They already informed me they are using my previous bio.
So once the receipt is released they will send an invitation for an interview?
When did they notify you of that? I’m curious, because I’ve never heard of someone being notified that before they even get the receipt. Did you get an sms of I485 acceptance even though you haven’t got the physical receipt yet?
anyway this process goes something like this. Your i485 arrives with piles of others at the lockbox. Someone sorts them out and you get a receipt. Then there is second sorting to go to the applicable FO. Then it ends up in a pile at the FO, who knows how big that pile is. Someone goes through that pile and sorts them out by type of petition. So,
if the i485 happens to already be at the FO and
if whoever is going through the pile reaches yours before the end of the FY and
if they see that yours is a DV and is current now, they
may be super proactive and look to see
if somehow a space has opened up because someone canceled an interview in the few days left of the fiscal year (because most if not all available slots at most FOs are booked up weeks ahead) .
If all that happens in time, then maybe you will get an invitation to interview. But don’t forget there are still background checks to run (i know you had asylum approved but it is a different background check for a green card afaik). Then the IO will need to get your asylum documents to check that case (and this is where I think you’d likely be denied for going out of status even if you had time because DV is subject to all the usual bars to adjustment). Anyway
IF all that happens and you still get approved you’ll be ok. But it sounds to me like an awful lot of
ifs to happen within the next 5 days.