New York State AOS Filers 2019

[Nadya 75]

Hi everyone! On June 2019 filers a VJ member shared the info that USCIS processes cases by state, not in the order they received them. So I figured that it would be useful to share our experiences in our state, especially this year filers who already got any updates as well as those who’re still waiting. 

 

My experience so far:

June 24 - received by USCIS

July 16 - NOAs

August 2 - Biometrics review completed. 

Field Office: Buffalo, NY

 

P.S. Please also indicate your field office in NY state, it would be easier for everyone to analyze the data and at least try to track the situation. 

[ds2 101]

NYC Manhattan Filer here.

 

File Date - 6/29/2019

NOA - 7/3/2019

Biometrics - 7/16/2019

Biometrics Review Completed - 7/17/2019

Case Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview - 9/6/2019

 

Now the long wait begins, looking at the timelines for Manhattan, the interview will probably be in 2021!

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

USCIS does not process anything by state.

 

EAD, AP, and initial processing for all AOS from K-1s is done at the national benefits center in Missouri (that's why your case #s all start with MSC).

 

It's only when they're done in Missouri that your AOS application goes to your local field office (though you'll usually have a biometrics appointment at your local application support center first). Processing times after that are based on your local field office, not your state. There are states where there is only one field office and it doesn't handle anything from other states. There are states where there are multiple field offices; processing times are very different between them sometimes (in California, San Francisco is very slow while Fresno is very fast). There are field offices that take cases from multiple states (Pittsburgh handles all of West Virginia as well as some of Pennsylvania; they are processed at the same rate).

Edited September 10, 2019 by DaveAndAnastasia

[Nadya 75]

35 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

USCIS does not process anything by state.

 

EAD, AP, and initial processing for all AOS from K-1s is done at the national benefits center in Missouri (that's why your case #s all start with MSC).

 

It's only when they're done in Missouri that your AOS application goes to your local field office (though you'll usually have a biometrics appointment at your local application support center first). Processing times after that are based on your local field office, not your state. There are states where there is only one field office and it doesn't handle anything from other states. There are states where there are multiple field offices; processing times are very different between them sometimes (in California, San Francisco is very slow while Fresno is very fast). There are field offices that take cases from multiple states (Pittsburgh handles all of West Virginia as well as some of Pennsylvania; they are processed at the same rate).

Thanks for the info. I was referring to a VJ reply in June 2019 AOS filers topic. This person said that he/she received this information from a senator’s office. 

Do you know what what stage NBC transfers cases to local offices? When it says “case is ready to be scheduled”? 

 

P.S. anyway I still think this topic might be relevant, so all experiences are welcome

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

4 minutes ago, Nadya said:

Thanks for the info. I was referring to a VJ reply in June 2019 AOS filers topic. This person said that he/she received this information from a senator’s office. 

I think I saw that. Even USCIS tier 1 support doesn't really understand how USCIS does things; it's very easy to imagine something getting confused between whoever at USCIS spoke to their congressperson's staff (note -- unless you're in a very low population state with only one or two representatives, contact your representative rather than your Senator for help from a congressperson's office; there are more of them, and they're more local to you) or from their congressperson's staff to them. Also if the person in question was from a state with only one field office, it was accurate enough for their purposes.

 

4 minutes ago, Nadya said:

Do you know what what stage NBC transfers cases to local offices? When it says “case is ready to be scheduled”? 

That's the prevailing theory, though some people have gotten RFEs after that and you still have to mail them to Missouri.