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Supersonic2016 said:
I know they have no idea who is whom. But, for example, my travel to China was because my room mate who was my best friend in UK in England when I was Student there was from China, after two years he returned to China he invited me to his Wedding and I travelled to China to attend his Wedding and visit Chinese historical places.
The other thing is, for sending the package They did not ask us for the other visas we have on our passports but I put a copy of my previous and current passport visas from all around the world to make thme sure I traveled a lot I thought that would be an advantage for me but it made it complicated
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Because of your travel history, you can easily be suspected as a black market dealer of goods that are under US sanctions for your country of origin. So try to concentrate on your current flow of life and hopefully the 'extreme vetting' of your case ends before the current fiscal year. Let's hope that there would be no new surprises in travel ban 2.0 .
 
Bluefox said:
Because of your travel history, you can easily be suspected as a black market dealer of goods that are under US sanctions for your country of origin. So try to concentrate on your current flow of life and hopefully the 'extreme vetting' of your case ends before the current fiscal year. Let's hope that there would be no new surprises in travel ban 2.0 .
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Ok ok thanks
 
atx said:
Wow I didn't know I was not allowed to leave the country while my AOS petition is pending! Already booked a holiday to Canada in July and my number (OC13xx) probably won't become current until July (I will send the petition in June) so things aren't looking too good. Do you have any ideas as to how I can get my green card and go on my holiday to Canada? I assume it is risky to leave the country (even with an AP) while my petition is pending as I risk not being allowed back into the US as I am showing intent to reside in the US (not what my E3 visa says).
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You're definitely allowed to leave the country whenever you wish, they're not stopping anyone from leaving. If you have an approved AP card while your AOS is pending, you can depart and upon your return, you'll be paroled back into the US, you wouldn't be admitted into your previous status. Of course you'll still be able to continue and do whatever it is you were doing in that previous status.

Regarding your Canadian trip, your options are either to hold off on submitting your AOS package until after your return - going this route has it's own complications. Or cancel the trip until after your AOS approval.
 
Supersonic2016 said:
The other thing is, for sending the package They did not ask us for the other visas we have on our passports but I put a copy of my previous and current passport visas from all around the world to make thme sure I traveled a lot I thought that would be an advantage for me but it made it complicated
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An important lesson when it comes to immigration: don't provide unsolicited information! Less is more like they say.
 
Supersonic2016 said:
Thanks for the response, I am not complaining, As I know DV lottery is not a right and is a chance and privilege to me, I only told you my concerns and frastration cause my fiancée is waiting in Iran for so long for me and my relationship is on jeopardy. Anyway, my PhD is Mechanical Engineering and I know this is another factor that needs to be checked by FBI.
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I understand your frustration but it's pointless getting yourself worked up over something you have no control over. And the truth is even if you get approved today and you went home and got married, you're still looking at years of separation before your fiancé can join you. Spousal sponsorship is about 1-2 years currently, for an Iranian spouse much longer due to the extensive background checks.

By the way, here's the story of a DV case (CP though) on AP for about 9-10 months:
http://forums.immigration.com/threads/dv-2015-ap-related-cases.324748/#post-2382490

http://forums.immigration.com/threads/dv-2015-ap-related-cases.324748/page-15#post-2417818

I actually recommend going through the entire AP Thread to get a better understanding of what the AP process involves - and to help you better understand others have gone through this in the past.
 
Sm1smom said:
You're definitely allowed to leave the country whenever you wish, they're not stopping anyone from leaving. If you have an approved AP card while your AOS is pending, you can depart and upon your return, you'll be paroled back into the US, you wouldn't be admitted into your previous status. Of course you'll still be able to continue and do whatever it is you were doing in that previous status.

Regarding your Canadian trip, your options are either to hold off on submitting your AOS package until after your return - going this route has it's own complications. Or cancel the trip until after your AOS approval.
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Thanks so much for your replies, really appreciated!
 
Sm1smom said:
I can't tell you what's the best thing you can or should do. You'll have to to decide on what's best for you between what I tell you and what your friend says.

You already have an INFOPASS appointment scheduled, so use it. Tell them what you told them one and a half months ago. What is the status of your background check? Has your KCC file been requested and received? Is there anything specific delaying your interview? You don't start by telling them or letting them know you had a previous INFOPASS, treat it like a new one to see what they'll say. And if they end up saying wait again, then the next step will be to initiate a congressional inquiry.

By the way, are you from one of the 7 countries on Trump's EO?
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Sm1smom said:
I can't tell you what's the best thing you can or should do. You'll have to to decide on what's best for you between what I tell you and what your friend says.

You already have an INFOPASS appointment scheduled, so use it. Tell them what you told them one and a half months ago. What is the status of your background check? Has your KCC file been requested and received? Is there anything specific delaying your interview? You don't start by telling them or letting them know you had a previous INFOPASS, treat it like a new one to see what they'll say. And if they end up saying wait again, then the next step will be to initiate a congressional inquiry.

By the way, are you from one of the 7 countries on Trump's EO?[/QUOTE
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Hi mom,

Yes I am Iranian, but today, I finally received the welcome letter and GC without attending to an interview. I would like to thank you for your assistance you have provided me during difficult time, and hope every one and especially the people from the 7 countries gets GC as easily as me.

Again, thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate your generosity.
 
Rali Uqla said:
Hi mom,

Yes I am Iranian, but today, I finally received the welcome letter and GC without attending to an interview. I would like to thank you for your assistance you have provided me during difficult time, and hope every one and especially the people from the 7 countries gets GC as easily as me.

Again, thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate your generosity.
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Great news. Congratulations.
 
Sm1smom said:
Nope, it's not strange that the KCC rep gave you what I'm guessing is actually the National Customer Service Center number - 1-800-375-5283 - (and not even the NBC number like you posted). Direct phone numbers to the FO and NBC are not publicly available, the customer service number is the only way of following up on the phone with USCIS. The only way you'll have a direct number for your FO is if the IO were to directly provide it to you.

INFOPASS is how you make direct contact with your FO, and there's no harm in scheduling one as planned.
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Thanks for the advice. I went down to the FO today, in Mt Laurel, NJ. I found out that my background check has cleared and that they recently received my file from the NBC. I don't think they requested the KCC file yet - at least that's what KCC rep on the phone told me last week. At the FO they also told me that I am in the queue for interview scheduling, but the person I talked to couldn't give me an estimate for how long that means until an interview. I mentioned to them the September 2017 deadline and they told me it's a good sign that they already received my file from the NBC, and that I should drop by again in 1-2 months if I don't hear anything from them.

Do you think this went fine for a first InfoPass, given that it's only been 3 months since I mailed in my application and 1.5 months since biometrics? Or should have I been more assertive and inquired more?
 
xellos93 said:
Thanks for the advice. I went down to the FO today, in Mt Laurel, NJ. I found out that my background check has cleared and that they recently received my file from the NBC. I don't think they requested the KCC file yet - at least that's what KCC rep on the phone told me last week. At the FO they also told me that I am in the queue for interview scheduling, but the person I talked to couldn't give me an estimate for how long that means until an interview. I mentioned to them the September 2017 deadline and they told me it's a good sign that they already received my file from the NBC, and that I should drop by again in 1-2 months if I don't hear anything from them.

Do you think this went fine for a first InfoPass, given that it's only been 3 months since I mailed in my application and 1.5 months since biometrics? Or should have I been more assertive and inquired more?
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I think you got good feedback. I wouldn't have done anything differently in your shoes in this case. It's all good for now. Pay them another visit if there's no news in about one month's time.
 
Rali Uqla said:
Hi mom,

Yes I am Iranian, but today, I finally received the welcome letter and GC without attending to an interview. I would like to thank you for your assistance you have provided me during difficult time, and hope every one and especially the people from the 7 countries gets GC as easily as me.

Again, thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate your generosity.
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Congratulation. Did your online status chance the same day?
 
Hello, Today I did my interview. After that my status changed to interview completed and case must be reviewed. 1- is there any explanation for that? After I finished the interview The officer told me I am going to request to release vise from the department of state. 2- what does this mean?
 
meme-hadi said:
Hello, Today I did my interview. After that my status changed to interview completed and case must be reviewed. 1- is there any explanation for that? After I finished the interview The officer told me I am going to request to release vise from the department of state. 2- what does this mean?
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The same thing happen for me on Dec30th but I am still waiting
 
meme-hadi said:
Hello, Today I did my interview. After that my status changed to interview completed and case must be reviewed. 1- is there any explanation for that? After I finished the interview The officer told me I am going to request to release vise from the department of state. 2- what does this mean?
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I got the same thing after my interview. Mine was because the officer who interviewed me wasn't familiar with DV cases and needed more time to make a decision. Nonetheless two weeks after the interview, my application was approved. Hopefully it's the same with you too.
 
mira88 said:
I got the same thing after my interview. Mine was because the officer who interviewed me wasn't familiar with DV cases and needed more time to make a decision. Nonetheless two weeks after the interview, my application was approved. Hopefully it's the same with you too.
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Congratulation Mira88. Do you have any idea department of state has to do with my case?
 
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