Urgent - Deportation

[Mollie09 1,543]

1 hour ago, junkmart said:

We could start a new forum just for USPS complaints. Yes, they should forward all mail. I can’t even get them to deliver all the mail shown in my informed delivery sometimes. That and I tend to get other people’s mail on a weekly basis. Makes me wonder who is getting my missing mail.

USCIS mail should not be forwarded, according to USPS rules for mail forwarding - it should be sent back undeliverable. They sometimes screw up and forward it.

[Mollie09 1,543]

My personal experience: I changed it online and over the phone, but my green card was sent to the wrong address. Thankfully I had befriended the new residents and swung by to pick it up, but they were absolutely not forwarded according to my COA request, and the address was not updated. After I applied for ROC, I actually had an InfoPass to get a stamp and asked the officer to confirm my address, and make sure the old one was nowhere in the system. It's ridiculous.

[junkmart 320]

2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Getting somebody else's mail (assuming it's not a previous resident who didn't do a COA) is a local mailperson issue. Once the mail is on the truck for the designated carrier route, everything else is their role for delivery. 

Agreed. And built this house in 1947, so my family has been the only residence, ever. When I have returned other peoples mail and asked to speak to the local postmaster, they have said that it is an issue with their sorter/scanning equipment. But totally agree that it can also be a mail carrier issue. My normal guy is great! Very friendly and knows me. His substitutes are not great.

[junkmart 320]

4 minutes ago, Mollie09 said:

USCIS mail should not be forwarded, according to USPS rules for mail forwarding - it should be sent back undeliverable. They sometimes screw up and forward it.

Thank you for clarifying this. That makes sense.

[little immigrant 800]

12 hours ago, payxibka said:

Some mail is not forwardable

USCIS is forwardable. I even had my green card forwarded FYI 

[Mollie09 1,543]

1 minute ago, little immigrant said:

USCIS is forwardable. I even had my green card forwarded FYI 

That was USPS's mistake, it's not supposed to be forwarded according to their own rules.

[junkmart 320]

1 hour ago, Mollie09 said:

USCIS mail should not be forwarded, according to USPS rules for mail forwarding - it should be sent back undeliverable. They sometimes screw up and forward it.

 

2 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

USCIS is forwardable. I even had my green card forwarded FYI 

We're getting conflicting information. Can we get consensus?

[junkmart 320]

2 minutes ago, Mollie09 said:

That was USPS's mistake, it's not supposed to be forwarded according to their own rules.

Can you please post a link to the rule?

[little immigrant 800]

2 hours ago, clw654321 said:

So... What is the best way to prevent this for others in the future?? 

Do the address change appropriately, call and talk to tier 2 multiple times, and also call the local field office?

My wife and I will also be moving while waiting for her green card.

And of course sometimes not moving is not an option for some.

I set up a PO box. I had to move several times during the process and when it was time for the interview, the officer only had my first physical and mailing address I had on file. I always changed the physical address as instructed but was able to keep the mailing address the same thanks to my PO box. 

[Mollie09 1,543]

7 minutes ago, junkmart said:

Can you please post a link to the rule?

Sure, USCIS mail is marked "Return Service Requested", which is not forwarded.

https://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/q507.htm

 

"Return Service Requested

No forwarding, only return. New address notification provided."

[payxibka 10,044]

18 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

USCIS is forwardable. I even had my green card forwarded FYI 

FYI.  Do you know the difference between some and all?

[Amadia 711]

OP, it is sad to learn what has happened to you during the waiting period in your process. The best decision you have made was to get an attorney to fight this unjust deportation of your spouse. Moving during a process is quite normal and all we can hope for is that the postal service does its due diligence and send mails to the correct address while the sender provides the postal service with the accurate address information. Neither was done in a satisfactory manner and you are now left with a ridiculous deportation letter.

It irks me to see that applicants are paying DHS an arm, a leg, a kidney AND your first born child just to file a green card application but they don't even have the decency to do their own process right!

[little immigrant 800]

24 minutes ago, payxibka said:

FYI.  Do you know the difference between some and all?

If course I'm not stupid however I was relating how it worked for me with my green card 

[Ontarkie 13,918]

~~Hijack post and replies removed. Please start your own thread when you have questions for your own case.~~

[Sandra G. 5,016]

File a  motion to reconsider and probably USCIS  will reconsider and they will not ship the case to the BIA. In case she gets a notice to appear in Court she must attend the hearing,  and in some cases, she might have to file a Motion for stay of removal.