Please help!! Interview cancelled by USCIS

[elenaymateo 0]

Hello all,

I am a Naturalized US Citizen, who married a wonderful guy from Poland about 5 months ago 07/03/09, after dating for over 1 year. On September 09, we submitted all the required documents for his AOS. The process was going smoothly until December 24, 2009 when we received this USCIS letter:

This is to advise you that due to unforseen circumstances, we have had to cancel the previously scheduled interview on January 05, 2010 for above application. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. We will advise you of any further action taken on this case, including rescheduling interview information under separate notice.

I am so confused!!!, How could they do this just two weeks before the Interview

After reading similar posts in this forum, my husband and I have decided to show up at the interview anyways on January 5. The USCIS office is located on Hartford Connecticut. but I have two questions:

A) Is it possible that the USCIS found something wrong with our case?

B) Are they investigating us?

I would apreciate any opinions.

[parker101 1]

I would still show up anyway and maybe you might get explanation, I do not think they are anything wrong they found, maybe they are overbooked and have less staff. but we are just guessing. good luck

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I would show up as well. There have been VJers who have received similar letters, didn't go, and then received notices that their AOS' were denied because they failed to show up for the schedule interview. The left hand at USCIS doesn't always know what the right hand is doing, apparently! (These members were able to get their cases re-opened but it is an extra hassle you don't want to face).

From the way the letter is worded I would say that the problem is at their end - not yours. It could be that they scheduled you with a staff member who is still on holidays at that time, or has to be somewhere else or is working on another issue at that time - or maybe they did overschedule. Other explanations I have heard is that the security check isn't completed yet, or the file is in another office and hasn't been transferred to the local office yet. Regardless, show up for the original date and time. The worst that can happen is that they will turn you away and say the interview was indeed canceled and you will be notified of the new date. The best that can happen is that they will interview you after all.

Good luck.

[ScottThuy 140]

I would show up as well. There have been VJers who have received similar letters, didn't go, and then received notices that their AOS' were denied because they failed to show up for the schedule interview. The left hand at USCIS doesn't always know what the right hand is doing, apparently! (These members were able to get their cases re-opened but it is an extra hassle you don't want to face).

From the way the letter is worded I would say that the problem is at their end - not yours. It could be that they scheduled you with a staff member who is still on holidays at that time, or has to be somewhere else or is working on another issue at that time - or maybe they did overschedule. Other explanations I have heard is that the security check isn't completed yet, or the file is in another office and hasn't been transferred to the local office yet. Regardless, show up for the original date and time. The worst that can happen is that they will turn you away and say the interview was indeed canceled and you will be notified of the new date. The best that can happen is that they will interview you after all.

Good luck.

Agreed... It is not too common for them to send a letter likethat as I have heard more cases where they scheduled the interview only for the petitioner to arrive and be told sorry the oficer is out for the day... buh bye... best to show up anyway as they cant hold showing up against you but not showing could be such a pain in the rear...

[elenaymateo 0]

I would show up as well. There have been VJers who have received similar letters, didn't go, and then received notices that their AOS' were denied because they failed to show up for the schedule interview. The left hand at USCIS doesn't always know what the right hand is doing, apparently! (These members were able to get their cases re-opened but it is an extra hassle you don't want to face).

From the way the letter is worded I would say that the problem is at their end - not yours. It could be that they scheduled you with a staff member who is still on holidays at that time, or has to be somewhere else or is working on another issue at that time - or maybe they did overschedule. Other explanations I have heard is that the security check isn't completed yet, or the file is in another office and hasn't been transferred to the local office yet. Regardless, show up for the original date and time. The worst that can happen is that they will turn you away and say the interview was indeed canceled and you will be notified of the new date. The best that can happen is that they will interview you after all.

Good luck.

Thank you.. your opinion was very helpful.

[Anh map 2,098]

You could also schedule an InfoPass appointment and go to get a face to face answer and possible reschedule date.

[elenaymateo 0]

You could also schedule an InfoPass appointment and go to get a face to face answer and possible reschedule date.

Thank you Anh map... I just scheduled an Infopass for next week.

[Nikita2Charles 32]

If you get an infopass apt before the interview date that's fine, but if it's after the interview date like the others have said, Please go there and worse that can happen they'll tell you it got rescheduled.

I've seen plenty reports of this happening, nothing to worry about.