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elisap said:
Hey blade, how long after you filed did you receive the denial? And did you file online or mail in?
did you need to provide proof of the grounds for expediting?
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Same day. I did it on phone. The status was updated to "request denied" at the same day without asking any questions. So it's not clear why exactly they did deny.
 
elisap said:
Hi Mom,

I did not include an I-131 in my AOS package as hubby and I weren't planning on leaving the U.S. at all until after Sep 30. Now, he's just been placed on a short list to be cast in an acting role that will require him to leave the U.S. around July 24th or so for 10 days. I've got to mention that this would be a dream job for him...

Just to remind you, my E3 (and his E3D) expired June 2021. His EAD expires Jan 2022. Our I-94 expires Jan 2022.

1) Is it too late to send an I-131 and have it expedited?
2) Does it matter that it's separate to the AOS package?
3) How will it affect the AOS application?

Not sure how to proceed.

Any advice would be great, thank you so much.
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IMHO, it is rather too late to file an I-131, expedite and expect it to be approved, all in the next 13 to 14 days. You can still give it a shot if you want though, you have nothing to loose, it will not impact the pending AOS application, so your call.
 
luaymn said:
Hi, I'm the DV 2021 selectee and I'm in the US and my interview is scheduled for this month about the AOS (I-485) at the same time, I'm in a pending asylum case which they may ask me a question about it.
my questions;
1-do I need to have an attorney to attend with me?
2-can I hire the interpreter to be on the phone or the USCIS will select?
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1. You decide on if you want to take an attorney with you or not. Your case, your call, your decision.
2. If you feel you’ll need an interpreter, you hire one and take them along in person to the interview.
 
DV21M said:
So you think we’re still “safe”? I was starting to get a bit antsy too
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That's totally normal. I was anxious in March and I still had more than half of the FY ahead of me.

3 months is plenty of time, but it's important to be proactive. Personally, I think that those who will be "safe," as you say, will be those who make sure their case is moving forward instead of waiting and hoping that USCIS will process their cases before the deadline.
 
Blade_ said:
One idea would be to do an expedite request based on financial loss:

"Job loss may be sufficient to establish severe financial loss for a person, depending on the individual circumstances. For example, the inability to travel for work that would result in job loss might warrant expedited treatment."

PS: My personal experience was for my FO to deny my request w/o asking for my explanation.
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Thinking back on your declined expedite request - I have a clearer idea as to why your FO denied the request without asking you to submit any documentation. You don’t need a GC expedited to deal with a potential financial loss. You need an EAD to undertake authorized employment. The expedite request to guard against a financial loss is intended for the EAD, not the GC processing. That is why your FO denied your request without any further consideration.

Same thing will happen to the OP you’ve recommended the financial loss expedite request ground to IMO. One could request an EAD expedite request for financial loss or an AP expedite for urgent business travel since those are interim documents USCIS already made available for people waiting on GC approval. It is fair to say almost everyone waiting on a GC approval will or may be facing a financial loss of one kind or the other and they all will qualify for the expedite request if that was made applicable to the GC processing itself.
 
Bernie T said:
Hi, Thanks for your response.
I will try to use EMMA first.

I have checked the timelines, and there only two other applicants who processed by Los Angeles, CA. They all sent their AOS package on May, and received NOA letter on June. One of them received bio letter few days ago. and I think he/she doesn't need to do biometrics.
Should I also consider other cases in CA but different citys?

Thanks you again.
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I would advise you to check with Emma and wait at least after this week for call.
 
jewelmerit1995 said:
Hey guys, in the form I-134 part 3 question 3: do I put the gross income (before taxes) or the net income (after taxes). I was told to put the gross income but i wanted to double check here. Thanks for the help everyone
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Hi, When I review the timeline I see that your interview was not scheduled yet. Why is that delay? did you receive a notice for evidence or maybe a pending background check?
 
Sm1smom said:
Thinking back on your declined expedite request - I have a clearer idea as to why your FO denied the request without asking you to submit any documentation. You don’t need a GC expedited to deal with a potential financial loss. You need an EAD to undertake authorized employment. The expedite request to guard against a financial loss is intended for the EAD, not the GC processing. That is why your FO denied your request without any further consideration.

Same thing will happen to the OP you’ve recommended the financial loss expedite request ground to IMO. One could request an EAD expedite request for financial loss or an AP expedite for urgent business travel since those are interim documents USCIS already made available for people waiting on GC approval. It is fair to say almost everyone waiting on a GC approval will or may be facing a financial loss of one kind or the other and they all will qualify for the expedite request if that was made applicable to the GC processing itself.
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Thanks for your thorough comment mom. What you said sounds fair, but still a very strict interpretation on their side. I do have an alternative understanding of the situation. The Tier 1 at first mentioned that my request is to expedite a bio appointment and to be qualified for that I need to be adapting a USC child, be a member of US army, and few more that I don't remember. I then asked her to place a request for a Tier 2 call back then. At that point she changed her mind and said let's put the expedite request then. So I believe that they denied my request because my bio appointment is not scheduled yet. This is also supported by another forum member's experience, who stated that he placed an expedite request, the officer called back, denied the request as there were no bio appointments scheduled, but then that officer went ahead and scheduled the bio for him. But again, as you mentioned, he might have EAD and AP applications submitted as well.

At the end, if @elisap decides to request an expedited processing and shares her experience, that would give us a better idea.
 
Blade_ said:
Thanks for your thorough comment mom. What you said sounds fair, but still a very strict interpretation on their side. I do have an alternative understanding of the situation. The Tier 1 at first mentioned that my request is to expedite a bio appointment and to be qualified for that I need to be adapting a USC child, be a member of US army, and few more that I don't remember. I then asked her to place a request for a Tier 2 call back then. At that point she changed her mind and said let's put the expedite request then. So I believe that they denied my request because my bio appointment is not scheduled yet. This is also supported by another forum member's experience, who stated that he placed an expedite request, the officer called back, denied the request as there were no bio appointments scheduled, but then that officer went ahead and scheduled the bio for him. But again, as you mentioned, he might have EAD and AP applications submitted as well.

At the end, if @elisap decides to request an expedited processing and shares her experience, that would give us a better idea.
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Based on what I know, I am convinced a GC expedite request based on potential loss of income and the subsequent denial has absolutely nothing to do with not having a bio already scheduled. This is because a GC approval is not required in order to prevent this loss of income - the interim solution put in place by USCIS is the AOS based EAD card. I know of several (non DV AOS based) EAD applications that got expedited based on potential loss of income. That particular criteria is meant for the EAD and not for a GC.

I also know for a fact that Tier1 frontline agents are not knowledge enough to provide any useful guidance, I generally tell people to take anything they say with a pinch of salt because they are basically contract staff who read from scripts, and will say anything else not on the script in order to get a caller off the line once your question is not on their given scripts - the 1800 number is routinely called the USCIS mis-information line in some immigration forum for that reason. We've had people reporting being given different time frames from 72 hours, to several days or weeks to wait for a call back from a Tier 2 agent - these time frames were provided by Tier 1 agents, right? This to me is more than enough to know one cannot really rely on what a Tier 1 agent says. But believe what you will though.

Per the USCIS Manual,
Tier 1 – Tier 1 is the first level of live assistance. Tier 1 staff members, who are contract employees, provide basic case-specific and general non-case-specific information. These responses follow a formatted script.
 
Sm1smom said:
Based on what I know, I am convinced a GC expedite request based on potential loss of income and the subsequent denial has absolutely nothing to do with not having a bio already scheduled. This is because a GC approval is not required in order to prevent this loss of income - the interim solution put in place by USCIS is the AOS based EAD card. I know of several (non DV AOS based) EAD applications that got expedited based on potential loss of income. That particular criteria is meant for the EAD and not for a GC.
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I appreciate the comment mom. And regarding the Tier 1 agents, I totally agree with you.
 
Blade_ said:
I appreciate the comment mom. And regarding the Tier 1 agents, I totally agree with you.
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The sunset clause/date is the expedite criteria DV based AOSers greatly benefitted from in the past up until 2015 (I think?). DV based AOSers routinely used this criteria successfully from around August to September when they put in their expedite request. Unfortunately, that criteria is no longer officially available
 
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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turns out I did not need my high school diploma or any diploma or school transcripts at all. But this might be because I am switching from an H-1B to a green card.
 
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