Back from ARLINGTON office
Its been 2 month since VSC transfferd my EAD to arlington, i didnt hear anthing , so i decided to waste my day and see what they were up to , experince isnt worth sharing , but still i m gonna tell u guys .
i had took INFO pass already and when i got there , there were around 60 spanish and some oriental nationals , NO desi at all, i guess all desi got smart and dont make themseleve fool standing in a long line , they know its not gonna help anything. well i got there around 6.30 . my print out of INFO pass showd timing of 8am,
a v mean lady cam around 7 am to all of us and asked if we had info pass , the only term those poor spanish knew was GREEN CARD or the train number to get to the arlington office , well its funny .....i felt so bad , 9 out of 10 peopple were sent home and were given an info pass without letting them into the office , I dont think myself lucky to be there at the v first place , though i had INFO pass . well here they open the door i was the 40th or the 50th in that line , up stair , i was issued the first ticket of the day , and was serverd at first ,
looking at my situation , the officer started beating the bushes and went for searching my file (EAD) .... after like 10 minutes he comes back and tells me i will have to fill a new application , it was 8.00am exact and still no sign of other people int eh ahll way , i filled the application and showed him the recipt of EAD from VSC , though he was sorry that my file was misplace , i took advantage of the situation and asked me many many question .
1) Q:my staus of i485..... trasfferred to arlington feb 24th 2004, he didnt give a str8 answer , but he sound honest and told me that , they havnt schedule any one since last nov 2003. and i sholdnt expact my interview sooner than next summer . i was davestated but .... yea , he opned my eyes at least
2)Q: abt the LOVLY move to another ofice , they arnt moving anywhere , perhaps never...........so that was a bull they gave to everybody
3)Q: since its not busy and i m gonna fill my EAD aplication again , can i file Advance Parole , .......oh sure though u have to take appointment , but yea u can fill this up and DO u have photo? i luckly had photos and filled the application ,
so i filed both , EAD and Advance parol together , i had no plan to file Advance parol , but when he told me the whole new story abt the backlog i just couldnt make any deciosn , YEAAAAAA he asked me why i ticked only one visit on parole application , WHY NOT multiple coz it can take longer than even he told me , i said wht do u mean? he said i will advise you do it multiple , in that case u can visit as many time as i could , (like i didnt know the term multiple visit ) i said fine , so i crossed the single one and ticked the multiple , and he asked me the reason , i simply wrote in 2 words , visiting family , and i said NO i dont have any death cerificate and no one is sick , and he laughed
as far as my EAD is concernd , he gave me another appointment date , and didnt let me have the interm EAD , overall he was not tooo bad . he had a point , if i get interm ead , who knows if they lose my application again , and send me letter for yearly EAD , so he simpley gave me appointment letter ,letter explain wht time and date i should where , to get my EAD letter ,
i am stunned that there are no more walk ins in Arlington office , so i will advise everyone here , dont just go there and stand in the line unless u get appointment for INFO pass .
i am not sure if i am gonna use Advance Parole ever , who knows these law maker are coming up with new laws everyday . and it says on the frnt page of application , WARNING . coz i was out of status for more than 60 days but less than 180 days . that was all VSC fault , they extanded my B 1 after the extension was expired . but today he was very encouraging , oh no no , you are all set , u can visit when ever u want , and ur Advanc eparole should be maild in a week or so . when i was filling the application , only thing in my mind came up , was wht if i burn out one day at least i have some chance to come back after landing in pakistan.
i guess i wrote too much already , and its been a long time i came here , and i m v disappointed that American justice isnt the fastest.
good luck guys , and stop thinking too much , which i can see , there is hardly any movement in this thread , glad DAVIS got his interview , he deserved it anyway.
for ppl who care ,
i 485 04/25/02
TD 02/23/04
2 FP 01/14/04
third EAD applied today ,
good luck to all of us
