Edward and Jaycel

This means someone did something with your casefile on 10/03.

Because of this verbiage on the notice they are supposed to give you at the end of the interview

Sign the form, scan it and the supporting evidence and then email it. You do not have to ship it

For I-129F Petitions, this is the only status you will see until you get approved or denied unless you get an RFE or a NOID. These cases will never show statuses like, "Case is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" or anything similar. To reiterate @appleblossom question, for what purpose are you trying to reach out to USCIS?

Great news! Thank you for sharing your experience with the community and please keep us updated on the timeline of your approval once you get the certified copies to them!

Ok good deal! I just wanted to be sure

I fear a complication here… if the lawyer filed an I-130, I think there’s a good chance they filed it under the category “Spouse of a US Citizen” which requires an I-130, instead of the proper category, “Person who entered the US as a fiancè(e) of a US citizen….” which does NOT require the I-130. If the I-130 is withdrawn and the I-485 was improperly filed under the spouse category, IMHO they may deny they I-485.

No it will not be a moot point.... No matter the financial situation of the primary sponsor, the joint sponsor is liable for the immigrant until, (A) The get their citizenship, (B) Work 40 quarter (usually 10 years if working continuously), (C) They leave the country and forfeit their LPR status or (D) They die. The I-864 is not disclosed on any credit reporting agency's database. If he and his wife file taxes jointly then she will need to fill out and sign the I-864A unless he wants to only qualify with his own income and then he will need to submit W-2s along with the tax return transcripts in his I-864 and only claim that income in the form.

There is no "deadline" to file the AOS. The only set in stone requirement is to get married within the 90 days, so they will NOT reject your package simply for filing after the 90 days. My best advice is to wait for your brother, get his I-864 peoperly filled out with all the proper documentation and file a COMPLETE AOS package as soon after that as possible. That way you do not risk a NOID, RFE or even straight denial. They don't always give you a chance to fix something with a NOID or RFE. This just happened to a Filipina friend of Jaycel. They messed up the I-864 from her husband and they straight-up denied their AOS. No NOID, no RFE. File the best, most complete AOS you can as soon as it is possible. If he's out of status for a week or two, IMHO that's not as bad as a denied application.

See my comment above - the (c)(9) category is ALSO used for the T-Nonimmigrant filers not exclusively

@Purple_Paladin a6 is wrong - File it under (c)(9) Look below. This is what we filed Jaycel's under and got her EAD in 51 days after filing. a6 will get you an EAD that is only good for the 90 day validity of the I-94. Since it won't be adjudicated within the 90 day window it will be DENIED if you file under a6

Category c09 if you are filing concurrently with the I-485

No, they rely on gross income for this and the I-864

Hope it's soon!! 🙏

The trends I have been seeing over the last year, monitoring several different forums and data aggregators, are as follows (percentages are rough but fairly accurate): 20% - 30% - Get approved for a EAD/AP Combo Card pretty quickly (Within a couple of weeks after the biometrics appointment) 50% - 60% - Get the EAD fairly quickly but the AP drags out several months The remainder seem to have their EAD/AP applications get stuck in limbo and don't get either of them adjudicated prior to the Green Card being approved CAVEAT - It seems that USCIS is pulling a lot of AOS applications from the top of the pile in the last few months and many applicants are receiving interview notices within a month or two of their biometrics and this is causing many more people to fall into that "Remainder" category lately, where they are getting their green card interviews before EAD/AP is processed and/or they are getting the approval(s) between the time they get the interview notice and when they go to the interview. 2ND CAVEAT - This is all anecdotal "evidence" as I said above, I spend a lot of time on a lot of different forums and data aggregator sites (this whole process has grabbed my interest LOL) and none of this is "Hard Data" so take it FWIW Good luck on your journey!

The visa is invalidated upon entry for any further entries from outside the country yes but their I-94 is valid for the full 90 days

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 🎉🎉

MSC is the NBC and that is the code for it on the paper filing cases. If you got IOE receipt numbers, that means that USCIS took your paper filing and scanned it into the Electronic system. This is good as it seems IOE (electronic) cases move faster than MSC (paper) cases. Your I-765 will be adjudicated to completion at the NBC. It will not go to a field office.

Because they were getting status updates like, "Fingerprints taken" and "Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview". USCIS does not give status updates like that for cases in the IOE system. The main difference is that cases with an IOE receipt number means that the applicant either filed the case online or USCIS scanned and uploaded the paper filed case to ELIS (Electronic Immigration System) and that the case file is held electronically. The MSC receipt numbers indicate that the applicant send a paper-filed application / petition and USCIS did NOT scan it into ELIS and the case file remains on paper.

Good Lord

If your tax transcripts / income are enough to prove that you exceed the threshold, you do not need to include assets. My income was more than enough and I did not include assets in either the I-134 or the I-864 and had zero issues.

Yeah I think if it hits the 90 day mark their plan is to engage our senators and if nothing comes of that, then they will pursue a WoM so that they can show they have tried all avenues to get the thing moving

Our friends just passed the 60 day mark over the weekend and they put in the service request Monday morning....

Friends of ours had their interview July 29th and have heard nothing since.... I know every case is different but I don't get why they need additional 2-3 months to adjudicate some cases after the interview. Hope you guys hear soon!

Yes they do for sure