GarethMc

I've been waiting for AOS for more than three years, with most of the
delay apparently due to the FBI checks (or getting the results thereof
associated with my file...).

Last week, out of the blue, I received a letter asking me to go to my
local USCIS support center for biometrics (although I went not long ago
to update fingerprints, etc.). The letter indicated that it was related
to my pending I-485 (I don't have any other applications pending right
now, in any case), and included a receipt number.

When I typed in that number on the case status website, just for fun, it
came back as the receipt associated with the original I-129F filed by my
(now) wife in 2003. I have another receipt number - that has been hand-
written by USCIS officers on various documents such as the letters
enabling me to update my full fingerprints every 15 months - that links
online to my pending I-181 and which I also check periodically; nothing
new there.

Is this a normal situation? I was quite surprised to have anything link
back to the I-129F. And does anyone have an idea whether the letter I
received last week, and which I'll be following up on next weekend as
scheduled, is an indication that things may finally be moving to a
conclusion? That letter is the first thing I've received in the mail re
the I-485 itself (as opposed to, say, EAD or AP renewals) since we
filed my application in person at the service center (Boston) and did
not receive a receipt number, as was standard practice in 2003. I've
called in on quite a few occasions over the past three years just to
make sure nothing has gone astray (at least I know they have the right
address on file!!).

Gareth

Noorah101

> I've been waiting for AOS for more than three years, with most of the
> delay apparently due to the FBI checks (or getting the results thereof
> associated with my file...).
>
> Last week, out of the blue, I received a letter asking me to go to my
> local USCIS support center for biometrics (although I went not long
> ago to update fingerprints, etc.). The letter indicated that it was
> related to my pending I-485 (I don't have any other applications
> pending right now, in any case), and included a receipt number.
>
> When I typed in that number on the case status website, just for fun,
> it came back as the receipt associated with the original I-129F filed
> by my (now) wife in 2003. I have another receipt number - that has
> been hand-written by USCIS officers on various documents such as the
> letters enabling me to update my full fingerprints every 15 months -
> that links online to my pending I-181 and which I also check
> periodically; nothing new there.
>
> Is this a normal situation? I was quite surprised to have anything
> link back to the I-129F. And does anyone have an idea whether the
> letter I received last week, and which I'll be following up on next
> weekend as scheduled, is an indication that things may finally be
> moving to a conclusion? That letter is the first thing I've received
> in the mail re the I-485 itself (as opposed to, say, EAD or AP
> renewals) since we filed my application in person at the service
> center (Boston) and did not receive a receipt number, as was standard
> practice in 2003. I've called in on quite a few occasions over the
> past three years just to make sure nothing has gone astray (at least I
> know they have the right address on file!!).
>
> Gareth

Hi Gareth,

When did you have your last full set (all 10 digits) of fingerprints
done? They expire every 15 months...perhaps that's what this is?

Rene

GarethMc

> Hi Gareth,
>
> When did you have your last full set (all 10 digits) of fingerprints
> done? They expire every 15 months...perhaps that's what this is?
>
> Rene

Rene, that's what I would have thought in other circumstances, too, but
I had a full 10-print, photo and signature session about six weeks ago.
Plus, on neither of the two previous occasions did they send me a
letter: in both cases, that came to light when I was in there making a
case status inquiry and they said, "oh, your fingerprints have expired,
when do want an appointment?!"

Gareth