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[QUOTE="what's the rush of sending out your package in September? You are among the first ones anyway :)[/QUOTE]

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Thanks again for your replies. I have double checked everything on my transcripts and I-20s and put all the dates in the DS-260. I finally submitted, should be okay.
When I submitted I got a confirmation that also said that I won't be scheduled an interview by KCC and I should contact my local USCIS office to know how to book an appointment... so will I receive a notification about an interview date or what do I have to do?
 
maryb said:
Thanks again for your replies. I have double checked everything on my transcripts and I-20s and put all the dates in the DS-260. I finally submitted, should be okay.
When I submitted I got a confirmation that also said that I won't be scheduled an interview by KCC and I should contact my local USCIS office to know how to book an appointment... so will I receive a notification about an interview date or what do I have to do?
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Go through the spreadsheet posted on the first post (page 1) of this thread.
 
SusieQQQ said:
I'm going to leave AOS advice to the experts but just to point out that if you have not yet submitted your DS260 you almost certainly won't interview in October. Interview notices for Oct will probably be going out in a week - 10 days from now and it's unlikely KCC will have time to process your forms and schedule you an interview by then.
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I'm curious, how could interview notice be going out in August, based on the AOS spreadsheet we have to wait until our numbers go current before sending in the AOS package. I'm assuming that will be in September when the visa bulletin comes out. I haven't submitted anything yet (even the ds-260), but will do it this week. My number should be current in October based on previous years.
 
Stephenau said:
I'm curious, how could interview notice be going out in August, based on the AOS spreadsheet we have to wait until our numbers go current before sending in the AOS package. I'm assuming that will be in September when the visa bulletin comes out. I haven't submitted anything yet (even the ds-260), but will do it this week. My number should be current in October based on previous years.
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Technically, current CNs are listed on the VB 2 months in advance - the VB will list the numbers for the current applicable month and the following month also. For instance the Sept VB which should be released anytime from tomorrow will have numbers for both Sept and Oct listed. The Oct numbers will be under the Advanced Notification section of the VB.

So for 2015 applicants, Oct applicants can begin to send in their AOS packages once the VB comes out (assuming they have everything ready), however they need to be aware that the application could be rejected and sent back, especially since USCIS is still dealing with the 2014 FY. So they may want to wait for the start of their own FY before sending in their packages.
 
Because DS-260 is required by KCC. That is the only way they get to know of your decision to process your selection, it has nothing to do with the actual steps you have to take to adjust your status.
 
Ah okay.. jeeze this stuff is complicated. So technically if I get the DS-260 in this week, I could still get an interview in October or November.

And I would post the AOS package at the beginning of September.
 
Stephenau said:
Ah okay.. jeeze this stuff is complicated. So technically if I get the DS-260 in this week, I could still get an interview in October or November.

And I would post the AOS package at the beginning of September.
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There's no guarantee you will be interviewed in Oct or Nov. For AOS, interview times varies and are FO dependent. The process is rather straight forward, I suggest you settle down and go over the AOS process spreadsheet to get a good understanding of the process. You might also want to spend some time going over the DV2014 and/or DV2013 threads.
 
Yeah I have read the AOS spreadsheet, I have an attorney through my employer who will be assisting, but she said a few months back that for AOS I only needed to do I-485 when my number became current, so I'm questioning her on that now.
 
Stephenau said:
Yeah I have read the AOS spreadsheet, I have an attorney through my employer who will be assisting, but she said a few months back that for AOS I only needed to do I-485 when my number became current, so I'm questioning her on that now.
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The experience of the people on here who have used attorneys is generally that they have hindered more than they have helped, as far as DV is concerned. Be very careful.
 
See she told me back in May that I didn't need to do the DS-260, so I didn't fill it out. I only just got an L1 visa in May, so I was dealing with the attorney for that visa.
 
Stephenau said:
See she told me back in May that I didn't need to do the DS-260, so I didn't fill it out. I only just got an L1 visa in May, so I was dealing with the attorney for that visa.
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So she's already been wrong at the most basic stage of the process...
 
Hi, I've been reading this thread and it's been very informative about the AoS process. I just wanted to share a bit of information with regard to whether you need to submit DS-260 when doing AoS. I'm still not sure, and I had intended to submit it because of the first question asking whether you intend to do AoS or CP. However, I paid the DV $330 fee very early on (sometime in June I think), and got both my receipt and the 2nd NL (a copy of which someone posted a couple of pages back), which lets you know that KCC now knows you intend to do AoS. However, I never submitted DS-260. I started the application, and did answer the part asking whether you wanted to do AoS, moved on to the next page, and once I went back to that initial screen, my answer affirming my choice to do AoS was greyed out and it still will not allow me to change it even when I go on the website. So, I don't know if it's because I paid the fee early or if indicating on the DS-260 that you want to do AoS is sufficient to let them know, but I just wanted to say I never submitted DS-260 and my attorney says there is no need to submit it at this point since I already received the 2nd NL. Just wanted to share this information. Thanks again for the very useful thread!
 
Kk99 said:
Hi, I've been reading this thread and it's been very informative about the AoS process. I just wanted to share a bit of information with regard to whether you need to submit DS-260 when doing AoS. I'm still not sure, and I had intended to submit it because of the first question asking whether you intend to do AoS or CP. However, I paid the DV $330 fee very early on (sometime in June I think), and got both my receipt and the 2nd NL (a copy of which someone posted a couple of pages back), which lets you know that KCC now knows you intend to do AoS. However, I never submitted DS-260. I started the application, and did answer the part asking whether you wanted to do AoS, moved on to the next page, and once I went back to that initial screen, my answer affirming my choice to do AoS was greyed out and it still will not allow me to change it even when I go on the website. So, I don't know if it's because I paid the fee early or if indicating on the DS-260 that you want to do AoS is sufficient to let them know, but I just wanted to say I never submitted DS-260 and my attorney says there is no need to submit it at this point since I already received the 2nd NL. Just wanted to share this information. Thanks again for the very useful thread!
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That is interesting...
 
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