Recent content by samc_1988

Congrats!! Likewise, my green card photo is probably the worst photo I think i've ever had taken (thought they would be using the photos I attached with my I-485 so I didn't pay much attention to how I looked when I went for my biometrics either...), but I feel like there are worse things :D

Hi Mom, I had registered for both text and email notifications in the online case status system (https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do), and received direct notifications for the two updates that are shown for me on my online case status - the fingerprint fee received update, and the...

Hi mom, sorry for the slightly late reply to your post. As per the last piece of advice you gave me (which you were absolutely right about, of course), I've been taking some "time off" from obsessing about the green card, since I was definitely getting excessively worried about things for no...

Grats guys :) really happy both of your cases completed successfully as well! Funnily enough, even though my case file got sent over about a week earlier, I'm still waiting for the CPO update on my case. As I did already get my welcome letter (dated on the 20th of last month) i'm not too...

Thank you mom. I called USCIS and asked to speak to a L2 officer. After just over an hour on hold, I finally got a chance to speak to one and was told I need to wait 60 days before the green card will be sent. She confirmed that my case update only had "welcome notice has been set" on it but...

@Sm1smom I was looking through the DV AOS timelines for both 2014 and 2015, and noticed that every single entry has a CPO date before the welcome letter date. I had my USCIS status change to "welcome notice mailed" on the 20th, and received the physical letter in the mail 3 days later...

Nice :). My case file got sent just last week, and I had no issues with my FO (Newark, the same as yours) approving my case immediately on receiving the file so I imagine it will be the same for you as well. My USCIS online status changed to approved one day after KCC sent my file to Newark...

@bpd did your IO say visas specifically, or was he talking about your case file being sent from KCC? I sat my interview in late July and while my IO said he was ready to approve my case, he told me that he couldn't do anything until KCC sends them my case file and "hopefully visas don't run out...

To be safe IMO I think you really need your sponsors W-2, 1040, and a copy of their American passport or green card. Bank statements alone is kinda risky as usually they want to see proof of your sponsor's continual income. When I went for my interview (I was also on F-1, so in a similar...

Hi everyone, Today my USCIS account changed to: Welcome Notice Was Mailed On August 20, 2015, we registered your permanent resident status and mailed you a Welcome Notice for Receipt Number MSCXXXXXXX. Please follow the instructions in the notice. Your new permanent resident card should arrive...

Did your doctor say he would fill out your I-693 on the spot for you on Monday? For me, I had to go in once (for physical, shots and TB skin test), again a few days later to get the results of my TB skin test back, then again several days after that to pick up the signed and sealed I-693 that...

I asked specifically how long it would take my FO to receive my case file and was told it would be sent through e-mail and should be instant. I know in previous AOS threads people have mentioned that the case file is usually sent by regular mail. Perhaps they changed it to all digital this...

Hi everyone, Good news! I called KCC today and they said my case file will finally be sent to my FO tomorrow - this would be exactly one day shy of 6 weeks since my FO requested it. I have an infopass scheduled for next week but hopefully things will be resolved before then and there aren't any...

Five weeks now since my FO requested my case from KCC and still waiting on them to send it. Wish there was something I could do to move things along, as calling them once or twice a week seems very ineffective (although I know many people in this thread have waited for much longer!) I wonder...

It's a shame that some people don't want to share their information in the spreadsheet. Without people contributing their own experiences, it feels like our understanding of the DV AOS process would be much more uncertain, and doing AOS would not be as straight forward as it is now. As someone...