Unpleasant experience in a Congressman's office

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wolfman

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On March, 2002, My wife and I have filed my I485 application to USCIS
(United States Citizenship and Immigration Service).
A few weeks later, we got the receipt dated March 26th, 2002 from USCIS
Texas Service Center. From that time, we waited for more than 850 days
without any update. Then our cases was transferred to USCIS Miami Local
office on July 13th, 2004.

According to USCIS official website, Miami Local office is currently
processing
case with receipt date of August 2003. This means my case is way ahead of it:
510 days or one and half year ahead. USCIS official website also indicated
that:
If you filed your case 30 days or more before the date shown on the chart,
and you have not received a request for evidence, a decision, or another
notice in the last thirty days, please call our National Customer Service
Center at 1-800-375-5283€

Therefore, on August 20th, 2004, after my case was transferred for more than
30 days, I
called the National Customer Service Center. And they sent a case inquiry to
Miami for
me. But more than a 40 days passed and I still haven€t got any reply yet.

Therefore went to a congressman's office asking for help to ask Miami Local office why our case
are pending
with a receipt date 510 days earlier than its official processing time.
But when I came in the office and told a lady about everything, she refused help
me because
she think the transfer date (July 2004) of my case should be considered
instead of my
original receipt date (March 2002). I told her that USCIS customer service
told me that
the original receipt date (March 2002) should be used to compare with Miami's
processing
time. Then she said those employees working for Homeland Security department
is wrong and
she is right even she doesn't work for homeland security department.

I told her if she could write her reason on a paper and sign it. She refused
and even
called the security officer. When the security officer came in, I told the
security officer
what happened very calmly and under her supervision, Yolander wrote the
reason on a paper
and signed. Then I left your office.
 
A sad experience

Wolfman,

Which congressman was it? I would go to his website and send another request to investigate your case status. Do not mention your unpleasant experience. See what happens.

My case was also sent to Miami around the same time (7/14/03). Has your I-140 been approved? Mine had not, but it was sent to Miami along with my I-485. My RD for both is 4/18/03, so a long time after yours.

This, my lawyer found out, was a mistake. The Supervisor at Miami found three boxes of cases which had also been sent to Miami by mistake from Texas. Online it said my case was still at Miami. I called the NSC and got them to initiate a status inquiry.

Perhaps your case was in one of those boxes?

Call the NSC and say your lawyer said your case was sent back to Texas and get them to do a check.

Good luck.

Koenig
 
Koenig

I have already sent this congressman a email complaining about it. I am
not afraid of showing my dissapointment. Also, I sent the case inquiry request
with necessary document to this congressman's office anyhow after this
visit.

My case was not concurrent, my 140 was approved on Feb 2002. But I noticed that TSC admitted they are processing concurrent filing faster than
non concurrent filing, which to me means a silly sick joke: You need wait
on the longest line because you came here first.

I don't think my case transfer was a mistake and I thought it is just I am
the unlucky one who was chosen by CIS as a Quality Control sample.

Anyway, thank you for your advice and good luck to all of us.
 
CuriousGeorge

Thanks for your advice, I already sent a fax to another congressman's office and his secretary already confirmed they have received it. ALso I am gonna try a senator and a local lawyer this week.

Good luck to both of us.
 
Wolfman,
Good luck. Hopefully that assistant was just slightly misinformed. amd you will have better luck with the other politicians.
 
So she told you July 2004 should be considered instead of March 2002 !
Its amazing how some people think they can throw away over 2 years of someones life in a split second of stupid thought. I can only immagine your frustration. I'm Glad she does not work for the TSC. On a second thought, I dont think the TSC folks are any better!
 
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