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  Weekly Immigration Newsletter
  THE LAW OFFICE OF SHEELA MURTHY, PC
  Phone : 410-356-5440
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  NEWSFLASH : INS Service Centers to Accept Mail / Deliveries by Tuesday, Oct.
  16, 2001
  Posted : October 15, 2001

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  This NewsFlash is a service of The Law Office of Sheela Murthy.

  INS Service Centers to Accept Mail / Deliveries by Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001

  This morning - Monday, October 15, 2001 - during The Law Office of Sheela
  Murthy\'s routine check on the status of some of our clients’ packages at the
  Vermont Service Center (VSC), Federal Express advised us that they were
  unable to deliver courier packages. VSC had refused delivery of all packages
  today.

  Paul Novak, the Director of VSC confirmed this fact to the American
  Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) today. Apparently, on Saturday, Oct.
  13, 2001, VSC received a suspicious package with powder and feared that it
  could be anthrax. The building was evacuated and all operations were shut
  down. Federal authorities were called on Saturday. The powder tested
  negative during preliminary tests.

  NSC has stated that overnight courier services should have been accepted by
  NSC\'s mailroom contractor on Monday, October 15, 2001. Apparently, the
  contractor incorrectly denied courier services at the facility to drop off
  packages. NSC hopes to start accepting packages from Tuesday, Oct. 16th,
  2001.

  William R. Yates, the Assistant Commissioner at INS Headquarters confirmed
  that all the four INS Service Centers were closed for accepting mail and
  packages, today. INS hopes to accept mail at all of the local INS District
  offices by tomorrow morning, Tuesday, October 16, 2001. Later in the day all
  mail and courier packages should be accepted by the INS Service Centers.

  INS has assured AILA that they will provide "proper consideration" with
  respect to deadline cases. For those of you who have asked us at The Law
  Office of Sheela Murthy about processing delays at the TSC and other INS
  Service Centers, it is reasonable to expect some additional delays in
  obtaining receipt notices and approvals. Mondays are particularly heavy for
  mail deliveries at all of the INS Service Centers. However, after the tragic
  events of Sept. 11th, 2001, INS was generous and flexible when it exercised
  its discretion to provide several additional days’ "grace period" before the
  INS would consider a deadline to have been missed. We expect similar
  latitude based on the circumstances of this incident since it is considered
  an event beyond the control of the applicant or petitioner and was caused by
  the INS’ decision not to accept mail or courier service today.

  © The Law Office of Sheela Murthy P.C.; Oct. 15, 2001

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  This Bulletin is not sent unsolicited. The information provided above is of
  a general nature and may not apply to any particular set of facts or
  circumstances. It **should not be construed as legal advice** and does not
  constitute an engagement of The Law Office of Sheela Murthy.

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