September 2021 - AOS Filers

[ltlbnna 58]

2 hours ago, Onelife786 said:

Can someone tell me or direct me to the thread/page, please

 

What happens after you send the cuncorrent filling packet or what to expect:

 

1. Text messages should come first?

2. Email comes first?

3. Money goes from account (being the 3rd step?)

4. Biometrics or Medical report request comes (which one comes first if one did not send I-693)

5. At what stage missing documents or additional documents request normaly comes and via what i.e. email or post letter (if any)

6. If one has sent everything paper-based i.e. I-130 also in form of paper and not online, will they still get online status code? and will this online code come before the biometrics/medical/additional document request/letter?

7. At what stage interview call/letter/appointment gets booked (after all above or can happen before Biometrics)?

8. Can work authorisation and travel permits come before Biometrics or Interview, or interview and biometrics needs to be done first

9. Ref. to 7. if interview and biometric needs to be done first, then how long after the interview one should expect work/travel authorisation?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

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My Timeline:

 

Sent packet:

09/24/2021 - Fedex overnight service $104

Fedex info:

Delivered to MAILROOM - Chicago Centre
Signed by: J CHYBA on 09/27/2021 at 08:21am

 

Have not heard anything since

 

 

From my experience:

credit card charge first, text and email around the same time… Mail NOA next..

from what i know:

biometrics is next step unless they have question on your papers, you’ll get RFE before bio. RFE happens at any stage i think.. 

if you set up your online uscis account, you’ll get email notification of any movement (rfe, bio) prior to snail mail. 

Mine were all paper filing, i got ioe for all and i’ve set up online so they are all now online..

from what i seen: noa1, biometric, interview, decision - now if there are any questions, rfe could come any time.

ead can come before interview but dont think ead comes before biometric - some biometrics are reused though so possible for it to move forward without bio. For your question 9, ucsis has proceseing timelines for ead that’s been sent with concurrent filing and all depends on where its processed, what type of forms u submitted.. what i’ve seen is anywhere from 4 months to 13 months. Try to enter your details in timeline here in VJ - it may give you an estimate.. i did that and says i may get my ead in May (at the earliest) 

good luck! Hope i helped! 

[Onelife786 54]

56 minutes ago, ltlbnna said:

From my experience:

credit card charge first, text and email around the same time… Mail NOA next..

from what i know:

biometrics is next step unless they have question on your papers, you’ll get RFE before bio. RFE happens at any stage i think.. 

if you set up your online uscis account, you’ll get email notification of any movement (rfe, bio) prior to snail mail. 

Mine were all paper filing, i got ioe for all and i’ve set up online so they are all now online..

from what i seen: noa1, biometric, interview, decision - now if there are any questions, rfe could come any time.

ead can come before interview but dont think ead comes before biometric - some biometrics are reused though so possible for it to move forward without bio. For your question 9, ucsis has proceseing timelines for ead that’s been sent with concurrent filing and all depends on where its processed, what type of forms u submitted.. what i’ve seen is anywhere from 4 months to 13 months. Try to enter your details in timeline here in VJ - it may give you an estimate.. i did that and says i may get my ead in May (at the earliest) 

good luck! Hope i helped! 

First of all, I really appreciate that you took time out and went ahead and replied. Good experiece and knowledge/information given us.

 

My wife USC have applied for me, we are married since 5 years, but never lived in USA. we lived in the UK all this time. 

 

___________________________________

Sent packet:

 

09/24/2021 - Fedex overnight service $104

 

Fedex info:

Delivered to MAILROOM - Chicago Centre
Signed by: J CHYBA on 09/27/2021 at 08:21am

 

Have not heard anything since

 

[ltlbnna 58]

3 hours ago, Onelife786 said:

First of all, I really appreciate that you took time out and went ahead and replied. Good experiece and knowledge/information given us.

 

My wife USC have applied for me, we are married since 5 years, but never lived in USA. we lived in the UK all this time. 

 

___________________________________

Sent packet:

 

09/24/2021 - Fedex overnight service $104

 

Fedex info:

Delivered to MAILROOM - Chicago Centre
Signed by: J CHYBA on 09/27/2021 at 08:21am

 

Have not heard anything since

 

So i had 3 days waiting for my NOA text and email… a week for the mail version. I know that someone else in this group experienced delay in receiving their NOA but think @Pizookie found something in uscis that says noa may take 30 days… keep your fingers crossed it won’t be that long… good luck!!! Make sure you register online when you get you authorization code in mail. That makes life easier

[Dark2013 26]

5 minutes ago, ltlbnna said:

So i had 3 days waiting for my NOA text and email… a week for the mail version. I know that someone else in this group experienced delay in receiving their NOA but think @Pizookie found something in uscis that says noa may take 30 days… keep your fingers crossed it won’t be that long… good luck!!! Make sure you register online when you get you authorization code in mail. That makes life easier

Yes it is me. It has been almost 3 weeks since they received it and we did not get anything. I read that indeed it can happen so am not that worry. Just not as lucky as the others lol. You can also send an email to the lockbox and they will provide you an update. If it was rejected because you used an old forms or forgot to sign anything or the any other reasons, they will send it back and they will be able to tell you. But I would advise to wait the 30days period before reaching out. Good luck y'all.

[Onelife786 54]

1 hour ago, Dark2013 said:

Yes it is me. It has been almost 3 weeks since they received it and we did not get anything. I read that indeed it can happen so am not that worry. Just not as lucky as the others lol. You can also send an email to the lockbox and they will provide you an update. If it was rejected because you used an old forms or forgot to sign anything or the any other reasons, they will send it back and they will be able to tell you. But I would advise to wait the 30days period before reaching out. Good luck y'all.

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge

 

Can you share the email address or page where we can contact them for this particular topic/issue i.e. no receipt acknowledgment 

[kline19 102]

8 hours ago, ltlbnna said:

From what i know petitioner to submit 2 photos with i-130… 6 in total for beneficiary - 2 each for 485, ead and ap… did you submit your photos when you filed online? 

 

8 hours ago, ltlbnna said:

From what i know petitioner to submit 2 photos with i-130… 6 in total for beneficiary - 2 each for 485, ead and ap… did you submit your photos when you filed online? 

 

I went back to read the instructions for I130 and the two photos were mentioned to be required of the petitioner for spouse application. There was no mention of the photos for petitioner when a parent is a beneficiary. The online i130 system didn't prompt me for photos either. 

 

I also think that four photos are needed of the beneficiary if I485+I765+I131 are filed jointly. 

4 hours ago, Dark2013 said:

Yes it is me. It has been almost 3 weeks since they received it and we did not get anything. I read that indeed it can happen so am not that worry. Just not as lucky as the others lol. You can also send an email to the lockbox and they will provide you an update. If it was rejected because you used an old forms or forgot to sign anything or the any other reasons, they will send it back and they will be able to tell you. But I would advise to wait the 30days period before reaching out. Good luck y'all.

Did they cash your check?

[Dark2013 26]

2 hours ago, Onelife786 said:

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge

 

Can you share the email address or page where we can contact them for this particular topic/issue i.e. no receipt acknowledgment 

lockboxsupport@uscis.dhs.gov

5 minutes ago, kline19 said:

 

 

I went back to read the instructions for I130 and the two photos were mentioned to be required of the petitioner for spouse application. There was no mention of the photos for petitioner when a parent is a beneficiary. The online i130 system didn't prompt me for photos either. 

 

I also think that four photos are needed of the beneficiary if I485+I765+I131 are filed jointly. 

Did they cash your check?

Not yet.... I did credit card form

[The.locd.doc 50]

Grateful that things seem to be moving along for us! just happened to refresh my case status page on this tracker app around midnight and saw that my biometrics appointment was scheduled! Updated timeline:

 

• September 18th 2021 - Filed I-130 online, received PDF I-797 same day with priority date of September 19th 2021
• September 20th 2021 - Mailed Packet with I-485, I-693, I-864, I-131, I-765
• September 22nd 2021 - USPS confirms delivery of packet
• September 25th 2021 - USPS informed delivery of letter from DHS (probably I-797 for I-130), it was.
• September 26th 2021 - SMS notification of receipt numbers for I-485, I-765, I-131 at 6:22pm PST
• September 28th 2021 - Money Orders cashed according to USPS
• September 30th 2021 - USPS informed delivery of 3 letters from USCIS NBC (probably I-797s for other forms) - received.
• October 2nd 2021 - Biometrics appointment scheduled

[Onelife786 54]

25 minutes ago, The.locd.doc said:

Grateful that things seem to be moving along for us! just happened to refresh my case status page on this tracker app around midnight and saw that my biometrics appointment was scheduled! Updated timeline:

 

• September 18th 2021 - Filed I-130 online, received PDF I-797 same day with priority date of September 19th 2021
• September 20th 2021 - Mailed Packet with I-485, I-693, I-864, I-131, I-765
• September 22nd 2021 - USPS confirms delivery of packet
• September 25th 2021 - USPS informed delivery of letter from DHS (probably I-797 for I-130), it was.

How come you knew that USPS informed you how? did you include pre-paid empty involop in the packet?

What they usually call receivers if they have something being posted?

Sorry noob here, I dont know nothing

 

[ltlbnna 58]

41 minutes ago, The.locd.doc said:

Grateful that things seem to be moving along for us! just happened to refresh my case status page on this tracker app around midnight and saw that my biometrics appointment was scheduled! Updated timeline:

 

• September 18th 2021 - Filed I-130 online, received PDF I-797 same day with priority date of September 19th 2021
• September 20th 2021 - Mailed Packet with I-485, I-693, I-864, I-131, I-765
• September 22nd 2021 - USPS confirms delivery of packet
• September 25th 2021 - USPS informed delivery of letter from DHS (probably I-797 for I-130), it was.
• September 26th 2021 - SMS notification of receipt numbers for I-485, I-765, I-131 at 6:22pm PST
• September 28th 2021 - Money Orders cashed according to USPS
• September 30th 2021 - USPS informed delivery of 3 letters from USCIS NBC (probably I-797s for other forms) - received.
• October 2nd 2021 - Biometrics appointment scheduled

Yay for you!!! I’m kinda stuck at noa stage… oh well…  

[ltlbnna 58]

19 minutes ago, Onelife786 said:

 

Oh you should try it! Just go to usps website, register and they will send you email when you have mail coming to your address   there’s a section called informed delivery  

[ltlbnna 58]

20 hours ago, Onelife786 said:

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge

 

Can you share the email address or page where we can contact them for this particular topic/issue i.e. no receipt acknowledgment 

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do;jsessionid=B4BBCC53D83FCB711D7295F2BCC3DB5A?sroPageType=ndn&entryPoint=init
 

thats for when you think you’re missing something in the mail.

[The.locd.doc 50]

53 minutes ago, Onelife786 said:

 

No worries! We're all in this learning together. So as @ltlbnna said, on the USPS website, you can sign up for informed delivery notifications (for free) for eligible mailing addresses within the US. They email you a summary each day that you have letters incoming for that day. very neat feature 

[The.locd.doc 50]

41 minutes ago, ltlbnna said:

Yay for you!!! I’m kinda stuck at noa stage… oh well…  

Honestly I'm surprised! But don't lose hope! Progression is on the horizon 🙌

[boy2aman 89]

41 minutes ago, ltlbnna said:

Yay for you!!! I’m kinda stuck at noa stage… oh well…  

I can understand how frustrated you must feel to see all these updates for other OP's but your time will come and I guarantee that your outcome will be great. Hang tight