Congratulations! Hope you will get your GC soon.
How do we apply Mandamus. What are the eligibility criteria to file for one? Thanks in advance!
Processing time for green card based on asylum
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Congratulations! Hope you will get your GC soon.
How do we apply Mandamus. What are the eligibility criteria to file for one? Thanks in advance!
Congratulations…keep us updated on your RFE.. I am waiting from February 2021
this is so unfair and absurd, I am so sorry for that. It's ridiculous.
hopefully hopefully you will get it soon, and hopefully (times 3) it will be backdated enough to compensate for this time you lost and be able to apply for citizenship soon enough as well - I am giving them the benefit of the doubt.
if you're doing it through marriage, you will get a conditional green card for a couple of years. you will need to establish good relationship/rapport with your spouse during those two years and then u submit an application to remove the conditions, then 2 years after that you can apply for citizenship. he will be your sponsor and your green card depends on him.
if you do it through asylum, your green card will not be conditional and it will not depend on your husband. you will be independent
you can choose either - my advice is to ask an attorney. personally, i will not depend on someone to get me a green card. getting a green card through asylum/AOS and by myself is better, and much more free and independent, in my opinion
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The RFE is medical. My attorney received it by fax. I will file it in two weeks. Hope they will approve right after.
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Thank you! You can file a Mandamus with an Immigration Attorney who is admitted at the District court of your county.
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My case was also pending since October 2020. It was in a black hole of USCIS. I could never get any updates. So pls find an attorney and do Mandamus. My attorney told me that he is doing mandamus for someone who is waiting for her GC for 6 years.
Do not save money on that! I regret I did not do it earlier.
Yes, at least you will be in the queue. I think it would be best to apply without medical
How long will it take them to send the RFE and won’t my i-693 expire?
If you don't have the I-693, send the I-485 by itself for sure. The medical expires within two years so you have a lot of time. Also, by the time they issue a receipt notice and start processing then send a RFE, you will have had enough time to take the vaccines and complete your i-693.
As for how long it will take them to send the RFE, there's really no way to tell. They are moving faster than before (within 6 months or so) and they "usually" request issue a RFE when they are close to making a decision, usually 2-3 weeks before they make a decision, but again there is really no benchmark. Best of luck!!
you got this! Thank you for the information, but I already paid for the civil surgeon and did my lab works. I am only waiting for certain vaccines (covid second dose and hepatitis b second dose) . I am worried if my lab results will get expired until they send me the RFE.If you don't have the I-693, send the I-485 by itself for sure. The medical expires within two years so you have a lot of time. Also, by the time they issue a receipt notice and start processing then send a RFE, you will have had enough time to take the vaccines and complete your i-693.
As for how long it will take them to send the RFE, there's really no way to tell. They are moving faster than before (within 6 months or so) and they "usually" request issue a RFE when they are close to making a decision, usually 2-3 weeks before they make a decision, but again there is really no benchmark. Best of luck!!
they won't expire by the time they send you the RFE
no worries - even if you paid or didn't pay the civil surgeon, it won't affect the timeline since you have two years Thank you and appreciate it. I read the same in i-693 instructions too. Will wait for RFE . How long does it take them to send the RFE?they won't expire by the time they send you the RFE
Nobody knows. It really depends on a lot of factors we don't know. For the application decision, the processing times are within 6-12 months and they keep updating them with shorter times. Usually they send the RFE a little before they're ready to make a decision, so it might take them 1 month or 4 months or 10 months, but very very rarely are they going to wait 2 years to send you the RFE - they are being much faster than previous years. What you can be certain of is that you have all the time you need when they send the RFE - whether you already got the rest of the shots or not, it doesn't matter. You have all the time and you won't be late because they're much faster now.
Thank you for the explanation. Can you share your timeline?
I didn't get my GC yet so it's not really helpful - please keep in mind that it's a bad idea to compare your timeline to others, even if they are within your range. every application is different and it's unnecessary anxiety to compare and see where you stand. it's so random and unfair and absurd, but it's a fact. take care and good luck!
December 2022: GC Application with Medical
December 2022: Fingerprints taken (the system uses your asylum fingerprints)
hopefully soon!
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Same timeline as mine !I didn't get my GC yet so it's not really helpful - please keep in mind that it's a bad idea to compare your timeline to others, even if they are within your range. every application is different and it's unnecessary anxiety to compare and see where you stand. it's so random and unfair and absurd, but it's a fact. take care and good luck!
December 2022: GC Application with Medical
December 2022: Fingerprints taken (the system uses your asylum fingerprints)
hopefully soon!