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DV 2011 AOS Only

Congrats!! Took me a while to realize FREEDOM11 = YONI123 and you're a male!
This thing is drawing to a close... We should all update our profiles with a pic... Would love to put a face to the profile name ;)
 
Yoni123- we are so happy for you! I know how important is for someone under 245i is to get the GC. My family wish you all the best for now on! I can't believe DV2011 is almost coming to an end! We need to have a class reunion 5 year from now for our Citzenship application !! :) All the best for those who are still getting the GC in these last few weeks too!!
 
Thank you so much ssj1.
(I forgot to mention you on my thank you list...)
It has been quite a journey.


Congrats!! Took me a while to realize FREEDOM11 = YONI123 and you're a male!
This thing is drawing to a close... We should all update our profiles with a pic... Would love to put a face to the profile name ;)
 
please Help

I am still waiting for a decision. First congratulations to Eternalhope and to all who have received their card and good luck to those (including me) waiting for a decision.I had my interview on 07-19-11. And on 08-09, my file was requested and sent by KCC to my FO. On 08-23, I went to my second infopass and was told to wait. An officer told me that I was good so far and that they have requested my latest file. what file do you think it could be? It could not be my KCC file because they had it. I was told also I cleared namecheck. I have an infopass next week on 09-13. I am so worried, nervous and desperate because of sep 30 (only 20 days left). what could be the reason of this delay? I remember you that my IO told me he had started the process of my case started on my interview day. I am F1 student and I have never been out of status. What do you suggest me to do or say in the infopass? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Salomon,
Did you ever file before for permanent status? Do you have any pending or denied applications?
Maybe they are looking for such a file for you as they cannot adjudicate your case without getting ALL your previous files.
What is your FO? maybe you are dealing with a very novice IO that doesn't know how to process such a case...
You might consider contacting the Ombudsman office with urgent request for help....


I am still waiting for a decision. First congratulations to Eternalhope and to all who have received their card and good luck to those (including me) waiting for a decision.I had my interview on 07-19-11. And on 08-09, my file was requested and sent by KCC to my FO. On 08-23, I went to my second infopass and was told to wait. An officer told me that I was good so far and that they have requested my latest file. what file do you think it could be? It could not be my KCC file because they had it. I was told also I cleared namecheck. I have an infopass next week on 09-13. I am so worried, nervous and desperate because of sep 30 (only 20 days left). what could be the reason of this delay? I remember you that my IO told me he had started the process of my case started on my interview day. I am F1 student and I have never been out of status. What do you suggest me to do or say in the infopass? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Thanks a lot Freedom 11
I had never filed for permanent resident before. 2 years ago I filed for employment authorization but I withdrew it and I was not denied. I was not even given an alien number.
 
UPDATE
my status moved to card production. My interview went pretty fast, but I waited for a long time since i got there pretty early.
field office: san Antonio, officer: Richard (too serious) :D
First the oath, then checked the visa bulletin and looked at my file. After that he entered my information (name, dob, Alien number and case#) to see if a visa was available which i was sure it will come up, then he asked me yes/no question and some other question on the i-485. Then he went to make copies of my employment authorization card and SS card, he came back and asked me to step outside in order to check my background, he said if everything is good, I will approve your case came outside after 8min (exactly) of stress :D and told me that he approved it and then stamped my passeport took the EAD and walked me downstairs.
He didn't ask any other documents (maybe because I submitted originals when I sent my package).

Good luck to the rest, hope everybody gets it before the 30th.

I would like to thank everyone for the support, without this forum i would have been lost. You become an expert when you read it :p
 
Hello everyone!
I'm new in this forum and would like to share my worries with you, even though i know it's almost the end of the dv lottery 2011. Well, i am an f1 student, 2011 winner as all of u with the case EU28xxxx then decided to apply here in the US with my husband. My number was current in June and we had our biometrics done on August 9th (walk in). Strangely enough on August 22nd, i received a call from an immigration officer asking me when i could come in with my husband for an interview! we decided to go for the following day. we went in and quite frankly the interview went on very well, and he took our i-94 and told us he was going to order our visas and we were going to receive the decision in about 30days in the mail. he also gave us many advice concerning what we were allowed to do when we become permanent residents and what we won't be able to do. so we left very happy, but as i speak to you now, we still haven't receive any letter, and our case status on the website still reads "INITIAL REVIEW". What do you think the problem might be? I am really getting scared.

thank you
 
You must make an infopass appointment urgently in your field office and ask them what is going on, and why you did not get any information yet.
In the meantime make a phonecall to KCC and ask them, if your case was sent to USCIS.

Hello everyone!
I'm new in this forum and would like to share my worries with you, even though i know it's almost the end of the dv lottery 2011. Well, i am an f1 student, 2011 winner as all of u with the case EU28xxxx then decided to apply here in the US with my husband. My number was current in June and we had our biometrics done on August 9th (walk in). Strangely enough on August 22nd, i received a call from an immigration officer asking me when i could come in with my husband for an interview! we decided to go for the following day. we went in and quite frankly the interview went on very well, and he took our i-94 and told us he was going to order our visas and we were going to receive the decision in about 30days in the mail. he also gave us many advice concerning what we were allowed to do when we become permanent residents and what we won't be able to do. so we left very happy, but as i speak to you now, we still haven't receive any letter, and our case status on the website still reads "INITIAL REVIEW". What do you think the problem might be? I am really getting scared.

thank you
 
Yeah,
I agree with Cybor. Do an Infopass. However, I think you are in good shape and probably the reason you didn't get CPO yet is that your KCC file was not requested prior to your interview...
You remind me somewhat my case, where USCIS was sitting on my file for couple of months and sudently decided to do something. In my case it was a walk in interview, in your case interview invitation by phone which is not common.
I think they figured out that the end of year is coming, and if they had sent you invitation letter you would probably not make it...
When did you send the aos package? add your details to your signature and add you info to the spreadsheet....

h_t_t_p_s_://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?authkey=CKu6h5UN&key=0AqkGkUb-_3uxdE5oQjJDVlpvcTF1NDJaZWR0aTBQTHc&hl=en&authkey=CKu6h5UN#gid=0


Hello everyone!
I'm new in this forum and would like to share my worries with you, even though i know it's almost the end of the dv lottery 2011. Well, i am an f1 student, 2011 winner as all of u with the case EU28xxxx then decided to apply here in the US with my husband. My number was current in June and we had our biometrics done on August 9th (walk in). Strangely enough on August 22nd, i received a call from an immigration officer asking me when i could come in with my husband for an interview! we decided to go for the following day. we went in and quite frankly the interview went on very well, and he took our i-94 and told us he was going to order our visas and we were going to receive the decision in about 30days in the mail. he also gave us many advice concerning what we were allowed to do when we become permanent residents and what we won't be able to do. so we left very happy, but as i speak to you now, we still haven't receive any letter, and our case status on the website still reads "INITIAL REVIEW". What do you think the problem might be? I am really getting scared.

thank you
 
Thank you all for your quick reply, i appreciate it. Freedom11, i cannot access the spreadsheet for some reason so what do you suggest? To answer to your question, i have to let you know that we did not fill up our applications ourselves. we hired an immigration specialist who took care of everything and sent our applications around June 20th.
Thank you Cybor for your advice, i will do just that as early as tomorrow morning. By the way, where can i find their phone number? I still have the immigration officer's phone number and i was thinking of calling him directly, but i got scared that he might find that annoying.
 
I don't think you can do this by phone, there is no direct phone numbers to the FO.
You must make infopass online at uscis website.
Thank you all for your quick reply, i appreciate it. Freedom11, i cannot access the spreadsheet for some reason so what do you suggest? To answer to your question, i have to let you know that we did not fill up our applications ourselves. we hired an immigration specialist who took care of everything and sent our applications around June 20th.
Thank you Cybor for your advice, i will do just that as early as tomorrow morning. By the way, where can i find their phone number? I still have the immigration officer's phone number and i was thinking of calling him directly, but i got scared that he might find that annoying.
 
From what you stated, you are in good shape. Mine still showing on initial review and I didn’t have my interview yet. You may get some update end of this week or sometime next week.
Infopass may take you like 1 to 2 week depending on field office. If it is really bothering you, you can give a call to USCIS customer service and check on status and see if they might have different info. Explain the situation. You can ask them if there is a way to expedite the process. You might got lucky.


Hello everyone!
I'm new in this forum and would like to share my worries with you, even though i know it's almost the end of the dv lottery 2011. Well, i am an f1 student, 2011 winner as all of u with the case EU28xxxx then decided to apply here in the US with my husband. My number was current in June and we had our biometrics done on August 9th (walk in). Strangely enough on August 22nd, i received a call from an immigration officer asking me when i could come in with my husband for an interview! we decided to go for the following day. we went in and quite frankly the interview went on very well, and he took our i-94 and told us he was going to order our visas and we were going to receive the decision in about 30days in the mail. he also gave us many advice concerning what we were allowed to do when we become permanent residents and what we won't be able to do. so we left very happy, but as i speak to you now, we still haven't receive any letter, and our case status on the website still reads "INITIAL REVIEW". What do you think the problem might be? I am really getting scared.

thank you
 
Thank you all for your quick reply, i appreciate it. Freedom11, i cannot access the spreadsheet for some reason so what do you suggest? To answer to your question, i have to let you know that we did not fill up our applications ourselves. we hired an immigration specialist who took care of everything and sent our applications around June 20th.
Thank you Cybor for your advice, i will do just that as early as tomorrow morning. By the way, where can i find their phone number? I still have the immigration officer's phone number and i was thinking of calling him directly, but i got scared that he might find that annoying.

The immigration officer gave you his phone number? If so I would absolutely call him! even if he finds it annoying it's your life on the line. according to USCIS procedure and policy they are supposed to do everything in their power to quickly adjudicate DV cases so he shouldn't get annoyed if you call him.
 
So I have not been interviewed yet but my case status went from initial review to card/document production. wat does that mean?
 
Congrats,
You just got approved, you will not get an interview...
You will get a GC...
Are you also in Detroit field office?


So I have not been interviewed yet but my case status went from initial review to card/document production. wat does that mean?
 
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