Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Hi all, first, I want to thank you for all the information that everyone shared on this thread, especially the google documents, it's really helpful. This is my first post although I have been reading this thread for a long time. We (my husband and I) had our interview last Thursday 6/19. I am writing this post to share our interview experience and ask a question.
Here is what happened during our interview:
On the date of our interview, my husband and I arrived our FO (San Jose) at 9 A.M. (our interview time was at 9:20 ). At 9:30 A.M., an officer came out ,called both of our names and led us to his office. He was a polite/nice guy and seems to know very well about DV cases. After getting into his office, he asked us to take the oath and then sit down. He asked for our passports and driver's licenses. Then he went over the questions on I-485 for both of us. He asked about our last entry date, asked to see the original DV fee receipt, the original I-797 notice (we are both on H1 VISA), original marriage certificate, employment verification letter, and original birth certificates. After that, he said everything looks good and took away our I-94. He told us we should see update online within 24 hours, and he'll let us know if there is anything else he needs from us. While walking out, I asked him the average number of DV cases they need to handle each month. He told me about 10 cases each month for our FO. The total process took about 25 minutes, and it went smooth and well. After the interview, I keep checking our online status, but it's still at"Acceptance" stage until this point. However, we got the welcome letter yesterday. I looked through the timeline people post, seems like everyone sees the CPO updating status before they receive welcome letter/green card. I hope it's just their mistake and my status will be updated soon.
So my question is: Is it uncommon that they send you your welcome letter/green card without updating your online status? Should I be worried?
Thank you for your time to read/reply my post. We won't be able to make to this point without this thread. I already put my timeline info into the google document.
Congratulations on coming this far. Your case is a bit unusual, but there's probably nothing to worry about. The normal process once the case is approved is for the online status to change. Going by the status updates on your signature line, the entire process for your case has been kind of unusual anywhere - you got both your NOA and bio on the same day, acceptance text/email notice sent to the derivative (so maybe 'unusual' is your middle name
).One person reported not too long ago about receiving the Welcome Notice which was later withdrawn because they hadn't been approved when the notice was sent out or something to that effect (though the person eventually got approved not too long after that and they've since recieved their GC). Anyway, if you don't receive your GC after about 1 week, you should give them a call. Alternatively, if your FO is one of those where it's tough to get an infopass appointment, you might want to consider scheduling an appointment now with the mind of visiting your FO in about 2 weeks time if there's still no change online and no GC in the mail.
