serendipity1971

Doyle,

the same happened to me when I sent my I-751 through USPS. Don't panic and remember, we have a holiday weekend. They will probably pick it up tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday and also, the tracking for USPS sent letters seem to be slooooooow and delayed. I sent my response to the RFE through UPS though and would prefer UPS or FedEx over USPS for such important documents.

They'll pick it up for sure - don't worry!

Hello and Congratulations!!

Since you rcd RFE ,can I just ask you which documents they wanted as RFE.

tHANKS-Kishore

Please read it here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=926842

I got my 10 yr green card in the mail today from TSC . It only took 6 days since I got the mail notification stating "card production ordered". Wow, I wasn't expecting the card so quickly since the mail notification said it could take up to 30 days.

Whoo hoo! Lifting of conditions is done and dusted. Now I will clean up my folder with all my documents of the process and put it somewhere safe, but far far out of sight!

Good luck to everyone! TSC is obviously finally getting some work done these days!

Doyle, you will be fine. I bet you will be approved in around a month after submitting the response to the RFE. I saw a lot of folks that we approved around a month after responding to the RFE and it was the same with me.

Good luck, but I don't think you need it. You'll be fine

What is this "Rapid Program" you spoke of? i'm not aware of it as my wife and I will file for our I-751 Jan'07 (ya, we are trying to prepare early, since we aren't using lawyer this time - we used lawyer for K1, AoS, etc.)

When you file for AOS and you are in or around Dallas, you can make an Infopass appointment, bring your AOS application and supporting documents and can have the AOS interview the same day as you file your application. It is pretty practical in my opinion. Other cities/districts might have a similiar program, too, but I couldn't tell you exactly where.

Hope it helps!

Congratulations!

I'm curious, what are the Texas people getting RFE'd for? Is it something specific, or just general stuff?

Seriously I had no idea what we got RFE'd for. The letter included a list of suggested documents for further evidence, but most mentioned pieces of evidence was printed in bold and in front of each piece of evidence was a short line where you would expect a checkmark if this document was required. Nothing was checkmarked, everything was printed in bold (even the evidence for military records that I obviously dont have) and even evidence that I already had sent with my original application (like health insurance, joint financial records ...) was on the list again. So basically I had no clue what they want. Other than the fact that I forgot to enclose bank statements with the application, I couldn't think of anything else (since the RFE was so vague - to say the least) and I sent everything in that might be useful. And everything that might be useful ended up in being almost 200 pages . So if you don't tell me what you want, you will have to deal with the things that I think you might want.

There are other folks here though who get RFE'd for specific documents. I would have preferred that too instead playing the guessing game , but in the end it worked out and we got approved around a month after we submitted the response to the RFE.

I blanked out everything but the last four digits - also on credit cards and on bills and credit card statements. That way you can prove that the bill was for that particular credit card or bank account - provided that you send bills along with the statements (which I did A LOT with my RFE - did I mention that I sent A LOT? ). I wouldn't risk to leave the whole numbers. I am paranoid anyway and would think: What if the package gets lost or in the wrong hands? Credit card numbers and the like in wrong hands can wreck great damage, but that is just my way of overly protective thinking and acting

Good luck and a speedy approval after RFE!

After I got RFE'ed from TSC on April 7, 2007 and replied to the RFE on April 19, 2007, I just got an email saying that the card production was ordered.

Someone had the theory that you will be RFE'ed anyway if you went through Dallas Rapid Program and will be also invited to an interview anyway since the interview for the AOS was waived (something like that). This is obviously not true. So nobody who had their AOS through Dallas and the rapid program should be worried and think that they have to go to an interview no matter what.

Anyway, good luck with the lifting of conditions! I am certainly glad I am done with that.

these are finally starting to crop up..... I see one important thing in your timeline:

8-Oct-2004: AOS interview in Dallas (D.O.R.A. Pilot Program)

This 'interview' was the two of you submitting your AOS docs, correct? There has been a floating suspicion that the DORA and CSC x-fer cases may have to have I-751 interviews in lieu of their usual AOS interview. Someone in NYC who was part of their pilot program (similar to DORA) just got tagged for an interview also.

There are two others posting here who just got strange RFEs very like yours.

The new number *could* be an indication of xfer of your case to the Local Office.

The important thing to remember is that the one thing you don't want to do with an RFE is not answer it. You can send more evidence back, and see what happens.

Why do you write "interview"? Yes, we submitted my AOS docs together, but also had a long interview the same day we submitted the AOS documents and had to wait hours and hours. It just makes no sense to me. Why should they RFE me when they already decided that I have to go to another interview anyway?

No, I will not ignore the RFE. I am already working on the response. They just didn't specify the additional evidence they wish to have. So I play the guessing game here. Nice.

The new case number they gave me is already the fourth one. When I punch it into the online case status search form, it comes up with nothing. When I punch in the older case number that is on my extention letter and biometrics appt letter, it comes up with the information that they received my petition on November 15, 2006.

But like I said, if they want to have another interview, so be it.

I will copy the contents of the letter right here. I do it exactly the way it is in the letter, that means when I write something in bold, it is in bold on the letter itself. Here goes:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE

This office is unable to complete the processing of your application without further information. Please read and comply with those items indicated and submit all the requested evidence to the above address no later than twelve weeks (87 days) from the date of this letter. Please include a copy of this letter and the attached yellow sheet with your response. Please submit photocopies only, unless specified that an original must be submitted. Any document written in a language other than English must be accompanied by a certified and complete English translation. If you do not reply within the allotted time, your application may be denied.

____ Submit a certified copy (ies) of your child'(ren's) birth certificate(s) issued by a city, county, or state in the US. Note: Hospital issued birth certificates and birth certificate applications are not acceptable. The certificate must show the place of birth, the name and signature of the person who registered the birth, and the name of the parents.

Submit additional evidence such as:

___ joint financial records from 2004-2007 (bank statements, joint investment accounts, etc.) These must show transaction history and activity.

___ joint health insurance cards and/or explanation of benefits statements___ tax returns for the years 2006

___evidence of major joint purchases (car, home, etc.) Please submit complete copies of contracts

___ family photographs (no albums, please)

___ military identification cards and/or documents (if applicable)

___ copies of leases or mortgages, showing you and your spouse's names and/or signature on the lease. If you submit lease agreements, please include a copy of the ENTIRE document. Mortgage statements must show the principal balance, interest rate, amount due, etc.

Please do NOT overlap documents submitted as evidence. If any part of a document is cut off or incomplete, it will NOT be accepted as evidence. Whenever possible, please submit documentation that covers the time period from the beginning of the marriage up to the present time.

Sincerely,

....

The line in front of every evidence listed in the letter is supposed to be used for checkmarks. But there is not checkmark at all. The letters mentions "those items indicated". Which ones? None is selected. Tax returns from the year 2006? Joint financial records from 2007?? Since when do you have to produce evidence that is newer than the date of your original application???

Other than we forgot to include bank account statements and statements for the credit cards, they have all the evidence. I could only retrieve bank statements for the last 6 months since we do not get the bank statements in the mail anymore. We get them online and you can only view and print statements from the last six months. The same with the 5 credit cards we have. I have also enclosed all kinds of invoices from purchases I did with credit cards and the like and highlighted the purchase in the statements and highlighted the credit card number in the invoices. We do not have a lease. We have a house and my husband bought it years before we got married and the mortgage is in his name. He did not opt for adding me to the mortgage, because he was told that he would have to refinance. I explained this now in my response to my RFE (working on it). But other than that, they have all the documents and I don't know what they want. We did not have major joint purchases and did not explain this in the covering letter of the application, because we had no clue that we have to explain things that are not applicable. It is all a bit wishy washy in my opinion.

What puzzles me the most is that they want the tax returns from 2006 and joint financial records from 2007. And as mentioned above, they gave me a brandnew case number. Whatever that means.

Well, I am a bit upset about this RFE, but otherwise I am cool, calm and collected. I have nothing to hide, so if they want to invite us to an interview - so be it! Bring it on.

If anyone got a similiar RFE from TSC with nothing indicated to serve as additional evidence, please let me know. I would like to know. I will give them a call on Tuesday.

Can you please tell us what kind of evidence you sent along with your application, and what are the more evidence they need now?

Thank you

I don't know what evidence they need now, because they have not specified one. There is a list of evidence on the letter and every evidence has a short line in front of it. That is where they mark which evidence of the list they require. Nothing is marked.

The evidence I sent along (next to the copy of green card, passport copies):

Copies of health insurance card and also health statements that shows when I have received treatment

Copies of credit cards

Copies of tax returns for 2004 and 2005

Utility bills in both our names

Car insurance in both our names

Evidence of joint bank account (heck, I even signed the check for the fee)

Pictures

Copies of letters from family and friends (also envelopes with date stamps)

Report cards of my stepsons signed by me

That is now what I remember right now, the rest I will have to check.

I filed my application to remove conditions on November 13, 2006 (TSC). I had my biometrics taken in December and all of a sudden I received a RFE today, but the problem is that nothing on the list of the requested information/evidence is checkmarked or indicated.

What's that supposed to mean?

I have no clue what I'm gonna do now. So basically I file the whole documents again that were included in my application and add a few more. We had plenty of evidence and since nothing on the list is checked as requested, I don't know what they want.

It's just kinda odd. I just have the funny feeling that they misplaced my documents.

And oh, I forgot to mention that they gave me a new case number.

I filed my application to remove conditions on November 13, 2006 (TSC). I had my biometrics taken in December and all of a sudden I received a RFE today, but the problem is that nothing on the list of the requested information/evidence is checkmarked or indicated.

What's that supposed to mean?

I have no clue what I'm gonna do now. So basically I file the whole documents again that were included in my application and add a few more. We had plenty of evidence and since nothing on the list is checked as requested, I don't know what they want.

It's just kinda odd. I just have the funny feeling that they misplaced my documents.

Thanks everyone for the postings and sorry for panicking ... I am the worrying kind since the day I was born ... but anyway, USCIS received my application on Nov 13, check was cashed and today, I had the NOA in the mail.

Wow.

Now I feel spoiled.

Thanks everyone!

We attempted to deliver your item at 11:54 AM on November 10, 2006 in MESQUITE, TX 75185 and a notice was left. It can be redelivered or picked up at the Post Office. If the item is unclaimed, it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

Detailed Results:

Notice Left, November 10, 2006, 11:54 am, MESQUITE, TX 75185

Arrival at Unit, November 10, 2006, 11:43 am, MESQUITE, TX 75149

Acceptance, November 09, 2006, 9:19 am, DALLAS, TX 75240

That's all I have. And it stayed like this since Friday.

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, we enclosed a personal check and keep checking if it was cashed. I am just panicking since there is not so much time left. I would have filed earlier, but I was seriously sick for a couple of weeks.

I just don't understand why it could not be delivered? It is a PO BOX. They just have to put that thing into the PO BOX and it is delivered - no signature required. Although I spoke to someone from the USPS and he said, that Priority Mail DOES require a signature. We did not ask for it to be signed - it is an optional service.

But anyway, thanks for the reply and I bet I will have to wait just a little bit longer. I am just on needles and pins - that's all.

Hi there,

haven't been here in a while.

And now I am going crazy and nuts!

The following:

My GC expires on December 14, 2006. I submitted the I-751 last Thursday to TSC in Mesquite to the stated P. O. BOX for I-751 by Priority Mail, no signature required, just to make sure it got there.

On Friday, the tracking information told me that the item cannot be delivered, because nobody was there and they left a note. Huh?? Since when do letters to PO Boxes need to be personally received since USPS states that Priority Mail is for PO boxes. I repeat, we did not require a signature from the recipient - just make sure it is there.

And it is now already Wednesday and the application is still hanging unclaimed at the post office in Mesquite.

Someone else who sent with Priority Mail to TSC had the same?

Well, I don't know what to do. I have 29 days left for filing. I am thinking of re-submitting the application and send it out with FEDEX on Monday and have it shipped to the courier address the USCIS states on their webpage.

Would be grateful for any reply if it is normal that they do not pick up the stuff from their PO BOX when sent with Priority Mail that does not need a signature as proof of delivery?

Thanks in advance