Thanks. I sent them an email to KCC back in June about my spouse FJT and two weeks ago congressman office received an email from FO on why I did not pay fees for two people. I replied to congressman who submitted to FO and I also wrote an email to KCC. Nothing has happened since then.
DV 2021 AOS Only
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[FTJ updates]
My husband attended the FTJ interview on Aug 18 at our embassy and his immigrant visa was issued a couple of days after. He will enter the US in October to activate his green card. Thank you all for all the support!
[Question]
Apparently, my I-485 has been approved and even my husband completed the FTJ interview. However, I received another biometrics appointment scheduled for Sep 23 for the same I-485 receipt number. Yesterday, I connected with a Tier 2 and he said I still need to appear at the appointment if it has been scheduled, as the ASC has the jurisdiction of whether they will need my fingerprints taken again. I will not be able to attend on the scheduled date as I am traveling back to my home country. I chatted with Emma again trying to reschedule the ASC appointment, but the agent said I should expect a callback within 30 calendar days, which will potentially pass my current appointment date Sep 23, and I will not be able to receive any callback after I travel back home.
My guess is that the confusion is due to the typo in my first name, which was a USCIS administrative error. My I-485 receipt had the typo, but the biometrics appointment notice I got in March had the correct name. The second biometrics appointment notice I just received again has the same typo.
I am planning to attempt a walk-in today. I plan to bring my I-485 approval notice, physical green card, and both biometrics appointment notices with me to explain to them that my I-485 has been approved.
Q: I wonder if anyone in the past had a similar situation, and what else I should prepare when I do the walk-in? Thank you!
My husband attended the FTJ interview on Aug 18 at our embassy and his immigrant visa was issued a couple of days after. He will enter the US in October to activate his green card. Thank you all for all the support!
[Question]
Apparently, my I-485 has been approved and even my husband completed the FTJ interview. However, I received another biometrics appointment scheduled for Sep 23 for the same I-485 receipt number. Yesterday, I connected with a Tier 2 and he said I still need to appear at the appointment if it has been scheduled, as the ASC has the jurisdiction of whether they will need my fingerprints taken again. I will not be able to attend on the scheduled date as I am traveling back to my home country. I chatted with Emma again trying to reschedule the ASC appointment, but the agent said I should expect a callback within 30 calendar days, which will potentially pass my current appointment date Sep 23, and I will not be able to receive any callback after I travel back home.
My guess is that the confusion is due to the typo in my first name, which was a USCIS administrative error. My I-485 receipt had the typo, but the biometrics appointment notice I got in March had the correct name. The second biometrics appointment notice I just received again has the same typo.
I am planning to attempt a walk-in today. I plan to bring my I-485 approval notice, physical green card, and both biometrics appointment notices with me to explain to them that my I-485 has been approved.
Q: I wonder if anyone in the past had a similar situation, and what else I should prepare when I do the walk-in? Thank you!
raphael1899
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Congrats!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
I got an email from KCC about fee deficiency the day after my interview, and I replied to them right away. I got a phone call directly from the IO 3 days after my interview asking the same question. The IO then asked me to drop a written statement to him stating my FTJ situation and I did it on the same day. After another 3 working days, my case was approved.
Since you have done everything you were asked to do, I guess you can only wait patiently at the point.
Blade_
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I don't think the bio technician has the right qualifications to look at those documents. He just looks at the appointment letter and takes the fingerprints.
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coffeemonster
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My tracking info says mine is coming from Corbin KY (near KCC). Maybe yours is coming from the NBC? (That's pretty close to Kansas City). What does your online case status show? It should have a tracking number.
ishmog
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The same ))Yup!! Mine is coming too
Case Status hasn't yet been updated to "Card was mailed"
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ishmog
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dvlotteryguy123
New Member
Dumb mistake - i paid the $330 AOS fee via money order and didn’t keep the customer receipt. i’m scheduled to go to USCIS office in 7 days. they’ve specifically asked to bring proof of payment.
Should i pay the fee again? Should i take a cheque with me? Or should i just hope for the best?
thanks!
Should i pay the fee again? Should i take a cheque with me? Or should i just hope for the best?
thanks!
Blade_
Well-Known Member
By "customer receipt" you mean the slip that you separated from the recipient part of the money order? If so, that doesn't prove a payment. What you need is the stamped receipt from KCC. Did you not receive that? If not, start by sending an email to KCC and ask for the receipt. Although they probably won't get back to you by the time of your interview, that is what you can do at the moment. When did you pay the DV fee?Dumb mistake - i paid the $330 AOS fee via money order and didn’t keep the customer receipt. i’m scheduled to go to USCIS office in 7 days. they’ve specifically asked to bring proof of payment.
Should i pay the fee again? Should i take a cheque with me? Or should i just hope for the best?
thanks!
How did they specifically ask for proof of payment? isn't interview notice standard form?Dumb mistake - i paid the $330 AOS fee via money order and didn’t keep the customer receipt. i’m scheduled to go to USCIS office in 7 days. they’ve specifically asked to bring proof of payment.
Should i pay the fee again? Should i take a cheque with me? Or should i just hope for the best?
thanks!
dvlotteryguy123
New Member
yes - i was referring to the money order receipt off the top.
now understand that there is a standard receipt from KCC. thanks for the info, i didn’t know. I did not receive that.
I paid the fee on AUG 25, received interview invite on SEP 9 for SEP 16.
thanks for the help - will shoot them an email just in case.
dvlotteryguy123
New Member
i meant the interview notice asks to bring:
1) the actual interview invite
2) current passports
3) proof of lawful US presence
4) proof of payment of DV fee
was referring to point 4 as the specific mention of proof of payment. Maybe my use of the word specific threw you off a bit.
Yeah, that's standard request.
Blade_
Well-Known Member
Did you include Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) with your KCC payment?
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SusieQQQ
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Even if so it only got sent/paid 08/25, KCC would not have returned receipt by now judging by length of time others have reported in receiving theirs.
coffeemonster
Well-Known Member
The interview letters are actually not all the same. People get asked for different things. For instance, mine didn't ask for the DV receipt (I had sent it already) but it did ask for passport photos (which I had also already sent, and I was never asked for them in the interview) and an affadavit of support (which I didn't send or bring to the interview, and wasn't asked for in the interview). I presume they have a template letter and a list of things they can paste in there, but they seem to be all over the place in picking what to put in the list.
Ours came from CORBIN, KY 40701. It is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow (Friday 9/10). The USCIS case status will update "Card was picked up by the USPS" with a tracking number, so you can track it.