I-131 AP Denial Notice

[Gomast 65]

I’m confused. I applied to extend my expired AP. 
When I check online, I see this message:

Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent. On March 21, 2021, we received your Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, Receipt Number …….., and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice.

 

However, today I received this email:

Thank you for your inquiry dated February 28, 2022. Our system shows that your Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, was denied on January 20, 2022. The Denial Notice was mailed to the address on file.

 

I haven’t received anything in the mail. 
What should I do? 
Why would they deny it after I have been waiting for almost one year, and after they already approved my first AP?

[Gomast 65]

I spoke with tier 1. They sent a denial notice which I haven’t received. I’ll wait for the letter to see what is the reason for denial. It’s frustrating that that they send a denial after waiting for 1 year. There is no appeal, right? And 2 days ago my EAD was approved for 2 years, so I just don’t get it. 

[Gomast 65]

What could be some of the reasons for denial of AP? Especially when we have been married for 2.5 years, and I have been in the US since July 2019. 

 

I got denied on 1/20/22, before our AOS interview on 2/16/22.
 

My wife and I are really frustrated. 

[arken 4,197]

Denying AP on pending AOS is very unusual. May the denial letter will mention the reason. Was there anything that wasn't filled out or submitted properly?

[Gomast 65]

Wouldn’t they send me an RFE if something wasn’t filled right?

do I need to resubmit and wait another year for response?

[Timona 4,207]

But why worry about the denial? You already had your interview and presumably, your GC. AP won't be of use now

Edited March 2, 2022 by Timona

[mytruelove18 608]

5 hours ago, Gomast said:

What could be some of the reasons for denial of AP? Especially when we have been married for 2.5 years, and I have been in the US since July 2019. 

 

I got denied on 1/20/22, before our AOS interview on 2/16/22.
 

My wife and I are really frustrated. 

You say you were denial before your interview, you say your interview was on february 16, what happened at the interview?

[Gomast 65]

6 hours ago, Timona said:

But why worry about the denial? You already had your interview and presumably, your GC. AP won't be of use now

I worry that the AP denial indicates that there would be an issue with the approval of the I-485. The interviewing officer said that it could take another year from the interview date to get a response for the I-485, so I thought that I could have an AP in the meantime. 
 

My wife and I wanted to visit our family and friends in Israel. It’s hard not to see them for 3 years. 

[Gomast 65]

6 hours ago, mytruelove18 said:

You say you were denial before your interview, you say your interview was on february 16, what happened at the interview?

We felt that the interview was going downhill!
The officer asked my wife one question about our relationship - how did we meet, and during the remaining 2 hours he grilled me about my divorce, why is my mailing address for USCIS different than our home address, why was I working in the US prior to meeting my wife (I had H1B), why did I mark on the I-485 that I was a member of a group that uses weapons ( I was serving in the army), and how come my wife sponsored Cr1 (15 years ago) for her ex husband who is also Israeli. 

Although we have been together for 4 years, maybe he thought our case is weak because we don’t have a child together, or we don’t own a home together. But we are raising 5 kids from our previous marriages and we showed the officer more than 100 photos of us with our kids and extended family during a period of 4 years, 50 pages of WhatsApp texts between us and family group texts, and some other joint accounts (insurance, utilities, bank account,taxes). He barely looked at these. 
 

Here is a more detailed post about our experience:

 

[Timona 4,207]

1 hour ago, Gomast said:

I worry that the AP denial indicates that there would be an issue with the approval of the I-485. The interviewing officer said that it could take another year from the interview date to get a response for the I-485, so I thought that I could have an AP in the meantime. 
 

My wife and I wanted to visit our family and friends in Israel. It’s hard not to see them for 3 years. 

 

I know.  Most people get the same treatment at interview but have their GC within a month.

Worry not

[Timona 4,207]

My boy was grilled in January and called me pissed off because the IO didn't give them on spot approval and was demanding more stuff.

 

He got his GC the same week. His interview was Monday. GC in hands Friday, same week 

[Gomast 65]

29 minutes ago, Timona said:

My boy was grilled in January and called me pissed off because the IO didn't give them on spot approval and was demanding more stuff.

 

He got his GC the same week. His interview was Monday. GC in hands Friday, same week 

I’m sorry that he went through this experience. But  it’s good to hear that we weren’t the only ones who went through this interrogation. We felt really discouraged for a while.

I guess you are right, we don’t need the AP urgently and I won’t reapply. In a few weeks or months I’ll get a GC, which is still faster than current AP processing times. 

[Gomast 65]

I'm shocked. I just received the denial letter. They are accusing me of fraud!!! I have no idea why. I thought that my petition was so simple! 

1. Why wouldn't the interviewing officer (on 2/16/22) mention the AP denial during the i-485 interview?

2. Why would they issue an EAD card on 2/25/22, for 2 years?

 

How can I get more information about the denial?! Tier 1 couldn't tell me anything...

 

I think that at this point I have to find an immigration attorney in Miami...

 

 

[mytruelove18 608]

45 minutes ago, Gomast said:

I'm shocked. I just received the denial letter. They are accusing me of fraud!!! I have no idea why. I thought that my petition was so simple! 

1. Why wouldn't the interviewing officer (on 2/16/22) mention the AP denial during the i-485 interview?

2. Why would they issue an EAD card on 2/25/22, for 2 years?

 

How can I get more information about the denial?! Tier 1 couldn't tell me anything...

 

I think that at this point I have to find an immigration attorney in Miami...

 

 

Did you send all evidence you bring to interview dsy eith your aos package?

why your home address is diferent to the one you use for uscis?

having different address raises suspicion to uscis. 
 

[mytruelove18 608]

3 hours ago, Gomast said:

We felt that the interview was going downhill!
The officer asked my wife one question about our relationship - how did we meet, and during the remaining 2 hours he grilled me about my divorce, why is my mailing address for USCIS different than our home address, why was I working in the US prior to meeting my wife (I had H1B), why did I mark on the I-485 that I was a member of a group that uses weapons ( I was serving in the army), and how come my wife sponsored Cr1 (15 years ago) for her ex husband who is also Israeli. 

Although we have been together for 4 years, maybe he thought our case is weak because we don’t have a child together, or we don’t own a home together. But we are raising 5 kids from our previous marriages and we showed the officer more than 100 photos of us with our kids and extended family during a period of 4 years, 50 pages of WhatsApp texts between us and family group texts, and some other joint accounts (insurance, utilities, bank account,taxes). He barely looked at these. 
 

Here is a more detailed post about our experience:

 

I red your experience, 2 differents address is a hight concern, for the officer you were living appart. You say if your wife add you yo the lease they raise the rent, but in yor case that was very important show common residence.

best thing to do is send a new aos package with same address and all evidence as you can