Case Was Received At My Local Office

[Idd1989 27]

Ughhhh. Last action was January 29. 2018 and my case has been transferred on February 28th. 

 

Edited March 12, 2018 by Idd1989

[Tina and Johan 206]

9 minutes ago, mrs thb said:

 

My rant:  This 'transfer' thing is consuming me.  I'm sucked into this vortex and can't seem to get out.  I need my life back.  Some how I need to separate myself from this mess and resume my life.....I want this process over so I just live a normal life again. Argh!!!!

Perhaps the best way to avoid being so frustrated is to turn off notifications for this thread, don't check USCIS, and assume it'll be another year or so before anything happens.  Then let it go.  Strangely, my husband and I decided to check the USCIS website ON February 26th, and saw his case was "transferred."  Since then, we've been on USCIS a thousand times, and on VJ about a million.  And all it's gotten us is frustration.  Enough.  I'm going back to assuming it'll never be an efficient system, and when his green card finally shows up, it'll be a pleasant surprise.  This is nuts.   

[egroeg 66]

13 minutes ago, Tina and Johan said:

Perhaps the best way to avoid being so frustrated is to turn off notifications for this thread, don't check USCIS, and assume it'll be another year or so before anything happens.  Then let it go.  Strangely, my husband and I decided to check the USCIS website ON February 26th, and saw his case was "transferred."  Since then, we've been on USCIS a thousand times, and on VJ about a million.  And all it's gotten us is frustration.  Enough.  I'm going back to assuming it'll never be an efficient system, and when his green card finally shows up, it'll be a pleasant surprise.  This is nuts.   

Amen to that !

[wololo 28]

23 minutes ago, Tina and Johan said:

Perhaps the best way to avoid being so frustrated is to turn off notifications for this thread, don't check USCIS, and assume it'll be another year or so before anything happens.  Then let it go.  Strangely, my husband and I decided to check the USCIS website ON February 26th, and saw his case was "transferred."  Since then, we've been on USCIS a thousand times, and on VJ about a million.  And all it's gotten us is frustration.  Enough.  I'm going back to assuming it'll never be an efficient system, and when his green card finally shows up, it'll be a pleasant surprise.  This is nuts.   

It sucks when your life decisions depend on those RoC being lifted, decide if you can travel more often to your home country, decide if you can move to another state, or decide if you can still live with the person who jointly filed with you or not. BUT NO, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DECIDED AROUND THIS DUMB RoC.

 

Sorry about the caps, it's frustrating.

[mrs thb 331]

25 minutes ago, Tina and Johan said:

Perhaps the best way to avoid being so frustrated is to turn off notifications for this thread, don't check USCIS, and assume it'll be another year or so before anything happens.  Then let it go.  Strangely, my husband and I decided to check the USCIS website ON February 26th, and saw his case was "transferred."  Since then, we've been on USCIS a thousand times, and on VJ about a million.  And all it's gotten us is frustration.  Enough.  I'm going back to assuming it'll never be an efficient system, and when his green card finally shows up, it'll be a pleasant surprise.  This is nuts.   

Exactly!

 

I would get email notifications and briefly skim them without actually getting onto VJ.  But, since this debacle I'm glued.  It's frustrating as heck and I see and feel the time go by !!.  I gotta rise above.

[AdnanS 82]

2 minutes ago, ElDuderino said:

It sucks when your life decisions depend on those RoC being lifted, decide if you can travel more often to your home country, decide if you can move to another state, or decide if you can still live with the person who jointly filed with you or not. BUT NO, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DECIDED AROUND THIS DUMB RoC.

 

Sorry about the caps, it's frustrating.

 

I completely agree with you, this whole ROC is a total waste of ###### time and unneccessary.

[cyclone27 710]

^complete waste of time and dosh but we can blame fraud/abuse for there being a need for the conditional tag.

 

as for the case notification. - regardless it kind of breaks up the long wait so I can appreciate it for that alone.

[gc@gc 184]

1 hour ago, AdnanS said:

 

I completely agree with you, this whole ROC is a total waste of ###### time and unneccessary.

 

ROC is a mechanism preventing from fraud,  I dont really know how efficient it is.   

[lazy 19]

Just a datapoint:

So my case is a Nov 2017 filer,

I had not recieved my Biometric apt until late Feb.

 

Regarding "Local Office",

Mine updated around Feb 26 -> local office

Then again on March 5 -> local office

 

Went to biometrics apt last week March 8, everything went smoothly.

Checked status today, and it still says March 5, local office.

[NeedMoreCoffee 188]

5 minutes ago, lazy said:

Just a datapoint:

So my case is a Nov 2017 filer,

I had not recieved my Biometric apt until late Feb.

 

Regarding "Local Office",

Mine updated around Feb 26 -> local office

Then again on March 5 -> local office

 

Went to biometrics apt last week March 8, everything went smoothly.

Checked status today, and it still says March 5, local office.

did you go the extra mile to get your bio done?

I'm october 2017 filer here.. still no sign of bio apt. 

[lazy 19]

Just now, jadeswanson said:

did you go the extra mile to get your bio done?

I'm october 2017 filer here.. still no sign of bio apt. 

hey jade,

it was weird. I received initial NOA within a week of my Nov 2017 date.

Didnt get the 2nd NOA letter which has the bio date.

Waited, waited waited.

 

A month ago, i saw that most of Nov 2017 had already had their apt.

read up on the forums recommended action (call USCIS and get to Level 2)

 

Called USCIS,

I did callback cause they said 6h wait,

and they called me back in 2h, but the applicant (wife) wasnt with me and the officer wouldnt discuss with RoC with me the Petitioner. So i proceeded to ask "Generically if a I-751 is filed and the Applicant didnt recieve the biometerics in 2.5 months, what should they do?".  He answered.

A few days later I got the NOA2 with biometrics apt.

 

So did my "unsuccessful" phone call result in the NOA2 or was it coming regardless?

who knows.

 

BTW, I did almost go to the biometrics apt before my actual date, but something came up.  i'd recommend it.

 

[NeedMoreCoffee 188]

12 minutes ago, lazy said:

hey jade,

it was weird. I received initial NOA within a week of my Nov 2017 date.

Didnt get the 2nd NOA letter which has the bio date.

Waited, waited waited.

 

A month ago, i saw that most of Nov 2017 had already had their apt.

read up on the forums recommended action (call USCIS and get to Level 2)

 

Called USCIS,

I did callback cause they said 6h wait,

and they called me back in 2h, but the applicant (wife) wasnt with me and the officer wouldnt discuss with RoC with me the Petitioner. So i proceeded to ask "Generically if a I-751 is filed and the Applicant didnt recieve the biometerics in 2.5 months, what should they do?".  He answered.

A few days later I got the NOA2 with biometrics apt.

 

So did my "unsuccessful" phone call result in the NOA2 or was it coming regardless?

who knows.

 

BTW, I did almost go to the biometrics apt before my actual date, but something came up.  i'd recommend it.

 

Yea man its crazy who knows.

I did everything you did and they just told me to wait and that i've been added to this "automatic scheduler". 

I was mainly stressing because I've seen some cases that were denied because they didnt go to biometrics... but since im 5 months in. I believe that isnt the case anymore. 

I've also seen cases approved without biometrics.

My latest update was to "if you dont receive a notice by March 29 on your case being transfered. submit case inquiry" 

So kind of just waiting until then.

[Tina and Johan 206]

3 hours ago, ElDuderino said:

It sucks when your life decisions depend on those RoC being lifted, decide if you can travel more often to your home country, decide if you can move to another state, or decide if you can still live with the person who jointly filed with you or not. BUT NO, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DECIDED AROUND THIS DUMB RoC.

 

Sorry about the caps, it's frustrating.

I get that; it totally sucks.     But I'd counter to say that your life decisions do NOT actually revolve around ROC.  Unless you're waiting for it to move out of the country.  We've visited South Africa twice since this all began.  We've been to Europe, Canada, and Mexico also.  None of this made traveling out of the country impossible, or even difficult.  As for moving, you can simply put in a change of address.  No big deal. You've already been approved permanent resident status.  This is supposed to be the easier hoop to jump through.  Pain in the butt, yes.  Keeping you from living your life?  No. Unless I'm missing something, and your case is more convoluted than the norm?

[Ketsuban 1,034]

14 minutes ago, Tina and Johan said:

I get that; it totally sucks.     But I'd counter to say that your life decisions do NOT actually revolve around ROC.  Unless you're waiting for it to move out of the country.  We've visited South Africa twice since this all began.  We've been to Europe, Canada, and Mexico also.  None of this made traveling out of the country impossible, or even difficult.  As for moving, you can simply put in a change of address.  No big deal. You've already been approved permanent resident status.  This is supposed to be the easier hoop to jump through.  Pain in the butt, yes.  Keeping you from living your life?  No. Unless I'm missing something, and your case is more convoluted than the norm?

We've been wanting to move but given their stellar record of sending green cards to old addresses despite sending in an address change form and then demanding hundreds of dollars for a replacement, I figure it's better to stay in our current location until the card is in my hands. Been wanting to move for over a year now but I'm sure USCIS assumes we do not have lives to be getting on with. 

 

Edit to add that some people have found difficulty being approved for mortgages due to the lender thinking they will not be in the country past the expiry of the extension letter/stamp. 

Edited March 12, 2018 by Ketsuban

[Since2012 28]

12 minutes ago, Tina and Johan said:

I get that; it totally sucks.     But I'd counter to say that your life decisions do NOT actually revolve around ROC.  Unless you're waiting for it to move out of the country.  We've visited South Africa twice since this all began.  We've been to Europe, Canada, and Mexico also.  None of this made traveling out of the country impossible, or even difficult.  As for moving, you can simply put in a change of address.  No big deal. You've already been approved permanent resident status.  This is supposed to be the easier hoop to jump through.  Pain in the butt, yes.  Keeping you from living your life?  No. Unless I'm missing something, and your case is more convoluted than the norm?

 

Hello there! Did you travel with expired gc and extension letter?  i really wanna visit my family but im so scared