Time Required for Receipt I-485

[soprano82 5]

Hello all, I'm sure this has been asked many times on this forum, but I was curious if anyone has any rough idea when to expect a communication from USCIS regarding the receipt of an i-485 package currently? I submitted the paperwork last week, and it was delivered a tad before 5PM in Chicago last Friday, the 23rd of March. I still haven't received any notification from USCIS that they have received the package. I was curious when I should start to be concerned about whether they have the package in-hand? Thanks for any input.

[Marzena & Stephen 544]

3 minutes ago, soprano82 said:

Hello all, I'm sure this has been asked many times on this forum, but I was curious if anyone has any rough idea when to expect a communication from USCIS regarding the receipt of an i-485 package currently? I submitted the paperwork last week, and it was delivered a tad before 5PM in Chicago last Friday, the 23rd of March. I still haven't received any notification from USCIS that they have received the package. I was curious when I should start to be concerned about whether they have the package in-hand? Thanks for any input.

I wouldn't panic it can take a couple weeks at times. 

[geowrian 22,338]

They generally say to wait at least 30 days after delivery to hear something back, but typically people hear back within a couple/few weeks. There's no reason to be worried based on your timeline.

[soprano82 5]

Thanks guys! I still haven't heard anything back from them. I attached the 1145 as well. I'm still in the 2nd week since I mailed it, so hopefully I'll hear something soon. We are just a little worried since her i-94 expires on April 11th. I'm worried what will happen if USCIS still hasn't confirmed receipt of the package by that time.

[geowrian 22,338]

19 minutes ago, soprano82 said:

Thanks guys! I still haven't heard anything back from them. I attached the 1145 as well. I'm still in the 2nd week since I mailed it, so hopefully I'll hear something soon. We are just a little worried since her i-94 expires on April 11th. I'm worried what will happen if USCIS still hasn't confirmed receipt of the package by that time.

Hopefully soon. It's only been 3 business days since the last post (and a holiday weekend at that).

 

Absolute worst case is they didn't get it at all. You wife becomes out of status for a few days/weeks, you discover it wasn't accepted, then you refile AOS. An overstay will not hurt your AOS case as the spouse of a USC, and she will have authorized stay once they do get it.

Edited April 4, 2018 by geowrian

[soprano82 5]

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

Hopefully soon. It's only been 3 business days since the last post (and a holiday weekend at that).

 

Absolute worst case is they didn't get it at all. You wife becomes out of status for a few days/weeks, you discover it wasn't accepted, then you refile AOS. An overstay will not hurt your AOS case as the spouse of a USC, and she will have authorized stay once they do get it.

Thanks for getting back to me again. You've been a tremendous help. For some reason, we received the notifications for all 3 forms (AOS, Employment Document, Advanced Parole as separate case numbers) tonight around 11PM via text. We're glad we got the notifications, but we were surprised that we'd receive them at such a strange time of day.

[geowrian 22,338]

15 minutes ago, soprano82 said:

Thanks for getting back to me again. You've been a tremendous help. For some reason, we received the notifications for all 3 forms (AOS, Employment Document, Advanced Parole as separate case numbers) tonight around 11PM via text. We're glad we got the notifications, but we were surprised that we'd receive them at such a strange time of day.

That's pretty normal...maybe an hour or 2 late. They update their public-facing system usually around 9 or 10 PM Eastern Time.