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SusieQQQ said:
How did you justify “outside of normal processing time”? What processing time did you use as normal? DV is obviously not listed separately on the official uscis processing times page. I would personally suspect that’s why you got the response you did.
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I don’t believe it gave me an option to “justify” outside of normal processing time, it just asked when I filed my case. Also, last fall before I sent my package I checked “average processing time” for my FO and I believe it was around 6 month (which I hoped wouldn’t be the case for me because I was under impression that DV cases are processed faster which I was wrong about). It was over 8 month now since I filed and over 7 month science I completed my biometrics.
Are you saying it is normal to wait so long for a DV case with pretty low CN??
While I totally understand the fact that I was extremely lucky to have such an opportunity to start with, I’m still a bit saddened by the fact that other FOs processed and approved other cases that filed months after me even before I was scheduled for the interview (one of those FOs is in my state and about two hour drive for me).
Anyways I was just following moms suggestion before I decide wether to contact my congressman or not :)
 
Alexey said:
I don’t believe it gave me an option to “justify” outside of normal processing time, it just asked when I filed my case. Also, last fall before I sent my package I checked “average processing time” for my FO and I believe it was around 6 month (which I hoped wouldn’t be the case for me because I was under impression that DV cases are processed faster which I was wrong about). It was over 8 month now since I filed and over 7 month science I completed my biometrics.
Are you saying it is normal to wait so long for a DV case with pretty low CN??
While I totally understand the fact that I was extremely lucky to have such an opportunity to start with, I’m still a bit saddened by the fact that other FOs processed and approved other cases that filed months after me even before I was scheduled for the interview (one of those FOs is in my state and about two hour drive for me).
Anyways I was just following moms suggestion before I decide wether to contact my congressman or not :)
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In fairness, your case was scheduled for an April interview, which clearly wasn’t outside of the processing time for your FO. The appointment was cancelled due to COVID-19 and USCIS office closure. So it’s technically not “waiting for so long for a DV case with pretty low CN” per se. Your case would have been completed by now, but for the extenuating circumstances which so many others are facing. Your FO will definitely reschedule your appointment in due course.

You also need to understand all the FOs do not deal with the same workload, other FOs processing time cannot be used to judge yours. One other significant factor is the background check clearance. You can do a background check same day with someone else who filed the same day as you and fall under your FO’s jurisdiction, their background check clears within days while yours may be pending clearance for weeks or months. If your FO is one of those that will not schedule an interview appointment until the background check clears, it means a prolonged waiting and processing time in your case.
 
Guys, we have to stay as calm as possible. This year is one of a kind and patience is more important than it has ever been. We all should understand that the possibility most people here could get their interviews scheduled towards September is very high. There has been already an interview scheduled a couple of days ago and another person got their interview waived, so there is more hope than we could ask for at this point. There are more than 3 months left, so speculating and guessing is not in anyone's favor. It is a situation where we have no control over. Even looking at timelines from previous years, there have been cases processed withing 2,3,4,5,6+ months, so it depends on a lot of factors. Don't be discouraged and exercise some patience. I'm so grateful for being able to even think about having the possibility of going through AOS considering the circumstances this year, and now finally things are slowly going back to normal again. As long as there are no closures before September 30th, we still have big chances.
 
Sm1smom said:
In fairness, your case was scheduled for an April interview, which clearly wasn’t outside of the processing time for your FO. The appointment was cancelled due to COVID-19 and USCIS office closure. So it’s technically not “waiting for so long for a DV case with pretty low CN” per se. Your case would have been completed by now, but for the extenuating circumstances which so many others are facing. Your FO will definitely reschedule your appointment in due course.

You also need to understand all the FOs do not deal with the same workload, other FOs processing time cannot be used to judge yours. One other significant factor is the background check clearance. You can do a background check same day with someone else who filed the same day as you and fall under your FO’s jurisdiction, their background check clears within days while yours may be pending clearance for weeks or months. If your FO is one of those that will not schedule an interview appointment until the background check clears, it means a prolonged waiting and processing time in your case.
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Background check for adjustment of status takes some time from 2 weeks to maximum 2 months to be cleared for many people. If it took more than 2 months that person has serious issues in his background like committing a crime. That a case has been stuck in background check is just a lame excuse USCIS gives to buy time.
 
2020AS00011xxx said:
Background check for adjustment of status takes some time from 2 weeks to maximum 2 months to be cleared for many people. If it took more than 2 months that person has serious issues in his background like committing a crime. That a case has been stuck in background check is just a lame excuse USCIS gives to buy time.
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This is absolutely not true! Prolonged background check clearance does not necessarily mean the person has committed a crime.

You’re free to believe what you wish to believe, but please don’t spread misinformation in this forum. Certain countries do not freely share information with the US, (you already admitted you’re from one of those countries where applicants are subject to prolonged background checks - is USCSI simply trying to “buy time” in such cases and for what reason?), you can’t expect USCIS to go ahead and issue GC without be certain someone is indeed who they’re claiming to be.
 
Alexey said:
I don’t believe it gave me an option to “justify” outside of normal processing time, it just asked when I filed my case. Also, last fall before I sent my package I checked “average processing time” for my FO and I believe it was around 6 month (which I hoped wouldn’t be the case for me because I was under impression that DV cases are processed faster which I was wrong about). It was over 8 month now since I filed and over 7 month science I completed my biometrics.
Are you saying it is normal to wait so long for a DV case with pretty low CN??
While I totally understand the fact that I was extremely lucky to have such an opportunity to start with, I’m still a bit saddened by the fact that other FOs processed and approved other cases that filed months after me even before I was scheduled for the interview (one of those FOs is in my state and about two hour drive for me).
Anyways I was just following moms suggestion before I decide wether to contact my congressman or not :)
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1) I’m saying, there is no “normal” for DV. That’s why I asked you. Let me explain what I mean. If you go to the page where they have uscis processing times, https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ and choose i485 for your FO, you will get (I think for all of them but stand to be corrected) only 2 options: family based and employment based. If you read across the table, the last column is “receipt date for a case enquiry“. It is only if you have a receipt date prior to that that your case is considered outside of normal processing time. And yes there isn’t a column for DV, and so I think whoever picked up your request checked your FO, saw no i485 listed where your receipt date flags it as actually being outside normal processing time, and that’s why you got the standard response you did.

2) is it normal to wait so long for DV with a low case nunber? In some cases, yes, if your field office is one the FOs that batches cases, then a low number can wait for months, 6 months or more is not unheard of. It’s entirely possible you would have been slated for interview sometime in the past couple of months but as you know they had to shut down. Edit: I see mom pointed out you case was Scheduled for April. So not out of normal time. So, proves the point. And if it was already scheduled you should get a rescheduling notice soon enough,
 
Sm1smom said:
In fairness, your case was scheduled for an April interview, which clearly wasn’t outside of the processing time for your FO. The appointment was cancelled due to COVID-19 and USCIS office closure. So it’s technically not “waiting for so long for a DV case with pretty low CN” per se. Your case would have been completed by now, but for the extenuating circumstances which so many others are facing. Your FO will definitely reschedule your appointment in due course.

You also need to understand all the FOs do not deal with the same workload, other FOs processing time cannot be used to judge yours. One other significant factor is the background check clearance. You can do a background check same day with someone else who filed the same day as you and fall under your FO’s jurisdiction, their background check clears within days while yours may be pending clearance for weeks or months. If your FO is one of those that will not schedule an interview appointment until the background check clears, it means a prolonged waiting and processing time in your case.
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I totally get what you are saying and I understand the affect that COVID has on the entire process for everyone. However I am still a human and sometimes it’s hard to keep my head cool and stay patient. At the same time I don’t want to wait until very last moment to exercise some opportunities I might have to speed up the process. But I don’t want to do something that might annoy them and create even more complications for my case too. I am just like a teenager that found themselves in the toxic relationship and just want peaceful and positive ending :)
 
SusieQQQ said:
1) I’m saying, there is no “normal” for DV. That’s why I asked you. Let me explain what I mean. If you go to the page where they have uscis processing times, https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ and choose i485 for your FO, you will get (I think for all of them but stand to be corrected) only 2 options: family based and employment based. If you read across the table, the last column is “receipt date for a case enquiry“. It is only if you have a receipt date prior to that that your case is considered outside of normal processing time. And yes there isn’t a column for DV, and so I think whoever picked up your request checked your FO, saw no i485 listed where your receipt date flags it as actually being outside normal processing time, and that’s why you got the standard response you did.

2) is it normal to wait so long for DV with a low case nunber? In some cases, yes, if your field office is one the FOs that batches cases, then a low number can wait for months, 6 months or more is not unheard of. It’s entirely possible you would have been slated for interview sometime in the past couple of months but as you know they had to shut down. Edit: I see mom pointed out you case was Scheduled for April. So not out of normal time. So, proves the point. And if it was already scheduled you should get a rescheduling notice soon enough,
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Thank you for your explanation. I now understand what you meant and I see the point. And I’m sure that is exactly what happened...
 
2020AS00011xxx said:
Background check for adjustment of status takes some time from 2 weeks to maximum 2 months to be cleared for many people. If it took more than 2 months that person has serious issues in his background like committing a crime. That a case has been stuck in background check is just a lame excuse USCIS gives to buy time.
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Unhelpful nonsense.
 
Hello @Sm1smom ,

I submitted all the required documents for DV on last year November.
Interview is the last step I need to get approved for green card; however it has been 7 months and I am starting to get worried about it.
I am currently on F-1 OPT status, which ends on July 12th. I applied for EAD card a month ago so that I can work until the card gets approved - still waiting on this too. I've been seeing some cases from other people who got their GC approved without the interview on this page (congrats!!!!) and they seem to have a similar timeline for the application process as I am.

I've been googling and researching a lot - however I want to hear back from Mom (Thank you in advance).
Here are my questions,

1. How long does it usually takes for them to schedule an interview after they receive all the documents?
2. Can I still work while I'm waiting for my EAD card after when my OPT ends? - similar to how you can still work while waiting for STEM approval.
3. Based on my information and my chronological similarity with others who got GC without interviews, do you think its also a possibility for me that GC can be approved without an interview?
4. Will there be a hard deadline for abolishing all the this year's pending DV applications on September even during time like this?

Any advice or information would be appreciated.
Please let me know if you need more information on my end.

Thank you!
 
kats kits said:
Hello @Sm1smom ,

I submitted all the required documents for DV on last year November.
Interview is the last step I need to get approved for green card; however it has been 7 months and I am starting to get worried about it.
I am currently on F-1 OPT status, which ends on July 12th. I applied for EAD card a month ago so that I can work until the card gets approved - still waiting on this too. I've been seeing some cases from other people who got their GC approved without the interview on this page (congrats!!!!) and they seem to have a similar timeline for the application process as I am.

I've been googling and researching a lot - however I want to hear back from Mom (Thank you in advance).
Here are my questions,

1. How long does it usually takes for them to schedule an interview after they receive all the documents?
2. Can I still work while I'm waiting for my EAD card after when my OPT ends? - similar to how you can still work while waiting for STEM approval.
3. Based on my information and my chronological similarity with others who got GC without interviews, do you think its also a possibility for me that GC can be approved without an interview?
4. Will there be a hard deadline for abolishing all the this year's pending DV applications on September even during time like this?

Any advice or information would be appreciated.
Please let me know if you need more information on my end.

Thank you!
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1. Scheduling the interview is not like a one-size fits all process. So many factors determine this. You can however get some idea by reviewing the timeline spreadsheets to get an idea as related to your FO - I believe we discussed this before.

2. No you cannot continue working. You’ll have to wait until you receive the actual EAD before you can undertake authorized employment.

3. I don’t know. Again, a one size fits all approach cannot be adopted for this. Each FO operates independently, your background check clearance may still be pending, etc.

4. Yes. September 30th. No exception.
 
I am filling out the I485 and page 4 part 2 Item 11, 12 13 really confuses me. I am in F1 OPT and I have been in USA only since 2017 as F 1 student. I have a receipt number from my application for OPT but I am not sure if I have to fill that here. Also any help item 13 would be highly appreciated.

Thank you so much for all your help to millions of people!
 
akabhagawan said:
I am filling out the I485 and page 4 part 2 Item 11, 12 13 really confuses me. I am in F1 OPT and I have been in USA only since 2017 as F 1 student. I have a receipt number from my application for OPT but I am not sure if I have to fill that here. Also any help item 13 would be highly appreciated.

Thank you so much for all your help to millions of people!
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1.Q11 should be NO, (if you have entered US with inspection, have not overstayed your visa, have not worked without authorization)
2. Q ,12,13 on page 4 is irrelevant for DV applicants. you can writ N/A.
 
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