Advice on steps I can take to find out why it's taking so long?

[Etamkoos 100]

In another thread, I recently read a post where someone said they could only find an infopass slot between 00:00 - 00:30 - perhaps it is worth a try :).  Hope you have some progress soon, that is a crazy, long time to wait.  How can 29 months be a normal processing time?  On the bright side, if it takes that long you will receive the 10 year green card and not need to file for ROC.

[Brittani 484]

We're going through the K1 process now and will be doing AOS through Atlanta...I guess I should expect a hard time?

[Adam&Allison 128]

24 minutes ago, Brittani said:

We're going through the K1 process now and will be doing AOS through Atlanta...I guess I should expect a hard time?

Like most places these days it’s a busy field office, don’t expect a hard time but expect a wait 

[Brittani 484]

Just now, Adam&Allison said:

Like most places these days it’s a busy field office, don’t expect a hard time but expect a wait 

I don't mind a wait...I just have a fear of being forgotten/lost. I told my fiance once we get married he'll just have to continue renewing his permission to work until he gets his greencard. Only bad thing is the wait to citizenship gets delayed as well.

 

Oh well..a prize we have to pay :/

[spiramirabilis 2]

4 hours ago, Californiansunset said:

You'll likely end up waiting forever until a slot opens. This is how you get an infopass appointment faster:

Set up an auto refresh and website change detector on your browser, you can find this add-on/extension to notify you as soon as the webpage changes.  For example if you use Google Chrome as a browser the extensions would be "SuperAuto Refresh" and "Visualping". 

Then go to the USCIS infopass page where you always see the message "Currently, there are no available appointments. Please check again tomorrow."  and set the plugin to auto refresh.  Then set Visualping to monitor to check it every minute (one minute usually works the best).  That's it! It will notify you with a pop up when the page appears with appointment dates. You can also set it to get an email sent to you when it changes. It personally worked best for me if I was at work and online for 9 hours a day anyways to instantly check it when I got the notification as sometimes it's just an ad popping up that led to the alarm. 

 

Even though people say that appointments are added overnight. I always got my infopass appointments around 1-3pm PST. 

 

 

Thanks for the tip. Have you tried this method lately? I only ask because if I manually refresh my browser, I have to enter all the details again (inside US > zip > pick location > view appointments).

Also, it previously had no calendar when I looked yesterday. Today, it has a calendar row of this week with today highlighted and the 'Next week' option is unclickable. I assume that just means there's nothing available but it seemed weird - I tried it in a few different browsers though, and opened it with developer tools to be sure.

 

4 hours ago, .yana said:

My AOS took 1 year (almost to the day). I was one of the August 2016 filers, and about the only one who didn’t get an interview within the first five months, so I can totally relate to your frustration. 

 

I made an infopass appointment after waiting for 7 months. They couldn’t tell me much. I contacted my senator after 9 months of waiting, they responded few weeks later and gave me few reasons why my case could be taking a while.

 

I received an interview notice few days after I heard from the senator’s office. Overall, I think it was definitely beneficial to reach out to them and ask for assistance though I can’t tell you whether it was a natural course of action or the senator’s office phone call that triggered the interview appointment. 

 

And as as far as your travel plans go - sometimes airlines allow you to exchange the plane tickets for airline credit that you can use in the future. It is not something they mention online but depending who you call in customer support - they are able to extend this courtesy to you. And if the first person strictly denies this to you - sometimes calling again and talking to someone else helps as things like that often depend on the person’s mood.

 

Good luck to you! I hope you get good news soon.

Thanks - that gives me hope that contacting someone might push them along.

I think at this stage I'll have to look at getting credit, so thanks for the tip. It's better than throwing money into a void. Although the main reason I'm disappointed is that I can't see my family.

 

1 hour ago, Brittani said:

We're going through the K1 process now and will be doing AOS through Atlanta...I guess I should expect a hard time?

I don't think Atlanta necessarily means a bad time. Part of my issue is that I see K1/Atlanta people who submitted after me getting approved, including a bunch of people being approved last year. For some reason, I have been disregarded.

[Brittani 484]

4 minutes ago, spiramirabilis said:

Thanks for the tip. Have you tried this method lately? I only ask because if I manually refresh my browser, I have to enter all the details again (inside US > zip > pick location > view appointments).

Also, it previously had no calendar when I looked yesterday. Today, it has a calendar row of this week with today highlighted and the 'Next week' option is unclickable. I assume that just means there's nothing available but it seemed weird - I tried it in a few different browsers though, and opened it with developer tools to be sure.

 

Thanks - that gives me hope that contacting someone might push them along.

I think at this stage I'll have to look at getting credit, so thanks for the tip. It's better than throwing money into a void. Although the main reason I'm disappointed is that I can't see my family.

 

I don't think Atlanta necessarily means a bad time. Part of my issue is that I see K1/Atlanta people who submitted after me getting approved, including a bunch of people being approved last year. For some reason, I have been disregarded.

I'm so sorry you're going through that. The whole immigration process seems to be one big guessing game. Every case is different and unique. I hope it's sorted soon!

[Watahoot 16]

My wife has been waiting on her EAD/AP approval for 168 days now.  We filed AOS/EAD/AP back in early November, and received NOA1, Biometrics appointment, and NOA2 all before January 2018.  We have since been forced to endure over 5 months of radio silence.

 

Like you, we purchased round trip flights months ago for Australia.  Our flight is currently scheduled for next month and we still don't have AP approval.  We know your pain!  We are currently looking into all options, in addition to just holding out hope that the US Government comes through in the next few weeks.

[spiramirabilis 2]

1 hour ago, Watahoot said:

My wife has been waiting on her EAD/AP approval for 168 days now.  We filed AOS/EAD/AP back in early November, and received NOA1, Biometrics appointment, and NOA2 all before January 2018.  We have since been forced to endure over 5 months of radio silence.

 

Like you, we purchased round trip flights months ago for Australia.  Our flight is currently scheduled for next month and we still don't have AP approval.  We know your pain!  We are currently looking into all options, in addition to just holding out hope that the US Government comes through in the next few weeks.

Geez, I'm sorry. I at least got my EAD after about 3.5 months last year.

 

My flights are in June too. I've broken it to my mum that I might not be coming, and honestly I've been increasingly depressed about it as the date approaches. I don't know if I can afford other tickets any time soon (or afford to take time off, due to various job circumstances).

[Californiansunset 336]

18 hours ago, spiramirabilis said:

Thanks for the tip. Have you tried this method lately? I only ask because if I manually refresh my browser, I have to enter all the details again (inside US > zip > pick location > view appointments).

Also, it previously had no calendar when I looked yesterday. Today, it has a calendar row of this week with today highlighted and the 'Next week' option is unclickable. I assume that just means there's nothing available but it seemed weird - I tried it in a few different browsers though, and opened it with developer tools to be sure.

 

Yes, it still works perfectly. I never have to put my info in again. 

After you get to your field office scheduling page you turn the auto refresh on and it will keep on refreshing this site (see pic I attached). The detector will notify you once this screen looks different. Also I forgot to tell you that once it detects something and you want to book your appointment, quickly turn the autorefresh off (it's literally one click) otherwise it refreshes while you put in your info. 

 

I used to having to wait for weeks to get an appointment and now I usually get one within 2 days when I use this method. 

[Nouchigang 200]

Hello,

 

To schedule your Infopass search around 12AM-12:30AM Eastern Time, until 1AM is good too. Unless the office is uber busy you should find one. That is when they open the time slots for an appointment exactly 2 weeks after that. So if you do it on a Monday for example it would be Monday 2 weeks after that date. I am sorry about your long wait, I really hope you get approved or some movement soon.

God bless

[spiramirabilis 2]

22 hours ago, Californiansunset said:

Yes, it still works perfectly. I never have to put my info in again. 

After you get to your field office scheduling page you turn the auto refresh on and it will keep on refreshing this site (see pic I attached). The detector will notify you once this screen looks different. Also I forgot to tell you that once it detects something and you want to book your appointment, quickly turn the autorefresh off (it's literally one click) otherwise it refreshes while you put in your info. 

 

I used to having to wait for weeks to get an appointment and now I usually get one within 2 days when I use this method. 

Thanks so much for the tip - I set it up properly this morning (with both the mail alerts and the browser one with sound) and hey presto! Just got an appointment on the 14th!

 

If it's helpful information at all to anyone, the appointment popped up around 11.15am EST today (a Saturday). No idea if that's a normal time in general/for this office/etc.

[pajobra 1,395]

5 hours ago, spiramirabilis said:

Thanks so much for the tip - I set it up properly this morning (with both the mail alerts and the browser one with sound) and hey presto! Just got an appointment on the 14th!

 

If it's helpful information at all to anyone, the appointment popped up around 11.15am EST today (a Saturday). No idea if that's a normal time in general/for this office/etc.

I certainly hope you get some answers. I only filed late December 2017 but I also have a long wait as my field office says something like processing times 14-34 months. I wish EADs came that fast now. lol I am still waiting for that just over 4 months now.

[spiramirabilis 2]

17 minutes ago, pajobra said:

I certainly hope you get some answers. I only filed late December 2017 but I also have a long wait as my field office says something like processing times 14-34 months. I wish EADs came that fast now. lol I am still waiting for that just over 4 months now.

I've seen a bunch of people around here saying EAD is slow.... I also wonder what implications that has for EAD renewal. I have until early July before my automatic 180 day extension wears off and I really hope there's no gap because I really can't afford that.

[pajobra 1,395]

1 hour ago, spiramirabilis said:

I've seen a bunch of people around here saying EAD is slow.... I also wonder what implications that has for EAD renewal. I have until early July before my automatic 180 day extension wears off and I really hope there's no gap because I really can't afford that.

For your sake I sure hope not.  *crosses fingers*

[Californiansunset 336]

7 hours ago, spiramirabilis said:

Thanks so much for the tip - I set it up properly this morning (with both the mail alerts and the browser one with sound) and hey presto! Just got an appointment on the 14th!

 

If it's helpful information at all to anyone, the appointment popped up around 11.15am EST today (a Saturday). No idea if that's a normal time in general/for this office/etc.

Awesome so glad it worked for you!