Someone please tell me I have not completely lost it. Interviewed March 30th. IO neither said yes or no. Asked for additional evidence proof of follow up medical appointments following positive PPD test (that's TB skin test positive for everyone from developing countries where TB vaccinations are done. Federal requirement is for one to complete 6 months of treatment regardless of lack of symptoms thereof). I completed the treatment course but since form I-485 was already sent to DHS the surgeon did not have access to it to fill in follow up appointment details. The surgeon said he'd been in the business long and never had such a request. Stated IO's seem to make rules as they go along. Anyway, additional documentation was hand delivered on April 6th. Problem is I seem to log into the system a thousand times daily to check the status. Very restless. No response yet.
Waiting, And, And Waiting: Now Going Crazy!!
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It's been a week. Relax.
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Vishnu Mahadev
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Aragam: See if you find some solace with following famous dialogues in EPIC: STAR WARS Part IV.
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OBI-WAN : I have a bad feeling about this.
QUI-GON : I don't sense anything.
OBI-WAN : It's not about the mission, Master, it's
somethging...elsewhere...elusive.
QUI-GON : Don't center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration
here and now where it belongs.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future...
QUI-GON : .....but not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the
living Force, my young Padawan.
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In short: Keep your concentration on your daily work and don't center on your anxiety. Things will fall into place.
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OBI-WAN : I have a bad feeling about this.
QUI-GON : I don't sense anything.
OBI-WAN : It's not about the mission, Master, it's
somethging...elsewhere...elusive.
QUI-GON : Don't center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration
here and now where it belongs.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future...
QUI-GON : .....but not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the
living Force, my young Padawan.
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In short: Keep your concentration on your daily work and don't center on your anxiety. Things will fall into place.
The guys are letting you know that you are presuming a lot of things that couldn't be real in your mind...
I know just take it easy once you are in the other side of the river you w ill realize that what really counts for them to give you the approval was your performance here in the united states if you are good and you did the right thing forget it..........
you and all the other will undertand it after you cross the river... it is not a big deal!
I know just take it easy once you are in the other side of the river you w ill realize that what really counts for them to give you the approval was your performance here in the united states if you are good and you did the right thing forget it..........
you and all the other will undertand it after you cross the river... it is not a big deal!
Vishnu Mahadev
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Talking about Future Anxiety: Andromeda Galaxy is going to crash with our Milky Way Galaxy. It is a scientific reality. Imagine what will be left of all of us.... and you are worried about your GC? Please document your code and drive safely in the meantime...
The interview was quite an experience. I guess it went well with some bumps. It rained like crazy. We were reasonably wet. The interview was held in a tiny cubicle with no space for our rain coats and briefcases. Everything was piled on the floor. There were chairs for my wife and I. The lawyer had to sit in the hallway but in such a way that he still followed the proceedings. Something in the area must have triggered some kind of an environmental allergic reaction in my wife. She started coughing and sneezing soon after the interview started (this went on for quite a while). She asked the IO for tissue, and water. Neither was available. Then my wife told the IO she liked her (the IO's) sweater. My wife also told the IO she liked the picture on a frame on the desk and some calender photo on the wall. I did not like that coz it could be miscontrued to mean she was trying to actively gain favor with the IO. I had no way of stopping her. When the IO left the cubicle briefly to go look something up, I told my wife to cut it out. In her previous line of work (telemarketing) they were taught to answer questions starting with the phrase, "I believe...." or "I think...." (something to do with avoiding litigation incase the wrong information was given). It's been a long time issue in our relationship not to answer questions like that because it sounds like she is never sure. Guess what, she answered most question with "I believe...." or "I think...." (People, how on earth do you answer, "I believe my mother's name is so and so!!") Drove me nuts! After the interview, as the the IO escorted us along the narrow long corridor, my wife tripped and fell. The IO and I assisted her up. Of course by that time I was feeling like the floor should open and swallow me up. My wife later explained that it was "a woman thing" and that the female IO would understand. She is a good lady though. Accounting for anxiety, how much damage do you think the sum of the above caused?
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Galaxy collision.
By the time Andromeda Galaxy gets intimate with our Milky Way Galaxy, the GC would have long evolved to the right to exist as some yet to be discovered particle. I guess the GC application process will be simpler then.
By the time Andromeda Galaxy gets intimate with our Milky Way Galaxy, the GC would have long evolved to the right to exist as some yet to be discovered particle. I guess the GC application process will be simpler then.
Hi Aragam,
The IO asked us for our relationship for a long time. Some questions we really couldnt recall. By the way, what did IO say to you after interview? or what did IO give you? And could you give us your anyupdates?
Hi Johndeal,
At the end of the interview the IO told me to go back to the surgeon to obtain additional documentation proof of completion of 6 months of TB treatment status post positive skin test. She said form I-693 was either incomplete or incorrectly filled out by the surgeon. Her contention was that the form did not have details of follow up medical appointments. The surgeon disagreed and said it was the first time such an issue arose. The surgeon's reasoning makes sense since form I-693 is sent with the initial application and the doctor would not have access to it for updates. The required additional documentation was hand delivered on 04/06/2009. The IO gave me back my passport and work authorization card. She kept the I-94 and basically every paperwork she had asked for. The IO was a very young lady with a flat affect face difficult to read.
At the end of the interview the IO told me to go back to the surgeon to obtain additional documentation proof of completion of 6 months of TB treatment status post positive skin test. She said form I-693 was either incomplete or incorrectly filled out by the surgeon. Her contention was that the form did not have details of follow up medical appointments. The surgeon disagreed and said it was the first time such an issue arose. The surgeon's reasoning makes sense since form I-693 is sent with the initial application and the doctor would not have access to it for updates. The required additional documentation was hand delivered on 04/06/2009. The IO gave me back my passport and work authorization card. She kept the I-94 and basically every paperwork she had asked for. The IO was a very young lady with a flat affect face difficult to read.
IO took my all the supporting documents except medical examination... I think she forgot to ask for it... At the end of the interview, she gave me a letter showing "there is another immigration file that must be obtained and reviewed"... Did anybody experience this kind of thing?
QUESTION(s): (1) When do IO's generally respond after request for additional documentation has been supplied? Today is day 30 since my interview. I provided the additional materials requested one week after the interview.
(2) Is it possible something could pop up in the mail before I see status changes online?
(3) Talking with those who have gone through this process generally reveals one "mean" and "difficult" IO at every station. Their reputations preceeds them. For instance, two cases of exactly same circumstances end up yielding different responses, with those being interviewed by "difficult" IO's being subjected to unnecessary delays under the vail of "leaving no stone unturned." There is a fear of one young female IO in Boston, and the general concensus here is that I drew the bad lot, as in I ended up before that person. Does anybody know of similar experiences or this is a myth?
(2) Is it possible something could pop up in the mail before I see status changes online?
(3) Talking with those who have gone through this process generally reveals one "mean" and "difficult" IO at every station. Their reputations preceeds them. For instance, two cases of exactly same circumstances end up yielding different responses, with those being interviewed by "difficult" IO's being subjected to unnecessary delays under the vail of "leaving no stone unturned." There is a fear of one young female IO in Boston, and the general concensus here is that I drew the bad lot, as in I ended up before that person. Does anybody know of similar experiences or this is a myth?