OK, this could be the enigma of my entire future life for me. i'm an AC21 case (switched employers after 183 days), got RFE in April (employer letter), replied to it with a letter from them about permanence of job.
A few weeks after CIS received my RFE, my employer gave me notice of termination of employment - this was truly not in their plans, or mine, but due to a shuffle of management and reassignment of duties. Nothing I told them made any difference. My last day of work was assigned as 30th June.
Utterly confused and dejected, and not knowing what to do, I nevertheless waited for a miracle approval. Me and my spouse's cases were approved on 19th June, barely in time before my lay-off - I got the approval letter in my hand on 23rd June, went and successfully stamped our passports on 28th June.
I had called in sick from work on 24th and 25th June, and when I went back to work on Monday the 28th June (after our green card stamping), to my utter horror and disbelief, I was told that I had actually been already laid off on 25th June (last Friday). I am not sure how this confusion arose but I was too depressed to ask.
Now I'm not sure if I'm even in status. My EVL was based on (I guess) the best of intentions. My approval was before my lay-off, although my stamp on the passport was after. Should I just be honest and write or call up CIS and turn myself in (oops, feels like a convict of some kind). Or should I just lay low and try to find jobs, which won't be easy and might take a couple of months at least, especially if it has to be in the similar fields. Most importantly, I have to think about supporting a family, so can I apply for unemployment, or will it be deemed fraud? Seems like I'm in such a deep hole!
A few weeks after CIS received my RFE, my employer gave me notice of termination of employment - this was truly not in their plans, or mine, but due to a shuffle of management and reassignment of duties. Nothing I told them made any difference. My last day of work was assigned as 30th June.
Utterly confused and dejected, and not knowing what to do, I nevertheless waited for a miracle approval. Me and my spouse's cases were approved on 19th June, barely in time before my lay-off - I got the approval letter in my hand on 23rd June, went and successfully stamped our passports on 28th June.
I had called in sick from work on 24th and 25th June, and when I went back to work on Monday the 28th June (after our green card stamping), to my utter horror and disbelief, I was told that I had actually been already laid off on 25th June (last Friday). I am not sure how this confusion arose but I was too depressed to ask.
Now I'm not sure if I'm even in status. My EVL was based on (I guess) the best of intentions. My approval was before my lay-off, although my stamp on the passport was after. Should I just be honest and write or call up CIS and turn myself in (oops, feels like a convict of some kind). Or should I just lay low and try to find jobs, which won't be easy and might take a couple of months at least, especially if it has to be in the similar fields. Most importantly, I have to think about supporting a family, so can I apply for unemployment, or will it be deemed fraud? Seems like I'm in such a deep hole!