June 2020 AOS Filers

[Ela G. 389]

Has anyone’s status changed to “Fingerprints were taken”? 

[Rearviewmirror 397]

4 minutes ago, Ela S. said:

Has anyone’s status changed to “Fingerprints were taken”? 

When were your fingerprints last taken? I'm guessing you haven't received a note about scheduling a biometrics appointment?  I had read elsewhere that they wouldn't reuse biometrics that were more than 15 months old.

[Ela G. 389]

3 minutes ago, Rearviewmirror said:

When were your fingerprints last taken? I'm guessing you haven't received a note about scheduling a biometrics appointment?  I had read elsewhere that they wouldn't reuse biometrics that were more than 15 months old.

No it hasn’t changed for me, but on the case tracker app I’m seeing lots of other people’s statuses changing to that from June 29th. My last biometrics were POE (I don’t think those count though) and my K-1 visa interview at the embassy back in January 7th 2020. 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Ela S.

[Lisa Pr 88]

Finally received my 3 case number last night at midnight by text message! after a month ! (application sent June 2nd)

[Rearviewmirror 397]

22 minutes ago, Ela S. said:

No it hasn’t changed for me, but on the case tracker app I’m seeing lots of other people’s statuses changing to that from June 29th. My last biometrics were POE (I don’t think those count though) and my K-1 visa interview at the embassy back in January 7th 2020. 

Yeah that's fascinating. If I go back ~500 from my 765 it looks like quite a lot are now marked as "Case was updated to show fingerprints were taken" - which logically speaking doesn't make much sense as almost all of those would have been submitted in April/May once COVID closures were in place (my AOS was received May 18). I'll keep you posted if my status changes. However, I'm changing from a work visa which I've had for 2+ years, and my last fingerprints were January of 2020 at POE at a Global Entry kiosk, so I'm a bit doubtful they can/will reuse mine even if that is a thing.

[Ela G. 389]

2 hours ago, Rearviewmirror said:

Yeah that's fascinating. If I go back ~500 from my 765 it looks like quite a lot are now marked as "Case was updated to show fingerprints were taken" - which logically speaking doesn't make much sense as almost all of those would have been submitted in April/May once COVID closures were in place (my AOS was received May 18). I'll keep you posted if my status changes. However, I'm changing from a work visa which I've had for 2+ years, and my last fingerprints were January of 2020 at POE at a Global Entry kiosk, so I'm a bit doubtful they can/will reuse mine even if that is a thing.

Hoping for the best!! It would make sense if they stopped doing biometrics appointments since they’re going to be so understaffed anyway... plus the ongoing pandemic...

[pigrew 34]

18 hours ago, Lexir1190 said:

Hi for anyone who filled out the I-944...when claiming a property as an asset, what did you submit? We own a property outright. Is the deed enough? 

My wife ended up only using bank accounts as assets, so we didn't. They officially want an "assessment" to be done on the value of the house. The deed normally won't state current the property value (though it may mention the selling price). 

 

The way that the I-944 is described, there are not hard-limits on anything... they look at the "totality" of the situation and make a determination, so there could be some leeway. If you believe you have a strong application, you probably can "get away" with submitting a recent property tax notice, documentation of purchase price, and a Zillow estimate. It isn't as strong as they want, but is much easier to collect than having an assessment done. We are hoping they will overlook some of their requests (like us not getting an accredited analysis of foreign undergrad college records since we have a bunch of graduate classes completed in the USA). The filed income is about double their "minimum" and we also submitted significant savings.

 

20 hours ago, LadyInGreggs said:

Sent my packet 06/01/20, delivered 06/03/20, cheque finally cashed 06/26/20, still no texts but I'm hoping for something this week 🤞

 

I really need this NOA for my social security number, I applied for that back in early April and they took so long my I-94 expired (🙄) and now they won't give me an SSN until I have this NOA from the AOS. Sucks not having health insurance this whole time! Anyone been able to get enrolled on Tricare without an SSN? I feel like it should be possible but when we called the person said I can't enrol without it.

 

Our SMS messages were sent on a Sunday night, four days after credit card charges appeared. See here for our detailed timeline. I'm wondering if our's took a very long time since we had filed the I-130 online? Or maybe since we screwed up the first submission and it was rejected, and they de-prioritize submissions with green pages?

Edited July 1, 2020 by pigrew

[pigrew 34]

On 6/26/2020 at 3:20 AM, onlyme said:

Hello June filers,

i have a question : what kind of documents you'll send with I 944?

i have my high school diploma with translation, and a college degree with translation, my birth certificate with translation, also my wife add me to her credit card as a user and her health insurance, i have no tax here or anything.

 

thanks

 

These are the (redacted) table of contents entries we submitted. We did a joint tax filing last year, which should help with the I-130. I (the petitioner) own our house, but we put it down as a household asset for the I-944. We didn't get the certified equivalent translations for the foreign college transcripts, though these were already translated into English by the institutions themselves. Hopefully the domenstic PhD transcript will be good enough. We did the translations of the high school transcript ourselves (and included the signature page stating it was true and accurate). Our finances are not as entangled as they probably should be by now... I already owned my house and car from before we became a couple. And, oops, we made a typo of "Chase back" instead of "Chase Bank".

 

(But, perhaps this isn't so helpful for you, since we're doing a student visa adjustment, and this is the visitor visa forum).

 

I wrote a python script to put page numbers on all of our evidence documents, and then included those page numbers in the TOC. I'm not sure if that's helpful for USCIS or not. That way I could output the collated form and evidence as a single PDF, easing printing.

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by pigrew

[Lexir1190 0]

16 minutes ago, pigrew said:

My wife ended up only using bank accounts as assets, so we didn't. They officially want an "assessment" to be done on the value of the house. The deed normally won't state current the property value (though it may mention the selling price). 

 

The way that the I-944 is described, there are not hard-limits on anything... they look at the "totality" of the situation and make a determination, so there could be some leeway. If you believe you have a strong application, you probably can "get away" with submitting a recent property tax notice, documentation of purchase price, and a Zillow estimate. It isn't as strong as they want, but is much easier to collect than having an assessment done. We are hoping they will overlook some of their requests (like us not getting an accredited analysis of foreign undergrad college records since we have a bunch of graduate classes completed in the USA). The filed income is about double their "minimum" and we also submitted significant savings.

 

 

Our SMS messages were sent on a Sunday night, four days after credit card charges appeared. See here for our detailed timeline. I'm wondering if our's took a very long time since we had filed the I-130 online? Or maybe since we screwed up the first submission and it was rejected, and they de-prioritize submissions with green pages?

Thank you so much for answering! I will definitely look that up. We have the deed, property tax receipt, and a zestimate from Zillow. The market hasn't fluctuated here much, so hoping it's fine. Our income is way above the minimum so we are hoping a lot of this is just minutiae for the purpose if you don't meet the income requirements 

[Lexir1190 0]

Did anyone submit the medical exam? What did you have to submit? We are AOS from TN. I know it says somewhere we don't have to submit that until the interview process (correct me if I'm wrong)

[pigrew 34]

1 hour ago, Lexir1190 said:

Did anyone submit the medical exam? What did you have to submit? We are AOS from TN. I know it says somewhere we don't have to submit that until the interview process (correct me if I'm wrong)

It's a sad frustrating story.

 

We submitted our I-693 with a rejected application. The Chicago lockbox unsealed them, so we couldn't reuse them. We had to pay our doctor again to seal a new copy of all of the documentation (She didn't want to reseal the rejected forms). We had to submit a whole host of vaccination records to the doctor (and get some extra vaccines, too).  I think my wife had about six injections, and four blood draws.

 

The doctor must sign and date the form no earlier than 60 days before the I-485 is delivered, and it should be valid for two years after the signature/sealing.

 

We're thinking about submitting it once we get the NOA1 (prior to a RFE), but that might confuse things?

[juancarlos 126]

7 hours ago, Ela S. said:

No it hasn’t changed for me, but on the case tracker app I’m seeing lots of other people’s statuses changing to that from June 29th. My last biometrics were POE (I don’t think those count though) and my K-1 visa interview at the embassy back in January 7th 2020. 

Which tracker app is that?

[n8blogg 4]

In the same boat as many people on here. Waiting for the NOA and check to be cashed.

Sent packet to Chicago lockbox via usps- 6/4 and it was received- 6/8. 

 

My wife already has her GC, this was for the AOS for her son who was on a K-2 follow-to-join. Having to fill out the I-944 paperwork for a 12 yr old kid was brutal since literally nothing was applicable lol. I'm hoping they realize that since they already approved his mother that there's no hangups w his paperwork. My only worry is that we were late submitting it all as his 90 days was already up by the time we were able to get everything together and sent in. Fingers crossed! Good luck to all on here!

 

 

 

[SamKhouly 2]

Package received on 06/08/2020, check cashed today 07/01/2020. No texts or emails yet.

[bamse 15]

On 6/30/2020 at 2:34 PM, LadyInGreggs said:

Sent my packet 06/01/20, delivered 06/03/20, cheque finally cashed 06/26/20, still no texts but I'm hoping for something this week 🤞

 

I really need this NOA for my social security number, I applied for that back in early April and they took so long my I-94 expired (🙄) and now they won't give me an SSN until I have this NOA from the AOS. Sucks not having health insurance this whole time! Anyone been able to get enrolled on Tricare without an SSN? I feel like it should be possible but when we called the person said I can't enrol without it.

How did you go about applying for a SSN? Do you have an employment authorization EAD?