Hi everyone,
2019EU26XXX here. I attended my interview this morning and just saw that my card has been ordered. Thank you so much to @Sm1smom, @Britsimon, and everyone else here on this forum for having provided the wealth of knowledge and information necessary to navigate the process – I am not sure if I would have been able to do it alone.
Overall, I am surprised at how quickly the entire process took for me. My package arrived at the USCIS Lockbox on May 4, and only a month and a half later, here I am receiving word that my card is being produced.
I pretty much followed the spreadsheet to the letter. I submitted the DS-260 in March, and started working on the rest of the application in April upon seeing that I was to be current in June. I didn't have my original birth certificate at the time, and so I had to obtain that from the original issuing authority (I was born in Germany, but am a citizen of a country that is not eligible for the lottery). Other than that, I had all of the other required documents on hand. I did not submit an affidavit of support with my application (Form I-134).
The interview itself was really smooth. I was paired specifically with an officer who had had previous experience doing DV cases. The interview took roughly 15 minutes from when I entered her office to when I left. She only needed to see my current passport and proof that I had paid the $330 fee to the Department of State. After that, we went through my I-485 together, and she added an international trip that I had taken after the original submission (I was on an H-1B and so there was no risk of abandoning my application). Didn't get a letter or anything when the interview concluded, but she said that I would see a case update by the end of the day (and I did – the online status updated to card production by late afternoon).
Good luck to everyone else who is still working on their applications! I'd be happy to answer any questions about my particular case. I have also updated the timeline spreadsheet with my dates.
2019EU26XXX here. I attended my interview this morning and just saw that my card has been ordered. Thank you so much to @Sm1smom, @Britsimon, and everyone else here on this forum for having provided the wealth of knowledge and information necessary to navigate the process – I am not sure if I would have been able to do it alone.
Overall, I am surprised at how quickly the entire process took for me. My package arrived at the USCIS Lockbox on May 4, and only a month and a half later, here I am receiving word that my card is being produced.
I pretty much followed the spreadsheet to the letter. I submitted the DS-260 in March, and started working on the rest of the application in April upon seeing that I was to be current in June. I didn't have my original birth certificate at the time, and so I had to obtain that from the original issuing authority (I was born in Germany, but am a citizen of a country that is not eligible for the lottery). Other than that, I had all of the other required documents on hand. I did not submit an affidavit of support with my application (Form I-134).
The interview itself was really smooth. I was paired specifically with an officer who had had previous experience doing DV cases. The interview took roughly 15 minutes from when I entered her office to when I left. She only needed to see my current passport and proof that I had paid the $330 fee to the Department of State. After that, we went through my I-485 together, and she added an international trip that I had taken after the original submission (I was on an H-1B and so there was no risk of abandoning my application). Didn't get a letter or anything when the interview concluded, but she said that I would see a case update by the end of the day (and I did – the online status updated to card production by late afternoon).
Good luck to everyone else who is still working on their applications! I'd be happy to answer any questions about my particular case. I have also updated the timeline spreadsheet with my dates.
