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congratz. atleast you got a new update and good news, now for the rest of people .

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Hello, my name is Alex I'm 23 years old and I come from Colombia. I entered the United States in the year of 1999 when I was 9 years old. I initially came with my mother and sister, my dad had already been living here since 1990 we came here all thanks to him who sent for us. Life in Colombia for me was good in the sense that I've always had everything. We've had a beautiful home, with beautiful surroundings. At the time however, Colombia was under very heavy turmoil from drug cartels and the armed forces that kept innocent people under constant threat. My family was never at peace, we got harassed and our home robbed constantly. The violence was vicious amongst the rebel groups at the time. I recall many times where me and my family came under many near death experiences. Shootings, bombings you name it. We experienced it, we lived it. The 90's era in Colombia was one that made many people flee the country. Violence was vicious. That its what brought me and my family here to the U.S. Initially when I arrived to the U.S life was good. My parents had good paying jobs the economy in the country was good and life for undocumented immigrants wasn't as difficult as it is today. Hence, it was possible to get a DL and easier to get a job. My adaptation to this country couldn't come off any better, I started going to school few months after I arrived, I picked up the language very fast. My family no longer had to suffer the uncertainty of safety that we've had back in the native land. Ever since I was young I had always been involved in sports, mainly soccer. When I was in middle school playing with my friends I got picked up by a scout of one of the top clubs in my region (Bolts). My talent evolved, I played and trained with the best. This was a great time for me, I met places, people made the best of friends. When I got to high school and already recognized as a "player to watch" I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to join the All-American team to travel abroad for tournaments. At that time I didn't recognize I was an undocumented alien, I felt as though I was from here. When the time came on the summer of 2006 I was going to be taken to taken to Italy for a tournament. That was not possible... I had to be withdrawn from the team. The following year, I missed yet another trip to Dominica. This for me was a breaking point. I began to realize that my status situation was really going to hurt me in future goals. I had wanted to go to a university and study mechanical engineering, play for for a division one team. I dreamed of having a career working on big things. It often saddens me to think about the what ifs.. Two of my old team-mates/friends are now semi-professional, others playing for top universities in the country. Me, only the what if. Things were difficult, especially after 9/11 terrorist attacks. Everything got complicated for undocumented immigrants. I dropped out of high school in my sophomore year, but I returned and graduated with honors. After high school, with scholarships lost and opportunities gone I was never the same. I became isolated, lonely and many occasions depressed. I attempted to try going to college but it wasn't easy to carry on financially by myself. I hope for one day to be able to live the american dream. I want to be able to exploit all my virtues and talents. I hope for an immigration reform that can benefit us and our hard working families.

FINALLY after f'in 6 mnths im APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got da txt dis morning @ 915am saying my cases were updated n den da email saying dey sent out my approval notice n plus my I765 is in production!!!!!!!! i was crying n wat not...FINALLY GOD! FINALLY AFTER ALL MY TEARSSSSS N PAIN! GOD IS GOOD ALL DA TYME!! WHO EVER WAITING KEEP WAITING!! HE SOON WILL DELIVER FOR YOU <3 <3

Thank you Jose I know of 2 other people that did a service request one of them got approved like a week after and the other person still waiting but she only waited 3 months and they somehow did a request for her and she is now in the 5 months waiting time and nothing yet.

I don't want to be rude, but when someone is approved it does say so in the online status page and the OP message doesn't say so. Unless it was changed. Whats weird is that when someone is denied, it also says it and in the OP case it didn't. I would call and request an explanation like everyone here is suggesting. Hoping for the best!

They're both the same thing. Both send a notice to the Service Center that is processing your case letting them know that your case has exceeded the expected processing time. The INFOPASS is also basically the same thing as the Service Center, it's just that you get to talk to somebody instead of waiting to hear back from the Service Center. They don't give you any different information though.

Congratulations you was approve.

so crazy! they don't acknowledge the painful stress that we are already going through... ugh!!

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Call and ask whats up? Im going on six months in a few days my bro and sis mailed it the same day and my sis got her stuff on her birthday end of November. My bro got a RFE a week later and he mailed it out a month later a few days after he mailed it out he got approved.

Was your case previously at Vermont as well?

r u serious so basically its take one year this is just tooooo much dam

Nebraska is moving! My application was sent to Nebraska from the beginning...maybe a blessing in disguise? You guys will get approved very VERY soon!

Wait for the letter to come, it might be something else they want. After they received the RFE I sent, 4 days they approved me. Good luck and be patient.

Congratulations!!!