January 2019 - AOS Filers (merged)

[GP1977 288]

Iryna had her green card adjustment of status interview in Baltimore, MD this morning.  We arrived at  USCIS at 810am for our 830am appointment. Went through security and then checked in with the reception area. Sat down and got called back for our appointment at about 9am. Was in the room for about 30 minutes. Very very easy process. She went over the application line by line and asked me (the US citizen the names of her parents) and asked Iryna for my Date of Birth, her date of entry into the US, which airport she arrived in the US and our date of marriage. She asked for additional documents and we provided joint bank statements for both checking and savings, authorized user on credit card, joint car insurance, joint tax return for 2018, life insurance beneficiary , 401K beneficiary, joint health and dental insurance, joint insurance on engagement ring, about 80 photos of us together (of which she only wanted to keep about 15 or so because it would make the file too big). She said we had plenty of other evidence. Said everything looks great and that Baltimore policy does not too approve on the spot and gave us a letter which says to give them 120 days to review everything to make their decision. She advised it shouldn’t take nearly that long as this file seems pretty straightforward and she wished us good luck. All in all a very very easy process.

[AlexisCC 123]

On 9/9/2019 at 11:14 AM, GP1977 said:

Iryna had her green card adjustment of status interview in Baltimore, MD this morning.  We arrived at  USCIS at 810am for our 830am appointment. Went through security and then checked in with the reception area. Sat down and got called back for our appointment at about 9am. Was in the room for about 30 minutes. Very very easy process. She went over the application line by line and asked me (the US citizen the names of her parents) and asked Iryna for my Date of Birth, her date of entry into the US, which airport she arrived in the US and our date of marriage. She asked for additional documents and we provided joint bank statements for both checking and savings, authorized user on credit card, joint car insurance, joint tax return for 2018, life insurance beneficiary , 401K beneficiary, joint health and dental insurance, joint insurance on engagement ring, about 80 photos of us together (of which she only wanted to keep about 15 or so because it would make the file too big). She said we had plenty of other evidence. Said everything looks great and that Baltimore policy does not too approve on the spot and gave us a letter which says to give them 120 days to review everything to make their decision. She advised it shouldn’t take nearly that long as this file seems pretty straightforward and she wished us good luck. All in all a very very easy process.

CONGRATULATIONS! Very happy for you, our interview is tomorrow 

[ladybell3k 4]

Has anyone in this forum who filed in January 2019 not received their travel document or work permit yet. To get even more specific, anyone file from NYC? I'm really running out of patience here and don't know what to do.

[The_Empyrean 733]

10 minutes ago, ladybell3k said:

Has anyone in this forum who filed in January 2019 not received their travel document or work permit yet. To get even more specific, anyone file from NYC? I'm really running out of patience here and don't know what to do.

A lot did, some didn't. Call their customer support. Follow through prompts to check case status, dial as if you don't know your case number, eventually You'll be connected to an agent, ask for T2 on basis that your EAD and AP are late and outside the processing time. 

[ladybell3k 4]

Just now, The_Empyrean said:

A lot did, some didn't. Call their customer support. Follow through prompts to check case status, dial as if you don't know your case number, eventually You'll be connected to an agent, ask for T2 on basis that your EAD and AP are late and outside the processing time. 

I've done that. I put in an inquiry because I'm now outside of the normal processing times and was told to wait 30 days for a response. 30 days went by without a response so I called again and was told they'd put in a secondary inquiry and to wait another 30 days.  I'm beyond frustrated. 

[iwir 337]

It happened to me during K1 visa. Our petition I-129F was outside normal processing time and we filed inquiry only to get an answer both from our Congressman and USCIS to wait for 30 days. Then 30 days had passed and there was still nothing. All they could say just wait and wait. We got approved eventually but it was 2 months late. Hope you'll hear something soon

[The_Empyrean 733]

16 minutes ago, ladybell3k said:

I've done that. I put in an inquiry because I'm now outside of the normal processing times and was told to wait 30 days for a response. 30 days went by without a response so I called again and was told they'd put in a secondary inquiry and to wait another 30 days.  I'm beyond frustrated. 

Contact your local representative and explain your situation. If they'll get involved, i'm pretty sure your case should start moving.

[GP1977 288]

4 minutes ago, The_Empyrean said:

Contact your local representative and explain your situation. If they'll get involved, i'm pretty sure your case should start moving.

This is 100% correct and is exactly what I did.  Once you are outside of normal processing time they can expedite your case and we were promised an answer in 30 days.  And we were not expediting based on any specific criteria - just that we were outside of normal processing time for the AP/EAD.    The rep at the State Senators office told me they have a seperate telephone line to the folks at USCIS who serves as a congressional liason.

Once they put a request in, the case is flagged as a congressional inquiry. We were advised that we would have an answer in 30 days and on the 30th day we received our approval.  At the time she advised it could come earlier but to give it 30 days the first time.  I will have to say that the rep I was dealing with was very  very proactive. I did speak to the other congressional/state reps and chose the one that I felt would offer the best service.  YMMV

 

58 minutes ago, AlexisCC said:

CONGRATULATIONS! Very happy for you, our interview is tomorrow 

Thank you. Best of luck to you!

[Bronforth 13]

2 hours ago, ladybell3k said:

Has anyone in this forum who filed in January 2019 not received their travel document or work permit yet. To get even more specific, anyone file from NYC? I'm really running out of patience here and don't know what to do.

I'm at 194 days and counting and the most I've heard on my EAD/AP/AOS is my AOS case is ready to schedule an interview as of early last month. I've done 2 service requests too. I'm trying to get some answers about my case through my congresswoman since I'm also way beyond normal time now. Seems like that would be a good next step for you too. In theory the case worker put in a request with USCIS last Wednesday. She says it should take 'a couple of weeks' to hear anything. That seems totally excessive to me. But so does this whole process so my judgment may mean precious little... 

 

I'm wondering if I should I stay on her case with calls/emails or is there really nothing else to do? Is it time to get the senator involved? How have others worked with politicians to get their cases to move?

[ladybell3k 4]

2 hours ago, Bronforth said:

I'm at 194 days and counting and the most I've heard on my EAD/AP/AOS is my AOS case is ready to schedule an interview as of early last month. I've done 2 service requests too. I'm trying to get some answers about my case through my congresswoman since I'm also way beyond normal time now. Seems like that would be a good next step for you too. In theory the case worker put in a request with USCIS last Wednesday. She says it should take 'a couple of weeks' to hear anything. That seems totally excessive to me. But so does this whole process so my judgment may mean precious little... 

 

I'm wondering if I should I stay on her case with calls/emails or is there really nothing else to do? Is it time to get the senator involved? How have others worked with politicians to get their cases to move?

Well I’m glad you at least know that your interview is ready to be scheduled. I haven’t received that update yet and hope I do soon. I have set up an appointment with a local representative for tomorrow so I’m hoping that she’s able to be of assistance in getting my ead/ap.

 

Overall though, I’d say there isn’t much else we can do other than wait. This entire process is very frustrating, but we must try and remain patient. 

[Northerndynasty 142]

Got this update last week.

Not posting to “grand stand”, but to provide an update and to assure folks out there that progress is being made - we just have to somehow endure the massive frustrations in getting us through each stage.  

 

Keep the faith!!

 

 

[ladybell3k 4]

37 minutes ago, Northerndynasty said:

Got this update last week.

Not posting to “grand stand”, but to provide an update and to assure folks out there that progress is being made - we just have to somehow endure the massive frustrations in getting us through each stage.  

 

Keep the faith!!

 

 

How long did it take from the time you received the “case ready to be scheduled” notice for it to be scheduled?

[Northerndynasty 142]

1 hour ago, ladybell3k said:

How long did it take from the time you received the “case ready to be scheduled” notice for it to be scheduled?

Since June......  

[Bluewaters 288]

10 hours ago, Northerndynasty said:

Got this update last week.

Not posting to “grand stand”, but to provide an update and to assure folks out there that progress is being made - we just have to somehow endure the massive frustrations in getting us through each stage.  

 

Keep the faith!!

 

 

Congratulations 🎊 

[Northerndynasty 142]

11 hours ago, Bluewaters said:

Congratulations 🎊 

Thank you!