AOS and Visa/Entry expiration

[Rafael1993]

Hello forum,

I believe all of us have heard about the hold on AOS cases and i started to get worried about my legal status.
i send a full package at uscis and it's arrived on may 23th. Since then i haven't heard anything. I'm married to a LPR on a visitor visa.

My visa will expire after 3 years but on the border I'm allowed to stay until 13th of September. What will happen if i don't have any updates from uscis and the September arrives?

Should i get out of the country ? Should i wait? My wife is pregnant and it's kinda hard leaving her alone.

Thanks in advance!

[R78]

As long as you received an "acceptance / filing" notice by USCIS after filing the AOS, you can continue to stay in the US till the case is adjudicated.

[Rafael1993]

Hi R78 and thanks for the feedback. What if i do not receive a notice from them?

[newacct]

As long as your I-485 is officially received before your status expires, you can stay for as long as I-485 is pending. The date it is received will be shown as the "received date" on the receipt, but it should generally not be more than a few days after the date the mail physically arrives. It is highly likely that your application has already been received even though you don't have the receipt yet, and I doubt that they would take months to issue a receipt even if lockbox operations are slow.