In Need of Major Advice-- regarding AOS interview

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yankees73

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Hello:

Here's my situation:
My wife and I filed the I-485 back in Nov 2001 in NYC where we currently live.
We went for the AOS interview earlier this month (Nov 2003), where the Immigration Officer wrote a "PENDING" motion on my passport with I-485, my Alien Number and CR6.
We then received recently a letter asking us to come back for another interview in ONE YEAR from now, and bring exactly the same papers as those we presented earlier this month. We are supposed to go to room 8-100 in 26 Federal Plaza (Parole Unit Room) and ask for the Adjudication Officer to take the interview.
I am wondering whether this is a usual procedure for BCIS to ask for us to come back ONE YEAR later, to basically have another interview. I was expecting to probably be asked to provide more documents, get directly accepted or get denied-- but not wait for another year to be interviewed.

Is this normal?
If no, is there anything that I can do to shorten the period of 1 year?
Also, would our congressman be of any help should we decide to ask for his assistance?

Thank you so much for your assistance. :)
 
did they mention anything that your application is waiting for I-130 approval or security check etc ??

goodluck
 
Unfortunately, the interview didn't not mention anything: she just wrote pending on passport and told us that she will either send us a letter via mail or call us via phone.
Next thing I know, I have to report for another interview in a year from now.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is it legitimate? If no, what can I do to address the situation and possibly ask for immediate action?
Thanks.
 
Does that make sense that they just wanted me to come back to a brand new interview requesting the same papers as the ones they requested for the first interview?
Is there a possibility that somewhere there was a mistake?:(
 
It could be a lot of things. It's possible that the officer saw something in the file that prevented approval at the time but would be less of an issue in a year and decided to ajourn the interview to a time when the application would be approvable. Without looking at the entire situation it's impossible to say for certain. Speak to your immigration attorney.
 
My question I guess is the following:
Does USCIS have leeway in terms of postponing an approval for a year because they weren't fully satisfied with a document?
If that is the case, such a situation will create a grey area whereby USCIS can arbitrarily decide upon someone's credentials. We then are badly in need of legislation that would correct this loophole.
My guess is that immigration law is clear and simple: either accept, deny or ask for additional information.
I still believe that they should have asked for additional information had they been not fully satisfied with my documentation-- or deny the application altogether.
Has anyone here ever witnessed a similar occurence?
Thanks.
 
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