TheKingOfHearts

@lenswipe - I received an RFE today (annoying, but expected) which I presume is because I only had short form birth certificates in the submission. (at the time I didn't know there was such a thing as long form)

Very irritating, but I take that to mean it's likely I was at the assessment stage and presumably would've had my EAD/AP issued had they have had the evidence.

In all, perhaps you're merely a few days away now.

lenswipe

Thanks for the update man. What is a "short form" of a birth certificate?

I called USCIS today and the woman i spoke to said she thought i should hear back in the next few days

tom169

IIRC the short form BC doesn't include parents names.

TheKingOfHearts

lenswipe

Ah, I sent a certified copy iirc. Either way, my status just changed to say that they're mailing my card out 🎉

Rete

That's wonderful news. The long wait is almost at an end. Now go find a job LOL

TheKingOfHearts

Update: My RFE wasn't for my birth certificate as expected, it was for my 2017 Tax Return.

Which I physically couldn't have included since I filed on 15th December. Sigh. What a joke..

Rete

I'm confused. You filed the 2017 tax return before the year 2017 was over?

TheKingOfHearts

No, their RFE was stating that I didn't include my 2017 tax return, which I couldn't have as when I filed my AOS on 15th December, I couldn't possible have had a 2017 tax return yet. Irritating to say the least.

lenswipe

​​​​​​Excuses excuses. If you were really committed you'd have found a way to time travel and make it work. /s

Jokes aside, good luck, mate. Apparently my card should be here in 10-15 days. So maybe around the 9th June? Fingers crossed...

Rete

I've not gone back to refamiliarize myself with your situation but are you sure that is what they meant? Not that the taxes for the year 2017 were not included but that the return that should have been filed in 2017 for the year 2016 was not included.

TheKingOfHearts

I'm certainly not; but the RFE clearly said I needed to send them a copy of my LATEST tax return alongside a COPY of BOTH pages of the RFE.

These were in bold and/or caps, I can't recall.

Hence I did exactly that, my 2017 return and a copy of both pages. Let's see what they say.

Rete

I agree, all it takes is one AH in the office to bring the department's reputation to mud level. Sorry that you had to get an RFE and deal with this garbage. The latest tax returns could easily have been taken to the interview instead of made an RFE. Perhaps the USCIS fairy is going to approve your application out of hand with an interview. Could be a reason why they wanted the latest tax return. I like to find something positive to offset their stupidity.

lenswipe

Just called USCIS and even though it doesn't say so on their website, the agent I spoke to tells me that they mailed my EAD card out today. Going to call back tomorrow to see if they can give me the tracking info. Apparently they don't have tracking info as yet.

Hang in there TheKingOfHearts, you got this

tom169

USPS informed delivery will show it in flight