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Hello all, before I get started I'd like to thank you all in advance for any and all advice you give.
The last letter I received concerning my I-485 application stated the following:
"The Status of this service request is:
You need to schedule a biometric appointment through www.infopass.gov or call 1-800-375-5283. Please make sure you select the following option: You received an approval letter or form I-797C from the Service Center or local office instructing you to come into the office for alien identification card processing / passport stamp. The alien resident registration card can't be produced until the biometrics has been completed."
When I went to the appointment I showed the letter to the INS officer behind the counter and, after she looked up my status using the receipt# (SRC-**-***- **** *) on the letter, she said; they couldn't verify that I / we had even filed an I-485 application (actually we filed a I-485 package).
I then showed her my EAC, she typed in my A# and still nothing. She also said the receipt# on the letter was related to an I-181 form. She then said for me to go home and look for any other documentation that may contain a different receipt# which I did but, this is the ONLY receipt# I / we've seen / been given.
Unfortunately, do to circumstances beyond our control we no longer have any "official" proof that we sent in a I-485. The INS officer I last spoke with didn't consider the letter in question as "official" proof of an I-485 application. However, we have sent / received several letters of compliant to various agencies concerning the problems we've been having with our I-485 application and, each and every one of them have used / referenced the same receipt# in their inquiries / responses.
My question is: Now what? How can we prove to the INS that something exists when they say it doesn't? (NOTE: Depending on who it was we spoke with / sent letters to; some would say I was approved while others would say I was denied. To make matters even more complicated, sometimes we got different answers from within the same organization [i.e. the INS]). For example, the letter we got prior to the one in question, stated that our I-485 application was denied but several months later we got this last one saying I was approved and telling me to come in for biometrics. Go Figure....
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Signed.
Feelin' much like a Yo-Yo
The last letter I received concerning my I-485 application stated the following:
"The Status of this service request is:
You need to schedule a biometric appointment through www.infopass.gov or call 1-800-375-5283. Please make sure you select the following option: You received an approval letter or form I-797C from the Service Center or local office instructing you to come into the office for alien identification card processing / passport stamp. The alien resident registration card can't be produced until the biometrics has been completed."
When I went to the appointment I showed the letter to the INS officer behind the counter and, after she looked up my status using the receipt# (SRC-**-***- **** *) on the letter, she said; they couldn't verify that I / we had even filed an I-485 application (actually we filed a I-485 package).
I then showed her my EAC, she typed in my A# and still nothing. She also said the receipt# on the letter was related to an I-181 form. She then said for me to go home and look for any other documentation that may contain a different receipt# which I did but, this is the ONLY receipt# I / we've seen / been given.
Unfortunately, do to circumstances beyond our control we no longer have any "official" proof that we sent in a I-485. The INS officer I last spoke with didn't consider the letter in question as "official" proof of an I-485 application. However, we have sent / received several letters of compliant to various agencies concerning the problems we've been having with our I-485 application and, each and every one of them have used / referenced the same receipt# in their inquiries / responses.
My question is: Now what? How can we prove to the INS that something exists when they say it doesn't? (NOTE: Depending on who it was we spoke with / sent letters to; some would say I was approved while others would say I was denied. To make matters even more complicated, sometimes we got different answers from within the same organization [i.e. the INS]). For example, the letter we got prior to the one in question, stated that our I-485 application was denied but several months later we got this last one saying I was approved and telling me to come in for biometrics. Go Figure....
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Signed.
Feelin' much like a Yo-Yo
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