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We just got an email approval notice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been such a long journey since February...... I hope the rest of the process goes smooth.

Thank you for your help and advice!

Thank you guys!

Hi. I just wanted to give an update to people who helped me and gave me an adivce when I posted here about our petition being lost before.

I think we got a touch today! Our "last updated date" has been changed for the first time!

We filed our petition in February, but found out that it was lost and the USCIS didn't let us re-send because they wanted to find our petition. But they finally let us re-send our petition in April promising that they would "fast-track" it. But the person who had been talking to my fiance quit or got fired, so that "fast-track" deal was off.

We have patiently waited since then, and finally today, I am seeing an action taken on our case for the first time! I am so happy!!!

I just hope that this touch is not from us getting an RFE, though...

Thank you all for your replies and advices.

Now that there is nothing else we can do, we just have to be patient....

When my fiance complained several times, I guess there were others who got their petitions lost and complained. So the person who was overseeing that section realized the problem was big enough for him to take care of it. That is how we got the manager to respond to our complaints. It wasnt really our effort, it was just due to the degree of the problem. He even told my fiance that he could get fired for this problem. And guess what, he no longer works at CSC. And people at CSC are now pretending that there wasnt a problem and they have no record of our problem!

Wow, sorry this has happened. On the plus side, it's amazing that you got through to anyone at CSC, let alone a manager, without the intervention of your Congressman. How on earth did you manage that?

Update:

My fiance contacted his congressman and two senators and only congressman's office called back. The person my fiance talked to said he might be able to help speed up things. But my fiance got a call today from the congressman's office staff and was told there is nothing he can do for us since our case is still within the normal time frame.

When my fiance first talked to this person, he sounded sympathetic to our situation, so we got our hopes up....

I guess it is official that we filed our petition in April, not February to everyone else.....

My fiance is going to call his congressman tomorrow morning.

I hope we get some help!

To Dan&Tiffany: my fiance already sent copies to CSC about two weeks ago with a note stating the office manager's name who had been dealing with our case. The office manager told my fiance to do that so that he could personally process the case, and he said he would let my fiance know when he receives the copies. That was the last conversation my fiance had with that person. My fiance kept leaving messages for the last week with no calls returned. And today, he finally got to talk to a supervisor there and the supervisor told my fiance that the office manager no longer works there....

Here is our situation: we submitted our petition packet to CSC and we received a delivery confirmation dated Feb 23, 2007. We didnt get NOA1 and our check wasnt cashed for almost one month, so we decided to contact CSC. Then they told us that they would investigate and after almost four weeks since we contacted them, they told us that they had misplaced our packet. This person who said he was the manager of that section told my fiance that someone who was working on our case quit and left our packet in pieces and those pieces were taken by several people and he could not locate the complete packet. But there is a record that they received our packet, so the manager said he would take care of our petition personally and requested my fiance to send him copies of everything. He also told my fiance that our petition would be fast tracked, and he would contact my fiance as soon as he receives our copies.

My fiance never heard from him again. Up until the point he sent the copies of our petition, my fiance could get in touch with that manager without problems, but now the manager doesn't return his calls. But our check was cashed and we got NOA1 saying that they received our petition on April 16.

And finally today, my fiance got an answer from CSC saying that the manager no longer works there! How can this happen!!?? The person who was working on our case quit and now this manager quits? So I dont think that fast-tracking deal that the manager made will happen anymore and our case will be treated as if it was just received on April 16!

CSC basically wasted our two months of wait....

I am really shocked that this is happenining to us....

We will definately keep contacting them.

CSC told my fiance that there is a record of them receiving the package, but there is not enough information to issue a case number; whatever that means.

My fiance already gave them the name of a person who signed the delivery confirmation receipt....

They will keep looking for it for a little longer until they give up and tell us that they lost it, I guess. But they told my fiance that our petition will be fast-tracked. I hope they keep the promise.

Thank you all for advice!

Here is our update....

CSC still has not cashed our check or sent us NOA1. It has been more than one month since our packet was delivered (February 23rd).

My fiance in the US called CSC two weeks ago and they told him that they would see what is going on and get back to him in a week or two. He had not heard from them as of today, so he called CSC this afternoon and they still have no news for us!!

I can't believe this is happening to us..... I just hope that they have our packet somewhere and won't ask us to refile....

Up until now, I thought maybe I was being impatient and should not worry too much. But now I am really worried!

Will we still be considered and treated as a February filler even if we have to refile our application?

Thank you for your replies. I feel a bit relieved now

I guess we have to be more patient.

Thanks!!

Hello.

We sent our petition package to CSC and received a delivery confirmation signed on Feb 23, 2007.

Well, it has been about two weeks now, and our check has not been cashed and we haven't received NOA1 yet.

I looked through other people's timeline on this site, and it seems to me that our case is not moving as fast.

Should I start to worry that our petition package may have been lost?

Any advice would be very appreciated.

Thank you guys!

I updated my Acrobat Reader from 7.0 to 8.0, and it seems to solve the problem!

Hello.

I was trying to fill the "Applicant's residence last five years" section. When I entered numbers for "Year" fields, "+" signs appeared on top of the numbers. I guess it means that what I entered was too big for the fields. When I print the form, "+" signs still show.

Did any of you have the same problem? If so, could you tell me how you fixed that problem? Or did you just hand write that part?

I am using Adobe Reader 7.0. I searched online for solutions, but I had no luck... It may have been possible to change font size if I had Adobe Acrobat, but I dont have it.

Thanks!

Bora Bora and Yodrak,

Thank you for your advice! I will use my A#.

Hello.

I am trying to fill out G-325a form for my K-1 petition. I was in the US for 8 years under F-1 visa, and while I was there, I obtained an employment authorization card with A# on it (I did OPT).

So for the G-325a, should I use that A# that I received under F-1 visa for the K-1 petition? Or will I be assigned a new A# for marriage based immigration?

Also, are "File Number" (top right corner) and "Alien Registration Number" (at the bottom) the same?

Thank you.