DV 2011 AOS Only
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Hello guys!
Finally my computer is allowing to post something
. congrats to Cybor annd Ruffine! thats gud news! As for me, still haven't received anything and yesterday my husband decided to seek for legal advice so we went and talked to a lawyer. He said the same thing all of u said, an infopass is important at this point... when we gave him the officer's name and everything, he said he knows him very well, and he is the type of officer who love to take their time before giving a decision. he was able to go to the field office this morning and he was told that our files were still with the officer and he still hasn' taken a decision! we are so confused and so stressed right now! then the lawyer decided to write him a letter for him to take a decision asap as it is almost the end of the fiscal year. pray for us guys!!! hope we get approved soon...
Finally my computer is allowing to post something
. congrats to Cybor annd Ruffine! thats gud news! As for me, still haven't received anything and yesterday my husband decided to seek for legal advice so we went and talked to a lawyer. He said the same thing all of u said, an infopass is important at this point... when we gave him the officer's name and everything, he said he knows him very well, and he is the type of officer who love to take their time before giving a decision. he was able to go to the field office this morning and he was told that our files were still with the officer and he still hasn' taken a decision! we are so confused and so stressed right now! then the lawyer decided to write him a letter for him to take a decision asap as it is almost the end of the fiscal year. pray for us guys!!! hope we get approved soon...Affidavit of Support
Congrats on your new GREEN Status, Cybor.
I have questions on your experiences.
>I-864 and I-134 from our friends for the whole family,
Did you get I-864 and I-134 from several friends? Did you write your own I134 for your family as well?
I asked one friend to write I134 for my family. I am wondering whether I need several supporters..
max555
Congrats on your new GREEN Status, Cybor.
I have questions on your experiences.
>I-864 and I-134 from our friends for the whole family,
Did you get I-864 and I-134 from several friends? Did you write your own I134 for your family as well?
I asked one friend to write I134 for my family. I am wondering whether I need several supporters..
max555
Yes i guess you right. we talked to a lawyer who suggested we use that as our last option... we wait one more week and see how it goes.
Hi, no the officer said, "if you have any affidavit?"
We gave him first, that was on the top. It was 864 form. It was filed for the whole family.
No any more questions followed after.
So, you need, if you want to, just one affidavit from one person. Or may be you do not need it and must have prove of your financial stability. We had no enough time at the end of fiscal year, so we decided to have as many papers as possible.
We gave him first, that was on the top. It was 864 form. It was filed for the whole family.
No any more questions followed after.
So, you need, if you want to, just one affidavit from one person. Or may be you do not need it and must have prove of your financial stability. We had no enough time at the end of fiscal year, so we decided to have as many papers as possible.
The officer will have to make a decision. I think that because of the delay....it is not a bad thing. Otherwise, they would have rejected you already.
What is the status of the KCC file in your case...Was it requested by USCIS and did they receive it?
What is the status of the KCC file in your case...Was it requested by USCIS and did they receive it?
Hello guys!
Finally my computer is allowing to post something
Are u serious??? omg.. i cant believe it...ill wait to see that card first before celebrating but thanks. No its the philadelphia office.
Thank you
Thank you
Well I hope so. so no need of visa and stamp in my passport or anything?Should I call them to ask questions and verify.. I
just cant believe it.wow
just cant believe it.wow
I have no idea
. how do i go about to verify that information? i searched for a customer service line on their website but i could not find any. Can you please help me???Yoni, Gongrat..... we are really happy for you.....
I was away from the forum for a while beause i went back homef for a vacation.....It been 10 years ......
Congrat again and best wishes for the rest.
Green cards ariived
congrat Cybor,
AS44XXX, are you ready for your interview...... we need to hear good news from your side.......good luck....it time for you to celebrate
Interview Experience
Congratulation cybor. I had a similar interview experience except that I am the only one. Officer said that there is not much problem with people going from F-1,OPT to H1B. He did ask if I were ever out of status. He said it is easier for them if applicant never left the States. I guess less thing to verify. He took the old I-94, Employment verification letter. He looked at the passport, original birth certificate; ask a few question again from I-485;verify all the info on the form and said he will approve it today. My status change to PDA 2 hours later, and changed back to Decision at the end of the day that they mailed the notification letter.
Summary for the current and future applicant.
- Looks like they assign particular officer/s for DV cases; most likely you will be interview with an officer who is familiar with DV
- Case Files has Red stick sign - SPECIAL HANDLING-DV; so they are aware that we are on timer.
- They may schedule an interview within a week(from mailing date to interview date)
- They may schedule and interview without KCC files in their hand.
- F-1, OPT /H1B applicant be at ease if you have maintain your status well.
- They like single entry applicants (never left US since first entry). Not much to verify, I guess.
- Some kind of financial backing is a must.
- Case status may not change after Bio is done. So no worry. Mine changed only after interview.
Thanks everyone on the forum and especially to those whom specifically gave advice to me.
Congratulation cybor. I had a similar interview experience except that I am the only one. Officer said that there is not much problem with people going from F-1,OPT to H1B. He did ask if I were ever out of status. He said it is easier for them if applicant never left the States. I guess less thing to verify. He took the old I-94, Employment verification letter. He looked at the passport, original birth certificate; ask a few question again from I-485;verify all the info on the form and said he will approve it today. My status change to PDA 2 hours later, and changed back to Decision at the end of the day that they mailed the notification letter.
Summary for the current and future applicant.
- Looks like they assign particular officer/s for DV cases; most likely you will be interview with an officer who is familiar with DV
- Case Files has Red stick sign - SPECIAL HANDLING-DV; so they are aware that we are on timer.
- They may schedule an interview within a week(from mailing date to interview date)
- They may schedule and interview without KCC files in their hand.
- F-1, OPT /H1B applicant be at ease if you have maintain your status well.
- They like single entry applicants (never left US since first entry). Not much to verify, I guess.
- Some kind of financial backing is a must.
- Case status may not change after Bio is done. So no worry. Mine changed only after interview.
Thanks everyone on the forum and especially to those whom specifically gave advice to me
.Yesterday we had interview in Mt Laurel, NJ.
Very nice office and very nice officers.
We were invited all together ( family with 12 yo boy)
After the promice to tell the truth we were informed, that the officer knows, that the fiscal year very close to the end, and he will try to do his best, to finish the process today. He explained us, how we shall proceed through the case.
He had in front of him 3 our cases, with the big sticked sign- SPECIAL HANDLING-DV.
(unfortunately it tooks us 5 month before we came to the interview, documents were sent to Chicago at April,13.)
We were asked first to give the passports, originals of birth certificates, marriage sertificate, all terminated marriages sertificates.
After the officer asked, if we have affidavit of support.
As, keeping in mind Yoni's words, that it is 5.55 pm,
We gave him I-864.
After officer asked, if my husband, principal applicant, working, and if he has any papers from his work.
We gave letter from the work, with his position and salary amount per year.
After the officer start asking us, one by one, questions. Names, if we have middle names, names of parents,date of last entering Usa,address in Usa, date of birth,place of birth, how many kids we have totally, including adult kids, if we had shots this year, how is our health, what kind of business do we have, if our sponsor is our relative,(we told no, it is our friends), if we were arrested,,,etc, from I-485 form.
Our son was also asked which school he is going, and which sport he is playing.
After he took all originals of the documents and went to copy them.
In the nice atmosphere, with a lot of jokes, we finished the interview. the officer took out ours I-94 out of the passports at the beggining.
He told he need to confirm the visas numbers with DOS, and we can go home, or, if we like stay, in the waiting hall, until he will finish, and ordered the cards. We told we shall wait. The officer also asked us not to move from the current address, before we shall recieve the cards, and if we will have any emergency, and need to leave Usa for the business trip, we must do infopass and ask for the special stamp in the passport.
In 20 minutes, he invited us again, told the he approved the case and ordered the cards. I checked in the USCIS website, our case was in C/DP.
(But 2 hours later, we got the SMS that our case moved back to DECISION status, and that they mailed to us approval letter.)
We thanked the officer and left the office. It tooks us about 1,5 hour, including the waiting, and 1,5year of our lifes, after we got that magic yellow envelope from KCC.Now we need to wait and stay alert few weeks more, before we shall( I hope)recieve the cards.
Good luck to all, who are still waiting for the interview.
And thanks to all forum members, who was supporting us with very usefull information.
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japaneschinlove
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Congratulation cybor. I had a similar interview experience except that I am the only one. Officer said that there is not much problem with people going from F-1,OPT to H1B. He did ask if I were ever out of status. He said it is easier for them if applicant never left the States. I guess less thing to verify. He took the old I-94, Employment verification letter. He looked at the passport, original birth certificate; ask a few question again from I-485;verify all the info on the form and said he will approve it today. My status change to PDA 2 hours later, and changed back to Decision at the end of the day that they mailed the notification letter.
Summary for the current and future applicant.
- Looks like they assign particular officer/s for DV cases; most likely you will be interview with an officer who is familiar with DV
- Case Files has Red stick sign - SPECIAL HANDLING-DV; so they are aware that we are on timer.
- They may schedule an interview within a week(from mailing date to interview date)
- They may schedule and interview without KCC files in their hand.
- F-1, OPT /H1B applicant be at ease if you have maintain your status well.
- They like single entry applicants (never left US since first entry). Not much to verify, I guess.
- Some form of Affidavit of support is a must.
- Case status may not change after Bio is done. So no worry. Mine changed only after interview.
Thanks everyone on the forum and especially to those whom specifically gave advice to me
Congratulations sounds like you will get your GC soon!! and thanks for the tips! just one question: you said H1B holders need an affidavit of support? even if you have an employment letter and make enough money?
p.s. what is your FO??
dadadada72
Registered Users (C)
Congratulation cybor. I had a similar interview experience except that I am the only one. Officer said that there is not much problem with people going from F-1,OPT to H1B. He did ask if I were ever out of status. He said it is easier for them if applicant never left the States. I guess less thing to verify. He took the old I-94, Employment verification letter. He looked at the passport, original birth certificate; ask a few question again from I-485;verify all the info on the form and said he will approve it today. My status change to PDA 2 hours later, and changed back to Decision at the end of the day that they mailed the notification letter.
Summary for the current and future applicant.
- Looks like they assign particular officer/s for DV cases; most likely you will be interview with an officer who is familiar with DV
- Case Files has Red stick sign - SPECIAL HANDLING-DV; so they are aware that we are on timer.
- They may schedule an interview within a week(from mailing date to interview date)
- They may schedule and interview without KCC files in their hand.
- F-1, OPT /H1B applicant be at ease if you have maintain your status well.
- They like single entry applicants (never left US since first entry). Not much to verify, I guess.
- Some form of Affidavit of support is a must.
- Case status may not change after Bio is done. So no worry. Mine changed only after interview.
Thanks everyone on the forum and especially to those whom specifically gave advice to me
good job congratulation.....................
Sorry, wrong choice of words, I updated the post. Thanks.
I mean some kind of financial backing. In my case, Employment letter with salary info worked for me. Not even tax return.
HOU
I mean some kind of financial backing. In my case, Employment letter with salary info worked for me. Not even tax return.
HOU
Sorry for all the questions i am asking but the thing is that unlike most if not all of u, we've hired an immigration specialist who took care of filling up all our applications and "paid" our fees. I got a call today from an immigration officer saying we did not pay the DV fee, that is why we did not get our cards yet. I am so disappointed and discouraged right now. Apparently we have been deceived and been ripped off. all the same we have decided to make another payment ourselves directly to the department of state with the hope that they will process it as fast as they can. my fear now is time...will they automatically notify USCIS about our payment or what is going to happen?
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that.
Couple of years ago, I heard the same story about a lady that advertised herself as an immigration lawyer (she didn't even passed the state Bar). she collected huge fees for promises to get people green cards and work permits. In addition, she was asking the USCIS fees to be paid to her together with her fees. As such, one would oay her $10,000 for example to get a green card. I'm not sure if all or some of the applications were legit applications, but the problem with her was that she kept the money that should have went to USCIS. In some cases she sent bad checks to USCIS that got returned and the customers were sued by collection agencies behalf of USCIS... At the end she was caught and sent to jail...
You should take your lawyer to court and sue him/her. The state would revoke their license.
Basically, since department of state didn't get paid the DV fee, they didn't release your KCC file to USCIS. And as such, they would not approve your case...
I think that if you paid them now, they should be able to send your KCC files overnight. No joke. So you should still be fine.
Good luck.
Couple of years ago, I heard the same story about a lady that advertised herself as an immigration lawyer (she didn't even passed the state Bar). she collected huge fees for promises to get people green cards and work permits. In addition, she was asking the USCIS fees to be paid to her together with her fees. As such, one would oay her $10,000 for example to get a green card. I'm not sure if all or some of the applications were legit applications, but the problem with her was that she kept the money that should have went to USCIS. In some cases she sent bad checks to USCIS that got returned and the customers were sued by collection agencies behalf of USCIS... At the end she was caught and sent to jail...
You should take your lawyer to court and sue him/her. The state would revoke their license.
Basically, since department of state didn't get paid the DV fee, they didn't release your KCC file to USCIS. And as such, they would not approve your case...
I think that if you paid them now, they should be able to send your KCC files overnight. No joke. So you should still be fine.
Good luck.
Sorry for all the questions i am asking but the thing is that unlike most if not all of u, we've hired an immigration specialist who took care of filling up all our applications and "paid" our fees. I got a call today from an immigration officer saying we did not pay the DV fee, that is why we did not get our cards yet. I am so disappointed and discouraged right now. Apparently we have been deceived and been ripped off. all the same we have decided to make another payment ourselves directly to the department of state with the hope that they will process it as fast as they can. my fear now is time...will they automatically notify USCIS about our payment or what is going to happen?