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maya62 Rising Star

maya62   7

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nepal
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I am so shocked right now I can't even cry. I wrote our AOS interviews down on the wrong date in my appointment book and we have missed it. Someone just sent me a PM suggesting that I correct my timeline, which has the correct appointment date on it... that's when I checked our appointment notices and saw that the timeline is correct, and all my other plans are WRONG.

Please please don't say it. I will be beating myself up about this for years. Just please help if you can...

I've called USCIS 800 number and they don't even have our appointments in their automated system.

I tried online to get an Infopass appointment and they say none are available.

Please, does anyone have any suggestions?

I just can't believe I did this.

:crying:

Maya

Many thanks to the Visajourney community for all the help!

Kez/JWolf Mentor

Kez/JWolf   6

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If you cant get an infopass appointment you could try doing a walk in.... you may have to wait a long time but you need to act on this quickly or you will get a denial for failing to attend....

You may have to file a motion to re-open your case or you may be quicker filing all over again....

Good Luck

Kezzie

Donal78 Community Regular

Donal78   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Ireland
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I am so sorry this has happened to you. Thats crazy that you cannot get an infopass meeting. As Kezzie said go to your local USCIS office and just hope they do walk-ins.

I-751 - Removal of conditions

10-20-2008 - Sent package via usps - overnite mail

10-22-2008 - Package received and signed.

10-28-2008 - Cheque cashed

12-02-2008 - Biometrics in Boston

10-03-2009 - Transferred to CSV

10-04-2009 - 10 year GC on the way

maya62 Rising Star

maya62   7

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nepal
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OMG we are so ______.

I just talked to someone on the USCIS 800 number and she said to submit a letter to the local office requesting a new appointment, and enclose a separate letter listing the COMPELLING reason why we missed our appointment. My compelling reason is that I have f***ing rocks in my head, my job is crazy, the list is endless. I am so upset. How am I ever going to tell my husband this evening?

No problem crying now....

:help:

Many thanks to the Visajourney community for all the help!

Kez/JWolf Mentor

Kez/JWolf   6

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So sorry this has happened to you.... I would still go to your local office that way you can talk to an immigration officer and explain.... take the letter with you out lining the reasons.... you are not the first and you wont be the last person that has got their dates mixed up....

Good Luck

Kezzie

Peter Miami Experienced

Peter Miami   0

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Colombia
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So sorry this has happened to you.... I would still go to your local office that way you can talk to an immigration officer and explain.... take the letter with you out lining the reasons.... you are not the first and you wont be the last person that has got their dates mixed up....

Good Luck

Kezzie

I agree.

Peter Miami

Johanna & Peter

Colombia / U.S.A.

I-129F / K-1 Fiancee Visa

08-20-02 - Met Johanna in Armenia, Colombia

10-05-05 - K-1 Sent to TSC

10-14-05 - Received NOA1 by E-Mail (Day 9)

12-22-05 - Reveived NOA2 By E-Mail & Mail (Day 78)

03-03-06 - Interview Date! (Day 149) Approved

03-10-06 - Johanna Arrived

05-27-06 - Married

I-485 / AOS (Did not applied for EAD or AP)

06-05-06 - Sent I-485 application to Chicago via USPS (Day 1)

06-06-06 - AOS Package Delivered at 12:29PM

06-12-06 - Received NOA1 by Mail

06-14-06 - Check Cashed

06-22-06 - Received Appointment Notice for Biometrics

06-26-06 - "Request for Additional Evidence" Online, waiting for letter

06-29-06 - Biometrics Done!

06-30-06 - Received RFE Letter by mail. (Missing Birth Certificate)

07-10-06 - Sent RFE by Express Mail USPS

07-11-06 - RFE Delivered @ 10:54AM Sign by D. Atwell

08-28-06 - AOS Transferred to CSC E-mail & USCIS Website (Day 85)

08-30-06 - Touched #1

08-31-06 - Touched #2

08-31-06 - E-Mail from CRIS & USCIS-CSSO - CSC received AOS Application

09-01-06 - Touched #3

09-01-06 - NOA by Mail Regarding Transfer to CSC

09-05-06 - Touched #4

09-07-06 - Touched #5

09-13-06 - Touched #6

09-15-06 - AOS Approved by Online Status & E-mail

09-21-06 - Received GC and Welcome Letter (Day 109)

shakysgirl Enthusiast

shakysgirl   1

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: England
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I am so so sorry that this has happened to you and I am praying and hoping it gets sorted out easily and quickly for you. We all k now how stressful this process is and how crazy it makes us....... Good luck to you. I am hoping you get a sympathetic person at USCIS who will be understanding and give you all the help you need and deserve!

See my timeline for all previous dates!

Naturalization:

6/28/09: Mail N-400 to Texas

7/6/09: NOA1

7/24/09: Biometrics

10/08/09: Interview

11/21/09: Receive oath date

01/22/10: Oath Date

With thanks to all the helpful people who made this journey slightly more bearable.

Yodrak Veteran

Yodrak   7

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maya,

But I would get that letter written up and sent off today for next-day delivery without waiting for an InfoPass appointment. It might be helpful for them to be aware of what happened before they mark the case closed for missing the appointment, hopefully it will take a few days for the case officer to get around to doing that.

[EDIT: I would even try for a walk-in as Kezzie suggested in an earlier post in this thread. Take the appointment notice with you, just the act of showing it will get you face-to-face with someone.]

Yodrak

So sorry this has happened to you.... I would still go to your local office that way you can talk to an immigration officer and explain.... take the letter with you out lining the reasons.... you are not the first and you wont be the last person that has got their dates mixed up....

Good Luck

Kezzie

Edited by Yodrak
maya62 Rising Star

maya62   7

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nepal
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Thank you everyone for your support (even if I don't deserve it!! :( ).

I drove up to the local office this afternoon and waited in the non-appointment line and talked to a nice guy who seemed to work both security and general information. He said basically the same thing that the USCIS 800 number person said... write a letter and send it right away. I did that this afternoon and sent it overnight UPS.

Tomorrow (what I thought was our appointment day :crying: ), I am going to hand-deliver another letter back to the local office, and maybe see if they will let me talk to an immigration officer. I tried infopass again this evening and got the same message... no appointments available.

I feel extremely contrite, humbled, and STUPID, but I agree that it is best to be proactive right now, so I'll try to find that fine line between polite, quiet persistence and being a pain in the #######.

My husband took the bad news with such equanimity and blames himself for not double-checking the appointment date, but really, I have handled all the immigration stuff (except that which he had to do, like the interview at the Consulate), so he is so not to blame. He is just such a sweetheart. He knows I feel absolutely terrible about this. Our son is following his father's lead... in the end, this may be a good lesson for him in how to handle this kind of adversity (and to be careful about noting important events carefully). I just hate to be his example of what NOT to do. :wacko:

It really does soften the blow to have the support and advice of people here. Thank you all again so much.

(L)

Maya

Many thanks to the Visajourney community for all the help!

lynny Contributor

lynny   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Australia
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I missed my first interview because i never received the letter, I wes told to write a letter explaining what happened and my case was re opened with no problem, you will be fine

Nov 11th 2003 sent i29f form to VSC

Nov 18th 2003 received NOA 1

Jan 17th 2004 NOA 2

Feb 6th 2004 received package 3

March 11th 2004 recieved package 4

April 7th 2004 interview in Sydney

April 7th 2004 VISA GRANTED

April 27th 2004 Arrive in Boston 8.30pm

may 29th 2004 WEDDING DAY

May 11th 2004 applied for SSN

May 17th received SSN card

June 12th 2004 applied for AOS EAD AP

July 7th 2004 NOA received for AOS EAD

August 3rd 2004 Biometrics appt in Rhode Island

EAD approved online Aug 3rd 2004

EAD card arrived in the Mail Aug 9th 2004

started working 13th September 2004

applied for renewal of EAD May 9th 2005

bio appt for EAD renewal June 10th 2005 in Boston

July 6th renewal EAD approved

July 12th 2005 renewal EAD arrived in the mail

Sept 12th AOS suspended until FBI fingerprints are done

Sept 17th FBI fingerprint appt

Oct 14th 2005 AOS interview

Oct 14th 2005 AOS interview success

chagalafamilia Enthusiast

chagalafamilia   0

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Mexico
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I am so sorry...I was hoping that you just had the date wrong on your timeline. Everything will be OK, these guys out here on VJ are very wise. Follow their lead and you will be fine.

GOOD LUCK. (F)

~~~~~~~~~~Time Line~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

02-03-2006 Received K-3 Visa.

02-21-2006 Filed I-485 and I-765 with lawyer.

03-04-2006 Received NOA on both AOS and EAD.

03-21-2006 Biometrics for AOS & EAD.(Our 3rd Wedding Anniversary)

03-22-2006 AOS & EAD Touched.

03-23-2006 AOS & EAD Touched.

03-31-2006 Emily's Birthday ~ 2 Years Old

03-31-2006 AOS & EAD Touched. (Could be from the AR-11 and I-865 Change of address forms).

04-03-2006 AOS & EAD Touched.

05-09-2006 USCIS Site states that EAD was approved.

05-11-2006 Received EAD Card in the mail.

06-05-2006 Received AOS Interview letter.

07-26-2006 AOS Interview - APPROVED.

07-31-2006 Received WELCOME letter in the mail.

07-31-2006 Received E-mail -- Card is on the way.

08-05-2006 Received Green Card -- Good for 10 years.

11-08-2006 New addition to the family - Anali Grace was born

allynella Community Regular

allynella   0

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
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I know everything will work out fine (F)

*Karen -- Jamaica ....... Courtney -- New Jersey*

09-12-05 - AOS filed

04-21-06 - AOS Interview

04-27-06 - Approval

05-17-06 - Green Card in hand

02-11-08 - File to remove conditions

03-15-08 - Biometrics

03-18-09 - Approved - No interview (Card production ordered)

03-24-09 - 10-year card arrives!

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~*Dorothy*~ Proficient

~*Dorothy*~   2

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Morocco
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Sorry about your mishap...I guess it happens...I hope that soon you will get things back on track and life will be good again...Best of luck... :luv:

Dorothy

______________________________________________________________

Citizenship (N-400)

09/15/2009 - Application mailed to Texas Lockbox

09/17/2009 - Delivered to the Lockbox

09/21/2009 - Check cashed

09/24/2009 - NOA dated 9/18/09

09/26/2009 - RFE mailed out dated 9/25 (biometrics notice)

10/14/2009 - Biometrics completed

01/01/2010 - finally an update - awaiting interview letter

02/08/2010 - interview (Garden City, NY) -- PASSED

03/03/2010 - Oath Ceremony in Brooklyn

03/13/2010 - U.S. Passport in hand

DONE!!!

Minfay Proficient

Minfay   0

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Jamaica
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Good luck to you. All will be fine!!

JAMA0001.GIFMindy & Roy

06/08/05 -- I-129f Sent to Nebraska

08/30/05 - Approved

12/02/05 - Interview in Kingston

01/13/06 - Roy flies to Chicago

03/03/06 - Married

03/29/06 - EAD/AOS Sent

06/06/06 - EAD Approved

07/11/06 - AOS Approved - w/o interview

07/17/06 - GC Received....

I-751 - Lifting Conditions

04/01/08 - Sent to Nebraska

04/03/08 - NOA1 Notice Date -- Trans to California

04/14/08 - Received NOA1 in mail

04/14/08 - Check cleared bank

04/24/08 - Biometrics letter received

05/02/08 - Biometrics scheduled

10/10/08 - Card Ordered

10/16/08 - Card received -- DONE!!!

 
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