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Probably not a denial or direct delay. You however could piss off the call center agents enough such that one who could have been willing to submit a case inquiry on your behalf to your FO (or a tier 2 agent who might have been able to schedule a bio appointment) will not be willing to do so, once they tag you as an annoying call more often than necessary type of person
 
Probably not a denial or direct delay. You however could piss off the call center agents enough such that one who could have been willing to submit a case inquiry on your behalf to your FO (or a tier 2 agent who might have been able to schedule a bio appointment) will not be willing to do so, once they tag you as an annoying call more often than necessary type of person
@Sm1smom Is right. Sometime due to our anxiety or lake of patience we may cause some delay to our package. It is hard sometime to wait but in most of case it is the best option. Call can cause your package to be put aside or forward it (which is rare for DV), but with this time sensitive process, maybe patience is the key. My case moved from Deliver to Bio in less than a month but there was time that I felt like I need it faster due to impatience. hope we will all get our case approved before the due date. lets be more patient.
 
Probably not a denial or direct delay. You however could piss off the call center agents enough such that one who could have been willing to submit a case inquiry on your behalf to your FO (or a tier 2 agent who might have been able to schedule a bio appointment) will not be willing to do so, once they tag you as an annoying call more often than necessary type of person
The uscis equivalent of a vexatious litigant!!
 
I started congressional inquiry. My NoA dates 18 May. I have not received biometric and interview appointments.
No news from senator's office yet. I read that uscis responses in 30 days to senator's inquiry. I stopped calling USCIS customer service tier 1 or tier 2.

I thought that living in rural areas or mid size cities would be beneficial as application process would be faster compared to big cities like NYC, Chicago,
LA etc. I was wrong.
I know you don’t want to hear this, but less than 2 months is really not all that long, especially given how COVID has affected bio appointment turnaround times.
 
I know you don’t want to hear this, but less than 2 months is really not all that long, especially given how COVID has affected bio appointment turnaround times.

Considering how other FOs are working on DV cases from spreadsheet, I do not think covid is the major issue anymore. They process cases in 15-20 days, which is great. However, it is really frustrating that my FO does not do that way. It could be that where I live does not have enough staff members, or it is a small office. Or there may be something else I do not know. I would say that they may be still running background check but we have not done biometrics yet.

Anyway, I wish it was not summer. Waiting during the semesters would be awesome. Not 50, I could wait for 150 days :)
 
Hi @alves.sebastiao
I also tried to inquire about my biometrics, but Emma keeps on generating links regarding my questions instead of providing a date or time as she did in your case. Is there anyway you can explain what you did exactly? Please
Thank you so much for sharing.
Did you ask for live chat?

Edit: It asks me to give my case number and then briefly write down my question. When I do so, it says "I'm sorry, all of our Service Representatives are currently helping other customers. Please try again later. Is there something else I can help you with?".
 
Hi @alves.sebastiao
I also tried to inquire about my biometrics, but Emma keeps on generating links regarding my questions instead of providing a date or time as she did in your case. Is there anyway you can explain what you did exactly? Please
Thank you so much for sharing.
There’s no magic or special thing that @alves.sebastiao did. EMMA was able to pull up the date because he/she had already been scheduled but hadn’t received the notice by mail yet. EMMA cannot give you a date regardless of how you phrase your question if you haven’t been scheduled in the system.
 
Hi @alves.sebastiao
I also tried to inquire about my biometrics, but Emma keeps on generating links regarding my questions instead of providing a date or time as she did in your case. Is there anyway you can explain what you did exactly? Please
Thank you so much for sharing.
you go to Emma, ask for live chat it will ask the reason of live chat you say case status, then will ask receipt number you put ur number and follow the direction. u will wait to get connected to a representative. representative will ask u ur case number.... then will ask what can I help u with, u ask them they have ur scheduled bio or interview. they will tell. u
 
Considering how other FOs are working on DV cases from spreadsheet, I do not think covid is the major issue anymore. They process cases in 15-20 days, which is great. However, it is really frustrating that my FO does not do that way. It could be that where I live does not have enough staff members, or it is a small office. Or there may be something else I do not know. I would say that they may be still running background check but we have not done biometrics yet.

Anyway, I wish it was not summer. Waiting during the semesters would be awesome. Not 50, I could wait for 150 days :)
There is a backlog, and I think you’re cherry-picking examples. What is the average on the spreadsheet?
 
There’s no magic or special thing that @alves.sebastiao did. EMMA was able to pull up the date because he/she had already been scheduled but hadn’t received the notice by mail yet. EMMA cannot give you a date regardless of how you phrase your question if you haven’t been scheduled in the system.
@Sm1smom is right. In my case it kinda help me to relax knowing that I already have Bio schedule and I am just waiting for the letter.
 
We just received 4 receipts numbers via text for our application ( me and my wife) after our check was cashed. I got so confused why we received 4 instead of 2. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on this?
 
We just received 4 receipts numbers via text for our application ( me and my wife) after our check was cashed. I got so confused why we received 4 instead of 2. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on this?
Does all receipt have the same numbers? If there is not 4 different receipt number or 4 equal numbers, they should be okay.n It is just a text which might be sent twice.
 
Did you ask for live chat?

Edit: It asks me to give my case number and then briefly write down my question. When I do so, it says "I'm sorry, all of our Service Representatives are currently helping other customers. Please try again later. Is there something else I can help you with?".
Yes I did, but she provided uscis contact info links.
 
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