hopeful2012
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Need Help!
Hello all:
I am one of the lucky DV-2012 lottery winners.
Case number was current as of 6/1/2012.
Chicago Lockbox received my I-485 on 6/1/2012.
7/5/2012 - Received a phone call from the local USCIS office asking to appear for the visa interview on 7/6/2012.
7/6/2012 - Letter received from USCIS with Biometrics date (7/27/2012)
7/9/2012 - Attended the interview.
Later on, on 7/9/2012 - The USCIS office sent me to the local Application Support Center (ASC) for fingerprints. Fingerprints done.
Now it is the wait as I was informed.
It will be great if someone could help me with the following.
1) I browsed through this forum and almost all had their biometrics taken roughly a month before the interview. Since in my case, both interview and biometrics were done the same day (with interview preceding the biometrics ), would you advise me what the wait could be? A month? or Two? or Do I have chances to get the plastic GC by Sep 30, 2012?
2) I checked with the USCIS office during my interview (7/9/2012) if I get EAD before the GC. I did not get a clear answer on that. Is it so that an EAD is issued to the applicant (DV lottery winner) before the actual GC is issued?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Hello all:
I am one of the lucky DV-2012 lottery winners.
Case number was current as of 6/1/2012.
Chicago Lockbox received my I-485 on 6/1/2012.
7/5/2012 - Received a phone call from the local USCIS office asking to appear for the visa interview on 7/6/2012.
7/6/2012 - Letter received from USCIS with Biometrics date (7/27/2012)
7/9/2012 - Attended the interview.
Later on, on 7/9/2012 - The USCIS office sent me to the local Application Support Center (ASC) for fingerprints. Fingerprints done.
Now it is the wait as I was informed.
It will be great if someone could help me with the following.
1) I browsed through this forum and almost all had their biometrics taken roughly a month before the interview. Since in my case, both interview and biometrics were done the same day (with interview preceding the biometrics ), would you advise me what the wait could be? A month? or Two? or Do I have chances to get the plastic GC by Sep 30, 2012?
2) I checked with the USCIS office during my interview (7/9/2012) if I get EAD before the GC. I did not get a clear answer on that. Is it so that an EAD is issued to the applicant (DV lottery winner) before the actual GC is issued?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.