How long does it take to get approved?
DV 2020 AOS Only
- Thread starter Sm1smom
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val94
Active Member
val94
Active Member
So you received the approval notice on September 1st and you had your interview on August 25th. Was your case approved during the interview or after? Once the case status is "new card is being produced" it takes 30 days for your green card to arrive
Hi everyone, I have received my green card today. I was notified for the “GC was mailed to me” on sept 1st. I truly want to say thank you to @Sm1smom for all you have done for any of us! You have given me so much advices that really help my success to my approval. I have been checking on the forum everyday and this really provide me comfort and positives. Many thanks to @Sm1smom and also @SusieQQQ 
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!mendokusai
Active Member
Thanks for the folks who pressed LIKE in this survey.
It seems there are 8 people who are getting stuck in bio review in this chat room now.
I am listing up the summary, so please refer to this to make yourself feel easy.
We are on the same boat, and let us cross fingers for each other.
State/ the date and the content of their last action / interview O>>done, X>>not yet
- TX / 8/7 bio / O
- MA / 8/3 bio / X
- CA / 8/4 bio / O
- FL / 7/28 bio / O
- CA / 8/18 bio / X
- TX / 8/13 bio / O
- NY / 8/13 bio / X
- WA / 8/3 bio / O
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Hi everyone, I have received my green card today. I was notified for the “GC was mailed to me” on sept 1st. I truly want to say thank you to @Sm1smom for all you have done for any of us! You have given me so much advices that really help my success to my approval. I have been checking on the forum everyday and this really provide me comfort and positives. Many thanks to @Sm1smom and also @SusieQQQ
Enjoy your new LPR status.
ElenaStNew
Member
approved but not for all family. still waiting for my husband.
my GC sent 09/01, still didn't receive it
val94
Active Member
Congrats! you're almost there. When was your case approved and received the approval notice?
F1_student
Member
Hello friends,
It has been an incredible journey with a lot of ups and downs and stress but today my GC arrived!!!
I want to express one more time how thankful I am for this forum!
Special thanks go to:
- @Britsimon thanks to your blog I discovered this amazing forum, and I am so grateful for that!
- @Sm1smom thanks to your spreadsheet I was able to put the AOS package together. If it weren't for you I would be freaking out and I would have definitely missed valuable details. That spreadsheet is so so valuable, pure treasure! Thank you for the time you put everyday answering our desperate and sometimes silly questions. Thank you for calming us down and for asking us to just be patient. That's all it took the last few months, patience.
- @SusieQQQ you are a gem, even though you have gone through this process years ago, you remain engaged to this community and give back with the best way you can, you are always updated with the latest changes and provide great advice, thank you!
I wish all of you are healthy, happy and have anything you wish for in your lives! I truly appreciate your help!!!
To the rest AOSers: It has been a pleasure to "meet" you and to be in the same boat with you guys. Most of you already hold your GCs in your hands, for the rest I hope you will have it soon! Enjoy it <3
Best regards,
Ex-F1_student
It has been an incredible journey with a lot of ups and downs and stress but today my GC arrived!!!
I want to express one more time how thankful I am for this forum!
Special thanks go to:
- @Britsimon thanks to your blog I discovered this amazing forum, and I am so grateful for that!
- @Sm1smom thanks to your spreadsheet I was able to put the AOS package together. If it weren't for you I would be freaking out and I would have definitely missed valuable details. That spreadsheet is so so valuable, pure treasure! Thank you for the time you put everyday answering our desperate and sometimes silly questions. Thank you for calming us down and for asking us to just be patient. That's all it took the last few months, patience.
- @SusieQQQ you are a gem, even though you have gone through this process years ago, you remain engaged to this community and give back with the best way you can, you are always updated with the latest changes and provide great advice, thank you!
I wish all of you are healthy, happy and have anything you wish for in your lives! I truly appreciate your help!!!
To the rest AOSers: It has been a pleasure to "meet" you and to be in the same boat with you guys. Most of you already hold your GCs in your hands, for the rest I hope you will have it soon! Enjoy it <3
Best regards,
Ex-F1_student
Good night to all, we want to share our gratefulness with this amazing forum that has been our support in times of uncertainty. We are very happy to share that our green cards arrived on Thursday, September 3! We wish everyone good luck and hopefully you will get yours soon too. Many blessings to all!
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
What previous application? You have no post history, I have no insight to your case/situation which means I don’t know what your question is about. I therefore I’m unable to answer it.
On September 4 status online changed to "card was mailed"
7/30 interview
8/3 bio
8/17 called to inquire about my case. Tier 1 put in expedition request
8/20 recieved mailed in response to expedition saying they are aware of the DV deadline
8/20 online status changed to new card being produced
8/21 online status changed to case was approved
8/27 welcome letter received, dated for 8/20
7/30 interview
8/3 bio
8/17 called to inquire about my case. Tier 1 put in expedition request
8/20 recieved mailed in response to expedition saying they are aware of the DV deadline
8/20 online status changed to new card being produced
8/21 online status changed to case was approved
8/27 welcome letter received, dated for 8/20
Hello,
We had our interview on last Friday (09/04) in Detroit. The IO was very polite and kind. She only asked basic questions (where/how did we meet? And yes/no questions…)
During the interview, we realized that our lawyer sent only copies of all our documents (birth certificates, marriage certificate and even our I-485 forms!!!) I had a very hard time to hide how mad I was at my lawyer (she was not present because based in Houston and myself in Detroit). Fortunately it was not a big deal because we could sign our forms and show all original certificates… but of course there was no chance for our interview to be waived by sending only copies!
I asked the IO if she had an idea why our lawyers only provided copies, she answered that the lawyers typically send copies of certificates and they provide originals at the time of the interview.
Lesson #1: this is an additional reason not to hire a lawyer – in my case hiring a lawyer just made it impossible to have our interview waived (and I won’t mention here the tens of mistakes that they did and we corrected before they sent our application) à a pain in the a.. from A to Z
Lesson #2: in addition to the originals, bring a copy : for example we could not give the IO our property deed because she only wanted documents that she could keep with her (again it was not a big deal because we had other evidences but not as strong as a property deed) – in many interview story in this forum, people said that the IO left to make some copies and came back, so I though it was the way it should be. Plus in the interview letter they only ask for bringing originals à bring a photocopy of any single evidence that you don’t want to give the original.
At the end of the interview, the IO said that she needs to review our file to make a decision. I asked her if our background check was completed (bio done 1 month earlier on 08/04) and she said: “honestly I need to check because I haven’t checked this before the interview”.
So now I am quite stressed and I can’t wait to see my status changing… hopefully soon
Thank you Mom for all the resource you made available for us, you multiplied by x 1000 our chance to succeed!
We had our interview on last Friday (09/04) in Detroit. The IO was very polite and kind. She only asked basic questions (where/how did we meet? And yes/no questions…)
During the interview, we realized that our lawyer sent only copies of all our documents (birth certificates, marriage certificate and even our I-485 forms!!!) I had a very hard time to hide how mad I was at my lawyer (she was not present because based in Houston and myself in Detroit). Fortunately it was not a big deal because we could sign our forms and show all original certificates… but of course there was no chance for our interview to be waived by sending only copies!
I asked the IO if she had an idea why our lawyers only provided copies, she answered that the lawyers typically send copies of certificates and they provide originals at the time of the interview.
Lesson #1: this is an additional reason not to hire a lawyer – in my case hiring a lawyer just made it impossible to have our interview waived (and I won’t mention here the tens of mistakes that they did and we corrected before they sent our application) à a pain in the a.. from A to Z
Lesson #2: in addition to the originals, bring a copy : for example we could not give the IO our property deed because she only wanted documents that she could keep with her (again it was not a big deal because we had other evidences but not as strong as a property deed) – in many interview story in this forum, people said that the IO left to make some copies and came back, so I though it was the way it should be. Plus in the interview letter they only ask for bringing originals à bring a photocopy of any single evidence that you don’t want to give the original.
At the end of the interview, the IO said that she needs to review our file to make a decision. I asked her if our background check was completed (bio done 1 month earlier on 08/04) and she said: “honestly I need to check because I haven’t checked this before the interview”.
So now I am quite stressed and I can’t wait to see my status changing… hopefully soon
Thank you Mom for all the resource you made available for us, you multiplied by x 1000 our chance to succeed!