MAY 2019 AOS FILERS

[Daria123 30]

Hey guys! I sent my documents on May 13th, they received it in May 15th

On May 21nd I received text messages with my recept # and I havent got anything since. No NOA1 hard copy nor biometrics appointment...should I be worried? 

It so happens that we moved a week after we sent in the documents so now I am worried that NOA1 got sent to the old address...even though I changed my address on USPS website so all of my mail should be delivered on the new address. 

[Shiran 1,134]

36 minutes ago, Pitaya (火龙果) said:

It has seemed weird to me for some time that you have to include six photos of yourself when you submit your AOS/EAD/AP applications concurrently.  Yet, they also take your photograph and fingerprints when you "give them" your biometrics at the ASC biometrics appointments. Is that conserving resources? 

I always assumed part of it is not just taking it "for your record" but also "verifying it is same person" E.g. fingerprints taken during Embassy interviews, then at CBP, then at "biometrics" all matched together as well as pictures. But maybe I am giving the process too much credit.

[Pitaya 2,577]

1 minute ago, Shiran said:

I always assumed part of it is not just taking it "for your record" but also "verifying it is same person" E.g. fingerprints taken during Embassy interviews, then at CBP, then at "biometrics" all matched together as well as pictures. But maybe I am giving the process too much credit.

I always felt the same, until I actually started thinking about it. All of the biometrics given are digital, right? I would assume that all of the info that shows up on CBPs terminals at the POEs are also digital. Surely USCIS also has access to that digital info, since they are the ones that first collected it at the ASC biometrics appointment. Why the need for us to send in two photos per application at the AOS phase of the process? Did I miss something? 

[Andruha 82]

Checked my informed delivery. Have one envelope from USCIS. Thinking its Bio Appointment Notice. 

 

 

 

AOS sent 5/20/19, Delivered 5/23/2019. Text confirmation 5/30/19, Receipt NOAs (all 3) on 6/3/19

[Pitaya 2,577]

22 minutes ago, Daria123 said:

Hey guys! I sent my documents on May 13th, they received it in May 15th

On May 21nd I received text messages with my recept # and I havent got anything since. No NOA1 hard copy nor biometrics appointment...should I be worried? 

It so happens that we moved a week after we sent in the documents so now I am worried that NOA1 got sent to the old address...even though I changed my address on USPS website so all of my mail should be delivered on the new address. 

I don't recall if USCIS has the notation : "DO NOT FORWARD" on their envelopes. Can someone that has recently gotten a notice from USCIS confirm or dispel the idea of the above notation? 

 

Did you file your change of address with USCIS? I think that you have to inform USPS and USCIS of any address change.

https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

Edited June 7, 2019 by Pitaya (火龙果)

[Andruha 82]

1 hour ago, Andruha said:

Checked my informed delivery. Have one envelope from USCIS. Thinking its Bio Appointment Notice. 

 

 

 

AOS sent 5/20/19, Delivered 5/23/2019. Text confirmation 5/30/19, Receipt NOAs (all 3) on 6/3/19

Got the bio appointment letter. 6/17/19 appointment. wohoooo

[Daria123 30]

1 hour ago, Pitaya (火龙果) said:

I don't recall if USCIS has the notation : "DO NOT FORWARD" on their envelopes. Can someone that has recently gotten a notice from USCIS confirm or dispel the idea of the above notation? 

 

Did you file your change of address with USCIS? I think that you have to inform USPS and USCIS of any address change.

https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange

Yes, that's what I did! I informed both uscis and USPS 

I am thinking maybe they sent the notice before I moved out and changed my adress so the people that moved in to our old apartment got it... otherwise I dont understand why is it taking them so long

[Celie 793]

1 hour ago, Andruha said:

Got the bio appointment letter. 6/17/19 appointment. wohoooo

We have a letter from USCIS waiting too! I think that's what it is since we have all our NOA1s already. Cant wait to check it when my sister gets home (I lost my mail key lol)

[Celie 793]

Biometrics letter received! His appt is June 19th at noon 😁

[MateR 68]

We did our biometrics on June 3rd this past week.
Wondering if anyone else has had biometrics yet. wonder how long after you will get the EAD/AP or an interview date. guess mileage varies.....

[Pitaya 2,577]

5 minutes ago, MateR said:

We did our biometrics on June 3rd this past week.
Wondering if anyone else has had biometrics yet. wonder how long after you will get the EAD/AP or an interview date. guess mileage varies.....

There have been recent changes in EAD/AP combo card processing times and in assignment of AOS interview dates. Please check current VJ processing times: https://www.visajourney.com/content/times/, and some of the NUMEROUS recent threads/comments on the topic in the AOS Case Filing and Progress Reports Forum: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/131-adjustment-of-status-case-filing-and-progress-reports/

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[Celie 793]

Does anyone know if the cases get sent to the local office before or after biometrics?

[Pitaya 2,577]

1 hour ago, celie&joseph said:

Does anyone know if the cases get sent to the local office before or after biometrics?

Hard to say. For my family the ASC biometrics appointment letters had a notice date of 9/5/12 with an appointment date of 10/2/12. The AOS interview appointment letters had a notice date of 10/12/12 with a AOS interview appointment date of 11/19/12. The ASC Biometrics office was the USCIS Seattle Field Office. The AOS interview also took place at the USCIS Seattle Field Office. At the interview, the IO claimed that he had just received our files, don't know if he meant the field office had just got the files or HE had just received the files. He did not elaborate, and quite frankly that was the furthest thing from our minds at that time (if you know what I mean).

 

YMMV

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

21 hours ago, AMSS said:

Why you submitted I-130??? You only had submit I485, I131 and I765 with 1225 of Fee.

Despite this being a subforum of AOS from K1/K3 and K3s not really being issued anymore, people doing AOS from other types of visas post in this subforum occasionally.

[Celie 793]

13 hours ago, Pitaya (火龙果) said:

Hard to say. For my family the ASC biometrics appointment letters had a notice date of 9/5/12 with an appointment date of 10/2/12. The AOS interview appointment letters had a notice date of 10/12/12 with a AOS interview appointment date of 11/19/12. The ASC Biometrics office was the USCIS Seattle Field Office. The AOS interview also took place at the USCIS Seattle Field Office. At the interview, the IO claimed that he had just received our files, don't know if he meant the field office had just got the files or HE had just received the files. He did not elaborate, and quite frankly that was the furthest thing from our minds at that time (if you know what I mean).

 

YMMV

Gotcha. I noticed because the service center on the appt letter said NBC. Idk if it stays that way even after it gets transferred or if it changes later.

 

Thank you!