I-485 approved but....

[rs56164 0]

My wife and I had her AOS interview last week and were approved on the spot. Yesterday we received I-485 and I-130 NOA approval notices along with the welcome letter. Whats strange is the I-485 NOA Approval also says "After review, we have reopened the above application or petition. or reconsidered the decision previously issued. You will receive a notice under separate cover once all action has been completed."....Today the USCIS website status states her Green Card was mailed today....I'm confused...has this happened to anyone else? Makes no sense why they would mail the greencard if our application was under further review.

Thanks

[Alonso&Sheryl 10]

My wife and I had her AOS interview last week and were approved on the spot. Yesterday we received I-485 and I-130 NOA approval notices along with the welcome letter. Whats strange is the I-485 NOA Approval also says "After review, we have reopened the above application or petition. or reconsidered the decision previously issued. You will receive a notice under separate cover once all action has been completed."....Today the USCIS website status states her Green Card was mailed today....I'm confused...has this happened to anyone else? Makes no sense why they would mail the greencard if our application was under further review.

Thanks

Well, it is faster to update stuff on the internet, than it is to get a letter that was mailed by the post office. So I am guessing that they mailed you that letter before issuing the green card. So the "further review" that needed to take place probably happened while the letter was still in the mail, and therefore, the issuing of the green card update (online) and the receiving of the NOA happened at the same time. That's my opinion.

But in all honesty, who cares what it means, your wife is getting a green card, that's all that matters

Edited February 1, 2013 by josealonsoramirez

[rs56164 0]

Well, it is faster to update stuff on the internet, than it is to get a letter that was mailed by the post office. So I am guessing that they mailed you that letter before issuing the green card. So the "further review" that needed to take place probably happened while the letter was still in the mail, and therefore, the issuing of the green card update (online) and the receiving of the NOA happened at the same time. That's my opinion.

But in all honesty, who cares what it means, your wife is getting a green card, that's all that matters

Yes, I agree completely...but why would we receive an approval notice with that text included? makes no sense. She is either approved or not

Thanks for the reply

[blankmedia 41]

Yes, I agree completely...but why would we receive an approval notice with that text included? makes no sense. She is either approved or not

Thanks for the reply

I have heard of this happening before in a past case. It likely means the approval is being reconsidered and in fact USCIS is getting ready to deny the case due to new evidence that they have found for whatever reason. The greencard that has been mailed would be revoked due to the new decision. You should contact a lawyer immediately.

It also could just be a random message on the website as it has problems sometimes. If I were you though, I would call a lawyer.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

This happened just a few days ago to someone else, so it may be a glitch of some sort.

[Darnell 8,478]

Suggest you call into USCIS, and ask for casefile status.

Use a Telephone, get a Human, and inquire.

Edited February 1, 2013 by Darnell

[rs56164 0]

I have heard of this happening before in a past case. It likely means the approval is being reconsidered and in fact USCIS is getting ready to deny the case due to new evidence that they have found for whatever reason. The greencard that has been mailed would be revoked due to the new decision. You should contact a lawyer immediately.

It also could just be a random message on the website as it has problems sometimes. If I were you though, I would call a lawyer.

This text was present under the post decision activity (same text as NOA) and the case status changed to document/card production. Today we received the USPS tracking number for her Green Card. If they were going to deny the case, I doubt the case status would have changed and the card would not have been sent. I will call them when I get home.

[Darnell 8,478]

wei - how did you receive the usps tracking #, exactly ?

[rs56164 0]

wei - how did you receive the usps tracking #, exactly ?

Its posted on the USCIS website when I check our current case status. We also received a tracking number when the EAD card was mailed.

Edited February 1, 2013 by rs56164

[happyblah 1]

I've red some posts on internet about the same issue. It seems like when officer approved the FBI name check may not have been complited (officer's mistake) so they had to send letter about reopening since they cant approve until name check it done. However since green card on the way to name check must've been done and green card went into production. Thats what I have red but I dont know for sure.

[happyblah 1]

Here is the link http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?212016-Welcome-letter-and-I-797C-Notice

[rs56164 0]

UPDATE...We received wife's green card in mail yesterday, but I'm still concerned. Called USCIS on Sat and he said I would have to talk to tier 2 which are not available on weekends. I should be celebrating by I'm still worried.

[Darnell 8,478]

hey ! one less thing to worry about !

Hang in there !

[rs56164 0]

hey ! one less thing to worry about !

Hang in there !

Thanks Darnell, I was planning to call USCIS tonight, but after further thought, I think I will let the sleeping dog lie?

[Darnell 8,478]

eh - the magic question will be 'whats the status of my casefile?'

and that's it...

i say do try once more - doesn't have to be tonight, but sometime this week.