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Would you say it is fairly common for pending asylees doing AOS to receive denial letter with out even getting interview ?
 
1. Tier 1 staff do not have authority to make decisions on cases. They would have forwarded it to the appropriate FO. Note that USCIS says “When you call to request expedited processing, the USCIS Contact Center creates and forwards a service request to the office with jurisdiction over your application or petition. After receiving the service request, the reviewing office may request additional documentation to support expedited processing.” So they do not request evidence in every case.
2. If the facts are not different it is hard to see why the decision would change, but I guess you have nothing to lose by trying again. (It’s quite possible of course that the expedite request was denied simply because they know you are DV and will be scheduled fairly soon anyway. Note that the criteria for financial loss requires that it cannot withstand normal processing times.)
I appreciate the comment. I just mentioned the title of bases for my request as "humanitarian reasons" and "financial loss" and asked if she want's details and she did not ask for it.

On the phone call, the agent mentioned a series of criteria to be eligable for expediting like "adapting a USC child", "being a member of US armed forces", etc, which made no sense to me. On the denial note however, the correct page was referenced.
 
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Hi! I am preparing the document for my interview. I was asking my company's HR to write a employment verification letter but they seemed that they don't know how to draft the letter. They were asking if there is any form to fill out but I don't think there is one for that. I am working for a small company and they do not sponsor for work visa so I think that is why they don't have much experience about this situation. Is there any template that I can send to them so that they can write a letter or should I just go ahead and use my offer letter as an verification letter since the offer was sent around 2-3 months ago?
Your employment letter is recent enough, you can simply use that.
 
Congratulations on getting your asylum case approved. Your DV based AOS application was denied because you were already out of status as at the time you filed and had no valid status to adjust from because technically speaking, asylum pending is not a valid non-immigrant status.
You can reach out to your congress man/woman if you like, I personally don’t think that will lead to a decision reversal though. You can re-file the DV based AOS application now that you have a legal valid status as an asylee if you want to give it another shot. You can also wait for one year and file an asylum based AOS at that point.
OK. I understood you. Thank you and thank you again for being with me.
 
Hello
Was your aos application denied from field office ? Or was it rejected with chance to reopen. Also, what did they state was the cause of denial?
The reason for the refusal was that my B2 had already ended, and they did not take into account the transition to awaiting asylum and wrote that I am not eligible for AOS, the letter was threatening about deportation after 30 days, but I read here in the chat that this is a standard response situation and I cannot be deported because I am protected by refugee status.
 
Dear Mom,

I called USCIS on Wednesday and requested to expedite my case base on humanitarian reasons and financial loss. The Tier 1 personnel said that I will receive an email from my FO in five days. I was just checking my USCIS account and I noticed an "expedite request denied" dated on Wednesday. The note states that "We do not believe, based on a review of your request, that your case meets one or more of the expedite criteria and otherwise merits expedited processing". So basically no one even asked me to send documents supporting my request and it is very odd that the request was denied on the spot.

1- Do you think the Tier 1 staff just denied the request on the spot and made up the story about me receiving an email to keep me busy?
2- Would it look bad on my case if I put a second request this week? I would understand if they look into my documents and make a decision, but this just looks weird.

Thanks!
It is possible your FO outrightly denied the request as soon as received because they consider DV based AOS applications to be already expedited compared to an employment or family based AOS applications for example. As a matter of policy, USCIS does not consider expedite requests for petitions and applications that have premium processing service available, that may be the stand your FO decided to take on your request without asking for supporting documents.
 
Hello
Was your aos application denied from field office ? Or was it rejected with chance to reopen. Also, what did they state was the cause of denial?
But today I again received a new letter from them stating that my case is again under consideration and they demand to send additional evidence of my legal status at the time of filing for AOS. I do not know what it will do, but I will try to resend everything I have.
 
It is possible your FO outrightly denied the request as soon as received because they consider DV based AOS applications to be already expedited compared to an employment or family based AOS applications for example. As a matter of policy, USCIS does not consider expedite requests for petitions and applications that have premium processing service available, that may be the stand your FO decided to take on your request without asking for supporting documents.
I appreciate the response mom. Would you see a downside on a second request sometime this week? Or would you suggest to wait longer?
 
I will be unable to bring my original high school diploma. It will not be mailed in time. I will bring a printed scanned version.


But I am bringing my diploma from my undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering degree from a United States university.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the United States university too.
I am also bringing my official sealed credits from the brief time I was in a university in my home country.

Should this be enough or can the USCIS officer turn me down for not having my original high school diploma?

Should I reschedule the meeting until I can have my original high school diploma?
Yes that is more than enough, you do not need the high school diploma, please do not reschedule your interview for this reason
 
But today I again received a new letter from them stating that my case is again under consideration and they demand to send additional evidence of my legal status at the time of filing for AOS. I do not know what it will do, but I will try to resend everything I have.
Wow that is great news! I hope it goes smoothly for you. Did you reach out to them or to a congressman or woman or they did they reopen it on their own?
 
Hi! I am preparing the document for my interview. I was asking my company's HR to write a employment verification letter but they seemed that they don't know how to draft the letter. They were asking if there is any form to fill out but I don't think there is one for that. I am working for a small company and they do not sponsor for work visa so I think that is why they don't have much experience about this situation. Is there any template that I can send to them so that they can write a letter or should I just go ahead and use my offer letter as an verification letter since the offer was sent around 2-3 months ago?
Hi! I am preparing the document for my interview. I was asking my company's HR to write a employment verification letter but they seemed that they don't know how to draft the letter. They were asking if there is any form to fill out but I don't think there is one for that. I am working for a small company and they do not sponsor for work visa so I think that is why they don't have much experience about this situation. Is there any template that I can send to them so that they can write a letter or should I just go ahead and use my offer letter as an verification letter since the offer was sent around 2-3 months ago?
You can use your job offer or you can write the verification letter by yourself and ask the Human Resources manger to sign and date it. The verification letter should include your name , job title , full time or part time, number of your hours per week, and your annual salary. It is is usually 2 lines only
 
Congratulations on getting your asylum case approved. Your DV based AOS application was denied because you were already out of status as at the time you filed and had no valid status to adjust from because technically speaking, asylum pending is not a valid non-immigrant status.
You can reach out to your congress man/woman if you like, I personally don’t think that will lead to a decision reversal though. You can re-file the DV based AOS application now that you have a legal valid status as an asylee if you want to give it another shot. You can also wait for one year and file an asylum based AOS at that point.
Today I received 2 letters again, for the sake of clarity I will attach all letters from the first one about the AOS rejection. I understand that I need to send a detailed explanatory letter, I will attach all documents again. And I understand that this is not a 100% guarantee and I can get a refusal again and I am mentally ready for it. But I want to take this chance and will not give up until the last moment until it closes for me. I sent my experience to you, maybe it will be useful to someone. And I hope that you, too, will be with me to the end and pray for me, as I will pray for all of us. I don't know what to say anymore, if you have thoughts, then I will be glad to hear them. Now my number is in table 49. 1-1-м.jpg1-2м.jpg1-3м.jpg2-1м.jpg3-1м.jpg3-2м.jpg
 
Today I received 2 letters again, for the sake of clarity I will attach all letters from the first one about the AOS rejection. I understand that I need to send a detailed explanatory letter, I will attach all documents again. And I understand that this is not a 100% guarantee and I can get a refusal again and I am mentally ready for it. But I want to take this chance and will not give up until the last moment until it closes for me. I sent my experience to you, maybe it will be useful to someone. And I hope that you, too, will be with me to the end and pray for me, as I will pray for all of us. I don't know what to say anymore, if you have thoughts, then I will be glad to hear them. Now my number is in table 49.
This seems to me they actually decided it was ineligible for early filing (another one in sacramento!!!) and denied on that basis. Now they have looked at it again and realized that decision was in error (like the other 2 Sacramento early filers here), so now they have also looked at the rest of the application and now are trying to see if you were in a legal status enabling you to adjust status, hence the RFE.
 
Hi there! A quick question. If your check is cashed, does that mean our application is at least accepted and did not get denied at this time? ( Our app could still get denied as the process continues but for now at the time of acceptance of the application.) In other words, if they deny your application straight away, they will not even cash the check and send back the rejected documents?
 
Hi there! A quick question. If your check is cashed, does that mean our application is at least accepted and did not get denied at this time? ( Our app could still get denied as the process continues but for now at the time of acceptance of the application.) In other words, if they deny your application straight away, they will not even cash the check and send back the rejected documents?
They will cash out the money, even if they refuse and they will not return it, this is indicated on the website. The documents will not be sent back to you, they can only be requested to be sent.
 
1. If he claims his children as dependents on his tax returns, yes he has to list them. No, he does not list you in that section.
2. Either option is fine. If he’s limiting himself to supporting you with certain things, he selects “intend to” and lists out precisely what he’s willing to do. If he’s willing to support you on an as need basis, he selects “not intend to”
3. The AOS Package section of the AOS process spreadsheet has simplified this by listing out the recommended supporting documents from the sponsor (a lot less than listed on the form instructions). You can either refer to that or stick with what is on the instruction form.
clear as water mom! ur literally the best <3

ps: u should become an immigration lawyer (u'd literally be the best nationwide), LIKE IF YOU AGREE!
 
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