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DV 2021 AOS Only

I am currently based in Australia.
If I arrive in US under a L1-B visa say 1st Sept 2021, is there enough time to do an AOS by the end of the month?
DS260 and Docs already submitted.

Thanks so much!
 
tinoproductions said:
I am currently based in Australia.
If I arrive in US under a L1-B visa say 1st Sept 2021, is there enough time to do an AOS by the end of the month?
DS260 and Docs already submitted.

Thanks so much!
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People are taking longer than a month just to get a receipt notice from the lockbox. (My understanding is the file doesn’t get moved to an FO at the very earliest until then - mom is this correct?.) In a normal year it would be very tight, I personally don’t see how it can be done this year. Others may have more optimistic views.
 
What exactly is the welcome letter? Does it arrive together with the green card? So far, I've gotten the approval notice, but not the welcome letter.
 
I got in touch with my attorney today, and she said that she printed out the expedited request on a pink paper and wrote EXPEDITE DIVERSITY VISA APPLICATION, MUST BE PROCESSED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. She said that she used pink paper to get their attention and used large font. This was placed on top of all other documents that were sent. She also wrote the same thing on the cover letter. Again, she said it is a good idea to use colored font like red and big letters to get their attention. If you have questions, you can email her (xxxxxxxxxx)

I hope this helps. Today I received my approval notice in the mail, and my status changed to "Card was picked up by USPS," however, I could see the tracking info before my status changed because the tracking number showed up on the informed delivery dashboard early this morning. My online status changed later in the day.

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Coffee&Books said:
I got in touch with my attorney today, and she said that she printed out the expedited request on a pink paper and wrote EXPEDITE DIVERSITY VISA APPLICATION, MUST BE PROCESSED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. She said that she used pink paper to get their attention and used large font. This was placed on top of all other documents that were sent. She also wrote the same thing on the cover letter. Again, she said it is a good idea to use colored font like red and big letters to get their attention. If you have questions, you can email her (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

I hope this helps. Today I received my approval notice in the mail, and my status changed to "Card was picked up by USPS," however, I could see the tracking info before my status changed because the tracking number showed up on the informed delivery dashboard early this morning. My online status changed later in the day.
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Hey
Thanks for sharing and also congratulations on your case approval
TBH, I doubt if that piece of paper would have passed the lockbox and forwarded to the FO!
I mean like what they do with our cover letters (getting rid of them at the lockbox and not sending them forward!)
Were you able to see that in your interview with your IO?!

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Milz said:
TBH, I doubt if that piece of paper would have passed the lockbox and forwarded to the FO!
I mean like what they do with our cover letters (getting rid of them at the lockbox and not sending them forward!)
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I agree, but he mentioned that the IO said they were aware of their expedite request. So it actually got to the IO's hand.
 
Coffee&Books said:
I got in touch with my attorney today, and she said that she printed out the expedited request on a pink paper and wrote EXPEDITE DIVERSITY VISA APPLICATION, MUST BE PROCESSED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. She said that she used pink paper to get their attention and used large font. This was placed on top of all other documents that were sent. She also wrote the same thing on the cover letter. Again, she said it is a good idea to use colored font like red and big letters to get their attention. If you have questions, you can email her (xxxxxxxxxxxxx).

I hope this helps. Today I received my approval notice in the mail, and my status changed to "Card was picked up by USPS," however, I could see the tracking info before my status changed because the tracking number showed up on the informed delivery dashboard early this morning. My online status changed later in the day.
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So not a real expedite request in the sense uscis uses it, just a reminder that it needed to be adjudicated by Sept 30. Thanks for clarifying.


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I got in touch with my attorney today, and she said that she printed out the expedited request on a pink paper and wrote EXPEDITE DIVERSITY VISA APPLICATION, MUST BE PROCESSED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. She said that she used pink paper to get their attention and used large font. This was placed on top of all other documents that were sent. She also wrote the same thing on the cover letter. Again, she said it is a good idea to use colored font like red and big letters to get their attention. If you have questions, you can email her xxxxxxxx

I hope this helps. Today I received my approval notice in the mail, and my status changed to "Card was picked up by USPS," however, I could see the tracking info before my status changed because the tracking number showed up on the informed delivery dashboard early this morning. My online status changed later in the day.
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So she more or less included an equivalent of a cover letter printed on a colored piece of paper in which she noted the filing is DV based. The note most likely didn’t make its way to the IO, just like cover letters typically don’t. It’s not like she formally submitted an expedite request per USCIS guideline. The Chicago Lockbox already has a process in place for identifying DV based cases before forwarding them to the NBC per this 2012 USCIS Florida Bar Q&A Session:
“DV cases are initially identified by the Lockbox. When the Lockbox identifies DV cases, a coversheet is placed on the file indicating to NBC that the application is a DV case. As these cases are received at NBC, they are sorted and shipped immediately to the Field Office with jurisdiction. Interviews for these cases are manually scheduled by the Field Office with jurisdiction as soon as possible.
 
Sm1smom said:
So she more or less included an equivalent of a cover letter printed on a colored piece of paper in which she noted the filing is DV based. The note most likely didn’t make its way to the IO, just like cover letters typically don’t. It’s not like she formally submitted an expedite request per USCIS guideline. The Chicago Lockbox already has a process in place for identifying DV based cases before forwarding them to the NBC per this 2012 USCIS Florida Bar Q&A Session:
“DV cases are initially identified by the Lockbox. When the Lockbox identifies DV cases, a coversheet is placed on the file indicating to NBC that the application is a DV case. As these cases are received at NBC, they are sorted and shipped immediately to the Field Office with jurisdiction. Interviews for these cases are manually scheduled by the Field Office with jurisdiction as soon as possible.
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Exactly what I’m saying!
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Sm1smom said:
So she more or less included an equivalent of a cover letter printed on a colored piece of paper in which she noted the filing is DV based. The note most likely didn’t make its way to the IO, just like cover letters typically don’t. It’s not like she formally submitted an expedite request per USCIS guideline. The Chicago Lockbox already has a process in place for identifying DV based cases before forwarding them to the NBC per this 2012 USCIS Florida Bar Q&A Session:
“DV cases are initially identified by the Lockbox. When the Lockbox identifies DV cases, a coversheet is placed on the file indicating to NBC that the application is a DV case. As these cases are received at NBC, they are sorted and shipped immediately to the Field Office with jurisdiction. Interviews for these cases are manually scheduled by the Field Office with jurisdiction as soon as possible.
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Actually, the agent that was interviewing me had my file and I saw a pink piece of paper (just couldn't see what it said), so I think it made it there. Plus he said he was aware that we included an expedite request.
 
Ready to submit my AOS package tomorrow:

Forms:
1. Form I-485
2. Form I-693 (Medical examination in a sealed envelope)
3. Copy of Receipt od DV Administrative fee payment ($330)

AOS Fee Payments:
1. money order of $1000 and $225

Identification documents:
1. copy of the foreign birth certificate
2. 2 recent passport size photos

Education details:
1.Copy of master, bachelor, and +2 degree

Employment details:
1.Copy of employment verification letter (current employer)
2. Copy of SSN Card

Proof of valid status in the US:
1. passport from and back page
2. passport copy with US visa
3. latest I-94
4. copy of previous OPT EAD card
5. copy of all I-20s

Financial details:
1. copy of IRS transcript 2020, 2019, and 2018
2. copy of w2 of 2020, 2019 and 2018
3. copy of bank statements (last 3 months)

Please let me know if I have missed anything. What you suggest as document order for assembling the file ? Thank you everyone
 
Milz said:
Hey
Thanks for sharing and also congratulations on your case approval
TBH, I doubt if that piece of paper would have passed the lockbox and forwarded to the FO!
I mean like what they do with our cover letters (getting rid of them at the lockbox and not sending them forward!)
Were you able to see that in your interview with your IO?!

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Yes, I saw a pink piece of paper, I just couldn't read it. It must have been the expedited request. The agent even said that he was aware that we included an expedited request.
 
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