Parent's Cases Only: Tracking Thread

Hi All

I came to know through some folks that if your parents are senior (65+), then after FP, there is no interview for GC, they get the card directly in mail. Not sure how far this is true, but wanted to post this anyways to find out somebody has similar experience.

thanks in advance
Lalit.
 
Hi Lalit,

My info is also the same.
Let's wait and experience it in reality, touch wood.
I believe higher % of parent's cases would fall in to this category.
I tried to go through various monthly threads but did not come across parent's cases.
Can we act to distribute this work and pick monthly threads to scan and post data here?
e.g. I can take up November 2008 thread.

Thanks & Regards
 
We had the AOS interview for my mother today, February 27 2009, at Houston office.
I accompanied her as a translator and petitioner (no questions were asked about that). The whole interview lasted 10 minutes, just several questions about some points in the forms.
The officer explicitely said: "parents' cases are easy". Well, he also said "so, she came here for a visit, liked it and decided to stay - ?" and sounded a bit sarcastic. I answered that no, it was her 5-th time visiting, no initial plans to stay, but our situation changed during her visit (we found out we'll have a kid), and that triggered her to stay (my mom overstayed turist visa, before I got my citizenship; I applied for her GC in September 2008).
The officer did not ask for any document (exept my mom's pasport). He did not take away anything either (like my mom's EAD). He told the greencard should arrive in the mail in about 10 days.
So - good luck to everybody.
 
I-130 was just approved for parents GC, checked on USCIS.com
parents are in in the US.
What does this mean?
is the interview letter next or what? what kind of wait?
 
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lalit said:
Hi All

I came to know through some folks that if your parents are senior (65+), then after FP, there is no interview for GC, they get the card directly in mail. Not sure how far this is true, but wanted to post this anyways to find out somebody has similar experience.

thanks in advance
Lalit.
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Absolutely not true. Both of my parents are 70+ and 75+ and both had to appear for interview. It varies case by case. No hard and fast rule.
 
pratik8 said:
Absolutely not true. Both of my parents are 70+ and 75+ and both had to appear for interview. It varies case by case. No hard and fast rule.
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There was no interview for my mother(<65 yrs). I guess when both parents apply together they get called for interview. But interview is usually a formality in parent's cases
 
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Update

I called USCIS about case status for my inlaws.

Customer service person said that California center has transfered their file to New York City office.

They filed for GC on Oct 27th 2008
 
I-130 approved letter, but i-485 - ??

Parents GC application, AOS, (not consular processing)

Received the I-130 approval letter today, looks like just a form letter
says something about submitting I-485,
but we did that with all the other paperwork 7 months ago.

Do we have to do anything? Will they send us a letter soon?
 
Vik Pal: Can you furnish correct dates?

Vik Pal said:
There was no interview for my mother(<65 yrs). I guess when both parents apply together they get called for interview. But interview is usually a formality in parent's cases
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I-130 : Approved 03/23/09
I-485: Approved 03/23/09
Card: Received 03/02/09

Hello Vik Pal: Can you post corrected dates. The given dates seem to be in the future.
 
Location - San Jose for my mom

09/12/08 130+485 sent to Chicago.
09/15/08 NOA.
10/03/08 485 status show online
10/07/08 FF done.
10/10/08 LUD for 485: "Current Status: This case is now pending at the office to which it was transferred"
02/27/09 I130 approved, I485 is still pending
 
My thoughts, the processing is very geographic dependent, CA San Jose is the slowest place for parent GC process!
 
Can we volunteer to find Parent's GC cases from this forum and add the info in here?
The % of parents GC cases is very low making it somewhat difficult to derive the pattern on how long it takes to get the approval for I-130 and I-485
 
My parents timeline for GC applications.

Update status, now we just wait for the GC itself.
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11/24/08 : Application sent for Parents(I-130, I-485, I-864,I-693, G-325A, I-765, I-131 mailed to USCIS)
11/26/08 : USPS delivered per tracking
11/26/08 : Receipt Date(RD)
12/05/08 : Notice Date(ND)
12/08/08 : Notice Of Action-NOA Received (total 4 of I-797C for each parent)
12/18/08 : Fingerprint(FP) Notice Received
12/27/08 : Fingerprint(FP) Appointment & Done for both Parents
01/06/09 : Re-appointment for FP for Dad (1st FP was rejected)
01/15/09 : Re-FP appointment & done for Dad
02/02/09 : Case I-130/I-485 transferred to CSC for processing
02/10/09 : Advanced Parole-AP Approved
02/13/09 : Advanced Parole-AP Received
02/10/09 : Employment Auth. Card-EAD card ordered
02/23/09 : EAD card received
02/24/09 : Applied for SSN at local Social Security Service
03/06/09 : Received my parents SSN
??/??/09 : Green Card(GC) ordered -485 Approved
??/??/09 : GC received
 
Folks:
This is addressed to those of you who are filing the I-485 with the I-130. Are your parents here on a visitor visa ? My mom is planning a visit and I want to file for her GC but I'm a tad concerned that the USCIS may view that as a change of intent (visitor -> GC).

Thanks much
 
teerex said:
Folks:
This is addressed to those of you who are filing the I-485 with the I-130. Are your parents here on a visitor visa ? My mom is planning a visit and I want to file for her GC but I'm a tad concerned that the USCIS may view that as a change of intent (visitor -> GC).

Thanks much
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My mom was here on a visitor's visa. But at first has really no intention of petitioning her just yet. But since the processing for my naturalization went fast, we just decided to let her overstay.

If you decide to petition her once she comes to the US, here's what a paralegal friend of mine told me.

"If your mom is not here yet, I would suggest waiting until after 90 days from her date of arrival before filing everything because it might raise a red flag (“fraud”) regarding her intent. Remember, she is coming or came as a tourist, presumably with no intent to immigrate."

Hope it helps.
 
My mother's updated GC application information is shown below.
(BD = Business Days) DO = San Francisco, CA.
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Done
11/21/08 :BD00: Application sent for Mother (I-130, I-485, I-864,I-693, G-325A, I-765, I-131 mailed to USCIS)
11/25/08 :BD02: Fedex Delivered the package to the destination.
12/05/08 :BD08: Checks debited in my bank account.
11/25/08 :BD02: Receipt Date(RD)
12/05/08 :BD08: Notice Date(ND)
12/09/08 :BD10: Notice Of Action-NOA Received ( I-797C) for all four: 130, 131, 485, 765
12/18/08 :BD17: Fingerprint(FP) Notice Received
12/19/08 :BD18: Fingerprint(FP) Done before appointment as walk in.
12/23/08 :BD20: Fingerprint(FP) Appointment
12/29/08 :BD21: Case transferred to CSC for speedy processing.
01/06/09: BD27: 2nd Fingerprinting Notice Received. (The FBI was unable to process the first...)
01/08/09: BD29: 2nd Fingerprinting Done before appointment as walk in.
01/16/09: BD35: 2nd Fingerprinting appointment given
01/26/09 :BD41: Advanced Parole-AP Approved-LUD
01/26/09 :BD41: Employment Auth. Card-EAD card ordered-LUD
02/02/09 :BD46: Advanced Parole-AP Received. 2 copies. 1 year duration on both.
02/05/09 :BD49: EAD card received.
02/05/09 :BD49: Social Security Card Applied: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ss5doc/
02/11/09 :BD53: Social Security Card Received
Waiting
??/??/09 :BDx: Green Card(GC) ordered -485 Approved---[ Expected to happen in March 2009 as per current timeline ]
??/??/09 :BDx: GC received-----------------------------[ Expected to happen in March 2009 as per current timeline ]
 
Vishnu Mahadev said:
I-130 : Approved 03/23/09
I-485: Approved 03/23/09
Card: Received 03/02/09

Hello Vik Pal: Can you post corrected dates. The given dates seem to be in the future.
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Thanks for noticing the incorrect date. The approval was on 2/23 not 3/23.

Best of luck to you all. I am currently exploring Health Insurance options for my mother (< 65yrs). I know many folks here would be interested in the same. Blue Cross in almost every state has a Hospital only plan which is reasonable cost and covers hospital room/board plus professional charges only in case of hpitalization. If you all have any info in this regard please share too.
 
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