.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

[Mike & Tuyen 598]

WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW!!!!

 

   Interview letter arrived today!  We are scheduled for May 10 in the Portland office.  Keep the faith everyone, your turn is coming soon.  Good luck!

[Itssimons 122]

16 minutes ago, Mike & Tuyen said:

WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW!!!!

 

   Interview letter arrived today!  We are scheduled for May 10 in the Portland office.  Keep the faith everyone, your turn is coming soon.  Good luck!

Congratulations! Happy for you guys. Did you guys experience this notorious “user defined error” glitch while checking your cases online?

[Tluck 24]

45 minutes ago, Mike & Tuyen said:

WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW!!!!

 

   Interview letter arrived today!  We are scheduled for May 10 in the Portland office.  Keep the faith everyone, your turn is coming soon.  Good luck!

Congratulations peeps ...so happy for you..share your timeline also are you on K visa

[Mike & Tuyen 598]

1 hour ago, simonvikih79 said:

Congratulations! Happy for you guys. Did you guys experience this notorious “user defined error” glitch while checking your cases online?

Thank you!  Nope, never got that error on our end.  Of course, we didn't check it all that often as I figured we had a least another month to go LOL.

[Mike & Tuyen 598]

44 minutes ago, Tluck said:

Congratulations peeps ...so happy for you..share your timeline also are you on K visa

Yes, we were on K1 Visa from last April.  Your time will be coming soon.  Good luck.

[Elena Ibrahim 59]

23 hours ago, Mike & Tuyen said:

WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW!!!!

 

   Interview letter arrived today!  We are scheduled for May 10 in the Portland office.  Keep the faith everyone, your turn is coming soon.  Good luck!

.....Congratulations!!!!!!  Question did you guys receive work permit yet?