July 2020 Fillers join here

[Gcapplicant2019]

Think u should be able to expedite your EAD with a job offer.

We called to expedite the EAD with job offer, but the person who answered the phone gave us few reasons , none of them was a job offer, but there is severe financial loss and this doesn’t apply for us because my husband is already working on h1b visa .

[Johnny6751]

This morning I got a phone call from an Immigration officer, and I almost had a heart attack haha!

A few weeks ago I called USCIS in regards my biometrics appointment I haven't received, and the USCIS agent said that she'll send to the Chicago office a E-request.

Anyways, this morning I got a call from an officer and he wanted to speak to me regarding that request.

My PD is June 30th 2020, and he said that Chicago FO is clearing up a backlog since April. Basically, he said that I am in their system and that everything looks good but I needed to wait. That the appointment will come eventually. He was very respectful and professional and did not ask anything else about my case. Just asked a few personal questions about my I-485 application and that was it. He explained to me that most of the times the officers do not schedule an appointment if they don't have the case adjudicated, in example saying that they will not schedule a bio appointment if they don't have the file on their desk because if they do it too early then there is a chance they'll have to ask the applicant to take another biometrics.

Having that said, I guess yeah, I'll keep checking my USPS delivery emails haha!

My timeline so far:

-01/27/20: Same sex couple, married to USC.
-06/29/20: Package I-130, I-130A, I-131, I-485, I-693, I-765, I-864, I-864 joint sponsor and I-944 sent via certified mail USPS.
-06/30/20: Delivered by USPS and signed by Chicago lockbox T Thomas.
-07/25/20: Checks cashed.
-07/30/20: Text messages received with case confirmation numbers.
-07/31/20: Received NOA's in the mail.
-08/05/20: Received RFIE notification from USCIS for I-485, letter to follow via mail.
-08/10/20: Received RFIE in the mail asking for my partner's pay stubs for the last 6 months and letter of employment.
-09/18/20: Mailed out RFIE to Lee-Summit's office.
-09/21/20: USCIS confirms they've received RFIE.
-10/27/2020: Called USCIS regarding biometrics appointment not yet scheduled. USCIS send E-Request to Chicago FO.
-11/10/2020: Immigration officer reaches out to me via phone call to explain the reason I haven't received a biometrics appointment, appointment will come eventually.

[rohjas]

This morning I got a phone call from an Immigration officer, and I almost had a heart attack haha!

A few weeks ago I called USCIS in regards my biometrics appointment I haven't received, and the USCIS agent said that she'll send to the Chicago office a E-request.

Anyways, this morning I got a call from an officer and he wanted to speak to me regarding that request.

My PD is June 30th 2020, and he said that Chicago FO is clearing up a backlog since April. Basically, he said that I am in their system and that everything looks good but I needed to wait. That the appointment will come eventually. He was very respectful and professional and did not ask anything else about my case. Just asked a few personal questions about my I-485 application and that was it. He explained to me that most of the times the officers do not schedule an appointment if they don't have the case adjudicated, in example saying that they will not schedule a bio appointment if they don't have the file on their desk because if they do it too early then there is a chance they'll have to ask the applicant to take another biometrics.

Having that said, I guess yeah, I'll keep checking my USPS delivery emails haha!

My timeline so far:

-01/27/20: Same sex couple, married to USC.
-06/29/20: Package I-130, I-130A, I-131, I-485, I-693, I-765, I-864, I-864 joint sponsor and I-944 sent via certified mail USPS.
-06/30/20: Delivered by USPS and signed by Chicago lockbox T Thomas.
-07/25/20: Checks cashed.
-07/30/20: Text messages received with case confirmation numbers.
-07/31/20: Received NOA's in the mail.
-08/05/20: Received RFIE notification from USCIS for I-485, letter to follow via mail.
-08/10/20: Received RFIE in the mail asking for my partner's pay stubs for the last 6 months and letter of employment.
-09/18/20: Mailed out RFIE to Lee-Summit's office.
-09/21/20: USCIS confirms they've received RFIE.
-10/27/2020: Called USCIS regarding biometrics appointment not yet scheduled. USCIS send E-Request to Chicago FO.
-11/10/2020: Immigration officer reaches out to me via phone call to explain the reason I haven't received a biometrics appointment, appointment will come eventually.

Ok great, so basically nothing new. Same old waiting game.

[Rafael1993]

I can see on redit that a lot of people are talking with Tier 2 officers and they are able to schedule the appointments.
The catch here is that you have to wait the first 90 days for the case to stuck then you have to open an injury and wait 30 more days. If you don't have a response then you can ask for a tier 2 officer.
I'm really so frustrated with waiting...

[Rafael1993]

Does anyone have an injury assigned to an officer?

please see the attachment on how it looks.
if you want to see your case you need to do the following.

go to uscis
go to check case status
on the top left you will see a button that says login or sign up
create an account and then add the case on your account
open the case and you will be able to see the status of the injury

[salb]

Going back to my original question, whats their system of order?

No one knows. I'm still waiting on my bio too. It may have to do with how backlogged your local office is.

[tokich]

Does anyone have an injury assigned to an officer?

please see the attachment on how it looks.
if you want to see your case you need to do the following.

go to uscis
go to check case status
on the top left you will see a button that says login or sign up
create an account and then add the case on your account
open the case and you will be able to see the status of the injury

Mine is same as yours - not assigned for processing as of October, 13

[Rafael1993]

Any updates guys?
lawfully app had a 100 places progress for 1 day

[BipBop]

Any updates guys?
lawfully app had a 100 places progress for 1 day

What is this app? Is it linked to the USCIS account?

[BipBop]

This morning I got a phone call from an Immigration officer, and I almost had a heart attack haha!

A few weeks ago I called USCIS in regards my biometrics appointment I haven't received, and the USCIS agent said that she'll send to the Chicago office a E-request.

Anyways, this morning I got a call from an officer and he wanted to speak to me regarding that request.

My PD is June 30th 2020, and he said that Chicago FO is clearing up a backlog since April. Basically, he said that I am in their system and that everything looks good but I needed to wait. That the appointment will come eventually. He was very respectful and professional and did not ask anything else about my case. Just asked a few personal questions about my I-485 application and that was it. He explained to me that most of the times the officers do not schedule an appointment if they don't have the case adjudicated, in example saying that they will not schedule a bio appointment if they don't have the file on their desk because if they do it too early then there is a chance they'll have to ask the applicant to take another biometrics.

Having that said, I guess yeah, I'll keep checking my USPS delivery emails haha!

My timeline so far:

-01/27/20: Same sex couple, married to USC.
-06/29/20: Package I-130, I-130A, I-131, I-485, I-693, I-765, I-864, I-864 joint sponsor and I-944 sent via certified mail USPS.
-06/30/20: Delivered by USPS and signed by Chicago lockbox T Thomas.
-07/25/20: Checks cashed.
-07/30/20: Text messages received with case confirmation numbers.
-07/31/20: Received NOA's in the mail.
-08/05/20: Received RFIE notification from USCIS for I-485, letter to follow via mail.
-08/10/20: Received RFIE in the mail asking for my partner's pay stubs for the last 6 months and letter of employment.
-09/18/20: Mailed out RFIE to Lee-Summit's office.
-09/21/20: USCIS confirms they've received RFIE.
-10/27/2020: Called USCIS regarding biometrics appointment not yet scheduled. USCIS send E-Request to Chicago FO.
-11/10/2020: Immigration officer reaches out to me via phone call to explain the reason I haven't received a biometrics appointment, appointment will come eventually.

Wow, I can Imagine! I would have gotten a heart attack too. I'm glad they cleared this out for you and that they were informative and respectful.
Agree with other posts after this one, it seems like they are just very backlogged and unfortunately we have to keep on waiting. I'm also loosing my mind a bit being in quarantine and not being able to work or anything. It's just another level of restraint and it feels awful. Thanks for sharing, hope everyone is doing well.

[Rafael1993]

What is this app? Is it linked to the USCIS account?

It’s called lawfully app.
you can add your cases and get an estimate on when it maybe get approved.

[raq345]

How do you put in a request for missing biometrics notice? It's been crickets over here... our local office is Boston...

[Rafael1993]

How do you put in a request for missing biometrics notice? It's been crickets over here... our local office is Boston...

I called USCIS and they opened it for me

[Rafael1993]

On the lawfully app forum there is a guy that received the bio appointment yesterday. His service center was Vermont.

[raq345]

I just did an e-request for missing notice for the biometrics appt. USCIS says I can expect a reply by December 7, 2020. shrug