Filed March 19th 2007 to TSC
transfered to VSC Feb 1 2008

threatened by VSC of deportation due to filing late (april 2008).
apparently VSC thought we filled 1 year late to them..

went to local USCIS office in Houston. showed the letter and application date.
the woman there sent email to VSC to explain we filed correctly and on time.
sent response to VSC with photocopies of dates of original application via USPS
the woman at the USCIS in houston said they (VSC) will send letter acknowledging mistake.. (right..like that would actually happen, and of course it didn't)


received NOA to submit "good faith" documents.

i'm working on collecting additional stuff for them right now.

I suspect they lost all of my original documents submitted in light of the mistake they made about us filing one year late.


this has dragged on long enough..I'm tired and discouraged.

I'm sick of being punished for their mistakes.

Wow, what a mess. I hope it gets straightened out soon. No wonder VSC isn't processing all of our new files very fast - they still have cases like yours to clean up. I sure hope they don't lose our file.

Can you go ahead and file for naturalization, or do you want to do that? I know we plan to file for that as soon as we're allowed to so we don't have to deal with 10 year green card requirements if I get a job overseas.

honestly. I'm only staying in the US for a maximun of 10 more years.
I'm working toward leaving the US for my wife's homeland of brazil, or my homeland of Vietnam.

So naturalization may or may not happen...

hell, my naturalization has never been 100% completed to due to the incompetent geniuses that work for the INS now known as USCIS.

I hold a US passport (got first one before turning 18, parents naturalized before I turned 18), filed for a naturalization certificate like 5 years ago...NOTHING has EVER happened.

I've given up on that cause. as long as I can continue to renew my US passport...i'm good.

Gosh, I'm so sorry to hear about this... I hope that you can get it resolved - hang tough...

What an outrage! These people are CRAZY! Their incompetence is alarming!

there was a press release that someone posted here about how USCIS takes in people's money and then leave them hanging out in the open....

there just seems like drunk monkeys working up in that office....

goodluck to you on your case....

You might reconsider about ctzship in light of retirement benefits. You are paying taxes here, your spouse too (or dependent on you but will be eligible for pension if married for 10 years..). US pension might be very helpfull in Vietnam..Just a thought.

So the adventure continues.

I mailed (fedex) my request for additional "good faith" documents on time.

checked online and over the phone.

the Receipt Number that was on the NOA doesn't exist according to both.

it gets better and better all the time.

my level of frustration is so high I can't even get angry, just laugh.

I know that is not much of a relief, but have you try to contact your representative/congress individuals?
The amount of errors in your case seems countless and STILL counting, that is not forgivable.

Now, that NOA was like a RFE or what exactly states? Sometimes since is just asking for things they won't appear in the system since they are not made due a petition pending.

I'm going in for an Infopass today to have my wifes passport stamp to extend YET AGAIN while we wait...
her conditional permanent resident card is approaching 1.5yrs expired. We still have a few days left on her last stamp.

I can only expect more incompetency and hilarity.

Your wife may have to take her biometrics again for the receipt number to show any status. At least thats what our NOA said, status after biometrics or something like that. Hopefully you wont have to pay for biometrics twice though....

So the latest step in this journey of trials and tribulations.


They just sent a letter requesting an interview in 1 months time.

great.

I have to interrupt work and travel back to my home city to do this interview.

this will be a major hassle as our work obligations will have us on the other side of the country at that time.