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onebowloflaksa said:
I had my interview today morning at 9:15 AM, it lasted for 20 minutes and it was painless. The IO was pretty serious but he loosened up later and even smiled. Basically, he said everything is in place for my file and that he will approve it later today.
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Bravo Bravo!!!!

Congratulations:)
 
onebowloflaksa said:
No he didn't ask for the affidavit of support, but I still gave it to him before I left. As for the second question, he was basically asking if I only came to the U.S. as a F1 for graduate school (i.e. Master Degree) but I corrected him and said I was here since High School.
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onebowloflaksa, just another question. if you had said "yes" to this question that you had only come to US as an F1 for graduate school, do you think that the process might have not been going smoothly. I mean did he ask this question just to be sure that after how much time you have changed your intention to stay at US.

thanks
 
onebowloflaksa Congrats, super happy for you, good job opening the season for everyone else :) Stick around :)
 
Onebowloflaksa, congrats! Very happy for you!

Got a question:
In what language you have your birth certificate originally? I wonder if it is not in English then do they really need the original? Or just notarized translation and copy of original will suffice? What do you think?
 
Hi onebowloflaksa, Just want to say congrats!!! How does it feel to be the fisrt one to be approved??? :)
 
onebowloflaksa,

Congratulations!!! This is great news, am so happy for you, what a relief this must be for you......savor the moment and the great things that are coming your way, congrats again.......:):)
 
js7 said:
onebowloflaksa, just another question. if you had said "yes" to this question that you had only come to US as an F1 for graduate school, do you think that the process might have not been going smoothly. I mean did he ask this question just to be sure that after how much time you have changed your intention to stay at US.

thanks
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Sorry I don't really get your question.. why would i say 'yes'? I've been here in the U.S. since high school to undergrad to grad. I'm not sure why he asked.. think he asked the question just to confirm or maybe he didn't look through my paperwork carefully.
 
vezuha said:
Onebowloflaksa, congrats! Very happy for you!

Got a question:
In what language you have your birth certificate originally? I wonder if it is not in English then do they really need the original? Or just notarized translation and copy of original will suffice? What do you think?
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I had my birth cert in English. I would say bring both the notarized and the original itself. If for any reason you do not have the original, you still have time to go to your nearest embassy to request for a "birth certificate extract" (Sorry, I later realized that only a few country's embassy offer this service)
 
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R2010 said:
Hi onebowloflaksa, Just want to say congrats!!! How does it feel to be the fisrt one to be approved??? :)
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I honestly thought Natta would be first... but yeah, it feels awesome! Huge load off my mind and I'm so happy this whole process is finally over. I will be praying for everyone's smooth and quick GC process..

THANKS EVERYONE! YOU guys/gals are great!
 
Honestly i thought I would at least get the inbterview letter by now, but the mail box is empty everyday :(


onebowloflaksa said:
I honestly thought Natta would be first... but yeah, it feels awesome! Huge load off my mind and I'm so happy this whole process is finally over. I will be praying for everyone's smooth and quick GC process..

THANKS EVERYONE! YOU guys/gals are great!
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onebowloflaksa said:
I had my birth cert in English. I would say bring both the notarized and the original itself. If for any reason you do not have the original, you still have time to go to your nearest embassy to request for a "birth certificate extract".
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Thanks for reply, but what do you mean by "birth certificate extract"?
I have my original birth certificate in Russia now, and as you can guess it is not in English =) it's in Russian, and I was thinking what is the point of presenting original certificate in Russian on the interview if officer can not read anything in it? My main question now is do I really need the original certificate at interview?
Let me address it to people who have their certificates in different language (not English) - What do you guys think? Are you planning to have your original certificates for the interview? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
 
vezuha said:
Thanks for reply, but what do you mean by "birth certificate extract"?
I have my original birth certificate in Russia now, and as you can guess it is not in English =) it's in Russian, and I was thinking what is the point of presenting original certificate in Russian on the interview if officer can not read anything in it? My main question now is do I really need the original certificate at interview?
Let me address it to people who have their certificates in different language (not English) - What do you guys think? Are you planning to have your original certificates for the interview? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Vezuha, you should always bring all your original documents to the interview and submit a copy of these originals in your AOS package even though they are not in English. What you should include in your AOS package is a translated copy (in English) of the original document, a copy of the original document itself, and a certification by translator which attest to the legality of the translation. I have my birth certificate, and high school diploma in French, and I plan on submitting a copy of those originals, the translated ones, and certification by translator.

And I think the interview letter of Onebowloflaska specifically asked him to bring all his original documents.
 
lucky2011 said:
Vezuha, you should always bring all your original documents to the interview and submit a copy of these originals in your AOS package even though they are not in English. What you should include in your AOS package is a translated copy (in English) of the original document, a copy of the original document itself, and a certification by translator which attest to the legality of the translation. I have my birth certificate, and high school diploma in French, and I plan on submitting a copy of those originals, the translated ones, and certification by translator.

And I think the interview letter of Onebowloflaska specifically asked him to bring all his original documents.
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Yes, I also submitted copy and notarized translation. Now I think I just need to ask my relatives to send me the original certificate since I do not have it with me here, so I'll have it to be safe. Although, seriously, I do not see the point of doing this. I guess it's just to have it for the heck of it and play it safe.
 
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Who has called KCC to see if their file has been requested? I called them today and they said it was not requested by the local office. I called before I go for my Biometric today.
 
Who has called KCC to see if their file has been requested by their focal offic? I called them today and they said it was not requested by the local office. I called before I go for my Biometric today.
 
vezuha said:
Thanks for reply, but what do you mean by "birth certificate extract"?
I have my original birth certificate in Russia now, and as you can guess it is not in English =) it's in Russian, and I was thinking what is the point of presenting original certificate in Russian on the interview if officer can not read anything in it? My main question now is do I really need the original certificate at interview?
Let me address it to people who have their certificates in different language (not English) - What do you guys think? Are you planning to have your original certificates for the interview? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Oh, I thought you didn't have your original birth cert readily available which is why I suggested getting the birth cert extract from your embassy. But since you have it, no harm bringing it together with you and showing both the original and translated birth cert
 
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