I-485 approval after WOM

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viviengu

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I want to thank this forum for the help and support. Today I recieved the long-waiting email from CIS.

The following is my case time line:
I-140 (EB2, NIW-China), RD april/04, AD Mar/05
I-485 RD April/05
1st FP Sept,05
NC probably started and pending since July 05
contacted FBI through email, no answer
contacted congressman, NC still pending
Filed WOM pro se, Nov 22, 06
2nd FP, Jan 06, 07
Card ordered Jan 22, 07 :)
 
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Please share your WOM experience

Congratulations!

Did you file WOM yourself or by attorney? My i-485 is stuck in name check since June 2004. My PD is Aug. 2001. EB2, China. I don't know if it is too late to file WOM. Thanks for your help!
 
sample of WOM

Hi viviengu,

Would you be so kind to email me your copy of WOM pro se as an example(black out your personal info)? I am in Los Angeles, I would really apprecitate your help!

Thanks!
 
mygchope said:
Hi viviengu,

Would you be so kind to email me your copy of WOM pro se as an example(black out your personal info)? I am in Los Angeles, I would really apprecitate your help!

Thanks!
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Same here, please.
 
Could you email me your application?

Viviengu,
Congrats. I would really appreciate if you could email me your application. Please remove your personal info - I just want to use it as a reference.
Desi

viviengu said:
I filed WOM myself, based on the post http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=194681.

Lots of people said that you can file WOM if you have done the following:
1. CIS email inquiry
2. contacted congressman or senator
3. contacted FBI
4. done FOIA
5. waited over 6 months
I didn't have FOIA though.
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Thank you so much- viviengu!

Thank you so much- viviengu!

It is really nice to have people like you that are willing to help in this forum!

Could you please send me via Email a copy of Yu v. Brown, 36F. Supp. 2d 922, 925 (D.N.M. 1999); Agbemaple v. INS, No. 97 C 8457, 1988 WL 292441 (N.D. Ill. May 18, 1988)), which are cited by you in your complaint.
My email is againusa@gmail.com

Thank you so much!
 
Sorry that I don't have those files. I just copied these citations from other sample complaints. I guess you can find them from PACER system, but I didn't do that.

againusa said:
Thank you so much- viviengu!

It is really nice to have people like you that are willing to help in this forum!

Could you please send me via Email a copy of Yu v. Brown, 36F. Supp. 2d 922, 925 (D.N.M. 1999); Agbemaple v. INS, No. 97 C 8457, 1988 WL 292441 (N.D. Ill. May 18, 1988)), which are cited by you in your complaint.
My email is againusa@gmail.com

Thank you so much!
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Vivien- Thanks - Is this all you filed?

Vivien,
Is this letter all you had to file (along with the exhibits)? Or were there some other forms etc that were also required?
Thanks so much for sharing your application.

Regards,
Desi
 
Yes, basically this is the only letter I filed (with exhibits of course). All I did is to fill out the civil cover sheet form, together with the summon form, and file them to the court. Of course it is not mandatory for you to prepare the summon by yourself. However, it will save you the time waiting for the court to return it to you.

I went to the court to file the complaint. After filing, I got a sealed summon form and a copy of complaint stamped with case # by the court. The court took two other copies complaint. In addition, the court gave me some orders of its local rules.

I copied the summon form, stamped complaint and court orders. My husband mailed a copy of these materials via certified mail with return receipt to each defendant, plus the US Attorney General in D.C., and the US Attorney's Office of Northern District of California. I could not do the mailing by myself because of the civil rules. The last one is the most important to serve. And for this one, you have to put "Civil Process Clerk" as the receipient instead of the Attorney's name according to the Federal Civil Rules.

After receiving the return receipts from USPS (it will take a long time for some Defendant to return it, and some you may never receive it. Please go to USPS website asking for e-mail notification and print out the notice then.), my husband filled out the certificate of service form, and filed them to the court.

And wait patiently. You will get your GC soon. :-)
 
Thanks Vivien

"My husband mailed a copy of these materials via certified mail with return receipt to each defendant, plus the US Attorney General in D.C., and the US Attorney's Office of Northern District of California. I could not do the mailing by myself because of the civil rules. The last one is the most important to serve. And for this one, you have to put "Civil Process Clerk" as the receipient instead of the Attorney's name according to the Federal Civil Rules."

So some one, other than the defendant needs to MAIL these complaints to the defendants? That's a weird rule.

You said that the last one (the one to the US attorney's office in Northern California) is the most important one to serve. Why is that? And was it in reference to this one that you mentioned its required to put "Civil Process clerk" as recepient name?

"After receiving the return receipts from USPS (it will take a long time for some Defendant to return it, and some you may never receive it. Please go to USPS website asking for e-mail notification and print out the notice then.), my husband filled out the certificate of service form, and filed them to the court."

Do we HAVE to use USPS or Fedex/UPS are fine too? BTW, what is the "certificate of service" form and why did your husband have to file it (as opposed to you)?

Thanks so much for your help Vivien. You are providing great help to many that have been stuck in the GC process for years.

Desi
 
> So some one, other than the defendant needs to MAIL these complaints to the defendants? That's a weird rule.

Yes, this is by Federal Civil Rules. Read it carefully.

> You said that the last one (the one to the US attorney's office in Northern California) is the most important one to serve. Why is that? And was it in reference to this one that you mentioned its required to put "Civil Process clerk" as recepient name?

Your understanding is correct. I was referring to the US attorney's office in NC when I talked about "Civil Process Clerk". Again, please read Federal Civil Rules carefully as this is documented there clearly. This is the most important one because he/she will push USCIS to take care of your case, not the one in D.C..

> Do we HAVE to use USPS or Fedex/UPS are fine too?

Federal Civil Rule says USPS.

> BTW, what is the "certificate of service" form and why did your husband have to file it (as opposed to you)?

This is the second page of summon form. My husband is the server, so he filed it.
 
Hi Vivian,
I saw that you put CHRISTINA POULOS, Acting Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, California Service Center, as a defendant. The address I found about her was
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
California Service Center
P.O. Box 30111
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0111
Is this correct? This is a PO Box. Usually you can't send get return receipt from a POBox. How did you do it?
Thanks.
 
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