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Let's discuss what we can do to make the INS finally work on our cases. I'm exploring the idea of class action. I'm sick of these bloodsuckers. 
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Quite a few, as far as I'm concerned and haven't seen most of them here lately. Hopefully, because this nightmare is over for them and their cases have been adjudicated.
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Mentos
I do not call 1-800-no-help line any more. Some phone answering people are qiute nice, most are rude. What they all have in common, though, is being absolutely unhelpful. All you are going to hear if try to talk to them is a reference to "official" timeline on their website, which currently is February 1, 2001 ND. (Your application is past even their official processing estimate) Do even not bother calling them. I have already tried. I'm preparing a letter mentioning, among other things, legal action against them if there's no progress in the adjudication process within a month and suggest that all of us, "dinosaurs" do the same.
I do not call 1-800-no-help line any more. Some phone answering people are qiute nice, most are rude. What they all have in common, though, is being absolutely unhelpful. All you are going to hear if try to talk to them is a reference to "official" timeline on their website, which currently is February 1, 2001 ND. (Your application is past even their official processing estimate) Do even not bother calling them. I have already tried. I'm preparing a letter mentioning, among other things, legal action against them if there's no progress in the adjudication process within a month and suggest that all of us, "dinosaurs" do the same.
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Morning said:Let's discuss what we can do to make the INS finally work on our cases. I'm exploring the idea of class action. I'm sick of these bloodsuckers.
Good thinking, but don't think it will work. USCIS has more lawers than we can pay for.
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Morning said:
Morning,
It is really a nice thinking to take legal action against the USCIS. I have several times thought about it. However, It is really tough, particularly in our case. If we try legal action, who are we ganno take the legal action against? Our cases are with asylum office, and they have their own excuses to delay. For the USCIS, they argue that the cap and our divorce have caused the delay.
I think what we need is to something about is the backdating which is affecting all asylees. As the cap is now removed you can see how things are moving for asylees. We have seen 2003, 2004, and 2006 cases approved. The processing/adjudicating of I-148 I believe won't be an issue any more. Regardless of how long one waits they are gonna approved, but the problem that many asylees face and makes us all impatient is the backdating, which is only one year. This makes the many years we were living in the US worthless. For example, I lived in the US for 7 years, and If I am approved for greencard in 2007 I will be only one year resident in the US.
I think we need to fight against the backdating issue. I once tried to file a lawsuit against the uscis on the basis of adjudicating greendcard. For example, I am in school and I have borrowed a lot of money. Most of the jobs I was thinking getting need US citizenship, so basically I can't find job because of that. I tried to argue that either the debt be cancelled or my status as permenant resident being backdated to the date I was addmitted to the US. What do you think? I am really ready to take any legal action regarding backdating. I think if argue for the delaying we are ganno lose. Our changed situations also played a part of the delay, and they will argue this....
Also, for the nucn pro tunc, do you think that we should contact the Obdisman office. I once cantacted them, and they are very prompt and helpful.
How about send letter to USCIS through Senator office. Lots of people did that. Seince they are working on Feb-2001 cases USCIS can't give any excuse about time frame. Cuz our cases filed on before Feb-2001.
Any thought about that?
I also like to know what is the procedure get help through Senator office.
God Bless everyone.
Any thought about that?
I also like to know what is the procedure get help through Senator office.
God Bless everyone.
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faysal
Legal action against the USCIS as an agency. You're right that that at the moment our cases are stuck in the AO backlog. My point, though, that out cases are adjudicated out of order - after ND '02, '03, '04, '05 and even '06. In my case all preliminary steps for adjudication(RFI and Bios) were scheduled after the cases filed much later than mine. I would like to receive an explanation why they have a discretion to deprive us of our freedom. It took some lazy bastard in charge of my case 4(!) months to figure out that my adjudication should be processed nunc pro tunc and meanwhile I received no e-mail updates on the status of my case, even though there were LUD's.
Mentos
I would do whatever it takes to make the INS move its ass. My suggestion for now ia that all of us write letters of demand and give them a month to act and, if nothing happens within this time frame - file a writ of mandamus to compell them to act.
kjonim32
You can file a civil lawsuit agaist them yourself. USCIS preferes to settle out court more that 90% of such cases(I did some reserach on that) and it takes them surpisingly little time.
Legal action against the USCIS as an agency. You're right that that at the moment our cases are stuck in the AO backlog. My point, though, that out cases are adjudicated out of order - after ND '02, '03, '04, '05 and even '06. In my case all preliminary steps for adjudication(RFI and Bios) were scheduled after the cases filed much later than mine. I would like to receive an explanation why they have a discretion to deprive us of our freedom. It took some lazy bastard in charge of my case 4(!) months to figure out that my adjudication should be processed nunc pro tunc and meanwhile I received no e-mail updates on the status of my case, even though there were LUD's.
Mentos
I would do whatever it takes to make the INS move its ass. My suggestion for now ia that all of us write letters of demand and give them a month to act and, if nothing happens within this time frame - file a writ of mandamus to compell them to act.
kjonim32
You can file a civil lawsuit agaist them yourself. USCIS preferes to settle out court more that 90% of such cases(I did some reserach on that) and it takes them surpisingly little time.
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WongGendeng
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Hi guys,
I'm new here, and I really have no idea with all terms you guys are using. Is there anyway I can find the meaning of all the abbreviations such as ND, MED and all those terms?
Thanks.
I'm new here, and I really have no idea with all terms you guys are using. Is there anyway I can find the meaning of all the abbreviations such as ND, MED and all those terms?
Thanks.
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WongGendeng
You need to refer to a sticky thread about GC processing. It contains complete information about all abbreviations we are using here.
You need to refer to a sticky thread about GC processing. It contains complete information about all abbreviations we are using here.
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Mr. Weng you finally got your club follow the discussion, and you will become an expert soon.
Morning First I want to let you know that I have recieved an interview notice on Friday 3/10/2006 from san francisco asylum office. My appointment date is 3/28. The building they are ganno interview me is next to my work, so I will not drive hour like anakara.
Second; As you mentioned, I am really confused with how we would go about greencard upon asylum approval. Do we have to redo everything that we did, or do we update the uscis on our approval of asylum. I have no idea, but I will sure ask the AO who interview me in the futue.
Also, what happened to anakara. I haven't seen her postings these days.
Lastly, I would like to raise a point on marriage after divorce from PA. I have read the asylum manual the part that deals with the Nunc Pro Tunc. Primararily, they say if deravitive is divorced from PA the diravitive may file nunc pro tunc and the AO are directed to grant the asylum except in special circumentances; However, if the diravative has remarried after the divorce of the PA, the diravative is no longer elligible for nunc pro tunc. In order for him/her to get asylum he/she must file a new asylum application and must go through full scale interview. This means that AO will conduct a full scale interview and has the ability to deny of grant the asylum. if approved the grant of asylum can not be backdated. If the deravative is also claiming dependents such as children he is no longer eligible nunc pro tunc. However, there were thinks I was not sure.
buttom line here is make sure how remarriage is ganno affect your nunc pro tunc........................................................................Good luck and I will keep you updated as my case progressess...
Morning First I want to let you know that I have recieved an interview notice on Friday 3/10/2006 from san francisco asylum office. My appointment date is 3/28. The building they are ganno interview me is next to my work, so I will not drive hour like anakara.
Second; As you mentioned, I am really confused with how we would go about greencard upon asylum approval. Do we have to redo everything that we did, or do we update the uscis on our approval of asylum. I have no idea, but I will sure ask the AO who interview me in the futue.
Also, what happened to anakara. I haven't seen her postings these days.
Lastly, I would like to raise a point on marriage after divorce from PA. I have read the asylum manual the part that deals with the Nunc Pro Tunc. Primararily, they say if deravitive is divorced from PA the diravitive may file nunc pro tunc and the AO are directed to grant the asylum except in special circumentances; However, if the diravative has remarried after the divorce of the PA, the diravative is no longer elligible for nunc pro tunc. In order for him/her to get asylum he/she must file a new asylum application and must go through full scale interview. This means that AO will conduct a full scale interview and has the ability to deny of grant the asylum. if approved the grant of asylum can not be backdated. If the deravative is also claiming dependents such as children he is no longer eligible nunc pro tunc. However, there were thinks I was not sure.
buttom line here is make sure how remarriage is ganno affect your nunc pro tunc........................................................................Good luck and I will keep you updated as my case progressess...
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faysal
Congratulations! You're finally scheduled! I talked to an attorney and he told em that NPT asylum approval is backdated to the original approval date. You are supposed to receive new asylum approval letter in the mail along with your new I-94, which should also be backdated to the orginal asylum grant. After that the case should be sent back to NSC and, hopefully, processed before the end of this year, unless some bastard mishandles everything again (Hope not and keeping my fingers crossed)
I plan to send a letter to SF AO tomorrow and remind the INS that I exist. I figured I have nothing to lose. There's no reason for me to be afraid that NPT would not be granted, because the original asylum was granted on the basis of what happened to me, even though I was a derivative on the application.
There's no way I will reschedule my wedding date, which is going to be in the end of June. Until then I will be bombarding our dearest friends at the INS with letters, every day, if necessary until I get approval. Even if the morons set up the interview after the wedding, it will not make much of a difference to me becuse by then I will be a legal spouse of a native-born USC. At that point I will be eligible to file two-step petition and will tell them: 'Screw you with the freakin' NPT'! Either way I will be eligible to apply for citizenship in 2 years and 9 months after the marriage date.
I'm very glad to hear things are moving for you. Get ready for it, stay calm and do not forget to take as much paperwork pertaining to your case as you can think of and let's keep in touch. God bless us all.
Congratulations! You're finally scheduled! I talked to an attorney and he told em that NPT asylum approval is backdated to the original approval date. You are supposed to receive new asylum approval letter in the mail along with your new I-94, which should also be backdated to the orginal asylum grant. After that the case should be sent back to NSC and, hopefully, processed before the end of this year, unless some bastard mishandles everything again (Hope not and keeping my fingers crossed)
I plan to send a letter to SF AO tomorrow and remind the INS that I exist. I figured I have nothing to lose. There's no reason for me to be afraid that NPT would not be granted, because the original asylum was granted on the basis of what happened to me, even though I was a derivative on the application.
There's no way I will reschedule my wedding date, which is going to be in the end of June. Until then I will be bombarding our dearest friends at the INS with letters, every day, if necessary until I get approval. Even if the morons set up the interview after the wedding, it will not make much of a difference to me becuse by then I will be a legal spouse of a native-born USC. At that point I will be eligible to file two-step petition and will tell them: 'Screw you with the freakin' NPT'! Either way I will be eligible to apply for citizenship in 2 years and 9 months after the marriage date.
I'm very glad to hear things are moving for you. Get ready for it, stay calm and do not forget to take as much paperwork pertaining to your case as you can think of and let's keep in touch. God bless us all.
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Thanks Morning! I have understood your point, and hope things will work in your favor. As far as I am concerned, I have very neat paperwork of about five pages, including my original asylum approval notice, the document by which I travel, I-94 and few others. So from the experience I got from Anakara I will make sure that I have everything including two photos. I will see how it works.
One thing really funy is that the place they are gonna interview me is straight across where I work. As I sit my dest I see it every morning. I hope something great will come out of it.....
Thanks for your prayer and I hope for the same thing for you too..
One thing really funy is that the place they are gonna interview me is straight across where I work. As I sit my dest I see it every morning. I hope something great will come out of it.....
Thanks for your prayer and I hope for the same thing for you too..
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faysal
It's really good to hear that things are moving and you don't need to travel, as annaraka had to. I tried to post a reply earlier today, but the server was really slow. When I'm talking about paperwork, I mean literally every piece of documentation, which may pertain to your case. The minimum I can think of: a copy of the original asylum letter, I-94, evidence of continuous presence in the US for the last year, tax returns for the last three years, National Passport, if you have one, copies of all RTD's and a current one(if that applies) and copies of all petitions and letters to and from the INS/USCIS. The best of luck and may God bless you.
It's really good to hear that things are moving and you don't need to travel, as annaraka had to. I tried to post a reply earlier today, but the server was really slow. When I'm talking about paperwork, I mean literally every piece of documentation, which may pertain to your case. The minimum I can think of: a copy of the original asylum letter, I-94, evidence of continuous presence in the US for the last year, tax returns for the last three years, National Passport, if you have one, copies of all RTD's and a current one(if that applies) and copies of all petitions and letters to and from the INS/USCIS. The best of luck and may God bless you.
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