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Has anyone seen this on the DORA program???????

Today we had our infopass appointment at the Dallas office, only to make life even more confusing. as you can see we submitted and interviewed back in March and our case hasn't changed online since....not even our 70 day letter informing us that we will not get our case approved within 90 days. at the appointment today she informed us that our case was at the USCIS archive....as to say they are finished with our case (Approved I hope) she informed us that the name checks where done and okay but was clueless if our case was approved or not....so we left the Dallas office wondering what had happened to our case were we approved...or did they archive our case for some strange reason. all she could do was request our file be transfered to Dallas to find out what the issue was and the status of our case...Has anyone had this or heard of anything so silly.

So i'm going to apply for AP and i don't know what to do, i filed my AOS through DORA and haven't recieved a 70 day letter...do i submit my AP at the Dallas office or would i send it to Chicago? should i do E-file or mail in? Thanks guys. what time frame are we looking at for DORA people who after 90 days apply for AP is it expedited seeing we we're led to believe the 90 day goal of USCIS?

Okay this really sucks.....let me get this straight, when you recieve your 70 day letter, they have already made an appointment for you to come and do your EAD and AP? so what do people like me do, who haven't recieved there 70 day notice?

If anyone gets any update on their status please update us to anything....i was planning to make an appointmet for our EAD, seeing we are well past our 90 days of DORA..will the current issue of no dates available for DORA effect people who want to file EAD?

I am currently in the DORA process here in Dallas also, my problem is that we had our DORA appointment a month before you and we still haven't even received our 70 day notice letter and we're at day 100 or so. the whole process is screwed up and if i was you i would go. USCIS has their head so far up their ### they don't know which way is up. Besides all this, goodluck and i'm sure your green card is on the way.

The DORA thing is a pilot program for Dallas, El Paso, Oklahoma City and San Antonio local offices. The program was designed to have a process that would have the entire Green Card process done with in 90 days. Unfortunately for us this doesn't seem to work for the most part (There are cases that do make it within 90 days). I believe that the issue that prevents our green cards being issued is the FBI name checks. With the DORA program everything on the USCIS side is completed with you present. You submit your application, have your interview and have your application checked for errors (RFE's) all before you leave that day. After 2-3 weeks you would have your biometrics done and then you wait.........and wait........then you get your green card. The 70 day letter is the USCIS's way of letting you know that it's not going to be completed within the 90 days. I hope this helped.

I also haven't been touched since our biometrics was completed back on April 4th, and no 70 day letter either. I've heard that making an appointment to discuss your status doesn't help any...they have no idea what time frame you are looking at when it comes to the FBI...But good luck maybe they'll surprise us all.

Hey guys i was just wanting to see what are some of the time lines of people who are going through the DORA process. It doesn't matter your location Dallas, Oklahoma City...etc as long as you're going through the DORA process. I'm currently waiting with no updates since our biometrics back in April 9th, our interview and application submission was on March 9th. One other thing, when they said 90 days do they mean 90 calander days or 90 government work days Monday through Friday and excluding holidays?

Very true, my wife has a name that is very uncommon name and it's taking more time than the DORA process is suggested. So an uncommon name doesn't make a difference, I beleive it's more to do with the person who is performing the checks on the FBI side.

Hi,

A few days ago i recived a letter from the Marines telling me that i am being activated to active duty. I am currently Inactive Reserve (IR) did my service and got out. well, I am the sole provider of my family (wife) and seeing she isn't able to work (AOS)etc..... and i'm a contractor. As a contrator when things like this happen you lose your job because you're a contractor (you don't work directly for the company) they can legily get rid of you when you leave. They don't fall under that law that protects your job until you come back. What can i do to get out of this is there any immigration law that may help?

Thanks for your support, all we have to wait for now is the FBI name checks. From what i can see that part of the process can take some time. I just hope that the Indian government is orginized not like the rest of India. Anyone from India who has gone through the name check process what was your time frame?

Hey Everyone,

I'm so happy we are done with the hard part, yesterday was my wife's AOS interview here in Dallas. It went really well let me tell you how it went:

Showed up at 7:45 for our 8:15 interview with no line!!!!!!! went up to the front office and gave them our appointment letter and sat down. at around 9:15 they called our name and we presented our AOS package to the lady and checked to see if everything was there. We were then told to take a seat and she would call us back soon. 20 mins later she called us up and gave us our interview letter for the package...to my surprise it was for 10:45...wow that's in an hours time.

10:50am we got called back for our interview by a very nice lady, and the interview started. she just asked her the same things as on the application, asked how we met...etc. and asked for photos and stuff....I was like ahhhh you need that, she's only been here for eight weeks and we proved our relationship in her K-1 VISA? I thought we didn't need it but fortunately I had a copy of our lease with both our names on it. she also copied my passport with three Indian visas and about 10 entry stamps. After all that she said "Don't worry about it I'll waiver it". We then just chatted about my wife's home and that she didn't look Indian more like Thai or Chinese, after about a twenty minute interview she said okay your approved. Before we left she told us that you should have your biometrics appointment in about three weeks and the only thing left was the name check. From showing up at 7:45 and walking out the door after the interview at 11:20 I was amazed. THANK YOU D.O.R.A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm trying to find out what is the processing times for D.O.R.A through the Dallas location, also is it worth doing the EAD if your going through Dallas. anyone who went through Dallas please let me know. Thanks

Hi,

I started to type in the application on adobe and was wondering can we fill in all the AOS paperwork on the computer or do we have to write everything in? (Of course we would sign it in pen on the signature area)

Thanks everyone for your help

I'm A K-1 visa and im filling out the I-485 and it asks me for the Visa # is it refering to the Control # and the # for the I-94 is it the whole thing for example (123456789 00) or is it just the first set of # ?

As a K-1 applying for AOS do we need to proof of relationship like with the K-1 and do we have to fill out the I-130?

I'm a little confused about how many tax returns we need and is a tax transcript okay.

Hi everyone,

okay we're about to do our AOS package and the first thing we came across is my now wifes name...on the AOS package do we put her new name or her original(she came over on a K-1)....we applyed for her SSN after we got married if that helps, thanks.

Okay it's really confusing, cause everyone on here says go through Dallas office....USCIS operators tell me send it to Chicago. if USCIS is wrong then I've been told by 4 different operator that I should send it to Chicago All AOS packages go through Chicago, was what I was told. HAS ANYONE HERE WHO IS IN THE DALLAS REGION DONE EITHER?????

Read about the DORA Program all is explained at this link: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0000ecd190a____

You schedule an infopass appointment and submit the paperwork in person in Dallas.

And the AOS guide:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3aos

I called the USCIS people and they said that i need to send it to chicago like everyone else, not to dallas...they will send it to dallas later...but for now it must go to chicago.....HHHHEEEELLLPPPP!!!!! anyone who has come over on a K-1 and in AOS through the Dallas USCIS office please help. WHERE DO WE SEND OUR AOS PACKAGE?????????

Can we submit our AOS paperwork before the 90 days? We are filling it with the Dallas location so we need an appointment, this is why I'm asking cause we have to get an appointment. Thanks for your help.

Hi everyone,

Okay we have our social security # and we are now married....what do we do now as a K-1 AOS in the Dallas area? do we have to make an appointment to submit our paperwork or do we sent it to Chicago like ever other state?

goodluck!!!!

Hi everyone,

I'm glad to be in this forum now. I have a quick question to start us in the right direction. do we apply for my fiancée’s Social security number now, or after we get married? What is the I-94? Do you have it as a K-1 visa holder? Thanks and Happy New Year.