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All Georgia/Atlanta members..

We have a golden opportunity to meet personally with well known figure from USCIS here in Atlanta only on Sunday in May-2004. I don't want to disclose the person name here but I would like discuss in detail during personal meeting among all the members this Sunday 04/25/2004 at 5.00 EST.

Please plan to attend personal meeting this Sunday 04/25/2004 at 5.00 PM EST.

Please find meeting detail below:

Place & time:

Opposite to 'Curry in a Hurry' restaurant (which is located at 1st floor of Global mall),
Global Mall,
exit 99 of I-85.
Date: 04/25/04, Time: 5:00 PM.

See you there! Thank you all!
 
who wants to join for the meeting? pl respond here..Thank you!

Originally posted by feb6361
All Georgia/Atlanta members..

We have a golden opportunity to meet personally with well known figure from USCIS here in Atlanta only on Sunday in May-2004. I don't want to disclose the person name here but I would like discuss in detail during personal meeting among all the members this Sunday 04/25/2004 at 5.00 EST.

Please plan to attend personal meeting this Sunday 04/25/2004 at 5.00 PM EST.

Please find meeting detail below:

Place & time:

Opposite to 'Curry in a Hurry' restaurant (which is located at 1st floor of Global mall),
Global Mall,
exit 99 of I-85.
Date: 04/25/04, Time: 5:00 PM.

See you there! Thank you all!
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Re: I will see you then!

This was through other source..I will provide more detail this Sunday..Also, I have send you private message also..

btw..The meeting with Camila got reschedule..they will let Mr. Rajiv know the new date.

Thank you!

Originally posted by victim1084
BTW, could this be one outocme of your meeting with Camilla?
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FYI -- I thought I pased this article here

FYI -- I thought I pasted this article here,

http://immigration.about.com/b/a/2004_04_25.htm

By Jaime S. Jordon / Associated Press Writer
DALLAS (AP) -- An online service starting Wednesday will help immigrants work their way through a backlog at the immigration office and dramatically reduce the time it takes to get residency status, officials with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said.
The online program, INFOPASS, will allow customers to schedule appointments with immigration officers. An accompanying pilot program will enable qualified applicants to receive their permanent resident card within 90 days of filing their applications.
"People need to understand they don't need to come here and get in line for our information services anymore," said Jeffrey Sapko, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services program manager.
The Dallas pilot program allows customers filing either a petition for alien relative application or an application for permanent residence or adjustment of status to be processed within 90 days of filing, said Angela Barrows, USCIS district director. Applicants would have to wait far longer under the previous system.
"If our pilot's successful, we can say goodbye to backlog," Barrows said. "No more waiting six months, nine months, a year for your adjustment status. If your package is complete, you'd have your interview the same day."
She said the Dallas agency already has been reducing backlog by about 30 percent a month. By September, the agency expects to have processed all applications made through the regular system through April. The pilot program also can work for some other applicant forms, such as a diversity lottery winner or widower, she said.
They will begin interviewing customers who register through INFOPASS on May 3.
The INFOPASS service is in English, Spanish and Haitian/Creole, because of its Florida roots, Sapko said. INFOPASS already is in use in Miami.
The agency plans to add more languages. Sapko said the agency will be placing kiosk with Internet access in its offices, so customers without Internet access will be able to make the online appointments.
Barrows said the agency is not worried about the new process affecting national security.
"Nothing will be approved without all the security checks," Barrows said. "The interview is on day one. Day two through day 90 is dedicated solely for background checks. If you are a threat to the national security of this country, you do not qualify for residency here."
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On the Net:
www.uscis.gov
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV-04-21-04 1454CDT

regards,
 
I'm interested in the May meeeting as well. I read the first post and thought the actual meeting was yesterday and figured I missed it. Oops :o :D

Count me in!
 
4/25th meeting update

Hello all,

This is the 4/25th meeting update from Global Mall, Atlanta.

About 8 of the members attended, one called in over
the phone.

We discussed about the meeting next month. Exchanged
ideas how we want to proceed.

If need be, we can all get together again next Sunday, if
anybody that did not attend last Sunday, want to know
first hand who is doing what.

Bottom line, unless we bring out issues and express them, people, authorities may not know the difficulties in general.

Let us all make this event impactful and successful.

regards,
 
Re: 4/25th meeting update

I will send you all a private message for the May meeting detail.

I will be out of town this Sunday.

Thank you so much!


Originally posted by vinodatldol
Hello all,

This is the 4/25th meeting update from Global Mall, Atlanta.

About 8 of the members attended, one called in over
the phone.

We discussed about the meeting next month. Exchanged
ideas how we want to proceed.

If need be, we can all get together again next Sunday, if
anybody that did not attend last Sunday, want to know
first hand who is doing what.

Bottom line, unless we bring out issues and express them, people, authorities may not know the difficulties in general.

Let us all make this event impactful and successful.

regards,
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Draft Letter to be Handed on May 16

Here is a draft of the letter we discussed in April. Please provide comments, suggestions, critiques to improve the content and strategy. I plan to bring this to the May 16 event and hand over in person. It will have a table at the end for us to sign and provide case specific details. You have until Friday to review and provide feedback.

Please post your comments here so everybody can review them.
_____________________________________________________________
(Addressed to Not Shown)

The undersigned applicants for Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status have filed I-485 applications with various CIS Service Centers after the approval of individual Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers in the employment-based category. The I-485 applications have been initially processed by the CIS Service Centers and transferred to the Atlanta Local Office for conducting interview and/or complete the final processing. The application filing dates, receipt numbers and CIS file numbers are shown in this letter.

As you can see, many of our I-485 applications were filed more than three years back and the application priority dates are even older, in some cases exceeding two years prior to the I-485 filing date. Thus, some of these applications have been pending for five years or longer based on priority dates. The continuation of pending adjustment of status is causing us significant hardship as described below.

As most of us do not have any other status that would permit employment authorization or international travel, we must obtain employment authorization and advance parole for international travel each year at a significant out of pocket expense. Since the processing fee for these documents were increased beginning this month, the future renewal of these documents will involve even greater cost to us. Due to the unpredictable processing times associated with the renewal process, there is a potential for a period in which we may not have valid employment authorization or international travel document, thereby affecting our employment and professional career as well as our social life.

Our pending adjustment of status is also affecting our spouse/children’s education. Although, all of us have been residing in Georgia for a long time (in some cases more than 10 years) and have been paying Georgia income tax, our spouse/children are unable to qualify for resident tuition in colleges and universities under the University System of Georgia and the economic impact of this is very significant. This is avoidable by completing the processing of our I-485 applications.

Some of us have also applied for home loans and either have been refused or charged a much higher interest rate due to our pending adjustment of status. As hard working legal US residents and regular income tax payers we are entitled to equal treatment for credits, however, the pending I-485 applications are depriving us of this entitlement.

Based on the current processing date reports published by the Service Centers where the I-485 applications were filed, most of us would have enjoyed the privilege of permanent resident status except that our applications have been transferred to the Atlanta Local Office where they have been pending (in some cases exceeding two years). Some of us have specifically inquired about the schedule for the final processing of our I-485 applications at the Atlanta Local Office in person, but were not provided any relevant information. The status quo on this very important matter (i.e., the final processing of I-485 application) is extremely frustrating to us and we feel we have a right to know specifically when the Atlanta Local Office plans to conduct our interviews and/or complete the adjudication of our pending I-485 applications.

We urge you to prioritize the processing of our applications. We believe our applications are complete and otherwise approvable except that they have been set at a low priority. Due to the financial impacts and the emotional uncertainty these pending applications are causing us, we would request your immediate attention to our case (failing which we would resort to take our case to the US Court System??).
______________________________________________________________
(Table of Names, I-485 Filing Dates, CIS File No., Receipt No.)
 
Sounds great!

However, I would take this portion out of the last sentence......(failing which we would resort to take our case to the US Court System??).

You don't want to upset the government. They might find something wrong with the application and may reject it.
 
I agree with SouthtEXAS

We dont want to upset them, but instead make them look at our cases.

Are we still meeting on 16th may at Gujrathi Samaj? could some one please provide me with the details (place where we will meet and at what time?)

thanks

trasnfer date: 4/20/04
 
Hi,

I did not get any PM or email regarding this meeting. Am I missing something? I did express my interest.

Secondly, the proposed letter says:

our I-485 applications were filed more than three years back
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My I-485 has a ND of June 2002, so am I not eligible for this request?

Can the organizers of this meeting please clarify? Thanks
 
Signatory Issues

No one is sending out PM or emails. You know exactly what all others know. So, you don't have to feel like you are left out.

You quoted only a part of the line from the letter. If you noticed, it says "many of our I-485 applications were filed ..." It does not include only those applicants whose applications are pending for three years or longer. You may sign the letter if you come to the May 16 event and agree with the contents of the letter. We are planning to hand over this in person to the speaker at the May 16 event.

In case you are wondering about the May 16 event, it was discussed in our informal meeting on April 25. Contact Feb6361 if you need details. Hope to see you on May 16.

Feb6361 - Could you please confirm that we are still on for May 16? Also, shall we meet 15 minutes prior to the meeting at the venue to discuss and update ourselves.
 
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