January 2019 - AOS Filers (merged)

[bcadenhead 18]

10 minutes ago, manekh said:

Omg!! Looks like some people get ref for this reason and some not! I don’t understand! I only can assume it’s up to the person who is reviewing the process.

 

 

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i was about to ask if someone who had the medical exam before coming if you guys did the form i-693 also or just the vaccines worksheet the doctor overseas gives? And for the interview,for those who had already? How these medical exams work? I had my medical exams overseas.

It must be the person it's going to so annoying! 

 

I came on a k1 so I just sent in all that the doctor who did my exam provided for me and for extra assurance my own records of vaccines. 

[bcadenhead 18]

8 minutes ago, Shiran said:

Curious, before you got RFE, what was your status? "Ready to schedule" or something else? 

No, my status was at the fingerprint review has been completed. I suspect once I hand this in it'll change to ready to schedule whenever that'll happen. I still don't  have an EAD so of course, this is probably holding that up as well. 

[Bluewaters 288]

3 hours ago, bcadenhead said:

Just an FYI not sure if this is happening to anyone else but I finally got an RFIE on May  29th - it was for 2018 taxes as when we filed in January tax season hadn't happened yet so of course we couldn't have sent in 2018's! We'll be sending it in right away but just figured I'd let folks know in case this becomes a common theme! Annoying but at least its only tax info!  

 

My husband and I live in Phoenix!

 

 

Sorry you got rfie. I hope they make a decision on your case after they receive your response. Because getting rfie kind of delay your case. I am at day 111 since I submitted my RFIE response yet I am waiting for an approval on my RFIE. 

I wish you the best of luck. 

[The_Empyrean 733]

2 hours ago, Bluewaters said:

Sorry you got rfie. I hope they make a decision on your case after they receive your response. Because getting rfie kind of delay your case. I am at day 111 since I submitted my RFIE response yet I am waiting for an approval on my RFIE. 

I wish you the best of luck. 

They don’t “approve” RFE. Once they get the rfe, they either adjudicate the case, or put it back in line where it was. Assuming they received what they were missing. 

[kohldjs 58]

1 hour ago, The_Empyrean said:

They don’t “approve” RFE. Once they get the rfe, they either adjudicate the case, or put it back in line where it was. Assuming they received what they were missing. 

• I thought USCIS gives an update that they at least receive it but who knows. I never got an update on my fingerprints were received. Just went from Case received to Case is ready to be scheduled where it will be there for the next 12 months

[The_Empyrean 733]

7 hours ago, kohldjs said:

• I thought USCIS gives an update that they at least receive it but who knows. I never got an update on my fingerprints were received. Just went from Case received to Case is ready to be scheduled where it will be there for the next 12 months

Yes, they should give an update like "Response to Request for additional Evidence received". But that is not an approval. They only approve forms and cases, meaning adjudication itself. 

So as we know how reliable their tracking system is, i wouldn't expect anything at all. Only way to figure it out if the website isn't updated is call the customer service and ask to speak with Tier 2 officer who'll have more information on the case, and should be able to tell you whether they received the response or not.

[Northerndynasty 142]

1 hour ago, The_Empyrean said:

Yes, they should give an update like "Response to Request for additional Evidence received". But that is not an approval. They only approve forms and cases, meaning adjudication itself. 

So as we know how reliable their tracking system is, i wouldn't expect anything at all. Only way to figure it out if the website isn't updated is call the customer service and ask to speak with Tier 2 officer who'll have more information on the case, and should be able to tell you whether they received the response or not.

Ain't that the darn tootin' truth!  They should disband the new site altogether; it's just a complete waste of Tax Payer's money..........................

[Unlockable 7,314]

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VJ Moderation

[Ironclad43 131]

Is anyone else noticing the EAD date jump back and forth all the time? What's up with that?

Sorry if offtopic.

[The_Empyrean 733]

2 minutes ago, Ironclad43 said:

Is anyone else noticing the EAD date jump back and forth all the time? What's up with that?

Sorry if offtopic.

On VJ? Maybe less people are updating them. And it seems like USCIS is doing Oct and Nov at the moment. 

Also USCIS pushed back the processing times to 6.5-8.5 months. 

[Ironclad43 131]

Yeah here on VJ. It was Jan 1st yesterday, now it's January 7th. My NOA1 is on January 18th so it's pretty exciting to see it move up so fast, but the last time it did that, it went back two weeks a few days later.

 

I have a job lined up and everything, did my drug test today, but I still can't start because no EAD. It's really frustrating.

[The_Empyrean 733]

5 minutes ago, Ironclad43 said:

Yeah here on VJ. It was Jan 1st yesterday, now it's January 7th. My NOA1 is on January 18th so it's pretty exciting to see it move up so fast, but the last time it did that, it went back two weeks a few days later.

 

I have a job lined up and everything, did my drug test today, but I still can't start because no EAD. It's really frustrating.

You can try to expedite it with the Job Offer. High chances they'll approve your request.  VJ isn't based on USCIS data though, it's based on people on VJ who update their timelines, so take that estimate with a grain of salt. My k-1 estimate was spot on though, some people were off by weeks.

Current day on USCIS is 09/26 or so, so 3months from now lol. I'd file expedite with a job offer. 

[Ironclad43 131]

Don't I also have to prove financial hardship for that? 

Also where did you get the 9/26 date? The USCIS website didn't really update (c)9 eligibility dates for quite a bit.

[The_Empyrean 733]

8 minutes ago, Ironclad43 said:

Don't I also have to prove financial hardship for that? 

Also where did you get the 9/26 date? The USCIS website didn't really update (c)9 eligibility dates for quite a bit.

Financial hardship is a consequence of possible employment loss, isn't it? There were quite a number of people who got approved based on possible employment with official job offer. Worth the try IMO.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

I-765 in National benefits center, Receipt date for a case inquiry is Sept 26. 

[Ironclad43 131]

I don't think that date has moved in a while though.

 

I'll look into expediting. If you have a link you can share about it I'd love to see it too