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Adjustment of Status Timeframes and i-94 Interactions? (Sept.17' filers)
Hello everyone! My wife and I applied for her AoS a couple weeks after her i-94 expired (Late September 2017). My concern comes when someone stated in another forum, "as long as she files her AOS before the expiration of her i-94, she will have overcome the burden of 3 years or 10 years USCIS imposed exile." Reference at bottom
Will the i-94 expiration date (mid-sept.17') take any precedence over the fact that we got married within the allotted 90-period for the i-129f AND filed for AoS after and received an "accepted/in-process" notice? I'm new to all this so I'm trying to ensure we're correctly doing all we can while we wait for her i-485/131/765 documents to process. For reference, it has been a little over 4 whole months since we filed the above docs. Please let me know your experiences waiting for the AoS follow-up (post-acceptance notice). She is really struggling with not being able to work since she has been working her whole life up in Canada.
We are doing absolutely everything we can to do things the legal way and filing all the appropriate fees in a timely manner. I've included our timeline below for reference.
References:
(above quote) https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showt...-I-485-pending
Our Timeline
December 2016
-submitted fiancé visa application
February 2017
-wife came to visit
March 2017
-fiancé visa approved
June 2017
-wife's medical exam in Vancouver
-K1 Visa Interview and approval in Montréal
July 2017
-we got married
August 2017
-began the adjustment of status process
-90 days from entry was coming up in mid-sept.
September 2017
-made followup apt for i-693 with local doctor
-on the day of her visa expiration, we found out her application was DENIED because the check for the fees was in MY name (ugh)
-they sent everything back to us and we were "invited to resubmit" (thankfully)
-we learned the immigrant has to apply for their own benefits, and the sponsor can not write the check for them
-luckily we had opened a bank account for her already and she was able to get a cashier's check to cover the cost of the application
-resubmitted AoS on 9-23-17
October 2017
-a few weeks in, we received receipts that her application was in process
-follow up with a fingerprinting and photo appointment at the local USCIS office
-we completed that with no issues
February 2018
-still waiting...
Will the i-94 expiration date (mid-sept.17') take any precedence over the fact that we got married within the allotted 90-period for the i-129f AND filed for AoS after and received an "accepted/in-process" notice? I'm new to all this so I'm trying to ensure we're correctly doing all we can while we wait for her i-485/131/765 documents to process. For reference, it has been a little over 4 whole months since we filed the above docs. Please let me know your experiences waiting for the AoS follow-up (post-acceptance notice). She is really struggling with not being able to work since she has been working her whole life up in Canada.
We are doing absolutely everything we can to do things the legal way and filing all the appropriate fees in a timely manner. I've included our timeline below for reference.
References:
(above quote) https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showt...-I-485-pending
Our Timeline
December 2016
-submitted fiancé visa application
February 2017
-wife came to visit
March 2017
-fiancé visa approved
June 2017
-wife's medical exam in Vancouver
-K1 Visa Interview and approval in Montréal
July 2017
-we got married
August 2017
-began the adjustment of status process
-90 days from entry was coming up in mid-sept.
September 2017
-made followup apt for i-693 with local doctor
-on the day of her visa expiration, we found out her application was DENIED because the check for the fees was in MY name (ugh)
-they sent everything back to us and we were "invited to resubmit" (thankfully)
-we learned the immigrant has to apply for their own benefits, and the sponsor can not write the check for them
-luckily we had opened a bank account for her already and she was able to get a cashier's check to cover the cost of the application
-resubmitted AoS on 9-23-17
October 2017
-a few weeks in, we received receipts that her application was in process
-follow up with a fingerprinting and photo appointment at the local USCIS office
-we completed that with no issues
February 2018
-still waiting...
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