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Hi Community, My I-485 got approved today without interview and I wanted to thank all of you who gave me pieces of advise and information during this VAWA journey. I wanted to share my timel

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35 minutes ago, Sk N said:

Cant wait for our days

I'll speed the process by posting even better jokes. :lol: 

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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4 minutes ago, Sk N said:

need it badly :D

Unofficial morale-boosting interpolative joke:

From now on, failure of the electricity to go out shall be known as a power innage.

 

Now wait till Wednesday like the civilized folk do!  :bonk: 

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

You'll be fine.  The secret to having "butterflies in your stomach" is to get them to fly in formation.

@TBoneTX that was phenomenal! I am totally going to steal your quote. 🙏

Divorced US citizen spouse in December 2017. 

Filed I-360 on Nov 12, 2019

Filed I485/ C31 EAD / AP in Feb 2020 (Stupid lawyer filed C31 instead of C9, and I didnt know EAD codes, didnt know about this VJ forum either)

On H1b status since 2014, H1b 6 years expired in May 2020. Out of status / Period of authorized stay since then. 

Amended EAD petition to C9 and filed expedite request for same in mid-may 2020. 

C9 EAD approved June 4, 2020. 

Biometrics done in Oct 2020. 

I485 case transferred to NBC for "faster processing" on September 30, 2020

Filed C9 EAD / AP Renewal petition in February 2021. 

Initial Advance Parole (from Feb 2020 application) approved in June 2021. 

C31 EAD production update - Nov 1st, 2021. 

C31 card delivered to attorney's office on Nov 8, 2021. 

I-360 case approved status update - Nov 22, 2021. 

No RFE throughout.  

Senator's office confirmed via congressional inquiry that the St. Louis office has received the I485 file and is currently awaiting interview scheduling - March 7, 2022

C9 EAD renewal card production case update - July 20, 2022 (took them just 17 months to process)

C9 EAD / AP renewal approval case update on both cases on July 21, 2022.

Combo card delivered to attorney's office on July 27, 2022

Medical exam RFE Drama: Second congressional inquiry sent in early July 2022 for I485. USCIS responded on 8/12/22 to this congressional inquiry that they issued an RFE on 5/24/22 and were waiting for my response. My lawyer denied receiving RFE and there was no such update on online USCIS portal. Lawyer's old firm was safe mailing address on my case. Lawyer changed firms a year after I hired her but did not change mailing address for my case with USCIS, she said she had a deal with her old firm to forward all her clients' mail to her new firm. Old firm denied receiving RFE. Sent another congressional inquiry requesting copy of RFE on 8/17/22. I also got medical exam done on 8/17/22 as I assumed RFE was for medical exam (thanks for this forum's insights.) Yelled at lawyer and threatened her with dire consequences. On 8/18/22 my lawyer's old firm finally found scanned copy of RFE in their "archived scans" (whatever the duck that is) and emailed it to me. It was indeed RFE requesting medical exam. On 8/20/22 I mailed medicals sealed packet with copy of RFE to St. Louis field office. Also sent a notarized letter with the packet - updating safe mailing address to my home address and informing St. Louis field office that I fired my lawyer. Sent similar letter to Vermont Service Center on the same date. 

8/23/22 - Fedex confirmed delivery of medicals packet to St. Louis Field Office. 

8/26/22: Case update on I485: New Card Is Being Produced

8/29/22:  On August 29, 2022, we approved your Form I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR ADJUST STATUS

9/3/22 green card delivered to attorney's office (they didn't change safe mailing address despite my written requests to FO AND VSC.) 

9/6/22 VSC returned AR11 and my letter requesting safe mailing address change. In their letter they said something to the effect of "you can do this online, we wont do it via snail mail request etc." Just posting as an FYI, its weird. Also received I485 approval notice on the same date. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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45 minutes ago, shiva32 said:

that was phenomenal!

[T-B. bows deeply]  Your good taste is obviously not just in your mouth.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Hi everyone,  

I know i asked this couple of months ago too , but I can’t help it. My vawa was approved in April 2021. I had applied i485 with i360 in 2019. After vawa approval, I haven’t heard anything from USCIS, nothing at all. No transfer notice, no medical RFE. M so worried right now after seeing people getting asked for medicals within a month after vawa approval. What should i Do??

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10 hours ago, Anujra said:

Hi there,

 I went through the exactly same situation just few weeks earlier than you. I reached out to the congressperson in my area like I was advised by somebody here in this forum. I filled out the privacy release form the office asked but I have not heard anything after. 
 

Funny thing is that my mail was delivered to my lawyer’s office 35 days after the message was shown. According to USPS tracking(after the fact, I mean I did not get the tracking number on my case status history), they attempted to deliver to my lawyer’s office 3 days after the message “card was mailed to me” on USCIS. But for some reasons, my lawyer said she never received any notice from the USPS. And the USPS held my mail for a month and delivered it to the office again.

 

I hope your mail is delivered soon.

As I read through this forum, to get the approval letter after ead (c31) was issued, it takes sometimes like 3 months. So I know how desperately you want to see the card and check if it is true that your case is approved.. but I (we) probably need to step back and stay focused on what I (we) can do at the moment along the way to heal. Sending a big support!

Hi,

Thanks for replying. When did you contacted to your congressperson after ordered your C31 category card. Didn’t respond your congressperson? How many days usually takes to receive ? Still don’t have it ? 

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1 hour ago, Sk1992 said:

Hi everyone,  

I know i asked this couple of months ago too , but I can’t help it. My vawa was approved in April 2021. I had applied i485 with i360 in 2019. After vawa approval, I haven’t heard anything from USCIS, nothing at all. No transfer notice, no medical RFE. M so worried right now after seeing people getting asked for medicals within a month after vawa approval. What should i Do??

Personally I'd get your senator or congressman to inquire. With things like this, asking about them tends to remind USCIS about them and they'll pass them onto the next steps (VSC -> NBC -> Local Field Office).

 

1 hour ago, MariaX said:

Hi, How many days need to receive C31 card after the status  “we ordered your card “ 

7-14 generally. It'll update with the tracking number as soon as they ship it.

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Contradictions without citations only make you look dumb.

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1 hour ago, Demise said:

Personally I'd get your senator or congressman to inquire. With things like this, asking about them tends to remind USCIS about them and they'll pass them onto the next steps (VSC -> NBC -> Local Field Office).

 

7-14 generally. It'll update with the tracking number as soon as they ship it.

Hi , Do you mean 7-14 business days? Still don’t have any tracking number . It’s says we ordered your new card and we will send you it 

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30 minutes ago, MariaX said:

Hi , Do you mean 7-14 business days? Still don’t have any tracking number . It’s says we ordered your new card and we will send you it 

Calendar days. Mine was sent out pretty quickly.

Contradictions without citations only make you look dumb.

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Hi,

Thanks for replying. When did you contacted to your congressperson after ordered your C31 category card. Didn’t respond your congressperson? How many days usually takes to receive ? Still don’t have it ? 

4 weeks after the message “card was mailed to me” I did inquire to the local congressperson. One of the people from the office reached out to me and asked privacy release form to get info for my case inquiry. And I don’t know it’s been 2 weeks or so and I haven’t heard anything. I think it takes at least a month or so.

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15 hours ago, sandranj said:

If they decide to expedite they will issue the EAD immediately. They said an officer was assigned to check your case (form I-765). 

@sandranj thank you and today my status changed to card being produced. Very nerve wrecking situation to be in . Hopefully my EAD get here by 10/17. Pheeew 

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