Why no FP : A thought

[ND-July2002]

ND July 2002 (as the id suggests)
No finger printing yet.

Along with my 485 i had filed for Adv Parole and EAD as a backup. But all this while I have been maintaining H1-B status so never had to use EAD/Adv parole. The EAd and Adv. parole have already expired in Nov 2003. Have not renewed them. Still on H1-B using 7th yr extension

Now I am wondering whether CIS is observing this aspect when scheduling first FP's. Would they be following a plan like

1) Has the person ever applied for an EAD?
2) If applied has the person ever used the EAD for employment. CIS can get this info from IRS.
3) the applicant has had an EAD which has expired but was it renewed.

If the answer to any of this is "NO" then they could assume that the applicant is not in desperate need for GC for employment purposes. S/he is maintaining some status(H/L) which authorizes legal employment. So the FP for this applicant can be delayed. FP's should be issued for applicants who are actively using EAD's for employment or have renewed their EAD's a couple of times. This could be an unpublished strategy and a part of their backlog reduction plan.

This is just a thought. Let us get input on the 3 questions from applicants who havent received their first FP notification yet. This might help us reveal a pattern, if there is one.

If we can find a pattern then we know what we have to do.

 

[PhillyKP]

Conspiracy theory...

I think that's this is a little far-fetched. Govt agencies are notorious for not being able to communicate within departments themselves, forget across big agencies. Take the case of the CIS and the FBI. It's far more important that they communicate with each other for homeland security, but they have barely begun doing so.

I'm sure even different parts of the IRS itself don't know what your employment conditions are (i.e., what your I-9 says), unless you're actually audited.

I'm sure the CIS does not interface at all with the IRS. If they did, why would they be issuing RFEs for tax returns, etc, all the time? They would have a complete tax file per individual by SSN if what you said was true...

Just my 2c

 

[harvydonald]

good thought but...

I applied for my 485 in August 2002
applied for my EAD, and no AP
my H1 expired in March 2003, did not renew it after that
and applied for AP...
My theory is....somebody was assigned to send out FPs...all he/she had to do was come in the morning..turn the computer on and let the computer automatically print the FP notices...that person was lazy, went to work each day...and slept....this went on from Feb 2002 to Nov 2002....in Dec 2002 that person was promted and the new person who took that position started printing FPs for the current filers....forgetting about the past ones...

 

[austin_eda]

Harvy,

This sounds like a more logical explanation for TSC.

 

[harvydonald]

contd...

After being promoted, that person was put in charge of 485...
and as a result hardly any 485 approvals in most part of 2003....
that person was further promoted....and now 485 approvals are coming through...

 

[SRM]

Harvy,
Even you do reasearch on it, You would not be able to find a theary on how they work. Last month I made an enquiry to expedite my case as my fp's were expireing.

The answer from the TSC was that they could not expedite the case as there were lots of cases ahead of mine. But they keep approving later dated cases than mine.

 

[nmishra]

harvy

You got to stop this otherwise he will be the Director/incharge of TSC and then................!!!!!!!

 

[budboy]

don't worry, he'll soon move up to the position of Secy of Homeland Security (Tom Ridge is stepping down in December).

You got to stop this otherwise he will be the Director/incharge of TSC and then................!!!!!!!

 

[pardeshi1]

After being promoted, that person was put in charge of 485...
and as a result hardly any 485 approvals in most part of 2003....
that person was further promoted....and now 485 approvals are coming through...

Mine and yours ND/RD are same... No FP yet..
You are right on the money about the FP notice being sent...

 

[ND-July2002]

faulty theory

I guess my theory was not a good one. Even I did research and saw that it doesn't hold much water. But it led to some humor exchange which is good for the us "victims of TSC".

 

[curiousGeorge]

My theory is somebody has a big wheel like on the Price is Right, and their job is to spin it to find out who should get thier fingerprint notice next. Nobody noticed yet, but the wheel is weighted so that the people who haven't got it yet keep spinning past.

Bob Barker keep asking dumb questions to the USCIS workers as they spin the wheel, and occasionally a USCIS worker falls under the big wheel and that ends up delaying the processing time even more.

Later on, the USCIS workers try to bid on trips to Hawaii, and new cars.