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Hello mom. I just came from infopass. First they looks unpleased because I came to ask about my case. Secondly, I asked to see my officer and I have been told you can’t. So they email my officer and he reply back said I understand time sensitive of DV visa and we are reviewing my case. My question is: do you recommend me to go again to infopass in mid if September? Why they told me don’t worry go we understand time sensitive of my case, if I didn’t go for example in infopass in September is they going to help without coming to infopass and insist.
 
Yosef said:
Hello mom. I just came from infopass. First they looks unpleased because I came to ask about my case. Secondly, I asked to see my officer and I have been told you can’t. So they email my officer and he reply back said I understand time sensitive of DV visa and we are reviewing my case. My question is: do you recommend me to go again to infopass in mid if September? Why they told me don’t worry go we understand time sensitive of my case, if I didn’t go for example in infopass in September is they going to help without coming to infopass and insist.
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Yes you can go back mid September for another INFOPASS. Of course they will adjudicate and send you a final decision if they complete the ongoing review without your going on another INFOPASS appointment, your FO already confirmed to you they are aware a decision needs to be made no later than Sept. 30th.
 
Hi Mom,
I received a letter of 5 pages explaining that why I been denied because I am out of status.
I just came from infopass and spoke to the officer himself who interviewed us and informed me if we are not agree then we should submit a request to reopen the file( this is not going to success because there’s no enough time to do and cost $900 for each applicant).
I asked him: is this decision based on this office policy or it is a USCIS law, he said it is a general law for all USCIS offices across the country, then I politely informed him that I know more than 6 persons have same case of mine who successfully got their green cards in some other states, but he said this impossible because this is law.
Any ways it seems like he just don’t understand what is different between (pending) asylum case and out of status and because of this we lost our hope, time and money.
Again, any one with pending asylum and won DV, don’t process in VA, fairfax office.
Thanks
 
W.M said:
Hi Mom,
I received a letter of 5 pages explaining that why I been denied because I am out of status.
I just came from infopass and spoke to the officer himself who interviewed us and informed me if we are not agree then we should submit a request to reopen the file( this is not going to success because there’s no enough time to do and cost $900 for each applicant).
I asked him: is this decision based on this office policy or it is a USCIS law, he said it is a general law for all USCIS offices across the country, then I politely informed him that I know more than 6 persons have same case of mine who successfully got their green cards in some other states, but he said this impossible because this is law.
Any ways it seems like he just don’t understand what is different between (pending) asylum case and out of status and because of this we lost our hope, time and money.
Again, any one with pending asylum and won DV, don’t process in VA, fairfax office.
Thanks
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Sorry to hear that. Did you apply for asylum after your status was expired? or you still hold your VISA?
 
W.M said:
Hi Mom,
I received a letter of 5 pages explaining that why I been denied because I am out of status.
I just came from infopass and spoke to the officer himself who interviewed us and informed me if we are not agree then we should submit a request to reopen the file( this is not going to success because there’s no enough time to do and cost $900 for each applicant).
I asked him: is this decision based on this office policy or it is a USCIS law, he said it is a general law for all USCIS offices across the country, then I politely informed him that I know more than 6 persons have same case of mine who successfully got their green cards in some other states, but he said this impossible because this is law.
Any ways it seems like he just don’t understand what is different between (pending) asylum case and out of status and because of this we lost our hope, time and money.
Again, any one with pending asylum and won DV, don’t process in VA, fairfax office.
Thanks
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Again, I’m sorry about your denial. It’s quite sad. Hopefully your asylum petition gets approved.

Do you mind sharing the following information?
Date you entered the US
Duration of granted stays, that is date on your I-94
Date asylum petition filed

Since the FO is tied to a petitioner’s home address, I’m not quite certain how your advise for asylum pending petitioners to not file DV based AOS in Fairfax VA if that is where their home address falls under. This will require their moving to a new location outside of that jurisdiction - and I wonder how feasible that will be especially for a family with school age children.
 
Dear Mom and Simon,

Seems like, DV lottery still does not want to leave me alone :D.
Today, my wife had her follow to join DV visa interview and it has been tentatively approved. She has been given a piece of letter by the IO and it says;

"Congratulations!, Your immigrant Visa has been tentatively approved. Please return to the US Embassy on Sep13th for likely visa issuance and passport collection."

IO has not said anything afterward, But the person who collected the fees and stuff before the interview has said, they have only received the case, but not the visa number.

Have you come a cross something like this before ?, Do you have any opinion about something like this case?

Thank you!
 
Hello Mom and Simon,

It looks like my case is moving forward fast. I sent my I-485 on August 1st. After that I did my biometrics on August 30th (Thursday) and on August 31st I received a phone call asking me if I could go to the interview on Sept 6th because they knew that this process has to be done before the end of September. Today, Sept 4th I am receiving the interview letters by mail to attend the interview on Sept 6th.

Question, this is DV process for a family group. Do my children have to attend the interview?

Thanks!
 
ruch331 said:
Dear Mom and Simon,

Seems like, DV lottery still does not want to leave me alone :D.
Today, my wife had her follow to join DV visa interview and it has been tentatively approved. She has been given a piece of letter by the IO and it says;

"Congratulations!, Your immigrant Visa has been tentatively approved. Please return to the US Embassy on Sep13th for likely visa issuance and passport collection."

IO has not said anything afterward, But the person who collected the fees and stuff before the interview has said, they have only received the case, but not the visa number.

Have you come a cross something like this before ?, Do you have any opinion about something like this case?

Thank you!
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All you can do at this point is be patient and keep your fingers crossed. Remember your wife’s interview appointment was scheduled long after all September CP interviews were scheduled, so yes it’s possible for the case to have been sent without a visa being allocated. They are probably waiting to see if there will be a leftover visa that can be allocated to your wife.
 
Gurodval said:
Hello Mom and Simon,

It looks like my case is moving forward fast. I sent my I-485 on August 1st. After that I did my biometrics on August 30th (Thursday) and on August 31st I received a phone call asking me if I could go to the interview on Sept 6th because they knew that this process has to be done before the end of September. Today, Sept 4th I am receiving the interview letters by mail to attend the interview on Sept 6th.

Question, this is DV process for a family group. Do my children have to attend the interview?

Thanks!
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Yes your DV derivatives need to attend the interview with you.
 
Sm1smom said:
All you can do at this point is be patient and keep your fingers crossed. Remember your wife’s interview appointment was scheduled long after all September CP interviews were scheduled, so yes it’s possible for the case to have been sent without a visa being allocated. They are probably waiting to see if there will be a leftover visa that can be allocated to your wife.
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I agree !. Will let you know!
 
Hi everyone,
Today morning after around 2 weeks of my interview and 7 month of my FP, I got the best message ever. My case got approved. :)
I apreciate everyone here who tried to response my questions and concerns.
I have some recomndations for people who are following this forum.
1- Do NOT overthink of everything. there are many questions here that are from stressed out people which is understandable but most of them can be answers are logically figured out.
2- filing i485 is easy and you can find many Youtubes video to learn how to do that.
3- there is NO need for an specific statement on your translations, they only need to be official, it means the translator should have some evidence that shows he is fluent in both languages. Mine document did not have any statement that the translator is fluent in both languages but he had an official institute that was enough. So, being official as an translator in your own country is fine.
4- My IO never requested KCC for my file. It is a process that IO decides about.
5- Medical exam can be considered a year after submission day and singed date, the decision is up to the IO. But do not take any risk, take your medical after Fiscal year starts and if it is expired on your interview date, take a new one with yourself.
6- In this forum, there are many people who can share their experiences but it does not mean you will have the same experiensce. Then, do not get panic if you read some situations about other people.
7- Be Pacient. by asking non necessary questions you just get more nervous and make others more panic. Also, you might get confuse.
8- Infopass is the best way to follow your case but the officers do not always give you right information like something that happened to me.
9- Please HELP each other here and do not wait for only one person to answer, if you know the right answer do not hesitate to state that here.

I wish the best luck for all of you.
 
Today I went for my interview at Houston office. The officer I met was very polite and very knowledgeable about DV Lottery and he informed me has been doing it for years. We went through the application and he informed me I should wait for feedback. All the questions were what is in the form I filled. He informed me he is aware of September 30th deadline. He mentioned he does DV cases on Tuesdays in Houston office. I was done with interview in less than 20 minutes.
My fingers are crossed as am on removal proceedings in Immigration Court but am hoping for the best.
I will update any changes.
 
Beatrice22 said:
Today I went for my interview at Houston office. The officer I met was very polite and very knowledgeable about DV Lottery and he informed me has been doing it for years. We went through the application and he informed me I should wait for feedback. All the questions were what is in the form I filled. He informed me he is aware of September 30th deadline. He mentioned he does DV cases on Tuesdays in Houston office. I was done with interview in less than 20 minutes.
My fingers are crossed as am on removal proceedings in Immigration Court but am hoping for the best.
I will update any changes.
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Thanks for the update and please keep us posted regarding the final outcome of your case.

All the best!
 
SusieQQQ said:
I must admit curiosity as to a circumstance which can put you in removal proceedings without disqualifying you from applying for AOS?
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Thanks for the response.
I applied for Asylum and after my interview my case was referred to immigration court.
I decided to file for AOS based on INA 212 which clearly states that those who filed for asylum before the 6 months are exempted and thus cannot go out of status and thus are admissible into US.
 
Beatrice22 said:
Thanks for the response.
I applied for Asylum and after my interview my case was referred to immigration court.
I decided to file for AOS based on INA 212 which clearly states that those who filed for asylum before the 6 months are exempted and thus cannot go out of status and thus are admissible into US.
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I understand, good luck with the outcome!
 
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