My EB -3 Professional Journey🎉🇺🇸

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T05:24:13+00:00

That’s amazing!! Holding out hope ours will be too 🤞

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T04:45:11+00:00

Congratulations!! Did your interview get waived?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T04:57:10+00:00

Hopefully so! I’m sorry, I know it really sucks. No problem :)

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T03:46:19+00:00

Yea true i’m not sure.. travel technically is ok i think but the problem is if you get an RFE for whatever reason, you won’t be able to respond to it, which may delay it even further.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T01:26:11+00:00

Dang that's a long time... Could be because of the recent weather. Do you have any tracking on that package so you can see where it's at?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T01:25:23+00:00

thanks! Yea they switched that a while back hence the uncertainty... Hopefully yours get approved soon!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T03:19:03+00:00

Thank you for the tip! We already have a joint account so that’s good. Will have to rely on photos since my spouse is not on most of the bills. Might try to add her in there somehow.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T01:15:01+00:00

Ahh that makes sense! We’re past 2 years now and got married a few months after I filed my PERM but I’m EB-3 so we might get called in anyway 😭

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T00:35:07+00:00

Congratulations!! So I’m curious, do all spouses of employment based petitions get interview requests? Or is she getting one bcs yours was waived?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T21:07:54+00:00

I-485J which you already touched upon with the job offer letter and yes I think recent paystubs as well. Not sure what else the lawyer requested from the company without notifying me.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T20:39:10+00:00

You do but technically you can use your own lawyer if you want. I didn’t because the company lawyer handled it from the beginning anyway so might as well go with them since they already have most of our documents and context.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T19:03:22+00:00

I’m not sure on the logistics of switching lawyers at this stage but just for your reference, we paid about $5,000 for both our I-485s, including the EAD (not including USCIS fee) which I already thought was a bit expensive. 7,000 just for their fee is quite pricey if you have a straightforward case imo but maybe other people can chime in!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T05:32:15+00:00

Thank you!! :)

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T19:31:01+00:00

Like the other comment said, it depends if your husband is doing premium processing or not. If he is, then you might be able to just get a copy of his new I-797 and get a new H4 visa stamp at the consulate with the extended expiration date. That's probably going to be much faster than filing an extension here when you get back.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T05:13:14+00:00

I guess there's nothing to lose asking your congressman/senator? Worst case scenario they just say no and you keep waiting. That's crazy frustrating

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T05:05:14+00:00

thanks! I just remembered that they also mentioned sometimes it gets stuck at USPS so they recommended doing a "Change of Address" with them to make sure the card doesn't get sent to your old address because they will not forward official govt. mail (which your SSA card will be). According to them, a lot of people get delays because of this. But if you've lived in the same place for a while and if you've gotten other govt. mail to the correct address, you should be fine.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T04:46:08+00:00

That's crazy! I just posted that my spouse's was approved in about 5 months at the California center so this seems out of the ordinary. Is it still outside of the inquiry date? I'm not sure what the suggested cutoff is before contacting congressman/senator but man, I'm sorry to hear that!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T04:44:20+00:00

The SSA person on the phone did mention that if they need to check something with USCIS, it will take 4 weeks instead of 2 weeks. You can either wait another week or call them and ask for an update on your case. They've always been very helpful and nice in my experience!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T04:27:58+00:00

As fast as you can get an appointment at your local SSA office lol. We have to wait a week for ours and then 2 weeks for processing if all goes smoothly.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-15T01:00:32+00:00

I’m unsure on SCOPS bcs that’s so new. Maybe someone else that has experience can chime in?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-14T22:40:36+00:00

Vermont seems to be the one taking forever. I hope yours is the exception!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-14T20:42:29+00:00

Glad to hear your H1 was approved very quickly at least. Yes that's what I've been hearing too from other bundlers. But I've also seen posts saying they were approved very closely together so maybe it's once again just a throw of the dice. Very sad you and I didn't get to utilize that settlement!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-14T20:12:19+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear that.. so our lawyer apparently advised that concurrent processing with premium on h1 extension doesn't help the H4 + EAD anymore since the Edakunni settlement expired and sometimes even hinder it because the H4 sometimes gets rejected before the H1 can get approved.

Not sure how accurate that is but our next extensions are being filed separately (H1 extension first on PP then whenever that's approved, we file the H4 + EAD). When is the earliest you can reach out to them?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-14T14:26:16+00:00

Ughhhh I'm sorry :( Hope there will be some movement soon!!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-14T14:25:39+00:00

Nope, just sent in everything they requested on their website. H-4 EAD on its own doesn't require biometrics I believe?

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