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I didn't realize you had a tracking number - does the USPS tracker says letter was delivered? That would have me worried for sure. I'd say keep pushing people in USCIS, and hopefully an email (and a card!) soon come through for you.

My final update in the USCIS status website was Did you get that? If you have a tracking number, you can check with USPS (online or via phone) to see whether the order was delivered/returned/etc. If not, maybe ask USCIS for the tracking number on your GC letter? I woulnd't be super-worried yet...

When traveling abroad as a GC holder, I only need to have my passport and the green card, right? Nothing else?

Make sure to bring all of your documents to the infopass. With some luck, you could get to talk to an USCIS officer who can approve your case - I think that's happened before, even if rarely. At this late stage of the FY, it might be more likely. Good luck!

Yeah, they are missing something - schedule an INFOPASS as soon as possible if you already haven't, and try to fix this. Your GC for FY 2015 can't get approved after Sept. 30, so you're running out of time.

Hi - no military service here. The mandatory service back home was abolished a year or two before I had to go, and I would have deferred by going to uni in any case. Just the fact of having been in the military service shouldn't be an issue, I think. Thanks! Good luck with your application...

My physical green card arrived on Sept. 9th per the USCIS notification and the USPS delivery tracker. I only picked it up yesterday, but it's finally in my hands. I do wish I had known they'd use the picture from the biometrics appointment; I would have shaved at least. :oops: :) Once again...

Ugh, you're running out of time, so I don't blame you wanting to get a lawyer's help - but as mentioned, the experience of many here (mine included) is that lawyers aren't very well acquainted with the AOS/DV process and haven't really helped in these situations - and in addition to being...

And an update this morning with the welcome notice -

My CPO notice just came through as well - literally minutes after @Asia174's post. KCC sent my file on Friday, as previously mentioned. Thanks to everyone for the help, especially @Sm1smom and @Britsimon. I couldn't have done this without you and all the help in this forum. Once I finally...

Make sure you're on the lookout for the letter; I am sure you already are, but it doesn't hurt to repeat it anyway. My FO requested the file on July 24 (Thursday), the interview letter was in my mailbox July 29 (Wednesday afternoon), and the interview was scheduled for the very next day at 9:30...

Yeah, it seems to happen quite a lot. In terms of wait times, there are at least three of us (current in June/July/August) that had our interviews in late July, then waited for 4+ weeks after the file has been requested from the KCC before it being sent (@samc_1988 recently got his welcome...

Last Thursday was 4 weeks since the IO requested my file from the KCC. I called the KCC on Thursday and Monday and the only response was that they had not sent it and didn't know when it would be sent. I called again this morning, the operator spoke to her manager and then told me the case...

Thanks for clarifying, I think that should clear it up for Jawan as well.

I think he means if he doesn't receive it by the end of the fiscal year. Receiving it on Oct. 4 (the current estimate in the online status) should be okay - the permanent residence status is registered before the welcome notice is issued (judging by the wording in a welcome notice that was...

Called KCC again today (exactly 4 weeks since my case was requested by my IO) and was told by the operator would take "few more weeks" till it gets sent. I asked if there were anything that can be done to make sure it gets sent soon, and the operator said I "could keep calling back to check if...

Thanks, Simon. Already had my interview (for AOS, not CP) and the officer said she had all the information needed to approve, and will do so once she gets my file from the KCC, so I guess it will all be fine once the KCC gets to sending the file over to USCIS.

Sorry, still not 100% sure how the CEAC table works. What's the bottom line - 36,575 visas issued and 2,810 in transit (i.e. being processed?), so less than 40k green cards are issued/in progress as of the time of the CEAC data release? Therefore, 10k+ still available ? Even if the numbers are a...

They probably are. The operator I talked with on Thursday was kinder than yours but mentioned she's been asked the same question multiple times already, and still had nothing better than "2-4 weeks of processing time expected."

Honestly, don't count on that. This thread alone is littered with examples of immigration lawyers not only not helping DV AOS'ers but actually getting in their way, possibly costing people a green card. Mine only slowed me down by a couple of weeks, but did charge me over $500 for the privilege...