Went to Newark local INS for interview yesterday. It went ok but we only got a temporary stamp. We are EB1 case. RD 10-18-01, TD 10-11-02, ID 11-25-02.
The officer was a bit uptight. Told us right at the begining that nobody is getting approved because of the new security freeze starting last week and the best thing he could do is to give us a temporary stamp. Took our fingerprint, asked MC, AP, medical (he is ok with the copy of our old medical), tax return, and affidavit of support. Asked bounch of questions like current address, being arrested or not, when and where were the original and last entry, where we work, etc. He did take the original I-94s out of our passports though. He said we will get a notice in the mail and come to stamp after that, but he didn't know for how long this is going to take.
Don't know what's the use of this temporary stamp. And don't know when we can get the whole thing over with.
The officer was a bit uptight. Told us right at the begining that nobody is getting approved because of the new security freeze starting last week and the best thing he could do is to give us a temporary stamp. Took our fingerprint, asked MC, AP, medical (he is ok with the copy of our old medical), tax return, and affidavit of support. Asked bounch of questions like current address, being arrested or not, when and where were the original and last entry, where we work, etc. He did take the original I-94s out of our passports though. He said we will get a notice in the mail and come to stamp after that, but he didn't know for how long this is going to take.
Don't know what's the use of this temporary stamp. And don't know when we can get the whole thing over with.
Thank you, Good luck to U. It's just matter of time. You will get your formal stamp soon.