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mariaclaudia60 said:
Hi guys, my interview was yesterday and it was the worst experience I have ever had. The officer took two hours to call us, and when he called us he had a very bad face and attitude. The first thing he asked us was with what status we are here and we told him that as Asylum Applicants, which he alleges is not a non-immigrant status for which no adjustment of status can be made, and that when the I94 expires we accumulate illegal presence. We entered on 05/16/2016 with a tourist visa and introduced an extension of that visa in September 2016 which was approved and the new I94 was until 05/15/2017, the asylum application was received by Uscis on 04 / 25/2017, before I94 expired. He said that he was going to put the case under review and that it would most likely be denied and that he would not spend money or time appealing because it would still be denied. What should I do? The case now says Under review. Thanks.
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Sorry to learn of your awful interview experience. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any legal relief you can resort to. "Asylum Pending" is not a non-immigrant status one can adjust from, it is technically not even a status per se. Your I-94 had already expired as at the time of your AOS filing. One of the bars to adjustment of status under INA 245 says any noncitizen who AOS is not in a lawful immigration status on the date of filing his or her application is not AOS eligible.
 
mariaclaudia60 said:
Hi guys, my interview was yesterday and it was the worst experience I have ever had. The officer took two hours to call us, and when he called us he had a very bad face and attitude. The first thing he asked us was with what status we are here and we told him that as Asylum Applicants, which he alleges is not a non-immigrant status for which no adjustment of status can be made, and that when the I94 expires we accumulate illegal presence. We entered on 05/16/2016 with a tourist visa and introduced an extension of that visa in September 2016 which was approved and the new I94 was until 05/15/2017, the asylum application was received by Uscis on 04 / 25/2017, before I94 expired. He said that he was going to put the case under review and that it would most likely be denied and that he would not spend money or time appealing because it would still be denied. What should I do? The case now says Under review. Thanks.
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Very sorry to hear that
 
Hi,

Just wanted to share my experience calling USCIS regarding the received date error that I had in my NoA letter. First time calling them, the agent said she had no idea what's going on and the date in the system is as the one (wrong received date) in my NoA letter. Then she said I'll be receiving a call from tier 2 and they might help. Given the other folks' long waiting time for tier 2 agent call, I decided to call them again today and ask them if it's possible they add a note to my application regarding this error. At the first agent suggested issuing me a ticket with a date of June 15th which is the acceptance date and I told her this is different than received date. Besides, I wasn't sure if issuing me another NoA letter is going to delay the process and she said it could be possible. Therefore, I politely asked her to make a note on my application about this error so the IO who's going to review my application will be aware of this. Hopefully, this helps to prevent any sort of confusion.

Thanks Mom!
Sorenk said:
I got my NOA letter this morning and I noticed that received date is wrong. My package got to the mailbox on June 4th, but it says here they received it on May 28th (6 days before I mailed it!) I think that was the reason that my package got accepted so early comparing to others (12 days after it got to the mailbox). Since my signature date on I-485 and couple of other documents are dated after this (around June 1st), should I call the USCIS and inform them of this typo to prevent any sort confusion? I was imagining the officer who is seeing my file could be shocked when see some of the documents are dated after the received date.

Thank you for your help!
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sultiik said:
So actual question was to know if it is recommended to stay at school even we finished possible highest level or take grace period?
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If you want to ensure you have a fall back plan, in case AOS gets denied, then consider staying in school as against trying to rely on the grace. But it is your call at the end of the day, if you want to get into another program or not.
 
@Sm1smom, I need your advice. The date 'Resident Since' (06/17/20) on my green card is one year prior to the date of the approval of my I-485 (06/17/21). As far as I know some types of green card may be backdated. But I'm worried that this happened to my DV based green card. I never had asylum status/application or something like that. I have two questions:
1) Is it an error?
2) can I travel abroad with this backdated green card?
 
Hey guys, when trying to organize my courier to send my AOS package to Chicago Lockbox, the address has STREET in it on the auto lookup address tab. It automatically comes up with Dearborn STREET, not just Dearborn. But the address is FBAS 131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517
So should I just put street after Dearborn?? or would that go to the wrong place?
 
elisap said:
Hey guys, when trying to organize my courier to send my AOS package to Chicago Lockbox, the address has STREET in it on the auto lookup address tab. It automatically comes up with Dearborn STREET, not just Dearborn. But the address is FBAS 131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517
So should I just put street after Dearborn?? or would that go to the wrong place?
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It won't make any difference. In the US a lot of people refer to street names without the word "street". It's best to go with whatever the courier's website corrects it to. When I sent mine, they even changed the last 4 digits of the zip code and it didn't matter.
 
Alisher2 said:
@Sm1smom, I need your advice. The date 'Resident Since' (06/17/20) on my green card is one year prior to the date of the approval of my I-485 (06/17/21). As far as I know some types of green card may be backdated. But I'm worried that this happened to my DV based green card. I never had asylum status/application or something like that. I have two questions:
1) Is it an error?
2) can I travel abroad with this backdated green card?
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I'm not Mom, but why would it be backdated? I think this is an error that you should get fixed before going abroad.
 
Hello mom,
I received the notice of action in the mail today. However, the A- number is different from the one I used to fill the I-485 form. Is this normal? Should I take any action if it's not? Thank you, mom.
 
Alisher2 said:
@Sm1smom, I need your advice. The date 'Resident Since' (06/17/20) on my green card is one year prior to the date of the approval of my I-485 (06/17/21). As far as I know some types of green card may be backdated. But I'm worried that this happened to my DV based green card. I never had asylum status/application or something like that. I have two questions:
1) Is it an error?
2) can I travel abroad with this backdated green card?
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1. Yes, it is an error, it needs to get corrected.
2. You may temporarily use it I guess, (if you need to travel right away) but you do need to file for a replacement ASAP
 
Saviour96 said:
Hello mom,
I received the notice of action in the mail today. However, the A- number is different from the one I used to fill the I-485 form. Is this normal? Should I take any action if it's not? Thank you, mom.
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Your previous A# is tied to your non-immigrant status. They typically issue a new one in such case when one applies for an immigrant benefit like you did.
 
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