Thankyou for your insights
I do hope interview mandate will be cancelled as it was via EO on march 6 2017
As biden said he is cancelling all EOs as soon as he take office via Washington post article
I guess I was not clear with my question- do I need lawyer guidance or I can get medicals done on my own and keep it ready? ( in case only RFE comes and no interview)
GC interview mandate for EB AOS is the one that I'm watching too. Pretty likely its gonna get quashed as it was just implemented by a mere EO in 2017 to your point above. That will do wonders to the admin. time and potentially in preventing visa wastage consequently!Originally Posted by longwaitgigu
You don't need lawyer to get medical done. Just make sure, your doc is in USCIS approved list and knows what test to run. Start with USCIS website and you will get your details from source.
My advice is to prepare for the I-693. Make sure that you are up to date on all vaccinations. Figure out which Civil surgeon you are going to, fees, requirements, turn around time, etc., As I-693 has a time clock, do it after you get a RFE or interview notice.New Policy Requires Careful I-485 Planning and I-693 Medical Exam Timing
In conjunction with the two-year I-693 medical exam validity from the date of its submission, USCIS is now requiring I-693 medicals to be filed within 60 days of the date the Civil Surgeon signs the medical exam. This will require very careful planning for initial I-485 filings, I-485 RFE responses where medicals are requested or attending I-485 interviews where updated (or initial) I-693 medical exams must be submitted.
Under the prior policy, many I-485 applicants would go ahead and complete the I-693 medical exam and then keep it in their file for up to one year before they submit to USCIS. This certainly helps with planning for an upcoming current priority date or upcoming I-485 interview when the medical exam is due to be submitted. The new policy will require much closer coordination of the completion of the I-693 medical exam process and the filing of the medical exam with USCIS.
LPR Since 07MAY2021
I would recommend to follow the lead of your lawyer. GC will come when it will come and it is beyond our control. Taking actions which may seem to speed things up in the short term may actually end up slowing your case down. My lawyer mentioned about filing an interfile request for the medicals without an RFE, but it can only be filed with 485 receipt notice, and No you should NOT get your medicals done and wait for an RFE. Medicals need to be submitted to USCIS in 60 days from when it is done. I do not see a scenario where USCIS will be sending you an RFE in the next 2 months. So it will just be a waste of your money if you get your medicals done now.
Last edited by vsivarama; 11-09-2020 at 11:37 AM.
Till now receipt not received for OCT filing. In that basis i have a Question regarding the Process. please answer
Receipt confirmation means
the application received acknowledgment or
the application verification/scrutiny completed and sent for subsequent process like EAD or AP
I am asking this because i got message DELIVERED Signed for by: E.EDUARDO for FedEx tracking, so I thought is this Receipt means something further process started?
Last edited by gcconnect; 11-09-2020 at 12:02 PM.
I filed my AOS and USCIS received it on Oct 12th. I got the receipt notices today from the Lawyer.
Notice Date in the receipt notices: Nov 3rd
The fedex tracking signature confirmation is not the same as a receipt notice from USCIS. after its delivered by FEdex (or other carriers), USCIS does some checks to ensure that your case is a valid case to be filed (such as checking that the underlying -i140 is current for filing) and accepted, and all basic application forms are correctly filed, and required fees have been included. If all these basic checks pass, then USCIS will send you a receipt notice (i797c), which will have the case tracking number which you can use online to track the status of your application. Normally the receipt notice is sent 2-3 weeks after the fedex delivery. However, these may not be normal times, so my guess is it could take slighly longer.
Thankyou everyone for ur inputs
I will wait for RFE for medicals or if uscis ask to submit during interview
The question of getting Medicals done without the RFEs keeps coming up so often. Maybe we need to bookmark this page and just paste the link for nay further questions.
Again , please do not send the medicals or any paper work out of turn . Plz send them only when you get an RFE (and only send what is requested for ) as sending them w/o an RFE will mostly lead to delays in processing and you will waste your money as medicals as mentioned above are only valid for 60 days .
To save time get your immunizations updated , so the only thing remaining will be the TB test that can be done once you get your RFE. Also get your Flu shots as they are mandatory when you file in the winter months .
Last edited by Moveon; 11-09-2020 at 01:51 PM.
Thank you. so the I797c received means the file is accepted and time for the subsequent steps depends on the situation.
yes...once you get the receipt notice, you have a valid adjustment of status application for which additional processing will happen. The receipt notice will also provide a case number, which can be tracked online. Good Luck !!!
For me the receipt notices were received last week for USCIS received on 22nd October, the notice date is 23rd October.
The notice date is only important for the 180 days calculation after which EAD/AP holder can change jobs without filing a new I-140.
Other than that, I don't think it really matters. For the I-485 to be processed and greencard to be priority date has to be current as FAD.
Is 180 days based on notice date? I thought it is based on Received Date. In my notice, USCIS Received Date is Oct 12th but the Notice Date is Nov 3rd.
Notice date is when they mailed the notice. The Received Date is what is relevant for the 180 day countdown.
Cool ! Thank you for the clarification. Then Notice date does not matter at all, or does it?
Even though I was current under final action date, USCIS approved my EAD last week. They have not initiated an RFE for medicals/485j
Other than reflecting the inefficiency of USCIS processing, probably not
I thought 485 is processed and keep it ready for a GC number to be available before FAD is current. Is that not the case?
Looks like you are not current yet, the rule is any PD prior to the final action date in VB is current. You are on the border and should be current in next bulletin. All the best.Even though I was current under final action date, USCIS approved my EAD last week. They have not initiated an RFE for medicals/485j
Like srisri explained above, you are not current. Your PD should be one day before the published visa bulletin date. By the time USCIS looks at your I-485, your PD will be current.Even though I was current under final action date, USCIS approved my EAD last week. They have not initiated an RFE for medicals/485j
EAD/AP and I-485 approvals are separate processes. For I-485, USCIS has to clear your fingerprinting and background check. The internal process involves multiple checks before GC is approved. Hence, GC approval takes more time. EAD/AP approval is straight-forward as they need to only make sure that your I-485 was accepted and is pending.
LPR Since 07MAY2021
It seems like till oct 22nd received receipts. Mine sent on oct 26th and delivered on 27th. Awaiting for receipt notices.
Sorry, I had wrong PD in my profile and I have fixed it now. My EB2I PD is Sep 17, 2009. Just curious - shouldn't at least RFE be triggered while approving my EAD? Do you mean to say that the department that approves EAD works off of different system than 485?
Question on predictions for eb3 and eb2 dates by end of this FY
With biden elected, CP starting in February, how much horizontal spillover india can have as most backlogged country. What can we expect based on past CP usage by phillipines and south korea?
Is there any past CP numbers to correlate the trend.
I do read this forum and have read predictions by zenzone I guess and others saying eb2 and eb3 India meeting somewhere in 2011, but that was before election.
No, that is not a true statement. Mine was submitted on Oct 20th(Arizona). I have not received any receipts yet. My friend submitted his package on the 16th(Texas) and he hasnt received anything yet either.
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