February 2020 AOS Filers

[fromsweden 197]

5 minutes ago, Basil123 said:

I am about to reach out to my Senator. I just need to recover first. Do you have any other advice on what to do? 

Pester people until they relent and talk to you.

Phone calls are better than emails which are copy paste. 

I don't think I have the answers because clearly I'm in the same position as you.

Maybe @James120383has more advice

[Basil123 138]

3 minutes ago, fromsweden said:

Pester people until they relent and talk to you.

Phone calls are better than emails which are copy paste. 

I don't think I have the answers because clearly I'm in the same position as you.

Maybe @James120383has more advice

 Will do. Thank you. Also thank you for your experience @Maria&Wirbir! Calling them again now....

[mat2291 79]

6 minutes ago, Maria&Wirbir said:

I’ve been reading a lot since February. I am a February filler based on K1 visa. My biometrics were canceled due to covid you all know my ASC opened on July 27th today I decided to call USCIS I speak with an agent and I tell them that I want to re schedule my Biometrics appointment the officer told me that he can’t and I just need to wait for the letter to come and if it didn’t come on a 90 days period they will re scheduled one for me. I tell them that I want to speak to a tier 2 they took my info and I had to wait like an hour. Tier 2 asked me some personal info and just scheduled me and appointment for AUGUST 24TH. FINALLY!! 🎉🎉 

 

How were you able to convince them to schedule from their end? Been trying to do that every single day and the usual response is always, “We cannot schedule any appointment from our end.”

[fromsweden 197]

 

 

1 minute ago, mat2291 said:

How were you able to convince them to schedule from their end? Been trying to do that every single day and the usual response is always, “We cannot schedule any appointment from our end.”

Yep same here. All they did was make a service request that they have 30 days to respond to.

[LilyKins 121]

18 minutes ago, Maria&Wirbir said:

I’ve been reading a lot since February. I am a February filler based on K1 visa. My biometrics were canceled due to covid you all know my ASC opened on July 27th today I decided to call USCIS I speak with an agent and I tell them that I want to re schedule my Biometrics appointment the officer told me that he can’t and I just need to wait for the letter to come and if it didn’t come on a 90 days period they will re scheduled one for me. I tell them that I want to speak to a tier 2 they took my info and I had to wait like an hour. Tier 2 asked me some personal info and just scheduled me and appointment for AUGUST 24TH. FINALLY!! 🎉🎉 

 

That's awesome for you! It's encouraging to see movement -- the squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess. Our ASC also opened on the 27th, and we've not heard yet, but anecdotally people who have filed as late as April/May have received biometrics appointments at our ASC.

 

You're the second person in this thread today to mention a 90 day wait from the ASC opening date, and I just read a similar account on Reddit -- a 90 day wait. This is different from what I was told last week, which was 30 days. Very frustrating to see the timeline continually shifting towards longer waits and being powerless to do anything about it.

 

Our PD is 02/25, and we've not seen any movement at all. No RFEs, no EAD/AP approval, no biometrics appointments, nothing. At the very least, I'd be satisfied waiting with biometrics in the system, because I know our case could be worked on rather than being stalled in biometric-less purgatory.

[fromsweden 197]

1 minute ago, LilyKins said:

That's awesome for you! It's encouraging to see movement -- the squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess. Our ASC also opened on the 27th, and we've not heard yet, but anecdotally people who have filed as late as April/May have received biometrics appointments at our ASC.

 

You're the second person in this thread today to mention a 90 day wait from the ASC opening date, and I just read a similar account on Reddit -- a 90 day wait. This is different from what I was told last week, which was 30 days. Very frustrating to see the timeline continually shifting towards longer waits and being powerless to do anything about it.

 

Our PD is 02/25, and we've not seen any movement at all. No RFEs, no EAD/AP approval, no biometrics appointments, nothing. At the very least, I'd be satisfied waiting with biometrics in the system, because I know our case could be worked on rather than being stalled in biometric-less purgatory.

You should be getting approval soon. Looks like technically you are a March filer?

[LilyKins 121]

1 minute ago, fromsweden said:

You should be getting approval soon. Looks like technically you are a March filer?

I definitely thought I was a February filer, but I could be looking at the wrong date. Isn't it based off of the priority date on the NOAs? If so, they're dated Feb 25, 2020. Am I looking at the wrong date?

[fromsweden 197]

1 minute ago, LilyKins said:

I definitely thought I was a February filer, but I could be looking at the wrong date. Isn't it based off of the priority date on the NOAs? If so, they're dated Feb 25, 2020. Am I looking at the wrong date?

Yeah it is, I was just confused because you said you didn't get text messages until March

[LilyKins 121]

Just now, fromsweden said:

Yeah it is, I was just confused because you said you didn't get text messages until March

 

Oh yea, we were confused about that too. It was an excruciating wait, that's for damn sure. We filed before the I-944/public charge rule came into effect. 

[Nativequeen 26]

I just spoke with a tier 1 representative. She informed me that they are required to tell people that their biometrics will be scheduled within 30 days of their ASC opening and that they do not have further information. Only that if you filed in February you will be able to do a biometrics appointment before the “furlough.” 

[Sarge2155 4,586]

23 minutes ago, Maria&Wirbir said:

I’ve been reading a lot since February. I am a February filler based on K1 visa. My biometrics were canceled due to covid you all know my ASC opened on July 27th today I decided to call USCIS I speak with an agent and I tell them that I want to re schedule my Biometrics appointment the officer told me that he can’t and I just need to wait for the letter to come and if it didn’t come on a 90 days period they will re scheduled one for me. I tell them that I want to speak to a tier 2 they took my info and I had to wait like an hour. Tier 2 asked me some personal info and just scheduled me and appointment for AUGUST 24TH. FINALLY!! 🎉🎉 

 

Not to take the wind out of your sails, even you spoke to a tier 2 officer some of them too just tell you things you want to hear to get you off the phone. Not saying this one did that, but you need to be cognizant of that fact and also cognizant that nothing is definite until it is in your hand in your case the appointment letter and on occasion even if it is in your hand its not final. I'm speaking from experience. Sometimes USCIS can tell us things that makes us so happy we lose sight of the real deal. As many tier 2 officers and call center operators there are at the call center for USCIS there are as many different answers too!  I'm hoping in your case that your appointment was scheduled.

[fromsweden 197]

3 minutes ago, Sarge2155 said:

Not to take the wind out of your sails, even you spoke to a tier 2 officer some of them too just tell you things you want to hear to get you off the phone. Not saying this one did that, but you need to be cognizant of that fact and also cognizant that nothing is definite until it is in your hand in your case the appointment letter and on occasion even if it is in your hand its not final. I'm speaking from experience. Sometimes USCIS can tell us things that makes us so happy we lose sight of the real deal. As many tier 2 officers and call center operators there are at the call center for USCIS there are as many different answers too!  I'm hoping in your case that your appointment was scheduled.

He/she should be getting an email with the confirmation as another person on here did.

[fromsweden 197]

17 minutes ago, Nativequeen said:

I just spoke with a tier 1 representative. She informed me that they are required to tell people that their biometrics will be scheduled within 30 days of their ASC opening and that they do not have further information. Only that if you filed in February you will be able to do a biometrics appointment before the “furlough.” 

We all filed in February. I was never told this though.

Edited August 6, 2020 by fromsweden

[Basil123 138]

19 minutes ago, Nativequeen said:

I just spoke with a tier 1 representative. She informed me that they are required to tell people that their biometrics will be scheduled within 30 days of their ASC opening and that they do not have further information. Only that if you filed in February you will be able to do a biometrics appointment before the “furlough.” 

I 'm thinking the same as @fromsweden. I have never been told anything like this. In fact, since they just told me to wait another 90 days, I have maybe 10% faith that all of us will get in before the potential furlough.

[Nativequeen 26]

5 minutes ago, fromsweden said:

We all filed in February. I was never told this though.

@fromsweden I have called a number of times and have never been told this until today. I just thought I would share any “new” information. Not sure how true this is but if I hear anything different tomorrow🙃 I will post it.