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1 hour ago, Zzz___1 said:

I am in the same situation. Still waiting for c09 renewal and will apply to renew my c31 soon. 
 

 There’s a descent amount of people who have both the c09 and c31 EADs. You should get your c09 at some point. While I’ve seen people on this forum getting their c09 denied after c31 approval, it does not happen to everyone. 

I’d say it’s totally worth it to renew both EADs until you get your GC, especially with how long it takes to get them now. Mine are exactly 6 mo apart, so it’s very convenient.

 

right! just have to wait and see if the C09 gets approved soon. hopefully, i don't have to renew C31 then while I wait for next step on 485.

how are things lookingg at your local office? did you get i-693 def notice yet? I got it 3-4 monhts back

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14 minutes ago, BlueTiger92 said:

right! just have to wait and see if the C09 gets approved soon. hopefully, i don't have to renew C31 then while I wait for next step on 485.

how are things lookingg at your local office? did you get i-693 def notice yet? I got it 3-4 monhts back

I got my 693 def notice also about 3 mo ago. 
I don’t even know if my case has been transferred to the local office yet. The field office looks as bad as all the other field offices lol 

It takes them 1-2 years to adjudicate 485s. 
 

how about your FO? 

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On 3/11/2022 at 5:23 PM, Jawithlove said:

Hi guys I have an interview coming up for my green card. My question is what questions will they ask as well as what happens if I have marijuana in my system when I do my medical exam 

you will have a ban

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30 minutes ago, Zzz___1 said:

I got my 693 def notice also about 3 mo ago. 
I don’t even know if my case has been transferred to the local office yet. The field office looks as bad as all the other field offices lol 

It takes them 1-2 years to adjudicate 485s. 
 

how about your FO? 

I requested congressional inquiry last month, and the senator's office confirmed on 3/7/22 that my i485 has been transferred to St. Louis field office from National benefits center. I dont know if that information is of much help, but please feel free to enquire through senator / congressman if you want to know if your case is transferred to field office or not. 

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. 

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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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10 minutes ago, shiva32 said:

I requested congressional inquiry last month, and the senator's office confirmed on 3/7/22 that my i485 has been transferred to St. Louis field office from National benefits center. I dont know if that information is of much help, but please feel free to enquire through senator / congressman if you want to know if your case is transferred to field office or not. 

I just did 5 days ago, hopefully, it causes some positive movement. 

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2 hours ago, Zzz___1 said:

I got my 693 def notice also about 3 mo ago. 
I don’t even know if my case has been transferred to the local office yet. The field office looks as bad as all the other field offices lol 

It takes them 1-2 years to adjudicate 485s. 
 

how about your FO? 

My field office also looks like is taking up to 28 months but I'm already out of processing time if I count from my submission date in 2019

 

I don't know if it has been trasnferred but I hope it is.. I also did biometrics again after vawa approval in 2021 for 485 but online status hasn't changed since biometrics I did in 2019 😕

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What happens when you throw a green rock into the Red Sea?

     It gets wet.

 

Why shouldn't you tell a secret to a pig?

     Because he'll squeal.

 

Why should you leave your watch at home when you plan to take an airplane?

     Because time flies anyway.

 

A man was born in Greece, grew up in Spain, moved to the U.S., and died in Mexico.  What is he?

     Dead.

 

What doesn't get any wetter no matter how much it rains?

     The ocean.

 

What animal makes the most of its food?

     The giraffe -- it makes a little bite go a long way.

 

What kind of bath can you take without water?

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What do you get if you cross insects with a rabbit?

     Bugs Bunny.

 

If you want to get rich, why should you keep your mouth shut?

     Because silence is golden.

 

Why does a mother carry her baby?

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For those in removable proceedings like me. Great news. DHS is now affirmatively filing motion to dismiss by themselves if you have a case with USCIS. Which means you don’t need to ask the ice attorney and gvment attorney to join with you to terminate the case. The DHS is terminating cases to lower the backlog in court. Good news. Thought of you @Demise  because you were looking for ways to terminate yours. I am waiting for my vawa approval letter to terminate mine and allow USCIS adjudicated my pending i485

 

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Vawa+i485 June 2019

vawa approved March 2021

interview scheduled in wrong state July 2021

interview scheduled in my state March 7 2022

we ordered your new card March 10 2022

case approved March 11 2022

 

 

any ideas how long it usually takes to get an actual card? Thanks

Mine came in within the week!

card in production last Saturday 

Card delivered this past Thursday 
 

still need to pick it up from the lawyer’s

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Vawa+i485 June 2019

vawa approved March 2021

interview scheduled in wrong state July 2021

interview scheduled in my state March 7 2022

we ordered your new card March 10 2022

case approved March 11 2022

 

 

any ideas how long it usually takes to get an actual card? Thanks

congratulations!! that was a long wait after interview was scheduled in wrong state

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Good day all. It's been a long time since I've been on here. But my vawa was approved and I finally got my green card. My daughter did too. The thing with that is they miss spelled her name and I returned it and filed i90 we had biometrics done last year August. And it's going on 2 years now that I sent back her green card for their error on her name. I want to travel out of the country and thinking the best thing to do is renew her advance parole. Does anyone have any experience on a situation like this. Having an approved green card (including letter) and having to return it because of a spelling error and traveled out of the country while waiting on the corrected green card to arrive? Or is it just best to renew her advance parole to travel on?

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Good day all. It's been a long time since I've been on here. But my vawa was approved and I finally got my green card. My daughter did too. The thing with that is they miss spelled her name and I returned it and filed i90 we had biometrics done last year August. And it's going on 2 years now that I sent back her green card for their error on her name. I want to travel out of the country and thinking the best thing to do is renew her advance parole. Does anyone have any experience on a situation like this. Having an approved green card (including letter) and having to return it because of a spelling error and traveled out of the country while waiting on the corrected green card to arrive? Or is it just best to renew her advance parole to travel on?

you just need to get a  I-551 stamp in her passport.  They will not issue AP since she has GC.

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