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Ok just an update about my messy case..

I called USCIS about my biometrics - I recently received a biometrics appointment but NOT for my dv-case but my old marriage based I-485 which I already completed in March and got approval for advance parole. I was thinking they might hyave mixed up the two AOS. The tier 1 agent set me up for a call back with a tier 2 agent (20 days) this was June 25. Still haven't heard nothing.

Called USCIS about the "Request for Evidence" letter in which they are asking for police clearance letter from each city in the U.S. I lived in for more than 6 months - isn't that what the biometrics is for?? I definitely want to sort this one out.. This time I also got scheduled to get a call back from a tier 2 agent, within 72 hours. This was July 13th - Still haven't heard nothing.

I have not received a bio or interview appointment. @SF22 who has had similar journey as me with Sacramento FO (first denied, then opened case back up, then "request for evidence" letter) he received an IL a week ago. I wonder in what priority the FO pick and schedule applicants and how much longer I have to wait... I must be on their black list lol
 
SELisa said:
Ok just an update about my messy case..

I called USCIS about my biometrics - I recently received a biometrics appointment but NOT for my dv-case but my old marriage based I-485 which I already completed in March and got approval for advance parole. I was thinking they might hyave mixed up the two AOS. The tier 1 agent set me up for a call back with a tier 2 agent (20 days) this was June 25. Still haven't heard nothing.

Called USCIS about the "Request for Evidence" letter in which they are asking for police clearance letter from each city in the U.S. I lived in for more than 6 months - isn't that what the biometrics is for?? I definitely want to sort this one out.. This time I also got scheduled to get a call back from a tier 2 agent, within 72 hours. This was July 13th - Still haven't heard nothing.

I have not received a bio or interview appointment. @SF22 who has had similar journey as me with Sacramento FO (first denied, then opened case back up, then "request for evidence" letter) he received an IL a week ago. I wonder in what priority the FO pick and schedule applicants and how much longer I have to wait... I must be on their black list lol
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Forgive me, but I am a little confused by this update. How did you get a biometrics appointment letter for your "old marriage based I-485 which [you] already completed in March and got approval for advance parole" if two weeks ago you said, "I withdrew the marriage based AOS because my US citizen husband is not qualified to be a green card sponsor"?
 
good evening to you all, i hope you guys are doing well. first of all thank you MOM and all of you here for all information. i got my IL today. I am au pair with J1 visa, I live in VA. my FO is washington, DC. my VB is current on April.

03/30/2021 medical exams
04/06/2021 mailed package to uscis chicago lockbox
04/09/2021 delivered uscis
05/19/2021 rejected notice because of cannot cash money with form g1450 (BOA debit card)
05/24/2021 resubmited AOS package to uscis chicago lockbox
05/25/2021 delivered uscis
06/12/2021 money was cashed
06/14/2021 got texts from uscis telling case was received by uscis
06/24/2021 changed address online and mailed form AR-11 to DHS
07/16/2021 got interview letter
07/20/2021 interview date at 10.30 am

yesterday i asked live agent about my case status but there is nothing changed (fingerprints fee was received) then today i got a mail from uscis FO ( they mailed me IL since 07/02/2021 but it just arrived today) luckily i got it before interview date for 4 days. i am nervous. wish me luck. thank you. BTW i didnt get any biometrics letter or appointment yet.
 
Chaiwong said:
good evening to you all, i hope you guys are doing well. first of all thank you MOM and all of you here for all information. i got my IL today. I am au pair with J1 visa, I live in VA. my FO is washington, DC. my VB is current on April.

03/30/2021 medical exams
04/06/2021 mailed package to uscis chicago lockbox
04/09/2021 delivered uscis
05/19/2021 rejected notice because of cannot cash money with form g1450 (BOA debit card)
05/24/2021 resubmited AOS package to uscis chicago lockbox
05/25/2021 delivered uscis
06/12/2021 money was cashed
06/14/2021 got texts from uscis telling case was received by uscis
06/24/2021 changed address online and mailed form AR-11 to DHS
07/16/2021 got interview letter
07/20/2021 interview date at 10.30 am

yesterday i asked live agent about my case status but there is nothing changed (fingerprints fee was received) then today i got a mail from uscis FO ( they mailed me IL since 07/02/2021 but it just arrived today) luckily i got it before interview date for 4 days. i am nervous. wish me luck. thank you. BTW i didnt get any biometrics letter or appointment yet.
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Good luck! And can you add your timeline to the 2021 spreadsheet, please?
 
raphael1899 said:
Forgive me, but I am a little confused by this update. How did you get a biometrics appointment letter for your "old marriage based I-485 which [you] already completed in March and got approval for advance parole" if two weeks ago you said, "I withdrew the marriage based AOS because my US citizen husband is not qualified to be a green card sponsor"?
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Exactly, that's why I'm confused too.
I did attend to the appointment so hopefully they can waive the bio for my dv-case.
 
Blade_ said:
Would you mind sharing how you convinced him to schedule your bio?
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@Blade_
I assume it’s mostly depending on the person (Tier 2)
I know @dhanu159 had been waiting for a while, and that was pretty much reasonable for a Tier 2 to be convinced to schedule biometric over phone!
But I remember @raphael1899 had the same issue but had no luck with another Tier 2 agent!
So it all depends on the agent (I guess!)
 
Chaiwong said:
good evening to you all, i hope you guys are doing well. first of all thank you MOM and all of you here for all information. i got my IL today. I am au pair with J1 visa, I live in VA. my FO is washington, DC. my VB is current on April.

03/30/2021 medical exams
04/06/2021 mailed package to uscis chicago lockbox
04/09/2021 delivered uscis
05/19/2021 rejected notice because of cannot cash money with form g1450 (BOA debit card)
05/24/2021 resubmited AOS package to uscis chicago lockbox
05/25/2021 delivered uscis
06/12/2021 money was cashed
06/14/2021 got texts from uscis telling case was received by uscis
06/24/2021 changed address online and mailed form AR-11 to DHS
07/16/2021 got interview letter
07/20/2021 interview date at 10.30 am

yesterday i asked live agent about my case status but there is nothing changed (fingerprints fee was received) then today i got a mail from uscis FO ( they mailed me IL since 07/02/2021 but it just arrived today) luckily i got it before interview date for 4 days. i am nervous. wish me luck. thank you. BTW i didnt get any biometrics letter or appointment yet.
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Wow! That was close. Thank God you got the letter before your interview or you would have been marked as a no show and your application subsequently considered as abandoned. All the best with the interview.
 
Milz said:
@Blade_
I assume it’s mostly depending on the person (Tier 2)
I know @dhanu159 had been waiting for a while, and that was pretty much reasonable for a Tier 2 to be convinced to schedule biometric over phone!
But I remember @raphael1899 had the same issue but had no luck with another Tier 2 agent!
So it all depends on the agent (I guess!)
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I agree that it depends on the agent you speak with. In my case, the first one said I didn't really have an emergency and the second one said I just had to keep waiting.
 
alexcasaa said:
Hello guys, quick update!! my portal just changed to NEW CARD IS BEING PRODUCEDDDDDDD!!!!! LETTTSS GOOOO BABBYYYYYYYY <3

Boy I'm so relieved!! THANK GOD! This process has been extremely stressful, one of the most stressful things I experienced so much I had a lot on things on the line. Anyways, I'm writing this post to talk about something that has bothered me a lot and caused me a tremendous amount of stress, and sleepless nights of me thinking about it. I won this lottery but I used the same picture I used in the year prior. Now on their bylaws (or however u call it), it says that u will get disqualified. However, I have been asking literally everyone I know and none of them ever heard of someone being denied bc of this. 3 people I know did the same thing I did and they still got approved. Even when I looked at previous posts in this forum I saw @Sm1smom saying she never heard of anybody who got denied bc of this.

I'm writing this so that if someone is being extremely anxious about this and is thinking abt giving up, then I hope you get to see this, DONT GIVE UP!! I wish someone last year told me what I wrote here bc I was this close to give everything up.

Now to make myself clear, if u still haven't applied then don't risk it and take a new photo. But if u didn't know just like me, then It's ok, after speaking to soo many ppl abt this i can confidently say that there is nothing to worry about. Forget about it and keep on working on ur AOS.


Now although I joined this forum about 3 weeks ago, I still wanna take the time to thank all of u guys for the help. Most importantly @Sm1smom, you are literally a superhero <3 my biggest blessing was to find this forum and especially you <3

Best of luck for everyone else, much love and support
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Congratulations
 
Omg I was waiting for my bio letter and I just received an interview letter after 16 or 17days since I received NoA. It's scheduled for August 9th. Does that mean that I should not be worried about my bio and hope it will come before my interview or should I call USCIS?
 
Blade_ said:
Would you mind sharing how you convinced him to schedule your bio?
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As far i remember i waited close to 3 months for the bio ...only after that i requested for a tier 2 . I mentioned to them i have been waiting for 3 months and also mentioned the urgency of diversity cases. That was pretty much it ..the tier 2 said let me check the schedule and after a brief silence he said i can schedule you for date which was a month after. About 7 days after i received the notice
 
dhanu159 said:
As far i remember i waited close to 3 months for the bio ...only after that i requested for a tier 2 . I mentioned to them i have been waiting for 3 months and also mentioned the urgency of diversity cases. That was pretty much it ..the tier 2 said let me check the schedule and after a brief silence he said i can schedule you for date which was a month after. About 7 days after i received the notice
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I'll enter the 8th week tomorrow . . . and 76 days left . . . I think @jasperrrr.c is the only person that has waited as long as me. :confused:
 
alexcasaa said:
Hello guys, quick update!! my portal just changed to NEW CARD IS BEING PRODUCEDDDDDDD!!!!! LETTTSS GOOOO BABBYYYYYYYY <3

Boy I'm so relieved!! THANK GOD! This process has been extremely stressful, one of the most stressful things I experienced so much I had a lot on things on the line. Anyways, I'm writing this post to talk about something that has bothered me a lot and caused me a tremendous amount of stress, and sleepless nights of me thinking about it. I won this lottery but I used the same picture I used in the year prior. Now on their bylaws (or however u call it), it says that u will get disqualified. However, I have been asking literally everyone I know and none of them ever heard of someone being denied bc of this. 3 people I know did the same thing I did and they still got approved. Even when I looked at previous posts in this forum I saw @Sm1smom saying she never heard of anybody who got denied bc of this.

I'm writing this so that if someone is being extremely anxious about this and is thinking abt giving up, then I hope you get to see this, DONT GIVE UP!! I wish someone last year told me what I wrote here bc I was this close to give everything up.

Now to make myself clear, if u still haven't applied then don't risk it and take a new photo. But if u didn't know just like me, then It's ok, after speaking to soo many ppl abt this i can confidently say that there is nothing to worry about. Forget about it and keep on working on ur AOS.


Now although I joined this forum about 3 weeks ago, I still wanna take the time to thank all of u guys for the help. Most importantly @Sm1smom, you are literally a superhero <3 my biggest blessing was to find this forum and especially you <3

Best of luck for everyone else, much love and support
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Congratulations!
 
Chaiwong said:
good evening to you all, i hope you guys are doing well. first of all thank you MOM and all of you here for all information. i got my IL today. I am au pair with J1 visa, I live in VA. my FO is washington, DC. my VB is current on April.

03/30/2021 medical exams
04/06/2021 mailed package to uscis chicago lockbox
04/09/2021 delivered uscis
05/19/2021 rejected notice because of cannot cash money with form g1450 (BOA debit card)
05/24/2021 resubmited AOS package to uscis chicago lockbox
05/25/2021 delivered uscis
06/12/2021 money was cashed
06/14/2021 got texts from uscis telling case was received by uscis
06/24/2021 changed address online and mailed form AR-11 to DHS
07/16/2021 got interview letter
07/20/2021 interview date at 10.30 am

yesterday i asked live agent about my case status but there is nothing changed (fingerprints fee was received) then today i got a mail from uscis FO ( they mailed me IL since 07/02/2021 but it just arrived today) luckily i got it before interview date for 4 days. i am nervous. wish me luck. thank you. BTW i didnt get any biometrics letter or appointment yet.
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Wow, I was wondering why live agent did not see anything??
 
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