July 2009 Family Based Filers - Post Here

SpanishGirl said:
When you go online, does it plainly say transfered to CSC? I did my FP yesterday, I looked online today and didn't see anything differemt.

Forgive me if I asked, what Country and what status are you?
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Hi SpanishGirl, I am from the Philippines and I came here on a fiancee visa

here what it says..I haven't received the notice yet though.

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Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Case Transfered to Another Office for Processing

On July 24, 2009, we transferred this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS to our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location for processing and sent you a notice explaining this action. Please follow the instructions provided on the notice. We will notify you by mail when a decision is made. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 to update your address. You can use our processing dates to estimate when your case may be processed by following the link below. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case by registering in the link below.
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afrank said:
sorry to hear about the delaybut I have to tell you that we mailed the application back in June and was rejected because we forgot to include the I-130 but we mailed it back in June and it was received in July but I can tell you that all the papers had a uscis date stamp on them .
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afrank
I want to ask you that when your applications were rejected in June, did you reapply with the old materials that USCIS sent back to you? Or did you prepared brand new materials to send to them.

I asked USCIS customer services already they said that I can use the same package that rejected (I've got rejection dues to wrong filing fees). But I want to know what did you do? Since all the material USCIS sent back to me have date and time stamps on the right edge of the papers.

Thanks
 
My check cashed already today, and i have checks image on my bank website. I can see a MSC number, but it's still not found on USCIS website. Is it too early for uscis update system ?
 
hello714 said:
My check cashed already today, and i have checks image on my bank website. I can see a MSC number, but it's still not found on USCIS website. Is it too early for uscis update system ?
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I am pretty sure it takes a couple days. the USCIS stamped my documents on July 22, and I got them in the mail July 27 and they were online right away. So for all I know, it could have taken those 5 days for it to show up online (July 22 - 27)
Wait a couple days, I have heard of someone with the same problem.
 
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hello714 said:
My check cashed already today, and i have checks image on my bank website. I can see a MSC number, but it's still not found on USCIS website. Is it too early for uscis update system ?
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Cases appearing online can vary. I did not see my I-485 online until a few days after I did my bio. My EAD and AP appeared online sometime shortly after that. My I-130 did not appear online until the day AFTER my green card interview. Heck, even today my I-130 shows online as still being "Received and Pending" even though I have my paper I-130 approval notice.

CJ
 
xkywalkor said:
afrank
I want to ask you that when your applications were rejected in June, did you reapply with the old materials that USCIS sent back to you? Or did you prepared brand new materials to send to them.

I asked USCIS customer services already they said that I can use the same package that rejected (I've got rejection dues to wrong filing fees). But I want to know what did you do? Since all the material USCIS sent back to me have date and time stamps on the right edge of the papers.

Thanks
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Yes I have sent back the same documents even though they were date stamped by the USCIS .
 
I have just received all NOA (i130,I485,I765) today. I found out that the MSC number on check is different number on NOA. Then i added the number to my uscis account without any problem.
I have 2 questions:
- Can i submit AP application with receipt ? If submitted, will it delay other application I485 and I130 ?
- I want to try walkin for fingerprint. What is first thing or reason to say to security guy at door so that he can let me in , or i just give him letter without saying anything? Advice pl
Thanks
 
Hello 714... Well I said "but please, I called the USCIS and they said I was able to do a walk in.... Plus it took me 30 min to get here"
There.. Then you should be fine ;)
 
hello everyboody,
i had my stokes interview on july 27,2009. we were interviewed seperately and it was videotaped. it went pretty smoothly and my husband and i had 2 answers that weren't matching. the officer didn't give us his decision on the spot, he said we will get the decision throgh email first and then mail. the officer didn't take my passport to stamp it. this has really worried me and my husband. aren't the officers supposed to take the passport to stamp it.
my husband and i didn't have anything missing. we brought all the documentation they asked from us. we even brought extra proof such as photos of family and friends w/ both of us, leases, utility bills, joint membership and bank accounts, and much more.
pls can anyone give any sujjestions or help. if anyone has this experience pls post it will really help and comfort us.
my husband and i can't sleep or eat from just thinking of it. is this common or uncommon?
thanks in advance
 
I got a notice for FP today for August 22nd. I have couple of questions.

Will they process the EAD and AP only after the FP is done?
Since the FP date is 3 weeks from now. We are wondering whether we can do a walk in. Should we be checking with the USCIS before going for an walkin.

Any advise on this matter is appreciated.

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Application sent for wife (I 485, I 131 and I 765)
I 130 Approved in June 2009

July 20 2009: Receipt Date
July 23 2009: Notice Date
July 27 2009; Checks Encashed
July 27 2009: NOA received
July 31 2009: Received Notice for FP (on Aug 22, 2009)
Aug 22 2009: FP Done for both I 485 and I 765
 
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ilcitizen said:
I got a notice for FP today for August 22nd. I have couple of questions.

Will they process the EAD and AP only after the FP is done?
Since the FP date is 3 weeks from now. We are wondering whether we can do a walk in. Should we be checking with the USCIS before going for an walkin.

Any advise on this matter is appreciated.


July 20 2009: Receipt Date
July 23 2009: Notice Date
July 27 2009; Checks Encashed
July 27 2009: NOA received
July 31 2009: Received Notice for FP
Aug 22 2009:
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I assume that certain applications such as I-485 and I-765 are put on hold until biometrics is completed. In your biometrics appointment letter you can see for which applications your fingerprints will be taken.

Do you have an emergency or have booked some vital event on the assigned day? Technically walk-ins should NOT be allowed. Just imagine if 100 people like you decide to walk-in the same day. What happens? It is at least impolite behavior in relation to USCIS planning system and to other applicants. These are just thoughts from a neutral stand point.

However, as an applicant myself, I understand your desire to speed up your process a little bit. If designated ASC is in the same city where you live, you can try to walk-in and see what happens. In the worst case scenario USCIS guard will deny your entry into the building and ask you to come back on the exact date that is specified in biometrics appointment letter.

Good luck.
 
ilcitizen said:
I got a notice for FP today for August 22nd. I have couple of questions.

Will they process the EAD and AP only after the FP is done?
Since the FP date is 3 weeks from now. We are wondering whether we can do a walk in. Should we be checking with the USCIS before going for an walkin.

In order to process your EAD they need you fp and the picture that they will take of you after your FP , keep in mind that the pic that you have sent with your application goes on file the digital picture that they take of you at the ASC is the one that gets printed on your EAD and your I-485.As far as the walk-in it will depend on your location and how busy it is , some no longer allow walkins some do my wife was lucky she did her walkin 2 weeks ago and 2 days later we received an email from CRIS that her card was in production and later on that same day we got a second e-mail stating that her I-130 and I-765 were in the mail.If you dont mind me asking you what part of town are you in ?

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On July 27, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.
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All my forms are recieved and pending online.. which is fine.. but I am curious about something.
I have logged onto my account at the USCIS website 3 times now, and each time the date says a form has been opened recently.
For example:
I signed in today, and the dates below said the documents had been last accessed.

- 07/29/2009 I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
- 07/31/2009 I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN
- 07/31/2009 I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
- 07/31/2009 I131 APPLICATION FOR USCIS TRAVEL DOCUMENT

Is this normal for them to keep having a different date? they have had 3 different dates since the 22nd, which is when they stamped my forms.
 
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I received RFE today. USCIS requested my I-94 or a copy of nonimmigrant visa as proof of my lawful admission to the United States.

That is weird RFE because per instructions of I-485 and I-765 none of these were required. A copy of nonmimmigrant visa is required for I-485 only if that visa was obtained abroad within the last year. My visa is a few years old and I-94 was not required for I-485 at all.

For I-765, however, a copy of I-94 was required. But there is a clause stating that adjustment applicants are not required to submit a copy of their I-94.

Although was not required, I thought about including a copy of my I-94 with my original submission of documents. At the end, however, I decided to follow the instructions of the filed forms and not to volunteer any extra documents.

Well, now I will send them a copy of my I-94 (front and back) and a copy of my last nonimmigrant visa.
 
hello everybody,
i had my stokes interview on July 27, 2009. my husband and i were seperated and video taped. it went pretty smooth, except tht my husband and i didn't have 2 answers matching. we took a well qualified attorney w/ us. the immigration offce didn't give us his decision on whether we were approved or not. usually in other cases the immigration officer gives them his decision right after interview. this has really confused n tensed me and my husband. we took all the documentation they asked from us. we even took extra proof such as leases, joint membership and bank accounts, insurance listing me as the benificiary, receipts and bills, and photos of friends and family w/ both of us. the officer said we will get the decision through email first and then mail. till now we have no news or respond from them. my husbnd and i can't think of anything else. we can't eat or sleep. our lives aren't normal like they were since the day we got a letter for stokes interview.
if anyone has had this experience or information reguarding this pls post. it will be really appecriated. it might cool me and my husband down for a while.
thanks in advance
 
ladoos said:
hello everybody,
i had my stokes interview on July 27, 2009. my husband and i were seperated and video taped. it went pretty smooth, except tht my husband and i didn't have 2 answers matching. we took a well qualified attorney w/ us. the immigration offce didn't give us his decision on whether we were approved or not. usually in other cases the immigration officer gives them his decision right after interview. this has really confused n tensed me and my husband. we took all the documentation they asked from us. we even took extra proof such as leases, joint membership and bank accounts, insurance listing me as the benificiary, receipts and bills, and photos of friends and family w/ both of us. the officer said we will get the decision through email first and then mail. till now we have no news or respond from them. my husbnd and i can't think of anything else. we can't eat or sleep. our lives aren't normal like they were since the day we got a letter for stokes interview.
if anyone has had this experience or information reguarding this pls post. it will be really appecriated. it might cool me and my husband down for a while.
thanks in advance
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I don't think you are in the right place to post you stoke interview this forum is for people who submitted their application in july not people who've already donr that and had their interviews. you can follow this link and post

http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=300951
 
Hey guys, what a relief i had over this weekend. I checked my bank account and saw uscis cashed both of the checks on july 31st. I was never so happy about someone cashing my written checks lol. Although I haven't received anything in mail, it gave me a bit peace of mind.

Jacob,
 
An imp. question abt 131 plz
my wife is canadian citizen.she is here in usa as student F1.
in form i 131 what we put in colum
" class of admission"....?

also in the form i 130 (C) item 14 of i 94. is this abt petioner or beneficary's..? if it's abt beneficary's ,should i put printed number on i 94 or sevis number which start with "N" hand written by immigration officer..?

on form i 130 (c) item 15 , are they asking about petitoner's(mine) emploment or beneficary's(my wife)..?

on form i 130 (C) item 16- my wife once got denied entry at the border by US immigration.shold i mention here..?

on form i 864 Part 5(household size)- its bit confusing..i am applyig for my wife.according to their calculation on the form it comes to 4 (we have one daughter)but it should come to 3.where i am wrong....?

and when she can stop going to school in regard to requirement of i 20..?

your help is much appreciated.have a great life!
 
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