January 2025 AOS Filers

[Edward and Jaycel 891]

6 minutes ago, Yareth said:

We have updates!

So we decided to go with this idea:
Our second packet (the one filed after our first one was rejected) had the wrong box crossed (spouse instead of K1 entrant). So we decided to take a gamble and NOT wait for the rejection of our second packet but immediately file our third packet. The plan was to wait and see if our second packet was accepted. If it was, we would void the cashier's checks on the third packet. 

To our delight our third packet was touched and checks cashed 6 days(!!!) after it was delivered to the mail room. To our surprise our second packet still hasn't been touched. We have voided the cashier's checks on our second packet so that one will be automatically rejected.

 

Currently our status is as follows:
I-485 has both biometrics and interview checked off (interview seems waived and we got a notice that the biometrics from our first packet got reused). 
I-765 has been received but biometrics still need to be recorded.

The last one seems a bit strange, because we got the notice for the I-485 that our biometrics would be reused and it is a concurrent filing after all...

What do you guys think about this situation?

 

When did you get a biometrics appointment before that was then reused if you had your packet rejected?

[Yareth 106]

3 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

When did you get a biometrics appointment before that was then reused if you had your packet rejected?

They created a biometrics appointment before rejecting my first packet. I decided to go to the appointment just to be safe and got all my biometrics taken. It was on Feb 19th.

Edited yesterday at 04:09 PM by Yareth

[Edward and Jaycel 891]

4 minutes ago, Yareth said:

They created a biometrics appointment before rejecting my first packet. I decided to go to the appointment just to be safe and got all my biometrics taken. It was on Feb 19th.

Ahhhhh ok... LOL I was really confused there for a minute  

[ScarletWitch6x 105]

5 hours ago, MalloryCat said:

Happened to us as well

It fixed once I logged out and logged back in

This fixed it! We are both a bit nervous after the initial rejection so it’s nice to open the portal and not see red angry text boxes 😅

[Rachel n Tyler 158]

1 hour ago, Yareth said:

They created a biometrics appointment before rejecting my first packet. I decided to go to the appointment just to be safe and got all my biometrics taken. It was on Feb 19th.

Not to disappoint you, but interview always automatically gets ticked. They can still call you in for one. Sadly have seen it a lot on USCIS reddit

[Edward and Jaycel 891]

45 minutes ago, Rachel n Tyler said:

Not to disappoint you, but interview always automatically gets ticked. They can still call you in for one. Sadly have seen it a lot on USCIS reddit

 

Yeah... That status always gets marked complete after the biometrics but will get un-checked if they decide they want to interview you

[Greenbeatles1 2]

I tried contacting to an agent through Emma chatbot. However, today it does not appear on the website for some reason, only an old tab on Chrome still had this feature to contact Emma. I received this type of reply:

[Greenbeatles1 2]

I was reading Reddit posts, linkedin posts from immigration attorneys, and a news article. According to them, it is still unclear how it will be; some of them are saying that the applications will be simply rejected. According to the information on the USCIS website, this new form was available since 01/20/2025, but it wasn't, and they applied changes on 03/03/2025.
 

[SL2024 151]

37 minutes ago, Greenbeatles1 said:

I was reading Reddit posts, linkedin posts from immigration attorneys, and a news article. According to them, it is still unclear how it will be; some of them are saying that the applications will be simply rejected. According to the information on the USCIS website, this new form was available since 01/20/2025, but it wasn't, and they applied changes on 03/03/2025.
 

 

I would just wait and see what happens with the AOS package

[hplusj 185]

17 hours ago, SL2024 said:

 

I would just wait and see what happens with the AOS package

Agreed.  That subreddit is sadly a great place to fearmonger.  This is not the first update to the I-485 and it won't be the last.  An auto-denial based on forms is not the end of the world.  They don't cash your checks, everything gets sent back and you resubmit.  Adds maybe a few weeks to something that can take months to years.

[OldUser 8,087]

29 minutes ago, hplusj said:

 An auto-denial based on forms is not the end of the world. 

 

Denial and rejection are two different things. Rejection due to incorrect form is indeed not a big problem in itself. The problem is when somebody is out of status and doesn't have any pending AOS, as they're subject for removal.

[SL2024 151]

1 hour ago, hplusj said:

Agreed.  That subreddit is sadly a great place to fearmonger.  This is not the first update to the I-485 and it won't be the last.  An auto-denial based on forms is not the end of the world.  They don't cash your checks, everything gets sent back and you resubmit.  Adds maybe a few weeks to something that can take months to years.

 

Completely agree with you