November 2018 AOS Filers

[lms 50]

"NEW CARD IS IN PRODUCTION!!!!"

[Olumide & Funlola 73]

1 hour ago, dr01d3k4 said:

From what I've heard, the USCIS part of the application isn't affected by shutdowns, but any dependency on external agencies, such as the FBI for background checks, is affected.

 

Really disappointing for everyone who's missing trips :(. I was hoping to go to my mum's wedding this coming weekend, thinking that filing in October with processing times at 4-6 months meaning I should have been working around March. At least we didn't book any flights yet, so there's no monetary loss, and we're planning to go back to the UK in September around my wife's birthday, but this is something that I really didn't want to miss!

So sorry that you're forced to miss your mom's wedding due to this awful delay by USCIS. So many people are missing out on all their plans due to this and it really sucks! I feel confident that you'll be able to make it back to the UK for your wife's birthday by September... of course it's hard to predict what will happen with USCIS, but I feel like we will get our EAD/AP soon. I hope they roll them all out in a big batch like they did last month for the October filers. 🤞

Just now, lms said:

"NEW CARD IS IN PRODUCTION!!!!"

OMG!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! 😁

[lms 50]

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Olumide & Funlola said:

 

OMG!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! 😁

Thank you. I am crying haha. 

[Katelyngene 95]

14 minutes ago, lms said:

"NEW CARD IS IN PRODUCTION!!!!"

Congratulations! That’s so exciting 🎉

 

Sorry if you've already posted this but what was your receipt date from USCIS? And this is for your EAD/AP?

 

Thank you!

[lms 50]

Just now, Katelyngene said:

Congratulations! That’s so exciting 🎉

 

Sorry if you've already posted this but what was your receipt date from USCIS? And this is for your EAD/AP?

 

Thank you!

It is for my Greencard! Thank you!

Have filed for EAD/AP renewal in Nov 2018 - didn't receive it to this day. 

Filed for Greencard in Nov 2017 

[wakeuplittlesuzy 192]

20 minutes ago, lms said:

"NEW CARD IS IN PRODUCTION!!!!"

Congratulations! How exciting! 🎉

 

Hoping for lots and lots of November approvals this week! 

[Katelyngene 95]

1 minute ago, lms said:

It is for my Greencard! Thank you!

Have filed for EAD/AP renewal in Nov 2018 - didn't receive it to this day. 

Filed for Greencard in Nov 2017 

Ah I see. Even better that it’s your green card!

[Shaman 320]

Hi!

 

It’s always the darkest before the dawn

That was the darkest weekend and Memorial Day for us because of the processing times update. And we were preparing a letter to our Senator and Congressman and a lawyer. But today at 11:20am we got a “new card is being produced” email 🙀😭🙀🤩🙀🤪🙀😭🙀 couldn’t believe my eyes. Just minutes prior to it was sure it would never happen without me trying to push it. But it did.

 

we filed around October 22, 2018

case received - November 2, 2019

AOS interview - May 6, 2019

Card being produced - May 28, 2019

they took 3 weeks to review the case after the interview at Baltimore FO

 

No changes for our EAD or AP.

 

Sending you all hugs and wishing you all be strong and have patience to get through this survival show in real life. It’s not the end of the journey though - more battles ahead but wish you all done with this one ASAP ✌️🤞✌️🤞✌️ As it means you may start to live again and get your identity back, start a new career, remember what it’s like to earn money (and use it to buy presents for your beloved ones instead of feeling guilty taking it from their paycheck), get your driver’s license and start driving (that will be me 🙌 soon), or may be study to get a local degree, and travel wherever you want, and have your weddings in your hometowns with your families. And finally become a part of local communities ✌️✊✌️ 

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

 

i guess i said too much 😊

 

 

PS

Does the green card arrive with SSN or we have to file for it on our own? 

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

1 hour ago, Olumide & Funlola said:

We too have a wedding planned for September and when we started planning, I thought my husband would have been working at least some months beforehand to help with the costs of things. We're at a few months before the wedding and still owing thousands to vendors and doing Doordash/Postmates on the weekends to make the extra money we now owe and in fear that we won't be able to pay up on time. 

 

This process has been frustrating for us and as much as we want to express that my husband's lack of employment leads to a significant loss for us with everything we've planned towards a wedding, I always felt in my opinion that USCIS would see it as an "insignificant" issue that we put on ourselves. And that we were being selfish to throw a big wedding that we couldn't afford in the first place when we could have just had a backyard wedding or something small. But who knew that after 7 months, we still wouldn't have a work permit!?!?!  I mean, we can definitely pay for the wedding by September with my income and help from both families, but we're prepared to eat beans from a can up until then lol. 😂😭

 

Anyway, it's good to know now that there was a successful case in the past from someone who claimed financial loss due to having a planned wedding and the penalties that might follow if the balance isn't paid. We might also use that as a reason to expedite in addition to other financial stress we are also facing. It's worth a try...

Throwing a huge expensive wedding whenever you feel like, is a choice you have. You considered the USCIS timelines not expecting things to change drastically. 

I think the agents are aware about the waiting times becoming unbearable and they are sensitive regarding that matter if you try expediting. Agreed it is worth a try. 

[calliope8 72]

Just got notice for our interview - July 11. Nice to be moving forward but still no sign of EAD or AP. Husband will be missing his grandfather's funeral in England. Definitely expected those before now. Receipt date Nov 5 but unluckily sent to National for which lists the longest processing I-765 times & jumped backward from late Oct to mid Sept 😫

[Pengunista 221]

1 hour ago, Shaman said:

Hi!

 

It’s always the darkest before the dawn

That was the darkest weekend and Memorial Day for us because of the processing times update. And we were preparing a letter to our Senator and Congressman and a lawyer. But today at 11:20am we got a “new card is being produced” email 🙀😭🙀🤩🙀🤪🙀😭🙀 couldn’t believe my eyes. Just minutes prior to it was sure it would never happen without me trying to push it. But it did.

 

we filed around October 22, 2018

case received - November 2, 2019

AOS interview - May 6, 2019

Card being produced - May 28, 2019

they took 3 weeks to review the case after the interview at Baltimore FO

 

No changes for our EAD or AP.

 

Sending you all hugs and wishing you all be strong and have patience to get through this survival show in real life. It’s not the end of the journey though - more battles ahead but wish you all done with this one ASAP ✌️🤞✌️🤞✌️ As it means you may start to live again and get your identity back, start a new career, remember what it’s like to earn money (and use it to buy presents for your beloved ones instead of feeling guilty taking it from their paycheck), get your driver’s license and start driving (that will be me 🙌 soon), or may be study to get a local degree, and travel wherever you want, and have your weddings in your hometowns with your families. And finally become a part of local communities ✌️✊✌️ 

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

 

i guess i said too much 😊

 

 

PS

Does the green card arrive with SSN or we have to file for it on our own? 

The ssn comes after you get your EAD/AP card, but since you already had your interview for green card, you’ll just have to apply for ssn on your own.  You won’t hear anything about your EAD/AP since you already had your interview.

[NikkiFromCanada 233]

1 hour ago, Shaman said:

Hi!

 

It’s always the darkest before the dawn

That was the darkest weekend and Memorial Day for us because of the processing times update. And we were preparing a letter to our Senator and Congressman and a lawyer. But today at 11:20am we got a “new card is being produced” email 🙀😭🙀🤩🙀🤪🙀😭🙀 couldn’t believe my eyes. Just minutes prior to it was sure it would never happen without me trying to push it. But it did.

 

we filed around October 22, 2018

case received - November 2, 2019

AOS interview - May 6, 2019

Card being produced - May 28, 2019

they took 3 weeks to review the case after the interview at Baltimore FO

 

No changes for our EAD or AP.

 

Sending you all hugs and wishing you all be strong and have patience to get through this survival show in real life. It’s not the end of the journey though - more battles ahead but wish you all done with this one ASAP ✌️🤞✌️🤞✌️ As it means you may start to live again and get your identity back, start a new career, remember what it’s like to earn money (and use it to buy presents for your beloved ones instead of feeling guilty taking it from their paycheck), get your driver’s license and start driving (that will be me 🙌 soon), or may be study to get a local degree, and travel wherever you want, and have your weddings in your hometowns with your families. And finally become a part of local communities ✌️✊✌️ 

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

 

i guess i said too much 😊

 

 

PS

Does the green card arrive with SSN or we have to file for it on our own? 

I am crying reading this. I am so happy for you!!! Now go do alllll of the things, and hopefully the rest of us will be able to join you soon!! Xx! 

[Shaman 320]

1 hour ago, Pengunista said:

The ssn comes after you get your EAD/AP card, but since you already had your interview for green card, you’ll just have to apply for ssn on your own.  You won’t hear anything about your EAD/AP since you already had your interview.

We asked the officer at the interview and he surprised us with the answer - he said those processes are parallel and sometimes EAD and AP might arrive after the green card 🤷‍♀️ And that we should still try to send an inquiry regarding EAD/AP as the interview has no influence in this case 

[Shaman 320]

56 minutes ago, NikkiFromCanada said:

I am crying reading this. I am so happy for you!!! Now go do alllll of the things, and hopefully the rest of us will be able to join you soon!! Xx! 

I was laughing and crying and laughing again for a couple of hours and couldn’t make myself think straight to write a post here. 

Yours is on its way now 🤗🙏😘

[K1visaHopeful 2,779]

1 hour ago, Shaman said:

We asked the officer at the interview and he surprised us with the answer - he said those processes are parallel and sometimes EAD and AP might arrive after the green card 🤷‍♀️ And that we should still try to send an inquiry regarding EAD/AP as the interview has no influence in this case 

Once the GC is issued the EAD/AP will discontinue processing so unless you got "new card being produced" for both separate processes within minutes of each other the EAD/AP will no longer process. You dont need it.