October 2019 Filers

[Loquacious]

I know the feeling of waiting all too well. Like I said, I have read about people that got two RFES, but they are rare... I bet you will hear something from them in February.

Fingers crossed. Also hope you receive your interview letter soon!

[singiepdx]

Received my EAD card in the mail yesterday.
Waiting on I-495 interview to be scheduled now.

[alondra]

Hello. I'm planning on sending my RFE response tomorrow in the mail. Does anyone have the experience of rejecting the RFE response? I hope they accept mine but I'm just responding what I already sent since everything was ok (birth certificate from my home country). Any help is valued.

Alicia Ondrade.

[ra0010]

Hello. I'm planning on sending my RFE response tomorrow in the mail. Does anyone have the experience of rejecting the RFE response? I hope they accept mine but I'm just responding what I already sent since everything was ok (birth certificate from my home country). Any help is valued.

Alicia Ondrade.

Hello,
I haven't read about RFE responses being rejected. Just make sure that your package is assembled correctly: the RFE letter on top, your cover letter, and your response.
I put undertabs on every document in my response, but that's because I had more than one document.

[alondra]

Hello,
I haven't read about RFE responses being rejected. Just make sure that your package is assembled correctly: the RFE letter on top, your cover letter, and your response.
I put undertabs on every document in my response, but that's because I had more than one document.

Thanks! I'll do the same !

[amankof]

Hello,
My wife is currently pregnant and working alongside with her pregnancy. Her pregnancy is due in April 2020. The aftermath of her delivery will put my family into severe hardship (paying of rent, utility bill, etc) since her source of income keeps the family going. To mitigate this effect i have decided to expedite my EAD process based on pending i-485 (submitted October, 14th 2019). Moreover, I am on F 1 visa and my source of income wouldn't be able to cater for the entire family (family of 3 + the unborn baby)

Can i expedite my process base on this, if yes, what supporting documents should i include??

[CuriousKat]

Hello,
My wife is currently pregnant and working alongside with her pregnancy. Her pregnancy is due in April 2020. The aftermath of her delivery will put my family into severe hardship (paying of rent, utility bill, etc) since her source of income keeps the family going. To mitigate this effect i have decided to expedite my EAD process based on pending i-485 (submitted October, 14th 2019). Moreover, I am on F 1 visa and my source of income wouldn't be able to cater for the entire family (family of 3 + the unborn baby)

Can i expedite my process base on this, if yes, what supporting documents should i include??

first off, congratulations & safe delivery! Secondly, I think this is more than a valid reason to expedite; so long as you send in documents showing so: definitely try & get her OBGYN to provide a letter stating your wife is pregnant & when she is due & also show your wife will be out on maternity leave after baby is born with little or no source of income. GOODLUCK!

[vto]

Field office Boston
10/28/2019 Packet sent by UPS
10/30/2019 Packet received by USCIS
11/20/2019 Called USCIS and sent email inquiry nothing in system
11/21/2019 Called USCIS right when they opened and was told Notice for I130 mailed out on the 20th and was given receipt number
11/22/2019 Early morning received 6 text messages 2 duplicates I130, I485, I131 and I765
11/26/2019 Received all NOA notices via postal mail
12/06/2019 Received Biometrics for 12/18/2019 dated 11/29/2019
12/18/2019 Biometrics completed
12/18/2019 Fingerprint review completed for form I-485 via text message
12/18/2019 Fingerprint review completed for form I-765 via text message
1/21/2020 Case updated to I-485 Ready to be scheduled for an Interview
1/28/2020 Case has been scheduled for an interview
1/3/2020 Interview letter received
3/3/2020 Interview Date

Hi tunderenee,

Congrats on your interview!

I have the same field office as you and have the following filing reason and timeline:
USC Marriage based AOS
Field Office: Boston
10/15/2019 Packet sent by USPS
10/17/2019 Packet received by USCIS
11/05/2019 Late evening, received 4 text messages (I130, I485, I131 and I765)
11/12/2019 Received all NOA notices via postal mail
11/18/2019 Received Biometrics Appointment Notice for 11/27/2019
11/27/2019 Biometrics completed
11/28/2019 I-485 and I-765 case change to "Fingerprint Review Was Completed"
*cricket sounds*

After this I have not heard anything. As you got an interview so quickly, did you apply for the case to be expedited? If not, can you think of any reason why your case got a quick turnaround? No worries if you cannot share, fully understandable.

Also, I noticed you called USCIS to get an update when you did not receive any NOA's in the mail. I called to see if I could talk to somebody about why my case has had not updates since Nov 28, 2019 (not sure they can tell me anything new), but was not able to navigate the menu to talk to someone. Any tips on how to reach a person when calling?

[zorlu86]

Hey guys, i got an update today for my I-765/EAD case - New Card is Being Produced, hopefully all october filers will get the approval soon!

Filing I-485, along with I-765 and I-131.

I-140 was approved on 08/27

Processing Center: NBC, Field Office: Seattle
10/11/19 Received by USCIS (day 1)
11/12/19 Biometrics Done (day 32)
11/13/19 Fingerprint Review Completed (day 33)
Then, I-485 and I-765 status updated to "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints" and I-131 status was "Case Was Received"
01/23/20 I-485 "Case is Ready to be Scheduled for An Interview" (day 104)
02/12/20 I-765 "New Card is Being Produced" (day 124)

[thausa]

My interview date is next month and I'm preparing documents together.
So far I have,

- Our tax return 2019, 2018, 2017.
- Our Family Health Insurance.
- Joint Bank Account and bank statement.
- Joint Credit Card and credit card statement.
- Phone Bill.
- Our House lease agreement.
- Our pictures with friends and family.
- Car Insurance

Is there anything I should bring?

TIA

[NYC/She]

Tickets from a concert if you have last name, from a theme park, other tickets without name but you can add photo, you was there with your spouse, household purchase like a sofa, washer or any items to your home.

[MGarza78]

Hello everyone,

Hubby received his combo EAD/AP today. Day#124

Good luck everyone don't lose your faith. God is great.

[POrbital]

My I-765 status changed to "New Card Being Produced" today (02/12/2020). I-131 is still stuck at "Case Was Received". Does anyone know if they will mail an EAD card alone or will it be a combo card? Also, how long should I expect to have the card in hand? Many thanks guys and all the best to all October filers!!

[newgcholder]

Hi everyone. I was a silent reader from the start of my process and would like to share my experience as a little appreciation to those who were helpful.

I came to US in November 3, 2018 as a J1 trainee for one year, working at hotel in Nashville, TN. My wife was working at the same hotel and we met and started dating after 6 months. We had our marriage in August, 2019 and started the application in October, 2019. So my priority date was set on October 11, 2019.
Today, February 12,2020 we had our interview and were approved 5 hours after it was done.
We started our application in Nashville, but moved to Chicago in December, 2019, and changed address after a week we got here. Though on December 19, 2019 we got a confirmation letter from USCIS with a change of address, not surprisingly we received an interview notice on December 23, 2019 for Memphis Field Office ( of course haha) for January 23, 2020. Obviously, we could not have attended this interview, so the lawyer wrote to them to cancel and reschedule to Chicago, our current state. I thought at that time that rescheduling the interview would add at least 2-3 months to our process, but to our luck, on January 8 we got a new interview notice for February 12, 2020, Chicago field office.

Security check was very quick and we were the only ones in the waiting room (probably because interview was scheduled at 01:05 PM). The interviewer was tough sometimes, but usually she was nice, she advised me to be careful in Chicago not to get shot over something . She asked:
How I came to the States
How long I worked there
How did we meet and started dating
How many guests we had in our wedding
Why my parents were not there ( because of visa problems in my country)
Where do we live now, who else lives with us, how many bedrooms we have
Do we plan to have children
Where does my wife work
Do I work now ( I do delivery to support my wife, so she said it is illegal to use my SSN for that, but that is forgiveable)
Then those ye/no questions around 10.

Then she looked at my medical results and suddenly asked me why I chose this hospital for it, I could have gone to some hospital near my wife's workplace. I answered that this hospital was in the list in USCIS website and it comes out when I put our zip code, I mean it is just 5 min drive from our apartment, why would I go to somewhere else .

She also saw that I had a nice job back in my country ( I worked for one of big 4 companies), and asked why I didn't stay here with H1B visa. I said I didn't intend to stay here when I entered through border, I came as an exchange trainee to learn accounting. But it is what it is.
Then she asked for more evidences ( she asked to give 15 photos exactly), joint tax return, full bank statement, bills, letter from wife's employer, cards, flight and hotel tickets from our trip.
And I got a parking ticket since I came to Chicago, so I showed her that and she started to discuss it with me, asking why I didn't park in right place

After all she gave me a paper and said our case will be reviewed and we will get results in mail in a couple weeks.
Interview was finished at 2PM ( lasted almost 45 minutes) and at 7PM I saw the status changed to "New card is being produced".

Thank you to all who were helping others here and commenting. Wishing good luck to everyone who is in this process.

[Yoca_2010]

My I-765 status changed to "New Card Being Produced" today (02/12/2020). I-131 is still stuck at "Case Was Received". Does anyone know if they will mail an EAD card alone or will it be a combo card? Also, how long should I expect to have the card in hand? Many thanks guys and all the best to all October filers!!

If you applied for Advance Parole and Work Permit, you will get a combo card which serves as both Also, when they mail you the card, you will get a tracking number for it.