Second Interview Scheduled

[pinki 0]

My adjustment of status case was pending almost more than 1.5 years and now when i followed up with USCIS they just said below ..... anyone knows if this is general email or will there be second interview scheduled? how long i should after receiving their email?

The status of this service request is:

Your case is pending scheduling. You will be sent a letter notifying you of your appointment date within 60 days.

[katiemanny 64]

This is a status saying you going to have an interview for your AOS, did you have an interview before this pending one?

Edited March 16, 2011 by katiemanny

[pinki 0]

Yes, i had interview 1.6 years back and now they sent this reply but still after 60 days no interview scheduled.

Do you know how long they take to schedule interview after sending this reply? is anyone in same situation?

[xxtinaxx 14]

Yes, i had interview 1.6 years back and now they sent this reply but still after 60 days no interview scheduled.

Do you know how long they take to schedule interview after sending this reply? is anyone in same situation?

I'm sorry but would you mind telling me why your AOS has been pending for such a long time ? I thought it just could take up to 60 days to inform you the result whether to be approved or denied after the first interview.

[HopefulEnd 1]

I'm sorry but would you mind telling me why your AOS has been pending for such a long time ? I thought it just could take up to 60 days to inform you the result whether to be approved or denied after the first interview.

[HopefulEnd 1]

There is a chAnce some issues arose either during your interview or after your interview but before a decision was made. It is likely your case had been transferred to the investigative arm of uscis and they are actively conducting field investigations. Whatever triggered these investigations you'll likely never be told, and what happens next will be unknown until uscis makes their next move. The only advice I can give you is to be prepared and to have your evidence in place.

[indian guy 13]

I had my interview in june 2007. My wife went to interview and we had our two kids also. I was asked for Medical exam and I864. That I provided same week. I didnot get reply till may2009. I went back and enquire and ask why I am still waiting, Then I was called for second interview with notion that interview will be taped etc etc. My wife didnot go, I went alone. Officer told me that my I130 was withdrawn by my wife, and denied my AOS. Then Within 2 months Removal proceedings started. I filed VAWA and . its approved. Now I have my fingerprint date set on March 30th.

All I,m saying is there must be something that trigger the hold on the case, it can be anything, including but not limited to, Spousal complaint, withdrawn petition, security check, doubt of sham marriage, or incomplete application, criminal record etc. can be file lost too.

[pinki 0]

thanks for your reply , HopefulEnd.

but they never scheduled second interview even they told me that they will schedule it in next 60 days when i tried to contact them after 1.6 years.

I do not know what i should do next? and should i contact USCIS again? Please suggest ...thanks

There is a chAnce some issues arose either during your interview or after your interview but before a decision was made. It is likely your case had been transferred to the investigative arm of uscis and they are actively conducting field investigations. Whatever triggered these investigations you'll likely never be told, and what happens next will be unknown until uscis makes their next move. The only advice I can give you is to be prepared and to have your evidence in place.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

thanks for your reply , HopefulEnd.

but they never scheduled second interview even they told me that they will schedule it in next 60 days when i tried to contact them after 1.6 years.

I do not know what i should do next? and should i contact USCIS again? Please suggest ...thanks

Contact them again, yes. And if you do not hear back from them within a week, or you do not get more information other than you already have, then contact your Senators' or Congressman's Offices and ask them to find out what is going on. You will need to fill out a permission form that authorizes them to check on your behalf, but this shouldn't be difficult. Most Senators and Congressmen have the permission form on their websites so you would print it out, sign it and then either mail, deliver or fax it back to them. You can follow up with a phone call to their office and make sure they receive it.

My AOS took 22 months to be approved - no explanations, no responses through USCIS, no nothing. When I finally sent an email to the Service Center asking why the delay, I got a response back that the 'security checks' were completed, followed within the week with an approval. I strongly suspect that the application had got 'lost' sitting on someone 's desk for many months (since my second biometrics) and that my email to the Service Center 'shook it lose' . Contacting USCIS by phone certainly did nothing. (heheh, I should have waited 3 more weeks - the approval came 3 weeks prior to our 2nd anniversary so I still had to file ROC).

Good luck to you - you should definitely have had some sort of more definitive answer by now.

Edited March 27, 2011 by Kathryn41

[katiemanny 64]

I had my interview in june 2007. My wife went to interview and we had our two kids also. I was asked for Medical exam and I864. That I provided same week. I didnot get reply till may2009. I went back and enquire and ask why I am still waiting, Then I was called for second interview with notion that interview will be taped etc etc. My wife didnot go, I went alone. Officer told me that my I130 was withdrawn by my wife, and denied my AOS. Then Within 2 months Removal proceedings started. I filed VAWA and . its approved. Now I have my fingerprint date set on March 30th.

All I,m saying is there must be something that trigger the hold on the case, it can be anything, including but not limited to, Spousal complaint, withdrawn petition, security check, doubt of sham marriage, or incomplete application, criminal record etc. can be file lost too.

It seems that you file for VAWA after you were place on removal proceeding, I would recommend a lawyer in your case. Also why did you file VAWA for after your wife decide not to support you anymore, this is not abuse.

This is why USCIS is giving you a hard time cause you file VAWA after removal proceeding had begun.

Edited March 28, 2011 by katiemanny

[3600rs 24]

It seems that you file for VAWA after you were place on removal proceeding, I would recommend a lawyer in your case. Also why did you file VAWA for after your wife decide not to support you anymore, this is not abuse.

This is why USCIS is giving you a hard time cause you file VAWA after removal proceeding had begun.

I completely agree to you Katie. This is a perfect example where half knowledge can prove dangerous, it happens when a lay person handles a complicated case without a lawyer only to shoot themselves in the foot. Many a times simple cases become complex because of half knowledge. At the end simple turned complex cases are expensive to repair.

[indian guy 13]

That not the reason, USCIS given me hard time because they lost my A file. even if the VAWA filed after the removal proceedings, ITs still a VAWA and ITs approved. Case was terminated after filing I485. USCIS don't want to creat T-file ITs a lot of work, that why they tok short cut and open remival proceedings. Now court did create T-file and Remand case back to USCIS. IT should be no problem anymore.

No matter what I don't want to get attorney, I will rep myself I did in the past , in the court. I don't care anymore because I had three Attorney in the past who just took the money and did nothing. Finally I did everything myself including joint motion. I guess I am at the stage where I know What to do in my case and more. I also Did FOIA myself that where I found My file was lost, I 130 withdrawn etc.

[pinki 0]

Ok, let me try to contact again. Nothing is working with uscis or with congressman :-(

Thanks a lot

Contact them again, yes. And if you do not hear back from them within a week, or you do not get more information other than you already have, then contact your Senators' or Congressman's Offices and ask them to find out what is going on. You will need to fill out a permission form that authorizes them to check on your behalf, but this shouldn't be difficult. Most Senators and Congressmen have the permission form on their websites so you would print it out, sign it and then either mail, deliver or fax it back to them. You can follow up with a phone call to their office and make sure they receive it.

My AOS took 22 months to be approved - no explanations, no responses through USCIS, no nothing. When I finally sent an email to the Service Center asking why the delay, I got a response back that the 'security checks' were completed, followed within the week with an approval. I strongly suspect that the application had got 'lost' sitting on someone 's desk for many months (since my second biometrics) and that my email to the Service Center 'shook it lose' . Contacting USCIS by phone certainly did nothing. (heheh, I should have waited 3 more weeks - the approval came 3 weeks prior to our 2nd anniversary so I still had to file ROC).

Good luck to you - you should definitely have had some sort of more definitive answer by now.