There's no official template. Just a simple letter indicating you wish to withdraw application for filing too early. Mind you by the time they process your withdrawal, your case may already have been adjudicated.
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Instructions already state 90 days in several places, so either it's up to applicant to read instructions and guide:
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf
Since so many people misunderstand that so USCIS should add somethings 90 day is not 3 month. You can say only idiots equate 90 days to 3 months, but
as we see from this forum, many people misunderstand that so that it also means USCIS instructions are flawed. Good instructions are not college reading conprehension
tests but should be meant evewn for "idiots" to understand.
Should I address the letter toThere's no official template. Just a simple letter indicating you wish to withdraw application for filing too early. Mind you by the time they process your withdrawal, your case may already have been adjudicated.
USCIS District Director or to my IO?
Thanks!
No need to personally address the letter. Address it to your USCIS DO.Should I address the letter to
USCIS District Director or to my IO?
Thanks!
The issue is not whether applications misunderstand 90 days to mean 3 calendar months (that obviously is not the case since 90 days is 90 days no matter which way you slice it). The issue is that some applicants automatically interpret 3 months to mean 3 calendar months without having read the guide that clearly states 90 days.Since so many people misunderstand that so USCIS should add somethings 90 day is not 3 month. .
OK. But at least in the letter, who should I address to?No need to personally address the letter. Address it to your USCIS DO.
Dear District Director or To Whome It May Be Concerned?
Dear USCIS,OK. But at least in the letter, who should I address to?
Dear District Director or To Whome It May Be Concerned?
The issue is that some applicants automatically interpret 3 months to mean 3 calendar months without having read the guide that clearly states 90 days.
As long as some applicants can make that mistake, it helps for USCIS to explicitly point this out. As I said it confusion rate can drop from 5% to 1%m then it is a big
improvement. Thiis is so unless USCIS want to make extra money by collecting fees from those applicants. I would if bank says it sgrace period is 90 days and may think that neabt 3 month and get charged for interests and file a lawsuit they will have a great chance to win
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OK. But at least in the letter, who should I address to?
Dear District Director or To Whome It May Be Concerned?
on my withdrawal letter, I put "To Whom It May Concern."
I received a confirmation letter with regard to my withdrawal, it was from my local USCIS office and signed by the director of the field office.
Don't forget to attach the copy of the NOA to your withdrawal letter, it will help them to search for your file. I also put my A# underneath my name at the end.
The reason some applicants make the mistake is because they didn't read the guide (which states 90 day) in the first place, not because it's vague in the guide as to how long 3 months really is.As long as some applicants can make that mistake, it helps for USCIS to explicitly point this out.
The reason some applicants make the mistake is because they didn't read the guide (which states 90 day) in the first place, not because it's vague in the guide as to how long 3 months really is.
Let me give my 2 cents here. I didn't read the guide carefully but I also happen to trust USCIS as an entity. i.e., if they accepted my case, i should be OK. I naively thought that, just like using my credit card, if my card expires, i would have been stopped in the first place. Or else it the credit card company's fault and i won't be responsible for that.
It boils down to how we view the relationship between us and the USCIS.
Are we their customers? Or we are just civilian at the mercy of their power?
I happen to work in private sector, where customer is god. They may be stupid but you adjust to their 'stupidity', because they pay you. Good luck if you just tell them to "read the rules".
On the other hand, I came from one of a few countries in the world where the government is feared and immensely powerful and it usually does whatever it wants with impunity.
Your tune unfortunately reminds me of the latter. Nothing against you and I am grateful for your help. Maybe it is a fact that government is all the same. I thought US would be different. Maybe I've been watcing too much Hollywood.
Believe it or not, applicants are the customer since USCIS is a fee based agency supported by applicant fees. However, rules must still be followed even if it means an ineligible applicant will forfeit their fee instead of simply being told by USCIS they aren't eligible. There are only a few instances were an applicant's application and fee will be returned if they clearly aren't eligible. While it may seem unfair or like bad customer service for an ineligible applicant to loose their entire fee instead of being immediately told they aren't eligible without further delay, USCIS has to set guidelines since it would loose even more money if they automatically refunded all ineligible applicants since those applicants must still go through initial processing.Let me give my 2 cents here. I didn't read the guide carefully but I also happen to trust USCIS as an entity. i.e., if they accepted my case, i should be OK. I naively thought that, just like using my credit card, if my card expires, i would have been stopped in the first place. Or else it the credit card company's fault and i won't be responsible for that.
It boils down to how we view the relationship between us and the USCIS.
Are we their customers? Or we are just civilian at the mercy of their power?
I happen to work in private sector, where customer is god. They may be stupid but you adjust to their 'stupidity', because they pay you. Good luck if you just tell them to "read the rules".
On the other hand, I came from one of a few countries in the world where the government is feared and immensely powerful and it usually does whatever it wants with impunity.
Your tune unfortunately reminds me of the latter. Nothing against you and I am grateful for your help. Maybe it is a fact that government is all the same. I thought US would be different. Maybe I've been watcing too much Hollywood.
What was the basis of the denial of your previous application?
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my previous application was rejected due to filing too early. They capture at the first step and send me back the application. I resend the application 2 weeks later, and it was accepted. That's why I assume USCIS already accepted my application. A rule is a rule that I agree. But if they cannot consistently enforce the rule within their organization, they better fix it. And it is a bad customer service to subject us the customers to the pain. Like you said, we paid!Believe it or not, applicants are the customer since USCIS is a fee based agency supported by applicant fees. However, rules must still be followed even if it means an ineligible applicant will forfeit their fee instead of simply being told by USCIS they aren't eligible. There are only a few instances were an applicant's application and fee will be returned if they clearly aren't eligible. While it may seem unfair or like bad customer service for an ineligible applicant to loose their entire fee instead of being immediately told they aren't eligible without further delay, USCIS has to set guidelines since it would loose even more money if they automatically refunded all ineligible applicants since those applicants must still go through initial processing.
What was the basis of the derail of your previous application?
And to me, paying the fee again is the not a problem. I hate wasting 40 days in uncertainty, knowing it is just a simple yes and no answer and my case is apparently delayed by their bureacracy. Maybe government is not the solution, it's the problem.
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my previous application was rejected due to filing too early. They capture at the first step and send me back the application. I resend the application 2 weeks later, and it was accepted. That's why I assume USCIS already accepted my application. A rule is a rule that I agree. But if they cannot consistently enforce the rule within their organization, they better fix it. And it is a bad customer service to subject us the customers to the pain. Like you said, we paid!
How early did you apply the first time? Was it like 120 days too early?
I agree, USCIS is not consistent with its rules. Then again, what can one expect from a bloated bureaucratic department.
On the other hand, I came from one of a few countries in the world where the government is feared and immensely powerful and it usually does whatever it wants with impunity.
Your tune unfortunately reminds me of the latter. Nothing against you and I am grateful for your help. Maybe it is a fact that government is all the same. I thought US would be different. Maybe I've been watcing too much Hollywood.
Which Hollywood movie did you watch? I thought they were all against Uncle Sam and the big government. Don't think you would find many people in the States who like the government.
I hate USCIS, too, because of all the ordeals I went through, especially because of the lawsuit I filed to clear my wife's background check. That being said, the government here is still light years ahead of Chinese government (I'm from China, too). No matter how bureaucratic the US government can sometimes get, they at least provide you ways to fight and correct the problems. That sometimes takes time and can be frustrating, but at least they're responsive to the complaints. In China... well, you probably know better than me. In many cases, the only hope is to go to Beijing where your local officials will have hired some thugs to intercept you and throw you into private prisons before you even have a chance...
BTW, why would you submit your application two week before you even get to the 90 day mark? You're really an impatient person, aren't you?
I'm impatient but that's not for you to judge. and i don't want to get into politics.Which Hollywood movie did you watch? I thought they were all against Uncle Sam and the big government. Don't think you would find many people in the States who like the government.
I hate USCIS, too, because of all the ordeals I went through, especially because of the lawsuit I filed to clear my wife's background check. That being said, the government here is still light years ahead of Chinese government (I'm from China, too). No matter how bureaucratic the US government can sometimes get, they at least provide you ways to fight and correct the problems. That sometimes takes time and can be frustrating, but at least they're responsive to the complaints. In China... well, you probably know better than me. In many cases, the only hope is to go to Beijing where your local officials will have hired some thugs to intercept you and throw you into private prisons before you even have a chance...
BTW, why would you submit your application two week before you even get to the 90 day mark? You're really an impatient person, aren't you?
cheers. let's see what the next saga would be.
I'm impatient but that's not for you to judge. and i don't want to get into politics.
cheers. let's see what the next saga would be.
Enough with your attitude dzhao1, this is a forum, people are not always going to tell you what you want to hear. Your case will definitely help another person who tried to be impatient like you. I can see why you have the issue reading the guide, you only read and interpret what you want, you only capture Madison04 last statement because that's what you focus on just like you focused on the wrong info in the guide. Next time READ CLEARLY.
to fairlakes
Did I acknowledge to help I received? I said I am grateful for all the help.
I am angry at myself and the bureaucracy.
Thanks for all the people that contributed useful information.
For the rest that just jump on judging other people. Shut your pipe hole. you don't know me. And I don't know you. Thank god.
Did I acknowledge to help I received? I said I am grateful for all the help.
I am angry at myself and the bureaucracy.
Thanks for all the people that contributed useful information.
For the rest that just jump on judging other people. Shut your pipe hole. you don't know me. And I don't know you. Thank god.
Get a calendar and count the days, if you are right according to what it says in the statute, then submit your evidence and calculation, if wrong submit a letter of withdrawl and re-apply.
Get out a calendar and count the days. If right fight, if wrong re-apply.
Get out a calendar and count the days. If right fight, if wrong re-apply.
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