I am no Terrorist, any advice?

[hecate]

Hi all,
I also have good news. Finally!
I contacted Anwen Hughes after I found out about her on this forum (Thank you for that info).
She got back to me immediately and we had scheduled to meet. She read my asylum case and was so surprised to see that there was nothing that could possibly connect me to any group as I had/have never belonged to any group whatsoever.

She apologized for what happened to me and people like me. She was very gracious. (It was not her fault)
She contacted DHS and they admitted that it was an "error on their part"...can you imagine?! They sent me a Welcome Notice yesterday and said that they'll mail the green card in three weeks time.
11 years after applying for green card, and putting me through all the anxiety, I'll be getting the GC.
I never thought this could happen to me. There is God. Thank you God!

Here is her contact info: HughesA@humanrightsfirst.org. She is with Human Rights First organization. She is based in New York but travels all over the states so please mention where you live, if she happens to be traveling to your state, she might be able to meet with you in person.

She had also checked with USCIS about the possibility of getting them to approve cases like ours retroactively to the date the case was erroneously put on hold for Citizenship, and she said unfortunately it appears there are legal decisions out there that they do not have authority to do this. Who knows, only time determines.

So there is HOPE. Please do not give up. And please post any info regarding the hold, the names of the people that you've contacted, the feedback that you got from them - it's very helpful. The information that I got on this forum helped solve my case. I can't thank you enough. Also the emotional support that I got from this forum can't be measured. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

I'll keep you posted and pray for you 'cause I know what you're going through.

And thank you to the Law Offices for Rajiv S. Khanna for creating this Web site.

God Bless!

Congratulations and good luck, my case was also put on hold for the party I never belonged to, you have placed a very helpful post. thanks. PS I am waiting since 1999, unlucky my asylum grant was also delayed (file lost ) I applied for asylum in 1993 and was granted in 1998

 

[assylum]

I can not believe it. I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Asylum approved 1999. I've been waiting for 12 years finaly they send me email this morning that card proudction, it's here. by the way I am sudanese, (Umma party)

Congratulations. I am happy for you. 12 years waiting wow. They should give a citizenship instead of GC.

 

[assylum]

Congratulations Miaj. Finally hope and dream became reality.

 

[hecate]

Congratulation asylee_99, and "alf mabrook".

congratulation asylee_99 and all who got approved.

 

[hecate]

I can not believe it. I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Asylum approved 1999. I've been waiting for 12 years finaly they send me email this morning that card proudction, it's here. by the way I am sudanese, (Umma party)

Glad to hear your misery is over, what do you mean by they send you and email?, are they sending correspondence to your email address instead of sending you a mail to your residential address.

 

[pending_99]

Glad to hear your misery is over, what do you mean by they send you and email?, are they sending correspondence to your email address instead of sending you a mail to your residential address.

hecate,
You can create an account with USCIS and you can get emails and even text messages in your phone if there is an update in your case.

 

[cortaidus]

WOW miaj and asylee got approved.. congratulations... thanks to ms Hughes..

 

[usa21]

hey, maiji

when did u schedule to meet Ms Amwen Hughes? I met with her in June ealier. But, my case is nothing to improve. How long does you take to get ur GC after meetint Ms. Amwen Hughes.

Hi all,
I also have good news. Finally!
I contacted Anwen Hughes after I found out about her on this forum (Thank you for that info).
She got back to me immediately and we had scheduled to meet. She read my asylum case and was so surprised to see that there was nothing that could possibly connect me to any group as I had/have never belonged to any group whatsoever.

She apologized for what happened to me and people like me. She was very gracious. (It was not her fault)
She contacted DHS and they admitted that it was an "error on their part"...can you imagine?! They sent me a Welcome Notice yesterday and said that they'll mail the green card in three weeks time.
11 years after applying for green card, and putting me through all the anxiety, I'll be getting the GC.
I never thought this could happen to me. There is God. Thank you God!

Here is her contact info: HughesA@humanrightsfirst.org. She is with Human Rights First organization. She is based in New York but travels all over the states so please mention where you live, if she happens to be traveling to your state, she might be able to meet with you in person.

She had also checked with USCIS about the possibility of getting them to approve cases like ours retroactively to the date the case was erroneously put on hold for Citizenship, and she said unfortunately it appears there are legal decisions out there that they do not have authority to do this. Who knows, only time determines.

So there is HOPE. Please do not give up. And please post any info regarding the hold, the names of the people that you've contacted, the feedback that you got from them - it's very helpful. The information that I got on this forum helped solve my case. I can't thank you enough. Also the emotional support that I got from this forum can't be measured. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

I'll keep you posted and pray for you 'cause I know what you're going through.

And thank you to the Law Offices for Rajiv S. Khanna for creating this Web site.

God Bless!

 

[totallylost]

hello every one ,nothing new on my side still waiting for response from Ms. Hughes I do not know the reason she is not responding could it be that she found out there is no hope for my case or what I know this does not make sense if she had bad news she would come straight but what is it does any one have any clue

 

[Deep Trigger]

hello every one ,nothing new on my side still waiting for response from Ms. Hughes I do not know the reason she is not responding could it be that she found out there is no hope for my case or what I know this does not make sense if she had bad news she would come straight but what is it does any one have any clue

Nothing new for many others among all of us, same old situation, waiting and waiting...
Ms. Hughes works for human rights, and has little access to little bit of information during stakeholder meeting with USCIS, and request for Freedom of Information to the DOJ. There is no possible bad news for anyone currently on hold, because we are all innocently and wrongly put on hold, we didn't do anything. She is probably tired, or and didn't feel like helping you. I personally talked her, she thought it was a mistake for my case to be put on hold, didn't offer any further assistance, it was the end of it, I am back in line waiting.
I think no one knows what's going on with USCIS, I knows many people on hold who applied for asylee AOS before 2001, STILL REMAIN ON HOLD. When this injustice will be over ? who knows, maybe in the next couple of months, maybe by the end of 2011 as predicted, may be some will some, some others will never. Let us cross our fingers and hope for the best. I am hopeful that we will be approved, just don't know (WHEN? and HOW this process works). Lies, bureaucracy, mismanagement and lack of transparency, contradiction.The bottom line is Ms. Hughes doesn't see priority in working on your case, doesn't feel any urgency of working on your case, or provide you any further assistance, giving you a run around. What else cold it be. I don't thing there is any bad news on your case, I don't know your personal case, but you are fine like any other of us. Chill out, no worries, it's not YOU, the fault is them (USCIS). Hang in there your day's coming don't loose hope.

 

[hecate]

Nothing new for many others among all of us, same old situation, waiting and waiting...
Ms. Hughes works for human rights, and has little access to little bit of information during stakeholder meeting with USCIS, and request for Freedom of Information to the DOJ. There is no possible bad news for anyone currently on hold, because we are all innocently and wrongly put on hold, we didn't do anything. She is probably tired, or and didn't feel like helping you. I personally talked her, she thought it was a mistake for my case to be put on hold, didn't offer any further assistance, it was the end of it, I am back in line waiting.
I think no one knows what's going on with USCIS, I knows many people on hold who applied for asylee AOS before 2001, STILL REMAIN ON HOLD. When this injustice will be over ? who knows, maybe in the next couple of months, maybe by the end of 2011 as predicted, may be some will some, some others will never. Let us cross our fingers and hope for the best. I am hopeful that we will be approved, just don't know (WHEN? and HOW this process works). Lies, bureaucracy, mismanagement and lack of transparency, contradiction.The bottom line is Ms. Hughes doesn't see priority in working on your case, doesn't feel any urgency of working on your case, or provide you any further assistance, giving you a run around. What else cold it be. I don't thing there is any bad news on your case, I don't know your personal case, but you are fine like any other of us. Chill out, no worries, it's not YOU, the fault is them (USCIS). Hang in there your day's coming don't loose hope.

Deep Trigger I totally agree with you, in addition I think it has a lot to do with your religion and nationality, but some good non Muslims got sucked in just to show that they are not discriminating and there are non Muslims with other countries on hold as well.

 

[Deep Trigger]

Deep Trigger I totally agree with you, in addition I think it has a lot to do with your religion and nationality, but some good non Muslims got sucked in just to show that they are not discriminating and there are non Muslims with other countries on hold as well.

hecate, you are totally right, I am muslim, and my asylum case is religion based, pro-islam, my country is in the terro... list.

 

[totallylost]

Deep Trigger thanks for the support every day it gets harder and harder for me and I'm sure for every one of us suffering what can I say I'm a mother who is living the fear of loosing my kids if this continues to be the same like you said Ms. Hughes when I talked to her was so eager to help she requested some info about my case and I emailed every thing to her but she did not tell me what she thinks i kept calling and emailing with nothing back but silence ,thanks again and I hope to see justice soon

 

[hecate]

Some stories are very touchy but bad things happen in hate and hatred and as we all know minority suffers as usual, this is the reason why we are here and this is the reason we regret being here as well.

 

[Deep Trigger]

Deep Trigger thanks for the support every day it gets harder and harder for me and I'm sure for every one of us suffering what can I say I'm a mother who is living the fear of loosing my kids if this continues to be the same like you said Ms. Hughes when I talked to her was so eager to help she requested some info about my case and I emailed every thing to her but she did not tell me what she thinks i kept calling and emailing with nothing back but silence ,thanks again and I hope to see justice soon

Totallylost, you are just going to be fine, believe me, none these holds are justified, or right, it is unfair, unjust, and totally wrong, that's what legal limbo is, and we are in a legal limbo situation, no one willing to assist, no one cares, <<something that is not quite right, and justice is being delayed for review correction>> there are several high level officials in DHS who think that 212(a)3(b) affecting tier-III groups, make no sense and should be repealed, but they are not willing to stay their grounds, to put their necks on the line. If we were terrorists why do we have to wait until we obtain that piece plastic, we are allowed to travel without that plastic. paranoia.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
In our laws, we must treat all people with fairness and dignity ~ Bill Clinton
Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. ~ Arnold Glasow
Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real
No one can predict when we will be approved. Hopefully very soon, I guess. I applied for AOS in 1999. I have been waiting since 1999, 11 years long painful years, still nothing.
Victim of Quotas (10, 000 asylum per year quota) for 4 years pending
Victim of name check for another 3 years pending
Victim of 212(a)3(b) for another 4 years pending.
Still waiting.

 

[HBA]

Hi Guys,

Here what I got from Anwen today she got back to my e-mail in less 10 min.

There are currently two so-called Tier III groups awaiting Secretary Napolitano's review/signature for possible exemptions. Once those are dealt with, there are two other proposed exemptions that are not group-specific that are supposed to be presented to her (one for people who were coerced into receiving military-type training by armed groups, and another for people who gave medical care to non-state combatants). The next thing in line after that, from what we have been told, is a list of 18 parties/organizations that are currently being treated as Tier III groups. The OLF is one of those 18. So while I can tell you that the OLF is on the road to being considered for an exemption, I am hesitant to try to estimate how long it will take for a decision to be reached.

I may have some more information on this in the coming weeks, so please don't hesitate to check back with me later. I am sorry not to have more solid assurances to offer.

Best regards,

Anwen

 

[Waiting-1]

Hi HBA,
Doesn't sound good at all. It took them two years to exempt two groups so just imagine how long it will take to exempt 18. May be it is time to go ahead with filing a writ of mandamus against the DHS and the USCIS

 

[Deep Trigger]

Hi HBA,
Doesn't sound good at all. It took them two years to exempt two groups so just imagine how long it will take to exempt 18. May be it is time to go ahead with filing a writ of mandamus against the DHS and the USCIS

WRIT could probably be a better option,especially when they approved some; and put others on hold (under the equal justice system). I did file a WRIT a while back and it didn't quite work for my benefit, I was urged to dismiss the suit by the Assistant U.S Attorney or else the application would be denied. Confusing information, really confusing. What happen to 1/2 cases will be processed by 2010, the other 1/2 cases by end 2011. A few weeks ago I said that the process is slow, complicated, and unclear, meaning was not finalized, many information is out there but conflicting information,who knows, games and bureaucracy. I know one thing, they are still working on it with a slow pace, some may be approved soon, some other may remain on hold way longer.
I really lost hope.

 

[hecate]

Good morning, xx
RE: I-485 LINxxx
Our records show that the case referenced above is still pending at the Nebraska Service Center but it appears that the case is on hold because there is evidence in the file that makes the applicant inadmissible under 212(a) (3) (B) of the INA, and USCIS currently has no authority not to apply the inadmissibility ground(s) to which they appear to be subject.
Therefore, if the case is worked now, it would have to be denied. Rather then denying this applicant based on inadmissibility, we are holding adjudication in abeyance while the Department of Homeland Security considers additional exercises of the Secretary of Homeland Secretary’s discretionary exemption authority. Such an exercise of the exemption authority might allow us to approve these cases. It should be noted that we have been receiving these exemptions from DHS but it appears that we have not yet received such an exemption for Mr. xx case to date. However, I did contact a supervisor again regarding this case and the supervisor provided that this case will remain on hold for the present time.

Applicants who were granted Refugee and Asylee status and have I-485 cases on hold because they appear to be inadmissible at this time under 212(a)(2)(B) of the INA are in legal status. Although they do not adjust to Permanent Resident until their I-485 is approved, they do remain in Asylee or Refugee status and are eligible to apply for work permits and travel documents. This also does not affect the applicant’s re-entry into the U.S. if he should travel outside U.S.
You may share this information with the applicant. You may wish to check on the status of this case in 6 months.
Also please redact our names along with any phone numbers form our emails when forwarding or providing them to applicants. Our names are for congressional use only and should not be provided to the applicants.
I hope that you find this information helpful.
Thank you,

This is the latest response I have received on Friday October 01.2010, but I was busy to type this during weekend so here it is, I thought it would be helpful since it has answers to few questions that was concern by some including myself regarding travel documents and re-entry and some information on case processing, etc, also if you guys noticed in 2nd paragraph USCIS uses section 212(a)(2)(B) of the INA, instead of 212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, my assumptions are this may be typo, the only good news is with this letter I may travel to Canada to see my son. and also that they are informing that "It should be noted that we have been receiving these exemptions from DHS"
Hope this is helpful information, which is the reason why I took all this time to type the entire response for my request.

 

[HBA]

I am so glad that you can go and see your son. So did you get that through the Senator office?