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AoShole said:
That's great news for you, and encouraging for me, too- our timelines are very similar (my package was delivered 6 days after yours), and I'll be in the LA FO, a few miles from you, although as of two days ago, my case was still with the NBC. Good luck!

Could I kindly trouble you to check your MyUSCIS, and confirm what information it shows, for the history of your case- some members have reported seeing updates, whereas others have not.
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Thank you :) I have not seen any updates on myUSCIS since I received the NOA. It is still showing "Fingerprint Fee Was Received".
 
Pascale_20EU36k said:
Thank you :) I have not seen any updates on myUSCIS since I received the NOA. It is still showing "Fingerprint Fee Was Received".
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It might be worth checking your receipt number on the egov status check tool as well. For me, MyUSCIS shows the fingerprint message from 29 June, but the egov tool shows 'Expedite Request Received', as of 15 July.
 
AoShole said:
It might be worth checking your receipt number on the egov status check tool as well. For me, MyUSCIS shows the fingerprint message from 29 June, but the egov tool shows 'Expedite Request Received', as of 15 July.
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So @AoShole, you received an expedite request based on the “expedite processing needed”explanation on your cover letter attached to your AOS Packet? Or you followed up other steps as well?
 
There are two users in the spreadsheet with the same FO as mine, but i've never read anything from them in this thread.. Are you there @vadim and @bqto ?

Apparently @Bqto is not an user in this forum, how could that be?
 
AoShole said:
It might be worth checking your receipt number on the egov status check tool as well. For me, MyUSCIS shows the fingerprint message from 29 June, but the egov tool shows 'Expedite Request Received', as of 15 July.
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How does someone request's Expedite Request? I did not know that this option is available on dv aos.
 
Hi all... I have my interview scheduled next week, I my bio appointment was canceled because of the shut down. Today my case status updated to:
“Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken”
I think they are re-using fingerprints from other applications. I have a pending I-485 through work that I did fingerprints for back in August. I did submit an e-request , not sure if that is why the status was updated.
Good luck to everyone.
 
katoor said:
Hi all... I have my interview scheduled next week, I my bio appointment was canceled because of the shut down. Today my case status updated to:
“Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken”
I think they are re-using fingerprints from other applications. I have a pending I-485 through work that I did fingerprints for back in August. I did submit an e-request , not sure if that is why the status was updated.
Good luck to everyone.
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Yes, they are re-using fingerprints/biometric checks conducted within the last one to two years, especially when those checks resulted in cleared background checks.
 
Sm1smom said:
Yes, they are re-using fingerprints/biometric checks conducted within the last one to two years, especially when those checks resulted in cleared background checks.
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Do you think the ones taken at embassies will count? I have received my F1 Visa last year and have fingerprints at my local embassy last July.
 
Kentavar2397 said:
So @AoShole, you received an expedite request based on the “expedite processing needed”explanation on your cover letter attached to your AOS Packet? Or you followed up other steps as well?
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WaitingAoS said:
How does someone request's Expedite Request? I did not know that this option is available on dv aos.
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It is available under a limited set of criteria:
  • Severe financial loss to a company or person, provided that the need for urgent action is not the result of the petitioner’s or applicant’s failure to:
    1. File the benefit request or the expedite request in a reasonable time frame, or
    2. Respond to any requests for additional evidence in a reasonably timely manner;
  • Urgent humanitarian reasons;
  • Compelling U.S. government interests (such as urgent cases for the Department of Defense or DHS, or other public safety or national security interests); or
  • Clear USCIS error
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When I spoke to a tier 2 USCIS representative earlier this year, about a tangential issue, to my AoS, he advised that I could submit an expedite request when the time came. When I advised him that I didn't see my case fitting clearly into any of the above categories, he said it's a subjective application, that may be loosely-applied, based on the officer who gets the case, and if I had a pending I-485 in that situation, he would have submitted the request for me, under two of the categories, given the circumstances I described.

At the time I eventually did submit my application, an immigration lawyer I was chatting to said I could include a cover letter printed on a brightly-colored page, describing the urgent nature of the DV AoS, and I figured it couldn't hurt. When I called earlier this week, for a status update, and I mentioned this cover letter, referring to it as an 'expedite request', the USCIS representative offered to put it through as an actual expedite request, and I agreed, again, figuring that it couldn't hurt- at least get someone's eyeballs on the application. The outcome of the request to expedite (not the actual adjudication FYI) is usually provided within 5 working days, so I'll let everyone know next week, with a description of my circumstances.
Sm1smom said:
You don’t see your info under the month of May?
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Out of curiosity, why have you chosen to order by month of currency? As polite feedback- it is more intuitive to me, to order by lockbox date, as it gives a browser an easier understanding of how applications sent around the same time are doing :)
 
AoShole said:
Out of curiosity, why have you chosen to order by month of currency? As polite feedback- it is more intuitive to me, to order by lockbox date, as it gives a browser an easier understanding of how applications sent around the same time are doing :)
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Under normal circumstances, comparison of how cases are progressing ends at the bio stage. After that, it makes no difference since each FO operates independently of one another, and there are other several factors which comes into play during the process. You can have 3 to 5 people who filed at the same time with one or two completing the process within one or two months of filing (because their FO is typically not super busy compared to the rest); the additional two finishes within 3 months of filing (average processing time for each of their FOs); 5th person finishes 7 to 8 months after (because of delayed background check clearance). As such, this trying to compare cases based on filing date makes no sense to me.

Ideally, organizing by the FO, and the filing date is an alternative, but I don’t have the time for that. So, organizing based on current month makes more sense since most AOSers tend to file around the time they become current. Everyone has an idea of how they would love to see the spreadsheet presented, I can’t change the process to accommodate users who do a last minute to switch to AOS and subsequently couldn’t file when their CNs became current.

In addition, (my opinion since I own the spreadsheet anyways), organizing the list based on current month is easier on the eyes in terms of aesthetics.
 
Hi ,
My wife and I have received an interview invitation at the beginning of August.
The interviews are on the same day but at different hours: 2 hours apart.

1. I was under the impression that there is one interview for the entire family, Is that to be expected? is that due to COVID?

2. We got the interview but still didn't get the BIO appointment and our embassy fingerprints were taken in mid-2017 (not in the last 1-2 years)
Is that a potential problem? should the BIO be completed before the interview?

Thank You in advance!
 
Maxus30 said:
Hi ,
My wife and I have received an interview invitation at the beginning of August.
The interviews are on the same day but at different hours: 2 hours apart.

1. I was under the impression that there is one interview for the entire family, Is that to be expected? is that due to COVID?

2. We got the interview but still didn't get the BIO appointment and our embassy fingerprints were taken in mid-2017 (not in the last 1-2 years)
Is that a potential problem? should the BIO be completed before the interview?

Thank You in advance!
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Plz can you tell your Field Office ??
 
Sm1smom said:
Under normal circumstances, comparison of how cases are progressing ends at the bio stage. After that, it makes no difference since each FO operates independently of one another, and there are other several factors which comes into play during the process. You can have 3 to 5 people who filed at the same time with one or two completing the process within one or two months of filing (because their FO is typically not super busy compared to the rest); the additional two finishes within 3 months of filing (average processing time for each of their FOs); 5th person finishes 7 to 8 months after (because of delayed background check clearance). As such, this trying to compare cases based on filing date makes no sense to me.

Ideally, organizing by the FO, and the filing date is an alternative, but I don’t have the time for that. So, organizing based on current month makes more sense since most AOSers tend to file around the time they become current. Everyone has an idea of how they would love to see the spreadsheet presented, I can’t change the process to accommodate users who do a last minute to switch to AOS and subsequently couldn’t file when their CNs became current.

In addition, (my opinion since I own the spreadsheet anyways), organizing the list based on current month is easier on the eyes in terms of aesthetics.
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Ok, thanks for the thorough explanation; I suppose in a regular DV year, it makes sense.
 
Maxus30 said:
Hi ,
My wife and I have received an interview invitation at the beginning of August.
The interviews are on the same day but at different hours: 2 hours apart.

1. I was under the impression that there is one interview for the entire family, Is that to be expected? is that due to COVID?

2. We got the interview but still didn't get the BIO appointment and our embassy fingerprints were taken in mid-2017 (not in the last 1-2 years)
Is that a potential problem? should the BIO be completed before the interview?

Thank You in advance!
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1. You’ll both be seen at the same time, or immediately one after the other. Plan on being at your FO at the same time, explain to the guards your applications are dependent on one another in order for them to let you in at the same time.

2. Your IO will let you know when you show up for the interview. Bio notice may also show up before the scheduled interview appointment.
 
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