Hi, We had our interview today. We arrived 7 min early went through security checks. After the bio appointment we learned not to take too much stuff with us, only all the documents needed for the interview (there are 5 of us, and last time we had too many close and bags with us for kids). We waited about 20 min for the officer to call us and had to go one by one, because there is a COVID restriction, that no more than 3 people can be in a room at the same time.
There was officer, who were conducting the interview and one more officer who were new and were observing the process. Officer, who conducted the interview went through my form i-485 and insisted on listing my patronymic name as a middle name even when I told him, that it is not a middle name. He also corrected the address, because we moved to a different address, and he said, that we should submit form AR-11, because we moved, but it is not related to our DV case. The officer that a thick accent and at times it was hard to understand him, so I had to ask him to repeat some of his questions. Officer didn't ask me about my diploma. I had an education evaluation with my package but didn't have an actual High School diploma and I have a lot of work experience. Officer also didn't ask me about taxes only asked to see my latest pay stabs, to make sure, that I still work for the same employer.
He went through a similar procedure with me, my wife, and each kid. And asked kids if we live together. Afterwards, he said that everything looks good, but we need to have a background check completed for some reason. We actually had our Bio appointment a week ago so I assumed, that it was supposed to be finished, but maybe he changed our names, so he needed to do it one more time. He said that our visas are available and he is going to request them from KCC. But we have to wait for this check to be finished. He also said that he is aware of a September 31 deadline, so our case should be processed before it.
During the day, kids case statuses were updated to "Name was Updated" and my and my wife's case status updated to "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed".
I am kinda disappointed because it looked like the officer just wanted to show a new officer how to handle the case and sent it to extra check, just to show those steps also, because he was saying that everything is OK and he is going to request visas for us, at the same time he submitted extra check and told officer, that he is going to show her, how to update case information later.
Also, it looks like after we are going to receive our green cards we are going to have to file I-90 form and request a replacement to remove our patronymic names from our green cards.
Wishing you the best of luck! I found it very weird though that they insisted on using a patronymic name as a middle one. As having a patronymic name myself which is not even included in my passport for international travels I'm just curious whether you included it in the lottery application form initially. Of course, no pressure on you to answer that.
