DORA Dallas Office Rapid Adjustment

sorry the smiley does not mean the interview went bad, on the contrary, it went great. only 5 min
 
Hi Guys
I have got my GC on day 94. I just wanna share this moment with you guys, thanks to all for valuabe information and good luck with your cases. Heres my timeline:
 
Congratulations iffy if you still here..
Time line exactly like mine.
Nothing on my case yet.
Last LUD 2/15
2 infopasses, with no information,
thinking about filing EAD
asked question on the forum for the 4/19th conference call, but Rajiv never gotten beyond question # 1 :rolleyes:
 
Thanks for congratulations!!
As far as I have come to know, once you pass your 90 day period with pending cases, you can file for EAD and TD.
 
Ead

iffy, how do you file for EAD?
I want to E-file, but where to send the supportive documents?
To National Benifits Center (That's where our receipts are from-MSC)
or info-pass and go to Dallas DO?
We didn't get the 70 days letter.
 
Dallas officer told me we could not e-file for AP. Notsure about EAD, but National Benifits Center is not on EAD mailing list
 
Hello All,
I have been following these posts for some weeks now. I'm USC filing for my brand new hubby INDC. We got married two weeks ago and ever since i have been collecting documents to file for him. He got a job offer in Dallas and we would like not to file for a HIB transfer if possible. He is still retaining his job in Oklahoma just so he doesnt go out of status but we are showing sufficient documentation showing he visits every weekend.
My question to you all is:
1) Does the fact that we got married very recently go against us?
2) His current job being not in Texas will cause problems with proving Texas residency?? Or even us living together?

My interview is on April 30th and needless to say I'm very nervous.

Here is the list of documents i have collected
i - 130 supporting docs
* Naturalization certificate
* Copy of U.S passport
* My husband's Birth Certificate
* His Current Visa Copy
* Marriage Certificate
* Joint lease
* Copy of His Texas License
* Joint Account Statement from bank
* Joint CD
* Joint Savings Account Statement
* Letter from my Credit card adding him as authorized user
* Health Insurance addition for spouse
* Accidental and Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation
* Joint Auto Policy
* Electricity Bill with both our names

Other Evidence
Gift Receipts of Gifts Exchanged ( Flowers, Other gifts)
Airline tickets for trips taken together + Photos
Emails
Mobile Bills
Gas Receipts + Toll Tag receipts of his Visits
 
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Oops forgot to add the docs for i-485
* My employment letter
* Tax returns + w2s for past 2 years
* Tax transcripts for past 3 years from IRS
* Bank Statement
* 401k Savings summary
* His Birth Certificate
* His passport copy
* His visa copy
 
Response to your question

I recently Went for the interview and was accepted into the DORA program in October 2006. I did my finger printing in December 2006. I received a letter from them (in March 07) saying that processing of my Temp PR Card will take more than 90 days, so I can apply for a 765 if I wanted to. I went ahead and got a 765 EAD. But to date, I still have not got any response about my TPR Card status. The status online is 'Pending'.

Anyone actually get their card processed using DORA? And how long did it take?
 
SportEditionE1 said:
I recently Went for the interview and was accepted into the DORA program in October 2006. I did my finger printing in December 2006. I received a letter from them (in March 07) saying that processing of my Temp PR Card will take more than 90 days, so I can apply for a 765 if I wanted to. I went ahead and got a 765 EAD. But to date, I still have not got any response about my TPR Card status. The status online is 'Pending'.

Anyone actually get their card processed using DORA? And how long did it take?
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Lots of people got the card by DORA. how long did it take? it really depends. Some got it within 90 days. Some got it in 1~2 years.
I saw one applied in Jan. 2007 and have got the greencard now. I went for the interview in Sep. 2006 and still waiting.
 
SportEditionE1 said:
I recently Went for the interview and was accepted into the DORA program in October 2006. I did my finger printing in December 2006. I received a letter from them (in March 07) saying that processing of my Temp PR Card will take more than 90 days, so I can apply for a 765 if I wanted to. I went ahead and got a 765 EAD. But to date, I still have not got any response about my TPR Card status. The status online is 'Pending'.

Anyone actually get their card processed using DORA? And how long did it take?
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Hi:

You are kidding right. You read all the posts above and just thought - wow, maybe these people are all part of a conspiracy and DORA doesn't exist. Interesting theory.
 
no word yet

My daughter and son in law applied for his AOS in Dallas and he was accepted into DORA in July 2006. He was fingerprinted in August 2006. The fingerprint notice was the last communication we have had from USCIS. No 70 day letter- nothing. We did infopass twice (January 2007 and April 2007), have called customer service line, have gone through with requests for information from the senator's office (the one in Dallas). No information- just pending. The infopass visits were very uninformative and one was really awful- it my daughter is so upset that she will no longer deal with USCIS. EAD was filed April 2007. The attitude has been that it is not too long over process dates and no one now acknowledges that DORA was supposed to take 90 days or that we should have gotten a 70 day letter. It's nice to hear that DORA works for some. We keep thinking that we will hear something and continue to be frustrated.
 
DORA Processing Times

Hi -

i have filed my I-485 application three months ago (Feb 22), the FP notification was mailed out on 3/05 and I completed the FP on 3/20- since then, NOTHING has moved. My case status still shows that the notification for FP has been mailed out. This means that my FP have been in process for 2 months now!! Has anybody had similar experiences? I am getting a bit nervous as to what the hold up could be.

Thanks!
 
grobari said:
Hi -

i have filed my I-485 application three months ago (Feb 22), the FP notification was mailed out on 3/05 and I completed the FP on 3/20- since then, NOTHING has moved. My case status still shows that the notification for FP has been mailed out. This means that my FP have been in process for 2 months now!! Has anybody had similar experiences? I am getting a bit nervous as to what the hold up could be.

Thanks!
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Hi:

I am responding to your post and "doraisajoke's" post above. First, I am sorry that you have been waiting so long. Here's just a few comments that MAY explain things to you:
(1) DORA is subject to all the requirements of the regular process. I.e. DORA applicants are put through the same FP checks, name checks etc. as regular applicants by mail.
(2) The only difference is that you have an interview upfront, and the officer can filter out any unmerited or fraudulent applications upfront.
(3) Therefore, DORA CANNOT guarantee a 90 day processing time - it is a goal ONLY. E.g. if your FPs are lost by FBI or if your name check takes a year or longer (as it does for some applicants), there is nothing the DORA officers can do about that. The GC cannot be issued before all checks are cleared.

Now of course, there are arguments that security checks should be sped up and improved. However, that has nothing to do with DORA per se and has to be taken up with USCIS/FBI in another context. Also note that, most DORA applications are in fact completed within 90 days or close to that.

Therefore, there are 2 likely possibilities for what happened with your applications:

1. As described above, your applications are pending the security checks (usually name check, not FPs is the one that can take long)

2. Some other error occurred - someone misplaced a file, made a mistake, lost it etc. This is unlikely, but of course not impossible. This is why you need to keep inquiring.

Try and find out at a future Infopass what is holding the application. Ask them whether it is still pending security checks or what else is the problem.

I hope that helps somewhat. Best of luck.
 
for those who have been through the DORA process, would you advice to file the EAD when the 70days letter comes, (in case your green card doesn't come in 90days)??

Oh and i'm also curious, how much does filing the EAD cost? and how much does fingerprinting for it cost?
 
At the first infopass (January 2007) we were told that a further information was needed and to wait for the request to come in the mail. We waited and received nothing, a call to customer service did not give any information, an information request from senator said that they were waiting on a related file to arrive (no idea from where, no time frame for arrival). At the second infopass (April 2007) we waited ten minutes while the person at the counter answered another employee's questions about another client, were told that the background check had cleared and that all that remained was to process (approve) the petition. When asked how long that would take we got a lecture that there was no guarantee for it to be approved and there was no time frame and goodbye. We asked to speak to a superviser, were falsely accused of cursing and security was buzzed to escort us out. We called customer service and they sent a service request to explain the delay and the answer was "it's pending" and we should check again in four months. I don't think it is improper to ask how much longer this will take, but we get the impression that the Dallas office does. Should we infopass yet again?
 
doraisajoke said:
At the first infopass (January 2007) we were told that a further information was needed and to wait for the request to come in the mail. We waited and received nothing, a call to customer service did not give any information, an information request from senator said that they were waiting on a related file to arrive (no idea from where, no time frame for arrival). At the second infopass (April 2007) we waited ten minutes while the person at the counter answered another employee's questions about another client, were told that the background check had cleared and that all that remained was to process (approve) the petition. When asked how long that would take we got a lecture that there was no guarantee for it to be approved and there was no time frame and goodbye. We asked to speak to a superviser, were falsely accused of cursing and security was buzzed to escort us out. We called customer service and they sent a service request to explain the delay and the answer was "it's pending" and we should check again in four months. I don't think it is improper to ask how much longer this will take, but we get the impression that the Dallas office does. Should we infopass yet again?
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Hi:

Yes, you probably should. That sounds ridiculous to me, but sadly not unforeseeable. If they told you that the security checks have cleared, then what is holding up the approval? Seems like the officer was just flexing his muscles.
 
doraisajoke said:
At the first infopass (January 2007) we were told that a further information was needed and to wait for the request to come in the mail. We waited and received nothing, a call to customer service did not give any information, an information request from senator said that they were waiting on a related file to arrive (no idea from where, no time frame for arrival). At the second infopass (April 2007) we waited ten minutes while the person at the counter answered another employee's questions about another client, were told that the background check had cleared and that all that remained was to process (approve) the petition. When asked how long that would take we got a lecture that there was no guarantee for it to be approved and there was no time frame and goodbye. We asked to speak to a superviser, were falsely accused of cursing and security was buzzed to escort us out. We called customer service and they sent a service request to explain the delay and the answer was "it's pending" and we should check again in four months. I don't think it is improper to ask how much longer this will take, but we get the impression that the Dallas office does. Should we infopass yet again?
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Sorry to hear that. It was unpleasant.
I filed last Sep. and still stuck on FBI name check while I was told everything else is cleared
 
Update..

Just a quick update - I just received my welcome notice!! I didn't quite make it within the 90 days, by the time I receive my card, it will have been close to 120 - but that's pretty impressive in my books. As probably most of you, I have been struggling with the INS bureaucratic machine for more than a decade now, and I am pleasantly surprised as to how efficient the DORA process is.

One more note - I personally believe there is no use in scheduling an infopass appointment AFTER you have filed your petition - all they will be able to tell you is the same thing you can check on the USCIS website - without wasting your and their time.
 
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