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gma8 said:
Well... I guess that is atleast a good problem to have. ;)

We have, 10 and 8 year old daughter. We might be just leaving them at friends place.

Find a friend, or hire a babysitter ??
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No doubts about this, I am so happy to receive those letters, I was just seriously considering to bring my daughter along because our friends live on the other side of the city and our appointment is at 8 am :rolleyes: To get some new toys so she could be quiet for some time exploring them. Babysitter sounds like a good idea, but I am very nervous about it during the pandemic and we've never hired a babysitter before.

Previously when i was doing biometrics i saw folks with babies, but it's my first time having a GC interview. There will be two of us, I am the main applicant and my husband, do you happen to know if the interview will be held for both of us at the same time or one after another?
Thank you :)
 
930 said:
I believe this is asking only for household members who earned income. If a household member didn't earn income (eg. my wife, my kids) then they're not meant to be listed in Part 3 at all. Part 3 is catching those who earned income and haven't filed a tax return.
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Hi 930,

That was our conclusion as well. We are in the same situation (minor kids, only one income) and listed on every I-944 only my husbands income. The joint filing they can see in the transcripts anyway but this way it is clear there is only one income.
This form gave me headaches and nightmares for days. Good luck! I hope that helps.
 
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citylista said:
Hello everyone!
we received our letters for our interview (for next Friday) and Bio for August,4th yesterday!
But upon reading the notice i saw that they request not to bring children to the appointment if they are not applying for the greencard. We have a toddler daughter, 18 months old, she is a US citizen and we have nobody to leave her with :( anybody else experienced the same? what did you do?
Thanks!!!
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Hi, we have an american toddler too. I can only tell that we don`t have that notice. Is it included in both letters?
Do you have the same time slot as your husband? To be honest due to the circumstances (early appointment, Covid) I would bring my baby with me and tell upon arrival that I am sorry and how to handle it. Or I would ask a friend to meet me there and watch the baby at a playground nearby.
 
citylista said:
No doubts about this, I am so happy to receive those letters, I was just seriously considering to bring my daughter along because our friends live on the other side of the city and our appointment is at 8 am :rolleyes: To get some new toys so she could be quiet for some time exploring them. Babysitter sounds like a good idea, but I am very nervous about it during the pandemic and we've never hired a babysitter before.

Previously when i was doing biometrics i saw folks with babies, but it's my first time having a GC interview. There will be two of us, I am the main applicant and my husband, do you happen to know if the interview will be held for both of us at the same time or one after another?
Thank you :)
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You will be interviewed at the same time even if the appointment times differ.
We have had people in your situation take the baby with before and it has not been a problem. I am not sure if Covid changes that but, if you don’t have anyone to look after the baby I’m sure they’d understand. I would not want to get a babysitter i‘d never used before under current circumstances.
 
Dear everyone,

I hope all your case will be approved very soon before Sep. 30.

I have one question related to looking for Congressman's or Senator's help of pushing the progress of my case.
Recently, I got two responses from one of Congressmans and Senators respectively. So, my question is may I send my request to them at the same time to help my case? Or I only can pick one option?

Please share your experience with me. Thank you very much!
 
ErictoAmerica said:
Dear everyone,

I hope all your case will be approved very soon before Sep. 30.

I have one question related to looking for Congressman's or Senator's help of pushing the progress of my case.
Recently, I got two responses from one of Congressmans and Senators respectively. So, my question is may I send my request to them at the same time to help my case? Or I only can pick one option?

Please share your experience with me. Thank you very much!
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No, it's not a good idea to contact both of them at the same time.
 
ErictoAmerica said:
Dear everyone,

I hope all your case will be approved very soon before Sep. 30.

I have one question related to looking for Congressman's or Senator's help of pushing the progress of my case.
Recently, I got two responses from one of Congressmans and Senators respectively. So, my question is may I send my request to them at the same time to help my case? Or I only can pick one option?

Please share your experience with me. Thank you very much!
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Sm1smom said:
Couple of ways to contact USCIS or initiate case follow up:

1. Call customer service +1-800-375-5283

2. Initiate an eRequest - Case follow up

3. Initiate a congressional inquiry - identify your house of rep and ask them to assist by contacting USCIS on your behalf - House of Rep Finder

Caution: don’t utilize all three methods at the same time. Consider each one an escalation means of following up, if there’s no satisfactory response from a previous follow up attempt.
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2020AS00011xxx said:
You missed your biometrics appointment?
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No, I didn’t miss it.
I had a phone call (no letter) last week to line up the appointment for Monday 07/20 in Manhattan. And I went and had them done. The supervisor told me a letter would come but to ignore it. The letter came yesterday, but the appointment time was for Monday 07/20 in Long Island City. Without the call I would have missed it.
Nothing is predictable right now. Some people have calls, some aren’t getting biometrics appointments at all. I think they are scrambling to get things done quickly. I’m really thankful for how much trouble the supervisor went to for me. I just hope an interview letter or call comes for me soon.
 
Dear @Sm1smom, while preparing documents for the interview we found out that we have submitted the certified translations of our birth certificates (bc) in the main AOS package. We can take to the interview the original bc for everyone and copies taken from certified translations.
Do you think it will be fine? If the officer asks about certified translations we can tell that we've submitted them in the original package.

Thank you.
 
Lara1 said:
Dear @Sm1smom, while preparing documents for the interview we found out that we have submitted the certified translations of our birth certificates (bc) in the main AOS package. We can take to the interview the original bc for everyone and copies taken from certified translations.
Do you think it will be fine? If the officer asks about certified translations we can tell that we've submitted them in the original package.

Thank you.
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You’re fine. You did exactly what you were supposed to do.
 
DV2020SA said:
Just as @suemen and @AoShole, my service request status says COMPLETE but i haven't receive any notification by mail nor email. I hope to get news about it next week.

Happy weekend folks!
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Yesterday I called a tier 2 rep to ask if any action has been taken on my expedite request which I submitted on July 10. She said there has been no response yet, and I should’ve expected a decision within 5 business days. She subsequently requested a follow up of the expedite request which she said I should also expect a response from within 5 business days.

And then she suddenly told me that a biometrics letter has been sent out to me on Thursday for Aug 4! That was a pleasant surprise. I didn’t even ask about it. I’ll be waiting for that letter in the mail.

So @DV2020SA if you haven’t heard from them in 5 business days (or maybe a bit more than that, just to give them leeway), feel free to contact the tier 2 rep.
 
ErictoAmerica said:
Thank you!

@Sm1smom Could you give me any suggestions? Thank you very much! I was wondering if it takes me for a long to wait for one of senator's help
may I contact with another one?
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It is hard for me to answer your question without knowing anything about your case. You need to provide more insights to your case. How long has it been since you filed? Which stage of the process is your case at? And what is your definition of “a long wait”?
 
Good afternoon everybody! We wanted to share some great news. We got our interview at Houston Field Office on Thursday without a biometrics appointment. The officer was surprised that we did not have them yet. My wife asked him to talk to his boss and he did and mentioned that the field office will be sending appointment letters if they confirm that there is not scheduled appointment for biometrics in our name yet. Thanks God we received the appointment letters for biometrics for August 5! The letter came directly from the National Benefits Center in Missouri. Hopefully everyone gets their interviews and biometrics real soon! On a side note, he showed us that all DV cases he has, were labeled with a “Priority handling” label, so it is real that they are very aware of our time-sensitive cases.
 
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