Baltimore Visit Feb-25-2005 for XFerred case
Hi Group,
Just wanted to update you after I and My spouse visited Baltimore Office to check our status.
Our files were transferred from VSC on Sep-28-2004, after first FP was done early september, 2004.
After that, we changed our residence therefore sent AR-11, and Called VSC to notify our new address.
In Dec-2004, VSC sent us a letter asking us to notify Baltimore about the change of address. Did that and no feedback from anyone....
As our EADs are expiring in May-2005, We had sent Paper Appln to VSC on Feb-17-2005.
Took an infopass appointment for Feb-25-2005 at Baltimore and was there before 9:00 (Spouse had 9:30 AM). I had my turn at 10:00 AM. [Window 4, not that it matters...]
Told the lady staff about the history and she asked for a copy of my AR-11 to verify with their system. I gave them the copy and she stamped it for "proof-of-visit" to baltimore
and was about to verify my records. At that time, I asked her about applying for my Parole renewal.
So she called her supervisor on the phone to verify the procedure. She got back to me and asked why I needed the parole. I explained that I will need it for a planned trip to India in April. She then checked with her supervisor and then told me that, I would put the whole thing in jeopardy if i was out of country in April...
I asked her why so.?. She then told me that our interviews are scheduled for Mid April-2005 and If we were not available for that, re-scheduling could create nightmares.....
Also she told me that In this situation, even if she took our AP application, they would not approve a 1 year regular Parole as the GC Interview date is approaching soon. Therefore, they would only grant parole till the "Probable" interview date....
She also suggested that we wait for our interview letter.... likely mid-march and then schedule an infopass appointment on the same day as our GC interview for AP application. This way, if GC interview does not conclude smoothly... [Name check or FP or something] we can apply for Parole on that same day.
Therefore we dropped our Parole Idea, for now.
Other than that, she confirmed that both our cases got transferred and are in the same folder and they have our most recent address that they verified from our IDs...
Hopefully, it proceeds smoothly hereon......
As for the EAD application sent to VSC.... We received our "Certified Mail" acknowledgment card, though. The checks have got cleared..... [No shortage of staff for this clearance...
]
If the date is set for April, then it is fair to conclude a 6 months gestation for Xfer cases.... for now....
Good luck to all of us.... "Sleepless
In Baltimore"