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Good morning friends. May I ask you about follow to join process. If my case was not approved yet, can I still send to uscis i 824 form?
 
Hi, everyone! Do we get text message when bio is scheduled or just letter? And is there anybody who got their 2NL recently? KCC is still responding standard answers.
 
jewelmerit1995 said:
Hey! well yes there are many ways you can do that. If you received your AOS package receipt then you can use it to create an account on uscis.gov and then you will find a link in ur dashboard that will allow you to change ur address. If u don't have that then you can just chat with an uscis agent (using emma) and ask them to update your new address. Best of luck
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I believe there is a comment on the uscis account somewhere that tells you changing the address there is not enough and you still need to file AR11. Remember AR11 change of address is required for all non US citizens when they move.
 
Worker2020 said:
Good morning friends. May I ask you about follow to join process. If my case was not approved yet, can I still send to uscis i 824 form?
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My recommendation will be for you to focus on getting your own case approved for now. There’s a lot currently going on with CP (I don’t know if your home embassy is interviewing DV CPers or not). Your FO may be one of does who truly understand DV based FTJ, and as such forward your USCIS case file to the embassy without you filing an I824.
 
sultiik said:
Hi, everyone! Do we get text message when bio is scheduled or just letter? And is there anybody who got their 2NL recently? KCC is still responding standard answers.
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Text/email notification is only sent once upon AOS package acceptance. KCC has nothing to do with bio or AOS processing.
 
Sm1smom said:
My recommendation will be for you to focus on getting your own case approved for now. There’s a lot currently going on with CP (I don’t know if your home embassy is interviewing DV CPers or not). Your FO may be one of does who truly understand DV based FTJ, and as such forward your USCIS case file to the embassy without you filing an I824.
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Thank you very much
 
I will be unable to bring my original high school diploma. It will not be mailed in time. I will bring a printed scanned version.


But I am bringing my diploma from my undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering degree from a United States university.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the United States university too.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the brief time I was in a university in my home country.

Should this be enough or can the USCIS officer turn me down for not having my original high school diploma?

Should I reschedule the meeting until I can have my original high school diploma?
 
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moises8war said:
I will be unable to bring my original high school diploma. It will not be mailed in time. I will bring a printed scanned version.


But I am bringing my diploma from my undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering degree from a United States university.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the United States university too.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the brief time I was in a university in my home country.

Should this be enough or can the USCIS officer turn me down for not having my original high school diploma?

Should I reschedule the meeting until I can have my original high school diploma?
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Attend your interview as scheduled with what you have. If the IO is not satisfied with what you present, they will put you on AP and give ask you to send in the documents they need. They will not outrightly deny your application without giving you any opportunity to address the situation in this case.
 
Hi everyone,

I received my NOA on 06/14 and 12 days later on 06/26, I received my interview letter (scheduled on 06/27) from NBC. I haven’t received a BIO letter yet, and instead they jumped directly to the interview.This sounds like an unusual situation. What should I do next to have my biometrics done? I’m in F1 status.@Sm1smom

Thanks,
Gk
 
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gk833 said:
Hi everyone,

I received my NOA on 06/14 and 12 days later on 06/26, I received my interview letter (scheduled on 06/27) from NBC. I haven’t received a BIO letter yet, and instead they jumped directly to the interview.This sounds like an unusual situation. What should I do next to have my biometrics done? I’m in F1 status.@Sm1smom

Thanks,
Gk
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Not an unusual situation - if you take a look at the timeline spreadsheet, you’ll see a few others are or were in a similar situation. You should actually consider yourself fortunate to have received your IL within such a relatively short time, rather than focusing on not getting the bio letter. The IL is not from the NBC, it is from your FO. You can’t do anything to hasten the bio notice. Take a look at the FAQ section of the AOS process spreadsheet for what may happen if your interview date comes around while your bio is still pending.
 
Sm1smom said:
Not an unusual situation - if you take a look at the timeline spreadsheet, you’ll see a few others are or were in a similar situation. You should actually consider yourself fortunate to have received your IL within such a relatively short time, rather than focusing on not getting the bio letter. The IL is not from the NBC, it is from your FO. You can’t do anything to hasten the bio notice. Take a look at the FAQ section of the AOS process spreadsheet for what may happen if your interview date comes around while your bio is still pending.
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EDIT: my interview is scheduled on 07/27.

Mom, thank you for the advise and clarification.

Interestingly, the post address on my IL envelope is NBC(MO), which confused me, because all my friends got their IL from their FO. Maybe my bio is waived? I'll take a look at the FAQ.

Thanks again,
Gk
 
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gk833 said:
EDIT: my interview is scheduled on 07/27.

Mom, thank you for the advise and clarification.

Interestingly, the post address on my IL envelope is NBC(MO), which confused me, because all my friends got their IL from their FO. Maybe my bio is waived? I'll take a look at the FAQ.

Thanks again,
Gk
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I also see my online status as "your interview was scheduled" on the USCIS. Some sources state that if the online status has is updated, then bio information must have been completed. Maybe my bio is waived?
 
gk833 said:
I also see my online status as "your interview was scheduled" on the USCIS. Some sources state that if the online status has is updated, then bio information must have been completed. Maybe my bio is waived?
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Did you recently in the last one year or so complete a USCIS scheduled bio? If you did, then they most likely will waive a bio appointment and reuse the previous bio result. If you didn’t, your bio has most certainly not been waived. There will be no approval without completing and clearing the background check.
 
leno4kakitten said:
Hello everybody. I have a non-standard situation. My number is active in May. I applied for AOS from asylum pending status, but instead of a lottery interview, we were called in for an asylum interview in May. In June, a letter of refusal came to AOS, but approval for political asylum came, I am now in category A05, the lottery is still valid until September, there is still time, I can’t try to do something else, can I turn to the congressman? My political case was approved, I passed and paid for all the forms, the commission, I was not summoned for an interview on a green card ... Please help with advice ...
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Hello
Was your aos application denied from field office ? Or was it rejected with chance to reopen. Also, what did they state was the cause of denial?
 
I didn't include any sponsorship form with my package. I am currently working but also haven't included any document to suggest that I'm working. Will that be a problem?
 
Hi! I am preparing the document for my interview. I was asking my company's HR to write a employment verification letter but they seemed that they don't know how to draft the letter. They were asking if there is any form to fill out but I don't think there is one for that. I am working for a small company and they do not sponsor for work visa so I think that is why they don't have much experience about this situation. Is there any template that I can send to them so that they can write a letter or should I just go ahead and use my offer letter as an verification letter since the offer was sent around 2-3 months ago?
 
Dear Mom,

I called USCIS on Wednesday and requested to expedite my case base on humanitarian reasons and financial loss. The Tier 1 personnel said that I will receive an email from my FO in five days. I was just checking my USCIS account and I noticed an "expedite request denied" dated on Wednesday. The note states that "We do not believe, based on a review of your request, that your case meets one or more of the expedite criteria and otherwise merits expedited processing". So basically no one even asked me to send documents supporting my request and it is very odd that the request was denied on the spot.

1- Do you think the Tier 1 staff just denied the request on the spot and made up the story about me receiving an email to keep me busy?
2- Would it look bad on my case if I put a second request this week? I would understand if they look into my documents and make a decision, but this just looks weird.

Thanks!
 
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Welcome101 said:
Hi @alves.sebastiao
May I ask how you knew that your fingerprint was waived? Did you receive a letter or email stating that your fingerprint have been waived?
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My case updated a week after getting NOA. if you go to my case on USCIS page, it used to say fingerprint fee was received, after a week It changed to finger print was taken. I did not go anywhere for it with DV but They had taken my fingerprint for something else, I was expecting this change to happen.
 
Blade_ said:
Dear Mom,

I called USCIS on Wednesday and requested to expedite my case base on humanitarian reasons and financial loss. The Tier 1 personnel said that I will receive an email from my FO in five days. I was just checking my USCIS account and I noticed an "expedite request denied" dated on Wednesday. So basically no one even asked me to send documents supporting my request and it is very odd that the request was denied on the spot.

1- Do you think the Tier 1 staff just denied the request on the spot and made up the story about me receiving an email to keep me busy?
2- Would it look bad on my case if I put a second request this week? I would understand if they look into my documents and make a decision, but this just looks weird.

Thanks!
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1. Tier 1 staff do not have authority to make decisions on cases. They would have forwarded it to the appropriate FO. Note that USCIS says “When you call to request expedited processing, the USCIS Contact Center creates and forwards a service request to the office with jurisdiction over your application or petition. After receiving the service request, the reviewing office may request additional documentation to support expedited processing.” So they do not request evidence in every case.
2. If the facts are not different it is hard to see why the decision would change, but I guess you have nothing to lose by trying again. (It’s quite possible of course that the expedite request was denied simply because they know you are DV and will be scheduled fairly soon anyway. Note that the criteria for financial loss requires that it cannot withstand normal processing times.)
 
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