Asylum Based i-485

[mmbt]

Also to your question -

That sucks. Mine is also stuck in the same queue as yours, though I don't have a particular need to have one and applied just to get a feel for how things are nowadays.

However you have to understand that USCIS is currently prioritizing its resources to process more pressing cases, such as AOS, family, asylum and employment based (before numbers run out in this FY), EADs, etc. Travel document is not something of a particular critical benefits that USCIS need to act immediately..

There are couple of options if you get stuck in this:

1. defer travel, if it's vacation or leisure;

2. You don't have to send in your old RTD when you apply for new ones. According to the procedure, USCIS will issue RFE when they are ready to adjudicate https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm53-external.pdf

3. If you face urgent need, such as medical emergency or urgent business need, you can request expedited processing using things like letters from employer.

Hey Flando, the link you posted doesn't seem to work. Wondering how you know you don't need to send the old or current RTD when requesting a new one? Literally a few months ago you told me the opposite, and to read the instructions, and it says there that unfortunately, you do need to send it when requesting a new one.

[flando]

Hello fellow waiters, End of waiting for another family after 2.5 years. Let this be a reminder for you that your time will come no matter how complex and late your case be. Thanks for all your supports. Like they always said all case is different but have faith your time will come too.

Congrats and that's exactly right.

The less you worry about it the faster that day will come.

[Sunbelt]

Hello fellow waiters, End of waiting for another family after 2.5 years. Let this be a reminder for you that your time will come no matter how complex and late your case be. Thanks for all your supports. Like they always said all case is different but have faith your time will come too.

[MrAnonymous]

Is Kendal Field Office known to be very slow? I had sent in my RFE about two months ago and have heard nothing other than they response that my RFE has been received.

[flando]

I've been waiting since Oct 2020 and I know a lot of people filed in 2019 and 2020 still waiting, meanwhile applicants in 2021 and 2022 got processed faster.
I don't want to disappoint you but USCIS see congressman just like a civilian. They will issue a generic response to the congressman just as they tell you when you ask for it. The only party can help you is the federal court or the supreme court.

If you believe those applicants in 2021 and 2022 "got processed faster" you can always withdraw your old case and file a new one.

As to the congressman inquery, it all depends on why you need them to followup with your case. Generally speaking, unless the congressman made a personal inquery or you have a strong reason, they won't expedite your case as there are many like you who are waiting in line.

that said, it won't hurt neither. You should try, but knowing most likely it would have no effect on your case.

Lastly, as to the 2019 case, it's very close to the case processing time posted, generally that means your case should be processed within the next 6-12 months. Like I always say and you have did for the last 3 years, just wait. you are much better off than most immigrants. Not sure how you will survive like the Indians who need to wait 10+ years to get their green cards and during those years they have no flexible work authorization .

[asylumvn]

Looks like others got their i-485 approved except me.

People don't comment much here any more.

I am still waiting patiently. It has been 40 months since I put in my I-485 application in April 2019.

I have contacted my congressman who has been following up with USCIS & hoping soon my application will be processed.

I've been waiting since Oct 2020 and I know a lot of people filed in 2019 and 2020 still waiting, meanwhile applicants in 2021 and 2022 got processed faster.
I don't want to disappoint you but USCIS see congressman just like a civilian. They will issue a generic response to the congressman just as they tell you when you ask for it. The only party can help you is the federal court or the supreme court.

[maratathi]

Looks like others got their i-485 approved except me.

People don't comment much here any more.

I am still waiting patiently. It has been 40 months since I put in my I-485 application in April 2019.

I have contacted my congressman who has been following up with USCIS & hoping soon my application will be processed.

[Ad_darji]

How long does they take to approve case after rfe submission?

[flando]

Flando, Himalaya - it could be some problem on my end but I can’t see your messages , your posts appear to be empty for some reason

I think the site removed external links.

You can do a Google search

"asylumist Traveling With Your Passport When You Have Asylum"

and refer to Jason's May 2022 article.

[whereismygc]

Flando, Himalaya - it could be some problem on my end but I can’t see your messages , your posts appear to be empty for some reason

[Himalaya]

Hey there, would appreciate it if anyone could share experience traveling to a third country ( not country of origin ) with a green card ( obtained through asylum) and the original passport? I've been waiting for my RTD since last year but have to travel urgently for educational purposes for a few months, I still have my old passport which is valid, so I was wondering if I am allowed to use it to travel or not? What could be potentially negative consequences of doing that ? Any advice will be highly appreciated, thanks in advace !!

[flando]

Hey there, would appreciate it if anyone could share experience traveling to a third country ( not country of origin ) with a green card ( obtained through asylum) and the original passport? I've been waiting for my RTD since last year but have to travel urgently for educational purposes for a few months, I still have my old passport which is valid, so I was wondering if I am allowed to use it to travel or not? What could be potentially negative consequences of doing that ? Any advice will be highly appreciated, thanks in advace !!

[whereismygc]

Hey there, would appreciate it if anyone could share experience traveling to a third country ( not country of origin ) with a green card ( obtained through asylum) and the original passport? I've been waiting for my RTD since last year but have to travel urgently for educational purposes for a few months, I still have my old passport which is valid, so I was wondering if I am allowed to use it to travel or not? What could be potentially negative consequences of doing that ? Any advice will be highly appreciated, thanks in advace !!

[sweetsuchino]

Also to your question -

That sucks. Mine is also stuck in the same queue as yours, though I don't have a particular need to have one and applied just to get a feel for how things are nowadays.

However you have to understand that USCIS is currently prioritizing its resources to process more pressing cases, such as AOS, family, asylum and employment based (before numbers run out in this FY), EADs, etc. Travel document is not something of a particular critical benefits that USCIS need to act immediately..

There are couple of options if you get stuck in this:

1. defer travel, if it's vacation or leisure;

2. You don't have to send in your old RTD when you apply for new ones. According to the procedure, USCIS will issue RFE when they are ready to adjudicate https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm53-external.pdf

3. If you face urgent need, such as medical emergency or urgent business need, you can request expedited processing using things like letters from employer.

Flando, you don’t have to go under every message saying wait wait, this and that. How about you just let people vent? No one assigned you the class captain here to police or keep everyone in line or should we all leave you here and go form another group? Sometimes ppl know their questions have no answers, that their venting won’t help but they do it anyway cos somehow it helps them feel better, especially when they read messages from other ppl who are in the same boat as them, but because you, I guess ppl are too scared to express themselves here now and that’s not cool. Leave ppl alone to vent, if they ask questions you think you have answers to, answer the question and leave it at that, stop taking away the only thing they have in this situation which is complaining, venting cos no one really really wants to sue uscis and everyone is already waiting, there’s no need telling them to wait. No one put you in charge. Let ppl be.

[flando]

Also if you have any specific case / law related questions, feel free to ask. But my point is complain about delay will do nothing to help anyone.

If you are working for USCIS - let them know that some people had travel documents.
When I applied a year ago to see my sister wedding in September, it took 12 months for USCIS to reprint my document.
Now it takes 12,5 months (extra two weeks) TO PRINT AGAIN what I already had!!!!!
On top of that - if you want to apply again - you need to submit your travel document!
But if you submit your travel document - you don’t have it for more than a year!
Talk to your co-workers and tell me to WAIT again!
And thank them for me not seeing my family even in a third-party country!
Because it takes them 12,5 months to press PRINT! (I had the same document before!)

Also to your question -

That sucks. Mine is also stuck in the same queue as yours, though I don't have a particular need to have one and applied just to get a feel for how things are nowadays.

However you have to understand that USCIS is currently prioritizing its resources to process more pressing cases, such as AOS, family, asylum and employment based (before numbers run out in this FY), EADs, etc. Travel document is not something of a particular critical benefits that USCIS need to act immediately..

There are couple of options if you get stuck in this:

1. defer travel, if it's vacation or leisure;

2. You don't have to send in your old RTD when you apply for new ones. According to the procedure, USCIS will issue RFE when they are ready to adjudicate https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm53-external.pdf

3. If you face urgent need, such as medical emergency or urgent business need, you can request expedited processing using things like letters from employer.