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Another question, I am brainstorming at this point so please accept my apologies if my questions sound so stupid.

At this point which would more beneficiary for future visa acquisition purposes and traveling purposes? Getting denied or Cancelling it?
You already attended your interview - so application cancellation or withdrawal is moot at this point. And even if you were yet to attend your interview, you've already gone on record with the US immigration as having entered the US on a visitor's visa and filing for AOS as soon as you did. So case withdrawal makes no difference to the potential impact of a demonstrated immigrant intent on future NIV application in this case.
 
So I have a valid F1 status and it will expire on December 2024, am I under risk of deportation if it`s denied? Also my visa will expire on June 2024, would a denial cause a trouble when I visit my family during Christmas back home?
No, of course not. You still have a valid status to fall back on, there's no deportation consideration in this case for as long as you've not violated your F1 status by using an AOS based EAD for employment, for instance, or stopped attending classes while your AOS application was pending.

As for the denial causing or not causing trouble for your at the POE, I cannot categorically say one way or the other. Each admission or re-admission is at the discretion of the CBP. A valid visa does not guarantee an admission.
 
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No, of course not. You still have a valid status to fall back on, there's no deportation consideration in this case for as long as you've not violated your F1 status by using an AOS based EAD for employment, for instance, or stopped attending classes while your AOS application was pending.

As for the denial causing or not causing trouble for your at the POE, I cannot categorically say one way or the other. Each admission or re-admission is at the discretion of the CBP. A valid visa does not guarantee an admission.
So at that point, it is recommended to show the classes I have registered for next semester, bank statements, proof of properties to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent just like visa application. Am I right?

Also no, according to International Student Office at my school, my SEVIS record is still continuing and all work experience I mentioned on my I-485 was authorized by either CPT or On-Campus employment. However, I entered the DV-2023 lottery 3 months after I arrive. Would that cause trouble?
 
DV based denial letter has never given an option of attending a court hearing AFAIK, it comes with the grace period of when to depart.


My recommendation to you is to be mindful of when your authorized stay expires and to depart from the US one or two days before it does as a matter of fact, if you do not want your current B1B2 to automatically become invalid once you go out of status and your AOS application eventually gets denied.
I am planning to leave the country before September 30th, and my B1B2 visa is valid until November. I am not gonna be out of status, all I want is leave here in peace at this moment actually. I assume that my visa won’t become invalid automatically If I leave today, right?
 
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DV based denial letter has never given an option of attending a court hearing AFAIK, it comes with the grace period of when to depart.


My recommendation to you is to be mindful of when your authorized stay expires and to depart from the US one or two days before it does as a matter of fact, if you do not want your current B1B2 to automatically become invalid once you go out of status and your AOS application eventually gets denied.
So if i stay with expired authorization during waiting aos decision i will lose my visa suddenly? And they will record this application then i will have trouble in future Niv application?
 
So at that point, it is recommended to show the classes I have registered for next semester, bank statements, proof of properties to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent just like visa application. Am I right?

Also no, according to International Student Office at my school, my SEVIS record is still continuing and all work experience I mentioned on my I-485 was authorized by either CPT or On-Campus employment. However, I entered the DV-2023 lottery 3 months after I arrive. Would that cause trouble?
1. The onus is on you to always have applicable documentation for demonstrating you’re a bonafide student, whenever you’re traveling back to the US. So take whatever document you deem pertinent for demonstrating this.

2. Again, I cannot categorically answer YES or NO to that question. Admission or re-admission of a non-USCis at the discretion of the CBP.
 
I am planning to leave the country before September 30th, and my B1B2 visa is valid until November. I am not gonna be out of status, all I want is leave here in peace at this moment actually. I assume that my visa won’t become invalid automatically If I leave today, right?
If your authorized stay as evidenced by your I-94 is valid till Nov (notice I said “authorized stay” and not visa), and you depart before that day in Nov, your visa will not automatically become invalid. However, you need to be aware the embassy could later on still cancel the visa if they become aware you used it to enter the US for the purpose of filing for AOS.
 
So if i stay with expired authorization during waiting aos decision i will lose my visa suddenly? And they will record this application then i will have trouble in future Niv application?
If your AOS application eventually gets denied and you’re out of status by that time or before it gets denied, yes your existing visa will become invalid.

Yes, getting a new NIV will become an issue because you not only entered the US on a visitor’s visa with the purpose of filing for AOS, you also overstayed. And depending on how long you’ve overstayed, you may be facing a 3 or 10 year bar from returning to the US.
 
It could have been 1017~1057 if they didn’t stop granting in September. I bet this year numbers are less than last year.
We don't know they stopped granting visas for aos cases. Because they haven't denied anyone officially yet. On the contrary, they continue to approve it more verbally . I know verbal approval is nothing. But as far as I understand from this declaration they "can" issue visas more than cap according to their estimations. Maybe there will be a more understandable explanation.
 

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So, as far as I understand, after DOS announcement such that DV2023 visas have been concluded there is no cases getting denial because of this.
 
We don't know they stopped granting visas for aos cases. Because they haven't denied anyone officially yet. On the contrary, they continue to approve it more verbally . I know verbal approval is nothing. But as far as I understand from this declaration they "can" issue visas more than cap according to their estimations. Maybe there will be a more understandable explanation.
Technically speaking they also say "Having visas immediately available at the time of filing for Adjustment of Status" on their website. They also say the case must completed before September 30th. I don`t want to give false hopes but this is something they mention.
 
It could have been 1017~1057 if they didn’t stop granting in September. I bet this year numbers are less than last year.
Last year was unusually high at about 1440 because (probably) people were scared about consular processing delays.

They issued more than 56K DV2023 between CP and AOS, so it had to stop somewhere.
 
So, as far as I understand, after DOS announcement such that DV2023 visas have been concluded there is no cases getting denial because of this.
Officially, I mean, on online status there is no denial case now. But they can deny all cases with one email suddenly because of DoS declaration of ending Dv2023. In my opinion they don't know what they will do these cases. Because if they have certain declaration that is coming from Dos for aos cases, they'd like to deny all cases on or before interview.
 
But my case got denied at afternoon after my interview,
Is there a chance that cases like us suddenly get approved?
What can do in this case? Is there any chance i can revoke my case’s decision?
 
Officially, I mean, on online status there is no denial case now. But they can deny all cases with one email suddenly because of DoS declaration of ending Dv2023. In my opinion they don't know what they will do these cases. Because if they have certain declaration that is coming from Dos for aos cases, they'd like to deny all cases on or before interview.
They already know what to do, they’ve been down this road before. USCIS already received the visa exhaustion notice from the DOS.
 
But my case got denied at afternoon after my interview,
Is there a chance that cases like us suddenly get approved?
What can do in this case? Is there any chance i can revoke my case’s decision?
Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do I’m sorry to say. You need to accept your fate and move on with your life. Some of those that still waiting are basically speculating and trying not to lose hope hope at this point, but the inevitable will still happen sadly to say.
 
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