Washington DC AOS Filers

[DWolf 18]

6 hours ago, melus said:

Lucky for you! I have been hearing the same. Mine is still showing as "Interview Cancelled And Notice Ordered" - nothing else has changed. Unfortunately I'm EB3 which isn't current so I'm somehow unlikely to skip straight to green card

It should go back to "Waiting to be scheduled for an Interview".  Our interview was April 3rd.  They cancelled and sent the same two notices, one said "Decision" and then the other said "Testing and Interview".  Then our status soon went back to "Waiting to be scheduled for an Interview"...it went back to that on March 26.

As I commented before, the only thing USCIS doesn't have is my wife's medical exam results...which we've held onto after hearing all the horror stories of USPS or USCIS losing them.  Felt it was better to give at the interview.

Edited April 14, 2020 by DWolf

[mgh84 9]

4 hours ago, ConcurrentVA said:

They may directly ask for medical to be sent and evaluate your case after that then . But it is still exciting to know if there is a chance of interview being waived!

Hope so! it’s great to know waiving interviews is an option! 

[DWolf 18]

1 minute ago, mgh84 said:

I called them today and asked if we can send our medical and they said no unless you receive a request for it! So I guess they might send us a request if they want to waive the interview but apparently for now they’re only waiving interviews for those who already sent their medicals

Yup, they might eventually have to do this to "help" the backlog.  We sent A LOT of info to them so our case should be easy to vet even without an interview.

[melus 19]

Got an update this morning. Said case is getting transferred again. Not sure what this means. I'm EB3 so not current anyway, so I'm kind of hoping it was 'approved without interview' and sent back to NBC until my date is current. However the online notice doesn't say much. I would expect it to at least stay in the DC office though?

[stephbd 91]

Hello everyone! I’m a Norfolk VA filer but since I can’t really find people from my FO I’ve been reading the DC thread, we’re close enough lol
 

@ConcurrentVA that’s great! Congrats on your approval! What visa category are you adjusting from?

 

Here’s my little crazy timeline:

 

Ready to schedule: Feb 27

Interview scheduled: Mar 6

Interview date: Apr 22

Interview cancelled: Apr 1

Ready to schedule: Apr 2

Interview was scheduled: Apr 6

New interview date: May 15

Interview cancelled and notice ordered: Apr 15

Ready to schedule: Apr 16

[melus 19]

Welcome to the current roller-coaster!

[ConcurrentVA 6]

Guys, just received my card in mail today! 

[melus 19]

Lucky you!

[mgh84 9]

44 minutes ago, ConcurrentVA said:

Guys, just received my card in mail today! 

that's awesome! congratulations! you're so lucky 

[SsL 9]

8 hours ago, ConcurrentVA said:

Guys, just received my card in mail today! 

Congrats!! Wondering if anyone else married to USC got interview waived at Fairfax location. I'm F2A so probably won't get the waiver anyways. But if they are waiving many marriage (with USA) cases, F2A cases will be processed sooner once office reopen. 

[oztousa 50]

I heard from someone today who’s interview had been set for March 20th and subsequently cancelled, they’ve received a new interview date of September 27th. So hopefully things will start moving again soon, but clearly not that soon. 

[stephbd 91]

2 minutes ago, oztousa said:

I heard from someone today who’s interview had been set for March 20th and subsequently cancelled, they’ve received a new interview date of September 27th. So hopefully things will start moving again soon, but clearly not that soon. 

From DC?

[oztousa 50]

13 hours ago, stephbd said:

From DC?

Yes 

[ConcurrentVA 6]

Thank you guys for the support in this tricky and tough time. I hope you guys get some updates also. Definitely the wait is not a pleasant one! 

[DWolf 18]

Wow...September 27th is far away.  We were scheduled for April 3rd and are still waiting for our Interview to be Rescheduled.

The White House gave guidance that Federal Agencies should follow the guidance of the states they reside in...so if USCIS chooses to follow Virginia, that means there won't be any openings until June 10th.

I'm also a Federal employee and I can tell you there is A LOT of confusions among the federal agencies here in DC...many of which have elderly workers AND offices with hundreds/thousands of people.  Opening prematurely puts your co-workers at risk.  In my opinion, they should implement testing for everyone walking in the buildings and they should do a "phased" opening.

Oh, FYI, the White House Executive Order DOES NOT impact US Citizen Foreign Spouses.
 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspending-entry-immigrants-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-economic-recovery-following-covid-19-outbreak/

 

Edited April 22, 2020 by DWolf