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W.M said:
Hi Mom,
Today is my 3rd infopass since I got denial, I went to the field office to keep my opportunity on DV-2018 up to the last breath.
I spoke to them for almost one hour arguing with a court decision that exist into their website saying that as long as DHS didn’t act on my asylum prior to the filing my I-485 then for technical reason I am not out of status plus I mentioned again to the other states that approve for the pending asyluees considering the time for filing their asylum petition while their non-immigrant visa was still valid, that meet with my status.
I felt that the officer was failed to argue and seems like he was convinced with what I said, at the end, he said because there’s no enough time remain I should submit my argument(I already did) & will reopen my file and see if that might works.
Let’s see and hopefully they found that their incorrect decision and give me my GC.
Keep praying and fight to the end.
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I wish you all the best!
 
Wra said:
Good Afternoon all,

I have a wish that at someday I am going to write this post in this amazing forum and share this happiness with MOM and all the folks with whom we have started the long journey back in May 2017.

Now the time has come. I especially want to thank MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks who help me during this journey.

We receive a call from the USCIS officer on Wednesday at 7:00 pm for the interview on Friday at 2:00 pm. We went to interview, and the officer was extremely friendly and simply ask Yes/No question. We have the pending asylum case, but officer do not ask any question about asylum case. He is majorly oriented about either we are maintaining a valid status or not. I collect enrollment verification letter, official transcript and newly updated I-20 just a day before the interview which helps us to prove that we still maintain a valid status. (For the information my wife was the lottery winner and she is in F2 status and I am in F1 status). After 2/3 hours online status has been updated and states that New Card is being Produced.
Actually, we have a problem before, regarding the transfer of our A-file from the Asylum office to the USCIS field office. I take the help of congressmen to solve this issue.

Asylum office says that they already send the file but USCIS says that they don’t send the file. To solve this deadlock, I get the paperwork from both offices and gave to the congressmen office. The person in the congressmen office was very nice and he understands our case very well and he sends an inquiry email to both USCIS and Asylum office to solve the problem. Congressmen email works magic and after 2/3 days A-file was received at USCIS office and we were called for interview. Later it came to know that Asylum office send the temporary electronic file to USCIS prior on June but USCIS was still waiting for the actual physical file. This is where our case was stuck.

I especially want to thanks to W.M and pray for this case to be a success. Since I got the idea from him to walk out to the Asylum office and collect the paperwork about our inquiry. Which works the strong proof for the congressmen to expedite our case this fast.

Overall, all the situation were turnover magically in just 3 / 4 days.

Lesson Learned: (This might be helpful for the upcoming years folks)
  • Never lose the hope till the 11th hour
  • Wherever you went for the inquiry regarding the case always collect the paperwork which might be very useful if some problem happens later
  • If you are in this Baltimore area, congressmen office is extremely helpful. If you need some help regarding your case if you have the genuine reason make priority to them instead of ombudsmen to solve your problem.
  • Research very well on two aspects in this forum – one who are in same situation as you in this journey and secondly – follow the experience of the folks from the same field office even from the past few years.
  • At some point someone inspired you and help you thus be the inspiration for others and help others whatever you can in this long journey

I will also update my timeline in timeline page of DV AOS2018.
Once again Thank you MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks for this thrilling journey.
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Congratulations brother. I am happy for u. I have one simple question, why did you say that congressman is more efficient than ombudsmen? Does ombudsmen not Help at all?
 
Yosef said:
I have one simple question, why did you say that congressman is more efficient than ombudsmen? Does ombudsmen not Help at all?
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I just write my personal opinion based on my experience. I found other folks from my same field office in previous years that they also get the help from congressmen and so do i. Thus i just tried to point that Baltimore area congressmen were extremely helpful and additionally i feel that if you meet face to face and explain your situation that will also affect somehow a little bit to push your case.
Please take it as only my personal opinion. I am not trying to offend here anything.
Thank you
 
Wra said:
Good Afternoon all,

I have a wish that at someday I am going to write this post in this amazing forum and share this happiness with MOM and all the folks with whom we have started the long journey back in May 2017.

Now the time has come. I especially want to thank MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks who help me during this journey.

We receive a call from the USCIS officer on Wednesday at 7:00 pm for the interview on Friday at 2:00 pm. We went to interview, and the officer was extremely friendly and simply ask Yes/No question. We have the pending asylum case, but officer do not ask any question about asylum case. He is majorly oriented about either we are maintaining a valid status or not. I collect enrollment verification letter, official transcript and newly updated I-20 just a day before the interview which helps us to prove that we still maintain a valid status. (For the information my wife was the lottery winner and she is in F2 status and I am in F1 status). After 2/3 hours online status has been updated and states that New Card is being Produced.
Actually, we have a problem before, regarding the transfer of our A-file from the Asylum office to the USCIS field office. I take the help of congressmen to solve this issue.

Asylum office says that they already send the file but USCIS says that they don’t send the file. To solve this deadlock, I get the paperwork from both offices and gave to the congressmen office. The person in the congressmen office was very nice and he understands our case very well and he sends an inquiry email to both USCIS and Asylum office to solve the problem. Congressmen email works magic and after 2/3 days A-file was received at USCIS office and we were called for interview. Later it came to know that Asylum office send the temporary electronic file to USCIS prior on June but USCIS was still waiting for the actual physical file. This is where our case was stuck.

I especially want to thanks to W.M and pray for this case to be a success. Since I got the idea from him to walk out to the Asylum office and collect the paperwork about our inquiry. Which works the strong proof for the congressmen to expedite our case this fast.

Overall, all the situation were turnover magically in just 3 / 4 days.

Lesson Learned: (This might be helpful for the upcoming years folks)
  • Never lose the hope till the 11th hour
  • Wherever you went for the inquiry regarding the case always collect the paperwork which might be very useful if some problem happens later
  • If you are in this Baltimore area, congressmen office is extremely helpful. If you need some help regarding your case if you have the genuine reason make priority to them instead of ombudsmen to solve your problem.
  • Research very well on two aspects in this forum – one who are in same situation as you in this journey and secondly – follow the experience of the folks from the same field office even from the past few years.
  • At some point someone inspired you and help you thus be the inspiration for others and help others whatever you can in this long journey

I will also update my timeline in timeline page of DV AOS2018.
Once again Thank you MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks for this thrilling journey.
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Congratulations and thanks for the detailed update.

The only clarification I would like to make for others reading your account (and who do not understand the process) is the fact that using the Ombudsman is meant to be a last resort push in resolving a stalled case. Utilizing the congressman/woman's help is a step that should have been explored before reaching out to the ombudsman's office.
 
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Sm1smom said:
Congratulations and thanks for the detailed update.

The only clarification I would like to make for others reading your account (and who do not understand the process) is the fact that using the Ombudsman is meant to be a last resort push in resolving a stalled case. Utilizing the congressman/woman's help is a step that should have been explored before reaching out to the ombudsman's office.
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Thank u mom. So if I already used ombudsmen, you didn’t recommend me to use congressman?
 
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Yosef said:
Thank u mom. So if I already used ombudsmen, you didn’t recommend me to use congressman?
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You can still use it if you haven't already done so (and haven't heard back from the Ombudsdman's office after waiting for a reasonable period of time), but the proper order should have been INFOPASS (a couple of those), congress person, ombudsman
 
Wra said:
Good Afternoon all,

I have a wish that at someday I am going to write this post in this amazing forum and share this happiness with MOM and all the folks with whom we have started the long journey back in May 2017.

Now the time has come. I especially want to thank MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks who help me during this journey.

We receive a call from the USCIS officer on Wednesday at 7:00 pm for the interview on Friday at 2:00 pm. We went to interview, and the officer was extremely friendly and simply ask Yes/No question. We have the pending asylum case, but officer do not ask any question about asylum case. He is majorly oriented about either we are maintaining a valid status or not. I collect enrollment verification letter, official transcript and newly updated I-20 just a day before the interview which helps us to prove that we still maintain a valid status. (For the information my wife was the lottery winner and she is in F2 status and I am in F1 status). After 2/3 hours online status has been updated and states that New Card is being Produced.
Actually, we have a problem before, regarding the transfer of our A-file from the Asylum office to the USCIS field office. I take the help of congressmen to solve this issue.

Asylum office says that they already send the file but USCIS says that they don’t send the file. To solve this deadlock, I get the paperwork from both offices and gave to the congressmen office. The person in the congressmen office was very nice and he understands our case very well and he sends an inquiry email to both USCIS and Asylum office to solve the problem. Congressmen email works magic and after 2/3 days A-file was received at USCIS office and we were called for interview. Later it came to know that Asylum office send the temporary electronic file to USCIS prior on June but USCIS was still waiting for the actual physical file. This is where our case was stuck.

I especially want to thanks to W.M and pray for this case to be a success. Since I got the idea from him to walk out to the Asylum office and collect the paperwork about our inquiry. Which works the strong proof for the congressmen to expedite our case this fast.

Overall, all the situation were turnover magically in just 3 / 4 days.

Lesson Learned: (This might be helpful for the upcoming years folks)
  • Never lose the hope till the 11th hour
  • Wherever you went for the inquiry regarding the case always collect the paperwork which might be very useful if some problem happens later
  • If you are in this Baltimore area, congressmen office is extremely helpful. If you need some help regarding your case if you have the genuine reason make priority to them instead of ombudsmen to solve your problem.
  • Research very well on two aspects in this forum – one who are in same situation as you in this journey and secondly – follow the experience of the folks from the same field office even from the past few years.
  • At some point someone inspired you and help you thus be the inspiration for others and help others whatever you can in this long journey

I will also update my timeline in timeline page of DV AOS2018.
Once again Thank you MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks for this thrilling journey.
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Great news makes me happy for you.
I can't understand why USCIS offices have different rules & lwas in this kind of sensitive cases which interpreted by the local officers and are not placed as a general regularion that could avoid to go althrough hardship i am facing now.
Strangely enough, the Baltimore field office in Maryland is a neighbor of the fairfax,VA field office.
All the best in your new green life.
 
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Wra said:
Good Afternoon all,

I have a wish that at someday I am going to write this post in this amazing forum and share this happiness with MOM and all the folks with whom we have started the long journey back in May 2017.

Now the time has come. I especially want to thank MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks who help me during this journey.

We receive a call from the USCIS officer on Wednesday at 7:00 pm for the interview on Friday at 2:00 pm. We went to interview, and the officer was extremely friendly and simply ask Yes/No question. We have the pending asylum case, but officer do not ask any question about asylum case. He is majorly oriented about either we are maintaining a valid status or not. I collect enrollment verification letter, official transcript and newly updated I-20 just a day before the interview which helps us to prove that we still maintain a valid status. (For the information my wife was the lottery winner and she is in F2 status and I am in F1 status). After 2/3 hours online status has been updated and states that New Card is being Produced.
Actually, we have a problem before, regarding the transfer of our A-file from the Asylum office to the USCIS field office. I take the help of congressmen to solve this issue.

Asylum office says that they already send the file but USCIS says that they don’t send the file. To solve this deadlock, I get the paperwork from both offices and gave to the congressmen office. The person in the congressmen office was very nice and he understands our case very well and he sends an inquiry email to both USCIS and Asylum office to solve the problem. Congressmen email works magic and after 2/3 days A-file was received at USCIS office and we were called for interview. Later it came to know that Asylum office send the temporary electronic file to USCIS prior on June but USCIS was still waiting for the actual physical file. This is where our case was stuck.

I especially want to thanks to W.M and pray for this case to be a success. Since I got the idea from him to walk out to the Asylum office and collect the paperwork about our inquiry. Which works the strong proof for the congressmen to expedite our case this fast.

Overall, all the situation were turnover magically in just 3 / 4 days.

Lesson Learned: (This might be helpful for the upcoming years folks)
  • Never lose the hope till the 11th hour
  • Wherever you went for the inquiry regarding the case always collect the paperwork which might be very useful if some problem happens later
  • If you are in this Baltimore area, congressmen office is extremely helpful. If you need some help regarding your case if you have the genuine reason make priority to them instead of ombudsmen to solve your problem.
  • Research very well on two aspects in this forum – one who are in same situation as you in this journey and secondly – follow the experience of the folks from the same field office even from the past few years.
  • At some point someone inspired you and help you thus be the inspiration for others and help others whatever you can in this long journey

I will also update my timeline in timeline page of DV AOS2018.
Once again Thank you MOM (Sm1smom), Britsimon, W.M, and other folks for this thrilling journey.
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I am in the same situation as yours. I am f1 status and I also applied for asylum.
I don't understand, what file asylum office should send to the uscis?
 
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Hello mom. I just get response from ombudsman office that they will get feedback from USCIS on September 27th. On that day will be on Thursday and before the final day of the diversity visa 2018. What should I do in this case. Because I didn’t get any benefit from infopass they just told me we still reviewing your case and we are aware of time sensitive. Even they refuse to tell me if my background check is done or not.
 
Maitham Aljishi said:
Can you please provide me with the link to that court decision? My interview is tomorrow and I want to be prepared to that argument if it comes up.
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I am not sure what you mean.
I am not talking anything regarding the court here.
Might be you quote the wrong response.
If you have any questions for me, i am happy to answer you.
Good luck for your interview.
 
Yosef said:
Hello mom. I just get response from ombudsman office that they will get feedback from USCIS on September 27th. On that day will be on Thursday and before the final day of the diversity visa 2018. What should I do in this case. Because I didn’t get any benefit from infopass they just told me we still reviewing your case and we are aware of time sensitive. Even they refuse to tell me if my background check is done or not.
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That's so strange as that was one of the main purposes of my infopass - that they confirmed whether my background check had been completed or not. Could you speak to a supervisor at an infopass?
 
Gill19 said:
That's so strange as that was one of the main purposes of my infopass - that they confirmed whether my background check had been completed or not. Could you speak to a supervisor at an infopass?
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They told me I can’t speak with supervisor. But I didn’t insist.
 
Wra said:
I am not sure what you mean.
I am not talking anything regarding the court here.
Might be you quote the wrong response.
If you have any questions for me, i am happy to answer you.
Good luck for your interview.
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You have mentioned before something about the technicality of being out of status while you wait for the asylum decision. And you said it's in their (USCIS) website. So, if i'm not mistaken, can you send the link please?
 
Well, it looks like this long trip is having a happy end. Today a received a phone call of the IO that interviewed me last week confirming that I should be receiving the cards by the next three weeks. This is my timeline:
Aug 03: Application received
Aug 08: Notice of action (application received)
Aug 10: Biometrics letter
Aug 30: Biometrics
Aug 31: I received a phone call asking me if I could come for an interview on Sep 06, less than one week later. She called me because she was aware that it was a short notice but she knew also that it had to be done before the end of September.
Sep 06: Interview. Everything was fine but my name check was pending. IO requested it expedite.
Sep 11: Approval notice by phone. IO called me to let me know that everything was ready.
The IO that interviewed me was extremely helpful and collaborative.
Thanks for this forum, and special thanks to Sm1smom and Britt !!
 
Gurodval said:
Well, it looks like this long trip is having a happy end. Today a received a phone call of the IO that interviewed me last week confirming that I should be receiving the cards by the next three weeks. This is my timeline:
Aug 03: Application received
Aug 08: Notice of action (application received)
Aug 10: Biometrics letter
Aug 30: Biometrics
Aug 31: I received a phone call asking me if I could come for an interview on Sep 06, less than one week later. She called me because she was aware that it was a short notice but she knew also that it had to be done before the end of September.
Sep 06: Interview. Everything was fine but my name check was pending. IO requested it expedite.
Sep 11: Approval notice by phone. IO called me to let me know that everything was ready.
The IO that interviewed me was extremely helpful and collaborative.
Thanks for this forum, and special thanks to Sm1smom and Britt !!
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Congratulations brother. I wish I have officer like what you have
 
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