9mos later - now what?
It has been 9 months since I had my AOS status interview at Arlington and I
have still not heard a word from them. What's my next step? Do I go to the office and ask about it? (what day is best for that)? Do I write my representative? I'm just getting impatient and want to be done with all this. I'm worried they've lost it! Kim |
Kim we are at the three month mark since our AOS interview... I think we are going to go down to Arlington on Thursday, and if they can't tell us anything hopefully they are willing to process the AP and EAD for my husband ASAP.
Because we are nearly the end of the Gov't fiscal year I can only imagine that there is very little work being done...so I would go sooner than later.... |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
I have been waiting almost 9 months myself, others are in the same
boat. Kind of ridiculous when others are receiving their stamps either same day or else within a few months. I went in to BCIS in June and was told "status still pending, no security checks back yet." So..........do we keep waiting and for how much longer??? "Kim R." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]. net>... > It has been 9 months since I had my AOS status interview at Arlington and I > have still not heard a word from them. What's my next step? Do I go to the > office and ask about it? (what day is best for that)? Do I write my > representative? I'm just getting impatient and want to be done with all > this. I'm worried they've lost it! > > Kim |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
maybe you should call them,, you think?
"Kim R." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > It has been 9 months since I had my AOS status interview at Arlington and I > have still not heard a word from them. What's my next step? Do I go to the > office and ask about it? (what day is best for that)? Do I write my > representative? I'm just getting impatient and want to be done with all > this. I'm worried they've lost it! > Kim |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
I don't know the answer to this, but could this wait for security check be a good thing for some couples.....if you have already been married for say 18 months, then the extra 6 months +wait before you get your passport stamped, then you will have been married for over 2 years and go straight to a 10yr green card, as opposed to a conditional 2 year GC, or do they take the date of the interview as the approval date...
Anybody know the answer ????? |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
ray6 <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > I don't know the answer to this, but could this wait for security check > be a good thing for some couples.....if you have already been married > for say 18 months, then the extra 6 months +wait before you get your > passport stamped, then you will have been married for over 2 years and > go straight to a 10yr green card, as opposed to a conditional 2 year GC, > or do they take the date of the interview as the approval date... > Anybody know the answer ????? That's my understanding. Our 2nd anniversary was in June, so it's my understanding that I will go straight to a 10 yr card... which I'm happy about, but our anniversary was over 2 months ago. Kim |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
Kim,
My wife and I had our AOS interview at Arlington almost 9 months ago. They told us we "passed" and were supposed to wait for an approval letter that was to arrive within 30-120 days, but never did. We went to the office in April and again in May to try to find out what's going on. They told us it was out of their hands for the time being as they were waiting for background checks to come back. Others relate similar experiences on the recent thread titled "Interview was fine but.................no stamp :(" (or something like that). We know a couple who live in the next town over and who went through the same process through the Baltimore office. He says got his passport stamped within about 3 months of submitting the I-485. Don't really know what to do...... Originally posted by Kim R. It has been 9 months since I had my AOS status interview at Arlington and I have still not heard a word from them. What's my next step? Do I go to the office and ask about it? (what day is best for that)? Do I write my representative? I'm just getting impatient and want to be done with all this. I'm worried they've lost it! Kim |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
Ray,
Whether or not the wait is a good thing may depend on what the ultimate goal is. If the foreign spouse wants to become a citizen, the wait is a bad thing because the waiting time for citizenship eligibility begins when one becomes a PR. Originally posted by ray6 I don't know the answer to this, but could this wait for security check be a good thing for some couples.....if you have already been married for say 18 months, then the extra 6 months +wait before you get your passport stamped, then you will have been married for over 2 years and go straight to a 10yr green card, as opposed to a conditional 2 year GC, or do they take the date of the interview as the approval date... Anybody know the answer ????? |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
Originally posted by jeffreyhy Ray, Whether or not the wait is a good thing may depend on what the ultimate goal is. If the foreign spouse wants to become a citizen, the wait is a bad thing because the waiting time for citizenship eligibility begins when one becomes a PR. And are you suggesting all those hot naked ladies that keep emailing me, do not want to befriend me.. (LOL) |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
Kim,
My understanding was that it was the 2 year anniversary of when you actually received your conditional permanent residency... not your 2 year anniversary of your wedding date. But someone else can correct me if I am wrong. Sean Originally posted by Kim R. ray6 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > I don't know the answer to this, but could this wait for security check > be a good thing for some couples.....if you have already been married > for say 18 months, then the extra 6 months +wait before you get your > passport stamped, then you will have been married for over 2 years and > go straight to a 10yr green card, as opposed to a conditional 2 year GC, > or do they take the date of the interview as the approval date... > Anybody know the answer ????? That's my understanding. Our 2nd anniversary was in June, so it's my understanding that I will go straight to a 10 yr card... which I'm happy about, but our anniversary was over 2 months ago. Kim |
Re: 9mos later - now what?
Originally posted by blenky16 Kim, My understanding was that it was the 2 year anniversary of when you actually received your conditional permanent residency... not your 2 year anniversary of your wedding date. But someone else can correct me if I am wrong. Sean |
kim,
We went to check on the status of our AOS interview 3 months ago. One agent told me that you should receive notice within 120 days of the interview, that is how much time they are allowed to respond.... but then again everyone has a different answer.... So while we were there we did a walk-in filing of the renewal EAD and AP. The wait was long over 6 hours (we overslept and arrived in line outside around 7:15am) but in our opinion worth it, because it cut down of mail time and at least didn't get lost in the mail. Now whether it doesn't get lost in the office is a whole other issue which we hope won't happen. It was really sad to see so many disgruntle people there looking for answers and everyone saying the same thing....that there is really no one place to find an honest answer. You ask three different officers the same question you get three different answers, you call the help line 3 different times you get different answers. They are still continuing to mail people things to their old address even though they received a receipt from BCIS confirming their new address (that was another reason we decided to wait the wait). |
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