February 2020 AOS Filers

[Manuel94 72]

2 minutes ago, NWTN said:

Mine too and also the 485 changed to “ready to be scheduled for an interview”. Apparently since the 23rd! The 131 still hasn’t changed. Keeping my hopes high!

Same here, interview ready to be scheduled since 5 days as well!

[INNSU09 242]

On 10/26/2020 at 3:47 PM, klgck said:

Me too! Are you going to go? I called USCIS and am supposed to have a rep call me back. I'm supposed to start working the day of my appointment. So frustrating!!!

Were you able to sort it out? I had a rep instruct me to send it back to the address on the notice.

 

i asked why they can’t do it on their end, and they said they are a different branch or something? Lol. 
 

i returned the notice along with an explanation that i already have my EAD/AP. And attached a copy of my EAD with it.

[ko737 20]

16 hours ago, probingoduke said:

 

Congratulations to you both! Here’s wishing you peace and happiness with your significant others.

 

can you please share your experience and the questions you were asked?

Thank you!!!

 

Our interview was Thursday and our officer was very nice. But almost immediately after starting he asked for the I-944. I explained to him that we mailed our application before Feb 24 and the USCIS website says applications sent by courier will go by the postmark date (aka the date it was mailed). He explained how he had never heard about that, but after about 5 minutes of discussion he said he would look into it. if He explained that if turns out we need it, he’d send an RFE. 

 

The interview itself was very easy. Outside of the medicals, he didn’t ask for anything. He had us verify some information like addresses and work history, then asked if we had brought anything new but it’s fine if we didn’t. We had, so we showed him cards people gave us on our wedding day, gave him joint bank account statements and our insurance cards. We also gave him a letter from my husbands employer. He was satisfied with this.

 

What surprised us the most is he didn’t ask about my husbands birth certificate. My husband does not have an original birth certificate and he is from a country where people born before a certain year can not get a new copy of a birth certificate. We did include a thorough letter in our application explaining this, and we did have attestation of birth, but still I’m surprised this wasn’t brought up. There wasn’t much more evidence we could provide if requested. 

He didn’t ask any questions about our relationship. After he was done we chatted for like 10 minutes just about immigration and corona. He was a super nice guy! We left, not knowing if we’d get RFE for the I944. 

 

Well yesterday we got emails that our I485 and I130 were approved! We didn’t need to submit the I944!

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Here is our timeline with dates:

Packet Mailed: Feb 21

Packet Received: Feb 24

Text Notifications and Receipt Numbers: April 1

Contacted Congressperson: August 19

Biometrics Scheduled Notice: August 24

Biometrics Appointment: September 8

EAD Expedite Request: September 9

EAD/Advanced Parole Approved: September 17

EAD Card Received: September 23

Interview Scheduled: October 5

Interview: October 28

I485/130 Approved: October 30 🎉

Edited October 31, 2020 by ko737

[AFCF 273]

Ughhh. I also got a biometrics appointment letter in the mail today for my I-131... I got my combo card almost 2 months ago. So what did you guys do? I suddenly regret filing for I-131 lol can’t even use it! 

[ko737 20]

1 hour ago, chxakx said:

Ughhh. I also got a biometrics appointment letter in the mail today for my I-131... I got my combo card almost 2 months ago. So what did you guys do? I suddenly regret filing for I-131 lol can’t even use it! 

We got one as well, and our i485 was already approved. I think they’re just sending them to everyone. We’re going to call Uscis soon. 

[AFCF 273]

2 hours ago, ko737 said:

We got one as well, and our i485 was already approved. I think they’re just sending them to everyone. We’re going to call Uscis soon. 

Congratulations on your approval! I will try calling them too. Can you please let us know what they’ll tell you? It’s crazy because you already have everything approved basically and you got another notice lol. I feel bad for those who haven’t even heard anything 🥺

[igoyougoduke 1,674]

5 hours ago, ko737 said:

We got one as well, and our i485 was already approved. I think they’re just sending them to everyone. We’re going to call Uscis soon. 

that is how bad they are managing appointment slots. Wasting them while others are waiting for months. horrible organization

[NataBubu 52]

On 10/30/2020 at 2:23 PM, Manuel94 said:

My case just updated to fingerprints taken.  Only received the notification from the Lawfully app, haven’t checked the website yet.

Same here, and what is next, I have no idea? When should we get EAD and SSN? I can’t even ask for interview for green card, that sounds soooo far away 😢😂

Edited November 1, 2020 by NataBubu

[ko737 20]

11 hours ago, James120383 said:

that is how bad they are managing appointment slots. Wasting them while others are waiting for months. horrible organization

Yes it’s really shocking honestly... Are there any feb filers in this group who still haven’t gotten biometrics?

[klgck 153]

On 10/31/2020 at 10:36 AM, INNSU09 said:

Were you able to sort it out? I had a rep instruct me to send it back to the address on the notice.

 

i asked why they can’t do it on their end, and they said they are a different branch or something? Lol. 
 

i returned the notice along with an explanation that i already have my EAD/AP. And attached a copy of my EAD with it.

Ooooh that's a good idea, I wish they told me that lol. They haven't contacted me yet, today it will be the 7th business day so hopefully they call me to sort it out otherwise I'll call back. Thanks for letting me know!

[Moxman 54]

On 10/30/2020 at 9:57 PM, probingoduke said:

Thank you for responding. Why Veterans Day question? I have never heard of it.

 

were you guys separated?

We were together... I think he was just asking random questions that came to his head.. It was overall very relaxed.

[igoyougoduke 1,674]

On 11/1/2020 at 6:12 AM, ko737 said:

Yes it’s really shocking honestly... Are there any feb filers in this group who still haven’t gotten biometrics?

i think most folks have got their biometrics What ASC are you ?

[Elif_and_Greg 164]

Pardon me, folks. 

 

We just moved from Ogden, UT to Helena, MT and we have a biometrics appointment for 11/13.

 

I was going to send in the form to reschedule this appointment. But I also submitted a change of address today for our new Helena address.

 

Is there a chance they will reschedule our appointment to the nearest USCIS in Helena? 

[AFCF 273]

9 hours ago, klgck said:

Ooooh that's a good idea, I wish they told me that lol. They haven't contacted me yet, today it will be the 7th business day so hopefully they call me to sort it out otherwise I'll call back. Thanks for letting me know!

Did you hear from them today? I’m thinking of just going... it sucks because it’s four hours away lol. So I was just wondering if they called you or anything. Thank you! 

[klgck 153]

32 minutes ago, chxakx said:

Did you hear from them today? I’m thinking of just going... it sucks because it’s four hours away lol. So I was just wondering if they called you or anything. Thank you! 

I made a mistake thinking today was my 7th day, but it's actually Wednesday! Hoping they give me a call. Gonna plan on going just in case they don't contact me in time. I'll let you know what they say! I tried talking to another person via Emma, but got the same thing - they'll connect me with a Tier 2 agent. Four hours is so far omg