I-751 February 2016 Filers

[Fyny76 0]

Hi guys! Just wondering,I just wondering my case is in  the New York local office,anyone else case transferred from Vermont? I just hope this is a normal proccess.

[JohnE 57]

The online status says the card has been produced but still have not received it.  My wife's extension letter expires on 4/4/17 so of course her driver's license also expires on 4/4/17.  We made an info pass to get the 551 stamp in her passport.  The appointment was today at 11:45 at the Atlanta office.  We arrived at 11:20 and they checked us in and had us take a seat.  We sat for a total of 5 minutes and were called to one of the windows.  I showed the officer her one year extension letter and the ROC approval approval letter.  Explained we were worried the ten year green card might arrive after 4/4/17 which will cause problems with her driving.  He said no problem and took her passport and put the 551 stamp in it.  Took the passport in the back of his office and put the embossed stamp on top of the 551 stamp.  He said you are good for one more year but said we will most likely have the ten year green card in a few days.  He was looking at his screen so maybe he tracked the green card...I do not know.  He did not ask to see her green card and we still have it.  We thanked him and were on out way.  Super people in the office and zero problems.

john

 

[Fyny76 0]

Hi guys! I just wondering my case is in  the New York local office,anyone else case transferred from Vermont? I just hope this is a normal proccess. 

Edited March 15, 2017 by Fyny76

[El Capitan 1]

Guys,

Finally, I-751 journey has been end. I got text message on March 1st that my application was approved on February 28th, almost 14 days after interview. I filled I-751 visa waiver myself because I don't want to pay any penny to attorney. And I got the 10 year card on March 6th. I am very happy now . I waited almost 1 year and one month with full of stress .

Is there any one know why I did not have approval letter like everyone here? My friend said that because I went to interview so I will not have approval letter. Is it right?

 

Again, thanks to this forum give me a lot information I need to win this long journey.

Good luck to all Vermont fillers. You guys will have to answer really soon.

 

I still have 2 more years to next trip is N-400 

[march16filer 153]

17 hours ago, JohnE said:

The online status says the card has been produced but still have not received it.  My wife's extension letter expires on 4/4/17 so of course her driver's license also expires on 4/4/17.  We made an info pass to get the 551 stamp in her passport.  The appointment was today at 11:45 at the Atlanta office.  We arrived at 11:20 and they checked us in and had us take a seat.  We sat for a total of 5 minutes and were called to one of the windows.  I showed the officer her one year extension letter and the ROC approval approval letter.  Explained we were worried the ten year green card might arrive after 4/4/17 which will cause problems with her driving.  He said no problem and took her passport and put the 551 stamp in it.  Took the passport in the back of his office and put the embossed stamp on top of the 551 stamp.  He said you are good for one more year but said we will most likely have the ten year green card in a few days.  He was looking at his screen so maybe he tracked the green card...I do not know.  He did not ask to see her green card and we still have it.  We thanked him and were on out way.  Super people in the office and zero problems.

john

 

 

Hi John, I have noticed that someone called USCIS and was able to get the tracking number for the green card from a tier-2 officer. I think that might be worth checking out.

 

[march16filer 153]

11 hours ago, Fyny76 said:

Hi guys! I just wondering my case is in  the New York local office,anyone else case transferred from Vermont? I just hope this is a normal proccess. 

I have not heard of that. This might be transferred to the local office for an interview. I know that everything is done at Vermont except interviews. I have no idea if that is the deal with it or not, but that is my guess. 

[Fyny76 0]

1 hour ago, march16filer said:

 

 

 

1 hour ago, march16filer said:

I have not heard of that. This might be transferred to the local office for an interview. I know that everything is done at Vermont except interviews. I have no idea if that is the deal with it or not, but that is my guess. 

Thank you! I thought about it to,I made a research about this like two months ago,people got they approving letter from local offices,I don't know anyone recently get it from there or not. I spoke to the second officer She said my case waiting for finalize,but my RFE was still in Vermont. I don't know time will tell I guess.

[Private One 44]

7 minutes ago, Fyny76 said:

 

 

Thank you! I thought about it to,I made a research about this like two months ago,people got they approving letter from local offices,I don't know anyone recently get it from there or not. I spoke to the second officer She said my case waiting for finalize,but my RFE was still in Vermont. I don't know time will tell I guess.

Don't want to scare you but I think @march16filer may be right about a pending interview especially given that you got an RFE. Do you think you sent enough evidence to satisfy that request? Don't sweat it though...like you said, "time will tell".

 

Here is on of the reasons USCIS gave as to why a case may be transferred:

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An application/petition pending at a service center appears  to warrant a personal interview at a field office;

 

 

Source: https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-1067/0-0-0-1302.html

 

  10.4     Transferring Jurisdiction within USCIS. [Revised 5/1/13; PM-602-0075]

 

A pending application/petition may be transferred to a different officer or jurisdiction for several reasons, such as (but not limited to):

• The application/petition was not filed in the proper jurisdiction;
• The applicant/petitioner now resides within another jurisdiction;
• An application/petition pending at a service center appears to warrant a personal interview at a field office;
• A supervisory officer transfers workload to another officer within the same jurisdiction; or
• Regulations require transfer of an application/petition to another office for specific action.

When USCIS has written policy guidance or when internal components enter into agreements that govern the transfer of cases between and among USCIS components (e.g., centralization or bulk transfer agreements to facilitate workload sharing between field offices and service centers), then those transfers are governed by those documents and not by this chapter.

While a supervisor retains authority to assign and transfer work, potential consequences of transferring an application/petition, such as additional workload for the receiving office/officer and delay of adjudication, should be carefully considered before action. Jurisdictional issues should, if possible, be settled by the supervisory chain of command before an officer spends significant time and resources preparing an application/petition for adjudication. There are certain applications, e.g., N-400s, for which certain jurisdictional issues relating to residency must be met on the date of filing and for which a transfer of jurisdiction alone may not adequately address any filing deficiency. Cases being transferred from a service center to a local office for interview or investigation based on existing relocation criteria should be reviewed by a supervisory officer before the transfer is initiated to ensure that the matter cannot be readily resolved through correspondence or in-house research (such as referral to the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate, review of existing files, or use of readily available research tools.) An interview does not serve a purpose if an individual is statutorily ineligible for the requested benefit. Such a transfer results in a significant and unnecessary additional workload for USCIS. While this may be a very valuable and effective tool in certain circumstances it should only be used in cases where the local office's assistance is essential to the adjudication of the case.

To the extent possible, an officer transferring to another position, assignment, or office should be allowed sufficient time before his or her departure to complete adjudication of assigned pending applications/petitions.

Where there is disagreement over the proper adjudication of a case, the procedures described in chapter 10.14 of the AFM should be followed.

Edited March 15, 2017 by Private One

[Private One 44]

19 minutes ago, Fyny76 said:

I am not scared,my RFE wasn't about lock of evidence;

 

Good to hear. Not sure if you noticed or care about this but your case number is visible in this photo.

[Fyny76 0]

32 minutes ago, Fyny76 said:

I am not scared,my RFE wasn't about lock of evidence;

 

Edited March 15, 2017 by Fyny76

[Fyny76 0]

 

 

 

[Fyny76 0]

7 minutes ago, Private One said:

Good to hear. Not sure if you noticed or care about this but your case number is visible in this photo.

Thanks! I'm not sure,how I can delete.

[Private One 44]

Just now, Fyny76 said:

Thanks! I'm not sure,how I can delete.

Try clicking just after the image and hit backspace on your keyboard. You may have to delete the entire post if you can't delete the image. If you can't delete the post you should contact a moderator asap.

 

Good luck.

[Fyny76 0]

35 minutes ago, Fyny76 said:

I am not scared,my RFE wasn't about lock of evidence;

 

 

[lucybelle 453]

19 hours ago, JohnE said:

The online status says the card has been produced but still have not received it.  My wife's extension letter expires on 4/4/17 so of course her driver's license also expires on 4/4/17.  We made an info pass to get the 551 stamp in her passport.  The appointment was today at 11:45 at the Atlanta office.  We arrived at 11:20 and they checked us in and had us take a seat.  We sat for a total of 5 minutes and were called to one of the windows.  I showed the officer her one year extension letter and the ROC approval approval letter.  Explained we were worried the ten year green card might arrive after 4/4/17 which will cause problems with her driving.  He said no problem and took her passport and put the 551 stamp in it.  Took the passport in the back of his office and put the embossed stamp on top of the 551 stamp.  He said you are good for one more year but said we will most likely have the ten year green card in a few days.  He was looking at his screen so maybe he tracked the green card...I do not know.  He did not ask to see her green card and we still have it.  We thanked him and were on out way.  Super people in the office and zero problems.

john

 

Thank you for posting your experience!

 

We travel internationally about two weeks before the letter expires.  I think I'm going to have my husband make an infopass appt for the week we get back!  I'd rather him travel with the greencard... just in case.