Congratulations guys, maconcita and Glistenpearls,
Celebrate your happy day and I pray for every one to have a happy life after all these stressful days. I am very worried about my interview day because I don’t know what will happen.
any news?
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any news?
Glistenpearls
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All the best for tomorrow badluck2 (seriously you should change it to goodluck )
We will be thinking of you..and dont forget to keep us posted!
)We will be thinking of you..and dont forget to keep us posted!
Best of luck!
Glistenpearls
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dv2008gh,
nothing change on your case status as yet?
nothing change on your case status as yet?
Absolutely nothing.
Maconcita, the waiting after interview is so terrible.....
it's a killer
I wish I knew something! I guess the only thing we can do is wait! oh the waiting game, nightmare!it's a killer
I called the customer service and told her I haven't received my welcome letter. She took my information and said she would forward it to the local office. I don't know how that is going to help though.
OMG i don't want to deal with customer service again!
I guess it is worth a try. My status have not changed either, the only change I have is the date "8/18/2008" on my I485 only! My husband's EAD and Travel were approved and "letters mailed last week" which we have not received. Mine are still pending!I hope nothing is wrong. I'll call customer service and will let you know.
thanks
Well that was a real waste of time. I need to wait 30 days in order for them to help!
I'll just hold on tight and go for the ride!
The waiting game... TIC... TAC...Have you checked your mail today?
My interview
I had my interview scheduled on 08/20/2008 @ 11:00AM. It took about 45 minutes. It was a tragedy compare to many people on this forum. I assure you that you don’t push me again to change my ID from Badluck to good luck anymore after you read my tragedy. Passport and a picture ID were the requested document in our interview letter only.
My wife and I were there 15 minutes before the interview. I was the winner. We gave our interview letter to the window. After 5 minutes waiting around 10:50AM an officer called our names and said “follow me please” so seriously.
We smiled and said “Hello” she replied so formally with out any sign of smile. We followed her to her office.
o: abbreviation for officer
m: abbreviation for me
( ): my explanations
o: Do you have a cell phone with you?
m: No ma'am (because we knew the rules and kept them in the car)
(A man came in)(He did not talk at all till end of interview)
o: Oh, he is an officer and you will answer him if he ask you questions.
(She did not introduced him by name. it was so weird, two officers interviewing us?!!)
o: please have a sit
(We sat and I noticed that she turned the camera on).
o: Oh, did I tell you my name? My name is ---- and I am going to interview you today.
o: Please stand and rise your right hand “do you swear that you say the truth?”
m: yes , I do
my spouse: yes , I do
o: you can sit now.
(She opened our file and start with my I-485 asking bit by bit and putting a red checkmark beside them. Except some numbers like visa#, A#, I-94#. She asked me all the questions on part 3)
o: where were you born?
m: Iran ma’am.
o: let me see your original certificate of birth and passport.
(I gave her both. And she compared them with the translation that she had on my file)
o: show me your original I-20 and student ID
(she asked me questions from my I-20 like expiration date , name of school, major, degree, etc)
o: did you received your EAD and AP?
m: yes ma’am.
o: did you use them?
m: no ma’am
(She took our I-94 from our passport and staples them in our file with herself)
o: do you have any U.S. degree?
m: I have a B.S. from my country and am pursuing my M.S.degree currently and (She didn’t let me finish)
o: So, you don’t have a u.s. degree.
o: are you currently employed?
m: yes ma’am, on campus as a graduate assistant
(my school contract was on my file and she was looking at but that was for last spring semester)
o: do you have a proof?
m: Yes ma’am
(Fortunately, I had my contract for Fall 2008 and showed her)
o: well, I saw your overseas property, assets and your statement of account but I can not accept them because I am not able to verify them. (I had money about 4 times of poverty line in my saving account only, plus the title deed and assessment certificate of our house and a piece of land)
o: do you have cash in us banks?
m: yes Ma’am
o: show me your last three us bank account.
(I showed her and my balance was about $25000 for the past 4 months)
o: these are not enough money to sponsor yourself and your wife. Do you have any other document to show that you are financially stable?
m: Yes ma’am . I have a sponsor.
(I already submit the original I-134 with supporting evidence when I filed. She searched for my Affidavit of support for a few second)
o: I do not see any “Affidavit of Support” on your file.
(I got shocked and worried)
o: I do see one I-134 for your wife only and that is useless because she is your derivative. I have to approve your case first.
(I had a copy of my I-134 and showed her)
o: but this a copy
m: I am sorry, I sent the original when I applied.
o: I do not know, it is not on your file and I can not accept copy. Plus, I want to do some research to make sure I-134 is applicable for your case. I think you should submit the long form.
m: But, I consulted an attorney and I am sure that is the correct form.
o: as I said I have to do some research about that.
o: probably, you will receive a request for additional document for your Affidavit of support and financial
(I don’t want to be paranoid but it was so strange that my I-134 was the missing document between the 200 pages of my file)
(any way she continued with my medical papers, checking them bit by bit, asking questions that who was my doctor? Where did I do the medical exam? Did I finished all my immunization, where did I do my blood test .etc. and finally checking all my federal and state taxes and asking for 2007 Tax return transcripts and W-2 that I had and showed her.)
(She did almost the same thing for my wife, except the financial part plus she asked for certificate of marriage and asking general questions about the date of marriage etc.. my wife also has graduate assistant because she is a graduate student too. And showed to the officer and the officer simply ignored that)
(I was worried about our name check too. so when she finished with my wife’s tax return as the last part, I said)
m: I have a question, may I ask?
o: go a head
m: I asked for name check expedite process when I did my infopass last time. I want to know if our name check is back or not.
o: No, not yet (she showed me a paper for a second from distance that I could not see any thing that)
o: see, we asked for you to expedite your security check and still nothing
o: you know, many of DV applicants lose their cases because of two things, FBI name check and 30 September due date.
m: I hope, it will not happen to me. I have another question
o: go a head
m: is there any way that we follow up our case with you other than customer service hot line and infopass like we call? because it is too difficult for us to drive to your office here for infopass.
o: I am not going to give your status over the phone and under the law I have 90 days to decide about your case. If you did not hear after 90 days schedule an infopass.
m: I am sorry but I do not have 90 days till end of 2008 DV program.
o: well, I have nothing to say and I have to repeat and repeat.
(She switched off the camera and stood. we stood too)
o: ok, don’t forget to take your cell phones!!!!
m: thank you, we already kept our cell phones in the car ( she even could not remember that we did not bring our cell phones in. Yes, because we were all tired it took about 45 minutes)
I am so worried now, she kept us in a very gray area (no white, no black) and I do not know what to do.
I am having a headache now. It is 12:04 AM now. I have to take a pain killer and accompany my wife with her tears.
Good luck guys,
I had my interview scheduled on 08/20/2008 @ 11:00AM. It took about 45 minutes. It was a tragedy compare to many people on this forum. I assure you that you don’t push me again to change my ID from Badluck to good luck anymore after you read my tragedy. Passport and a picture ID were the requested document in our interview letter only.
My wife and I were there 15 minutes before the interview. I was the winner. We gave our interview letter to the window. After 5 minutes waiting around 10:50AM an officer called our names and said “follow me please” so seriously.
We smiled and said “Hello” she replied so formally with out any sign of smile. We followed her to her office.
o: abbreviation for officer
m: abbreviation for me
( ): my explanations
o: Do you have a cell phone with you?
m: No ma'am (because we knew the rules and kept them in the car)
(A man came in)(He did not talk at all till end of interview)
o: Oh, he is an officer and you will answer him if he ask you questions.
(She did not introduced him by name. it was so weird, two officers interviewing us?!!)
o: please have a sit
(We sat and I noticed that she turned the camera on).
o: Oh, did I tell you my name? My name is ---- and I am going to interview you today.
o: Please stand and rise your right hand “do you swear that you say the truth?”
m: yes , I do
my spouse: yes , I do
o: you can sit now.
(She opened our file and start with my I-485 asking bit by bit and putting a red checkmark beside them. Except some numbers like visa#, A#, I-94#. She asked me all the questions on part 3)
o: where were you born?
m: Iran ma’am.
o: let me see your original certificate of birth and passport.
(I gave her both. And she compared them with the translation that she had on my file)
o: show me your original I-20 and student ID
(she asked me questions from my I-20 like expiration date , name of school, major, degree, etc)
o: did you received your EAD and AP?
m: yes ma’am.
o: did you use them?
m: no ma’am
(She took our I-94 from our passport and staples them in our file with herself)
o: do you have any U.S. degree?
m: I have a B.S. from my country and am pursuing my M.S.degree currently and (She didn’t let me finish)
o: So, you don’t have a u.s. degree.
o: are you currently employed?
m: yes ma’am, on campus as a graduate assistant
(my school contract was on my file and she was looking at but that was for last spring semester)
o: do you have a proof?
m: Yes ma’am
(Fortunately, I had my contract for Fall 2008 and showed her)
o: well, I saw your overseas property, assets and your statement of account but I can not accept them because I am not able to verify them. (I had money about 4 times of poverty line in my saving account only, plus the title deed and assessment certificate of our house and a piece of land)
o: do you have cash in us banks?
m: yes Ma’am
o: show me your last three us bank account.
(I showed her and my balance was about $25000 for the past 4 months)
o: these are not enough money to sponsor yourself and your wife. Do you have any other document to show that you are financially stable?
m: Yes ma’am . I have a sponsor.
(I already submit the original I-134 with supporting evidence when I filed. She searched for my Affidavit of support for a few second)
o: I do not see any “Affidavit of Support” on your file.
(I got shocked and worried)
o: I do see one I-134 for your wife only and that is useless because she is your derivative. I have to approve your case first.
(I had a copy of my I-134 and showed her)
o: but this a copy
m: I am sorry, I sent the original when I applied.
o: I do not know, it is not on your file and I can not accept copy. Plus, I want to do some research to make sure I-134 is applicable for your case. I think you should submit the long form.
m: But, I consulted an attorney and I am sure that is the correct form.
o: as I said I have to do some research about that.
o: probably, you will receive a request for additional document for your Affidavit of support and financial
(I don’t want to be paranoid but it was so strange that my I-134 was the missing document between the 200 pages of my file)
(any way she continued with my medical papers, checking them bit by bit, asking questions that who was my doctor? Where did I do the medical exam? Did I finished all my immunization, where did I do my blood test .etc. and finally checking all my federal and state taxes and asking for 2007 Tax return transcripts and W-2 that I had and showed her.)
(She did almost the same thing for my wife, except the financial part plus she asked for certificate of marriage and asking general questions about the date of marriage etc.. my wife also has graduate assistant because she is a graduate student too. And showed to the officer and the officer simply ignored that)
(I was worried about our name check too. so when she finished with my wife’s tax return as the last part, I said)
m: I have a question, may I ask?
o: go a head
m: I asked for name check expedite process when I did my infopass last time. I want to know if our name check is back or not.
o: No, not yet (she showed me a paper for a second from distance that I could not see any thing that)
o: see, we asked for you to expedite your security check and still nothing
o: you know, many of DV applicants lose their cases because of two things, FBI name check and 30 September due date.
m: I hope, it will not happen to me. I have another question
o: go a head
m: is there any way that we follow up our case with you other than customer service hot line and infopass like we call? because it is too difficult for us to drive to your office here for infopass.
o: I am not going to give your status over the phone and under the law I have 90 days to decide about your case. If you did not hear after 90 days schedule an infopass.
m: I am sorry but I do not have 90 days till end of 2008 DV program.
o: well, I have nothing to say and I have to repeat and repeat.
(She switched off the camera and stood. we stood too)
o: ok, don’t forget to take your cell phones!!!!
m: thank you, we already kept our cell phones in the car ( she even could not remember that we did not bring our cell phones in. Yes, because we were all tired it took about 45 minutes)
I am so worried now, she kept us in a very gray area (no white, no black) and I do not know what to do.
I am having a headache now. It is 12:04 AM now. I have to take a pain killer and accompany my wife with her tears.
Good luck guys,
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Yea, twice a day.
This is by FAR the worst experience I've heard of. I bet you they hold a grudge against you for some reason. This is unbelievable, treating you like a criminal. Is there anyway you could contact the congressman or do something to have this case expedited? It does not look like they're going to do anything for you. When I called customer service, they told me i had to wait 30 days not 90!!! I'm so sorry about all of this, truly i am. If I were you, I know this is hard, but I would start writing letters to congressmen..., at this point, you know you have nothing else to lose, fight for it! Otherwise, you know you still have school going for you, a graduate assistanship (which is not an easy thing to get, and thank God you have it and your wife) then hopefully and nice job to fall back on once you graduate. If this doesn't work (I hope with all my heart that it will), H1B is still a possibility! And keep in mind you still have your health and your wife with you, they can never take that away from you!
I truly am shocked about all of this. I'm sure you told us, but what office was this? You think her reaction was based on political views? anything is possible? Good luck my friend
Glistenpearls
Registered Users (C)
badluck, I'm so sorry to hear your story . I cannot believe how mean that lady was and she sounded like interrogating an illegal. Like Maconcita said, please keep trying and fighting for it--you still have about 6 weeks-do what you can.
My thoughts are with you and your wife, all the very best.
. I cannot believe how mean that lady was and she sounded like interrogating an illegal. Like Maconcita said, please keep trying and fighting for it--you still have about 6 weeks-do what you can.My thoughts are with you and your wife, all the very best.
DvWinner09
Registered Users (C)
Sorry about your interview badluck2. Hopefully everything will work out good for you.
Guys,
I have one question. Do we need to send W2s along with 485 package or should we just take it during interview. Thanks.
Guys,
I have one question. Do we need to send W2s along with 485 package or should we just take it during interview. Thanks.
man, sorry about the whole deal. she must have somethin against you 4 some reason. it just dosen't sound professional at all. Keep ur fingers crossed and we will be praying 4 ya. contact ur senators office asap and explain to them everything that happened and why this case must be approved asap b4 sep 30 at the latest or u risk deportation.