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meso129:
Sounds like a weird stands from employer. Lawyer's fee is not going to be any lesser if EAD is not applied along with 485. There is no fee for EAD if applied with 485. May be you want your employer to give you details of what is the extra cost involved if they are filing your spouse's EAD.
red2green:
Are you sure there is no fee if EAD is separately applied after filing 485?
is it like there is no fee for first EAD?
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Originally Posted by red2green
Yes, I meant first time EAD.Quote:
Originally Posted by visagcinfo
renewal EAD- not thinking that far yet -:)
That is the date of the last(min) application date they were processing as of September 30th 2011. It doesn't mean that all applications are around that date. Majority of the apps they are processing now could be well in July-August 17th range.
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Originally Posted by soggadu
They are probably asking you to pay expenses for your spouse. $1070.00. Normally employers pay only for the employee. EAD/AP is always included in the 485 fee. So, there's nothing extra for those apps. Attorneys also do not charge for these apps.( may be your attorney is different?)
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Originally Posted by meso129
GOOD going.
"Received Notices
Friends - finally got the notices by post today (I-485, I-765, I-131). Following are the details. It seems they have sent my application to Nebraska center.
Some goof-ups:
- Spouse's PD (dependent) is listed as the received date. Sounds like a non issue.
- The alien # on my I-765 is listed as my spouse's alien #. Not sure if it's an issue. Need to touch base with lawyer on this.
I-485 RD: 04-Nov-2011
I-485 ND: 09-Nov-2011
I-485 Service Center: Nebraska
"
Today I was able to add my cases to MyPortfolio and all the status shows to Initial Review.
So looks like it is taking sometime to update online part.
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Originally Posted by gc0907
Does anyone know if EAD-AP will be processed at the same time? is there one card for both AP & EAD? I have heard of this proposal long time back in ** not sure if it ever materialized?
what we are censoring on this forum? we can't say ** or **************** or immigration voice or i m m i g r a t i o n v o i c e ? :) since when did we start this 'immigration voice' like feature:)
Yes, now both are combined into one card and has validity of 2 years.
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Originally Posted by leo07
Thanks for the information. I don't understand why CIS would need us to fill in two applications and have two app numbers to be entered into DB and managed separately. Like, many other things that I don't understand :)
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Originally Posted by gc0907
May be for backward-compatibility reason. :D
Actually they both serve different purposes. I think as a F1 if you are applying for OPT card, you will still be using I-765.
Not everyone applies for EAD and AP at the same time.
Here is some explanation.
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Originally Posted by leo07
Thanks! Basically, my point was, CIS could make that into one ALWAYS. Like, Bake the EAD and AP into one irrespective of whether a customer wants AP or EAD or both. It makes everyone's life easy, including CIS's.
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Originally Posted by gc0907
Did anyone who applied in September-October receive their EAD/AP???
Any one applied on Nov 1st or after got fingerprint appointment ?? If so pls post to which service center your application went to.
Mine went to TSC on 1st Nov and i got receipts for EAD and AP.
mine went to TSC on Nov 2 and got reciepts and all....waiting for FP...
Is there a way we can capture all these dates in a shareable spreadsheet on google docs?Quote:
Originally Posted by soggadu
The columns can be:
User ID;PD;485 Mailing Date;Notice date;FP Notice Recd dt;FP Date;EAD Recd Dt; AP Recd Dt; GC approved dt;GC recd dt
Mods - can you please look in to this?
- Receipts these days are going both to the applicant and the attorney. Both copies are original and are being designated as customer & attorney copy.
- There is a generic issue of PD not being shown correctly on the dependent receipts.
- These receipts to the applicant take 5 days to come by snail mail from the time of check encashing , check encashing takes 5-6 days from the date of receipt.
- Looks like 7.5 cases will be filed from EB2 I/C alone so things will be a lot slower.
- My own case RD 02/11, ND – 07/11, Checks – 08/11, Receipts – 13/11 (1 missing I had to call USCIS).
I had registered my receipt notices on the USCIS case status system (ND - 09Nov). I see a soft LUD on 11/15 - could be an indication that the FP notices are being generated.
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Originally Posted by mars76
My I-485 application was delivered on Nov 8 to the Dallas lock box. Haven't got the receipt yet, but from the rest of the posts, it looks like it is going to take another week at least, so I will bide my time patiently.... I'm a little ticked off at my lawyer. I was trying to push him to file earlier and got the docs to him early, but he still filed a week late. Oh well, better to file it correctly than quickly.... :)
Just got my FP notice today.Quote:
Originally Posted by mars76
Edit: Texas Service Center
@tackle that is very good progress.
@gchopeful the LUD is probably a good indicator that FP notice is on its way.
What do you mean by "soft LUD". I've registered my notices on USCIS case status system. I've not seen any changes to the "Last Updated" dates. But I got my FP notice today. So, I'm curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by gchopeful123
Refer to my post at the beginning of the thread . Looks like FP notice generation does not cause any LUD's. Great going.Quote:
Originally Posted by tackle
http://www.qesehmk.org/forums/showth...2442#post12442
Thanks for the link Teddy. It was helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeddyKoochu
Good news tackle.
So I should get my FP notices in next 6 days. I got receipts about 6 days after yours. :D
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Originally Posted by tackle
yeah, that's a good estimate. I received my FP notice exactly 7 days after my Initial receipts.
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Originally Posted by gc0907
Man this wait after filing 485 sucks more :) There's absolutely no information that you can get about your application from any where in the world :(
Great. Do some research on the service center that they want you to go for Finger prints. Check if they'd allow a earl walk-in. I haven't seen this early walk-in prove any beneficial in terms of total process time. It'll at least be one thing off your plate.
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Originally Posted by tackle
Do you guys know what is the avg no. of days to receive the receipt notice. My attorney told me that he filed my I485 apps on Nov 1st (that's the date when he is expecting USCIS to receive the docs). My attorney and I haven't received them as of today. Attorney is based in New York and I am in Chicago.
5-10 business days for Receipts. Not sure why, but I have always seen them come on Monday/Tuesday.
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Originally Posted by nayekal
Thats great !Quote:
Originally Posted by tackle
Did you get a scheduled date for FP or are you given a range where in you are asked to schedule an appointment ?
Thanks in advance.
I got the receipts from my attorney today and he told me that he didn't get my wife's I485 receipt in today's mail.Quote:
Originally Posted by leo07
Received date of 11/01 with notice date of 11/10 for all apps.
Not sure whether you guys realized, all receipts for 485, EAD and AP are in consecutive numbers like 25,26,27. So, I am assuming that my wife's I485 receipt is on its way and there is nothing to worry about right now.
yup. mine were consecutive as well. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by nayekal
I have exactly the same case as you. In my case my I485 receipt was missing. I called up USCIS to confirm yes its the number in between & also requested for a duplicate copy, attorney thus far has not received anything. Surprisng that your RD is 01-NOV but ND is 11/10, most people with 11/01 RD have a recent ND.Quote:
Originally Posted by nayekal
rcvd FP notice today.Quote:
Originally Posted by tackle
FP Notice date: 11th
NO SLUDs on case status
Texas Service Center
Congrats. Did u get a fixed date to attend? How far out is it?
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Originally Posted by red2green
@gchopeful123 & @Stemcell
I was given a fixed date (see signature) and time for biometrics appointment. One thing I'd like to mention is that my appointment time and wife's appointment time are couple of hours apart. But lawyers mentioned that its ok. They allow family members to get fingerprinted at the same time.
Recieved FP notices yesterday.
FP Notice : 11/10/2011
FP Received: 11/17/2011
Appt.date : 12/07/2011
I-485 Service center : Texas
tackle,
Great info. So it seems the FP appt date is 3 weeks after FP notice date.
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Originally Posted by tackle
Leo did you have any LUD's post FP completion and anything after that. If yes then it means they are working on your cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by leo07