What is infopass? What can be accomplished at one?

[timmy_d11]

I have one for tomorrow regarding my wife being denied permanent resident because I lost my job. I have a cosponsor now, one that I had 2 days after the interview, which the officer said she would wait for - and didn't.

Is it just a meeting?

Do they care?

Can anything good come out of one?

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Is it just a meeting? Do they care? Can anything good come out of one?

I'd just refile.

 

[Glorya]

It's a meeting with immigration official where you can inquire about your case. Unlike telephone customer service, you can get real information. Such as AP, EAD, if case had been transferred to local office for processing, name check and stuff like that... It they are having a good day, they can be of assistance. If you get unfriendly officer, I would request to speak to a superivisor. What that bi.... did to you is total c... ... There should be easier way than filing everything again.

 

[timmy_d11]

I'd just refile.

Look, I'm having one of the worst days of my life - if you can't state anything that would answer the questions, kindly opt out of this discussion.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Look, I'm having one of the worst days of my life - if you can't state anything that would answer the questions, kindly opt out of this discussion.

I'm not here to be a guest at your pity party; I'm here to help your wife get a Green Card. Based on your ealier posts, your wife was clearly ineligible for permanent residency at the time of the interview, and should have been denied on the spot. It's unfortunate that you got the cosponsor lined up two days later, but a verbal offer from a DAO is meaningless. Unless you have evidence that a) the DAO promised to withold ajudication, b) he or she had the legal authority to do so, and c) you submitted the evidence in time, you have ZERO chance of getting the decision overturned. Don't even dream of trying to get a misconduct complaint anywhere; that's just your anger talking.

I can almost guranatee you that the fastest, most effective use of you and your wife's time, money and effort is going to be refiling the case. You can try the InfoPass (it won't hurt) and if they reopen, great. You're really lucky. But be prepared to refile and focus on your end result.

How long did your wife wait for her interview? I spent almost two years waiting for an interview because Atlanta INS simply refused to do their job and didn't schedule ANY I-485 interviews for anyone for over a year, I had a medically fragile child at home who had turned one of our bedrooms into an ICU, and to top it all off I lost my job (for an EB green card) six weeks before my interview ended up taking place, and had to scramble for a new one. The reason I'm here and helping is that I didn't let anger, frustration or fear distract me from the real goal. You shouldn't either.

 

[timmy_d11]

I don't want you to come to my pity party either. I'm having a rough day (life, for that matter) and would just appreciate detailed information and suggestions over super-vague "I'd just refile".

WELL THEN, they are going to have to call me a liar about the immigration officer giving us until the following Friday morning to get a cosponsor and ALL of the required paperwork.

THEN they can say that she did not have that authority to do that, and I will point out that she should not have offered that then, which she did.

AND I DID get the package from my cosponsor to the window at Garden City by the deadline the interview officer gave me - AND got it date/time stamped. The security guard told us firmly, "you are NOT going to see the officer today". Maybe I should have politely insisted and see where it got me but I did not want to create any waves.

In fact, I seem to recall that the interview officer told us to bring the cosponsor's affidavit directly to her by Friday morning - but she HAD to know that we were going to hit a security roadblock downstairs.

By the time I leave tomorrow, they will KNOW I am telling the truth about this officer, and they will have to make a decision if, even though I should have had the cosponsor's affidavit of support at the interview, I got screwed over.

A reopening SHOULD do the trick, I would think, because I now have what they denied us for. But I don't know how big of ballbusters these people are. Aren't they almost obligated to reopen if I now have a cosponsor and my wife will never be dependent on society and taxpayers? Why would they make us go through refiling if we are only hungup on one thing that we now have and reopening should solve?

SOMEONE DECENT ought to see that, considering the facts and under the circumstances, I should NOT have to pay to reopen or refile - and I SHOULD NOT have to deal with the time setback of reopening and refiling. Hopefully the infopass person will be more kind and decent than the woman that did our interview for my wife's permanent resident status - it was obvious and apparent that she WAS NOT rooting for us, and was very "matter of fact", robotic and cold as she dealt with our lives. I'm curious if she even remembered that she gave us until the morning of the 27th and said "#$%^ it" anyway.

Just out of curiosity, what does complete refiling entail? We have a paralegal that has helped us with all of this, and I can't recall how much paperwork, money and time we are talking about here.

Sorry about YOUR living hell - hopefully it worked itself out and things are tremendously better for you and your family now.

 

[Al Southner]

take a long nap....

I don't want you to come to my pity party either. I'm having a rough day (life, for that matter) and would just appreciate detailed information and suggestions over super-vague "I'd just refile".

WELL THEN, they are going to have to call me a liar about the immigration officer giving us until the following Friday morning to get a cosponsor and ALL of the required paperwork.

THEN they can say that she did not have that authority to do that, and I will point out that she should not have offered that then, which she did.

AND I DID get the package from my cosponsor to the window at Garden City by the deadline the interview officer gave me - AND got it date/time stamped. The security guard told us firmly, "you are NOT going to see the officer today". Maybe I should have politely insisted and see where it got me but I did not want to create any waves.

In fact, I seem to recall that the interview officer told us to bring the cosponsor's affidavit directly to her by Friday morning - but she HAD to know that we were going to hit a security roadblock downstairs.

By the time I leave tomorrow, they will KNOW I am telling the truth about this officer, and they will have to make a decision if, even though I should have had the cosponsor's affidavit of support at the interview, I got screwed over.

A reopening SHOULD do the trick, I would think, because I now have what they denied us for. But I don't know how big of ballbusters these people are. Aren't they almost obligated to reopen if I now have a cosponsor and my wife will never be dependent on society and taxpayers? Why would they make us go through refiling if we are only hungup on one thing that we now have and reopening should solve?

SOMEONE DECENT ought to see that, considering the facts and under the circumstances, I should NOT have to pay to reopen or refile - and I SHOULD NOT have to deal with the time setback of reopening and refiling. Hopefully the infopass person will be more kind and decent than the woman that did our interview for my wife's permanent resident status - it was obvious and apparent that she WAS NOT rooting for us, and was very "matter of fact", robotic and cold as she dealt with our lives. I'm curious if she even remembered that she gave us until the morning of the 27th and said "#$%^ it" anyway.

Just out of curiosity, what does complete refiling entail? We have a paralegal that has helped us with all of this, and I can't recall how much paperwork, money and time we are talking about here.

Sorry about YOUR living hell - hopefully it worked itself out and things are tremendously better for you and your family now.

Timmy11...

I am sorry that USCIS is giving such a hard time. First of all, you are frustrated and angry at this process, most importantly, your wife's denied the greencard because of your unemployment (which I hope is temporal). Employment is a requirement to be able to sponsor someone, and I aware you understand this. However, your lack of employment wasn't deliberate, but accidental and happened to be costly for you and wife.

Timmy... take a long nap, I mean a long long long NAP. When you wake up, wake up like a man who is able to provide for his family and is mature. You cannot act like a child on this discussion board, as if we have a panacea for your situation. A child's instinct is to cry and hope someone provide whatever he or she needs, right now and NOT tomorrow, BUT NOW. So, reading your post, it seems as if people offer NOTHING that you would like to hear, you are quick to bring wrath on them.

One advise, with your anger... You wife is going to suffer more. If you go to the Infopass appt with the sole purpose of showing how the adjudicating officer was wrong and ignorant, then be prepared for more frustration and hurt. View this infopass an a fresh start, an opportunity explain your case more clearly and in a calm demeanor (do number #2 on your anger before leaving your house)., otherwise you are going to lose AGAIN and come on this board, because your anger is going to boil over. With a cool approach, and a cool officer, then who knows? Maybe the Green-card gods can smile on you, and like a miracle, you get approved right on the spot, without refiling a new case. However, what if you bash the previous officer in front of this new guy who is hearing your case, unbeknown to you, he is banging the same lady you are smearing and shredding to M & M? Do you think he will approve your case?

"He who defame my fruit can't be approved'

If the Officer tells you that you have to refile a new I-485, then kindly ask for a copy and find out the necessary procedures to ensure a quick resolution of this matter, especially since you will be refiling. Don't go nuts on him or her, these people have BIG egos, so they will screw you even more if you treat them like horse's behind.

If they say refile, are you going to refuse to refile for a mere $395? Is $395 far much more than a frustrated wife, who has a daughter in Columbia? Common.... be a realist... this is minuscule in comparison to a hot wife who gives me some every night, than one who doesn't want to do anything for me.... Lastly, no one at USCIS signed an agreement to root for you, the sooner you get that nonsense out of your mind, the better you can formulate a sensible strategy which exclude anger and resement, to win...

 

[timmy_d11]

Do me a favor and don't lecture me about anything - you have NO IDEA how much of a nightmare this is.

You want to talk about being a man?

How's this for being a man?:

Yesterday I had to do the most embarrassing and humiliating thing and ask my frail 86 year old grandmother for $1500 for a retainer fee for a lawyer to PROPERLY reopen the case, because there was nobody else to ask, and because my wife and I don't really trust our paralegal any longer to make sure she reopens the case properly - and because we are "mutually" on bad terms with each other - she is sick of us, and we are sick of her - and in that state of mind I don't think she can be trusted with our lives.

Besides that, she should have known we needed a cosponsor (after I lost my job) BY our interview date and FAILED to suggest that - I think she ASSUMED that I was going to say that I was still working since I lost my job very recently - even though I told her that I was NOT going to lie about that. We had 3 weeks to get a cosponsor between when I lost my job and when our interview was. I think it was INCOMPETENT that she did not suggest that.

NOR did she know about the option for a "service motion to reopen" after I was denied. Granted, I talked her into writing a letter and resending the cosponsor's paperwork, after we were denied, but we sent it right back to the officer that did our interview. Yesterday while at USCIS in Manhattan the officer told me that we had the option to do a "service motion to reopen" which is basically a letter written to the SUPERVISORS at USCIS in Garden City, with the new paperwork (cosponsor's affidavit of support, etc.) that they DID NOT take into consideration. It happens to be FREE. But now it's too late to try that because our 30 days from being disapproved will be up soon, and now the ONLY thing we CAN do is reopen or refile.

AND WHY did she schedule infopass for us in Manhattan with our case in Garden City? Is that just the way the system works? Could she not get one in time for Garden City? Or did she screw that up too? We might have accomplished something yesterday if our file was there, or if we were at the place in which our file was; they actually seemed eager to help us for a few minutes yesterday.

All of this insanity and preoccupation with trying to fix my wife's situation in the last few weeks I haven't even had the time, energy or mental capacity to look for a job - which is an EQUALLY pressing issue.

Now, if you knew the story of why I lost my job in the first place you would realize that I got #ucked over big time, which really was only the beginning of me getting #ucked over big time because of the impact it had on my wife's permanent residence being denied.

My wife has a daughter which she hasn't seen in 4 years and it's killing her to not know when she will see her next. She has a mother she hasn't seen in just as long and her mother hints that her health is failing her and she may be getting seriously ill.

I'm as big a man as anybody but there are forces outside of my control and I only have the power and ability to do so much. This is KILLING my wife and there is only so much I can do for her, and that BOTHERS me.

So do me a favor and #uck off back to that rock that you crawled out from.

 

[Al Southner]

Immaturity is a source of all pains...

Do me a favor and don't lecture me about anything - you have NO IDEA how much of a nightmare this is.

You want to talk about being a man?

How's this for being a man?:

Yesterday I had to do the most embarrassing and humiliating thing and ask my frail 86 year old grandmother for $1500 for a retainer fee for a lawyer to PROPERLY reopen the case, because there was nobody else to ask, and because my wife and I don't really trust our paralegal any longer to make sure she reopens the case properly - and because we are "mutually" on bad terms with each other - she is sick of us, and we are sick of her - and in that state of mind I don't think she can be trusted with our lives.

Besides that, she should have known we needed a cosponsor (after I lost my job) BY our interview date and FAILED to suggest that - I think she ASSUMED that I was going to say that I was still working since I lost my job very recently - even though I told her that I was NOT going to lie about that. We had 3 weeks to get a cosponsor between when I lost my job and when our interview was. I think it was INCOMPETENT that she did not suggest that.

NOR did she know about the option for a "service motion to reopen" after I was denied. Granted, I talked her into writing a letter and resending the cosponsor's paperwork, after we were denied, but we sent it right back to the officer that did our interview. Yesterday while at USCIS in Manhattan the officer told me that we had the option to do a "service motion to reopen" which is basically a letter written to the SUPERVISORS at USCIS in Garden City, with the new paperwork (cosponsor's affidavit of support, etc.) that they DID NOT take into consideration. It happens to be FREE. But now it's too late to try that because our 30 days from being disapproved will be up soon, and now the ONLY thing we CAN do is reopen or refile.

AND WHY did she schedule infopass for us in Manhattan with our case in Garden City? Is that just the way the system works? Could she not get one in time for Garden City? Or did she screw that up too? We might have accomplished something yesterday if our file was there, or if we were at the place in which our file was; they actually seemed eager to help us for a few minutes yesterday.

All of this insanity and preoccupation with trying to fix my wife's situation in the last few weeks I haven't even had the time, energy or mental capacity to look for a job - which is an EQUALLY pressing issue.

Now, if you knew the story of why I lost my job in the first place you would realize that I got #ucked over big time, which really was only the beginning of me getting #ucked over big time because of the impact it had on my wife's permanent residence being denied.

My wife has a daughter which she hasn't seen in 4 years and it's killing her to not know when she will see her next. She has a mother she hasn't seen in just as long and her mother hints that her health is failing her and she may be getting seriously ill.

I'm as big a man as anybody but there are forces outside of my control and I only have the power and ability to do so much. This is KILLING my wife and there is only so much I can do for her, and that BOTHERS me.

So do me a favor and #uck off back to that rock that you crawled out from.

Timmy,

Once again, the immaturity within you has raised its ugly head. Timmy... whatever your name is, you are bound for more emotional pounding and harassment than you can imagine, because you have failed to learn the simple lesson which is: civility in any discource is a golden rule. You can measure a man's vocabulary, maturity and mastery, by the language used to express frustration and anger. I am yet to see vulgarity change any course of action or end results.

I am glad that your cursed at me in your response. Oh... by the way, I just approved your wife's petition because you cursed me. Her card will be mailed in three weeks. As such, your cursing me out is supposed to bring an approval of your green card petition . Moreover, I just hired you to be the face of budweiser, you job: curse at everyone who doesn't drink budweiser, till they start drinking our beer...

Assume that I care less about how you lost your job, how does my knowing of your job loss situation ensure your wife's green card petition is approved? Really In addition, you seems to have the blame-everyone-else-except-yourself mentality. If you read your posts, everyone else is out there to destroy you and your wife, especially your happy family. I am not schadenfreude about your inability to provide for your family. I believe that men are fundamental to the success of their families and society, because we are born to lead, care for, govern, guide and protect our families. Your unemployment has already destroyed the most important security, financial security.

I can predict that more sorrow is coming your way. Timmy, you are in no position to make rational decision with this case, because of your anger and frustration. As for your wife, women tend to be emotionally fragile, especially with her daughter and mother back in her home country. I really empathize with her, because that maternal instinct in her, doesn't rest well at all. For you man, life is not supposed to be easy, it is hard and full of pot holes. So, for those who can't rise above these pot holes, they are going to be buried in asphalt, cause we have to fix these pot holes at some point...

Man... I didn't come from no rock, but from a union of man and wife. If that is not a rock where you come from... then you are entitled to your own
stupidity Moreover, I wonder what else you are doing which is preventing you from googling for a JOB. If you are so busy, then why not spend every night on the computer searching for jobs and applying. I spend about 6 hrs every night reading Supreme Court cases, do you think I wouldn't want to jump in bed with my wife when she goes to bed at 10pm? Also, since you are in NJ, man go to the Casino land and be hired to be a bar-tender or bell man or a waiter at one of top restuarants. If this is a job which can come up with now, then do it so as to put food on the table for NOW, then get of your backside and do it. If you are stuck on professional job which you went to college for, then you are STUCK ON STUPID... REALLY. Are you going to let your family suffer because of your EMPTY PRIDE?

 

[timmy_d11]

Did you ever stop to think that I "cursed" some #ucking retard talking $#!t over the internet............and used tact at the USCIS?!

What a dope you are.

 

[timmy_d11]

Your unemployment has already destroyed the most important security, financial security

Ya think?!

You're not very bright are you?

 

[Heretic]

In response to the thread title

Not much.

 

[timmy_d11]

Well, as you can see, normally I'd be pissed about such a simple and vague response.

But I found out yesterday that the answer is "not much".

We went to USCIS in Manhattan and the people seemed REALLY eager to try to help us, but they could not do jack $#it because our file is in Garden City.

Now I don't know who is lying to me or what kind of bull $#it USCIS runs, but our paralegal told us that she could not get us an infopass at Garden City, even though it is a satellite office of the one in Manhattan, and the people in Manhattan said they could not do anything for us because our file was in Garden City - someone is not telling the truth or the system is totally #ucked. How can you only accept infopass at Manhattan when a large portion of the case files are in Garden City?

I've gotten screwed left and right and morons like Al Southner expect me to suck it up, bend over and take the 12" dry multiple times, like it, be a man and not complain or gripe. It's morons like these that say that "life is what you make it" and act as though there are no outside forces that have a direct impact on people's lives.

 

[timmy_d11]

Also, since you are in NJ, man go to the Casino land and be hired to be a bar-tender or bell man or a waiter at one of top restuarants. If this is a job which can come up with now, then do it so as to put food on the table for NOW, then get of your backside and do it. If you are stuck on professional job which you went to college for, then you are STUCK ON STUPID... REALLY. Are you going to let your family suffer because of your EMPTY PRIDE?

Who said I'm in New Jersey?

And you're really talking a LOT of $hit for someone that knows so little about the specifics of my life.

What if I told you that I receive about the same amount in unemployment insurance benefits as I would probably get paid for "any old job in the meantime" but it doesn't cover my expenses. What if I told you that it came to EXACTLY HALF of what I was bringing home from my last job?

Would you tell me to illegally work off the books while collecting unemployment? That would not be such wise advice.

Would you tell me to just go work for the equivalent of what I am already bringing home on unemployment?

That would be half stupid. The only reason that might be a good idea around the time of my next interview is to show that I am working and my income exceeds the poverty line.

But I'm in no hurry to go to work at a job which will pay only half of what I was earning over the last 3 years, while I'm receiving unemployment - it makes no sense and the law states that I don't have to work for less than 80% of what I earned at my last position.

Please take your lack of understanding, judgements and idiocy somewhere else.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

And you're really talking a LOT of $hit for someone that knows so little about the specifics of my life.

Timmy, the time you're wasting calling everybody names is a lot of time that could be spent getting your wife a Green Card. So ask yourself, what is more important in your life, being angry or getting your wife a Green Card?

Your fastest route is going to be to refile the I-485. You may not like to hear that, but that's reality no matter how right or wrong it may be. So let's stop wasting time and get ready to refile.

First, was the I-130 approved? I cannot recall if a lack of sponsor is fatal to the immigrant visa petition as well as the adjustment. So what happened with the I-130? Did you get an approval or rejection? What is the online case status? I hope it was approved, because that's one less form to file, and one less filing fee.

Call the surgeon who did your wife's medical examination. If it was less than 12 months ago, it should still be valid so ask for another copy in another sealed envelope. No reason to pay for that again if you don't need to. Finally, fill out the online PDF copies of the I-485 and G-325 forms. Since the information is the same, you won't need a paralegal to help you fill them out. If you have questions, ask here. That's what we're here for.

Finally, refile.

While you may not like Al or I, Al's first post made sense. You can either be angry and launch yourself on a fruitless quest to have USCIS declare that after all, you were "wronged" and it was all their fault and they will apologize. And you will wait until hell freezes over for that. I don't see an MTR succeeding, and it will almost invariably take longer than just refiling, and it's almost as (if not more) expensive as a new I-485.

I might be a jerk or an idiot. As might be Al, or your paralegal. The DAO might be a bitch. You might be the only person on the planet who isn't a jerk. But that fact (even if everyone recognizes it) still doesn't get your wife a Green Card. So let's focus on the goal instead of venting your anger.

 

[Al Southner]

Amen...

Timmy, the time you're wasting calling everybody names is a lot of time that could be spent getting your wife a Green Card. So ask yourself, what is more important in your life, being angry or getting your wife a Green Card?

Your fastest route is going to be to refile the I-485. You may not like to hear that, but that's reality no matter how right or wrong it may be. So let's stop wasting time and get ready to refile.

First, was the I-130 approved? I cannot recall if a lack of sponsor is fatal to the immigrant visa petition as well as the adjustment. So what happened with the I-130? Did you get an approval or rejection? What is the online case status? I hope it was approved, because that's one less form to file, and one less filing fee.

Call the surgeon who did your wife's medical examination. If it was less than 12 months ago, it should still be valid so ask for another copy in another sealed envelope. No reason to pay for that again if you don't need to. Finally, fill out the online PDF copies of the I-485 and G-325 forms. Since the information is the same, you won't need a paralegal to help you fill them out. If you have questions, ask here. That's what we're here for.

Finally, refile.

While you may not like Al or I, Al's first post made sense. You can either be angry and launch yourself on a fruitless quest to have USCIS declare that after all, you were "wronged" and it was all their fault and they will apologize. And you will wait until hell freezes over for that. I don't see an MTR succeeding, and it will almost invariably take longer than just refiling, and it's almost as (if not more) expensive as a new I-485.

I might be a jerk or an idiot. As might be Al, or your paralegal. The DAO might be a bitch. You might be the only person on the planet who isn't a jerk. But that fact (even if everyone recognizes it) still doesn't get your wife a Green Card. So let's focus on the goal instead of venting your anger.

Real Canadian,

I totally agree with you all the points in the above. It seems as if Timmy's anger and frustration are misplaced, I have yet to come across any immigrant or petitioner whose anger or wrath brought about positive results from a bureaucracy. USCIS is bureaucracy extra-ordinary. This NUT doesn't realize that his anger obfuscate his ability to be a rational person who can evaluate all of this options in an objective manner.

He claimed in the previous post that he's receiving some unemployment money from the govt, so he doesn't need to look for another job, but yet, he complained about having to ask his old grandmother for $1500 retainer fee for the lawyer he's prepared to hire to do MTR. I find this to be just dumb or rather hot air. A sane rational person would do ask this question:

$1500 retainer fee to file a MTR with an attorney is this all that I am going to pay for this lawyer? Of course NOT, that's why it is called a retainer fee, his service only, which are going to add up with him writing letters and going to DO if needs to be. Also, he is going to bill you above the $1500 you paid for the retainer...

A sane and rational person will decide to refile a new I-485 & G-325a, 2 photos of his wife, which is going to cost $395.00. hmmmm..... $395.00, well if I take the $1500 which I plan to waste on an attorney, then uses $395,00, and then I will be left with $1105,00. However, Timmy is a stubborn man who wants to prove to the USCIS that they are WRONG and STUPID. Guess what, how many people receive RFE for stuff that they mailed to USCIS in the initial submissions????? I have yet to meet anyone who refuses to honor this stupid RFE, because people understand that you are supposed to play according to their rules, irrespective of how stupid and cumbersome those rules are. BUT NOT FOR TIMMY, he is the man on a mission to bring judgment and wrath on USCIS, hence is preparing to hire an attorney, who is just baiting him with a minuscule retainer, but will soon learn that he need to pay more money as this process unfolds, the fun part of this is that the MTR will not be settle until next year in the summer or early fall. USCIS is a bureaucracy, and ask yourself how many people file MTR cases on a weekly basis, then go ahead and file that stupid MTR, and you will regret this route.... I forgot, you don't regret any of these steps since you are on a mission from idiocy to prove to USCIS that they are WRONG


Next summer or early fall, you wife will not want to give you any love in bed, because she will be angry, mentally tired and emotionally drained because of the obstinate man whom she married. Timmy, you need to listen to people who are not attached to you situation, but can offer you advise which you will help your situation. You can curse me out, but I am not going to tell you what you want hear to stroke your false ego, if I see that the path you are on, is going to lead to further destruction of your family. Refile a new I-485 and it could be adjudicated as early as next Feb 07, and your wife will be approved right on the spot, and she can visit her home country. Moreover, once she return from the, you can petition her daughter. However, her approval will deeply rely on keeping your mouth shut at the interview and not volunteering any irrelevant info, because you have diarrhea of the mouth, you caused this mess in the first place.

timmy_d wrote, But I'm in no hurry to go to work at a job which will pay only half of what I was earning over the last 3 years, while I'm receiving unemployment - it makes no sense and the law states that I don't have to work for less than 80% of what I earned at my last position

Well... if u aren't going to work on a job which pays u less than what you were making, then congratulations on inflating your ego once more. I wonder if that state law is going to help your support your family and bring about an approval of your wife's green card petition. Please let us know when the law tells you to get a new job.... STUPID....STUPID....

 

[timmy_d11]

Timmy, the time you're wasting calling everybody names is a lot of time that could be spent getting your wife a Green Card. So ask yourself, what is more important in your life, being angry or getting your wife a Green Card?

WHY do you think I'm not doing OTHER things to take care of my situation IN ADDITION to discussing this on a message board.

Sheesh.

 

[timmy_d11]

Your fastest route is going to be to refile the I-485. You may not like to hear that, but that's reality no matter how right or wrong it may be. So let's stop wasting time and get ready to refile

We're in touch with a lawyer and getting ready to pay him to do something - he's also leaning towards a complete refile over a motion to reopen, but he is trying to get in touch with other lawyers to get an idea of the current "timeline" it has taken the USCIS in Garden City to get around to responding to motions to reopen. Depending on what he finds out we will go one way or the other.

 

[timmy_d11]

First, was the I-130 approved? I cannot recall if a lack of sponsor is fatal to the immigrant visa petition as well as the adjustment. So what happened with the I-130? Did you get an approval or rejection? What is the online case status? I hope it was approved, because that's one less form to file, and one less filing fee

I don't know - we gotta look into that - I relied on our paralegal to get it right so I am not as involved as I now must be.

Call the surgeon who did your wife's medical examination. If it was less than 12 months ago, it should still be valid so ask for another copy in another sealed envelope. No reason to pay for that again if you don't need to

That's what the lawyer we talked to yesterday said also.

Finally, fill out the online PDF copies of the I-485 and G-325 forms. Since the information is the same, you won't need a paralegal to help you fill them out. If you have questions, ask here. That's what we're here for.

Finally, refile

Since we're on the brink of the 30 days expiring (from the date which the petition was disapproved) AND because we are nervous about getting it wrong, we are leaning towards hiring a lawyer even though we're broke as can be - my grandmother has helped us out.

My father, who has a wife from Russia, and who filled out his own papers, and who was a little lucky with getting it right, criticises me for getting a paralegal or lawyer in the first place - but we got a semi-professional to help us and look where it got us - she was either too lazy to prepare the paperwork for a cosponsor before our interview, ignorant of the fact that we would need a cosponsor, OR made a BAD ASSUMPTION that we were going to lie about me still being employed because my job letter was only a few weeks old - either way SHE dropped the ball (we hired and trusted her) and here I am now.

But now, with Elizabeth going on 4 years without seeing her daughter and the rest of her family in Colombia, I can't take the chance that I will do something wrong and prolong the process worse than it will already be.

While you may not like Al or I, Al's first post made sense. You can either be angry and launch yourself on a fruitless quest to have USCIS declare that after all, you were "wronged" and it was all their fault and they will apologize. And you will wait until hell freezes over for that. I don't see an MTR succeeding, and it will almost invariably take longer than just refiling, and it's almost as (if not more) expensive as a new I-485.

I might be a jerk or an idiot. As might be Al, or your paralegal. The DAO might be a bitch. You might be the only person on the planet who isn't a jerk. But that fact (even if everyone recognizes it) still doesn't get your wife a Green Card. So let's focus on the goal instead of venting your anger.

Well, you ARE ASSUMING that I am not doing a combination of things including taking steps to refile or submit a motion to reopen, AS WELL AS trying to explain things to people at USCIS and discuss them here with you - STOP ASSUMING that I am ONLY doing the latter and you, me and Al won't have a problem.

 

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And Al, though some of what you are saying is true, you are just a douche bag that I won't even bother giving a lengthy reply to.

To say that I "caused this mess in the first place" is utter stupidity and a slap in the face in addition to what happened.

That would imply that you would have expected me to have my wife lie about me still having a job at our PR interview - and that's idiotic.

The only thing I can accept partial responsibility for is not having a cosponsor beforehand at my interview - but I had faith that our paralegal was steering us right and she did not recommend one.