Case has been ready to be scheduled for interview for 6 weeks now, is that normal?

[justmarriedusciti 7]

Hi, 

 

My PD is September 25 2019, and I had to expedite my EAD, which was approved and sent to me early February 2020. The processing on my case was paused for almost 6 weeks in November due to an RFE. 

My I 485 case status online says "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview". It's been stuck in that for almost 6 weeks now. 

 

Are 6 weeks normal these days for? Perhaps the delay is taking place because I had a pause in my case's processing, or could it be because I had an expedited EAD? 

 

I am hoping that USPS didn't lose any mail and that the online status is updated whenever they send the NoA out. 

Edited March 13, 2020 by justmarriedusciti

[yoda one for me 322]

You'll receive a letter (apparently a week or two) after status flips to 'interview was scheduled', but now that you're ready for interview to be scheduled it's down to your local office to be able to fit you in with their workload. Some local offices are fast, others are slower.

[justmarriedusciti 7]

36 minutes ago, yoda one for me said:

You'll receive a letter (apparently a week or two) after status flips to 'interview was scheduled', but now that you're ready for interview to be scheduled it's down to your local office to be able to fit you in with their workload. Some local offices are fast, others are slower.

It has been 6 weeks for me now. Should I be concerned? My local office is Washington DC. 

I have follow up questions:

Do they not update the case status once they mail the NOA with the date of the interview?

Should I call the field office and ask if they had me down for an interview date? 

[yoda one for me 322]

As far as I understand, waiting 6 weeks is not unusual. Some people can wait a year or more, others it takes a month. Have you looked at the official USCIS processing times for your local office and the timelines on this site? You can get a feel for how your office is scheduling things by watching what other people have entered. Start here and filter as needed: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aoslist.php?cfl=&op5=5,6,8,9,10,11 

 

You also might want to double check that you're looking at the right local office. If you visit the USCIS website field offices page you can put your zipcode in and it'll tell you. I say this because you have Richmond as your location which appears to be served by the Norfolk VA office, not Washington DC. It's worth checking to make sure you aren't watching the wrong timelines and getting yourself worried unnecessarily! 

 

Looks like you only get the date/time of the interview from the letter or if you call up USCIS to ask specifically, they don't put it on your status (annoyingly). But you will get a status update when your interview has been scheduled, it won't sit on 'ready to schedule' forever but it will only change once they get to it. 

 

If you call up the field office they'll probably refer you to online status. They won't have you down for an interview date until you get one - so watch for a status change and then look out for the letter in the mail.

Edited March 13, 2020 by yoda one for me