misterno7

After applying for Visa with a scheduled interview in November (Brasil) I released I could have the interview scheduled earlier in July in another city.
Can I change the location at this point?

Filled N400 online in April last year. Estimated time was gradually decreasing over time, but last week it changed from 3 months to 11 months. Can someone explain why this is happening?

Yes I put myself in a lot of trouble releasing to late that I'm doing it for a person that may end up in jail.

I explicit said to his layer via email that I don't want to be a sponsor and his layer assures me that I will not be. In the last response his layer said that they cannot withdraw the application, but that he will write a letter to USCIS and copy me (to withdraw my I864 ) and will not allow that his client attends the interview if his client doesn't obtain another sponsor in a meantime. IF you read this more carefully layer will wait until his client gets the interview letter , because if they inform USCIS about i864 withdrawal. then USCIS will never send the invitation letter for an interview. Secondly this means that his client will bring another i864 at the time of an interview and basically will ask them to swap affidavits.

@NigeriaorBust. Very well spoken! As I never did certified letters, am I thinking right that such letter has CC of all the addresses to which the letters are addressed and also notarized, right?

Thanks for sharing your stories, it makes me feel easier to know what my options are.

@ Zedayn, how did you do it? Just a mail to USIC and it took them 2 months to process it? To my understanding that is risky because USCIS gets a tons of letters and at this moment I don't know his case number. Also it seems logical that there is a higher chance that uscis will accept withdrawal if the case is already in the local USCIS center and they have looked into the case (sent some letters) rather than in a global lockbox. Good to know that they must give you a confirmation letter.

I can do both, mailing and walk-in to the USCIS office. I do have his A number but not the case number and don't know will it be better to have a case number as well.

This is reply from his layers that submitted application

I am not planning on withdrawing the I-485 (He** would lose the $1500+ that he paid in filing fees), we are withdrawing your I-864 (affidavit of support) because you are not going to sponsor him. We will submit a new affidavit to replace yours but we need to make sure that USCIS accepts the withdrawal. I would recommend to withdraw your I-864 at the time the interview is scheduled or at the time of the interview and not before then since I can’t guarantee that they will process the request. I know that you will want a guarantee and USCIS will not respond to the request right away. I tried to withdraw an application (different issue – not an I-864) by mail 3 months ago and USCIS did not do it. I never received acknowledgment of the letter and we did not know for months what was going on. Right now I am dealing with that case and it has delayed processing of the green card because I am trying to explain everything to USCIS by mail. Please understand that USCIS does not provide phone numbers to contact the adjudicators while cases are pending which means that we have to do all this by mail.

Finally, and more important, the I-864 does not become enforceable until he becomes a permanent resident and he needs to attend an interview before he can become a resident. He needs to attend the interview and allow the immigration examine the affidavit of support, form I-864. The I-864 is a requirement for the approval of the case. We will prepare our request for withdrawal and will ask the government NOT TO adjudicate the application for permanent residence with your I-864. I will send you a copy of the letter with our request before we file it so you can be assured that this is happening before the adjudication of the green card case. I have copied the relevant part of an interview notice so you can see that USCIS always allows to bring I-864 information to the interview. We will submit a new one and withdraw yours so please rest assured that you will not be the sponsor.

Thanks a lot!

Let me clarify. I'm not his spouse. I am his friend. His spouse doesn't make above the poverty level so they needed a sponsor. That is why me (his friend) is a sponsor and not his wife.

Thanks for you replies! This is what I will do based on the information that I have. I don't have his case number but I do have all his personal information including A number. I will send notarized letter to USCIS and as suggested make INFOPASS appointment with the local USCIS office and give them as well notarized letter. This a right and sure way to go ? Should I wait a week or more until I'm sure that he has assigned case number and make an INFOPASS then? How "deeply" I need to explain why am I withdrawing I-864?

Thanks for the replies. I'm sponsoring someone who is doing AOS from F1 visa, based on a marriage to a US citizan. All documents are already submitted few days ago.

I'm the primary and the only sponsor.

Yes I absolutely want to withdraw the I864, but the question is when? Sponsored person needs EAD quickly and his arguments is that we don't do anything now so he can get EAD and that he will on an interview change a sponsor. This may or may not happen right, so it is foolish to believe?

He is begging me not to do it now so he get EAD. I was thinking that it is safe for me to wait until he gets EAD and not to wait till the time of an interview. If I withdraw I-864 after he gets EAD it is still safe, I mean I have time, and that doesn't automatically make his EAD invalid?

I have signed the I864, but I would like to withdraw it as some things happened in the meantime. I'm still in touch with the sponsored person that assures me not to withdraw the I864 so he can get a work permit so that I wait until the inteview when he will hand out to the officer new i864 as he will find another sponsor in a meanwhile.

Does this sounds right? Can be done in that way

Another option is that he withdays his i485 and filles another, with a different sponsor, but he is loosing a time in that case and I feel responsible for the issue.

I have heard that noticing USIC in writting to withdraw that I-864 doesn't necessarily means that USCIS will get that notice

What would you do?