MARCH 2019 - AOS Filers

[Patience089 92]

2 minutes ago, Romei said:

That is so long!! Well thanks for the update

It is!
Fortunately not as long as other field offices but sitting at home for at least 6.5 months depending on the EAD approval is a challenge.
I am starting college in the CLT area soon though. Maybe that's sth for you as well in order to pass some time

[Romei 78]

9 minutes ago, Patience089 said:

It is!
Fortunately not as long as other field offices but sitting at home for at least 6.5 months depending on the EAD approval is a challenge.
I am starting college in the CLT area soon though. Maybe that's sth for you as well in order to pass some time

Can you start a college without having the legal rights? My Action of notice date is 1st march and my applications were accepted on 25th of February.. i dont know how long i have to wait

[Patience089 92]

5 minutes ago, Romei said:

Can you start a college without having the legal rights? My Action of notice date is 1st march and my applications were accepted on 25th of February.. i dont know how long i have to wait

There is nothing in law that states that someone with a pending AOS is not allowed to study.
It depends on the college if they want e.g. sth like an F1 visa or a green card. A lot of college, however, let even undocumented people (they call it undocumented students) study at their facilities.
I didn't have an issue to get accepted by my college.

6.5 to 8.5 months for the work authorization
7.5 months to 17 months  in order to get an interview in Charlotte (according to USCIS)
Just add those timeframes to your NOA1 date and you'll know when to expect what

Edited July 6, 2019 by Patience089

[Romei 78]

2 minutes ago, Patience089 said:

There is nothing in law that states that someone with a pending AOS is not allowed to study.
It depends on the college if they want e.g. sth like an F1 visa or a green card. A lot of college, however, let even undocumented people (they call it undocumented students) study at their facilities.
I didn't have an issue to get accepted by my college.

6.5 to 8.5 months for the work authorization
7.5 months to 17 months  in order to get an interview in Charlotte (according to USCIS)
Just add those timeframes to your NOA1 date and you'll know when to expect what

I really appreciate you for all the information and i will definitely try talking to some colleges if i can get in and learn something new

[americaninlove 381]

On 7/3/2019 at 8:40 PM, IrishTexan said:

We expedited the AP. The whole process took 2.5 weeks and our evidence (for financial hardship) was payments on our vow ceremony predating the K1 submission. We didn’t mention EAD which is what makes me think both could go through.

Can I ask how you expedited the AP? Did you call someone or something? We need to at least try this. My husband needs to fly home August 30th and the clock is ticking very fast. If AP doesn’t come I guess he will go home and we will refile as married but the financial hardship of having to get a new job back home and a new  place to live for a year plus, etc. not to mention the long distance again....it’s all too much. Any advice greatly appreciated on expediting AP. 

[IrishTexan 72]

31 minutes ago, americaninlove said:

Can I ask how you expedited the AP? Did you call someone or something? We need to at least try this. My husband needs to fly home August 30th and the clock is ticking very fast. If AP doesn’t come I guess he will go home and we will refile as married but the financial hardship of having to get a new job back home and a new  place to live for a year plus, etc. not to mention the long distance again....it’s all too much. Any advice greatly appreciated on expediting AP. 

We called and spoke to a tier 1 person who took our request to expedite. We received an email after a few days asking to provide evidence and reason (from a list, financial hardship being one of them). The evidence had to be faxed in. We  provided a cover letter and evidence that showed full payments of our vow ceremony. This was made before the k1 visa process started and was used as supporting evidence in our original case. We waited, and now this. We have to leave the country august 8th. We heard expediting could still take a month or more, so we gave ourselves almost 2 months....it’s all very nerve-wrecking because we would leave regardless and start the immigration process over. 

[americaninlove 381]

5 minutes ago, IrishTexan said:

We called and spoke to a tier 1 person who took our request to expedite. We received an email after a few days asking to provide evidence and reason (from a list, financial hardship being one of them). The evidence had to be faxed in. We  provided a cover letter and evidence that showed full payments of our vow ceremony. This was made before the k1 visa process started and was used as supporting evidence in our original case. We waited, and now this. We have to leave the country august 8th. We heard expediting could still take a month or more, so we gave ourselves almost 2 months....it’s all very nerve-wrecking because we would leave regardless and start the immigration process over. 

Thank you. He will call Monday. Unfortunately we cannot use financial hardship for expediting EAD or AP because of my income. It is very high. His father is ill and can provide documentation from his doctor but according to the AP expedite criteria that is not one of them. So obviously it’s a long shot. I guess we will try but it seems so unlikely in the next 7 weeks and like you he will go regardless and I guess we will refile. But he will need to somehow find an apartment in Ireland with no job and no money, get a job, do all the paperwork again, etc. I just don’t know that we can handle it anymore. It’s all too much and this has been so stressful and hard that we are close to cracking. I hate this whole thing. 

[IrishTexan 72]

4 minutes ago, americaninlove said:

Thank you. He will call Monday. Unfortunately we cannot use financial hardship for expediting EAD or AP because of my income. It is very high. His father is ill and can provide documentation from his doctor but according to the AP expedite criteria that is not one of them. So obviously it’s a long shot. I guess we will try but it seems so unlikely in the next 7 weeks and like you he will go regardless and I guess we will refile. But he will need to somehow find an apartment in Ireland with no job and no money, get a job, do all the paperwork again, etc. I just don’t know that we can handle it anymore. It’s all too much and this has been so stressful and hard that we are close to cracking. I hate this whole thing. 

Oh yeah we don’t have those sort of hardships. We had invested lots of money into this, so we figured that would be reason enough. 

 

Humanitarian reasons are a reason to grant an expedite, and an ill family member fits that profile. 

[americaninlove 381]

8 minutes ago, IrishTexan said:

Oh yeah we don’t have those sort of hardships. We had invested lots of money into this, so we figured that would be reason enough. 

 

Humanitarian reasons are a reason to grant an expedite, and an ill family member fits that profile. 

Oh I didn’t realize that would count as a humanitarian reason. We will try. It would certainly reduce a significant amount of pressure from our lives but I’m not optimistic. Thank you so much for the advice. I’m really happy for you that it worked out. 

[Sailormooon 268]

Hey guys, I’ve got my green card for 2 weeks and all is well but I just checked my email and clicked on USPS informed delivery email and there’s a letter from USCIS regarding my application to register permanent residence or adjust status??? I know I’m going to get the letter soon today but I’m panicked??? Why would they be sending me a letter? AHHHHH

[Sailormooon 268]

Hey guys, I just opened the letter and I am SOOOO CONFUSED! It's dated 07/01/2019.. a courtesy letter telling me I haven't given in my completed and signed I-693 and if I receive an interview notice I should bring the information in??  I've already had an interview 3 weeks ago in which they told me I didn't get the chicken pox vaccination submitted so on the same day I went to get it done and got it signed by a civil surgeon then returned it to them. After that, the next day my green card was being produced and  I have the green card in my hand? I don't know whats going on and I'm super annoyed. Please help!

[CaliIncoming 9]

Any March filers getting their I-765 approved?

P.S I got my AP approved in less than a month. 

[lightson 74]

2 hours ago, akb3r said:

Any March filers getting their I-765 approved?

P.S I got my AP approved in less than a month. 

What is your local field office?

[mesega 7]

Hey guys,

 

Late february filer here and also I want to share with you that we had our interview on June 24th and approved on the spot. It was very relaxed and fun. Just went thru all the form together and was asked how we met. We showed our photo album and talked about couple of the photos. It was easy. I received my card a week later after interview.

 

But now I checked my status online and after 'Card was delivered' it is now 'Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview'. Do you have any idea what that means?

[CaliIncoming 9]

2 hours ago, BlueGatorGamer said:

What is your local field office?

Case is at NBC, but petitioner is from California. So I believe Local Field office means California here..