Case reopened for consideration after AOS approval

[Jaimekr08 48]

Hi all,

 

I'm curious if anyone is in a similar situation..

 

On 1/31 my husband and I had our AOS interview and were approved the next day (we received the approval letter in the mail as well).  However, a few weeks later we received a notice saying that our case had been "Reopened for reconsideration of the previous decision". We made an infopass appointment and they said the immigration officer who interviewed us didnt reopened the case, but it was due to a production error for the card itself. Its been over a month since our status changed and they have given us no timeline and it seems like we are stuck between status'... they also canceled our EAD renewal because they said we are still technically approved....

 

Has anyone else heard/is in the same situation??

[Dashinka 24,499]

So they are saying your husband is technically an LPR, but they are having problems producing the proof of that status?  I would go back down to USCIS then and demand (nicely) an I551 stamp.

 

Good Luck!

[Jaimekr08 48]

19 minutes ago, LizM said:

When does your current EAD expire?

Our EAD expired Dec 2018, however, we have the 180 extension based on our renewal filed in September 2018. In June 2019, the extension would officially terminate.

[Jaimekr08 48]

15 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

So they are saying your husband is technically an LPR, but they are having problems producing the proof of that status?  I would go back down to USCIS then and demand (nicely) an I551 stamp.

 

Good Luck!

Pretty much. 3 officers have told us he is still approved, however, without any formal document I'm not sure it really matters. We have asked if there is something they can provide while we are in limbo and they keep saying no. One officer we met with took our phone numbers and said he would request an expedite for the card, but still nothing from him. Thankfully we made an infopass appt a few weeks ago RIGHT BEFORE they stopped taking appointments, so I'll ask for the I-551 stamp. Hopefully that helps!! Thank you!

[Jaimekr08 48]

2 minutes ago, LizM said:

Gotcha, at least it's nice that you have some time to figure it out. But I would suggest the same thing as the other poster, go demand a stamp, since he was approved.

Yeah, thankful we have been on top of things so that we aren't so time crunched.. but at the same time 3 months is like nothing for USCIS when processing times are like 6! Ha! Just sucks to be in this weird limbo land that seems uncommon.. One officer said the GC printer was broken and thats why we are delayed - like I'm sure there is more than one printer in the US!

[geowrian 22,337]

My friend is in exactly the same spot - approved but then reopened for a couple weeks now. Their case is very simple and no red flags or anything...might be the same issue?

[Jaimekr08 48]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

My friend is in exactly the same spot - approved but then reopened for a couple weeks now. Their case is very simple and no red flags or anything...might be the same issue?

Yeah likely! If infopass appointments are still available in their field office, Id highly recommend going. The Officer told us that there are constantly production issue, generally due to production putting an incorrect expiration date. Seems to be some disconnect between the two different groups though so they can't reach out to them? Its all very odd... After 3 weeks without the card, you can also put in a Service Request. We did that a few weeks ago but originally weren't sure if we could since we didn't know if we were still technically "approved", but the officer encouraged us to.