May 2020 AOS Filers

[Ally&Axel 43]

8 hours ago, eddie90 said:

Guys, finally  my status changed to “Ready to be scheduled for interview” from Fingerprints were updated after 1 year. I hope they will schedule interview soon. 

Awesome news Eddie!!! Did you do anything specific?

[eddie90 31]

3 hours ago, Ally&Axel said:

Awesome news Eddie!!! Did you do anything specific?

Nope, was planning to submit an inquiry  to ombudsman on Monday but it got changed today. However, I did submit FOIA request last month to see what’s happening with my case. Let’s see how long they are gonna take to schedule the interview in Houston office. 

[Ally&Axel 43]

3 hours ago, eddie90 said:

Nope, was planning to submit an inquiry  to ombudsman on Monday but it got changed today. However, I did submit FOIA request last month to see what’s happening with my case. Let’s see how long they are gonna take to schedule the interview in Houston office. 

FOIA good advice!! I didn’t think about that. What did you learn from that inquiry?

 

i feel like you should be scheduled soon now since your PD is so long ago.

[David_Norway 135]

On 11/3/2021 at 11:23 AM, Pat B said:

I just called USCIS and the officer told me that my application is in the final stages before being approved, too. I just hope and pray our cases will be approved and get our cards soon. 🙏🏻 

Anyone on here who have gotten their EAD/AP renewal approved? How long did it take?

Wondering if the people waiting are the exception or the norm? I submitted my renewal August 13th thinking a renewal EAD renewal shouldn't be too complicated. Now I am wondering if I have to worry about USCIS not approving it before my 180-day extension ends March 2, 2022!

[Pat B 3]

15 minutes ago, David_Norway said:

Anyone on here who have gotten their EAD/AP renewal approved? How long did it take?

Wondering if the people waiting are the exception or the norm? I submitted my renewal August 13th thinking a renewal EAD renewal shouldn't be too complicated. Now I am wondering if I have to worry about USCIS not approving it before my 180-day extension ends March 2, 2022!

I really don’t know what’s going on right now with USCIS. I renewed mine back in March and still haven’t received a new work authorization card. 

[David_Norway 135]

5 minutes ago, Pat B said:

I really don’t know what’s going on right now with USCIS. I renewed mine back in March and still haven’t received a new work authorization card. 

Yeah, really worrisome! The easiest for USCIS to do would be to just make an announcement changing the 180-day extension to a 360-day extension. What they should do if they can't process the renewals in a timely fashion.

 

Did you try to submit an expedite request as well? (In addition to congressmen, ombudsman, etc.)

[PatSquared 57]

10 hours ago, David_Norway said:

Yeah, really worrisome! The easiest for USCIS to do would be to just make an announcement changing the 180-day extension to a 360-day extension. What they should do if they can't process the renewals in a timely fashion.

 

Did you try to submit an expedite request as well? (In addition to congressmen, ombudsman, etc.)

This has been a source of frustration for us as well. My husband filed for his renewal in May and his extension also expires next March.

 

He was given an “IOE” case number and shortly after receiving his NOA1 for the renewal, he received another letter from USCIS informing him that they would re-use the biometrics they took last year. From what I read on VJ, IOE cases with re-used biometrics typically only take 2-3 months to process, so I honestly don’t know what made our case different. 😕

Edited November 8, 2021 by PatSquared

[David_Norway 135]

7 hours ago, PatSquared said:

This has been a source of frustration for us as well. My husband filed for his renewal in May and his extension also expires next March.

 

He was given an “IOE” case number and shortly after receiving his NOA1 for the renewal, he received another letter from USCIS informing him that they would re-use the biometrics they took last year. From what I read on VJ, IOE cases with re-used biometrics typically only take 2-3 months to process, so I honestly don’t know what made our case different. 😕

Yeah, I also go the re-used biometrics letter. I would hope that a renewal is quicker than a new application, but that might be too much to hope for when talking about USCIS. I also got an "IOE" number.

 

Have you heard of people in our group (March 2020 - June 2020 AOS filers) who have gotten their renewed EAD in 2-3 months? Would love to hear about some good stories too!

This is a great site for seeing how EADs are getting approved: https://opttimeline.com/IOE

[eddie90 31]

On 11/6/2021 at 1:39 PM, Ally&Axel said:

FOIA good advice!! I didn’t think about that. What did you learn from that inquiry?

 

i feel like you should be scheduled soon now since your PD is so long ago.

Well I was researching some options such as contacting congressman, senators and writ of mandamus and then while researching writ of mandamus I read that lawyer submit FOIA request to see what’s happening with the case. So that’s why I decided to apply it online.
My FOIA shows nothing except my filled forms which means they haven’t done anything on my case since April 2020. 

[PatSquared 57]

14 hours ago, David_Norway said:

Yeah, I also go the re-used biometrics letter. I would hope that a renewal is quicker than a new application, but that might be too much to hope for when talking about USCIS. I also got an "IOE" number.

 

Have you heard of people in our group (March 2020 - June 2020 AOS filers) who have gotten their renewed EAD in 2-3 months? Would love to hear about some good stories too!

This is a great site for seeing how EADs are getting approved: https://opttimeline.com/IOE

Too much to hope for indeed. And yes - I was lurking in one of the Dallas field office groups and saw that several people who filed for AOS within that timeframe have either already gotten interviewed or got their renewed EAD’s within the expected 2-3 month range. So my husband and I are left scratching our heads!

 

Thank you for sharing this link! Was looking at the range of cases that have been approved and there is quite a wide range - our case number falls in it, so I have no clue what is causing the hold-up!

[Ally&Axel 43]

Hi guys,

i hope I can bring a bit of positive energy to you today.

i woke up this morning with a lawfully notification that my case was ready to be scheduled for an interview.

i checked on Uscis and it in fact changed. I am not sure what helped but my recent congressman inquiry recently came back with a generic “can’t do anything” type of answer.

i also talked to a tier 2 officer a few weeks ago and was asking for an info pass appointment at my local FO, she said this wouldn’t do anything but she would send a request to my local fo for them to ask nbc what was going on.

so that’s where I’m at, hopefully I get an interview soon. 
I’m not sure if my case was actually transferred to San Antonio so hopefully once I get the interview I won’t have to wait for month for the GC.

[PatSquared 57]

4 hours ago, Ally&Axel said:

Hi guys,

i hope I can bring a bit of positive energy to you today.

i woke up this morning with a lawfully notification that my case was ready to be scheduled for an interview.

i checked on Uscis and it in fact changed. I am not sure what helped but my recent congressman inquiry recently came back with a generic “can’t do anything” type of answer.

i also talked to a tier 2 officer a few weeks ago and was asking for an info pass appointment at my local FO, she said this wouldn’t do anything but she would send a request to my local fo for them to ask nbc what was going on.

so that’s where I’m at, hopefully I get an interview soon. 
I’m not sure if my case was actually transferred to San Antonio so hopefully once I get the interview I won’t have to wait for month for the GC.

This is encouraging news, @Ally&Axel! So happy for you. I hope that a date is set for you soon!

 

It seems like more and more people are starting to get updates. I wish we knew what triggers a response - whether it’s sending additional inquiries via congressmen, senators, etc or if it just means that our files are finally getting unearthed from that vault you had mentioned a while back.

[Ally&Axel 43]

54 minutes ago, PatSquared said:

This is encouraging news, @Ally&Axel! So happy for you. I hope that a date is set for you soon!

 

It seems like more and more people are starting to get updates. I wish we knew what triggers a response - whether it’s sending additional inquiries via congressmen, senators, etc or if it just means that our files are finally getting unearthed from that vault you had mentioned a while back.

Thank you

i hope for you too that things start moving. My only thing is that I’m not sure if they actually sent my packet to my field office or if they’re actually just scheduling my interview soon but without having my file in hands. So in other words, once I’ll do the interview they might not be able to produce the card right away if they don’t have my file.

this is just me speculating, I have done a lot of that in this 18 months process so far.

[eddie90 31]

6 hours ago, Ally&Axel said:

Hi guys,

i hope I can bring a bit of positive energy to you today.

i woke up this morning with a lawfully notification that my case was ready to be scheduled for an interview.

i checked on Uscis and it in fact changed. I am not sure what helped but my recent congressman inquiry recently came back with a generic “can’t do anything” type of answer.

i also talked to a tier 2 officer a few weeks ago and was asking for an info pass appointment at my local FO, she said this wouldn’t do anything but she would send a request to my local fo for them to ask nbc what was going on.

so that’s where I’m at, hopefully I get an interview soon. 
I’m not sure if my case was actually transferred to San Antonio so hopefully once I get the interview I won’t have to wait for month for the GC.

Hey congratulations. I hope your interview is scheduled soon or hopefully before 2022. 

[TreverR 21]

Glad to hear there's some movement happening. 
Just checked the processing times website and its seems they have increased the processing times to 8.5-12 months now...