You don’t go to Sacramento, your file will be processed there, just take your paperwork to any DMV.
Processing time for green card based on asylum
- Thread starter oliver_68
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You will get a full validity if you are an asylee, in CA the full validity term is 5 years
drjaymeka
New Member
How long does it take to receive the DL in the mail in CA?
drjaymeka
New Member
Thank you! I applied a week ago. Hopefully I will receive mine next week.
drjaymeka
New Member
So I made an inquiry to USCIS to find out about the status of my case and I got this response below. Can someone help me with the meaning of this?
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate your application is currently pending and has been pre-adjudicated. Final review by an officer is dependent upon additional reviews on your case. Please keep your mailing address current to avoid missing any correspondence or notices."
Background information on my case
My priority date for my green card application is April 7th, 2020 at NSC. The last notice I received was RFE received Sept 09, 2020 and since then no movement on my case. I thought it shouldn't take more than 60 days to get an approval after they received your evidence. Mine was just medical exams. So I'm confused.
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate your application is currently pending and has been pre-adjudicated. Final review by an officer is dependent upon additional reviews on your case. Please keep your mailing address current to avoid missing any correspondence or notices."
Background information on my case
My priority date for my green card application is April 7th, 2020 at NSC. The last notice I received was RFE received Sept 09, 2020 and since then no movement on my case. I thought it shouldn't take more than 60 days to get an approval after they received your evidence. Mine was just medical exams. So I'm confused.
How did you contact them? By email?
YuliafromCalifornia
Member
I applied on May as well. What’s your status of the case now Max1990? Mine is fingerprints applied to the case on July, 17th.You are luckyI applied in May still waiting for the REF
Same here and I applied without medical exam, still waiting for the REF
Hopefully we will get REF soon, I will keep you posted
My attorney said I had to send the application and the medical exam at the same time.
Why didn't you sent it at the same time ?
I would like to know if at the end it makes a difference on how fast/slow we get approved.
I sent mine after like two or three months of filling the case
It's ideal and better if you send them together. But there are times when it isn't possible for one reason or another. I also sent mine a couple months after I sent the I-485 application.
I don't think that my case would get approved any sooner because I sent my medical exam with my application. I think they process cases the same and we all have to wait a year.
We all pay like 1,200 for the green card for the kind of fee I would think they have enough people to process the applications.
If they have 250K applications a year at 1,200 per application that is a lot of money.
I wasn't able to do it because of the pandemic all of the doctors canceled my appointments at that time. My lawyer told me I can apply without medical and they will simply ask for that at the end of processing green card. It can be little delay but who knows
You are correct, it doesn't necessarily mean it will get adjudicated sooner, but it does mean less delays. If you don't, you have to wait for the RFE, then get the medical, this can take weeks or months depending on how busy approved doctors in your area are, then mail it back, then wait for the officer to pick you case up again. All of this can be avoided if you send it in the original package. But yes, in general it's a crapshoot when and how USCIS actually adjudicates cases.
maintlk
New Member
Hi Adamd.
Are you applying for GC based on asylum?
If yes, then you don't need to renew your work permit from when your asylum was granted.
Grant of asylum means you are permitted to live and work in the United States indefinitely.
I know they send an EAD card with an expiry date when your asylum is granted.
You just need to provide your employer with your i-94 and social security. Then they won't bother you about renewing any work document.
YuliafromCalifornia
Member
I did send it at the same time with my application. I didn’t even know that you could send it later.
maintlk
New Member
You don't need to renew your work permit if your asylum has been granted.
Provide your i-94 and social security to your employer.