APRIL 2020 AOS FILERS

[Rambava 73]

17 minutes ago, Buma said:

Update on the I-485: We are receiving an RFIE - waiting for the mail to come in now.

Did you get the RFE today?

[Linnn 108]

17 minutes ago, Rambava said:

Did you get the RFE today?

I saw it online, we are waiting for the letter now since they couldn't tell me via the chat what its for.

[malajoe 100]

43 minutes ago, Buma said:

Update on the I-485: We are receiving an RFIE - waiting for the mail to come in now.

At least they are actively working on your case. 

[Rambava 73]

16 minutes ago, Buma said:

I saw it online, we are waiting for the letter now since they couldn't tell me via the chat what its for.

Yeah I wouldnt think they will give you that over chat. Thank you for keeping us updated.

 

9 minutes ago, malajoe said:

At least they are actively working on your case. 

Yeah seems like we are way down the chain! lol

[Linnn 108]

19 minutes ago, malajoe said:

At least they are actively working on your case. 

True

[taximan683 75]

I was rejected for not including a second i-864 for my K-2. I resubmitted last week. On the second i-864 I listed the K-2 as principle immigrant, was that wrong? Will I be rejected again? Was I supposed to submit an exact copy of the i-864 for the K-1 for the K-2 as well? On an old thread someone said you only needed the one i-864, but that was a few years ago. I'm really disheartened that they keep rejecting my packet (first time was for using wrong i-485 form that expires in 2021). I would welcome an RFE rather than another rejection. I don't understand why they are being so hard on me when it seems others are being accepted with the same i-485 that I used. All the evidence they require is in the packet as well. Are they harder on DIYs? Sorry for the complaining, I couldn't sleep last night thinking about all this.

 

I chatted with an agent on the USCIS website, but they won't answer questions about filling out the forms. They told me to get professional advice.

 

When I get the rejected packet back I feel like I flunked a test, or got an "F" on a paper.

Edited May 21, 2020 by taximan683

[Rambava 73]

19 minutes ago, taximan683 said:

I was rejected for not including a second i-864 for my K-2. I resubmitted last week. On the second i-864 I listed the K-2 as principle immigrant, was that wrong? Will I be rejected again? Was I supposed to submit an exact copy of the i-864 for the K-1 for the K-2 as well? On an old thread someone said you only needed the one i-864, but that was a few years ago. I'm really disheartened that they keep rejecting my packet (first time was for using wrong i-485 form that expires in 2021). I would welcome an RFE rather than another rejection. I don't understand why they are being so hard on me when it seems others are being accepted with the same i-485 that I used. All the evidence they require is in the packet as well. Are they harder on DIYs? Sorry for the complaining, I couldn't sleep last night thinking about all this.

 

I chatted with an agent on the USCIS website, but they won't answer questions about filling out the forms. They told me to get professional advice.

 

When I get the rejected packet back I feel like I flunked a test, or got an "F" on a paper.

I am extremely sorry for the experience you have had so far. If your packet was indeed rejected due to 2021 then you must have gotten a really strict officer unfortunately. Irrespective of that I would focus on making sure whatever happens going forward is checked like a million times on different forums and what not. I am saying this because when my first packet was rejected I was in such a hurry to return the second one in that I completely overlooked a lot of issues. All in all I think its a good thing that happened because the first one that I submitted had so many stupid errors that I was amazed when I checked it the second time.

Long story short - Keep pushing through and you will finally be accepted, also in return save thousands on the lawyer fees like I did! 😉

[malajoe 100]

28 minutes ago, taximan683 said:

I was rejected for not including a second i-864 for my K-2. I resubmitted last week. On the second i-864 I listed the K-2 as principle immigrant, was that wrong? Will I be rejected again? Was I supposed to submit an exact copy of the i-864 for the K-1 for the K-2 as well? On an old thread someone said you only needed the one i-864, but that was a few years ago. I'm really disheartened that they keep rejecting my packet (first time was for using wrong i-485 form that expires in 2021). I would welcome an RFE rather than another rejection. I don't understand why they are being so hard on me when it seems others are being accepted with the same i-485 that I used. All the evidence they require is in the packet as well. Are they harder on DIYs? Sorry for the complaining, I couldn't sleep last night thinking about all this.

 

I chatted with an agent on the USCIS website, but they won't answer questions about filling out the forms. They told me to get professional advice.

 

When I get the rejected packet back I feel like I flunked a test, or got an "F" on a paper.

You are here with a group of people all aiming towards a common goal. Have patience and stay strong. It is too early in the game for sleepless nights. I too was rejected once and it just gave me the opportunity to look over my forms and find my errors. Now i can better help someone navigate. 

Edited May 21, 2020 by malajoe

[MJAK 28]

On 5/4/2020 at 11:31 AM, MJAK said:

Hi guys, just want to share our timeline update! I am adjusting from K-1. We just got our receipt numbers via texts last night! I submitted the 10/31/2021 expiry date version, not the latest one.

 

Packet sent - 04/23/2020

Packet delivered - 04/25/2020

Credit card charged - 04/30/2020

USCIS NOA1 texts - 05/03/2020

 

Expecting the hard copy in the mail this week!

Hi guys, I just received a notification that I got Request for Additional Evidence for my I-485. I wonder what did we miss, but on the positive side it took less than a month to get a RFE.

[Rambava 73]

3 minutes ago, MJAK said:

Hi guys, I just received a notification that I got Request for Additional Evidence for my I-485. I wonder what did we miss, but on the positive side it took less than a month to get a RFE.

Wow! That's really quick! Hope it's something easy to send back.

[PatrickKD 20]

Hi everybody, wanted to share my timeline bc I got my receipt numbers today from the live agent via USCIS Live Chat

 

Packet send:                            04/27/20

Delivered:                                 04/28/20

Received Receipt Numbers: 05/21/20

 

I am adjusting from VWP and changing from Consular Processing to AOS

[RCable 75]

We got our NOA1 in the mail today. It has an IOE receipt number, does anyone else have this? Makes it tough for us to get an estimate on time frame I guess. I tried looking it up, but mostly I'm just seeing the IOE for I-130 documents. 

[Rambava 73]

13 hours ago, RCable said:

We got our NOA1 in the mail today. It has an IOE receipt number, does anyone else have this? Makes it tough for us to get an estimate on time frame I guess. I tried looking it up, but mostly I'm just seeing the IOE for I-130 documents. 

Did you e-file I-130?Usually you get IOE receipt number when you e-file a particular form which in your case could be I-130.  Also the reason you are seeing IOE only for I-130 is because none of the other form as of this moment can be e-filed. I could be wrong but thought this might be the case.

[RCable 75]

1 minute ago, Rambava said:

Did you e-file I-130?Usually you get IOE receipt number when you e-file a particular form which in your case could be I-130.  Also the reason you are seeing IOE only for I-130 is because none of the other form as of this moment can be e-filed. I could be wrong but thought this might be the case.

No, we didn't e-file anything. Our I-130 (which we submitted last June when we were originally applying for the CR1 visa) went to Texas - SRC. And we mailed in our AOS application. I know IOE started coming up for I-130s last year, but I can't find any information on timelines for AOS with an IOE receipt. 

It makes it tough to get an idea on a timeline and to know when I can call USCIS since the USCIS site doesn't provide timelines for IOE. 

Anyway,  just confused

[Rambava 73]

1 minute ago, RCable said:

No, we didn't e-file anything. Our I-130 (which we submitted last June when we were originally applying for the CR1 visa) went to Texas - SRC. And we mailed in our AOS application. I know IOE started coming up for I-130s last year, but I can't find any information on timelines for AOS with an IOE receipt. 

It makes it tough to get an idea on a timeline and to know when I can call USCIS since the USCIS site doesn't provide timelines for IOE. 

Anyway,  just confused

Hmm Interesting! I will try to look around for some if I can find a timeline for IOE. If I do I will definitely let you know. Hope its good different that the regular processing time if not the same! 😅