DORA Dallas Office Rapid Adjustment

pianoplayer · Jun 30, 2006

Hi everyone,

My wife and I have recently applied through the DORA rapid adjustment program in Dallas and would like to hear from others who have applied through this program, especially recently, share experiences, timelines, fingerprinting etc.

Timeline

Filing and AOS Interview(DORA) - 06/20/2006
ND I130 from NBC(Missouri) - 06/26/2006
ND I485 from NBC(Missouri) - 06/26/2006
Received I130 receipt notice in mail - 06/29/2006
Received I485 receipt notice in mail - 06/29/2006
Waiting for fingerprint notice

The I485 receipt says that USCIS will schedule a biometrics appointment for you and a letter will come in the mail. I have seen on here that some people have just done walk-ins at the ASC(application support centers). Anyone have any ideas on that? Is that allowed and does it speed the process up? Or is it better to just wait for the appointment letter. It would be nice to get it done, but I dont want to do anything that could negatively impact the application.

Thanks so much

anti-climacus · Jun 30, 2006

pianoplayer · Jul 3, 2006

Thanks - these are very helpful. If any people recently filed and in the process, please write. Let's keep this thread going.

IrishBailey · Jul 5, 2006

First of all, congratulations!!!

My husband and I were interviewed the same day, 6/20/2006. However, I have not received anything yet. I have my I-130 approved 2 years ago, and this time I only filed for I-485.

Pianoplayer, did you get the fee receipt in mail? and btw, what is ND I-485 from NBC?

Many thanks!!!

IrishBailey

pianoplayer said:
Hi everyone,

My wife and I have recently applied through the DORA rapid adjustment program in Dallas and would like to hear from others who have applied through this program, especially recently, share experiences, timelines, fingerprinting etc.

Timeline

Filing and AOS Interview(DORA) - 06/20/2006
ND I130 from NBC(Missouri) - 06/26/2006
ND I485 from NBC(Missouri) - 06/26/2006
Received I130 receipt notice in mail - 06/29/2006
Received I485 receipt notice in mail - 06/29/2006
Waiting for fingerprint notice

The I485 receipt says that USCIS will schedule a biometrics appointment for you and a letter will come in the mail. I have seen on here that some people have just done walk-ins at the ASC(application support centers). Anyone have any ideas on that? Is that allowed and does it speed the process up? Or is it better to just wait for the appointment letter. It would be nice to get it done, but I dont want to do anything that could negatively impact the application.

Thanks so much

pianoplayer · Jul 5, 2006

IrishBailey said:
First of all, congratulations!!!

My husband and I were interviewed the same day, 6/20/2006. However, I have not received anything yet. I have my I-130 approved 2 years ago, and this time I only filed for I-485.

Pianoplayer, did you get the fee receipt in mail? and btw, what is ND I-485 from NBC?

Many thanks!!!

IrishBailey

Hi, good to hear from you

We filed both the I130 and I485 concurrently and yes I got the receipt in the mail - one for each, the I130 and the I485. They came in separate envelopes, but the same day. You should receive I guess only one - the I485 receipt. Let me know when you get yours.

The ND - Notice Date is the date on the notice - the date they printed and sent it - it is on the receipt notice, and is different obviously from the date I actually received it in the mail, therefore I gave both.

My I485 receipt said that USCIS will schedule my biometrics/fingerprinting appointment, so now I am just waiting for that - wanting to get the process moving he he.

Let me know when you get anything. Also, when was your interview on the 20th? How cool we both interviewed the same day - good luck!

IrishBailey · Jul 5, 2006

Thanks a lot.

We arrived there around 6:45, and were called to interview 8:30. I will post more information if there is any progress with my case.

good luck to both of us.

pianoplayer said:
Hi, good to hear from you

We filed both the I130 and I485 concurrently and yes I got the receipt in the mail - one for each, the I130 and the I485. They came in separate envelopes, but the same day. You should receive I guess only one - the I485 receipt. Let me know when you get yours.

The ND - Notice Date is the date on the notice - the date they printed and sent it - it is on the receipt notice, and is different obviously from the date I actually received it in the mail, therefore I gave both.

My I485 receipt said that USCIS will schedule my biometrics/fingerprinting appointment, so now I am just waiting for that - wanting to get the process moving he he.

Let me know when you get anything. Also, when was your interview on the 20th? How cool we both interviewed the same day - good luck!

pianoplayer · Jul 6, 2006

Thanks, will do the same. Anybody else feel free to contribute also.

pianoplayer · Jul 11, 2006

Hi Irish Bailey,

Have you received anything yet? I saw a LUD(Latest Update) on mine 07/03, but still no fingerprint letter yet today. I was so hoping I'd get it before I am going out of town for a week. I leave on Friday, so fingers crossed I may still get it tomorrow or Thursday. I want to know if I have an appointment during next week, if so, I will stay, but if not, I don't want to miss out on the trip.

Aggghhhh

IrishBailey · Jul 12, 2006

Hi,

i have not got the fingerprint notice either. where did you check your LUD? from www.uscis.gov? i did not see any update.

btw, my I-485 receipt was received 7/6, although the notice date was 6/26, the same as urs.

let's be patient.

IrishBailey

pianoplayer · Jul 12, 2006

Hi

Yeah, you can track your status from the website - sign up for an account and it will e-mail you updates(but note that they dont always e-mail you for every update, so you can just manually check it on the website also at Find the Status of my case).

Glad to hear you got the receipt. I wonder why yours took so long to arrive? Was the postal mark also 6/26(mine was) or was it mailed later? Just curious. Let me know when your FP letter arrives. I know we have to be patient, but you know how the mind is.

Keep well
Pianoplayer

eddie_d · Jul 12, 2006

Must Live In Dallas District?

Anyone know if you have to live in the District to do this? I'd fly out there a few times if need be if I could get everything done that fast. I'm assuming the answer is you have to live there, but thought I'd ask.

pianoplayer · Jul 12, 2006

Eddie

You do need to live in the Dallas district. You dont have to live in Dallas, the city, but you have to live in one of the counties falling under the Dallas district. You can figure out if you qualify by going to Infopass, putting in your zip code and see if the DORA program appointment comes up as an option for a type of appointment you can schedule on the screen. If yes, then you can apply through DORA.

IrishBailey · Jul 12, 2006

thanks a lot, after i registered with uscis, i noticed they also updated my case on 7/3/06.

the I-485 receipt has a postmark of 6/26/06, but i may never know why it took so long to reach me.

pianoplayer said:
Hi

Yeah, you can track your status from the website - sign up for an account and it will e-mail you updates(but note that they dont always e-mail you for every update, so you can just manually check it on the website also at Find the Status of my case).

Glad to hear you got the receipt. I wonder why yours took so long to arrive? Was the postal mark also 6/26(mine was) or was it mailed later? Just curious. Let me know when your FP letter arrives. I know we have to be patient, but you know how the mind is.

Keep well
Pianoplayer

IrishBailey · Jul 12, 2006

eddie, are you living in texas? i have heard a couple from houston submitted their case at DORA. at least, both the petitioner and the beneficiary need to present their TEXAS ID.

during my interview, the officer told us that two more pilot programs will be set up. one is in el paso, the other is columbus, OH, not very sure though.

eddie_d said:
Anyone know if you have to live in the District to do this? I'd fly out there a few times if need be if I could get everything done that fast. I'm assuming the answer is you have to live there, but thought I'd ask.

eddie_d · Jul 13, 2006

IrishBailey said:
eddie, are you living in texas? i have heard a couple from houston submitted their case at DORA. at least, both the petitioner and the beneficiary need to present their TEXAS ID.

during my interview, the officer told us that two more pilot programs will be set up. one is in el paso, the other is columbus, OH, not very sure though.

I don't live in Texas, but I could rent an apartment in Dallas for 3-4 months I suppose. Why not, $500 a month should do it I think, $2K would be worth it.

Any rules on length of residency prior to filing? I work for a company based in Dallas and my parents live in Austin so I do have a bona fide connection to Texas.

pianoplayer · Jul 13, 2006

Sounds like a good idea if that is what you want to do. I dont believe there is a time specific residency requirement, such as 3 months for citizenship. However, I know that they checked our driver's licenses to make sure that we live in the district. You may have to get a Texas DL for a while. But that takes about 2 weeks to get in the mail once you applied.

pianoplayer · Jul 13, 2006

IrishBailey said:
thanks a lot, after i registered with uscis, i noticed they also updated my case on 7/3/06.

the I-485 receipt has a postmark of 6/26/06, but i may never know why it took so long to reach me.

How strange! So that seems like it was the post office that caused the delay.
Also interesting that our cases were updated on the same day. At least you know they're working on it. I wonder what they did on 7/3. Of course, you can analyze all day long and not be any further!!

pianoplayer · Jul 13, 2006

Well, no fingerprint letter yet today(7/13). Tomorrow I am leaving for a 10 day vacation out of town, so I hope the FP appointment is not during this time. However, there is nothing I can do about it, so if it is, I will just have to deal with it when I get back. This is also a little vacation from immigration!

Best of luck to everyone - will be back on 7/24.

IrishBailey · Jul 13, 2006

oh have a nice vacation. i am going to leave town around early august, and certainly i dont' want to get the letter or do the fingerprint at that time

pianoplayer said:
Well, no fingerprint letter yet today(7/13). Tomorrow I am leaving for a 10 day vacation out of town, so I hope the FP appointment is not during this time. However, there is nothing I can do about it, so if it is, I will just have to deal with it when I get back. This is also a little vacation from immigration!

Best of luck to everyone - will be back on 7/24.

IrishBailey · Jul 13, 2006

they are going to send everything to that address, right? your receipt, fingerprint notice, approval, etc, it seems you need to rent a long-term apartment, hehe.

eddie_d said:
I don't live in Texas, but I could rent an apartment in Dallas for 3-4 months I suppose. Why not, $500 a month should do it I think, $2K would be worth it. Any rules on length of residency prior to filing? I work for a company based in Dallas and my parents live in Austin so I do have a bona fide connection to Texas.

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