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    Is InfoPass Zip Code specific ?

    Can one take an InfoPass in a office diff from one's own jurisdiction for I-551 stamping ? Or do they look at the approval letter and the zip code therein ? Anyone tried a diff zip code, especially since Cherry Hill ( and maybe others ) is such a pain ?
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    InfoPass help ...

    I think I am about to hit another record now. While I haven't counted, I must have clicked 3000-4000 times for an InfoPass appointment, without success. This is so absurd. My local office is Cherry Hill. I have tried early am, morning, late night, evenings, afternoons, every possible...
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    My Case is approved

    Yes. I am a Sept 2002 ND/RD. Priority Date is July 1999. Very painful delays. 3 Status Enquiries. Congressman intervened in a delayed I-40, enquired twice for I-485. One Expedite Request denied. 4 EAD's ( 4th one was for a lost one ) and 3 AP's. Called up Vermont directly 4...
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    Landing as a Canadian Perm Res and returning to USA on AP

    I have got my Canadian Permanent Res stamped from Buffalo and am supposed to do my Landing as a Perm Res before April 8. I am on Advanced Parole ( employment based I-485 pending ) and working currently in the USA. I was planning to land in Niagara, Canada as a Canadian Perm Res and...
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    Pending 2001/2002 I-485 applicants, Raise Hands ?

    Can we get a count ? How many in VSC who applied in 2001 and 2002 only and are yet pending ?
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    Similarity of Job Criterion

    Lawyer tells me that if you are doing coding, design, development, it makes job similar...no matter if LC says C/C++ and you are doing Java or LC says Assemby and you are doing C/C++. Is that an over-simplification and safe enough thing ? Eg.. you were doing network management software...
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    I-140 revocation leads to I-485 denial or NOID ?

    If an approved I-140 is revoked by employer and I-485 is pending well beyond 180 days, does it lead to NOID or I-485 denial ? I hear people in this forum saying I-485 denied. This AC21 thing looks like a huge huge mystery, extremely biased against the applicant and sitting on thin ice...
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    Who sends revocation letter ? Attorney or company ?

    Is a potential revocation done by the co's immigration attorney or the co's HR dept ? Who to talk to to ask them not to send revocation letter ? Also, if a revocation is indeed sent, how soon after it goes to USCIS, should the AC-21 letter go ? Should AC-21 letter reach USCIS before...
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    How to Contact VSC when Phone System says Error ?

    Can anyone contacting / talking to a VSC person, volunteer to ask how they can be reached by applicants for whom, entering EAC # on the 1-800 system results in the message "sorry, due to a temporary system problem we are unable to retrieve your case...."
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    Name Check results forwarded to USCIS, Wash DC ?

    Have any one of you gotten this kinda response to FBI Name Check E-Mail ? It says ... "..................................................................... and the results were forwarded to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Washington, DC." Why Wash DC ? Why not Vermont ...
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    Filing Mandamus Action : Attention 2001/2002/early 2003 filers

    Has any of you ( or anyone you know ) ever filed a Mandamus Action against USCIS ? I am trying to explore the possibility of doing this myself; just wanted to know if anyone here has any prior experience. Also, if possible, can we use this forum to share knowledge regarding doing...
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    Anybody getting Validation Error during Case Status Search

    I try to do Case Status search. It returns "Validation Error" with a long lecture on how I should enter 13 characters starting with EAC etc etc.. When I try to login with my user id and passsword...I get a huge trace dump of nullpointerexception. Anyone experiencing/experienced this ?
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    Does Congressman asking alter LUD ?

    Has anyone experienced this ? My Congressman's rep did an update with USCIS on Dec 9. LUD updated on Dec 10. Has anyone seen a Congressman's query leading to a LUD change ? My Congressman's first update did not however lead to an associated LUD alteration. Feedback / similar...
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    This has turned into an almost lame duck portal

    Hapless applicants trying to know each others' cases idiosyncrasies, people trying to find hidden patterns in INS behaviour, folks specifying their individual problems ( all of which are ultimately traced to the same unscrupulousness ) which are all almost the same, folks reporting approvals...
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    Dsatish, Rajum, can we integrate efforts and do a TELE-CON

    Dsatish, Rajum, Requesting that we integrate or rather combine efforts already in progress. In other words, a campaign targetted at 1) meeting VSC Director 2) submitting peition/memorandum from affected applicants 3) doing the same to Congressmen , particularly...
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    Is Status Check with USCIS AILA Liaison effective ?

    My Status Check has entered the "60-90 days" cycle. In other words USCIS says....give us 60-90 days. After 60-90 days, am sure it will be another 60-90 days...and on and on and on. Congressman also seems to have fallen into the same......60 days,,another 60 days...give another 60...
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    Will a Canadian PR stamp hamper GC Stamping..

    Can someone, sure / knowledgable / in the same - boatd, comment : If I have a Canadian PR stamped on my passport, and I-485 is pending, can it create any issues/problems when one goes for GC stamping ? Or can you just merely say later that I intend to forego the Canadian PR and that's...
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    Till what time on a workday does Case Status Update happen ?

    I have watched posts saying....I saw my status this at 11 p.m and I saw my status that at 1 am. Quick question....I thought the VSC morons left for the day long before that. Does anyone know till what time does a Case Status Update possibly happen ?
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    Does USCIS mail to both Applicant & Attorney ?

    Simple question: For any mail sent by USCIS ( examples being RFE's, Status Inquiry Response ), is it always sent to both applicant as well as attorney ? Or is there a possibility that it goes only to applicant and not to attorney ? Reason for my asking is that I think USCIS' is a...
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    What's a good time to ask for EXPEDITE ?

    Sept 2002 ND & RD here. What is a good time to fax the EXPEDITE form to USCIS w/o risking a rejection of the EXPEDITE request ? Any ideas anyone ? Also, can such a potential EXPEDITE request-rejection have an adverse effect on the case ?
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