DV 2022 All Selectees (Consular Processing - CP)

[Drfaizan]

1. You’d need to go in person to a SSA office, yes.
2. The maximum time allowed outside the country on a green card is 12 months. “Without any issues” - well, they won’t deny you entry, but they may well question why you were out for so long, ensure you understand that a green card is for actually residing in the US, etc.
3. It’s allowed, but you may want to consider how safe it is to do so. It is a big, expensive hassle to replace a lost green card. If I were you I’d do it via courier not regular mail if you do decide to do it.

Hi there ...
1.)- We did not receive the green cards for my daughter : 9 years old & my son : 14 years old & my wife . Later USCIS sent biometrics appointment from ASC to attend...Now currently we are out of USA. So once ,we re-scheduled the appointment. But again we got a appointment 15 days later. So i want to know.
A.)- How many times we can re-schedule the appointment? As we will return next June 2023.
B.)-Can we do the biometrics in the country we are residing?
C.)- If we do not attend the re-scheduled biometrics appointment : does our green card gets cancelled?
D.)- why is it necessary to do the biometrics when we did during our interview time. Why only for 3 persons.
E )- Why is the biometrics necessary for a child less than 14 years?
Thanks... As i cannot travel currently...
What should I do...

 

[SusieQQQ]

Hi there ...
1.)- We did not receive the green cards for my daughter : 9 years old & my son : 14 years old & my wife . Later USCIS sent biometrics appointment from ASC to attend...Now currently we are out of USA. So once ,we re-scheduled the appointment. But again we got a appointment 15 days later. So i want to know.
A.)- How many times we can re-schedule the appointment? As we will return next June 2023.
B.)-Can we do the biometrics in the country we are residing?
C.)- If we do not attend the re-scheduled biometrics appointment : does our green card gets cancelled?
D.)- why is it necessary to do the biometrics when we did during our interview time. Why only for 3 persons.
E )- Why is the biometrics necessary for a child less than 14 years?
Thanks... As i cannot travel currently...
What should I do...

I can’t answer all your why’s because this happens infrequently and I have no idea what went wrong with all your bios. No, this is USCIS so you cannot do bio outside the US. There is probably a sentence somewhere on your bio notice that warns the process will be abandoned if you don’t do bios (it may also give a maximum number of times for rescheduling). If the June 2023 date is beyond your one year from entry (when your temporary green card expires) then you may not be allowed to either fly and/ or enter the US with no valid green card. If it is within the validity of your temporray green cards you may enter, however I i think it’s possible (I do not know for sure, maybe @Sm1smom does) that as it was your decision not to attend the bios, they may charge you the replacement green card fees to re-start the process via I90. Fee + bio fee for this is currently $540 per person.

 

[Sm1smom]

Hi there ...
1.)- We did not receive the green cards for my daughter : 9 years old & my son : 14 years old & my wife . Later USCIS sent biometrics appointment from ASC to attend...Now currently we are out of USA. So once ,we re-scheduled the appointment. But again we got a appointment 15 days later. So i want to know.
A.)- How many times we can re-schedule the appointment? As we will return next June 2023.
B.)-Can we do the biometrics in the country we are residing?
C.)- If we do not attend the re-scheduled biometrics appointment : does our green card gets cancelled?
D.)- why is it necessary to do the biometrics when we did during our interview time. Why only for 3 persons.
E )- Why is the biometrics necessary for a child less than 14 years?
Thanks... As i cannot travel currently...
What should I do...

1. Probably about two times (and theres a possibility second request may actually not be approved).
2. No. This must be done in the US, the bio request is not by the embassy.
3. You’ll probably run into difficulties later on trying to get them to produce the GCs (you may actually end up having to file and pay whatever the applicable fee for a replacement GC is at that point).
4. Possibly because the bio captured during your interview turned out blurry/unusable for the GC production.
5. See response 4 above.

I suggest you do whatever you can to get your family back into the US and get the bio taken care of.

 

[SusieQQQ]

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Why is the biometrics necessary for a child less than 14 years?

The green card requires a photo, even if signature and fingerprints are waived for under 14.

 

[Butters]

Hey everyone. I got issued last week and picked up the passport with the visa and the packet. My Visa under the annotation part writes
IV docs in CCD. I've attached this.
I have a packet with an immigrant data summary page stapled to it, and the packet says not to open it. The immigrant Data Summary part, also under the annotation part, also says IV DOCS IN CCD.
I thought the annotation is meant for other IV categories where they scan all the documents to the CCD, and the person would have no documents to carry with them.
Will this cause a problem? Has anyone had a similar experience?

 

[Butters]

Just an update:
I emailed the embassy and they said: "The annotation does not cause you any problems when entering the U.S..You may use this visa. Please carry the envelope in the hand luggage with you."

I guess it's good to go. I'm gonna write gratitudes in couple of hours y'all :|

 

[Butters]

Anyways, I guess I got issued.
I want to thank @Sm1smom and @SusieQQQ. You two are amazing. Thank you for providing your unique, accurate insights to everyone here for free. It's funny how few people thanked me, but all I've done is get you two correct my answers by providing excellent solutions to their questions.
Thank you to @Xarthisius for all your fantastic work. Your data has been excellent. Better than the government .
Thanks to Simon for introducing us all to DV with the correct information. Even though he was wrong with so many things this year, everyone has somehow gotten their basic understanding of the DV process from his work, which was crucial to do the process correctly. The stuff he got wrong was mainly predictions which didn't harm anyone. He just made us lose sleep and fall into clinical depression. That's all, nothing worse.
Thanks to everyone else who has helped us all along the process by sharing their experiences, questions, and answers, we all could read.

 

[Sm1smom]

@Butters - congrats on making it through.

 

[Aprodita]

Any time you move after your first entry, regardless whether or not you have traveled outside the US in the interim, you have to use AR11.
CBP are only interested the first time you enter with your immigration packet that they can annotate where to send your green card. They don’t care after that and can’t change it in uscis systems.

Thank you so much. Hope to go back to finish up few things and return within few months and live close to my child. So the first entry and 2nd entry will be different and nobody I asked knew the answer. Appreciate this resourceful forum.

 

[Aprodita]

CBP does not care about where you go or where you reside in that case, so nothing to inform them of at the POE. You’ll however need to file an AR-11 informing USCIS of your new address.

Thank you Sm1smom, grateful to your answer and all the more for understanding my phrasings. When I read them again only I see how unclear I have put forward my questions.

 

[Aprodita]

Anyways, I guess I got issued.
I want to thank @Sm1smom and @SusieQQQ. You two are amazing. Thank you for providing your unique, accurate insights to everyone here for free. It's funny how few people thanked me, but all I've done is get you two correct my answers by providing excellent solutions to their questions.
Thank you to @Xarthisius for all your fantastic work. Your data has been excellent. Better than the government .
Thanks to Simon for introducing us all to DV with the correct information. Even though he was wrong with so many things this year, everyone has somehow gotten their basic understanding of the DV process from his work, which was crucial to do the process correctly. The stuff he got wrong was mainly predictions which didn't harm anyone. He just made us lose sleep and fall into clinical depression. That's all, nothing worse.
Thanks to everyone else who has helped us all along the process by sharing their experiences, questions, and answers, we all could read.

Congrats, You did a fantastic job here too whether you understood it or not. I am very happy you too made it through.

 

[Drfaizan]

Hi there ...
1.)- We did not receive the green cards for my daughter : 9 years old & my son : 14 years old & my wife . Later USCIS sent biometrics appointment from ASC to attend...Now currently we are out of USA. So once ,we re-scheduled the appointment. But again we got a appointment 15 days later. So i want to know.
A.)- How many times we can re-schedule the appointment? As we will return next June 2023.
B.)-Can we do the biometrics in the country we are residing?
C.)- If we do not attend the re-scheduled biometrics appointment : does our green card gets cancelled?
D.)- why is it necessary to do the biometrics when we did during our interview time. Why only for 3 persons.
E )- Why is the biometrics necessary for a child less than 14 years?
Thanks... As i cannot travel currently...
What should I do...

Hi,
We requested for a appointment re-schedule for our ASC BIOMETRICS appointment which was on 28 September. we did not receive any email from USCIS.
1.)- For now our biometrics appointment is missed as we are out of USA.
So can we reschedule when we reach back in June 2023. We have our visa validity till July 2023 end.
2.)- or should we reschedule right now & visit USA get it done & if we do not do it right away.does our green cards gets abandoned?
3.)- What is the best solution for such a situation?

 

[SusieQQQ]

Hi,
We requested for a appointment re-schedule for our ASC BIOMETRICS appointment which was on 28 September. we did not receive any email from USCIS.
1.)- For now our biometrics appointment is missed as we are out of USA.
So can we reschedule when we reach back in June 2023. We have our visa validity till July 2023 end.
2.)- or should we reschedule right now & visit USA get it done & if we do not do it right away.does our green cards gets abandoned?
3.)- What is the best solution for such a situation?

Did you not read the previous replies from sm1smom and myself to your similar questions a day or so ago?

 

[Sm1smom]

Did you not read the previous replies from sm1smom and myself to your similar questions a day or so ago?

Apparently not, I guess.

 

[SusieQQQ]

Apparently not, I guess.

It’s also a little confusing how they already missed an appointment that is tomorrow, but I guess they know they won’t make it.

Would however be nice if they bothered to read the answers we took the time to provide.

 

[Aprodita]

Congrats, You did a fantastic job here too whether you understood it or not. I am very happy you too made it through.

So, now the month comes to an end and the 2022 cycle is also ending. From last September, I have observed hundreds of selectees got helped with their questions. I am one of them and I am so grateful to this forum. Most of the selectees will start their new life. What is going to happen to this forum, guess the service will be continued with the other 2023 group? Or can anybody still post questions to this forum? I hope I will continue to see posts of SusieQQQ, Sm1smom, Mr. Simon again in 2023 group. I am sure we all might have questions until we settle down and hope we can meet you in other forums? Thank you very much for the great service.

 

[Drfaizan]

Apparently not, I guess.

Hi Sir,
I did read all your answers & thankful for your reply...
I was just asking.
1.)- As we already missed our biometrics appointment as we are out of USA & USCIS is not responding to reschedule... So we better wait till June 2023 ( as we have valid visa till July 2023 end ) when we reach back start all the process from start with form I-90 ?

 

[SusieQQQ]

Hi Sir,
I did read all your answers & thankful for your reply...
I was just asking.
1.)- As we already missed our biometrics appointment as we are out of USA & USCIS is not responding to reschedule... So we better wait till June 2023 ( as we have valid visa till July 2023 end ) when we reach back start all the process from start with form I-90 ?

I’m not sure why you don’t think that was answered already. I’ve bolded some parts to help you. Only you can decide what is “better” for you though, although at this stage you may have run yourself out of options anyway.

I can’t answer all your why’s because this happens infrequently and I have no idea what went wrong with all your bios. No, this is USCIS so you cannot do bio outside the US. There is probably a sentence somewhere on your bio notice that warns the process will be abandoned if you don’t do bios (it may also give a maximum number of times for rescheduling). If the June 2023 date is beyond your one year from entry (when your temporary green card expires) then you may not be allowed to either fly and/ or enter the US with no valid green card. If it is within the validity of your temporray green cards you may enter, however I i think it’s possible (I do not know for sure, maybe @Sm1smom does) that as it was your decision not to attend the bios, they may charge you the replacement green card fees to re-start the process via I90. Fee + bio fee for this is currently $540 per person.

1. Probably about two times (and theres a possibility second request may actually not be approved).
2. No. This must be done in the US, the bio request is not by the embassy.
3. You’ll probably run into difficulties later on trying to get them to produce the GCs (you may actually end up having to file and pay whatever the applicable fee for a replacement GC is at that point).
4. Possibly because the bio captured during your interview turned out blurry/unusable for the GC production.
5. See response 4 above.

I suggest you do whatever you can to get your family back into the US and get the bio taken care of.

 

[Sm1smom]

Hi Sir,
I did read all your answers & thankful for your reply...
I was just asking.
1.)- As we already missed our biometrics appointment as we are out of USA & USCIS is not responding to reschedule... So we better wait till June 2023 ( as we have valid visa till July 2023 end ) when we reach back start all the process from start with form I-90 ?

Yep, agree with Susie's above response. The responses we previously provided still applies - see the sections she bolded above.

 

[Angelok]

Hello here.
I hope you are all doing well.
Please I would like to change the address where my green card will be delivered upon arrival in USA. I will not go to the address I gave during the interview.
It is possible to do it?
If yes, how?
Thank you.