reschedule initial Adjustment of status interview

[elchivo 0]

I have received my appointment for the initial interview at my local office. I will be having my religious wedding ceremony in Costa Rica on March 14. My appointment is scheduled for March the 13. I need to reschedule my interview appt. Does anyone have any experience with this? If I can't reschedule, what else can I do, to change the appointment?

[payxibka 10,045]

I have received my appointment for the initial interview at my local office. I will be having my religious wedding ceremony in Costa Rica on March 14. My appointment is scheduled for March the 13. I need to reschedule my interview appt. Does anyone have any experience with this? If I can't reschedule, what else can I do, to change the appointment?

Not me personally but it is reccomended to NOT change an AOS interview....

[elchivo 0]

Everything I've read suggests not to reschedule the appt. It is more "convenient" to me to reschedule as alot of planning and money has gone into the wedding. Many people have also bought plane tickets to go, and asked for time off. So changing the wedding would be an inconvenience to all involved. I don't know if this is "sufficient reasoning to grant me a reschedule. I've thought about scheduling an appt. using the infopass system, and going to the local office and asking personally. I don't know if this would be helpful to me. I'm more worried that it would hurt my chances.

[payxibka 10,045]

Everything I've read suggests not to reschedule the appt. It is more "convenient" to me to reschedule as alot of planning and money has gone into the wedding. Many people have also bought plane tickets to go, and asked for time off. So changing the wedding would be an inconvenience to all involved. I don't know if this is "sufficient reasoning to grant me a reschedule. I've thought about scheduling an appt. using the infopass system, and going to the local office and asking personally. I don't know if this would be helpful to me. I'm more worried that it would hurt my chances.

Infopass I think would be a good idea, at least for starters

Edited January 26, 2009 by payxibka

[YuAndDan 153]

I have received my appointment for the initial interview at my local office. I will be having my religious wedding ceremony in Costa Rica on March 14. My appointment is scheduled for March the 13. I need to reschedule my interview appt. Does anyone have any experience with this? If I can't reschedule, what else can I do, to change the appointment?

Not me personally but it is reccomended to NOT change an AOS interview....

Correct!!!

I have read of a few people who attempt to reschedule, and it does not get to the interviewing officer, so when the person does not show up to the original appointment time, they get a "NO-SHOW" and USCIS begins deportation procedures.

[Tactful* 0]

Everything I've read suggests not to reschedule the appt. It is more "convenient" to me to reschedule as alot of planning and money has gone into the wedding. Many people have also bought plane tickets to go, and asked for time off. So changing the wedding would be an inconvenience to all involved. I don't know if this is "sufficient reasoning to grant me a reschedule. I've thought about scheduling an appt. using the infopass system, and going to the local office and asking personally. I don't know if this would be helpful to me. I'm more worried that it would hurt my chances.

That is not a good idea. You could face a lot of problems. I am sorry you are faced with such a dilema. Even though you have your appointment the day before the wedding, you still won't get your greencard in time to go to Costa Rica.

[Jasman0717 9]

priorities

[Kez/JWolf 6]

A few years ago there was a VJ member who tried to reschedule his wives AOS interview because she was due to have her baby on that day. He made an infopass appointment at his local office and made a statement for the officer, he handed it in at the appointment. Two weeks after the interview date he got a letter in the mail, He thought it would be a rescheduled appointment, instead it was a letter telling his wife that as she had failed to show up for her interview her AOS was denied and she had 60 days to leave the US or file a motion to reopen her case if she had additional evidence to show why she had failed to attend the interview. It took them 14 months to sort it all out and thousands of dollars in lawyers fees and the cost of redoing the whole AOS from scratch. The were told at their second interview that the only reason USCIS will accommodate a rescheduled appointment is for a life or death situation.

Maybe your religious wedding is more important to you that your immigration status, only you can answer that one. I do know if it were me I would be attending that interview no mater what.

You may also want to remember that if you are out of the country when the case gets denied then any EAD or AP will be void from that date. so you may find you are refused re-entry to the US. So you would end up having to start from scratch with a spousal visa.

Your Call.

Edited February 3, 2009 by Kez/JWolf

[pepper 34]

we are facing the same problem..i will have my interview on march 12 and my husband cant be with me at the said date so we called uscis to rechedule it..they gave me a reference number for the service request and made an infopass appointment for next week just to be sure..i know that it is supposed to our priority but there are circumstances that are excusable..

[wackodacko 0]

i think the most logical choice would be to go to your interview on the 13th, then fly to Costa Rica immediately after the interview to make it in time for your wedding on the 14th. You can use advanced parole to get back into the USA after your wedding

[vicmo 1]

i think the most logical choice would be to go to your interview on the 13th, then fly to Costa Rica immediately after the interview to make it in time for your wedding on the 14th. You can use advanced parole to get back into the USA after your wedding

Actually if they get approved on the 13th, they can ask for a 'green card' stamp in their passport (I-551).

The stamp is proof that the applicant is now a permanent resident, therefore he/she would not need AP anymore

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I would not mess with the interview.

That should be paramount in getting done, when they request it.

Good luck in your choice!

[USABrazil 1]

Oh my God my wife is going to have a stroke. I sent the USCIS the form to change our address and they didnt get it before we moved. Who knows when they mail these appointment letter and we moved out of state and the letter was sent to our old address and news to me is that they dont forward government mail so we missed her appointment and it was in early January and we are just now finding out. She came here on a K1 and got married and we are in a panic now. I scheduled an infopass appointment but i am not sure if that will be a good idea and tell her she has to leave because we didnt get the mail!! She will not understand that and I dont understand that too. Any help friends??????

[andreinhamtb 0]

I'm going throught something similar..

Can you let me know what happened?

Thanks

[elchivo 0]

I'm going throught something similar..

Can you let me know what happened?

Thanks

I ended up making an info pass appt. That was NOT helpful. They didn't give me much information. In the end I wrote a delivery confirmed letter to the local field office explaining my circumstances and didn't hear back from them until after I got back from the wedding. The letter included all of the information from the request for an interview, as well as copies from the airfare of several people going. I told them that canceling the trip would be a financial burden, that would not be excused by the airlines and hotels.

I took my chances and was lucky. I only got a new appt in the mail and not a question about it was asked at the interview. Everything worked out. I read all of the horror stories on this post, and I don't know if it was just luck that it worked out for me.

Best of luck to you.