Help What next??

[bassagitator 1]

Hello:

We filed the i-130, i-485 last may. We got an I-797C notice of ASC Appointment letter for biometrics, which we attended. Then we had our interview in philadelphia in February, in which the person we talked to said that she was going to reccomend this case for approval. However, it is now may, and my EAD expires in september, so I would have to renew it in June. However I NEVER recieved the notice of ACTION Receipt. All I recieved is the I-797C, so what can i do? Do I have to file the renewal of the I-765 EAD autorization with the fee? Or can I submit a copy of the cashed check as proove?

Also do you know why it is taking soooo long to get the approval notice. I did set up an info pass appointment in march, only to be told that it could take years to process, and the first person should never have told me that it would be approved, because it has to go through alot of checks before they can approve it.

Its will be a year since we filed at the end of this month. How much longer can I expect to wait, for this to be approved, and is there anything else I can do, to speed this up??

Thanks.

[milimelo 4,849]

1. Contact a congressman 2. INFOPASS so you receive a copy of NOA 1 (I had the same situation with NOA1 as some smart #### in USCIS did not put my firm's name on the address and of course it was returned). You will need to insist that they do the service request and give you a number of it (otherwise they will not enter anything in the system).

Good luck!

[bassagitator 1]

What do I tell them at the info pass appointment for me to get what I need, and what do I need??

Edited May 1, 2009 by bassagitator

[Chica Yeyé 41]

What do I tell them at the info pass appointment??

Exactly what you just told us here.

Couple of questions: Did you guys move AT ALL during the process? If so, does USCIS have your new address?

[bassagitator 1]

No we haven't moved at all. I was just told by the Infopass person that there was nothing they could do, when I went before. They said their hands were tied until they got notice that it was approved...

Is this an abnormally long time for this type of case to be approved?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

It seems like a long time; although you are like 3 days short of 90 days, which is usually the time they have to do 'something' -- as in "touch", send RFE or something. While on the interview, did they tell you you would be put under Administrative Processing or something?

[milimelo 4,849]

No we haven't moved at all. I was just told by the Infopass person that there was nothing they could do, when I went before. They said their hands were tied until they got notice that it was approved...

Is this an abnormally long time for this type of case to be approved?

There's your basis for requesting a copy of NOA 1 - you have not moved, you received BIO appt but never did receive NOA 1. Yes, they CAN do a service request, they are just ignorant - ask to speak to a supervisor.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

No we haven't moved at all. I was just told by the Infopass person that there was nothing they could do, when I went before. They said their hands were tied until they got notice that it was approved...

Is this an abnormally long time for this type of case to be approved?

There's your basis for requesting a copy of NOA 1 - you have not moved, you received BIO appt but never did receive NOA 1. Yes, they CAN do a service request, they are just ignorant - ask to speak to a supervisor.

Even more in his favor: they already had the AOS interview.

[bassagitator 1]

It seems like a long time; although you are like 3 days short of 90 days, which is usually the time they have to do 'something' -- as in "touch", send RFE or something. While on the interview, did they tell you you would be put under Administrative Processing or something?

No, the person who did the interview told me that she was going to reccomened that this case be approved. She never mentioned anything regarding adminstration processing or the like.

We went back a month later, and had an info pass appointment, only to be told they could do NOTHING because the case was still showing as pending.

[milimelo 4,849]

No we haven't moved at all. I was just told by the Infopass person that there was nothing they could do, when I went before. They said their hands were tied until they got notice that it was approved...

Is this an abnormally long time for this type of case to be approved?

There's your basis for requesting a copy of NOA 1 - you have not moved, you received BIO appt but never did receive NOA 1. Yes, they CAN do a service request, they are just ignorant - ask to speak to a supervisor.

Even more in his favor: they already had the AOS interview.

Exactly!

[bassagitator 1]

No we haven't moved at all. I was just told by the Infopass person that there was nothing they could do, when I went before. They said their hands were tied until they got notice that it was approved...

Is this an abnormally long time for this type of case to be approved?

There's your basis for requesting a copy of NOA 1 - you have not moved, you received BIO appt but never did receive NOA 1. Yes, they CAN do a service request, they are just ignorant - ask to speak to a supervisor.

Ok so since we had the interview already, you suggest makinga nother appointment, to see if they can provide a copy of the NOA1 so that we can renew the EAD, for another year without the fee? Also I guess the smart thing to do while there is to inquire about the case status of the 485??

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Absofvkinglutely brother. Make the appointment to at least inquire about ####### is going on. I don't know if they will extend your AP/EAD, but make that appointment asap.

[milimelo 4,849]

Absofvkinglutely brother. Make the appointment to at least inquire about ####### is going on. I don't know if they will extend your AP/EAD, but make that appointment asap.

I agree - I believe that since you paid the $1010, you have the right to unlimited extensions of EAD as long as your case is processing (no GC yet). I think that was one of the reasons why all prices went up and their explanation was once you pay the fee you're good until you get your GC. Don't quote me on this I think I read it right before the fees will skyrocket.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Just a quick question...At our interview, the IO kept our I-797C Request for Applicant to appear for initial Interview letter( I-485 ). Is this normal? We made copies of it before the interview, but they kept the original and never gave it back to us. Will we need that document later on?

Edited May 2, 2009 by Nagishkaw