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We have to file my wifes taxes and they are close t the povert guideline for 2010. 2011 Income is fine but we cannot find the guidelines for 2010. Does anybody have them to share?

Good grief. I am sorry for all your frustrations. I would get my congressperson involved at this point. This is ridiculous. Wishing you the best of luck.

What is the process for contacting my local congressman ?

ok here is what happen in my case the lawyers office did not file my case, so the lawyer sent me a fake receipt with some one else number on it so when i call uscis to change my address all the persons notification started comming to my address even her 130 approval so i called uscis back and told them this is not my name but my receipt number so they told me to go to a local office which i did, then they discover that that number does not belong to me meanwhile the other person does not have a notification either because a year later the mail for the other person was still coming to my house. then i found out i was a victim of froud my my attoney. and all the money i payed for 130 and the retainer fee was lost even my moneyorder to uscis was cashed by an individual. so dont wait because they are going to keep sending it to the wrong address and after a year they will tell you you abandoned the aos, to make an infopass then change the address on line again they will not give you any info on the phone sorry. goodluck

Wow this is horrible!!!! Did you ever find the attorney or was he one at all? Does anybody else have any crazy stories?

Oh wow i hope u can get this worked out!

Just came back from infopass appointment. It seems to me that it has been a mixup with someone serving in the military, hence the address change. They wont admit that they srewed up but the address is definately on us base in the middle east. The lady today actually changed my address and put in a service request for the EAD card. Nothing I can do at this point but wait...i guess. Thanks for the understanding.

What baffles me the most about this thing is this: If they are refusing to allow you to change your address back to the correct address, even though I am sure you have shown them proof of your identity and address and everything else by now - How in gods name would they have let someone change the address to this middle eastern address OVER THE PHONE in the first place?? There is no way someone could have just called them and said "btw, I've recently moved to the middle east, this is my name, here is my new address, can you change it".. It's just not possible.. so I think the explanation "someone called to change it" is definitely total BS...

Yeah i agree this is totally bs.... i think that they screwed up with someone in the military or I have no clue. I showed them my proof of residence and they wouldlnt change it so why would they just take a phone address change. I will kick and scram tommorow if i have to.

Is it possible they mixed up the case number with someone else's case? The whole thing sounds really mixed up...

Thats what I am thinking happened. But the most important part is that nobody is I need it changed back to my address.

Ok so this is going to be a lengthy post. I applied for AOS in November after my wife and I got married. We sent the correct fees before the fee change but to the wrong lockbox. We got a return of all the documents for the wrong fee after they forward the documents to Chicago. Ok I get it that was my fault...so I sent the correct fees and we get a quick response that they have accepted our package and shortly after receive the letter for the biometrics for January 19. The nightmare begins here: I get there and the man doing the fingerprinting asks me if all my information is correct and I notice that the birthyear is one year wrong. So I am instructed to call and fix the issue with USCIS but am allowed to do the prints. After the biometics I call USCIS and fix the issue and I receive a letter stating that they correctedthe mistake. February 25 I receive the notification that my EAD was in the mail. I waited every day for the postman since that letter and have been hugely dissapointed as the days have passed. Today was the breaking point and I called the useless number and they told me to wait 30 days before I put in a service request. Unsattisfied my wife told me to call again and so I did. So when I called the second time I spoke to a really nice lady who I managed to ask if there is a delivery confimation on the EAD's and she said yes and was transferrring me to a tir two operator who could assist me. SHOCKER TIME: The lady in tier two could not verify my address as it was not my address in the system. I kept guessing different adresses that I put down as previous adresses but I have been at the same for 4 years. She kept asking me if I had representation and If I was in the military. Overwhelemed she would not budge and give me any information and told me to go to a local uscis office which i managed to schedule an hour away from me. I had 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there. I got there and explained that I was sent to the person who was covering the check in and he looked at me with a puzzled look and asked me if I was in the military because it seems that my address is located in the middle east.. #######???? He asked me to take a number and take a seat. The window called me and he was no longer to be found. It was time to explain the situation to the lady helping my case and she made a call and told me that the address is not the same as I was showing on all my documents and that somebody called in January to change the address. I told her that there was no way anybody would call as only my wife and I know about this process and has my personal information. She would not budge and would not give me any information on the new address. She told me to wait two weeks to come back to see if the EAD card comes back undeliriable and to change my address on the site to my current address. She was done with my questioning and pleading that my address be corrected right away as I might be receiving more notifications soon. She was basically done with me and told me to do as she said. I went home steaming and tilted and logged on. I could change it because I dont know what the current address is in the system.I called the USCIS and asked to be tranffered to a tier 2 operator and the lady tried to help me as best as she can and told me that there is no way that she can correct the address problem and that I would have to go back to an info pass and if I have a problem with the person to escalate the situation to a supervisor. She also would not budge on the address bu when I mentioned the middle east., She kept telling me I need to go back to info pass. The worst part is that Im from South America and am afraid that maybe my computer got hacked!!!! Please give any advise as Im going back there tommorow!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife and I just did the Willie Wonka " We got the Golden ticket dance" EAD IN production on Feb 17 2011.. So happy I can work now!!!!!!

All of the overstayers are coming out of the woodwork.. Lisa your experience is making us feel better

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Lisa congrats

I am under stress as ive overstayed a whoppping 25 years as I came to the us when i was 3 years old. I thought i

was born here until I wanted to get my drivers license. I married my high school sweetheart and now have filed for aos. Story a little similar to yours. Please help ease my nerves as I have been living a lie due to my circumstances. Please let me know what questions I may expect.

Hey guys hopefully we will hear some eads this week. The case status server is down for maintence.

Quick Question is the filing date the day that they receive the file or the day that i send the package...

sorry what does vw mean?

Hey there,

Just wondering for all those who filed in the year 2010, could you share your timeline (from when you filed till you received GC) I tried looking at the AOS timeline but it was confusing me. Does it also depend on where you send your application? Am I right that all AOS applications will be sent first to the Dallas Lockbox and then they will transfer it to the right state? In my case, we are in PA so it will be filed in Philly or Pittsburg?

Also, does anyone have any advice, or want to share their experiences in getting a SSN/ civil surgeon/ gathering documents? I want to avoid any RFEs/problems and hopefully this can help a lot of people.

Is the AOS process also experiencing a backlog? I worry because we are going to file sometime in mid-April once we get the marriage certificate, and I want to go to school in September and I am hoping I have the GC then so I can avail of the grants and aids for my SLP program. Also, my fiance is mobilizing for deployment by the end of the year and will deploy around Jan 2012 so I hope all will be settled by then. It's too early to have military orders, although I can send a signed letter from his CO but I doubt it will work.

Hope y'all can give me some insight into this! And thanks in advance!

Dallas I believe is where you send it

I have a similar story. I came in 87 when I was 4 and have been overstayed. Not my fault married my wife in october and she has been with me for 10 years. Do you think I will have problems?