Out of Status-options for COS??

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Hi all,

I am new here and am excited to find a place with such a wealth of knowledge from which to draw...on to my question.

I have a friend(Russian) who was in the US on a B2 Visa. We applied for AOS to F1 in November of 2008. There was a huge mess with USCIS having her name incorrect and saying she had another request pending and COS was denied. We reopened the case and got that information corrected, but THEN the school to which she had been accepted sent in the WRONG information -We sent in the CORRECT school information, but it seems that the second denial letter was sent BEFORE they got the new information. We mistakenly(or stupidly) chose to wait and see if when the correct paperwork got to USCIS they would reopen the case. It is now close to a year later and we have heard nothing-and of course she is out of status now. She really does want to stay and study here-hoping to get a work permit as well-and I am trying my best to help her through the maze of immigration(I am a US citizen). Can anyone here give me some advice on how to get her back in status and on the way to getting a work permit and F1 visa?? Your help is greatly appreciated.