MAY 2019 AOS FILERS

[Reed1812 127]

3 hours ago, celie&joseph said:

Is anyone's app going haywire? Mine has been updating me the last three days then saying there's an IP error.

Mine too. All weekend its been at it as well.

[StaceF 41]

8 minutes ago, Daria123 said:

I just called, unfortunately the lady said that tier 2 no longer accepts calls today but I should call tomorrow first thing in the morning and I will be able to get a hold of them.

So that's what I am planning to do

Great! Good luck and I hope you get your appointment sorted soon 😊

[Reed1812 127]

1 hour ago, StaceF said:

Hi all,

 

My receipt date for NOA1 is May 16th and I still haven’t received a letter for my biometrics appointment.

I called USCIS about a month ago and was told that it hadn’t be scheduled yet (I.e the letter hadn’t been lost) and to keep waiting.

 

I called again yesterday and was told the same, (the lady I spoke to also told me that USCIS are currently working on cases from February 17th) but this time I insisted that I wasn’t happy with that response and that nearly 3 months of waiting didn’t seem right, given that people with receipt dates later than mine had been scheduled already. I told her that my concern was that my case had been lost in the scheduling system and that me just keep waiting made me worry more. She then offered to put me through to a tier 2, which put me in the queue for a callback from a tier 2. 

 

4 hours later I received a call back and the guy I spoke to was super helpful, he agreed nearly 3 months was quite long and also asked if I’d had my biometrics taken at the airport when I arrived on my K1. I’m not sure what relevance that had as when asked he said I would still have the biometrics scheduled too. 

 

Anyway...he then opened up the biometrics scheduling calendar for me and I now have my appointment scheduled for August 30th!

 

Hope this info helps 😊

Thank you. My noa1 is may 20th, on the phone now. Wish me luck!

[dannosaur 11]

So I'm in a bit of a sticky situation. I'm amongst the vast group of people who have yet to hear anything about the biometrics appointment. And this is causing me some issues.

 

My wife's hours have been cut at work. We don't know why. Her boss is a really awful person, and doesn't care about anything except herself. Her company's management doesn't care to sort this out. Her company's HR department generally sides with the management over the employees. It's a really toxic environment. She can't get any sensible answers as to why her hours have been reduced, and this leads to a couple of problems. First being that she's not getting as much money as she did previously. The second being that this has the potential to make her lose her health insurance with a lack of average hours in the quarter.

 

My dog also may need vets visits. Neither of us have the money to do this right now.

 

So I probably need to expedite my EAD over significant financial hardship and whatnot. I've heard that you can't do this without first having had the biometrics done. Those who've managed to contact USCIS to get appointments are only getting them towards the end of the month. I need to do this urgently.

 

Am I S.O.L here, at the mercy of USCIS scheduling biometrics before I can expedite, or is there something I can do to get this moving? I have yet to contact USCIS to figure out where the biometrics appointment is up to, but this is getting kinda hard and really stressful for us both right now.

[Reed1812 127]

29 minutes ago, dannosaur said:

So I'm in a bit of a sticky situation. I'm amongst the vast group of people who have yet to hear anything about the biometrics appointment. And this is causing me some issues.

 

My wife's hours have been cut at work. We don't know why. Her boss is a really awful person, and doesn't care about anything except herself. Her company's management doesn't care to sort this out. Her company's HR department generally sides with the management over the employees. It's a really toxic environment. She can't get any sensible answers as to why her hours have been reduced, and this leads to a couple of problems. First being that she's not getting as much money as she did previously. The second being that this has the potential to make her lose her health insurance with a lack of average hours in the quarter.

 

My dog also may need vets visits. Neither of us have the money to do this right now.

 

So I probably need to expedite my EAD over significant financial hardship and whatnot. I've heard that you can't do this without first having had the biometrics done. Those who've managed to contact USCIS to get appointments are only getting them towards the end of the month. I need to do this urgently.

 

Am I S.O.L here, at the mercy of USCIS scheduling biometrics before I can expedite, or is there something I can do to get this moving? I have yet to contact USCIS to figure out where the biometrics appointment is up to, but this is getting kinda hard and really stressful for us both right now.

 

 

I expedited EAD and was told my case was put on hold until my biometrics have been completed. I was told to re-apply once my biometrics were done.

 

 

[Reed1812 127]

53 minutes ago, Daria123 said:

I just called, unfortunately the lady said that tier 2 no longer accepts calls today but I should call tomorrow first thing in the morning and I will be able to get a hold of them.

So that's what I am planning to do

same situation for me. I wish i saw this post before calling 40 min ago.

 

Hope we both get results tomorrow!

[Daria123 30]

53 minutes ago, Reed1812 said:

same situation for me. I wish i saw this post before calling 40 min ago.

 

Hope we both get results tomorrow!

This is also what I just received as a response on my service request...I am so upset, because I've heard  that this wont  actually affect the time of processing, but according to this my case is on hold because of it😭

I am definitely calling tomorrow!

Edited August 6, 2019 by Daria123

[AdriJin 13]

14 minutes ago, Daria123 said:

This is also what I just received as a response on my service request...I am so upset, because I've heard  that this wont  actually affect the time of processing, but according to this my case is on hold because of it😭

I am definitely calling tomorrow!

 

This is actually what I received a couple days after putting the second service request, and a week after they sent me that email I received my biometrics appointment letter. Not to try to give you some kind of false hope but it worked for me and hopefully works for you too. 

[Larenn&Loda 58]

20 minutes ago, Daria123 said:

This is also what I just received as a response on my service request...I am so upset, because I've heard  that this wont  actually affect the time of processing, but according to this my case is on hold because of it😭

I am definitely calling tomorrow!

Yes this was the same email I received after my service request, 7days later I saw in my informed delivery a mail from USCIS. Got to my mailbox it my biometrics appointment letter. So you’re close. Just expect it 7days to when you got the email. 

[Daria123 30]

17 minutes ago, Larenn&Loda said:

Yes this was the same email I received after my service request, 7days later I saw in my informed delivery a mail from USCIS. Got to my mailbox it my biometrics appointment letter. So you’re close. Just expect it 7days to when you got the email. 

thank you very much, it gives me hope!

However, I am so worked up right now that I probably gonna call them tomorrow morning anyway...

I just really hope that this " case being on hold" wont affect my timeline too much and I will be in line with other may fillers to receive an interview

[Joey.C 41]

Hi, can I get in trouble with immigration if I apply for jobs without getting my EAD yet?

[andy1121 11]

In the same bout with folks with stuck case.
Case received in may and no biometrics in sight 😔😓

 

I did call a month ago  as well a was told to wait ..

What do you say  to call person to get to level 2 officer or make case move ..?

 

Last time I called I said can you take a look whats going on

and lady said the case has not been assigned or something and I did not what to say

 

[KandN 38]

20 minutes ago, Joey.C said:

Hi, can I get in trouble with immigration if I apply for jobs without getting my EAD yet?

You can apply without one but you should wait until you have the EAD to accept a job offer or start working.

Edited August 7, 2019 by KandN

[StaceF 41]

42 minutes ago, andy1121 said:

In the same bout with folks with stuck case.
Case received in may and no biometrics in sight 😔😓

 

I did call a month ago  as well a was told to wait ..

What do you say  to call person to get to level 2 officer or make case move ..?

 

Last time I called I said can you take a look whats going on

and lady said the case has not been assigned or something and I did not what to say

 

It’s so frustrating, I know! 😩

 

I was very persistent and just kept telling the lady I spoke to that I wasn’t happy with just continuing to wait as I knew that other people that had filed later than me had their biometrics appointment scheduled already and I was concerned that my case had been missed in the scheduling process. 

 

I “think” you can request to speak to a tier 2, but I’ve never tried myself so I’m not 100% sure...worth a try just asking outright?

 

Good luck and I hope you get scheduled soon!

[Andruha 82]

Status just changed to “ready to schedule an interview”. We are in queens New York office. Hopefully they schedule it soon. But who knows.