RFE After AOS Interview - how long does it take ?

[Olichka 186]

Hey everyone,

 

So husband had his AOS interview on June 20th. The officer said he has no reason to not approve us, he just needed 3 documents translated and notarized. My husband and I made travel plans for July 20th, when we found out we were having our AOS interview so quick. We showed the officer our flight tickets, and he had no problem with that. I asked him if the green card would come in time if he were to approve us after we sent in the RFE ( translated and notarize documents) and he said it should come in time. He was friendly and wasn't bothered by the fact that we are traveling. 

 

We received the RFE in the mail on the 24th (monday), and we got our documents ready on thursday and overnighted everything. Tracking shows that they documents were received and signed for on friday. 

 

Fast forward to today - I keep chekcing the USCIS online account, and the only thing I see is "request for evidence has been mailed on June 20th". It hasn't been changing. 

 

I am very worried that the green card won't come in time.

 

What are my options?

 

1. Schedule infopass and ask for I-151 stamp ? (problem is I can''t schedule infopass for my office online, it says they don't accept infopass app. or walk-ins. Although, they did accept infopass when I did my N-400)

2. Call USCIS and ask for a request on how the application is doing

3. Anything else....?

 

We knew we were going to be approved. I translated my husband birth certificate myself, but the officer wanted that notarized ( although I've read hat USCIS doesnt require authorizations anymore !). I thought we wouldn't need it. The other two documents he asked to be translated are from the medical in Ukraine. Officer wanted my husband to re-do the medical because he didn't have the seasonal shot. I explained what the issue was at the medical and he asked for those 2 documents. Although we avoided having to do another medical, we needed these docs translated and we both didn't see this coming.

 

Now I am lost. We quickly planned a wedding reception for all of our friends and family when we found out we were having an interview so we cannot move the trip.

 

Is there any way to contact the Mount Laurel USCIS office ? I dialed the regular USCIS phone number but they said that offices don't have a phone number that I can rech them at (which is BS) because I've done it before. Now the phone number isn't working so I'm stuck. 

 

PLEASE help !

[midwinterrose 275]

Unfortunately, your emergency here is self-created and there is no way to hurry USCIS along.  Everything now depends on how speedily your IO gets back to your file, reviews the RFE response and approves the case.  Even if the IO approves it, it may have to go to a supervisor for final review before it actually goes through.  Then you have to wait for the card in the mail which takes about 10 days.  When we got an RFE for our I-129F, it took 29 days for it to be approved after they received our response.  Maybe, since your IO has met you and knows you have travel plans, he might care enough to work on your case again right away and get it approved.  Maybe.

 

There is nothing you can do.  You can't get an I-551 stamp in your passport, because the stamp is the equivalent of the green card, and your green card has not been approved yet.  Even if you talk to an L2 USCIS rep on the phone, there's nothing they can do about it either--your fate rests in the hands of the IO who interviewed you.  All you can do is pray he decides that your case is high priority for him.

 

[Olichka 186]

8 minutes ago, radharose said:

Unfortunately, your emergency here is self-created and there is no way to hurry USCIS along.  Everything now depends on how speedily your IO gets back to your file, reviews the RFE response and approves the case.  Even if the IO approves it, it may have to go to a supervisor for final review before it actually goes through.  Then you have to wait for the card in the mail which takes about 10 days.  When we got an RFE for our I-129F, it took 29 days for it to be approved after they received our response.  Maybe, since your IO has met you and knows you have travel plans, he might care enough to work on your case again right away and get it approved.  Maybe.

 

There is nothing you can do.  You can't get an I-551 stamp in your passport, because the stamp is the equivalent of the green card, and your green card has not been approved yet.  Even if you talk to an L2 USCIS rep on the phone, there's nothing they can do about it either--your fate rests in the hands of the IO who interviewed you.  All you can do is pray he decides that your case is high priority for him.

 

I think I’m going to do an infopass and see what’s going on. Maybe the website is just not updating properly 😫 I know they have received my RFE, and the website didn’t update !