August 2022 - AOS Filers

[LemonLemonade 64]

A little update on my side, my EAD ONLY got approved (status: Card being produced). AP, no update since received documents 😞 

 

More waiting then!

[GCG 9]

On 9/14/2022 at 12:28 PM, LemonLemonade said:

A little update on my side, my EAD ONLY got approved (status: Card being produced). AP, no update since received documents 😞 

 

More waiting then!

I'm hoping to get my AP approved soon as well.. I really wanted to be able to go visit family! 

Hope yours get approved soon LemonLemonade! 

 

I received a text this morning confirming they received my RFE response, my bios appointment is next week. 🤞

[slavaskii 886]

On 9/10/2022 at 4:51 PM, LemonLemonade said:

XD hope so and I saw a lot that got approve right away were mostly EAD only (I think?) and the one that took longer, MIGHT get combo card? I hope getting combo card for us all lol

Haha yes, here's hoping too! So far silent on my front besides having everything in active review. We sent in the I-864 RFE reply today - added a joint sponsor and I resubmitted all of my sponsorship docs, including an updated I-864. I wanted (needed?) to update the I-864 anyway, wasn't sure if I needed to resubmit the birth certificate / tax transcripts but did so out of caution. Hopefully, that should be it! If I notice something missing when the documents get scanned into the portal, I'll upload it right away, as I think that's what happened last time.

 

Good luck to everyone else here!

Edited September 15, 2022 by slavaskii

[LemonLemonade 64]

21 hours ago, GCG said:

I'm hoping to get my AP approved soon as well.. I really wanted to be able to go visit family! 

Hope yours get approved soon LemonLemonade! 

 

I received a text this morning confirming they received my RFE response, my bios appointment is next week. 🤞

Oh good they received it! lol I hope you get better chance for combo card . They received my RFE after

 

18 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Haha yes, here's hoping too! So far silent on my front besides having everything in active review. We sent in the I-864 RFE reply today - added a joint sponsor and I resubmitted all of my sponsorship docs, including an updated I-864. I wanted (needed?) to update the I-864 anyway, wasn't sure if I needed to resubmit the birth certificate / tax transcripts but did so out of caution. Hopefully, that should be it! If I notice something missing when the documents get scanned into the portal, I'll upload it right away, as I think that's what happened last time.

 

Good luck to everyone else here!

I mean what we see so far, lol not getting working visa approve right away, maybe hopefully chance of combo card! lol

[slavaskii 886]

Wanted to ask you @LemonLemonade, how did your portal look when the RFE response was received? Did they provide an update and show you what documents were scanned in, or just the former? Mine was signed for this morning, but because there are a lot of documents I don't fully expect to see an update by EOD. I recognize no news is good news - but I want to make sure I'm getting the right amount of 'no news'!

[TheJs 34]

My husband had his biometrics yesterday and today his EAD status changed to Card Being Produced! 🥳 We filed AOS on Aug 17 and haven’t expedited anything. 

[Kaykay1 0]

4 hours ago, TheJs said:

My husband had his biometrics yesterday and today his EAD status changed to Card Being Produced! 🥳 We filed AOS on Aug 17 and haven’t expedited anything. 

Are you K-1 or AOS? 

[TheJs 34]

1 minute ago, Kaykay1 said:

Are you K-1 or AOS? 

My husband came here on a K1 visa and we were married in June, filed for AOS in August 

[LemonLemonade 64]

8 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Wanted to ask you @LemonLemonade, how did your portal look when the RFE response was received? Did they provide an update and show you what documents were scanned in, or just the former? Mine was signed for this morning, but because there are a lot of documents I don't fully expect to see an update by EOD. I recognize no news is good news - but I want to make sure I'm getting the right amount of 'no news'!

I understand lol I'm like that too. 

Documents no different since when they first received.

USCIS notice, there's account acceptance notice, appointment schedule and request for evidence. 

And the case history looks like this: 

 

[noobjections 12]

Hi everyone I’m new to this thread! 
 

seems like  a lot of you are K-1! I am doing AOS by marriage to US citizen. 
 

PD: 8/10/22

Biometrics: 9/8/22 

 

Until today it says case is being actively reviewed! Really disheartening seeing people get EAD’s right after biometrics but I’m hanging in there! Congrats to all those that have received theirs so far. 

[slavaskii 886]

10 hours ago, noobjections said:

Hi everyone I’m new to this thread! 
 

seems like  a lot of you are K-1! I am doing AOS by marriage to US citizen. 
 

PD: 8/10/22

Biometrics: 9/8/22 

 

Until today it says case is being actively reviewed! Really disheartening seeing people get EAD’s right after biometrics but I’m hanging in there! Congrats to all those that have received theirs so far. 

Welcome to the family! We have exactly the same PD and Biometrics) Also no EAD card. But while all our correspondences come from NBC, my assumption is that the local FOs are the ones processing our EAD/AP; hence, a bigger area (such as DC/NY/LA) is likely to take longer than a FO in, say, the Midwest.

 

If they're really prioritizing newer applications first (as seems to be the case), perhaps ours will be sooner than we expect? But in any case, for us K1s here, actually being with our spouses now makes the waiting infinitely easier, lol

[noobjections 12]

1 hour ago, slavaskii said:

Welcome to the family! We have exactly the same PD and Biometrics) Also no EAD card. But while all our correspondences come from NBC, my assumption is that the local FOs are the ones processing our EAD/AP; hence, a bigger area (such as DC/NY/LA) is likely to take longer than a FO in, say, the Midwest.

 

If they're really prioritizing newer applications first (as seems to be the case), perhaps ours will be sooner than we expect? But in any case, for us K1s here, actually being with our spouses now makes the waiting infinitely easier, lol

Amazing! Let’s keep each other informed 😊 

 

Absolutely and you saying that made me realize I was taking all this for granted - at least we get to be with our spouses while we wait. I can’t imagine how agonizing the wait is for people doing consular processing. My FO is Jacksonville, FL and I imagine they are very very very busy! 

[GCG 9]

14 hours ago, noobjections said:

Hi everyone I’m new to this thread! 
 

seems like  a lot of you are K-1! I am doing AOS by marriage to US citizen. 
 

PD: 8/10/22

Biometrics: 9/8/22 

 

Until today it says case is being actively reviewed! Really disheartening seeing people get EAD’s right after biometrics but I’m hanging in there! Congrats to all those that have received theirs so far. 

 

Welcome to the family @noobjections 

I'm also AOS through USC marriage, not K1.  PD 08/08/22, AOS filed on 8/24/22, Seattle WA office. 

 

Just got back from my bios appointment today. Status of AOS and EAD changed to "being actively reviewed". Now back to the waiting game! 

 

[noobjections 12]

8 hours ago, GCG said:

 

Welcome to the family @noobjections 

I'm also AOS through USC marriage, not K1.  PD 08/08/22, AOS filed on 8/24/22, Seattle WA office. 

 

Just got back from my bios appointment today. Status of AOS and EAD changed to "being actively reviewed". Now back to the waiting game! 

 

Thank you for the warm welcome! How did your appointment go? Let us know if you get instant approval! 

[GCG 9]

7 hours ago, noobjections said:

Thank you for the warm welcome! How did your appointment go? Let us know if you get instant approval! 

My appointment was scheduled for 2pm. I arrived early at 1:30, the lady officer at the door said it was pretty empty and I could go in - I was out of the door in less than 10 minutes. 

They couldn't fix the typo on my last name but she made a note about it. Overall really good and trying to calm down people, nothing like some bad reviews I read. I checked my account outside, and it had changed to "actively being processed"

 

I received the "classic" 3 texts and emails today at about 3:30am Pacific, probably an automated system - just the same status change of when I left the building "case is actively being processed" for AOS and EAD, AP still only shows case received. 

 

Not sure what happens next since it seems to be a mix of people just waiting, others that received EAD approval a few days after bios and others right away. Most cases here are AOS post K1, so I'm reluctant to make any assumption based on that. I don't know, just wait and see, I guess! 

Good luck to us all!