August 2020 filers, join here

[tsteves88]

Congrats! You should get it in a few weeks now. Hoping for a good health for your wife and you.

Thanks! We got the tracking number today. It says expected delivery 12/14/2020. Anyways I hope people are able to learn to expedite cases the way we did. The wait times are ridiculous.

[Rafael1993]

Thanks! We got the tracking number today. It says expected delivery 12/14/2020. Anyways I hope people are able to learn to expedite cases the way we did. The wait times are ridiculous.

On what category your expedite request falls?
I mean what is the reason you expediting?

I did mine yesterday and I selected that the gov will benefit from my application ( Since the salary is big I thought because of the taxes ) Did I selected wrong? I have a job offer that wants me to start on Jan 11

[tsteves88]

On what category your expedite request falls?
I mean what is the reason you expediting?

I did mine yesterday and I selected that the gov will benefit from my application ( Since the salary is big I thought because of the taxes ) Did I selected wrong? I have a job offer that wants me to start on Jan 11

There’s no right or wrong. There’s just 3 reasons you can apply for expedite. 1. Humanitarian. 2. Clear error made by Uscis. 3. US gov benefits from you.

in our situation we had a doctors note we were able to use as evidence for our argument that it was a humanitarian reason. Whichever reason you use you will need sufficient evidence to back up your argument. Good luck!

[bha485rocks]

Hi, we got the letter for biometrics appointment for Dec 11 which was completed yesterday. It was interesting that my wife's case status changed to "case was updated to show fingerprints were taken" and mine has not yet been updated and still remains in the original status of fee received. Not sure if anything needs to be done or if its normal.


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Boston FO, employment based petition
8/24/2020 - Mailed package
8/25/2020 - Received at USCIS
9/24/2020 - card charged
10/1/2020 - NOA received by mail for 485, 765 and 131
10/14/2020 - NOA received by mail for 485 J
10/16/2020 - USCIS contact center opened SR for missing biometrics notice (still no response)
11/21/2020 - Got the biometrics letter for Dec 11
12/11/2020 - Biometrics completed

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[tsteves88]

a lot has happened.
My wife has a heart arrhythmia condition. We were able to get a doctors note from her doctor back home sent over and had a certified translation made. The note basically said she has this condition and must be monitored and she needs to come home and get checked out. We used this as a HUMANITARIAN reason to expedite. Hint hint. When they requested we send all of the evidence via fax, We wrote a letter explaining that she needed to go see her doctor and can’t get medical care here in the states because she doesn’t have a social security number and the cost of out of pocket cardiologist visits here in the American health care system would cause us financial ruin. I’m a notary so I notarized the letter to make it more official. We sent this letter with the evidence. I don’t know if it helped but.. it got done.



I tried to post all of this in my signature but it wouldn’t let me..

10/9/2020 called uscis to request expedite i131 travel permit
uscis said we could not expedite because biometrics haven’t been taken.
Requested expedite for biometrics appointment.
11/10/2020 uscis approved biometrics expedite
11/12/2020 biometrics appointment and expedite request interview
11/13/2020 i485 ready to be scheduled for interview and
I131 received request for expedite
12/3/2020 request for expedite i131 denied. Uscis emailed request for more evidence
Faxed additional evidence on 12/3 with a notarized letter stating expedite request was for humanitarian reason
12/7/2020 EXPEDITE REQUEST APPROVED FOR i131
12/8/2020 I765 - new card being produced

Received combo card today! 12/12/2020

[mustangy]

wav congrats tsteves88
same aug fam spouse of citizen filled aug 2020
and still waiting for i-944 (ridiculous )
nbc
and how come same forms and different speed
called for new born baby here in usa , and covid grandma humanitarian reason sent paper works no one cared
just desperately waiting

[tsteves88]

^{US citizen married b1 visitor
08/12/20 sent i130 i485 i130a i864 i944 i693 i765 i131 to Chicago lockbox
8/13/2020 package received by J.Harper
8/27/2020 checks cashed
09/08/2020z received i797c for i130 i485 i131 i765
10/9/2020 called uscis to request expedite i131 travel permit
uscis said we could not expedite because biometrics haven’t been taken.
Requested expedite for biometrics appointment.
11/10/2020 uscis approved biometrics expedite
11/12/2020 biometrics appointment and expedite request interview
11/13/2020 i485 ready to be scheduled for interview and
I131 received request for expedite
12/3/2020 request for expedite i131 denied. Uscis emailed request for more evidence
Faxed additional evidence on 12/3 with a notarized letter stating expedite request was for humanitarian reason
12/7/2020 EXPEDITE REQUEST APPROVED FOR i131
12/8/2020 I765 - new card being produced
12/12/2020 received combo card
12/16/2020 i485 case status updated to interview scheduled}

[tsteves88]

wav congrats tsteves88
same aug fam spouse of citizen filled aug 2020
and still waiting for i-944 (ridiculous )
nbc
and how come same forms and different speed
called for new born baby here in usa , and covid grandma humanitarian reason sent paper works no one cared
just desperately waiting

Did they deny your expedite request?

[Gcapplicant2019]

^{US citizen married b1 visitor
08/12/20 sent i130 i485 i130a i864 i944 i693 i765 i131 to Chicago lockbox
8/13/2020 package received by J.Harper
8/27/2020 checks cashed
09/08/2020z received i797c for i130 i485 i131 i765
10/9/2020 called uscis to request expedite i131 travel permit
uscis said we could not expedite because biometrics haven’t been taken.
Requested expedite for biometrics appointment.
11/10/2020 uscis approved biometrics expedite
11/12/2020 biometrics appointment and expedite request interview
11/13/2020 i485 ready to be scheduled for interview and
I131 received request for expedite
12/3/2020 request for expedite i131 denied. Uscis emailed request for more evidence
Faxed additional evidence on 12/3 with a notarized letter stating expedite request was for humanitarian reason
12/7/2020 EXPEDITE REQUEST APPROVED FOR i131
12/8/2020 I765 - new card being produced
12/12/2020 received combo card
12/16/2020 i485 case status updated to interview scheduled}

Congratulations, what is your field office ?

[tsteves88]

congratulations, what is your field office ?

nbc

[Gcapplicant2019]

nbc

I mean your state . All the cases go to NBC first then to your state.

[tsteves88]

I mean your state . All the cases go to NBC first then to your state.

Ohhh. We live in Nashville TN

[Maame k]

Update y’all, just received my biometrics appointment letter for 01/08/2021
NYC FILLER
PD: 08/31/2020
marriage based

[mustangy]

Congrats Maame k lucky you
same nyc fillers PD 14th aug no response yet
is your NBC center also ?
i never got i-944 or rfe nothing just hangs at same point for 4 months ?
what was your processing center ?

[Maame k]

NBC also , I included the i944 in my initial application