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DV 2020 AOS Only

americanvisa said:
Thanks Mom for the advice, appreciate it. I submitted a request about my case to USCIS yesterday and today it was updated to: "On June 23, 2020, your inquiry about why your case is taking longer than our processing time, referral number XXXXXXXXXX was assigned to an officer for response." I am afraid that they would send me a generic response, even though I stated that my case is the DV Lottery one and should be different than the employment and family-based cases. On my USCIS case status, it doesn't really state that my case was even sent to the Field Office yet. So I am afraid that the officer will just inform me that the case is still with the general center.. Hopefully I will get something informative out of this. I'll update everyone here once I get a response.

I also emailed the Congressman's office yesterday, asking for a legal assistance. I tried to call but they didn't pick up. Hoping that they will get back to me in a timely manner.
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1. Maybe you need to re-read my previous response re the online request. I indicated it may trigger bringing your case back to their attention (even if you receive a generic response at the end of the day). It doesn’t mean it hasn’t had any effect.
2. Your congressman/woman will not be providing you with any “legal” assistance. You’ll need to hire a lawyer if you need legal assistance. You might want to be careful with utilizing all the follow up options available to you at once. Imagine the IO in charge of your case getting an online request directly from you, and a congressional follow up on your behalf at the same time? You think he/she will be happy about that? That is why I typically recommend waiting at least till the outcome of one before going the next route, which is more or less an escalation process.
3. If you’ve taken due diligence to go through the AOS spreadsheet, you would have seen where it says there will be no further online case updates until the case is adjudicated.
 
Hi it’s first time to comment here. I’m really sad current situation.
I’m staying in US as F1visa right now. I was selected 2020..Case number is high. So I was thinking to take interview home country. However there is no hope anymore...
Then I come here and read everything. There is chance to take interview in US. Right?
So I wanted to make sure and called KCC this morning. But They said there’s no possible to take interview even AOS. (I didn't mention case number or my progress but they just said )
I just share my story and want to say I’m really sad.......
 
Ertyui said:
Hi it’s first time to comment here. I’m really sad current situation.
I’m staying in US as F1visa right now. I was selected 2020..Case number is high. So I was thinking to take interview home country. However there is no hope anymore...
Then I come here and read everything. There is chance to take interview in US. Right?
So I wanted to make sure and called KCC this morning. But They said there’s no possible to take interview even AOS. (I didn't mention case number or my progress but they just said )
I just share my story and want to say I’m really sad.......
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I guess KCC is mentioning about the people who choose CP before and planning to change to AOS right now.... There is dv administrative fee $330 you have to pay to DOS after that you have to do Medical and also You have to collect those docs and include in AOS package which takes about a Month or more. I have not heard any news about suspension of dv AOS as of now. People already processing after that proclamation got IL too without Bio metrics. And 2 people in this forum said their interviews are waived...
KCC is informing the people who want to change from CP to AOS as they might think you are outside the USA..
 
Ertyui said:
Hi it’s first time to comment here. I’m really sad current situation.
I’m staying in US as F1visa right now. I was selected 2020..Case number is high. So I was thinking to take interview home country. However there is no hope anymore...
Then I come here and read everything. There is chance to take interview in US. Right?
So I wanted to make sure and called KCC this morning. But They said there’s no possible to take interview even AOS. (I didn't mention case number or my progress but they just said )
I just share my story and want to say I’m really sad.......
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Email KCC to let know you’re currently based in the US and wish to switch from CP to AOS. Come back and let us know what the email response says.
 
AoShole said:
I just had a troubling conversation with KCC. I was calling to find out if this interpretation of the proclamation, posted in the relevant forum, was correct:



Before I even got to that, the representative, Tammy (if you've called KCC enough times, you would have spoken to her, as there are only a few call center staff), advised that the DV program has been suspended, affecting BOTH those outside, and inside, the United States, including AoS- no interviews are being, or will be scheduled. I couldn't believe it, and I clarified a few times, as I've seen nothing in these forums, or online, to this effect, but she iterated that no DV cases will be proceeding to interview.

I am going to call the USCIS when I have a moment, and will update, but if anyone has seen or heard anything, I would encourage them to advise.
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She's incorrect of course, but it's not surprising that the KCC staff don't know about that. AOS is outside of their scope. And generally the understanding of staff is not great, not only at KCC. When I did my AOS interview the staff there told me I had to return to my home country to process my DV case.
 
Britsimon said:
She's incorrect of course, but it's not surprising that the KCC staff don't know about that. AOS is outside of their scope. And generally the understanding of staff is not great, not only at KCC. When I did my AOS interview the staff there told me I had to return to my home country to process my DV case.
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I guess DV AOS are very rare, so some of the staff don't know the procedures.
 
panik said:
I guess DV AOS are very rare, so some of the staff don't know the procedures.
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KCC does not handle AOS cases, regardless of how rare it may be. Therefore, ALL (not some) of the staff especially those who answer the phone do not know the procedure. KCC is different from USCIS which is the organization responsible for AOS cases.
 
Sm1smom said:
1. Maybe you need to re-read my previous response re the online request. I indicated it may trigger bringing your case back to their attention (even if you receive a generic response at the end of the day). It doesn’t mean it hasn’t had any effect.
2. Your congressman/woman will not be providing you with any “legal” assistance. You’ll need to hire a lawyer if you need legal assistance. You might want to be careful with utilizing all the follow up options available to you at once. Imagine the IO in charge of your case getting an online request directly from you, and a congressional follow up on your behalf at the same time? You think he/she will be happy about that? That is why I typically recommend waiting at least till the outcome of one before going the next route, which is more or less an escalation process.
3. If you’ve taken due diligence to go through the AOS spreadsheet, you would have seen where it says there will be no further online case updates until the case is adjudicated.
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Just received an update from USCIS saying "Your case is currently pending. If you facing a hardship due to the processing of your application. You may request, managerial consideration for expedited processing." I already called for an expedited processing... What would you recommend me to do?
 
americanvisa said:
Just received an update from USCIS saying "Your case is currently pending. If you facing a hardship due to the processing of your application. You may request, managerial consideration for expedited processing." I already called for an expedited processing... What would you recommend me to do?
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Now you wait since you’ve also already initiated a congressional follow up, in addition to requesting an expedite. You just have to continue being patient.
 
When the AOS payment has been cashed, does it mean that they have gone through our documents and checked if anything is wrong or missing and then they proceeded to the payment, or the NOA is the real indication that so far everything is signed properly etc.? Or that is yet to be determined despite money being cashed and NOA received?

Thank you in advance!
 
Kentavar2397 said:
When the AOS payment has been cashed, does it mean that they have gone through our documents and checked if anything is wrong or missing and then they proceeded to the payment, or the NOA is the real indication that so far everything is signed properly etc.? Or that is yet to be determined despite money being cashed and NOA received?

Thank you in advance!
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Check the NBC_LOCKBOX_FO tab of the AOS process spreadsheet for this.
 
Sm1smom said:
You might want to be careful with utilizing all the follow up options available to you at once. Imagine the IO in charge of your case getting an online request directly from you, and a congressional follow up on your behalf at the same time? You think he/she will be happy about that? That is why I typically recommend waiting at least till the outcome of one before going the next route, which is more or less an escalation process.
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@Sm1smom How long in your opinion should “waiting at least till the outcome of one” should be? The there a certain time period you should wait for, or until you receive a response from them?
 
Alexey said:
Would that be an actual response from them or the “next 90 days” that they mentioned in response to my case inquiry?
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I’m sorry I don’t understand the “next 90 days”you’re referring to. It makes no sense as you have it here. The way you’re asking your question is out of context.
 
Sm1smom said:
You can file one if you like. USCIS can always argue your case is not currently outside of the “normal” processing time - normal as in pre COVID-19 which led to office closures, normal as in average processing time (by your FO) of all AOS cases.

Right now, my recommendation is to be patient until we’re certain your FO as fully resumed operations. Once that is s ascertained, initiate a congressional inquiry. Based on what the response is, you can then follow up by seeking Ombudsman’s assistance. Prior to doing all these, do an online case follow up request, this may trigger bringing your case to the attention of the IO in charge of it, which wouldn’t require the other follow steps I listed above.
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Hi Sm1smom,

I'm trying to follow this thread but I believe I missed this topic. Can you give some insights regarding congressional inquiry and Ombudsman’s assistance? What is this and when we can use it? Sorry if it is a silly question....
 
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