Sm1smom,
Thanks for the answer. Regarding the payment, I'm still getting some difficulting with wordings and was confused because "Money Order" or "Check" aren't used in my country and I have never worked with such terms before. However, now I researched and got the following understanding.
1) I pay the fee and wait for the receipt (2-4 weeks)
2) I go to a supermarket and get the money order (I pay money in the store and they give me this "Money Order" or "Check") and I include it to the list of documents that I sent in my AOS package.
This part was really confusing cause of the fact that I didn't have an understanding of how these checks work.
By the way, here I may be confused with the wording. By "document review" I meant the following:
- Receive the email from KCC confirming your intention to do AOS (2nd NL)
It's in the FAQ section as well. As I understand, I still need to wait for it from KCC (I have made an inquiry a week ago and they gave me a generic answer to allow them a few weeks to review documents).
Other than that I went through the forms and I think I'm good. I will start filling them out soon. For now, my main concerns were payments and medical examination (that I will research ASAP - not sure about how it goes here cause we have stay at home order till 15th of may).
First of all, you need to understand the AOS original focus of the process spreadsheet is for selectee who decided upon selection to process AOS - they have enough time to prepare and follow all the steps as listed. For people in your situation who are making last minute changes, some of those steps such as receiving the 2NL (which for AOS is not the same as CP) may not happen for you. For someone making a last minute switch, here’s what you need to do:
1. Contact KCC (preferably by email) to inform them you’re switching over to AOS.
2. Visit your local USPS (if they’re providing in-person service) and purchase the money order (or your bank and purchase the cashier’s check) for the DV administrative fee payment.
3. Fill out the payment form and Mail in the money order or cashier’s check - be sure to include a stamped, self addressed envelope with the payment - this envelope will be used in mailing back your payment receipt to you. (You can contact KCC (by email) after two weeks and request a copy of the payment receipt if you haven’t received it by then - time is no longer on your side).
4. Complete medical exam if you’re able to find a CS who is not shut down due to COVID-19. If you’re not able to do the medical exam, you have the option of sending in AOS package without the medical report, as this may be taken along to the interview. Note slight risk to not including the medical report:
a) if your IO was considering approving your AOS petition without an interview, they will not be able to do so until the medical report is received. So you may get a RFE asking for the medical report, or subsequently get scheduled for an interview that could have been waived in the first place.
b) very low chance of the Chicago Lockbox considering your AOS package as incomplete which will result in their rejecting and returning your package. You simply re-file once you get back the returned package in this case.
5. Put AOS package together and mail in to the Chicago Lockbox. Your AOS package will include the second payment - AOS filing and bio fees. You can include a personal check for this payment or use a credit card by filing out form G-1450 and including that with your AOS package.
Then the waiting game begins.
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