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So this just happened!! The congressional inquiry finally paid off and I received my interview letter via an email attachment from the Congressman Office. It's exactly in two weeks.

Thank you mom for giving me the "go ahead" to initiate the congressional inquiry. I can't express enough gratitude for the amount of help and support I got from this forum since last year. Thank you everyone

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[jasperrrr.c]

@ishmog fantastic news! I've been looking forward to this!

 

[ishmog]

@ishmog fantastic news! I've been looking forward to this!

Thanks man for your advice and encouragement. I appreciate it.

 

[mawanews]

@ishmog Amazing news! You've waited for so long. I'm very happy for you!

 

[CYNBLJ]

So this just happened!! The congressional inquiry finally paid off and I received my interview letter via an email attachment from the Congressman Office. It's exactly in two weeks.

Thank you mom for giving me the "go ahead" to initiate the congressional inquiry. I can't express enough gratitude for the amount of help and support I got from this forum since last year. Thank you everyone

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Fantastic news. All the best for your interview!

 

[mawanews]

My wife (the principal applicant) and I had our interview today at the Brooklyn Field Office. We were called in about 15 minutes after our scheduled appointment time. The IO was very nice and mainly went through a few questions regarding our marriage (e.g. date of marriage, what are your spouse's parents' names, etc.) and checked some of the basic information on the I-485 form. The IO told us she'd approve the cases today. About one hour after the interview my wife's status changed from "Fingerprint Fee Was Received" to "New Card Is Being Produced"! Mine is still at "Fingerprint Fee Was Received". It makes me a bit nervous, but I've seen other cases in this thread where the spouse's case status didn't update until later or even until the card was received, so I hope it'll be ok! I'll keep you posted.

Update: My status finally changed to "New Card Is Being Produced", too! What a relief after a couple of additional days in uncertainty. Don't worry too much if your case status doesn't change right after the interview.

Thanks to everyone on this forum, especially @Sm1smom. This is such an incredible resource for everyone going through this often stressful process. Thank you, and good luck to everyone who's still waiting – hang in there!

 

[ishmog]

@ishmog Amazing news! You've waited for so long. I'm very happy for you!

Thanks you for caring!

Update: My status finally changed to "New Card Is Being Produced", too! What a relief after a couple of additional days in uncertainty. Don't worry too much if your case status doesn't change right after the interview.

And the good news keeps getting better Congratulations and good luck on your new journey!

 

[ishmog]

Fantastic news. All the best for your interview!

Thanks man! Congrats to you as well!

 

[Sm1smom]

So this just happened!! The congressional inquiry finally paid off and I received my interview letter via an email attachment from the Congressman Office. It's exactly in two weeks.

Thank you mom for giving me the "go ahead" to initiate the congressional inquiry. I can't express enough gratitude for the amount of help and support I got from this forum since last year. Thank you everyone

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Congratulations. Lol on the mom giving you the go ahead bit. You make it sound like you or anyone else needed my permission when all I’m trying to do is to make folks realize jumping on initiating a congressional inquiry as soon as they file is not the best way to utilize that follow up opportunity.

 

[Sm1smom]

Update: My status finally changed to "New Card Is Being Produced", too! What a relief after a couple of additional days in uncertainty. Don't worry too much if your case status doesn't change right after the interview.

Thanks to everyone on this forum, especially @Sm1smom. This is such an incredible resource for everyone going through this often stressful process. Thank you, and good luck to everyone who's still waiting – hang in there!

Great news. Congratulations.

 

[elisap]

So this just happened!! The congressional inquiry finally paid off and I received my interview letter via an email attachment from the Congressman Office. It's exactly in two weeks.

Thank you mom for giving me the "go ahead" to initiate the congressional inquiry. I can't express enough gratitude for the amount of help and support I got from this forum since last year. Thank you everyone

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YAY!!!

 

[leno4kakitten]

I'm not sure - I thought there were 3 of you, but I might have been thinking of this post, which might be more complicated. But it looks like they were denied for early filing, then reopened and hit with an RFE.

Thanks for the tip on the letter. I might try that.

Hi. You can tell me how to contact Emma about biometrics. Our daughter received a letter for biometrics, but my husband and I did not receive it. Please, if you can tell me.

 

[SF22]

Emma or live agent can tell u when only if you’ve been schedule appointment, the bio appt. is scheduled by ASC. What I told by agent is recently is there is a huge delay of scheduling. My bio is original scheduled almost 1 month after my interview. My IO was so surprised during the interview.

 

[toca]

Yesterday received Biometrics mails 65 days after NOA, appointment on 9/7. FO San Jose CA
Online case status today shown Interview Scheduled, OMG!! happy!! I am guessing the interview date should be in mid September.

I did initiated congressional inquiry, pleasantly surprised that congress office did replied within 2 days, they went online to check case status prior writing to USCIS. Nice!!

 

[ishmog]

Congratulations. Lol on the mom giving you the go ahead bit. You make it sound like you or anyone else needed my permission when all I’m trying to do is to make folks realize jumping on initiating a congressional inquiry as soon as they file is not the best way to utilize that follow up opportunity.

Hahaha, yeah it does sound that way now that I read my post again. But you are mom after all

 

[coffeemonster]

Hi. You can tell me how to contact Emma about biometrics. Our daughter received a letter for biometrics, but my husband and I did not receive it. Please, if you can tell me.

You need to talk to a live agent. Just try typing "live agent". Then it will ask you to pick a category for your question, and it usually asks you to type your actual question, and only then does it connect you to a live person. Sometimes it makes you wait in the queue for 30 minutes. Once you get a live agent, they should be able to tell if you're scheduled.

They're not 100% reliable, but they seem to be pretty good at checking bio appointments. They typically don't see interview appointments in the system.

I had a funny exchange when I asked about mine, which went something like this (paraphrasing):

Me: I'd like to see if my bio is scheduled
Them: Your bio is scheduled for 8/30
Me: Great, can I print my own appointment letter?
Them: Yes, go to the Documents tab
Me: There's no Documents tab
Them: That's because your bio isn't scheduled yet
Me: What? You just told me it was
Them: Oh yeah sorry, it is. You can print it from the Documents tab
Me: OK thanks (waits for the letter in the mail)

I think they have multiple conversations going at once so I suppose we have to give them a break

 

[omgastro]

You need to talk to a live agent. Just try typing "live agent". Then it will ask you to pick a category for your question, and it usually asks you to type your actual question, and only then does it connect you to a live person. Sometimes it makes you wait in the queue for 30 minutes. Once you get a live agent, they should be able to tell if you're scheduled.

They're not 100% reliable, but they seem to be pretty good at checking bio appointments. They typically don't see interview appointments in the system.

I had a funny exchange when I asked about mine, which went something like this (paraphrasing):

Me: I'd like to see if my bio is scheduled
Them: Your bio is scheduled for 8/30
Me: Great, can I print my own appointment letter?
Them: Yes, go to the Documents tab
Me: There's no Documents tab
Them: That's because your bio isn't scheduled yet
Me: What? You just told me it was
Them: Oh yeah sorry, it is. You can print it from the Documents tab
Me: OK thanks (waits for the letter in the mail)

I think they have multiple conversations going at once so I suppose we have to give them a break

 

[hima1990]

Hi all, I am a 2021 DV lottery winner, and the principal applicant. After our CN became current in June 2021, both me and my husband submitted the form I-485. We had our biometrics appointments few weeks ago. We have not received an interview date yet. But recently only my husband received a form G-56, call in letter from DHS by mail. Reason for the appointment is stated as “ I-485 application, DV”. He is asked to bring passport and state ID with him. Office location is our FO. We both are little confused about this. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Can this be the interview?

 

[Sarishma]

Hello everyone,
Update on my interview,
I had my interview today at 11:30 am. I went through security around 11:10 am and was told to go wait on the waiting area. Since I didn't have interview letter I told the staff member I was called for interview then he told he would let the officer know that I was there. After few moments officer came, he directed me towards his office and was told to sworn in. He asked me bunch of yes no questions from the form. Asked me which school I go to, what I'm majoring in and where do I want to work after my study. He also told you picked that call for good, and explained what the interview no show meant. And that was it. He then said I'm approving your case and give it up to 2-3 weeks to receive your card in mail. If I didn't receive anything until sep 15 , he told to give him a call. The interview duration was short, it was done before my actual interview starts. I didn't open my document file. Everything was real quick. Thank you for this forum for immense support and help. Thank you mom and everyone who has share their experience and provided information. I wish everyone good luck! I

 

[Sm1smom]

Hi,

I got my interview letter and it's scheduled for September 15th. I did my bio on August 4th, so hopefully that'll be enough time for my check to be completed.

Mom, should I email KCC and ask them if my FO has asked for the KCC file? It seems that my FO does not ask for KCC files until the interview date. Given KCC's long response time, if I email them the coming week, they are probably going to check it around my interview date, so I think it could be a good reminder.

Yeah no harm in doing that.