November 2018 AOS Filers

[Katelyngene 95]

55 minutes ago, Akk1989 said:

Hi all, woke up to some good news:

NOA1- Nov 13th

 

EAD New card being produced - June 5th

204 days!

 

AP still says “Case was received”... does anyone know if this will be on the  EAD card that comes? 

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Congrats! Yes, the EAD/AP will come as a combo card.

 

Our timeline is:

 

NOA - 11/07

EAD approved - 5/29

Card being produced - 5/30

Card picked up by USPS - 6/3

Card delivered - 6/6 (website and case tracker say it was delivered on 6/5 but we received it in the mail today)

 

So you should receive it within a week of the “new card being produced” notification!

 

My AP hasn’t updated since case received which seems to be the norm.

 

Congrats again! Now the job hunting stress begins haha 🙈

[vaksurik 106]

Our status went from “Case Was Approved” to “Card Was Mailed” the next day.  Is that real? Was expecting a “New Card is Being Produced” update. Shouldn’t there be a tracking number sent at some point as well?

[tombs07 78]

47 minutes ago, Katelyngene said:

Congrats! Yes, the EAD/AP will come as a combo card.

 

Our timeline is:

 

NOA - 11/07

EAD approved - 5/29

Card being produced - 5/30

Card picked up by USPS - 6/3

Card delivered - 6/6 (website and case tracker say it was delivered on 6/5 but we received it in the mail today)

 

So you should receive it within a week of the “new card being produced” notification!

 

My AP hasn’t updated since case received which seems to be the norm.

 

Congrats again! Now the job hunting stress begins haha 🙈

Congratulations! So true!!! Job hunting is stressing me too 😂😂😂 My GC should be in hand tomorrow! Yay!

[rrobin0609 387]

Hoping all these EAD approvals is good news for us!

 

EAD/AP is at 209 days with Case was Received
AOS is at 62 days since Response to RFIE was Received

 

I'm feeling a "stalk the NBC by sitting in their parking lot" coming on 😂

[Katelyngene 95]

10 minutes ago, vaksurik said:

Our status went from “Case Was Approved” to “Card Was Mailed” the next day.  Is that real? Was expecting a “New Card is Being Produced” update. Shouldn’t there be a tracking number sent at some point as well?

We received the tracking number once the card was picked up at the post office which was a few days after our “card was mailed” notification.

 

The case tracker app said our card card was delivered on 6/5 when we actually received it today, 6/6. So the mail was one day behind.

[K1visaHopeful 2,817]

32 minutes ago, vaksurik said:

Our status went from “Case Was Approved” to “Card Was Mailed” the next day.  Is that real? Was expecting a “New Card is Being Produced” update. Shouldn’t there be a tracking number sent at some point as well?

Tracking number will come with "Card was picked up by" yada yada.

[Akk1989 19]

5 hours ago, Katelyngene said:

Congrats! Yes, the EAD/AP will come as a combo card.

 

Our timeline is:

 

NOA - 11/07

EAD approved - 5/29

Card being produced - 5/30

Card picked up by USPS - 6/3

Card delivered - 6/6 (website and case tracker say it was delivered on 6/5 but we received it in the mail today)

 

So you should receive it within a week of the “new card being produced” notification!

 

My AP hasn’t updated since case received which seems to be the norm.

 

Congrats again! Now the job hunting stress begins haha 🙈

Thank you, good to know.

The AP has just now just updated to “Case was approved” with some red, white and blue stars.

😬😬😬😬😬

I hope other November filers will get theirs soon!! 

[Katelyngene 95]

52 minutes ago, Akk1989 said:

Thank you, good to know.

The AP has just now just updated to “Case was approved” with some red, white and blue stars.

😬😬😬😬😬

I hope other November filers will get theirs soon!! 

It’s exciting all over again once you get the visa in the mail! Fingers crossed for all other November filers 🤞🏻

[J&D09 63]

Does anybody know how do they process the AOS i have a friend who filed in January and she already got her interview yesterday and the card is being produced? 

[K1visaHopeful 2,817]

33 minutes ago, J&D09 said:

Does anybody know how do they process the AOS i have a friend who filed in January and she already got her interview yesterday and the card is being produced? 

The processing times for I-485 is dependent on your local field office. Some local field offices process at 4 to 6 months while others take much longer and process at one to two years even.

She's likely at a quick field office that does not have many immigrants located in that area.

[J&D09 63]

9 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

The processing times for I-485 is dependent on your local field office. Some local field offices process at 4 to 6 months while others take much longer and process at one to two years even.

She's likely at a quick field office that does not have many immigrants located in that area.

Thank you so much!

[calliope8 72]

Anyone had their LFO change? Hubby was sent to Atlanta for bios but our interview is in South Carolina. It's in a tiny town outside Greenville so I'm kinda hoping they have fewer cases. Then again it was more than 2 months between 'ready to schedule' and actually bring scheduled. And more than 6 weeks between being scheduled and interview date. I see other cases moving faster than that but may have been transferred? 🤷‍♀️

[Gand2018 61]

On 5/30/2019 at 11:02 AM, NikkiFromCanada said:

Secured cards take much longer to build your credit. But if one is unable to, or it’s too late to do what I did, it’s really the only way to go. I’ve worked in banking for the last 12 years. I wish I could share this information with everyone who is just starting the process! Building your credit all over again in a new country is so important, and very tricky! 

Tell us your ways! Unfortunately I’m not from a country that can do what you did with Canada. So I’m starting from scratch. I don’t think I can be approved even for Macy’s card right now with a zero score. Where do I begin?? Got my green card last month.

[NikkiFromCanada 233]

7 hours ago, Gand2018 said:

Tell us your ways! Unfortunately I’m not from a country that can do what you did with Canada. So I’m starting from scratch. I don’t think I can be approved even for Macy’s card right now with a zero score. Where do I begin?? Got my green card last month.

It is soooo hard if you wait until you're here! The only thing you can really do is get a secured card, and use it for 6 months. Only use it for what you can afford to pay in full. Pay it in full every month, and don't pay any interest. Once they change it to a regular card, apply for one more card and don't use it. Continue to use one card only, and pay in full and in 6 more months, your credit score will be great! 

[Gand2018 61]

2 minutes ago, NikkiFromCanada said:

It is soooo hard if you wait until you're here! The only thing you can really do is get a secured card, and use it for 6 months. Only use it for what you can afford to pay in full. Pay it in full every month, and don't pay any interest. Once they change it to a regular card, apply for one more card and don't use it. Continue to use one card only, and pay in full and in 6 more months, your credit score will be great! 

Thanks for your response. I didn’t exactly “wait till I got here”. I had no plans of immigrating here when I came on B1/B2 so I couldn’t have planned for my credit score beforehand. The decision came way later. Anyway from what you’ve described it’s doable. I don’t see it as hard at all. I think when you’ve taken on this entire AOS process and conquered it you become fearless and extra patient.