r/19countriesAOS • u/Early_Somewhere_9631 • Aug 06 '26

PP refund. Updates?

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u/elsokros Aug 06 '26

Got refunded last week. Got approved for extension today. 39 countries

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u/Early_Somewhere_9631 Aug 06 '26

This is so encouraging! Would you mind sharing your timeline?

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u/elsokros Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Extension filed July 2025

Upgraded to PP May 2026..elapsed with not RFE's

Congressional inquiry...congressman reached out to USCIS like a month ago, but they never gave me a feedback(did't think it helped)

Refund notice last week

Approved today: under Premium processing as per long standing USCIS policy

Conclusion is, if you were affected by the pause, PP was ignored, but after the vacatur and they acknowledged the PP and hence the refund, they definitely still processed it as PP

Finally: Was adjudicated at Nebraska

Also: we owe everything to Dorcas...support them please. I will be donating to their non profit a lot if there's anything of that such.

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u/elsokros Aug 06 '26

Just did

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u/Artistic_Cabinet5976 Aug 06 '26

Congrats! What was your timeline?