AOS/EAD Timelines

[Mick]

I was wondering if we might start a list of AOS/EAD timelines, much like those posted in the Visa Delays Forum. Might include the following:

 

Date Entered the Country

Type of Visa

Marriage Date (if applicable)

Date Received SSN

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP

Filed in person or by mail?

Where filed?

Receipt number received?

EAD Granted

First Appointment Scheduled

 

 

And anything else anyone might want to include.

 

I'll start it off:

 

Entered US March 28, 2003

K1 Visa

Married April 4

Filed for SSN May 16

Received SSN: Received card on July 11, 2003

Filed AOS June 2 (by mail)

Atlanta Regional Office

Received notification of receipt of application on 7/03/03

Receive AP on August 5, 2003

Received EAD August 26, 2003.

 

 

 

I think it would be useful for us to pin this and try to keep track of this info as many more folks are arriving and starting through the next phase of the immigration marathon. Whaddya think? :)

[Yuhui&Eric]

I was wondering if we might start a list of AOS/EAD timelines, much like those posted in the Visa Delays Forum. Might include the following:

 

Date Entered the Country

Type of Visa

Marriage Date (if applicable)

Date Received SSN

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP

Filed in person or by mail?

Where filed?

Receipt number received?

EAD Granted

First Appointment Scheduled

Here is our case:

 

Date Entered the Country: March 5, 2003

Type of Visa: K-1

Marriage Date (if applicable): March 18, 2003

Date Received SSN: received the number by calling "800" around Mar20th, and got the card a week later in mail

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP : MArch 26, 2003

Filed in person or by mail? By mail

Where filed? KS City

Receipt number received? 3 days after filing

EAD Granted: Apr. 29, 2003, together with fingerprint

AP Received: May 14, 2003

First Appointment Scheduled: NO IDEA

[Tine & Ella]

Tine & Ella

 

Date Entered Country: March 12, 2003

Type of Visa: K1

Marriage Date: April 12, 2003

Applied for SSN: April 25, 2003 Received: April 30, 2003

Date Filed AOS: Indianapolis- Mailed- May 31, 2003 - Rejected due to not having sent 50 dollar fingerprint fee. Resent June 7, 2003.

Receipt Received: June 25, 2003

Fingerprint Appt: Sept 2, 2003

First Appointment Scheduled: Letter state within the next 8 months.

AOS Interview: Nov. 20, 2003

AOS Approved: Dec. 20, 2003

Green Card Received : Jan. 12, 2004

File I-751: Dec. 20, 2005

[Mick]

Thanks for posting the info. I find it interesting that both of you obtained "receipt numbers". Yet when I spoke to an immigration officer at the BCIS Info Line two days ago, he emphatically stated that the Atlanta Center would not be sending out a receipt number. I find this most disturbing.

[Guest Zerohot]

my repeated post adding AOS interview time

 

Echo and David

 

Date Entered the Country: March 15, 2003

Type of Visa: K-1

Marriage Date (if applicable): April, 2003

Date applied SSN: March 17,2003

Date Received SSN: April 2, 2003

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP : April 16, 2003

Filed in person or by mail? By mail

Where filed? San antonio, TX

Receipt number received? May 17 ,2003

AP Received: May 17, 2003

EAD Granted: May 27, 2003

fingerprinting:May 27,2003

AOS interview:July 15,2003

 

[myeagy]

Mike & Yan

 

Date Entered Country: Dec 24, 2002

Type of Visa: K1

Marriage Date: Jan 10, 2003

Applied for SSN: N/A (Yan already had SSN)

Date Filed AOS: Jan 22, 2003 (Mailed), Indianapolis

Temp EAD Card Received: Jan 31, 2003

AOS Receipt Received: Mar 12, 2003

1 yr. EAD Card Received: Mar 14, 2003

Fingerprint Appt: Apr 28,2003

AOS Interview Appt: Jul 10, 2003

[Guest bbridges51]

Here's ours:

 

Date Entered the Country: March 8, 2003

Type of Visa: K-1

Marriage Date (if applicable): April 19, 2003

Date applied SSN: March 10,2003

Date Received SSN: April 20, 2003

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP : May 24, 2003

Filed in person or by mail? By mail

Where filed? San Francisco, CA

Receipt number received? not yet.

AP Received: July 24, 2003

EAD Granted: July 24, 2003

fingerprinting: July 24, 2003

AOS interview: most waiting

 

Brian and Mia (SuJuan)

[Mick]

Update: As I mentioned in a separate thread, Li received her SSN number yesterday and was told the card was in the mail. Still no other news to report.

[Mick]

Received response from Atlanta Regional Center on 7/03/03, officially acknowledging receipt of AOS/EAD/AP application. See separate thread for details.

[Mick]

Finally received social security card in the mail. Now at least we have it in hand.

[Guest Long_strider]

Date Entered the Country 6/22/03

Type of Visa K-1

Marriage Date (if applicable) 7/4/03

Date Received SSN

Date Filed AOS/EAD/AP 7/17/03

Filed in person or by mail? in person

Where filed? Portland, Oregon

Receipt number received? Yes

EAD Granted Yes

First Appointment Scheduled Estimated 4-8 months

 

 

The process this morning took approximately 30 minutes after we waited in line. We arrived at the BCIS office at 7:00 am, 19 people were ahead of us in line. The doors opened at 7:30. After the security check, we waited in a line to speak with an information person who briefly reviewed our documents and then gave us a number to wait to be called. We waited about 15 minutes in line and another 15 minutes before our number was called. We sat at a window while the BCIS person reviewed each document, supporting documentation, and the personal checks that we had prepared. She was quite pleasant, as was the man who initially reviewed our documents.

 

We used Eric and Yuhui's list which made the process quick (Thanks a bunch!).

 

Just some additional notes and comments.

 

The $50.00 fingerprint fee is not required. I questioned the clerk about this and she checked with a supervisor. It is not required. She gave our check back.

 

We are required to both have a completed G235A biographical sheet. (I kwow, we have completed sets for the original petition and for the US Consulate interview, but they required a new set) Maybe because her name had changed

 

Four passport style pictures were required for Yuqing.

 

They also wanted a passport style picture of me. We had not known this. She was quite nice and agreed to make a photo copy of my driver's license, so I suspect my picture was not too critical.

 

She told us to come back at 2 pm today to pick up the EAD card.

 

She also said that the AOS interview should take place in 4 to 8 months.

 

We will file for the SSN tomorrow after we pickup the EAD card this afternoon at 2 pm.

 

We decided to wait until after the marriage to apply for the SSN (with the name change) and to have the EAD in hand to avoid complicating the whole process.

 

All in all, not too difficult, if you have all the documents in place and organized before hand.

 

We did not hole punch anything. We had metal clips which she removed. She stapled a number of forms together. She had some small clear ziploc plastic bags in her desk which she put the pictures in and stapled them to the forms.

 

Off to SSA tomorrw!

[Mick]

Glad to hear things went smoothly for you Strider. Good luck with the rest of the process.

[Eric&Yuhui]

We used Eric and Yuhui's list which made the process quick (Thanks a bunch!).  

 

Just some additional notes and comments.

 

The $50.00 fingerprint fee is not required.  I questioned the clerk about this and she checked with a supervisor.  It is not required.  She gave our check back.

 

You're welcome ! B)

 

About the fingerprint fee, it will depend on the office. Kanas cashed it with NOOOO second though.. I saw someone in CA whose app was returned because fee was missing.... So morale of the story.

If applying by mail, send the darn fee on a SEPARATE check... Normal case scenario, they will return it to you... Worst case... they sent the whole thing back ! It happened.. duh !

[Mick]

We used Eric and Yuhui's list which made the process quick (Thanks a bunch!).  

 

Just some additional notes and comments.

 

The $50.00 fingerprint fee is not required.  I questioned the clerk about this and she checked with a supervisor.  It is not required.  She gave our check back.

 

You're welcome !

 

About the fingerprint fee, it will depend on the office. Kanas cashed it with NOOOO second though.. I saw someone in CA whose app was returned because fee was missing.... So morale of the story.

If applying by mail, send the darn fee on a SEPARATE check... Normal case scenario, they will return it to you... Worst case... they sent the whole thing back ! It happened.. duh !

You are right Eric. It seems there is no consistent approach between the various offices. The Atlanta Center sent ours back, saying there was no need for fingerprints for K1.

[Guest bbridges51]

As with the initial process we all endured, there is absolutely no consistency between offices. For example, San Francisco BCIS cashed all our checks, including the two fingerprint checks we had mailed for Mia and her 12 year-old son, but our appointment letter for her fingerprinting only mentioned her.

 

Still, at least it only took two months between mailing and Mia's EAD.

 

Brian