and the interview was over. its less than 10 min.
Awesome! Congrats rnotk! Did he do the welcome speech ? I am really missing that
and the interview was over. its less than 10 min.
Awesome! Congrats rnotk! Did he do the welcome speech ? I am really missing that
Well, the welcome letter is pretty nice at least. It's their great pleasure to welcome us to USA The IO did congratulate us for winning DV though, and said that it is very rare for them to see DV cases.no I did not get welcome speech,
but one thing that I learn is they no longer put stamp on your passport even approved.
IO told me that I should wait up to 30 days for my GC.
very simple and smooth interview.
I will let you know if I receive welcome letter or card, and GOOD LUCK for those who are still in process!!!!!
For example, Also if you are under J-1 visa like me, it is better to request advisory opinion in case IO needs to confirm you are not subjected for 2-yr residency requirement.
Can you elaborate on this, my wife was also on J1 visa before and subjected to 2HRR. She is the primary applicant and cumulatively she stayed in her country for two years. We are really hoping everything goes well for us.
You have to write a letter and send it with copies of all I-20/DS2019 with a self-addressed stamped envelope. This is free service, but it takes 4-6 weeks to get result mailed to you.
congrats rnotk!
Thank you everybody for your comment, and my waiting game starts again lol.
>aos13
I also was told it is very rare for the IO to process DV AOS, I think it is more common in SF or more populated area I guess.
>varxx
If your wife is/was on J-1, there are always some chance IO asks for an evidence related to the 2yr res requirement. (even ds-2019 has a check on the "not subjected for 2yr res requirement")
In order to make sure you are not subjected, you can request Advisory Opinion
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_5502.html
You have to write a letter and send it with copies of all I-20/DS2019 with a self-addressed stamped envelope. This is free service, but it takes 4-6 weeks to get result mailed to you.
I did request even I knew it wont come to me before my interview ( I realized much later), and locally I did not need it. but it is good to have since I heard that some IO will ask to submit this during interview. (and if you dont have it, you can just submit to FO when you received.)
Hi there,
For the 2 year requirement, does the residency has to be in the J-1 holder home country or the person can live where he wants provided he departed the US after his training program?
Please advice.
Any takers on this. I know no one is lawyer here or works for USCIS (I guess) but general feeling.
This made me realize; at the interview our current visas were not stamped void. Do we need to get them stamped at some point?
Your current visas do not necessarily need to be stamped 'void' during the AOS interview, but I'm assuming the IO collected your I-94 at the end of your interview which effectively nullifies your visa status. USCIC however is guaranteed to reconcile their records regarding your new immigration status. Our visas were equally not voided during our interview, the IO collected our I-94s and a couple of weeks following the interview, we recieved an email alert from USCIC informing us that our H1/H4 visas had been cancelled and a letter was in the mail explaining why (of course we already knew why they were cancelled )
Hi there,
For the 2 year requirement, does the residency has to be in the J-1 holder home country or the person can live where he wants provided he departed the US after his training program? Please advice.
Any takers on this. I know no one is lawyer here or works for USCIS (I guess) but general feeling.
The other way around is true; if you start using EAD/AP issued during AOS, you can't hold your nonimmigrant visa any more.