Hi All
Please let me know, if anyone knows the TSC fax# or email address to send I-485 interlink request.
Thanks
You may have to research a little on this forum (you can probably read old postings of this thread). Based on my own experience relink does not work and an easy way to get around that problem is to file a second 485 (people might scare you). However, there are people (who have posted in this thread) that have managed to file the second 485 and got an approval in less than 4 months or so.
Check the posting of 00000 on August 7th in this same thread which shows 2nd 485 was successful and relink does not work. You will find some more if you go far back...
Relink is a hit and miss story. If you want a remedy that is sure to work, try second 485.
Consult your lawyer too. Usually, they don't want to invest time to file second 485 (no extra $$ there) and so might discourage. Be specific and ask him/her what is the draw back in filing second 485. Usually, USCIS sends out a RFE asking you which 485 you want to pursue and at that point you choose your new 140 and the relink is done.
By the way, there is no fax# for sending in the relink request. You have to send out a letter giving out the details and requesting for relink. In fact, that is the major problem in relinking. You just send out the postal mail/fedex and nothing happens after that. There is documented evidence including my case (and many others in this thread) that even after 6 months nothing much happens. You cannot call and find out the status. Simply put, it is a black hole. There is NOTHING that you can do to check the status or to ensure that it happens. I have a feeling that since it is a non-routine thing (relinking), they put it under "problem file" and it sleeps there..
You are relinking presumably to save time and so I sending the letter to a black hole does not serve the purpose. Research the forums, consult the lawyer and then decide.
Good luck.
Ela
Hi ela6, psami
Thanks for your detail reply. I thought recently Madgu-GC, good-y and others successfully interlinked and got approval. Also I've sent my I-485 in July07 (now, I-485 is expensive for four of us). I am planning to send letters and keep calling them for another two months. If it is not successful, then I may file a new I-485.
Regards
EB10182006
The problem is that for every successful relink, there may be many hanging.
I do realize that it is expensive (especially if you have to file for 4).
the issue is that there is really nothing much you can do by calling. The relink letter might be in one place, 485 in another dept/office and the customer service does not do much to get them together.
I was also told that the I140 has to be "physically" present where the 485 is. So, you need to get the letter to the place where your 140 and 485 are (if possible). It does not hurt to send relink letter to where 140 was approved and where 485 is pending (assuming they are different places).
Good luck.
Ela
Do you meant say, if I-140 is at TSC, then i-485 has to be filed at TSC itself. I am bit confused though I have not filed my AOS. My e-filed EB-1EA I-140 is pending at TSC, now I am planning to send my I-485 to NSC beacuse recent changes in direct filing effective July 30, 2007.
Would appreciate if you shed some light on this.
Thanks
Hi ela6, psami
Thanks for your detail reply. I thought recently Madgu-GC, good-y and others successfully interlinked and got approval. Also I've sent my I-485 in July07 (now, I-485 is expensive for four of us). I am planning to send letters and keep calling them for another two months. If it is not successful, then I may file a new I-485.
Regards
EB10182006
You don't have a choice in filing. If you have to file in NSC, then you just have to do it at NSC. However, they will request the 140 file from TSC.
This is the info that I gathered during my calls to USCIS.
Nothing to be concerned in filing at a different location.
Ela
Thanks Ela6. My I-140 is still pending at TSC since 4 months. I will be sunmitting I-485 to NSC next week. Do you think NSC will then request TSC to send my i-140 package to be processed at TSC. NSC is just now processing Jan, 07 cases where as TSC on May, 07 cases.
reply me what you think about it
I am only guessing that they are going to request 140 package after it is approved.
I am in a very similar situation except my NIW is pending. I just sent a transfer request along with new I-485 based on my approved I-140(EB1-EA). I am not sure whether they will transfer/interlink or encash the checks.
If I were you, I would probably wait some more time until I get my EB1 approved. After the direct filling ,TSC wont be able adjucate your I-485; So If you file I-485 now with NSC, there is slight chance that I-140 would be transferred to NSC which would delay the whole process.
You wont have same A# number. You may have same A# from your I-140(OR)
skvadivel, thanks for your quick reply. In fact the A-number on the refiled I-485 is not even the sme as the second EB1-OR I-140. actually EB1-OR I-140 had the A-number that was on my first I-485 which was filed with the original I-140 under EB2. It looks like they changed my A-number after I refiled with the new EB1-OR I-140. I am really puzzled. Also, I refiled I-485 and sent it to TSC as required. But my refiled I-485 was transferred to NSC where I had the second EB1 OR I-140 approval. So now I have two I-485 pending: one at TSC under EB2-NIW I-140 and the other at NSC under EB1-OR I-140 and both under different A-numbers. This is really strange. I wonder what I should do and what will eventually happen.
Thanks for your thoughts.