GC approved
Since 99.9% of the posts here have been very helpful I figured I should post my AS experience, who knows who it might help so here we go.
04/10/2006: DV lottery winning notification: CASE# AF1XXX. Wife the winner on H1B and I am on H4 (got tired of school so switched from F1 so I could take a break).
04/14/2006: Mailed dsp0122 & ds0230 to KCC
06/04/2006: Received reply from KCC
10/02/2006: Mailed Package to lock box and Check to DS.
10/06/2006: Received receipt from DS. DS check also cleared from account.
10/16/2006: Package returned from Chicago lock box. Reason priority date could not be established based on information provided. We called customer service to confirm that we had all the information. They confirmed it and advised us to send it back to the lock box. Mailed package back same day with copy of DS receipt.
10/27/2006: Package returned from Chicago lock box, same reason as above. Thanks to this website and some friends who had done this 2 years ago we realized that the error was caused by selecting option
‘a’ instead of
‘h: DV Case Number’ on form I-485, part 2. Fixed it and sent it back the same day.
11/07/2006: Received NOA today. Check cleared yesterday.
11/18/2006: Finger print appointment letter received.
11/30/2006: Finger print done.
12/00/2006: Infopass appointment – officer informed us that finger print cleared, awaiting interview appointment so ignore second finger print appointment letter from the local office.
01/24/2007: Interview letter received appointment on 02/12/2007.
02/12/2007: Interview: Officer went over the forms we filled to make sure that everything was correct and that we had all the supporting documents. We were asked to submit a local police report as soon as possible so that the green cards could be processed. Officer told us that once she put in the request we should receive the GC in 7-10 business days. We were also told that there were plenty of visa numbers available. A letter from Wife’s employer stating her annually salary and health insurance policy (for both of us) was good enough for financial support. To be on the safe side we took financial support documents from a sponsor to the interview just incase but were never asked about any further financial support documents. Make sure you have a local police clearance report just in case some local offices require it. The officer was a really nice african american lady.
2/12/2007: Police clearance report obtained and mailed overnight
2/13/2007: A second copy of the police report mailed (regular) just incase they missed the first one
3/09/2007: Infopass – we were told that our case officer reviewed the case the day before no decision made. Officer advised us that if we don’t hear from them in 30 days we should come back.
3/15/2007: Infopass – we were told that our case officer had verified the police report 3 days earlier. Officer told us that we would hear from them in about 45 to 90 days (standard response to any timeline question).
3/19/2007: Email from USCIS that they had registered our new permanent resident status and notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident on 3/16/2007. Case status online also changed to reflect this. Note that prior to this the case status online read 11/22/06 – finger print appointment letter mailed.
3/20/07: Email from USCIS – Card ordered on the 20th.
Thanks for all the helpful posts.
