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No you cannot address to someone directly no one knows their case worker at USCIS until an interview if they do get one, even when you get an interview the worker is handed your case the day of or the day before. I'm talking when the case is at the field office. At the service center we have case workers but we don't know them.

When you address your letter at the top you put your full name, address, case #, form you filed i360 etc. Then you start with

Dear USCIS VSC

 Write your letter. Keep it short and very detailed - what the date the form was filed or recieved, the last time you heard from them and what was that about. Say that your inquiring about your case because it has been such and such time. You can type it up then sign. If you have a lawyer or legal rep they have to do it otherwise they will write back and say to have them do it. If not just mentioned in the letter that you do not have a lawyer or legal representative you filed the forms yourself. That's what I did for for my friend. Good luck!

Hi, it can as you see you've been waiting 20mos and yeah it can be stressful. Did you file an i360 only and under what catergory on the from you filed? 

My friend who had filed i130 under marriage had to switch to the i360 because the wife left him before the 2yrs up on the conditional green card and yes he had his GC but it's over 3yrs since it did this and every year they give him a 1yr extension on his GC. November I helped him wrote a letter to VSC to ask them what's going on with his case he got his interview letter 2 wks later for Dec 21 up to now still have not make that decision yet, he went in last week to ask what's up and they just give him another extension because the one had was expiring next week. The officer told him there's no red flag everything looks good just that alot of rules changed up since Trump so they're backlogged in approving they have too go by the new guidelines. Since my friend got his interview his 360 was approved it's just the AOS now once they sent his case to field office 360 is already approved. See depends on what happening with your filing it can take time.

It's not just 360 other applications is going through a backlogged. They going through paperwork with fine teeth comb.

Congrats on the job, 360 takes a while to be approve it should take 6 mos, they're taking longer now a year or more 485 won't be approve until the 360 is. Yes if they need anything more from you they will ask for it once they get to your 360 and start to work on it. 

It took them 6 mos to send me request for additional evidence my case was pause until i sent back. no news yet its 9 mos next week. Congress office email them last Tues to see if they cleared my file no answer yet since its the holidays they don't be in office like that ill hear next week about it. I did internal service request this Tues to see whats going on it was assigned to officer not completed yet maybe tom or Monday. Hopefully something good comes out of it but once its VAWA they don't really give info over the phone bc files are protected by law its worth a try.

2 hours ago, SUicidaL-3876 said:

They make errors all the time, its ridiculous. They mailed my RFE to the wrong address  . Even my attorneys copy was sent to the wrong address. The worst part is that they didn't bother to resend it after we told them. We had to trace where it was sent because these RFEs have deadlines. We wasted like 30 days. They needed tax transcripts. I am still within the 60 days since submission, but i don't think they will respond in a timely manner. I expect to  contact the congressman after the 60 days are up. 

Yes they and I still don't understand why your lawyer only filed a stand alone 360 most of these lawyer don't really know what to do. Since you've been waiting that long your lawyer should of send in your work permit application with a copy of 360 receipt notice it's free once you have a pending underlying petition. I remembered you said they say if it don't get approve something about removal but that's not true so many ppl file diff petitions 485 360 140 etc and don't get a removal when someone gets denoied they can refile the next immigration is not that complex as some tjink it is (my friend got deny in Sept she concurrently filed 360 485 765 only bc she was not in the 2yrs after divorce and she did not get removal notice) some one on this forum applied same way in July and just got permit approved recently so while you wait for 360 have your lawyer send in 765 so you can work ssn etc.

I figured the RFE was updated info they needed alot of time passed. Oh k so even if you sent RFE a desicion is not made right away.  When I got mine notice in mid Sept they gave me 87 days by Nov 20th. They received my RFE on 10/17 and say they will start to work on my case again bc they paused it until they here from me and am still waiting for a desicion. Don't wait just contact your Congress office and you don't need your lawyer for that it doesn't matter if you respond to uscis. I have a legal rep but I did all the nitty gritty on my case. I pray you here soon 

Wow congrats on your approval. You got approve quick on your permit I'm happy. Yeah Vermont need too regroup they mess up alot on ppl cases and big time too. Did your 360 got approve yet? Usally it takes 6 -12 months for it to be approve so you're waiting on 485 interview or card soon?

Thanks for the update as well. Thanks for the hope honestly I'm looking forward to this week and that I see an update they need too just approve all petition and just mail my green cardthat will be awesome.

Hi how are u? Any update on your case?

I posted this here on someone else post it's too much too type again😏 

My concurrently filing 360 485 765 131 has been pending 8 mos now only because there's an error on uscis side with my case, in mid July I found out they mix me and my twin files up. I made an info pass went in spoke to a supervisor who said they fixed it towards the end of August it still wasn't fix. I contacted my Congress office 8/23, 8/24 they emailed Vermont. 8/25 I got update they mail me a RFE after 6 mos for additional info on 360 we pause your case until we hear from you. I got notice  2 wks later it was some basic info they needed and i did have a new A# so they correct their error. I contacted my Congress office that I got an update.10/11 Congress emailed me that they contacted Vermont again since more than 30 days passed and they didn't update them on my case since 8/29 (I thought it was done since I got a new A#😑) 10/17 they received my info and will start work on my case again and will mail me desicion soon. 10/27 Congress email me that Vermont now called her to say they see their administrative error and how our files got mixed up and that it will take 2 wks to correct our files, the officer did clarify we had different A# now. She said she will emailed them in 2wks to make sure it's done. Mind you my sis been USC since 2014 how they made that error I don't know it's just ppl there not doing their jobs. Yesterday I called customer service to ask since they recieved my RFE when should I r ecieve an update on my case I told her all that transpired with my case she was shock and said it's crazy and why I haven't got my decision yet on 765 it's been way too long so she put in another request to tell tell them they need to make a desicion as she called out the A# is still my sis I told her I got a new one on my last notice she asked me for it and that an officer called and clarified we now had differ #s. She put in the request my new a# and let them know it was change and they need to fix it in the system. This all what I've been through but I have Congress actively on it and my case is moving along not the way I want it too but it's moving. I'm going to hear an update this month. An officer told me I should of already have permit since June early July my FBI check came back on 6/8.

Hi there how are you? Did you get your i360 approved yet? Please tell me you heard something and what was the RFE about?

My concurrently filing 360 485 765 131 has been pending 8 mos now only because there's an error on uscis side with my case, in mid July I found out they mix me and my twin files up. I made an info pass went in spoke to a supervisor who said they fixed it towards the end of August it still wasn't fix. I contacted my Congress office 8/23, 8/24 they emailed Vermont. 8/25 I got update they mail me a RFE after 6 mos for additional info on 360 we pause your case until we hear from you. I got notice  2 wks later it was some basic info they needed and i did have a new A# so they correct their error. I contacted my Congress office that I got an update.10/11 Congress emailed me that they contacted Vermont again since more than 30 days passed and they didn't update them on my case since 8/29 (I thought it was done since I got a new A#😑) 10/17 they received my info and will start work on my case again and will mail me desicion soon. 10/27 Congress email me that Vermont now called her to say they see their administrative error and how our files got mixed up and that it will take 2 wks to correct our files, the officer did clarify we had different A# now. She said she will emailed them in 2wks to make sure it's done. Mind you my sis been USC since 2014 how they made that error I don't know it's just ppl there not doing their jobs. Yesterday I called customer service to ask since they recieved my RFE when should I r ecieve an update on my case I told her all that transpired with my case she was shock and said it's crazy and why I haven't got my decision yet on 765 it's been way too long so she put in another request to tell tell them they need to make a desicion as she called out the A# is still my sis I told her I got a new one on my last notice she asked me for it and that an officer called and clarified we now had differ #s. She put in the request my new a# and let them know it was change and they need to fix it in the system. This all what I've been through but I have Congress actively on it and my case is moving along not the way I want it too but it's moving. I'm going to hear an update this month. An officer told me I should of already have permit since June early July my FBI check came back on 6/8.

4 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

i just talked to her on fb messenger video call, she is crying and it was heavy feeling on my part seeing her on that situation. She said, she did not signed any papers to withdraw her petition, she was surprised on the email that she got from USCIS, she will rebook her flight as soon as possible so she can return and hoping there would be no issue and allow her to enter given the situtayion. She is trying yo reach out to her husband but the husband already blocked her from fb and not responding from text message even on her phone call.

That will be best for her to return. If He s blocking her she will not get onto him is for to just try to come back and deal with it

I'm sorry to hear this but it's so messed up just spitefulnes. Seeing this is an emergency your friend should try to get back here now and not next month. They had a conditional green card and this was done while they're out the country. The thing is they didn't  file any waiver before leaving because no one knew this was going to happened. When some one on LPR comes back through the airport officers check for their GC in the system to make sure it's valid/fraud etc. She may well be turn back. I read a few comments everyone saying her LPR wasn't terminate at this point it is because that's how she got it through her USC spouse. She's wasn't in the country to file waiver under a new petition like i360 etc before she left to keep her GC valid. Best thing for her is too get back here like today see if they will let her back in then get good lawyer. Calling USCIS will not get you far they will tell you that a petitioner has the right to withdrew their petition. Or you go and talk to a lawyer on her behalf may  they can file a motion or from uscis to have her back here with no issue she may need to sign papers but that can get to her by express mail and she mail back the same way. I hope it all work out for her.  Things are not like they was before as everyone sees Trump is getting rid of us slightest thing under Trump now I don't know. How long has she been out?

1 hour ago, htfaust said:

Received I-765 and I-131 NOA1s on 07/20/2017. Took a while. Also it says "fee waived" on them. The post stamp date on both was 07/12. Still waiting to get the notices for the I-360 and I-485, but I believe they were also accepted since they would reject the I-765/I-131 otherwise.

Hi, Great 7/20/17 will be the start date to count your 90 days for those 2 forms. you will receive biometric soon . you will receive the other 2 in about 2 weeks and yes all fees are waived for 360 kind of filing and they will not ask for i864 support of affidavit either. my received date for 765 & 131 is 3/6 360 & 485 is 3/28. go to the website click case status and sign up for email updates add your case numbers when you get the other 2 add them and turn on email/text. every time a update on your case you will get email/text right away.

I still did not get my ead my grandma died a week ago and i went in to get travel permission they approve me for the 8days but when they checked in the system she came back and asked me if i ever applied before i said no and if Im a citizen i said no. I told Im a twin and she is USC since 2014 when she checked again they mixed us up all my mail came in my name but the gave me her A#. I couldnt go again because of the mix up. i mail everything for them to correct it on Wednesday they got it thurs. im waiting now on a notice i sent my sis info as well. we not even identical but our names is just 1 letter. its almost 5 mos no wonder my ead took so long they thought we were one if my grandma didnt passed I wont of know this

Who's talking about fear or instilling fear here? Don't put words on me which I never said thank you very much. Nothing is perfectly fine or legal here no one has the same experience. Post here are personal not what you're mentioning. Are you a lawyer or did you write the immigration cfr/ sections? This has nothing to do with fear it has everything to with common sense.

Thank you. Yes you should recieve them by week end.

People do what you want like I said this is not legal advice so if anyone want to take from here and run with it it's up to them. 

People want to get marry less than or over 30 days on a visa not a fiance visa and think uscis will not look at it as fraud you  have another thing coming. To each their own. None of you posted that you got married within that time and things worked out for you.  So why tell some else to do it? To each their own as I said make sure you all know what you getting into before you do it and make sure you're legally on the right path!

Sorry for the long post but the facts are there. Fyi my sister hubby came here April 2016 on tourist visa they wanted to get married right away but our good friend who's a supervisor at USCIS told them they need to wait 61 days they got married Sept 3 last year filled package in Dec he's now waiting on his interview. Got work permit March 2017

What Is One Reason the USCIS May Deny a Request to Adjust Status Made by a  B2 Visa Holder or ESTA Visa Waiver Visitor?

The thing about marriage green cards is that the decision to grant U.S. permanent residence (called a marriage green card) made by the USCIS Immigration Officer is “discretionary,” not mandatory. Therefore, the USCIS Immigration Officers do not have to grant the change from B-2 Tourist visa or ESTA Visa Waiver status to marriage to green card  holder status.  In other words, it is possible for a person who is technically eligible for immigrant status (marriage green card) to be denied due to the Officer’s “exercise of discretion.”

The most common instances of such discretionary denials involve cases where the applicant abused the nonimmigrant visa process within the first 30 days of entry to the USA.

How can a B2 visa Holder or ESTA Visa Waiver Visitor be Accused of “Abusing” the Nonimmigrant Visa Process? 

If a person enters the United States in certain nonimmigrant (temporary) visa categories with the obvious intention of applying for permanent immigrant status (apply to get their marriage green card), their I-485 adjustment of status (AOS) application can be denied by the USCIS in the exercise of discretion.

People in certain nonimmigrant visa categories are not supposed to intend to acquire permanent status (a marriage green card) when they enter the USA. Those nonimmigrant visa categories include B-1/B-2 Visitors, F-1 Students, J-1 Exchange Visitors, E-3 Visa Holder, Q Cultural Exchange Visitors, TN Visa Holders, and  ESTA Visa Waiver Visitors.

Applicants for marriage green card holders must not only prove to the USCIS that they have not acted in bad faith after their latest entry. The USCIS has adopted the “30/60/90 Day Rule” used by the Dept. of State’s Foreign Affairs Manual (9 FAM 40.63 n4) when examining events that occur shortly after entry to the USA.

Trying to Make a Change During First 30 Days of Entry?

For example, if a person applies for admission into a school or for a change in nonimmigrant or immigrant status within 30 days of entry to the USA as a B-2 visa tourist, they are presumed to have acted in bad faith. According to INA 214(b), every foreign national who files paperwork to change to a different visa category or to stay in the U.S. permanently (get a marriage green card) within the first 30 days after arriving in the U.S. is presumed to be trying to avoid the other longer procedures that everyone else has to go through.

Likewise, if a person submits their Adjustment of Status paperwork within 30 days of entry to the USA as a nonimmigrant, they are presumed to have acted in bad faith and on that basis their Adjustment of Status to a green card holder may be denied.

By filing paperwork for a change in visa status within the first 30 days, they are assumed to have had the preconceived intent to make a request for a change to a different status before they even arrived in the U.S. — and therefore they are “presumed” to have obtained or used one American visa in order to evade the normal screening process abroad for the American nonimmigrant or immigrant visa they really wanted.

Trying to Make a Change During 31-60 Days after Entry?

If the application for a marriage green card is received by the USCIS between 31 and 60 days after entry into the USA, no presumption of bad faith is made, but there is a strong suspicionthat the person may have acted in bad faith. That case will be scrutinized very carefully.

A foreign national is allowed to have a generaldesire to remain in the U.S. Filing the Adjustment of Status paperwork to get a marriage grern card within the first 60 days after the last arrival is perceived as a fixed intent to remain in the U.S. permanently.

It is up to marriage green card applicant to show that they had no preconceived intent to apply for permanent residence, pursuant to INA 214(b), because preconceived intent is a potential basis for discretionary denial of a marriage green card

Trying to Make A Change After 60 Days?

With regard to immediate relatives, preconceived intent is not supposed to be presumed and is not supposed to be the basis for the denial of a marriage green card if it is the only adverse factor 

To be safe, it is best to wait and file the marriage green card application at least 61 days (or more) after the date of entry.

Keep in mind that the USCIS still reserves the right to investigate any marriage green card case if there is evidence of wrongdoing. If a marriage green card applicant has anything in his or her past visa history that suggests that he or she may have abused the American visa process, or otherwise tried to take shortcuts, the USCIS has made it clear that they can deny such marriage green card applications in their exercise of discretion – no matter when they submitted the Adjustment of Status paperwork.

People on here need to know their facts before they post on here. If you know some one that got it after marrying before 60 days they were lucky. No 2 officers is the same. This site is not legal advice and just to post personal experience becareful what of what a posting on here always go to the official site or ask lawyer no hurt in that. Only on a fiance visa can someone marry within 90 days.

I spoke with an immigration upper class officer yesterday. he told me I should of already have my permit earlier this month and he looked deeper in the case the reason why mines took Long because my background check was sent for further analysis he said that came on 6/8/17 so I should of already get an update.

I pray in I'll see that next week

I don't think it will be that since it's already on file. It's over 2yrs all about the documentations. Keep praying all is well. Nothing goid In life comes easy it's always a fight.

Thank you

I don't know if you know this but an alone 360 can take over 2yrs to be approve but you should of hear early this year. it could be they want new fingerprints since they only good for 15mos

oh k I'm glad to hear. filing all together would of been better and yes some lawyers are not helpful. when I received my biometrics letter I got my A# one time and if your lawyer had file like that you would of already have your work permit and working while waiting to be adjudicating on 360 and 485. I pray before the summer that you will have that approval and can file your AOS/work permit and be done this year. It can be updated documents since this was filed in 2015 don't worry about it too much and keep checking your status online or sign up for email every time there's an update you will get it right away.

I just called about my permit and they told me I should of already get it this month and the reason it took long because my fbi check needed further analysis and that came back 6/8/17 so they should of update me. I pray that I will see my update Tom or next week next Thursdays will be 4mos.

I,ll keep you posted 

My dear you have to wait over 60 days. You shouldn't rush to get marry because you have to  prove your relationship before and after. If you get marry before 62 days then file they will deny you then deport you your notice will say it's fraud that's the law.

You're welcome. There's really no time frame as too how long they say it can take anywhere from 1month-1yr or over that to be approve. As you can see my EAD is not approve yet I even called today they say no decision yet. 485 say same thing 765 don't get approve until 485 & 360 is approve first. Even if you get EAD now 485 interview won't come for another 6-9mos. The wait is very long. 

NOA's can take up to 30 days to get to you anytime within 2 -4wks. They have 30 days to mail you a notice.

Hi I'm at VSC as well I filed all the forms you did through a lawyer. 

Package signed 2/26/17 mailed next day.

USCIS recieved 3/6/17 also my PD.

NOA's went to lawyer first they called me.

Case updated 3/28/17 that my fees was waived

Notice  4/7/17 for bio 4/27/17 done 4/21/17 walk in.

No RFE/RFIE.

EAD still pending 115 days today. There's alot of delays now it's about 180 days. because of my pending 485 VSC is at 765 applicants 2/20/17 for my catoregry. I'm not sure if they started on March fliers yet. Processing times is as if April 30th lawyer said not go by the site times cause it's not so accurate anyway they suppose to update it  tomorrow.

Tried to service request on 93rd day but couldn't I or my lawyer need to write since case is protected by law and no officer can see my file. I'm just waiting I pray soon any day now.

485 & 765 is still saying fees waived.

Did you get an answer? That's too long and your lawyer may have missed something. Unless the person you were with is a green card holder and not US citizen then 360 need to file by it self. If not your lawyer  should of file 360 485 and 765 concurrently. I you filed with a lawyer and should if never got a rfe

I'm in the same boat I have a lawyer and we filed 360 485 765 and 131 at the same time last week of feb. my PD is 3/6/17 i didnt get my EAD yet 115 days today they have delays I should be hearing about work permit any day now. I'll get my interview 6-9mos from that date. No rfe/rfie