AP questions: please help

[realdeal]

I applied for my AP renewal on July 16, 2003 (receipt date), which has not been approved yet. I am planning to travel outside US next week (got air tickets). My questions:

1) Going by the processing times existing at the time I applied for the AP renewal, I should have easily received the approval. How can the INS considerably delay the approval process so suddenly, and expect people who planned for their trip 5 months earlier to suddenly cancel their travel plans? Isn't there any law to 'protect the innocent' in such an instance?

2) Is anyone familiar with a recent instance where someone went overseas with the AP pending, and returned to the US after it was approved? The immigration officer would have a "right to deny" entry, but are they really so insensitive?

3) Is there a regularly updated tracker on the web for AP at CSC? Or else, can readers who applied in July and have received approval already please reply, providing filing and approval dates? I may have to postpone my travel, but would want to have some idea when I might receive the approval.

Thanks in advance.

 

[vsc_babu]

1) Going by the processing times existing at the time I applied for the AP renewal, I should have easily received the approval. How can the INS considerably delay the approval process so suddenly, and expect people who planned for their trip 5 months earlier to suddenly cancel their travel plans? Isn't there any law to 'protect the innocent' in such an instance?
-- Your frustations are real, although there is no such law to protect
the innocent, help yourself. Are you on H1B? Is it valid visa? you
do not need AP if you and your family has valid H1B.
2) Is anyone familiar with a recent instance where someone went overseas with the AP pending, and returned to the US after it was approved? The immigration officer would have a "right to deny" entry, but are they really so insensitive?
-- Yes you cannot do that.

3) Is there a regularly updated tracker on the web for AP at CSC? Or else, can readers who applied in July and have received approval already please reply, providing filing and approval dates? I may have to postpone my travel, but would want to have some idea when I might receive the approval.
-- If you look around this board, people are waiting for more than
100 days at VSC center. Keep checking back here for progress.

 

[ginnu]

applied for my AP renewal on July 16, 2003 (receipt date), which has not been approved yet. I am planning to travel outside US next week (got air tickets). My questions:

1) Going by the processing times existing at the time I applied for the AP renewal, I should have easily received the approval. How can the INS considerably delay the approval process so suddenly, and expect people who planned for their trip 5 months earlier to suddenly cancel their travel plans? Isn't there any law to 'protect the innocent' in such an instance?
------------ No law, contact your congressman
2) Is anyone familiar with a recent instance where someone went overseas with the AP pending, and returned to the US after it was approved? The immigration officer would have a "right to deny" entry, but are they really so insensitive?
------- You are correct, don’t go with out approved AP in hand, check USCIS main site they have clearly written that AP should be approved before departure from US, don’t take the risk.

 

[watever]

Originally posted by ginnu


Depressed as ever.. My AP and EAD were filled on July 31.. been 6 months now.. at that point i had thought it would NEVER take this long so bought tickets for 21st december.. Its 16th and no news.. infact i got a letter from them saying it "case under review will take another 60-90 days" my money down the drain..called the congress they said just wait and dont leave.. I wish i COULD SUE INS>.. please advice to what can i do ??