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Today I had my interview at Los Angeles Field Office at 11 AM.

My interview was originally scheduled for September 8, 2021, but because my wife (derivative) is pregnant and expecting a baby on September 7, 2021, she talked to a tier 1 agent and explained our situation and the agent placed an expedite request for her on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in their system. The agent also suggested that we may write a letter and attach the doctor's letter and send them to the LA field office, which we did on the same day. The letters would be delivered on August 7, 2021. Surprisingly, in the morning of Thursday, August 5, 2021, we received a call from an officer at LA FO who said she saw our request and wanted to know when we would be able to go for an Interview and that the earliest day available was Monday, August 9, 2021. We immediately took Monday (Today) at 11 AM.

We arrived in the waiting room exactly at 11 Am and we checked in and waited for a few minutes and the officer called us in. The officer was very nice. She basically told us that the hard part is to get selected and that the interview would be straightforward. She asked questions on our I-485 forms and she did not make any changes. At the end of the interview, she said that she could not make a decision right away as she first needs to get our pending asylum file from the asylum field office before she makes a final decision. She said this may take a week but once the file arrives, she said she will go ahead and approve the case. I also asked if our BC were cleared and she said Yes. Now we will wait for the asylum file to be sent to her and she said after the approval we should get the GC in about two weeks. Our cases were now updated to that interview was completed and that the review is being done.

For the documents, she did not ask any. She said she had everything. One thing I would add is that because my passport expired in Feb 2021, I was expecting that she would ask about a new passport but she did not.

I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
 
TB2021 said:
Today I had my interview at Los Angeles Field Office at 11 AM.

My interview was originally scheduled for September 8, 2021, but because my wife (derivative) is pregnant and expecting a baby on September 7, 2021, she talked to a tier 1 agent and explained our situation and the agent placed an expedite request for her on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in their system. The agent also suggested that we may write a letter and attach the doctor's letter and send them to the LA field office, which we did on the same day. The letters would be delivered on August 7, 2021. Surprisingly, in the morning of Thursday, August 5, 2021, we received a call from an officer at LA FO who said she saw our request and wanted to know when we would be able to go for an Interview and that the earliest day available was Monday, August 9, 2021. We immediately took Monday (Today) at 11 AM.

We arrived in the waiting room exactly at 11 Am and we checked in and waited for a few minutes and the officer called us in. The officer was very nice. She basically told us that the hard part is to get selected and that the interview would be straightforward. She asked questions on our I-485 forms and she did not make any changes. At the end of the interview, she said that she could not make a decision right away as she first needs to get our pending asylum file from the asylum field office before she makes a final decision. She said this may take a week but once the file arrives, she said she will go ahead and approve the case. I also asked if our BC were cleared and she said Yes. Now we will wait for the asylum file to be sent to her and she said after the approval we should get the GC in about two weeks. Our cases were now updated to that interview was completed and that the review is being done.

For the documents, she did not ask any. She said she had everything. One thing I would add is that because my passport expired in Feb 2021, I was expecting that she would ask about a new passport but she did not.

I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Congrats! I’m LA as well. When did you receive your NOA? I received mine end of June.
 
TB2021 said:
Today I had my interview at Los Angeles Field Office at 11 AM.

My interview was originally scheduled for September 8, 2021, but because my wife (derivative) is pregnant and expecting a baby on September 7, 2021, she talked to a tier 1 agent and explained our situation and the agent placed an expedite request for her on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in their system. The agent also suggested that we may write a letter and attach the doctor's letter and send them to the LA field office, which we did on the same day. The letters would be delivered on August 7, 2021. Surprisingly, in the morning of Thursday, August 5, 2021, we received a call from an officer at LA FO who said she saw our request and wanted to know when we would be able to go for an Interview and that the earliest day available was Monday, August 9, 2021. We immediately took Monday (Today) at 11 AM.

We arrived in the waiting room exactly at 11 Am and we checked in and waited for a few minutes and the officer called us in. The officer was very nice. She basically told us that the hard part is to get selected and that the interview would be straightforward. She asked questions on our I-485 forms and she did not make any changes. At the end of the interview, she said that she could not make a decision right away as she first needs to get our pending asylum file from the asylum field office before she makes a final decision. She said this may take a week but once the file arrives, she said she will go ahead and approve the case. I also asked if our BC were cleared and she said Yes. Now we will wait for the asylum file to be sent to her and she said after the approval we should get the GC in about two weeks. Our cases were now updated to that interview was completed and that the review is being done.

For the documents, she did not ask any. She said she had everything. One thing I would add is that because my passport expired in Feb 2021, I was expecting that she would ask about a new passport but she did not.

I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Congratulations!!!!
 
parametri said:
I have probably missed the discussion in the thread and the notes in the spreadsheet.
It is listed as I 864 in my interview notice.
Can you please elaborate more on your response?

It is I 864.

I have gone through the spreadsheet and seen the detailed discussion. Thanks for everyone who prepared the document. I should have checked that before asking. I apologize.

By the way, Has anyone who had I 864 listed as a required document in their notices took the interview? I was wondering about their experience.
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Hi @parametri,

Our ILs requested I-864 but we did not complete one. We took @Sm1smom’s advice and printed the doc in the link on the spreadsheet in case we were asked. We were never asked about the I-864 in the interview at all. :)
 
alves.sebastiao said:
@Sm1smom do u think requesting for expedite may delay the process if not approved? I have been waiting for my IL for little over 40 days. My OPT EAD will expire soon and need source of Income to provide for my family. This is the reason that I want to expedite.
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Submitting an expedite request does not further delay the processing. The request may not be approved, it however does not lead to additional delay.
 
Hey mom @Sm1smom . This may be a dumb question but wanted to seek your thoughts!

Question:
Does it harm in any way to go to the bio appt scheduled for our second package, which we will ditch but ask them to do the bio for our first package instead? Do they potentially question us on why we have two bio scheduled? While there is no guarantee of success( It is totally up to them), would love to try if there is no harm in it to save 2 days.

Context:
We sent our second package at the end of June, thinking our first package was lost, which got accepted a week later the shipping. (Ybuster & YB2 in the spreadsheet) While we’ve been waiting for the rejected package(2nd package), surprisingly, we even received a bio appt for the 2nd package, which is 2 days EARLIER than our bio for the first package. We could technically save 2 days if successful.
Thank you!
 
KeithJoan said:
Hi @parametri,

Our ILs requested I-864 but we did not complete one. We took @Sm1smom’s advice and printed the doc in the link on the spreadsheet in case we were asked. We were never asked about the I-864 in the interview at all. :)
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Thanks for sharing your experience.

I think you did not submit I 134 either?

In your letter, did you have the phrase "if applicable" for I 864?
 
TB2021 said:
Today I had my interview at Los Angeles Field Office at 11 AM.

My interview was originally scheduled for September 8, 2021, but because my wife (derivative) is pregnant and expecting a baby on September 7, 2021, she talked to a tier 1 agent and explained our situation and the agent placed an expedite request for her on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in their system. The agent also suggested that we may write a letter and attach the doctor's letter and send them to the LA field office, which we did on the same day. The letters would be delivered on August 7, 2021. Surprisingly, in the morning of Thursday, August 5, 2021, we received a call from an officer at LA FO who said she saw our request and wanted to know when we would be able to go for an Interview and that the earliest day available was Monday, August 9, 2021. We immediately took Monday (Today) at 11 AM.

We arrived in the waiting room exactly at 11 Am and we checked in and waited for a few minutes and the officer called us in. The officer was very nice. She basically told us that the hard part is to get selected and that the interview would be straightforward. She asked questions on our I-485 forms and she did not make any changes. At the end of the interview, she said that she could not make a decision right away as she first needs to get our pending asylum file from the asylum field office before she makes a final decision. She said this may take a week but once the file arrives, she said she will go ahead and approve the case. I also asked if our BC were cleared and she said Yes. Now we will wait for the asylum file to be sent to her and she said after the approval we should get the GC in about two weeks. Our cases were now updated to that interview was completed and that the review is being done.

For the documents, she did not ask any. She said she had everything. One thing I would add is that because my passport expired in Feb 2021, I was expecting that she would ask about a new passport but she did not.

I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Congratulations!
 
Ybuster said:
Hey mom @Sm1smom . This may be a dumb question but wanted to seek your thoughts!

Question:
Does it harm in any way to go to the bio appt scheduled for our second package, which we will ditch but ask them to do the bio for our first package instead? Do they potentially question us on why we have two bio scheduled? While there is no guarantee of success( It is totally up to them), would love to try if there is no harm in it to save 2 days.

Context:
We sent our second package at the end of June, thinking our first package was lost, which got accepted a week later the shipping. (Ybuster & YB2 in the spreadsheet) While we’ve been waiting for the rejected package(2nd package), surprisingly, we even received a bio appt for the 2nd package, which is 2 days EARLIER than our bio for the first package. We could technically save 2 days if successful.
Thank you!
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Attend whichever bio date comes first, bios are not restricted to a specific package. They will not ask questions as to why you have 2 bios appointments Be sure to inform the bio technician you also have a second bio appointment (tied to a different NOA) scheduled - they should be able to reconcile both and let you know you do not need to come back for the 2nd appointment.
 
jasperrrr.c said:
You can't contact your FO directly and I don't see you on the spreadsheet.

Have you done anything such as Tier 2 call, congressional inquiry, etc.?
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Hi Jasper! I just did the request to edit the spreadsheet and enter my information.

My lawyer had a Tier 2 call but the agent refused to give any information or expedite the case. I just reached out to my Senator who helped me in the past.
 
Sm1smom said:
Attend whichever bio date comes first, bios are not restricted to a specific package. They will not ask questions as to why you have 2 bios appointments Be sure to inform the bio technician you also have a second bio appointment (tied to a different NOA) scheduled - they should be able to reconcile both and let you know you do not need to come back for the 2nd appointment.
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Thank you Mom! glad that I asked and got your reply!
 
ishmog said:
For those who requested an expedite, which category did you choose when the agent asked you?
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I think most expedited requests for DV get denied because it is kinda on an expedited path in comparison to other programs, I'd say choose a category that you'll have supporting evidence for when they ask you for a written request and supporting documents.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Which of those apply to you that you need the process (further) expedited? It’s not one size fits all.
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I'm just wondering how some people in this thread were able to get their request for expedite approved since DV lottery doesn't seem to apply to any of these categories. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
ishmog said:
I'm just wondering how some people in this thread were able to get their request for expedite approved since DV lottery doesn't seem to apply to any of these categories. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I may be wrong but I only recall one reporting success and do not recall the specific circumstances. The FOs are well aware of the fiscal year deadline and are already expediting DV compared to other cases.
 
TB2021 said:
Today I had my interview at Los Angeles Field Office at 11 AM.

My interview was originally scheduled for September 8, 2021, but because my wife (derivative) is pregnant and expecting a baby on September 7, 2021, she talked to a tier 1 agent and explained our situation and the agent placed an expedite request for her on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in their system. The agent also suggested that we may write a letter and attach the doctor's letter and send them to the LA field office, which we did on the same day. The letters would be delivered on August 7, 2021. Surprisingly, in the morning of Thursday, August 5, 2021, we received a call from an officer at LA FO who said she saw our request and wanted to know when we would be able to go for an Interview and that the earliest day available was Monday, August 9, 2021. We immediately took Monday (Today) at 11 AM.

We arrived in the waiting room exactly at 11 Am and we checked in and waited for a few minutes and the officer called us in. The officer was very nice. She basically told us that the hard part is to get selected and that the interview would be straightforward. She asked questions on our I-485 forms and she did not make any changes. At the end of the interview, she said that she could not make a decision right away as she first needs to get our pending asylum file from the asylum field office before she makes a final decision. She said this may take a week but once the file arrives, she said she will go ahead and approve the case. I also asked if our BC were cleared and she said Yes. Now we will wait for the asylum file to be sent to her and she said after the approval we should get the GC in about two weeks. Our cases were now updated to that interview was completed and that the review is being done.

For the documents, she did not ask any. She said she had everything. One thing I would add is that because my passport expired in Feb 2021, I was expecting that she would ask about a new passport but she did not.

I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Hi, congrats on having a successful interview! I hope you'll get your GCs in the mail soon.

I see that your status at the time of filing was F2/Pending asylum. Could you please share more information on your status?

1) Does it mean that your wife is on F1 and also dependent in your asylum case?
2) Did you file your asylum case while your F1/F2 statuses were valid?
3) Did you maintain your F1/F2 statuses while your AOS application was pending?
4) Have you attended your asylum interview yet?
5) Any questions on your asylum case during DV lottery?

Sorry for so many questions, but I am sure your experience will be valuable for people with similar situation like yours, including me. Thanks!
 
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