April 2007 Filing Thread

I think most people are going to speculate here. Why not call the USCIS on the 1-800 number?

SanJose2007 said:
Hi Praetorian and All,

Last time I wrote:

I filed a I485/I765/I130 for my parent who is 60, based on own US citizenship. We are in San Jose, so:

DO = San Jose (or is it really SFO like RJ01?)
Sent in the forms via an attorney on April 15
But the USCIS site said they only received them on May 20
The fingerprint letter was dated on June 6
They asked for RFE on support June 14
Sent it in last week of June
Fingerprints were on July 9

Update: The EAD card and Advance Parole came out of the blue last week!

However:
The message has changed online - Basically, after receiving the Advanced Parole & EAD approvals last week my parent's cases are being moved from the National Benefit Center to the California Service Center.


Is this normal to migrate a case between centers, and once it gets to a regional center what does that mean in terms of timeline, back to square one??

Does anyone know how long are such cases taking these days?

Praet did you get your job offers yet?
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Thanks the thing I wonder is how are all these people getting 485 approvals when the current date is for Dec 2006 or Jan 2007?
 
Newark AoS Interview (USC spouse) experience: (UPDATED recently)

Arrived 45 mins ahead. Just @ 8.30 we were called-in by a fine young lady officer. We both dressed-up professionally, but did not wear tie and jacket. Office sworn in both of us - asked USC (US Citizen) to show Naturalization/Citizenship certificate original - and then asked to keep quiet :) Asked about our 15 months old baby, we answered. I believe Officer has been observing our baby's on-going mutual interaction with us (** more down **) Asked how long been married, told 3+ years. During small-talk, we mentioned how we don't feed our kid any Sugary cereal or juiced. Office told about her 18 month kid - and how her kid gets /high/ even with low-sugar juice. We both expressed our surprise how lean and good she looked - hard to believe she got 18 months kid, let alone she didn't look anything like married yet! sTook spouse's Passport, verified name, Date of Birth, current Address, then removed I-94 card, stamped, signed - and congratulated us, and then shown us the exit :)

** When originally Officer called us in., our baby was playing with another kid next-seat., Officer noticed that earlier, and now asked us the question - who was that kid that is outside ? We both didn't understand the question initially - but shortly realized, she must be asking about a kid our baby been playing with in the waiting-hall. We told - that kid was an acquaintance right here at USCIS office :) Officer was ok with our explanation.

We had well over 100 or so documents/print-outs/statements/joint-stuff among many things - she bothered to see only one thing - USC's Citizenship original certificate.
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USC married to recent H1B. Newark, NJ District Office:

2/16/07 I-130 filed to California Processing center - based on Green-Card of spouse
4/10/07 Request for upgrade of I-130 to United States Citizen (recently become USC)
4/10/07 I-485, I-765, I-131, I-693 & I-864 - USPS Express mail to Chicago Lockbox
4/16/07 CRIS - Notice/priority date
4/29/07 Received FP letter
5/19/07 Biometric appointment (Newark)
5/08/07 CRIS - 485 - RFE for ORIGINAL Birth Certificate
6/02/07 CRIS - 130 - Case got transferred from Calif (CSC) to National Benefits Center (NBC)
6/06/07 CRIS - 485 - RFE answered - Original BC sent
6/19/07 CRIS - 485 - Case received and pending
6/23/07 CRIS - 765 - Card production ordered
6/23/07 CRIS - 131 - Approval Notice (online update)
6/29/07 CRIS - 765 - EAD Card Arrived
7/07/07 CRIS - 131 - Advance Parole received
7/07/07 CRIS - 485 - Interview Notice received
8/16/07 CRIS - 485 - AOS Interview Scheduled - APPROVED and STAMPED in Passport! - Card to arrive in 3-4 weeks..
8/17/07 CRIS - 485 - Interview Office called (on our cell) to indicate - it was an error on her part
to have stamped on the passport, as Namecheck did not clear yet (she claimed
she did not check it when she stamped our passport the day before). She said us to
to Mark that stamp with RED pen, and write CWOP (Cancelled Without Prejudice)
1/2008 - Taken a trip home
4/2008 - Returned back using Advanced Parole (on AoS status)
 
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Should I call USCIS about my I-485?

I had my I-130 interview on 07.17.2007 and approved, I was told by the IO that my card should arrive by mid August, and nothing yet, no LUD since 05.21.2007.

Do you think I should call USCIS to find out about timelines?

I'm having a ceremony for my marriage on 10.06.2007 and I want to book a honeymoon out of the country

What other options do i have?

Thanks for your help.
 
Largo,

Congrats - I would wait till end of August since it has not been that long since your FP.

Also did you find out/understand how they are calling I130s since online the I130s are not current dates yet?

But I think your case is running fine, actually fast so you should be ok :)
 
Largolargo said:
I had my I-130 interview on 07.17.2007 and approved, I was told by the IO that my card should arrive by mid August, and nothing yet, no LUD since 05.21.2007.

Do you think I should call USCIS to find out about timelines?

I'm having a ceremony for my marriage on 10.06.2007 and I want to book a honeymoon out of the country

What other options do i have?

Thanks for your help.
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Did you get your passport stamped? with the I-551? That is good for travel and work.

Make an infopass http://infopass.uscis.gov/ and get it stamped if you didn't.
 
Am I the only one from april without GC ?

I don't see many april filers posting about their cases, Does that mean I am the only one left without a GC yet?
What do you guys think?
 
Interview Approved and FP/E11 Pending

So the Interview date came,

San Francisco Center - 08/21

we were there with all our documents.. just asked our IDS... Passports.
Asked my Advance Parole and EAD.
Asked us

  • How we met, where and how long did we live together before marriage

  • Asked us where we went to Honeymoon? and where marriage was

  • asked us about finances, who takes care of it.. just asked us what is saving balanace.

  • asked us some more about dating, why with each other... over all was no pressure.

  • asked us if we had any new copies/documentation to submit... We did give him a bunh of docs.. HAVE COPIES READY


Said Green Card was approved, but waiting on the FP/FBI clearence to be cleared. The letter he gave says, E-11 pending. Anyone in same boat as i am? do you guys know what E11 means? Any info will be great.
 
Paretorian so you had two sets of FP?

PraetorianXI said:
Did you get your passport stamped? with the I-551? That is good for travel and work.

Make an infopass http://infopass.uscis.gov/ and get it stamped if you didn't.
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Paretorian so you had two sets of FP? So one has to do a different one for EAD and a diff FP set for GC that means? We only did one so far but the EAD is approved, then it said its been moved from MSC to California Center for processign on the 485 and 130...does that mean the timeline starts fresh for the 485 and 130 with a August filing date?

Thanks.
 
GC Approved - Chicago

I applied in Chicago . Here's my timeline:

130/485 receipt notice date: April 19, 2007.
Biometrics (Code 3) Notice: April 30, 2007
Biometrics Appt: May 10, 2007
RFE (Affidavit of support): May 21, 2007
RFE received by USCIS: June 19, 2007
Interview notice: ~ July 01, 2007
Interview date: Sep 17, 2007 at Chicago DO. (APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!)

I had the interview in Chicago yesterday and everything went better than I thought it would coz we took a lot of documents etc. and prepared quite a bit for unexpected questions. Interview was at 2:30 pm. A serious looking male officer escorted my wife and I to his office and swore us in. He asked for our driver's licenses and asked why my wife was still living in Florida (she responded that she was finishing up school there). He made sure he had my latest address on file. Then he asked us to sign a document stating we were interviewing without an attorney present which we did. Next, he asked us for joint mortgage document and bank account statement , if any and we provided both. That was pretty much it. He told me that the card will arrive in about 2-3 weeks. He asked for my passport and EAD card (which I never had since I am on H1) and took I-94 out of it. He also saw the EAD card from OPT and took that too for some reason (I don't care). I asked about the passport stamp but he told me I didn't need it since the card will arrive very soon and if not, I can make an Infopass appointment and get the stamp easily if I need to travel. I got approval, card production ordered and welcome notice mailed emails today. That's it.....good luck to all you guys.
 
Who is waiting

How many of us are still waiting on Name Clearance from this April thread?

Please post
 
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I guess I am the only one pending

I guess I am the only one pending, Is there anybody else waiting for Name Clearance?
 
Thanks for replying

I did book one also for monday, I called earlier today the 800 number and the Customer service rep told me the same thing they said to me last week, to wait 9 more days to file a SR (Service Request) because the system is showing I am only 22 days past the 6 months mark, I argue with her that today I am 7 months and 2 days since my receipt day ( April 27), but she said the system didn't allow her to file, I asked her to transfer me to an IO, she said could not do that.
 
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