Received Interview Date notice in mail April 23rd

[nu7015 0]

So we missed our interview date this past Monday since we received the notice today in the mail. We changed our address a year ago and ALL communication/notices from USCIS have been sent to the updated address over the past year. Every time we call USCIS 800# they ask if we have changed our address and want to confirm the new address and they always have the updated address. Our last infopass in January at our local office the officer asked if we had moved and wanted to verify that they had the correct address and they did.

Unfortuately, the notice that we received for the interview was sent to the OLD address. I didn't think they forwarded USCIS mail but thank God it was forwarded from our old address to our new one today. The notice was sent April 12, 2008 for an interview on April 21, 2008. That has got to be a record to scheduling an interview so quickly which would have been fantastic IF we had the notice before the actual interview date.

We will call our congressman tomorrow to see what if anything we can do. Are we screwed and denied now? Is there a chance that they will reschedule another interview? After over a freakin' year of waiting and now this...

Edited April 24, 2008 by nu7015

[PfcsBaby 0]

I dont see how they could deny you seeing that it was their fault that they sent it to the wrong address. As you said, they have been informed for quite some time that your address had changed. Call your congressman. I have done that in reguards to me getting a SSN to get on my husbands insurance and they are working on it now for me. Hopefully things get straightened out for you and I wish you the best!

Mary

[ELW 5]

If it were me, I would immediately go (both of you) TODAY to the office where the interview was, show the notice and explain the situation. At the very least, call up USCIS AND schedule an Infopass for the first available moment you can. Be QUICK! I saw a similar situation and they went through MONTHS of hassle before the denial (due to not appearing for their interview, though they never got the notice) was reversed. Yes it is NOT your fault but this is the govt we are talking about!

This is one glaring defect in the online online update system, there is never any mention of a scheduled interview. They should put the interview date online and say when they send the interview notice!!!

Edited April 24, 2008 by ELW

[cellarlily 0]

It seems like we're in a very similar situation...not with the interview notice being sent to the wrong address, but the fact that our files were in California, then sent to the local office and we're both having to get updates through our congressman's office.

Once your file was sent from California (or NSC) to your local office, how long did it take you to hear that it was actually at your local office? They told us to wait 3 weeks before contacting them again, and it's now been almost 5. We're very anxious to get an interview or...anything, really.

Good luck with getting a new interview date and keep us updated.

[lynie 0]

I agree with previous poster to go for an Infopass appt. I think I read something really similar to this on this forum recently, and that's what that couple did - and they ended up having their interview "on the spot" at their Infopass appointment. So I would go prepared.

(we had a similar situation for the K-1 interview - we never recieved the interview notice. thankfully, our lawyer found out about the interview 4 days ahead of time, which was the only thing of value he did for us)

[nu7015 0]

It seems like we're in a very similar situation...not with the interview notice being sent to the wrong address, but the fact that our files were in California, then sent to the local office and we're both having to get updates through our congressman's office.

Once your file was sent from California (or NSC) to your local office, how long did it take you to hear that it was actually at your local office? They told us to wait 3 weeks before contacting them again, and it's now been almost 5. We're very anxious to get an interview or...anything, really.

Good luck with getting a new interview date and keep us updated.

After about 2 weeks we called our congressman's office to find out where the file was once we got the transfer letter to our local office. Their office contacted Des Moines who sent a letter requesting the file to NVC. After about 3 weeks of no response from NVC, our congressman's office called Des Moines again to have them request the file from NVC again. Finally, after a total of 8 weeks, we got the infamous letter in the mail for our interview.

lynie - I was the one that posted that we had the interview on-the-spot at the Infopass. So we were told by the officer that a decision would be made this past Monday by his supervisor about our case. The congressman's office sent me an email today saying they checked with Des Moines this morning and no decision has been made yet.