Waiting Asylum decision

Pumkin262 said:
I just got approved recently with the fees were waived status, my form changed from i589 to i765.
Somehow on her type of form changed from i589 to i765 even that's not showing fees were waived, as soon as its approved your form will automaticly changed to the i765, just wait and see.
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That's great to know. Thank you for the insight!
 
f4n1us said:
That's great to know. Thank you for the insight!
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The day of the interview, The AO told that he will mail the decision and it will come with a fee that I need to pay. I didn’t ask what fee and how much. So may be they didn’t waive the fee for me.
 
Muniita said:
The day of the interview, The AO told that he will mail the decision and it will come with a fee that I need to pay. I didn’t ask what fee and how much. So may be they didn’t waive the fee for me.
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Asylum case approvals shouldn't require a fee.
If you indeed receive it, I advise you to talk to your lawyer before paying the fee.
There might be some mistake from USCIS side.
 
f4n1us said:
Asylum case approvals shouldn't require a fee.
If you indeed receive it, I advise you to talk to your lawyer before paying the fee.
There might be some mistake from USCIS side.
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I never hired lawyer for my asylum. I hope i will not regret it. But we will see what the decision says.
 
Alex19 said:
Congratulations!
Did you see “fees were waived” or anything like that “new card is being produced”? Can you check the history of statuses now?
Though absence of FWW is bad, but in your situation (first time I saw this) there was 765 instead of 589, which was definitely sign of approval
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No it was applications pending then decision mailed.
 
Alex19 said:
Hi, first of all want to say THANK YOU to all people who advised to file Mandamus, I read EVERY post here from 2010 and this helped me a lot!
This is ZMI
12.2021 Applied
02.2022 Received receipt
03.2022 Fingerprints
04.2022 Interview
06.2022 applied for 1st EAD
09.2022 received EAD
Moved to LA
Married
03.2023 Tried to add spouse to my case but it was lost, I knew about this only 11 month later!
09.2023 Applied for 1st EAD for spouse
11.2023 got denial for EAD for spouse
Moved back to Miami
02.2024 Second attempt. Added spouse to whom I married while waiting for decision
03.2024 Fingerprints for spouse
03.2024 applied for 2d EAD
03.2024 applied for 1st EAD second time for my spouse
03.2024 received 2d EAD
04.2024 received 1st EAD for my spouse
07.2024 Pre-Mandamus email from Lawyer
08.2024 Got mail with interview notice
09.2024 Interview about my spouse and updates
10.2024 Second Pre-Mandamus email
11.2024 Mandamus
11.2024 Approval and EAD (A5)

Sent 4-5 requests by myself and with the help of my lawyer, went to the office several times.
Also I changed attorney because the previous one asked 7-8k for Mandamus and new one 3.5k +405 filing fee.
Requested FOIA several times where I saw assessment to grant.

I saw every update in status in case tracker

Decision was mailed (30-45 min)
Fee were waived (2 hours)
Case was updated to fingerprints were taken (2 hours)
New card is being produced (3 days)
Card was mailed to me

I could add my case in USCIS account only next day after I saw update about decision!
So first hour was scary because decision was mailed and couldn’t add my case

New EAD validity is for 5 years

The mail with approval notice came 2 days later but USPS required signature so I wasn’t at home and picked it up next day in USPS office.

EAD came to my spouse 1 week later after status update
EAD came to me 2.5 weeks later after status update

After every interview got pick up notice to come back 2 weeks later but both times got a call 1 day before pick up day and got information that decision would be mailed

Hope that this information will help a lot, if you have any questions will be happy to answer.

Also wish everybody who is waiting for decision to get approval in the nearest time.

If you wait for decision for more than 2 years, sent requests, your case is strong (and especially if you see good assessment in FOIA) and you have money then 100% file Mandamus.
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Hi Alex, thanks for sharing your timeline. I just got married and want to add my spouse, but I heard it's tricky and messy. Did you have any advice? Did you do it with a lawyer or on your own? I see that the second time you added her, was in Florida, and I am also in Florida,
Thank you so much in advance, I really appreciate any help
 
Alex19 said:
Congratulations!
Did you see “fees were waived” or anything like that “new card is being produced”? Can you check the history of statuses now?
Though absence of FWW is bad, but in your situation (first time I saw this) there was 765 instead of 589, which was definitely sign of approval
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fees were waived always come days before the decision was mailed and new card is being produced
 
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