July 2019

[hope&patience]

Ires THANK YOU! I don't know what to expect though regarding interview date! Do I get excited that it might be scheduled soon?

Praying all my fellow July filers get positive news in the coming week!!!

[Stormlead86]

hope&patience congratulations. once you get the letter tell us the date, i am assuming it would be 3rd or last week of October. get the documentation ready and do some mocks with your lawyer, Best of luck.

[hope&patience]

Stormlead86 THANK YOU! I will keep you updated and start getting ready!!

[Antoine99]

hope&patience dang that was fast, congrats!! What is your status on EAD / AP?
Looking forward for everybody to receive the same good news

Married to USC
Filed I-485, I-130, I-765 and I-131 to NBC
PD: 07/22/19
NOAs (4) text messages: 07/24/19
NOAs (4) by mail: 07/30/19
Biometrics appt letter: 08/03/19
Biometrics taken: 08/13/19

[Ires]

hope&patience I also think it will be late October or early November. Sooo happy for you! I think what helps is that you are currently on Visa. Unlike me - overstayed a visa. They’ll have me wait a loooong time I think

[hope&patience]

Antoine99 Hi Antoine, my EAD is at fingerprint review was completed on August 2 and AP at case was received on July 3. Seems like a lot of applicants are getting notices this month of interviews being scheduled! Hoping you guys receive the news too!!!!

[hope&patience]

Ires Are you sure that makes a difference? I thought cases are processed randomly. Hoping you hear good news soon!!! One thing- I changed my address mid-August and sent a notification to USCIS and received their confirmation. Wondering if that might move the process in any way.

[Ires]

hope&patience I don’t know but I think so! The address change thing could have helped also! I feel like a lot of people expediting EAD and such get their cases processed faster. It’s like they dig it out of a pile and say ok, let’s get this case over with since we dug it out

[Stormlead86]

Ires address change does not affect processing, overstaying a visa sometimes causes problem but since you are IR1 and not F2A it wont affect anything.
only thing they dont like is when you file if you were not in status but then again i never heard any IR1 got into trouble for that reason.

The attorney i am working with told me how the things are being processed, she has done over 500 cases and know some of the USCIS Chicago officials personally.

1. initally when NBC receive documents they will check all the forms for signatures and fees, if they dont have it its going to be sent back.
2. then they sent the bio notice via the field office and does the FBI database check. if they have you there you are in trouble.
3. next once Bio is okay they open your documents and check everything and if you are missing anything they will issue RFE or RFIE (still dont get how they determine which is RFIE and which is RFE)
4. once they have all the documents then they complete review and if all clear then they send that to Field office.
5. Field office will schedule cases based on their loads.
6. NBC will send the okay to their I765 section to get your EAD printed. this can be expedited only after stage 3 is complete. if not no matter whoever you reach out you wont get EAD approved. these days it is taking time.
7. if field office finish interview before EAD is printed then you get GC instead.

sometimes they pick random person to get additional background checks performed and then sometimes they get lazy and dont update status online which drives you and me crazy

keep calm, we all will get through this.

[sf2019july]

I just received an update that my interview was scheduled!
On September 13, 2019, we scheduled an interview for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
No date mentioned.

Woww! That is super fast for a July filer. Just 2.5 months to schedule the interview. Congratulations!!
What is your field office?
What would be the list of original documents to be taken for the interview?

[sf2019july]

Ires address change does not affect processing, overstaying a visa sometimes causes problem but since you are IR1 and not F2A it wont affect anything.
only thing they dont like is when you file if you were not in status but then again i never heard any IR1 got into trouble for that reason.

The attorney i am working with told me how the things are being processed, she has done over 500 cases and know some of the USCIS Chicago officials personally.

1. initally when NBC receive documents they will check all the forms for signatures and fees, if they dont have it its going to be sent back.
2. then they sent the bio notice via the field office and does the FBI database check. if they have you there you are in trouble.
3. next once Bio is okay they open your documents and check everything and if you are missing anything they will issue RFE or RFIE (still dont get how they determine which is RFIE and which is RFE)
4. once they have all the documents then they complete review and if all clear then they send that to Field office.
5. Field office will schedule cases based on their loads.
6. NBC will send the okay to their I765 section to get your EAD printed. this can be expedited only after stage 3 is complete. if not no matter whoever you reach out you wont get EAD approved. these days it is taking time.
7. if field office finish interview before EAD is printed then you get GC instead.

sometimes they pick random person to get additional background checks performed and then sometimes they get lazy and dont update status online which drives you and me crazy

keep calm, we all will get through this.

Stormlead86 Thank you so much for this list. I think I might be stuck on step 2, since I didn't get the bio-review-completed status yet. Also, since my field office is San Francisco, I may not get any interview date for one year or so.

Hope they process the EAD and AP soon. Do you know if there is any way to expedite AP if I need to travel out of US for Christmas?

[sf2019july]

hope&patience I also think it will be late October or early November. Sooo happy for you! I think what helps is that you are currently on Visa. Unlike me - overstayed a visa. They’ll have me wait a loooong time I think

Ires! Hoping we all might get some good news by October or early November. Good luck for all of us.

[hope&patience]

Woww! That is super fast for a July filer. Just 2.5 months to schedule the interview. Congratulations!!
What is your field office?
What would be the list of original documents to be taken for the interview?

Hi sf2019july My field office should be Manchester, NH based on my zip code. I haven't received the mail with the interview notice, so I will wait for that to believe it + start preparations. I will ask our lawyer for list of documents to take to the interview and will keep you posted on every step.

[sf2019july]

Hi sf2019july My field office should be Manchester, NH based on my zip code. I haven't received the mail with the interview notice, so I will wait for that to believe it + start preparations. I will ask our lawyer for list of documents to take to the interview and will keep you posted on every step.

Awesome. It might take a week or so, for you to get the interview notice in mail. Please do keep us posted on the preparations. Good luck for your interview!

[Ires]

sf2019july Ugh! I know! Still stuck on “Fingerprint fee was received” & “Case Received”... it’s been 5 weeks since I got my biometrics done! It worries me :/