October 2023 - AOS Filers

[grumpypiggy 290]

2 hours ago, mw & rg k1 said:

Question for @grumpypiggy, @serret, or anyone that has already gotten the approval.
I see on Case Tracker that there is "Card is being produced" and "Card is being delivered by Post Office"

Let us know (or if you know already), is there a doc added to Case Status (online account) with the tracking No?
Don't think I can use just the  approval letter to "fix the SSN name" etc.
Also kind of curious to see how long it takes to get card in hand. Have heard everything from 5-60+ days)

Thanks for your continued support in this group

 

I don’t think there will be tracking number shown in online account, but you could ask Emma to get it (i will do that next Monday).

 

My research regarding time would be case status updates to “card is being delivered by post office” in 7-8 days after case was approved.

 

Will let y’all know when i get the card. Also hope everyone else speeding approval before New Year!!

Edited December 16, 2023 by grumpypiggy

[Eddie101 87]

On 12/15/2023 at 6:35 PM, mw & rg k1 said:

I-485 Approved Today.

Still no I-761 or I-131 (work or travel permission) ... but at least the Green will be on its way

It's promising to see how you guys got your GC relatively quickly! We are December filers.

[OsmanMCFC 19]

On 12/15/2023 at 8:42 PM, ThailandR said:

EAD in myprogress has gone back to 4 weeks as of this morning.  RFE package was received last week according to the tracking on USPS for the I-864. However, under the myprogress tab does not show it was received, still waiting..... looks like my wife will be waiting along time....

 

Congratulations to those who have been successful so far.

Its absolute rubbish don't believe anything the 'myProgress' tells you.

 

My EAD 'Myprogress' changed to 2 months this morning but guess what..........

 

It was approved and I should be receiving it this week!

 

Hoping the i-485 gets approval too and very soon at that.

 

Keep your head up. and don't go off the progress just keep checking the 'Documents' section and you will find your 'standalone approval' sooner than you think !

 

All the best !

 

 

[mw & rg k1 636]

21 hours ago, OsmanMCFC said:

Its absolute rubbish don't believe anything the 'myProgress' tells you.

 

My EAD 'Myprogress' changed to 2 months this morning but guess what..........

 

It was approved and I should be receiving it this week!

 

Hoping the i-485 gets approval too and very soon at that.

 

Keep your head up. and don't go off the progress just keep checking the 'Documents' section and you will find your 'standalone approval' sooner than you think !

 

All the best !

 

 

 

Totally agreed ..... 
Our EAD went into "taking longer than expected"  ... twice ...
Then AOS actually got approved ...

Funny thing is "myProgress" under AOS says it will still be a few weeks even though all other pages say it is already done (including having the approval letter in docs)

They really should just delete that since it is so inaccurate and generally useless.

[mw & rg k1 636]

On 12/17/2023 at 2:26 AM, Eddie101 said:

It's promising to see how you guys got your GC relatively quickly! We are December filers.

Eddie, In our case (in learning from @grumpypiggy), if you answered page 13, part 8 question 61 incorrectly (Should be "Yes")
you might want to make an adjustment.

We changed our 61-68 answers in that section, attached a cover letter and uploaded is as "Other Docs" to the online account.

If you answered it correctly (should be "Yes") then wishing you best of luck for a rapid completion

[scholes18 43]

17 minutes ago, mw & rg k1 said:

Eddie, In our case (in learning from @grumpypiggy), if you answered page 13, part 8 question 61 incorrectly (Should be "Yes")
you might want to make an adjustment.

We changed our 61-68 answers in that section, attached a cover letter and uploaded is as "Other Docs" to the online account.

If you answered it correctly (should be "Yes") then wishing you best of luck for a rapid completion

Interesting. Do you think that had anything to do with the fast turnaround time? In other words, does getting an early RFIE (or in your case, correcting a submission that would've otherwise resulted in an RFIE) effectively bump you toward the front of the line? 

[serret 55]

33 minutes ago, scholes18 said:

Interesting. Do you think that had anything to do with the fast turnaround time? In other words, does getting an early RFIE (or in your case, correcting a submission that would've otherwise resulted in an RFIE) effectively bump you toward the front of the line? 

I had an early RFIE too, 10 days after NOA1, but it was for the I-864 (we had forgotten to send tax documents). I’m not sure if having an early RFIE is an indicator for fast processing. Instead, we might have received an early RFIE because our field offices process AOS quicker. It also seems to me that most of K1 AOS filers get processed quicker these days, compared to people adjusting from F1, J1 etc.
 

My I-485 still says “approved.” I just received in the mail my updated SSN card with my married surname. I thought I had to go to SSA on my own to update my name once I receive GC on hand. Glad that I won’t have to do that anymore. Prolly because I had checked “yes” for question 16 “do you want the SSA to issue you a social security card?”

 

Edited December 18, 2023 by serret

[OsmanMCFC 19]

4 hours ago, mw & rg k1 said:

 

Totally agreed ..... 
Our EAD went into "taking longer than expected"  ... twice ...
Then AOS actually got approved ...

Funny thing is "myProgress" under AOS says it will still be a few weeks even though all other pages say it is already done (including having the approval letter in docs)

They really should just delete that since it is so inaccurate and generally useless.

 

Congratulations my man !

 

I hope mine gets approved soon too !

[mw & rg k1 636]

7 hours ago, scholes18 said:

Interesting. Do you think that had anything to do with the fast turnaround time? In other words, does getting an early RFIE (or in your case, correcting a submission that would've otherwise resulted in an RFIE) effectively bump you toward the front of the line? 

 

6 hours ago, serret said:

I had an early RFIE too, 10 days after NOA1, but it was for the I-864 (we had forgotten to send tax documents). I’m not sure if having an early RFIE is an indicator for fast processing. Instead, we might have received an early RFIE because our field offices process AOS quicker. It also seems to me that most of K1 AOS filers get processed quicker these days, compared to people adjusting from F1, J1 etc.
 

My I-485 still says “approved.” I just received in the mail my updated SSN card with my married surname. I thought I had to go to SSA on my own to update my name once I receive GC on hand. Glad that I won’t have to do that anymore. Prolly because I had checked “yes” for question 16 “do you want the SSA to issue you a social security card?”

 

@scholes18, I agree with @serret,  I also actually had an RFIE for I-864 "missing information" which I know was in the original packet. I would not assume that anything being sent to USCIS does anything that bumps you forward ...

Actually, in I-129F days, the wisdom was "don't" ... there were tons of cases where a "Expedite Request" was not only denied but actually resulted in an extension of time.

Try to stay patient ... I know I am not the best at this either and we can all just hope to move forward.

 

[Eddie101 87]

17 hours ago, mw & rg k1 said:

Eddie, In our case (in learning from @grumpypiggy), if you answered page 13, part 8 question 61 incorrectly (Should be "Yes")
you might want to make an adjustment.

We changed our 61-68 answers in that section, attached a cover letter and uploaded is as "Other Docs" to the online account.

If you answered it correctly (should be "Yes") then wishing you best of luck for a rapid completion

Hello mw & rg,

well, we did that mistake. It was sent when I saw your's and grumpypiggy's discussion about it. This seems to be a common pitfall.

How did you actually send the fix?
I read you did it online. We haven't received an Online Access Number yet.
Did you send the complete I-485 paperwork with a cover letter or just page 13 with a cover letter?
Cover letter probably said you saw this problem and wanna fix it with this?

Thanks for any help!

So happy you guys here had a fast processing and now with the CR-1 time to relief for a bit until IR-1.
 

Edited December 19, 2023 by Eddie101

[Arturchik 33]

I'll throw in my two cents from our experience, in case it helps. 

 

We answered "yes" on that question on page 13, part 8 question 61 and have so far not received an RFIE or an RFE. We have simply received a notice of receipt, and soon after our online access codes. 

 

However, that's all we received. No biometrics appointment notice as of yet and the myprogress simply says that it is taking longer than expected.

 

So, maybe there is some ground for the theory that cases with RFIE get processed quicker.

[mw & rg k1 636]

1 hour ago, Eddie101 said:

Hello mw & rg,

well, we did that mistake. It was sent when I saw your's and grumpypiggy's discussion about it. This seems to be a common pitfall.

How did you actually send the fix?
I read you did it online. We haven't received an Online Access Number yet.
Did you send the complete I-485 paperwork with a cover letter or just page 13 with a cover letter?
Cover letter probably said you saw this problem and wanna fix it with this?

Thanks for any help!

So happy you guys here had a fast processing and now with the CR-1 time to relief for a bit until IR-1.
 

When you receive your online access code, you will be able to see all of your cases.
in our case, the original K1 as well as our AOS, EAD, and AP filings.
The myProgress tab seems useless (as you have read in this forum) but there is a documents tab.

In this documents tab there is a way to "upload unsolicited evidence"
In our case, we regenerated a complete I-486, added a cover letter as to what was changed and uploaded as "Other"

Since we had received an RFE for the support, that was also uploaded (previously as RFE response)

AND when we had the legal name change (finalized court docs) we uploaded those (as Identity Documents).

Finally .... any documents they send to you are listed under that section and can be downloaded 
(hence, have the approval letter long before it has actually been received from USPS)

 

Here is hoping you get your access code soon ... Some were able to get this from Emma using the receipt number but she has never been helpful when I ask her questions.

 

[XinTing 13]

1 hour ago, Eddie101 said:

Hello mw & rg,

well, we did that mistake. It was sent when I saw your's and grumpypiggy's discussion about it. This seems to be a common pitfall.

How did you actually send the fix?
I read you did it online. We haven't received an Online Access Number yet.
Did you send the complete I-485 paperwork with a cover letter or just page 13 with a cover letter?
Cover letter probably said you saw this problem and wanna fix it with this?

Thanks for any help!

So happy you guys here had a fast processing and now with the CR-1 time to relief for a bit until IR-1.
 

Hello! I asked about the online access code as well and someone in the group provided the info that not all cases get converted to an online case - some case numbers start with MSC and the ones that start with IOE get an online access code while the ones that don’t get converted don’t. 

[grumpypiggy 290]

3 hours ago, Eddie101 said:

Hello mw & rg,

well, we did that mistake. It was sent when I saw your's and grumpypiggy's discussion about it. This seems to be a common pitfall.

How did you actually send the fix?
I read you did it online. We haven't received an Online Access Number yet.
Did you send the complete I-485 paperwork with a cover letter or just page 13 with a cover letter?
Cover letter probably said you saw this problem and wanna fix it with this?

Thanks for any help!

So happy you guys here had a fast processing and now with the CR-1 time to relief for a bit until IR-1.
 

I have a friend of mine also answered it wrong without receiving RFE yet. She just uploaded page numbers related to question 61-68 with cover letter explaining changes, did not submit the complete I-485 paperwork and got approval as well.

 

The reason why I submitted the whole form again with initials signed next to changes been made is because that's what is required in the RFE. I think if you haven't received one yet, you can just upload the cover letter along with updated pages as one file in the online account as unsolidated evidence.

 

If your case number started with IOE, I would suggest you wait another week for the online access code, since your filing date is Dec 14. I haven't heard anyone mailed evidence without RFE to USCIS, so better just wait to upload it online. If you get the related RFE before the online access code, that's ok too. Just follow the instructions and mail it. In general, no need to worry too much

 

Hope this helps you!

Edited December 19, 2023 by grumpypiggy

[grumpypiggy 290]

1 minute ago, scholes18 said:

One limitation of these tracking tools is that the vast majority of cases captured aren't adjusting from K1, and as far as I'm aware there's no way to filter to just K1-to-AOS cases. So there's no way to really know what's "typical" for us, other than maybe going through posts and timelines here (which also has its own limitations and probably won't get you the most accurate sample).

I'm in a 0922 wechat group with 140 family based AOS filers, from what I could tell among all the 8 filers who got approved by now, 2 are K1 (including me). Those who got approved with I-130 are case number starting with 09220-09223, while K1 approval filers like me are 09228.

 

So the general idea we discussed is K1 should be relatively faster than spouses that filed AOS with I-130, because we already went through I-129F. So less paperwork to check for USCIS, and probably less chance to get an interview.