Letter to Director USCIS I-140 Jun 2003 Pending

[sanju_y678]

HI Friends,

I need help from all of guys.. My I-140 (Filed in JUN2003) is pending from last 2 yrs.. I made several attempt through AILA, Senator and Congressman, no success. Finally I have decided to right letter to USCIS director. I want to know, Am I doing right or wrong in sending letter to Director.

I need Director name and Address from any know who knows.
Format to send letter to Director is given below.. please correct it, if you find any thing inappropriate.

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Your name
Your address
fax/phone
Date:


To,
Director
Vermont Service Center of USCIS

Subject: Request for Immigration Petition for Alien Worker, Skilled Professional (I-140) application with receipt date {RD}


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing this letter to request your office's help in finding the status of my Immigration Petition for Alien Worker, Skilled Professional (I-140) applications, pending with USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services), Vermont Service Center for over 20 months.

I have mine I-140 applications filed at VSC since {RD}. Jun 2003(RD: 06/05/2003, ND: 06/09/2003) with Vermont Service Center, Saint Albans, VT. It is an employment based (EB-3) application.

According to the processing times published by USCIS, VSC is currently processing EB3 applications for Skilled Worker with RD ... Whereas our RD is {RD} , 20 months ahead of my filing date.

We received a request for evidence on.... and we replied and the website shows the updated status on .... [expand this para]

Further to that, we completed our 1st FP on {1st FP date}. However the online case status does reflect information about our 1st FP.

So far we have initiated {3} status queries through VCS and we have never received any response from USCIS. [This was true for us so I wrote]

The VCS phone enquiries have resulted in asking us to wait for 30-60 days since October 2004.

This been said, I do not know if there's some kind of center error that is causing the delay/backlog in my I-140 applications.

I understand that VSC processes thousands of applications every day and processing times could vary case by case. However, as our cases are backlogged and as I have failed to receive any clear communication from USCIS, I would like to present this fax request to review our applications and expedite the adjudication of our cases.

I would also appreciate if you could suggest an estimated processing time for the adjudication of our applications in your reply. [This statement is important]

Here is my contact information for any further communication -
Name
Address
Phone
Email
Fax

And here are our case details -

[In table format]

Applicant Name
A#
Type of application - I-140[EB3]
RD
ND
Receipt Number

Thank you very much for reading this request and hoping to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
{Your Name}

 

[emailraja]

Yours is a sad case. My pleas for action on I-140 fell on deaf ears and VSC warned me not to pursue the issue. They will only talk to the employer due to "privacy" reasons. It's strange, individuals like us are probed and checked in every way and have no privacy, but companies and the Govt get to have all the privacy they want.

 

[sanju_y678]

Since how long urs I-140 is pending ?

 

[sree234]

Iam waiting too Jan,2004
No Updates
Getting frustating

Best of Luck Guys

 

[chvkumar0208]

what is your employer and lawyer doing?did you ask them what did that say?try ask your lawyer to send this letter thay may help

 

[emailraja]

The employer and his lawyer are not interested in speeding it up. why should they be? They drag it along as long as they can. Lawyers for large corporations especially, who handle a lot of cases are aware of all nuances and tricks.

 

[janmanMD]

Hi Sanju! I am not sure if this is going to be too late, but my 140 case is in the same situation as you know. I had sent a letter in February for both my 140 and 485, i got a respond back for 485 within 2-3 weeks. But I still have not yet gotten a response back for 140, therfore I decided to talk to an INS officer staraight at vermont center, and I came to find out they will not responde to my 140 becuase I am not the "EMPLOYER" and they can not share the information with anyone except my employer. So you might want to give the letter to your employer and ask them if they can send that copy also and let you know when they get a response. Good Luck

 

[sanju_y678]

Hi JanMD,

You are right. my lawyer did send letter to VCS Director this week. Also we did send through Mail. She told me, there is no need to send through employer, as lawyer s already doing it.

I spoke to Officer last week, even she told me tell your employer or lawyer to call.

I am going on Vacation for 1 month next week, wana forget ths crap...

JANMD, let me know if there is any progress on ur case....