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Wow ... so far, only NOA1s here ... Actually ... just checked and we have Biometrics too for the AOS ... wow FedEx to Chicago drop box as instructed ... How did you submit yours?

Wow, biometrics already scheduled? How did you get it that fast?

I'll kick us off 10/4 2023 Submission for I485, I765, and I131 Received NOA1 (in paper) this past Friday

(Welcome Message stolen from September 2023 group) Hello October 2023 AOS filers another month another round of AOS submissions, Please be aware that this checklist is NOT all-inclusive and you must consult the USCIS website to crosscheck this checklist against/with. The AOS process has been confusing since the pandemic hit, not to mention the added politics. So please I want to stress that you only use this check sheet as a starting point and guide if you will. The USCIS site will be the final guide. Please ensure that you check your forms for the correct versions and editions because if you use the wrong forms USCIS will reject your application and send it back to you. This is easily checked on the USCIS website prior to downloading your forms. You should also ONLY download your forms from the USCIS website. The current and correct fees can also be ascertained from the USCIS website. Just a side note before we get started USCIS may decouple Forms I-765 and Form I-131 if filed jointly with Form I-485. Here is the quoted text taken directly from the USCIS website. "To improve efficiency and reduce Form I-765 processing times for Form I-485 applicants, USCIS may decouple Form I-765 from Form I-131 filed at the same time. Effective Feb. 1, 2022, when possible, we will adjudicate an applicant's Form I-765 first. If we approve it, we will issue an Employment Authorization Document without any notation about advanced parole. We will adjudicate Form I-131 separately and if we approve it, we will issue an advance parole document". I know this is old news, but I thought it would be good to include it here for your knowledge. What this means is some people elect to include three (3) copies of their marriage license/certificates one attached to each form (I-485, I-765 and I-131 respectively). I do not know of anyone receiving an RFE for a marriage license/certificate missing on the I-765 or the I-131 since USCIS has started doing this new way of adjudicating the AOS (the marriage license/certificate with form I-485 is required though). This is an age-old concern that has been in play before this new way USCIS started adjudicating these forms. Some filers including me when I filed the AOS back in 2019 sent in three (3) copies of their marriage licenses/certificates. I did it then because of peace of mind and there were some RFEs given out for missing licenses/certificates (back then). USCIS also used to issue Combo Cards, Employment Authorization Document, and Advance Parole (EAD and AP combined in the same card). I've seen now where they have issued an EAD without the AP. Whether you include three (3) copies of your marriage license/certificate is going to be your individual call when you file your AOS. Having said that let's get into the checklist: AOS Checklist Cover Letter listing Table of Contents Check Payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security - $1,225.00 (this includes the Bio-metrics fee, also be aware that fees are supposed to increase in the near future so please double-check before you send your packet off!) Form I-485 (completed and signed by non-US Citizen/beneficiary) Form G-1145 Copy of beneficiary's Passport with biographical page Copy of beneficiary's K1 Visa from Passport and entry stamp Copy of NOA2 Approval letter (from K1 process) I-94 Copy of beneficiary's Birth Certificate translation of birth certificate (if needed) Certified copy of Marriage License or Certificate Passport Photos (2) name written on the back Copy of DS-3025 Form I-864 (completed and signed by USC) (goes with form I-485) Proof of USC's citizenship (copy of birth certificate, copy of passport bio page, or other) Current tax year 2022 and (optional 2021, 2020) Tax Return (with W-2) or Transcripts (transcripts are better if you can get them) Employment Verification Letter (updated one - not the one used during the K1 process) Pay stubs (last 3 months) Form I-765 (completed and signed by non-US Citizen/beneficiary) Copy of beneficiary's Passport with biographical page Copy of beneficiary's K1 Visa from Passport and entry stamp I-94 Passport Photos (2) name written on the back Copy of NOA2 (from K1 process) Be sure to use the correct filing code of (c)(9) if this code applies to you. The I-765 instructions explain all the codes in detail. If you are filing under a different code (other than (c)(9) the fee for your AOS will not be correct and USCIS will reject your entire packet. Form I-131 (completed and signed by non-US Citizen/beneficiary) Copy of beneficiary's Passport with biographical page Copy of beneficiary's K1 Visa from Passport and entry stamp I-94 Passport Photos (2) name written on the back Copy of NOA2 (from K1 process Be sure to double-check for the current fees as fees do sometimes increase and they can change on a dime so please check. Additionally, check the forms as listed above i.e., current version and or edition date, there have been many changes to various forms. Consider sending tax transcripts instead of the 1040, and W2s. Also, consider preparing a cover letter for each form in addition to the main cover letter. Make sure you send long-form birth certificates and not the short form. Hope this helps in your preparation of your AOS. When in doubt ask questions. Please consider filing the I-131 and the I-765 even if you don't think you'll need them right now. You never know what changes your life will have down the road, so I recommend you file these two forms from the start. There is no extra charge to file them with your AOS and it's better to submit them all at once. There has been much confusion coming out of USCIS, partly due to Covid-19 and partly self-inflicted. This confusion filters on down to the people filing for AOS. The above listing is subject to change at a moment’s notice so please check, recheck, and check again BEFORE you send off your packet for any last-minute changes. Congratulations on the successful submission of your AOS packet!

Dont forget to show us some wedding photos when you finally have them. Minor updates: Entry 7 Sept Added to renters insurance policy 8 Sept Wedding 10 Sept I94 Corrected 19 Sept 465 (AOS) - Hope this week if we get the certified wedding cert in the mail (duh) 131 - Goes with 465 765 - Hope this week too Added to Lease - probably next week or 2 SSN - probably next week CA DL - Unsure Library Card? Bank? More (i am sure) Oh, and started a box for proof of valid marriage (box 17) over the next few years.

RIO: 25 aug Interview (Verbal approved) 29 aug Application Received 30 aug Approved 31 Aug Issued Still waiting for it to be available to pick up ... aiaiai

We worked to get logged in (can share what it took if you really want) .. Once "logged in" it only statea to submit the DS-160 and thats all ... rather sad

When I went to put in a date for Left USCIS, visajourney timeline treated the date (6.6) as an invalid (too long) of a deference from NOA2 to shipped. I realize, most people don't have that information and I do (uniquely) due to my congressional assistance in asking USCIS for this. no, I don't know the limit, just kept backing it up until it accepted the answer and made a comment on my profile

Really interesting report in 2022 about the broken system: "for many years, conversations about its brokenness focused on policy questions. Who should be able to come to the United States or live here legally? For how long? Are they allowed to work? What about their families? But now a defining way in which it is broken is that the current system is unable to implement the policies that Congress and the administration have already chosen." and "It also shows that except for visa processing, backlogs have not arisen primarily from COVID-19 shutdowns. Instead, they are a consequence of inefficient agency processes that have caused wait times and backlogs to grow during the past decade." https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/processing-backlogs-us-immigration-system-describing-scale-problem?fbclid=IwAR0xGc4h3AcbwvC_2PoT5v-F19BFMyOcXnHAIOAjArZixKSkCsBT4Jerycc

Now, just gotta wait for them to choose to ship it from NVC (so it can go "In Transit") Then gotta wait for it to be received/processed by Consulate (so it can go "Ready") aiaiai Still, good to take that next step (even if only 1 mm closer to the goal line)

So I can confirm that a few others have also observed that USCIS changed their website (so my and other scanning scripts are broken) Does anyone here still waiting for NOA2? If so, happy to keep an eye out for you and maybe even a "special alert script" to constantly monitor for your case. As of the last run (and seeing how historicals have run for older months), about all that is left is waiting for an Inquiry date So if you want updates, (or if I get board) then I will work on it. Otherwise, hoping you join us in the next phase of waiting for silliness One other question, Anyone sure how to leave feedback for VJ? On the timeline, the "Data checks" are not keeping up with the current slowness of USCIS/NVC

Just got a case number today .... Finally .... so NOW in the "AT NVC Status" 29 days after it was confirmed as left USCIS ... 99 days after NOA2 567 days after NOA1

Will be posting another "USCIS SCAN" soon .... If you are still in a CASE Received status, do prepare for an Inquiry .... As for me, I am with my Fiancee in Sao Paulo this week .... visiting ..... when it should have been getting her or maybe working on Visa. But still stuck at NVC stage. 562 Days since NOA1 94 Days since NOA2 Approval 24 Days since sent from USCIS to NVC Status - Awaiting data entry at NVC (for the past 2 weeks or more)

I know ... and try to remain positive as I also know there are way too many people even waiting for RFER or NOA2 still. That said, I just wish the whole process was a bit more transparent. Tell us that things were slipping and that we should expect action and I could make better choices. Tomorrow, I leave to visit my fiancée rather than going to get her and bring her back. Made it a refundable trip at first to get her, thankfully, but being I live 2 hours from Tijuana, I would have made different choices back in end of 2022 so we could be visiting together rather than expensive flights now (that also burn vacation). Hate this whole process.

Yours was fast ... mine took 80 days to get this far (and still there) Day 85 and still waiting for case number

Don't you just love how they give us deadlines ... but .... none apply to them unless they choose it to be so?

10 June Update of USCIS Scans. Continuing scans as we are still not quite to Inquiry Date ... If you are still untouched ... keep an eye on the Inquiry date. I will be out of country next 2 weeks but don't expect the scan would show much new at this point Nearly everything is RFER processing activity ... A couple of stray approvals or denials this week. Report of significant changes since 2023_06_10 DEC 1-3: Untouched:9 Approved: 1 Denied: 3 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 2 RFER->Approval: 1 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:15 Approved: 12 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 11 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:18 Approved: 7 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 7 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:16 Approved: 8 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:28 Approved: 10 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 2 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

After 70 days, case finally on way to NVC. Only took congressional rep asking USCIS to get some light at the end of this very dark tunnel

Still running the statistics but as you might imagine there is very little activity for all of 2021 at this point. If you haven't received an RFE, It will probably happen. It seems that most all activity is either initiating or finally processing RFEs at this point. Inquiry opens June 22 for Dec 1 cases and continue out later for later receipt dates that haven't been touched (https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/) Make sure you send in an inquiry the first day possible. We all feel this pain and USCIS is really, really dropping the ball. Report of significant changes since 2023_06_02 DEC 1-3: Untouched:9 Approved: 0 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 0 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:16 Approved: 8 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 7 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:19 Approved: 12 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 11 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:16 Approved: 6 Denied: 7 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 7 RFER->Approval: 6 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:31 Approved: 2 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 2 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

Friday Report Report of significant changes since 2023_05_26 DEC 1-3: Untouched:8 Approved: 5 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 5 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:17 Approved: 5 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 5 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:28 Approved: 9 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 7 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:18 Approved: 11 Denied: 3 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 3 RFER->Approval: 10 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:34 Approved: 27 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

Fridays post ... My script didn't know how to handle a number of cases with the new "Case was sent to department of state" I am suspecting (and will have to research further) that these might have been some of the State Returned to USCIS Cases. More on that later Looks like they actually dealt with a good number of RFER (request for evidence received) ... even still, there are way too many untouched cases still. Approved:56 Denied:3 RFE/RFER:0 RFER->Approval:41 (incl in Approved) RFER->Denial:3 (incl in Denied) Best Processing Day February 21 2023 of 160 updates Report of significant changes since 2023_05_19 DEC 1-3: Untouched:8 Approved: 7 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 7 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:17 Approved: 10 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 10 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:29 Approved: 9 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 7 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:18 Approved: 13 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 2 RFER->Approval: 12 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:37 Approved: 17 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 5 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

It has been a couple of weeks since posting an update (Sorry for the delay) On FB I reported that a crazy number of cases have been returned to USCIS I don't really have a catagory in this report for that (Maybe I should add it ... it used to be rare) Burndown report also included ... looks like they are finally doing something about Mid-November 2021 as well Anyway ... on to the details December Totals since last scan (2 weeks ago) Approved:70 Denied:14 RFE/RFER:0 RFER->Approval:41 (incl in Approved) RFER->Denial:14 (incl in Denied) Total activity including "expedite" & "mailed documents" Changes on May 1 2023: 32 Changes on May 2 2023: 28 Changes on May 3 2023: 5 Changes on May 4 2023: 29 Changes on May 5 2023: 18 Changes on May 6 2023: 3 Changes on May 8 2023: 3 Changes on May 9 2023: 8 Changes on May 10 2023: 24 Changes on May 11 2023: 21 Changes on May 12 2023: 16 Changes on May 13 2023: 3 Changes on May 15 2023: 28 Changes on May 16 2023: 20 Changes on May 17 2023: 22 Changes on May 18 2023: 31 Changes on May 19 2023: 15 Changes on May 20 2023: 4 Report of significant changes since 2023_05_08 DEC 1-3: Untouched:8 Approved: 3 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 2 RFER->Approval: 2 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 2 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:17 Approved: 14 Denied: 4 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 4 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:30 Approved: 10 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:24 Approved: 31 Denied: 6 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 6 RFER->Approval: 15 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:53 Approved: 12 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 8 (Incl. in stats) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0

no, not done ... failed to run the script last Friday so will have a last 2 week update for you this Friday Sorry about that.

I'm suspecting politics more than anything. Vermont center sent a few cases to NVC and they were processed quick ... other visas other than I129Fs are getting there and processed quick too

Have an update on the "Dark NVC" for you .... Yester day (day 49 post NOA2), I received an inquiry reply saying they didn't have the case and were asking USCIS to locate it (many on facebook have posted the same, just a second version of form letter) ... It did suggest I could call USCIS, so I did. After much effort, I was able to get to a live person who tacked down the case in their system. The result? Case is still at USCIS-California office, has not been released to NVC, no scheduled date when it will actually go out. So the "Dark NVC" is in many cases, USCIS just delaying cases further (at least for me and a number of people I know on Facebook)