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Hi @Sm1smom,
I received the approval letter today. Notice type : Approval Notice. It says "The above application has been approved. Prior to receiving your permanent resident card you may be required to report for biometrics processing...." I am not sure this is the welcome letter or not. Can you please advise?
Thank you.
 
birviv said:
@Sm1smom Thank you for all the information and help! I have a question at this point though.
FO: Los Angeles
Bio: done on 8/5
no updated status after fingerprints were taken

I've called USCIS tier 2 to put in a service request on 8/11 and got "request was completed" status on that on 8/12. And then I got another email from USCIS saying that this request has been forwarded to LA FO and they should get back to me before a target date which is 8/18.
However, I haven't got any responses yet. Since I've used the USCIS path to expedite, my last resort would be to go to my congress person. I think I should be patient and wait a while longer, but the congress will go on recess so I also feel like I should contact them now if I would want to in the following weeks.

Please advise on what I should do at this point.. thank you in advance!
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You can contact your Congress person now or wait at least one more week before doing so. Your FO is familiar with DV cases.
 
LuckyDV2020 said:
Hi @Sm1smom,
I received the approval letter today. Notice type : Approval Notice. It says "The above application has been approved. Prior to receiving your permanent resident card you may be required to report for biometrics processing...." I am not sure this is the welcome letter or not. Can you please advise?
Thank you.
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Yes it is.
 
Sm1smom said:
You can contact your Congress person now or wait at least one more week before doing so. Your FO is familiar with DV cases.
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Thank you! I'll wait for a couple days then! That's good to hear. I was worried because some cases that were filed after me are interviewing but I'll practice some patience!
 
Good morning everyone.

@Sm1smom I got an email from my case worker last night with an attached copy of the interview letter, and today I got an actual letter in my mail, thanks got it actually got delivered to me. From one hand I’m very happy about it and from the other I got worried even more, and here’s why.
On the letter itself there’s few mistakes. Not only they wrote a wrong building number and didn’t put my apartment number (they put 2320 My street name instead of 2330 my street name) which could’ve let for mail to get lost, they also didn’t mention the address where my interview will take place... Only that it’s September 4th at 8am, but no address where. On my previous letter they had the address of my FO in downtown Columbus.
My case worker just forwarded me the email with the attachment from USCIS district congressional liaison who is in Cleveland.
Before you say that I’m overthinking stuff, it just seems really fishy to me that they cancel and put me back in the line for interview (probably in order to buy them more time) and now sent me mail to different address and don’t specify where exactly it will take place, even though I assume it should be my FO. I hope it was just silly mistakes because they were rushing things for me.
I know you are very against attorneys, but because of all that I’m now seriously considering if I should hire an attorney for my interview just in case if they start making some mistakes which would cost me time that I don’t have or god forbid a denial of my case.


On the letter itself it described what I need to bring with me to the interview. Along with everything it mentioned I-693 which I submitted with the case but I was way over six month now since I did it...
Does it mean that I need to redo the medical now?

It also mentioned I-864, but it is not applicable to my case, correct? I’m planning on bringing I-134 with me instead.

Thank you for you advises.
 
Alexey said:
Good morning everyone.

@Sm1smom I got an email from my case worker last night with an attached copy of the interview letter, and today I got an actual letter in my mail, thanks got it actually got delivered to me. From one hand I’m very happy about it and from the other I got worried even more, and here’s why.
On the letter itself there’s few mistakes. Not only they wrote a wrong building number and didn’t put my apartment number (they put 2320 My street name instead of 2330 my street name) which could’ve let for mail to get lost, they also didn’t mention the address where my interview will take place... Only that it’s September 4th at 8am, but no address where. On my previous letter they had the address of my FO in downtown Columbus.
My case worker just forwarded me the email with the attachment from USCIS district congressional liaison who is in Cleveland.
Before you say that I’m overthinking stuff, it just seems really fishy to me that they cancel and put me back in the line for interview (probably in order to buy them more time) and now sent me mail to different address and don’t specify where exactly it will take place, even though I assume it should be my FO. I hope it was just silly mistakes because they were rushing things for me.
I know you are very against attorneys, but because of all that I’m now seriously considering if I should hire an attorney for my interview just in case if they start making some mistakes which would cost me time that I don’t have or god forbid a denial of my case.

On the letter itself it described what I need to bring with me to the interview. Along with everything it mentioned I-693 which I submitted with the case but I was way over six month now since I did it...
Does it mean that I need to redo the medical now?

It also mentioned I-864, but it is not applicable to my case, correct? I’m planning on bringing I-134 with me instead.

Thank you for you advises.
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Hi @Alexey,

I understand that there are some concerns that make you worry, but you got the interview scheduled - Congrats with that!!! I am still waiting for mine :( Hope everything goes well in your case! Good luck.
 
Alexey said:
Good morning everyone.

@Sm1smom I got an email from my case worker last night with an attached copy of the interview letter, and today I got an actual letter in my mail, thanks got it actually got delivered to me. From one hand I’m very happy about it and from the other I got worried even more, and here’s why.
On the letter itself there’s few mistakes. Not only they wrote a wrong building number and didn’t put my apartment number (they put 2320 My street name instead of 2330 my street name) which could’ve let for mail to get lost, they also didn’t mention the address where my interview will take place... Only that it’s September 4th at 8am, but no address where. On my previous letter they had the address of my FO in downtown Columbus.
My case worker just forwarded me the email with the attachment from USCIS district congressional liaison who is in Cleveland.
Before you say that I’m overthinking stuff, it just seems really fishy to me that they cancel and put me back in the line for interview (probably in order to buy them more time) and now sent me mail to different address and don’t specify where exactly it will take place, even though I assume it should be my FO. I hope it was just silly mistakes because they were rushing things for me.
I know you are very against attorneys, but because of all that I’m now seriously considering if I should hire an attorney for my interview just in case if they start making some mistakes which would cost me time that I don’t have or god forbid a denial of my case.


On the letter itself it described what I need to bring with me to the interview. Along with everything it mentioned I-693 which I submitted with the case but I was way over six month now since I did it...
Does it mean that I need to redo the medical now?

It also mentioned I-864, but it is not applicable to my case, correct? I’m planning on bringing I-134 with me instead.

Thank you for you advises.
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First of all, point of correction. I am NOT against attorneys in the very least, talk less of being “very against”. I recommend against the use of attorneys for straight forward DV based AOS cases for anyone who can read and write, this is because most attorneys are not familiar with DV based AOS cases, reports in this forum has shown they’ve caused more harm than good.

Now to your IL, they wrote the wrong building number, they omitted your apartment number, BUT the letter still showed up in your mailbox, in addition to you receiving the very same letter via email. The letter does not state interview location, (although there’s enough time between now and Sept. 4th for you to follow up, ask questions, and confirm the interview location); they scheduled, cancelled, finally rescheduled the interview. All these makes you see some sort of conspiracy against your case? Hire an attorney if it gives you some peace of mind, this really is your case. So you should be deciding on what you think is in your own best interest.
 
Alexey said:
Good morning everyone.

@Sm1smom I got an email from my case worker last night with an attached copy of the interview letter, and today I got an actual letter in my mail, thanks got it actually got delivered to me. From one hand I’m very happy about it and from the other I got worried even more, and here’s why.
On the letter itself there’s few mistakes. Not only they wrote a wrong building number and didn’t put my apartment number (they put 2320 My street name instead of 2330 my street name) which could’ve let for mail to get lost, they also didn’t mention the address where my interview will take place... Only that it’s September 4th at 8am, but no address where. On my previous letter they had the address of my FO in downtown Columbus.
My case worker just forwarded me the email with the attachment from USCIS district congressional liaison who is in Cleveland.
Before you say that I’m overthinking stuff, it just seems really fishy to me that they cancel and put me back in the line for interview (probably in order to buy them more time) and now sent me mail to different address and don’t specify where exactly it will take place, even though I assume it should be my FO. I hope it was just silly mistakes because they were rushing things for me.
I know you are very against attorneys, but because of all that I’m now seriously considering if I should hire an attorney for my interview just in case if they start making some mistakes which would cost me time that I don’t have or god forbid a denial of my case.


On the letter itself it described what I need to bring with me to the interview. Along with everything it mentioned I-693 which I submitted with the case but I was way over six month now since I did it...
Does it mean that I need to redo the medical now?

It also mentioned I-864, but it is not applicable to my case, correct? I’m planning on bringing I-134 with me instead.

Thank you for you advises.
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Good morning Alexey!

I am not sure about how to help with the first part of your post, I do not want to give wrongful advice... But your I-693 has to be signed no more than 60 days prior to filing your AOS application. If that's the case, then it is valid for 2 years (per USCIS policy update from Nov. 1st, 2018).

As for the I-864, I think @Sm1smom already mentioned about it. Just in case my IO asks about it, I brought the instructions for this form during my interview. It lists the cases it applies to, and shows the DV applicants are not included.
 
Hello,

I noticed today that my I-765 (application for STEM OPT Extension) was denied! I filed my STEM Extension after sending my AOS application and I have received the physical GC! Should I be worried? Can this have any further implications?
 
birviv said:
Thank you! I'll wait for a couple days then! That's good to hear. I was worried because some cases that were filed after me are interviewing but I'll practice some patience!
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The same is here
I sent my package in May and still no bio not interview letter
Hopefully by this week we will get updates
 
Hi all,
I did my bio and still waiting for IL. The other applicant from my FO got her IL but I did not which makes me so frustrated.

One thing which is making me so nervous is we are close to USCIS furlough. Do you have any updates from that?
Do you think if this happens, how much can affect AOSers like me which is waiting for IL or bio?
 
I received a letter as a result of my request to expedite my case (August 17) saying that they are aware of the September deadline and that uscic is working to meet this deadline for all DV cases. So basically they are telling me to wait.

Just to recap my interview was on July 30, fingerprints were taken August 3
 
kratos said:
Hello,

I noticed today that my I-765 (application for STEM OPT Extension) was denied! I filed my STEM Extension after sending my AOS application and I have received the physical GC! Should I be worried? Can this have any further implications?
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It was rightly denied as the STEM OPT is no longer valid following the AOS approval.
 
RezaReza said:
Hi all,
I did my bio and still waiting for IL. The other applicant from my FO got her IL but I did not which makes me so frustrated.

One thing which is making me so nervous is we are close to USCIS furlough. Do you have any updates from that?
Do you think if this happens, how much can affect AOSers like me which is waiting for IL or bio?
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Based on all the pundits, it seems the furlough this time is inevitable... Senator Leahy sent another letter on Tuesday (see attached) requesting to delay the furlough till end-September. His last letter in July helped to move the date from August 3rd to 31st. Will see this time.
 

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Thanks. I read the article yesterday, but have not seen the letter.
He is from Vermont and there is big USCIS processing center in St Albans, VT.
Definitely he will fight for people in Vermont.
 
I just finished my interview at Los Angeles FO. My appointment was at 8am and we were out by 9am. It was surprisingly easy. Everyone was super nice and helpful. The IO was lovely, she took our passports, made us take the oath then asked a few questions about our e2 visa and business. She went through each of our I-485 and made us both sign at the end. Nothing was mentioned about the I-944. I didn't have to show any documents other than passports even though I had a folder full of things to show her. She told us to wait outside for about 15-20 minutes and came back out with the approval letter and said we should receive our GC by the end of next week in the mail. It was surprising how easy and quick it was, doesn't feel real. Good luck to everyone waiting on interviews.
 
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