Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C.
DV 2025 AOS (Adjustment of Status) Process Only
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SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
A month is well within the normal timeframe, usually expect 2-3 months if not longer.
Yoiu can request an expedite https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/expedite-requests with a solid reason:
Relevant criteria or circumstances that may be considered in determining whether to grant an expedite request include, but are not limited to, the below:
- Severe financial loss to a company or person, provided that the need for urgent action is not the result of the petitioner’s or applicant’s failure to timely file the benefit request or to timely respond to any requests for evidence;
- Emergencies or urgent humanitarian situations;
- Nonprofit organization (as designated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)) whose request is in furtherance of the cultural or social interests of the United States;
- Government interests, including cases identified by the government as urgent because they involve the public interest, public safety, national interest, or national security interests; and
- Clear USCIS error.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Varies by FO. check the timeline spreadsheet. But in general, no, a few months or longer is normal for AOS.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Don’t just check the Timeline spreadsheets (both current and past), I recommend you add your own case details to the 2025 Timeline spreadsheet to enable you and others compare your progress with one another. In addition to the above response already provided by Susie, I recommend you also take a look at the FAQ tab of the AOS process spreadsheet where similar questions have also been addressed.
Thank you
enaykey
Member
Hello! I have two quick questions:
1) In i-485 form, it is asking if the applicant has received cash benefits such as TANF. My wife is primary applicant and we receive SNAP food benefits, not cash. Should I mention about it? If so, is it considered as public charge?
"Have you ever received Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF), or State, Tribal, territorial, or local, cash benefit programs for income maintenance (often called “General Assistance” in the State context, but which also exist under other names)?"
2) Also, it is asking if we receive SSI as well. My wife and I do not receive it but my son is disabled and he is receiving monthly SSI. He's already a US citizen and we will not include him in the application, for sure. Should I still mention about the SSI he receives? His payments are deposited to an account in my name, separate from my actual account that I make my all personal transactions.
Thanks!
1) In i-485 form, it is asking if the applicant has received cash benefits such as TANF. My wife is primary applicant and we receive SNAP food benefits, not cash. Should I mention about it? If so, is it considered as public charge?
"Have you ever received Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF), or State, Tribal, territorial, or local, cash benefit programs for income maintenance (often called “General Assistance” in the State context, but which also exist under other names)?"
2) Also, it is asking if we receive SSI as well. My wife and I do not receive it but my son is disabled and he is receiving monthly SSI. He's already a US citizen and we will not include him in the application, for sure. Should I still mention about the SSI he receives? His payments are deposited to an account in my name, separate from my actual account that I make my all personal transactions.
Thanks!
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
1. No. No.
2. No.
enaykey
Member
Thank you Mom, you're the best!
Hello,
My lawyer filed AOS for me and my husband but he didn’t tell us to pay DV fees($330/ per person) and add it to the AOS package.
We got an email from KCC that USCIS requested that your DV case file be forwarded to the immigration office for further processing. That means we needed to pay DV fees.
We paid the fees and the bank confirmed us that KCC deposited the check.
Apparently, KCC won’t notify USCIS that we have paid the fees. I wonder if I need to send the proof to USCIS field office through mail? or could someone recommend me what to do next?
Thank you!
My lawyer filed AOS for me and my husband but he didn’t tell us to pay DV fees($330/ per person) and add it to the AOS package.
We got an email from KCC that USCIS requested that your DV case file be forwarded to the immigration office for further processing. That means we needed to pay DV fees.
We paid the fees and the bank confirmed us that KCC deposited the check.
Apparently, KCC won’t notify USCIS that we have paid the fees. I wonder if I need to send the proof to USCIS field office through mail? or could someone recommend me what to do next?
Thank you!
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Where did you learn this "Apparently, KCC won’t notify USCIS that we have paid the fees" from, considering KCC was the one that contacted you about the need to make the payment?
Since the payment has been made, KCC will forward your KCC file to USCIS.
I learned that because I emailed them to ask if KCC will notify USCIS that we paid the fees and KCC didn’t answer that question at all. Do you think I should still send the receipt to USCIS field office?
Thank you!
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
The response you received from the KCC in response to your email to them is a standard boiler plate language. It does not mean your KCC file will not get sent to USCIS. The KCC file being sent is the confirmation by KCC to USCIS that the payment has been made.
There's a process for sending documents directly to the FO. Since USCIS did not send you a RFE or contact you directly to request you send them the receipt, whatever you send is guaranteed to not reach the intended IO, so there's not point sending anything to your USCIS FO. Plus your FO needs your complete KCC file, which can only be sent by the KCC, and not just the DV payment receipt.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
In addition to the specific information mom has given you, suggest you read the AoS process spreadsheet linked in first post of this thread. It would have saved you the issues above and will also probably prepare you for the interview better than your lawyer. You can also double check from the sheet what should be in the AOS package in case your lawyer (who does not seem familiar with DV if he made such an obvious error) overlooked something else that you can then take to interview
Xarthisius
Well-Known Member
Source: https://www.uscis.gov/i-485
“REQUEST FOR APPLICANT TO APPEAR FOR INITIAL INTERVIEW” letter received in the mail today for the derivative applicant with appointment on Feb. 18
I hope mine arrives soon too! Anyways, I should go with him to the same appointment, I believe.
For those waiting, It might help to know that we both asked Emma today, the agents didn’t know about the appointment scheduled for my spouse and told us just to keep waiting.
I hope mine arrives soon too! Anyways, I should go with him to the same appointment, I believe.
For those waiting, It might help to know that we both asked Emma today, the agents didn’t know about the appointment scheduled for my spouse and told us just to keep waiting.
anesterenko
New Member
Do you have some specific background? I thought it's common to interview all family altogether
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
It is quite normal for family members to receive separate interview appointment letters. They however may end up being interviewed together.
Stoic Turk
New Member
One of President Trump's day-1 executive orders, titled "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats", indicates that the DOS, in accordance with the DHS and bunch of other government branches, should vet and screen aliens already in the US to the maximum degree possible. I believe there is now an amplified risk for AOS cases being stuck in the background check till the end of the fiscal year.
In addition, the same executive order mandates a bunch of government agencies to identify countries whose vetting and screening information is deficient enough to warrant a travel ban.
In light of these, I wanted to ask Sm1smom if it's possible to add a "country of chargeability" column to the DV 2025 AOS Timeline Spreadsheet. There is a chance nationals of certain countries will have tighter scrutiny on their AOS files. It would be good to have some data to confirm this.
In addition, the same executive order mandates a bunch of government agencies to identify countries whose vetting and screening information is deficient enough to warrant a travel ban.
In light of these, I wanted to ask Sm1smom if it's possible to add a "country of chargeability" column to the DV 2025 AOS Timeline Spreadsheet. There is a chance nationals of certain countries will have tighter scrutiny on their AOS files. It would be good to have some data to confirm this.