Please help ! 485 Approval notices sent to old address

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Anish_GC

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Last month I had shifted to New York from New Jersey, I had sent the change of address to KY & also called NSC on 10/22/04 and updated my address but my LUD or online message never changed.

Today I had received a letter from USCIS about my case status inquiry to my present address in NY but sent the 485 approvals to my old address in NJ.

The exact message on the letter:

The status of your claim is:
This case has been approved. An approval notice was sent out to a NJ address on 11/03/04. Please utilize INFOPASS on our website to make an appointment to be processed for your permanent resident card as indicated on your approval letter.

I had called NSC customer service and informed them about my address changes and the text of the status inquiry, she told me that I cannot change my address since my case was approved and if I need to call them after Dec 3rd(30 days after approval date). She told me to send a letter to Vermont Service center and they will look at this information or I have to file I-824 for duplicate approval notices.

I am worried that the approval notice will go to my old address & return back to USCIS since the Postal services do not forward INS documents.
My lawyer had also changed his address recently. Do not know what is going to happen if the approval notices do not reach the lawyer or me.

Can I still go with the online message printout and the status inquiry letter? Please help


Please let me know if you have any information on how to get my approval notices to my present address.

Please help me out.

Anish
 
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hakoonamataata,
My lawyer hasn't recieved any mail as of today.

BTW: I forgot to mention that when I called NSC the operator told that sometimes the approval notice maynot be sent to the lawyer. Is this true?

Are the 485 approvals forwarded to current address? Can anyone of you share your insights.
Thanks,
Anish
 
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Please let me know if there is a forum with approval going to old addresses.

I had searched a lot of forums and could not find an answer. Please direct me to the right forum if anyone had read about a similar situation.

Thanks,
Anish
 
Stamping without approval letter

Final stamping story:
Today I had reached Albany Service center at 8:15am showed them my case inquiry letter. The security guard gave me a token and told me to sit and an information immigration officer will call you. Before I could get to find a seat my token was called. Showed them the case inquiry letter. The case inquiry letter was addressed to my current address. I told her that I had received the case inquiry letter to my present address & the approval was sent to my old address. Immigration officer showed the letter to next clerk & laughed at the message and asked me for my passport / I-94/EAD/AP/ 2 photographs and proof of residence( I was tensed before she asked me my passport since I was expecting a run around for my approval notice). She filled a form and took the index finger print & signature. After my stamping she took my wife’s documents and stamped her passport. (My wife’s case was approved but did not have approval notice or case inquiry letter except for passport / I-94/EAD/AP and 2 photos). She told us that we can travel anywhere and the plastic card will take 3-6 months to reach us. By 8:28am our stamping was done and were out of the small building.


Anyway, It’s a happy ending without an approval letter.

Will update tonight.

Anish
 
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