I-90 denied

[milimelo 4,479]

I've had the "lost" card issue as well, though I was CR-1, not AOS - same thing anyways.

GC never showed up and after 5 months my husband contacted his congressman and one senator.

Senator said tough luck pay up, congressman assigned immigration aide to the case and she regularly followed up with us and USCIS. First time we sent I-90 under never received option it got returned for not paying the fee even though we followed USCIS instructions saying don't send payment (and we questioned why to pay for something already paid for and which they failed to produce - no proof of ever creating let alone mailing the green card on their side and we did our due diligence with post office who USCIS tried to blame for 'non-delivery' - nothing to deliver if you haven't produced it). As soon as we received the rejection notice on the non-payment of the fee I scanned the notice and emailed to the aide. Within two days I had further instructions that she received from USCIS - we had to put someone's name on the envelope with DON"T OPEN IN THE MAIL ROOM on it. This time, it went through without a hitch and less than two weeks later I had my green card, very close to my first anniversary of POE.

We made sure to have the aide in the loop when we did ROC so we don't get another no-show GC situation, and we were done with ROC very fast - I think CSC was very fast on approvals.

[gringoconmexicana 2]

Has your senator's office, been able to offer any insight as to why your I-90 keeps being denied, and why you're having to 'fight' so hard?

There's a box to check for claiming the card was lost, stolen, or destroyed. When I checked this box, I was required to pay the fee or request a fee waiver. This, contrary to what USCIS officers had told me, was the wrong box to check. Because of this, many of my I-90 applications were rejected (which is different than denied). None of the rejection notices mentioned this as the reason. The rejection notices were form letters that had nothing to do with my wife's case.

There's another box to check for claiming the resident card was never received. With this box, there is no fee and, therefore, a fee waiver request should not be sent. From the beginning, this is the box I should have checked, and I should not have sent in a fee-waiver request. That, I believe is where I went wrong originally. On the first denial, in which I used special directions given to my congressman by the USCIS regarding my wife's case, I never received a denial notice, nor an E-mail notifying me of a denial. I was only notified months later during an Infopass meeting regarding a related issue that the I-90 application had been denied. No reason was given for the denial.

On the latest denial, I, nor anybody yet knows why I was denied. I may or may not have a better understanding if and when I receive the denial notice in the mail. Anyway, I believe this all to be moot anyway. I won't need the green card to file the I-751, I hope. Obviously, based on nothing in the immigration process having gone correctly, I have serious doubts.

[gringoconmexicana 2]

Can I ask which congressman that was? I would love that kind of help. What exactly does, DON'T OPEN IN THE MAIL ROOM, signify besides the obvious? Why did that work? I never heard that from anybody.

I've had the "lost" card issue as well, though I was CR-1, not AOS - same thing anyways.

GC never showed up and after 5 months my husband contacted his congressman and one senator.

Senator said tough luck pay up, congressman assigned immigration aide to the case and she regularly followed up with us and USCIS. First time we sent I-90 under never received option it got returned for not paying the fee even though we followed USCIS instructions saying don't send payment (and we questioned why to pay for something already paid for and which they failed to produce - no proof of ever creating let alone mailing the green card on their side and we did our due diligence with post office who USCIS tried to blame for 'non-delivery' - nothing to deliver if you haven't produced it). As soon as we received the rejection notice on the non-payment of the fee I scanned the notice and emailed to the aide. Within two days I had further instructions that she received from USCIS - we had to put someone's name on the envelope with DON"T OPEN IN THE MAIL ROOM on it. This time, it went through without a hitch and less than two weeks later I had my green card, very close to my first anniversary of POE.

We made sure to have the aide in the loop when we did ROC so we don't get another no-show GC situation, and we were done with ROC very fast - I think CSC was very fast on approvals.

[Minya's wife 24]

Definite communication breakdown somewhere...have you consulted an immigration attorney. I'm just concerned, if you are having repeated issues about your address and USCIS communication not reaching you, that you may encounter the same problem once you file ROC....that they approve it, mail out your GC and you never receive it, therefore further go into the 'black hole' you're in. Perhaps, if you file with a lawyer, and indicate so on your ROC (thereby indicating that communication should go to his/her address) it may register as your 'new mailing address' and clear the way for successful receipt of your GC.