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  1. Has anyone paid after landing? We had no idea there was another fee to be paid so my husband landed on April 27th and we paid the fee on May 21st. SS says his card is pending and immigrant fee received is the only notice on the uscis account still. We did send in an after 90 days notice.
  2. You could try calling the border and asking them about the damaged package and the wait time from the consulate/post. They may be able to confirm that you need a new one or if that one is fine.
  3. Hi Ice-Qube- We filed with Hacking as well and they mailed out the case to Montreal on Jan. 31st. Do you happen to remember how much time passed from them mailing it to your received date? I am trying to piece together a bit of a timeline. Thanks!
  4. Hi everyone- I have mostly been a lurker in this thread since my husband and I got put into AP and given the DS5535 on August 1st 2022. We are officially signing with Hacking Law firm tomorrow, but I just wanted to let everyone know all the steps we have taken and our timeline so far. Steps: Emailed Montreal consulate every week since interview on Aug 1st. Same copy paste emails Only email that actually was different was when I requested for our case to be reviewed by a manger or higher official. This email stated that asking for our passport back does not stop our case from processing. (We have never requested it back though) Let them know 2 weeks ago that we were contemplating filing a Writ of Mandamus. (no response so far) Contacted our MN senator and local congresswoman: Senator (never responded) Congresswoman They sent 2 inquires to Montreal 1 was the same copy paste response 1 they never got back to them Gave me a list of immigration lawyers I could reach out to. Mailed hand letters to: POTUS* (3 weeks to respond) VPOTUS* (1 month to respond) Sec. of State* (3 months to respond) US Consulate General of Montreal (No response) Homeland security* (2 weeks to respond) All the * letters were forwarded to USCIS who contacted us saying they would look into our case and we would receive a response in 14 days. The response came 5 days later saying they could not help us since this was a state department issue. They gave us a link to put in a email inquiry to the State department, which we did. 10 days later we got a response from the state department saying this is a consulate issue and to try contacting them. (These are all sent from No reply emails as well, so you can never talk to the same person or respond to them) We have spoken to 3 local immigration attorneys who have basically all said the same thing. "Trinidad, Islamabad, and Montreal are the worst consulates to immigrate through right now." they also said "AP is getting out of hand, and with so many illegal immigrates coming in the families in DS5535 are pushed back because the illegal immigrate checks use the same system for background checks. (since they are in the country already I guess theirs take priority)" They have all reviewed our case and found no red flags or any reason that we should have triggered AP let alone DS5535. Thus with our 6th month mark coming up on Feb 1st Lex and I have decided to go the WOM route. Hacking Immigration has quoted us $5000 for the process. With 2 different payment options. $3000 down payment and the final 2000 paid over 4 months ($500 a month), or Pay full upfront and get $500 off, so $4500. Hopefully we are able to get out of this before the end of summer as my husband is in school and transitioning in the middle of a semester will be rough. I wish everyone luck with their cases and their status updates.
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