kimnjake Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) well well well, i'm back with more news and frustration to report about our case...it is VERY similar to STATS!!!we didn't have the rescheduling of the interview problem, but the waiting and run around from the gov't have been the same... we also have hurricane katrina added to our ordeal!!! they try to blame everything on that, but i NICELY told them that we were outside of processing time BEFORE hurricane katrina ever happened!! so anyway... we had gone to New Orleans office to see an IO BEFORE the hurricane and at that time it was the same old story, name check pending blah blah blah!! so anyway, we have been calling and all for almost another year now, but to no avail, and to add to it, the N.O. office was still closed until just almost a month ago...so i have continued to make calls to the CIS customer service line.....no answers, no hope... then the other day i called, same old story again, but he suggested that we make an infopass appt. in N.O. since they were open again...we went down there and LO and BEHOLD they told us the BACKGROUND CHECK HAD FINALLY CLEARED, but to of course not let it go smoothly.....when did it clear you may be wondering???? IN APRIL!!! it is now JULY!!!!!! they have yet to notify us or update our status online....so anyway, we spoke to an IO and then someone else, after waiting a while, they located our file, THANKFULLY it was actually IN N.O., honestly i was schocked, i just KNEW it would be in Memphis still...(that is where they sent them after Katrina), so anyway, then they asked us if we had received a notice to have the fingerprints redone......OF COURSE NOT!!! so anyway....we now have to go BACK down there this week to get the prints and THEN, just maybe, THEN, we will receive the green card....only after the prints are "cleared" as well.... so anyway, that is the update!!!!hopefully we will get somewhere now.........we are very excited but still frustrated, we have received NOTHING from them...if we weren't so proactive on this case, who knows when they would have looked at it again!!!! also, when you call the USCIS 800 customer service line, they supposedly submit an inquiry on your part to your processing center, well, the reply from our most recent inquiry, end of june, the response was, "your background check has not yet cleared..." and well, ummm, when did it clear?? APRIL!!! i DO believe it was clearned in june if it cleared in APRIL!! i don't think they really do ANYTHING when those inquiries, except make you leave them alone for another 30 days!!! kim Edited July 5, 2006 by kimnjake (see edit history) Link to comment
tonado Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hope you will get the green card soon. Link to comment
sylinchinastill Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Wow Kim- this actually gives me some hope. But you know- the last time we had an infopass appointment our fingerprints were expired but they let us redo them on the same day. How long were you stuck for? We had our AOS appointment in September of last year so I assume we have been stuck for about a year. The last time I spoke with my lawyer on the phone she told me that the process was still continuing but if my husband had done anything illegal in the states or in China I should go ahead and tell them. I wanted to go right through the phone. You are the first person I have heard of to come out of the other side of this though so I'm excited that we may actually get through it too. I try to call and do an infopass when we can but if I think about it too long it makes me so angry. Link to comment
Patrick & Li Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Sounds to me that at least ur making some progress Kim.We are still stuck in Namecheck Hell. I am guessing our fingerprints will expire soon and we will be forced to redo those. I think my wife might have an anuerism if that happens. Wishing for the best for you and yours, Pat & Li Link to comment
sylinchinastill Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 So how many people are there stuck in name check- My husband and I, Jake and Kim, Patrick and Li, Stats. This sucks- looking at the other timelines we might be in for another year. Our interview was just in September of 2005. Link to comment
kimnjake Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) i agree don, it is great to hear from eveyone again, all of us who rarely log on anymore, or at least rarely enter a comment! I lurk sometimes, but don't reply nearly as often as in the first 2 yrs of this immigration! anyway, our "quick" timeline for AOS is this... **married april 10, 2004**filed april 29, 2004**fingerprints may 28, 2004(had joseph dec 21, 2004 )**interview feb 8, 2005 (tell us we should have card within next 2-3 months!!)**STUCK........called 800# about....1,000,000 times (hehe)**info pass july/aug 2005- NOTHING!!**Hurricane Katrina hits processing center Aug 2005 (gives CIS a NEW excuse!!!)**STILL STUCK........called another 1,000,000 times!!**N.O. office reopens June 2006----call 800#- sends inquiry- comes back with same old thing- namecheck/background check not cleared!!! (WHAT????? WRONG, TRY AGAIN!!!!)**Info pass appt June 2006- IO says "BACKGROUND CHECK CLEARED APRIL 2006!!!!!", sends us to next person at next window, they tell us fingerprints are expired, schedules our fingerprint appt for the NEXT week.**July 2006 go BACK to N.O. get fingerprints, they tell us it will be 6-8 wks to process prints, will receive green card when complete! i'll keep you updated! i do finally see some ray of hope again!!! Edited July 11, 2006 by kimnjake (see edit history) Link to comment
kimnjake Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Well, update again....we got the prints done, and then went on vacation!...hehe a much needed vacation, and we left our one and half year old with my family, so we were glad to get home to him after five days, but enjoyed a time of "rest"..... while we were out of town we received a letter from our local office where we got the prints done once again a few weeks ago, the letter was basically a "RFE", although it didn't specifically state that, like we have received in the past on other applications.... anyway, they wanted all of our proof of marriage as they had before in the original submission of the I-485 as well as at our interview....so we submitted all of the "evidence" they asked for and just mailed it off to them. we will still wait to hear back from them, yet again!!!! aaahhh!! at least there is action again on our case...!! that is a GREAT feeling!! kim Link to comment
kimnjake Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 well the bright side of all of this mess, if there is a bright side....haha.....when we went for the fingerprints the other week, i asked the immigration officer about the temporary vs 10 yr card in OUR case, and he said that the card is issued based on the length of marriage at the time it is granted, NOT the time it is applied for....does that make sense???so anyway, according to that ONE immigration officer, we SHOULD get the 10 yr card and not the two yr card, BUT we will see. i guess if another IO came to the window, i COULD have gotten a different answer! haha we will see!! thanks for the reply don, always great to hear from you!!! Link to comment
Stats Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 You got the right answer, Kim. If you have been married two years at the time the card is issued, it should be a 10 year card. Unless Jacob decided to apply for citizenship, you're off the hook for the next ten years.233055[/snapback]Congrats Kim. The 10 year card is what we are expecting some day. Link to comment
sylinchinastill Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I've been married two years and a month. By the time we finally get ours we'll probably have been married four years. 20 year green card for us. Yippie! Link to comment
kimnjake Posted July 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I've been married two years and a month. By the time we finally get ours we'll probably have been married four years. 20 year green card for us. Yippie!233911[/snapback]yes, syl, we just have to keep looking for the "bright" side of all of this! hahahah Link to comment
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