Humanitarian Request approved, what is next?

[Ana_ 9]

On 5/3/2024 at 12:51 AM, Sam Shar said:

@Ana_ could you let know that did you have submit all civil docs to NVC again? How long NVC take to reopen the case? Our petition was documentarily qualified, we were waiting for interview to be scheduled but due to death of petitioner, we had to request for humanitarian reinstatement to USCIS. 

I had not submitted anything to NVC. I would assume that once you log into the CEAC portal you can see whether you have to or not? I believe once I got reaffirmation I logged into the system within 2 weeks. I did not get any letter from either agency telling me that the case was up in the system, I just tried to log in and it worked. 

[Ana_ 9]

3 hours ago, Tina A said:

Good day Ana, I have a few questions if I may . Did you course your Humanitarian Reinstatement  through a lawyer ?  I have the sent my HR request last Dec 2023, was wondering if I could follow it up personally at USCIS.  Appreciate feedback. Thank You !

I did not use a lawyer (too expensive) and I guess I did not end up needing one. I did call USCIS and asked if they got my letter. They later emailed me with no helpful info "If a Humanitarian Reinstatement is being requested, the request must be made in writing by a surviving beneficiary.  Once the request has been properly submitted and received, USCIS will communicate with the surviving beneficiarys designated substitute sponsor or authorized legal representative to indicate the documentation needed to pursue reinstatement of the visa petition." 

 

This is my post on my whole process https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1egbwas/humanitarian_reinstatement/

[Sam Shar 5]

6 hours ago, Ana_ said:

Sorry, I can't remember how long it took for them to mail me the notice. However, when I message NVC they were not very helpful, I would just use your previous NVC numbers to log into CEAC 

Its been almost 4 months since we received reaffirmation and NVC did nothing. We are not able to log in either using old ceac acc as there is none

[Sam Shar 5]

I just logged in and can see they reopened our account on 6th july but we didnt receive notification. Thank you Ana just because you mentioned I logged in. We can now start providing the docs 

[Tina A 4]

On 8/6/2024 at 3:54 PM, Ana_ said:

I did not use a lawyer (too expensive) and I guess I did not end up needing one. I did call USCIS and asked if they got my letter. They later emailed me with no helpful info "If a Humanitarian Reinstatement is being requested, the request must be made in writing by a surviving beneficiary.  Once the request has been properly submitted and received, USCIS will communicate with the surviving beneficiarys designated substitute sponsor or authorized legal representative to indicate the documentation needed to pursue reinstatement of the visa petition." 

 

This is my post on my whole process https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1egbwas/humanitarian_reinstatement/

Thank you for your response. Very helpful @Ana_ may I know what was your service center? Mine was California Service Center & I submitted it December 2023. 

[Sam Shar 5]

@Tina A ours was California service center too. We didn't use any lawyer either just submitted the request with substitute petitioner and they took two years to reinstate. Then NVC took another 4 months to reopen the old case. 

[Lymen 2]

@Tina A has your request for reinstatement been approved? Mine was also California Service Center 

Edited August 9 by Lymen

[Tina A 4]

@Lymen It has not been approved . I submitted all documents in December 2023. I got acknowledgement letter Dec 15, 2023 that they received it. Guess I just have to wait. 

 

Contents of letter says ;

[Ana_ 9]

On 8/7/2024 at 12:21 AM, Sam Shar said:

Its been almost 4 months since we received reaffirmation and NVC did nothing. We are not able to log in either using old ceac acc as there is none

so where was your case when the petitioner passed? was it not with NVC? 

[Ana_ 9]

On 8/7/2024 at 12:51 AM, Sam Shar said:

I just logged in and can see they reopened our account on 6th july but we didnt receive notification. Thank you Ana just because you mentioned I logged in. We can now start providing the docs 

Glad you checked! Yes, they did NOT notify me either. I was just always checking. 

[Sam Shar 5]

Yes thankfully 😀

[Lymen 2]

1 hour ago, Tina A said:

@Lymen It has not been approved . I submitted all documents in December 2023. I got acknowledgement letter Dec 15, 2023 that they received it. Guess I just have to wait. 

 

Contents of letter says ;

Did this letter come through via email or mail box?

[Ana_ 9]

23 hours ago, Tina A said:

Thank you for your response. Very helpful @Ana_ may I know what was your service center? Mine was California Service Center & I submitted it December 2023. 

Vermont Service Center. It is nice you got an acknowledgement letter! My case took over a year to be approved. 

[Lymen 2]

@Ana_ @Sam Shar @Tina A I’m a bit stuck here and not sure what to do. We submitted our request in January on our own because my mom’s (petitioner) lawyer insist there’s no such thing as humanitarian reinstatement. We didn’t receive anything after but recently I noticed my case got updated on the USCIS portal ( a document was sent). We have tried everything to get a copy of this document resent but to no avail. USCIS says my mom( who has passed away) or her lawyers should request because they don’t have me on file as authorized to enquire on the case😓

[Sam Shar 5]

@Lymen USCIS reinstated our petition as you know so if someone tells you there is no such thing, it's not correct. They took two years for us but they reinstated the petition.  Not sure why your lawyer does not help in this case. You need to push them and clarify why not. They should be able to get response from USCIS