Blade_
Well-Known Member
You have been an absolute mate! My wife and I both wish your's gets approved very soon.
DV 2021 AOS Only
- Thread starter Sm1smom
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Thanks mate; fingers crossed.
ishmog
Well-Known Member
Congrats!! I'm so happy for you guys
ishmog
Well-Known Member
Congrats man! You finally made it!
raphael1899
Well-Known Member
I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!
raphael1899
Well-Known Member
Congratulations
Go Aussie! Congrats
Thank you! So happyCongrats!! I'm so happy for you guys
Thank you so much ! What a relief phew!
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
@MorningmyGC@7
Your above post (a nice prayer by the way) has been deleted in consideration of other forum members who may not be of the same religious faith as you.
This is an immigration forum, this thread in particular is about the DV based AOS Process - all posts therefore should be along that line.
Your above post (a nice prayer by the way) has been deleted in consideration of other forum members who may not be of the same religious faith as you.
This is an immigration forum, this thread in particular is about the DV based AOS Process - all posts therefore should be along that line.
Blade_
Well-Known Member
Thanks mate! Congrats to you as well!Go Aussie! Congrats
Hi @Sm1smom ,
It's been 44 days since completion of my interview & biometrics.
The Congressional inquiry turned out to be unsuccessful for the 2nd time (the FO simply repeated the same answers, like there are issues that have not been resolved...)
I called the USCIS number and requested to talk to a Tier 2 agent. The agent submitted an inquiry to the FO on my behalf regarding my case. At the end, I just asked her if she can see any details that might be withholding the decision (specifically the background check). The Tier 2 agent confirmed that my BG check has been completed (both fingerprint and name check) as of August 25th.
Could you please advise me how to proceed? I’m not sure what are my options at the moment.
Thanks,
It's been 44 days since completion of my interview & biometrics.
The Congressional inquiry turned out to be unsuccessful for the 2nd time (the FO simply repeated the same answers, like there are issues that have not been resolved...)
I called the USCIS number and requested to talk to a Tier 2 agent. The agent submitted an inquiry to the FO on my behalf regarding my case. At the end, I just asked her if she can see any details that might be withholding the decision (specifically the background check). The Tier 2 agent confirmed that my BG check has been completed (both fingerprint and name check) as of August 25th.
Could you please advise me how to proceed? I’m not sure what are my options at the moment.
Thanks,
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Your main option still boils down to waiting. If the FO is still saying there are unresolved issues about your case, there’s nothing you can do until those get resolved. Again, the Tier 2 agent most likely does not have full insight into what is going on, whoever is responding or providing updates from the FO has more insight into the entire case file than what is available to a Tier 2 officer.
In the interim, see if you can convince them to schedule an INFOPASS appointment for you to visit your FO. You can also initiate an Ombudsman inquiry.
DV21AS21***
Member
Hi all,
Yesterday my husband and I had our interview at Seattle FO at 12.30PM. Keep in mind, we got married after the selection so we had prepared ourself mentally and physically with evidence of our marriage to show that it is real.
We arrived 15 minutes before and there was only a short line for interview so we got inside pretty quick, did the security check and a pre-screening where they took pictures of us and scanned our left and right index finger. We then got our interview number and asked to wait upstairs. We had a lots lots of supporting documents with us that I felt that people were staring haha. We then got called after around 5 minutes of waiting and was escorted to the room.
The interview itself lasted about 20 mins.
1) He had us swear to tell the truth
2) Asked for our IDs and passports (new and old)
3) He then went through I-485, first went through all the biographical questions with me then with my husband.
4) The he went through the I-485 Yes/No questions. My husband said yes to the citation pleaded guilty questions and told him it was speeding. He took note of it and moved on quickly.
5) After that he asked again when we got married and if we have pictures and I started to become nervous lol. We gave him the photo album that we prepared with pictures from before we dated to the present time so they were a lot of pictures since we have been together going strong for 5 years.
We tried to guide him to the page where there are our wedding pictures but he seemed to be busy looking at other pictures so we let him. There were other people on the pictures and he asked who they were. He also saw a picture when we leased our first car and he was interested because he said it's the exact same car with her daughter.
6) Finally he said everything looks good and if we have anything that we wanted to give him. So we gave him our most recent paystubs.
I also tried to gave him my employment evidence since I was worried that my Bachelor's degree from the US was not enough but he said that he believe me since I am on H1B and did not take the documents.
At the end of the interview he said we were his last interviewees and that he got off at 4PM so he'll review other applicants applications and then ours and our application should get approved either the same day or the next day if he doesn't get to it at 4PM.
At 4.44PM we checked our status and it says "New Card Is Being Produced". It felt so good screenshooting my own phone hahaha
We were definitely over prepared but no regrets!!
To future Seattleites, the officers in Seattle FO are knowledgeable about DV lottery so don't worry too much
To Sm1smom and SusieQQQ thank you so so much for guiding us through this process. You guys are so selfless. Can't thank you both enough but I promise to pay it forward!
To tell you the truth, I did once think that you both were nice but impatient at the same time but now I am able to empathize your situation. I gave all the resources provided here to my husband and he still asked questions that has been asked in this forum or that the answers are obvious if he had read the spreadsheet and so I got really mad really quick. Now that our case is approved, all is good hahaha
To all other members, thank you so much for supporting each other and sharing your journeys here. Wishing all the best to those who are still waiting and for future DV selectees
Yesterday my husband and I had our interview at Seattle FO at 12.30PM. Keep in mind, we got married after the selection so we had prepared ourself mentally and physically with evidence of our marriage to show that it is real.
We arrived 15 minutes before and there was only a short line for interview so we got inside pretty quick, did the security check and a pre-screening where they took pictures of us and scanned our left and right index finger. We then got our interview number and asked to wait upstairs. We had a lots lots of supporting documents with us that I felt that people were staring haha. We then got called after around 5 minutes of waiting and was escorted to the room.
The interview itself lasted about 20 mins.
1) He had us swear to tell the truth
2) Asked for our IDs and passports (new and old)
3) He then went through I-485, first went through all the biographical questions with me then with my husband.
4) The he went through the I-485 Yes/No questions. My husband said yes to the citation pleaded guilty questions and told him it was speeding. He took note of it and moved on quickly.
5) After that he asked again when we got married and if we have pictures and I started to become nervous lol. We gave him the photo album that we prepared with pictures from before we dated to the present time so they were a lot of pictures since we have been together going strong for 5 years.
We tried to guide him to the page where there are our wedding pictures but he seemed to be busy looking at other pictures so we let him. There were other people on the pictures and he asked who they were. He also saw a picture when we leased our first car and he was interested because he said it's the exact same car with her daughter.
6) Finally he said everything looks good and if we have anything that we wanted to give him. So we gave him our most recent paystubs.
I also tried to gave him my employment evidence since I was worried that my Bachelor's degree from the US was not enough but he said that he believe me since I am on H1B and did not take the documents.
At the end of the interview he said we were his last interviewees and that he got off at 4PM so he'll review other applicants applications and then ours and our application should get approved either the same day or the next day if he doesn't get to it at 4PM.
At 4.44PM we checked our status and it says "New Card Is Being Produced". It felt so good screenshooting my own phone hahaha
We were definitely over prepared but no regrets!!
To future Seattleites, the officers in Seattle FO are knowledgeable about DV lottery so don't worry too much
To Sm1smom and SusieQQQ thank you so so much for guiding us through this process. You guys are so selfless. Can't thank you both enough but I promise to pay it forward!
To tell you the truth, I did once think that you both were nice but impatient at the same time but now I am able to empathize your situation. I gave all the resources provided here to my husband and he still asked questions that has been asked in this forum or that the answers are obvious if he had read the spreadsheet and so I got really mad really quick. Now that our case is approved, all is good hahaha
To all other members, thank you so much for supporting each other and sharing your journeys here. Wishing all the best to those who are still waiting and for future DV selectees
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
LolTo Sm1smom and SusieQQQ thank you so so much for guiding us through this process. You guys are so selfless. Can't thank you both enough but I promise to pay it forward!
To tell you the truth, I did once think that you both were nice but impatient at the same time but now I am able to empathize your situation. I gave all the resources provided here to my husband and he still asked questions that has been asked in this forum or that the answers are obvious if he had read the spreadsheet and so I got really mad really quick. Now that our case is approved, all is good hahaha
To all other members, thank you so much for supporting each other and sharing your journeys here. Wishing all the best to those who are still waiting and for future DV selectees
- yeah, that’s sometimes trueCongratulations.
Diamond_Water
Active Member
Finally, I got the RFE letter which is better than nothing.
So the letter request me to submit evidence that I maintain my status (which is okay)
what does this mean by:
"A Photocopy of the Certificate of Eligibility of Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student staus-For Academic and Language Students to Form I-20M, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (M-1) Student Status for Vocational Students (Form I-20) or Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor Status (Form DS-2016, Formerly IAP 66) school records (front and back, including all school annotations);"
Does that mean they want a copy of my I-20?
Thank you
So the letter request me to submit evidence that I maintain my status (which is okay)
what does this mean by:
"A Photocopy of the Certificate of Eligibility of Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student staus-For Academic and Language Students to Form I-20M, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (M-1) Student Status for Vocational Students (Form I-20) or Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor Status (Form DS-2016, Formerly IAP 66) school records (front and back, including all school annotations);"
Does that mean they want a copy of my I-20?
Thank you
Abdulmalik
Active Member
Same as us, however we got it from IO and advice us to drop it off at FO to save time .
So I20 ,transcript,receipt,courses payment,any note or receipt from USCIS if you submitted OPT documents,statements explained ever steps mention dates years during your state .
Good luck
For those people who received email from KCC about fee deficiency in FTJ cases, was the email from regular KCCDV@state.gov? I sent them an email about 2 weeks ago and again no reply yet.
Diamond_Water
Active Member
Thanks for the info, I will do that
I got a reply from KCC a month after I sent them the email. My I-485 was approved within 2 weeks after I sent the email to KCC. My conclusion was that they would acknowledge your situation after receiving your response, but they would not necessarily reply to you right away.