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Exactly - interns handle these and it depends on their diligence. I would also like to add that my Senator was up for a re-election and it was a hard fought re-election so they may have been working very hard to get my husband's vote (which they did lol). I gave examples of my experience from each of my representative's offices. The Sen Rosen office gave me a run around and wasted my time for weeks (she was not up for re-election in 2022). Then I contacted both my other Senator and the House Representative for my area. The interns at Sen Cortez-Masto were just really good at their jobs when I contacted them multiple times for different cases.

Hello, It depends on how good is your member of congress in advocating on your behalf. They have access to "USCIS liaison". I have their email address still but I will not give it out as it was forwarded to me by my caseworker. I live in NV so I was lucky to have Sen Cortez-Masto (D) as she helped us multiple times first on EAD back in 2021 then green card approval in Dec 2022 due to outside processing times. The other Senator Rosen (D) did a poor job when I first contacted them; and our Congressman Amodei (R) ignored our request. You just have to find your correct member of congress that will advocate on your behalf. Please follow up with the person you contacted. If there is no resolution, try the other senator or congressman for DC. I am not sure how many member of congress you have for DC but in NV, we have 3 (the ones that I mentioned above). Good luck.

Good advice but not everyone wants to apply for citizenship for various personal reasons (or may not qualify etc). OP- I wonder if getting the help of a member of congress (senator or congressman/woman) can help nudge your case. I know USCIS has a special liaison that deals directly with congressional support. Although they cannot influence the decision, they can inquire on your behalf. We had good experience using the congressional support route but not for I-751 as I recently got my green card.

First of all, the FOIA letter would never say "yes, we approved you because you submitted unsolicited evidence!" as that is not the purpose of FOIA 🤣. Yes, it is on the "Case Flags" generated by the system. One of the transactions under "Adjudication" says "No I-864 appears to qualify". The transactions shows when I uploaded the file. The unsolicited evidence is part of my A-file under FOIA. Per USCIS in your portal "You may upload additional evidence that you believe may assist USCIS in adjudicating your application, even if the evidence was not specifically requested. USCIS will consider the timeliness and relevance of unrequested evidence when making a decision about your case." In my case, it was considered. I wonder if those people you are referencing have tangible evidence about what you stated. For me, this is a PSA out of the goodness of my heart just to share to people based on one real-live case. You can choose to ignore it. The main message is it does not hurt to upload it if you think it will improve your chances. I thought the same way but my thinking was, worst-case scenario they ignore it and I bring to interview. I never had an interview as they used it.

Hello VJ Community, I am just posting this for anyone who may be wondering whether USCIS reads or considers unsolicited evidence you upload to your USCIS online account when no RFE is requested. Based on our case, I would say yes after receiving my A-file via FOIA. My AOS was approved last month after waiting for over 1.5 years. Along the way, we accumulated more evidence to make our case stronger. My husband uploaded a new I-864 when I finally got a US job with evidence as the first one submitted at initial filing was very weak. We also uploaded new evidence of bona fide marriage that we accumulated since filing. Being a "curious George", I elected to see what USCIS has about me so I requested my A-file via FOIA online. I received the ~1000 pages that USCIS has about me 10 days after FOIA request. The file showed that they used the unsolicited evidence to approve our case and waive our interview. We meant to give them an updated I-864 in our interview but I am glad we uploaded online instead. Our case was approved without interview. I always wondered whether USCIS uses unsolicited evidence that you upload and based on my FOIA A-file, they did. All unsolicited evidence that I thought made my case stronger were used. I just wanted to share.

My experience was over a year ago. The best advice I got here was to expedite using your senator. I expedited my EAD by myself first using a job offer and I got the runaround from USCIS for 2 months. After I contacted my senator, it was approved within days using the same job offer letter. Steps that I took: 1. Went to the website of my senator (Cortez-Masto) and filled out a privacy release form. I attached my job offer with the privacy release form. I did not sound desperate on my letter. All I did was to give the job offer. That's all what USCIS was asking for anyway. I know several members here are recommending to sound desperate but it is up to you. 2. An intern from the Senator's office contacted me within days telling me that they had contacted USCIS on my behalf. They have access to USCIS liaison officers which ordinary people do not have access to. 3. I got the good news from the Senator's office Please note that you have to select the best member of congress. I contacted my Republican Congressman Amodei and I never got a response :D. I also contacted the other Democrat Rosen but the intern was so bad she did not do her job properly. I was glad I had Cortez-Masto who also helped us with the greencard approval months after helping me get the EAD as we were outside processing times. Just sharing my experience as this is what someone did to me last year and it helped me. Good luck!