Nanamizuki
Active Member
1, USCIS rejected all documents.
2, No, I didn't receive any text before rejection. I received three text together.
DV 2021 AOS Only
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2, No, I didn't receive any text before rejection. I received three text together.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
You can’t ask for expedite without a specific reason (financial loss, humanitarian reasons, uscis error mainly) - not just because you need the case to go faster.
Hmmm… VSC is Vermont, which is not good news. They are taking 13-17 months to process EOS applications and are only taking service queries (for cases beyond normal processing time) for cases filed before March 2020 (yes, 2020]. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
Roger that, thank you Mom. Hope I have good news to share in the upcoming week.
Blade_
Well-Known Member
Thank you mom!
Abdulmalik
Active Member
Hi folks
I know it has been asked many times!!
One Interview letter with name of derivative only not main applicant will be fine for appointment.
I know it has been asked many times!!
One Interview letter with name of derivative only not main applicant will be fine for appointment.
hi mom suzie,
USCIS had sent a RFE for my i824 - it says your dependent listed on the i824 has already done consular processing and is a LPR therfore follow to join cannot be done. It says to provide any other dependents than needs to do follow to join. My question is - my wife sucessfuly entered USA and her passport was stamped. Do i need to respond to this RFE or just ignore and itll be simply denied and closed?
USCIS had sent a RFE for my i824 - it says your dependent listed on the i824 has already done consular processing and is a LPR therfore follow to join cannot be done. It says to provide any other dependents than needs to do follow to join. My question is - my wife sucessfuly entered USA and her passport was stamped. Do i need to respond to this RFE or just ignore and itll be simply denied and closed?
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Best to respond and confirm that she has entered and no you don’t have any other dependents.
thank you for your quick response. so, in resend file you put just one check for yourself and two others were without check? right?
CYNBLJ
Active Member
* BIOMETRICS COMPLETED @ VARICK ST NYC *
I completed my biometrics appointment this morning at the Varick St ASC in Manhattan.
Below is a summary of my experience in case it helps anyone else...
- My appointment was @ 8am. I arrived early, lining up outside the building ~7.40am. Around 15-20 people were already lined up ahead of me on the sidewalk, spaced 6ft apart (there are circles marking where to stand). Most people were fully masked.
- Around 7.50am, a security guard walked down the line checking appointment letters/times (Form I-797C), and reminding everyone to have government issued photo ID ready.
- At 8am, the building doors opened and we were permitted to enter the foyer (still in line and spaced 6ft apart). Masks were required inside the building, and a security screening was conducted. Bags/jackets were required to be placed in a tray and screened just like you would at an airport. I also had to walk through a metal detector. They had no issue with me carrying water through in my bag.
- Once I had passed through security, I went up to the 10th floor and followed the biometrics/fingerprint signs down the hallway to the right. I joined another line outside the biometrics screening room. The security guard reviewed my photo ID (passport), checked my appointment letter/time and the attached Applicant's Information Worksheet (AIW) to make sure it had been completed.
- Once I entered the biometrics screening room, the line continued until I reached a person seated at a desk. I showed my photo ID, Form I-797C and completed AIW. They started filling out a biometrics instruction form (to give to the person doing the screening) which included my name, application receipt number, relevant form (I-485) and type of security check required. They stamped and signed my I-797C, placed the new biometrics instruction form on top, and assigned me a ticket number (stapling them all together). They returned the paperwork and asked me to take a seat in a waiting area next to the queue (8.16am).
- The seats in the waiting area were spaced out. Every second seat was labelled with a sign asking people not to sit on it, so people could sit 6ft apart. When my ticket number was called, I walked to a different part of the same room where the biometrics screening was done (the room is open plan).
- The biometrics person asked me for my photo ID and paperwork. They detached the biometrics instruction sheet. I was asked to take a seat in front of a white wall on the other side of the desk from where they stood. A camera was attached to the desk facing that wall. They took a photo and asked me to walk around to the other side of the desk. They took my left hand and placed it on the fingerprint scanning machine, first taking a "slap print" (four fingers together), followed by a thumb print, and then each finger separately (rolling the finger side to side and with different degrees of pressure, so they could get as wide a print as possible). They repeated the same process for my right hand. I was then asked to provide an electronic signature using a plastic pen/pad on the desk.
- After they had taken my photo, fingerprints, and electronic signature, I was free to go (8.30am). The whole process took almost an hour if you include the 20 mins waiting time outside.
- I checked my case status online a few hours later using my receipt number, but it still reads "Fingerprint Fee Was Received". Hopefully my status will update in the next day or two to reflect that my biometrics screening has been completed too.
I completed my biometrics appointment this morning at the Varick St ASC in Manhattan.
Below is a summary of my experience in case it helps anyone else...
- My appointment was @ 8am. I arrived early, lining up outside the building ~7.40am. Around 15-20 people were already lined up ahead of me on the sidewalk, spaced 6ft apart (there are circles marking where to stand). Most people were fully masked.
- Around 7.50am, a security guard walked down the line checking appointment letters/times (Form I-797C), and reminding everyone to have government issued photo ID ready.
- At 8am, the building doors opened and we were permitted to enter the foyer (still in line and spaced 6ft apart). Masks were required inside the building, and a security screening was conducted. Bags/jackets were required to be placed in a tray and screened just like you would at an airport. I also had to walk through a metal detector. They had no issue with me carrying water through in my bag.
- Once I had passed through security, I went up to the 10th floor and followed the biometrics/fingerprint signs down the hallway to the right. I joined another line outside the biometrics screening room. The security guard reviewed my photo ID (passport), checked my appointment letter/time and the attached Applicant's Information Worksheet (AIW) to make sure it had been completed.
- Once I entered the biometrics screening room, the line continued until I reached a person seated at a desk. I showed my photo ID, Form I-797C and completed AIW. They started filling out a biometrics instruction form (to give to the person doing the screening) which included my name, application receipt number, relevant form (I-485) and type of security check required. They stamped and signed my I-797C, placed the new biometrics instruction form on top, and assigned me a ticket number (stapling them all together). They returned the paperwork and asked me to take a seat in a waiting area next to the queue (8.16am).
- The seats in the waiting area were spaced out. Every second seat was labelled with a sign asking people not to sit on it, so people could sit 6ft apart. When my ticket number was called, I walked to a different part of the same room where the biometrics screening was done (the room is open plan).
- The biometrics person asked me for my photo ID and paperwork. They detached the biometrics instruction sheet. I was asked to take a seat in front of a white wall on the other side of the desk from where they stood. A camera was attached to the desk facing that wall. They took a photo and asked me to walk around to the other side of the desk. They took my left hand and placed it on the fingerprint scanning machine, first taking a "slap print" (four fingers together), followed by a thumb print, and then each finger separately (rolling the finger side to side and with different degrees of pressure, so they could get as wide a print as possible). They repeated the same process for my right hand. I was then asked to provide an electronic signature using a plastic pen/pad on the desk.
- After they had taken my photo, fingerprints, and electronic signature, I was free to go (8.30am). The whole process took almost an hour if you include the 20 mins waiting time outside.
- I checked my case status online a few hours later using my receipt number, but it still reads "Fingerprint Fee Was Received". Hopefully my status will update in the next day or two to reflect that my biometrics screening has been completed too.
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Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Respond to the RFE and confirm your wife whom you originally submitted the I-824 for is now a LPR. I recommend you also indicate you wish to withdraw the I-824 based on that.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Yes, it has been asked and answered many times.
Hi Mom,
We had our fingerprints taken two weeks ago at LIC ASC. My wife's chargeability country is Russia. I read from previous conversations on this forum that Russian citizens are subject to a prolonged screening. Do you think that the prolonged background checks may affect our chances to get our case approved before 09/30?
Can the delay on the background checks be the reason why our FO (Queens NY) has not scheduled an interview yet (despite - based on the information provided by Tier 1 agents - he already received our files on early July)?
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- Edited: I forgot to mention that, although my wife was born in Russia, she has not Russian citizenship. Idk if this information may change you answer. -
We had our fingerprints taken two weeks ago at LIC ASC. My wife's chargeability country is Russia. I read from previous conversations on this forum that Russian citizens are subject to a prolonged screening. Do you think that the prolonged background checks may affect our chances to get our case approved before 09/30?
Can the delay on the background checks be the reason why our FO (Queens NY) has not scheduled an interview yet (despite - based on the information provided by Tier 1 agents - he already received our files on early July)?
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- Edited: I forgot to mention that, although my wife was born in Russia, she has not Russian citizenship. Idk if this information may change you answer. -
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SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Nice description.
Very many people get no update between fingerprint fee received and card production.
CYNBLJ
Active Member
Thanks for letting me know, I won't be too concerned if my online status doesn't change then!
My status never updated either and I did bio a week and a half ago
Nope!
USCIS has no number except the 800 one!
ishmog
Well-Known Member
Wow, you've been waiting since March?? Have you initiated a congressional inquiry regarding your case delay? Kudos to your patience my friend!