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Posted by chikow on 14 Oct 2008Hey, mine is a case similar to your. My recipt date is 06/12 and the RFE received date of 09/23 but my application is still pending. What was your RFE for? Also did you make any attempts to expedite your application, if so what?
Posted by nineth on 14 Oct 2008See complete details here:
http://www.trackitt.com/discuss/765eb/32965525/
On Sep 3rd, I called them and placed an expedite request. It had already been 70+ days, and much worse than average. Since they sent me an RFE on Sep 8th and they had just been sitting on my application for 2.5 months like morons, I feel that placing the expedite request just made them touch my file and start the processing. I never received any communication on whether the expedite request was accepted or declined. I later kicked myself for not having done that one month before; several people did that and got ahead of me. Note that all of this ONLY applies to the Nebraska Service Center -- the only center I've heard that expedites application if they find a job offer letter in the package.
http://www.trackitt.com/discuss/765eb/32965525/
On Sep 3rd, I called them and placed an expedite request. It had already been 70+ days, and much worse than average. Since they sent me an RFE on Sep 8th and they had just been sitting on my application for 2.5 months like morons, I feel that placing the expedite request just made them touch my file and start the processing. I never received any communication on whether the expedite request was accepted or declined. I later kicked myself for not having done that one month before; several people did that and got ahead of me. Note that all of this ONLY applies to the Nebraska Service Center -- the only center I've heard that expedites application if they find a job offer letter in the package.
Posted by encore on 14 Oct 2008Hey on what date did you see "card mailed" status?
Posted by nineth on 14 Oct 2008> Hey on what date did you see "card mailed" status?
See http://www.trackitt.com/discuss/765eb/32965525/. "Approval notice sent" is equivalent to "Card mailed". Getting either of them means the card has been mailed, but not getting either or that doesn't mean it hasn't been.
See http://www.trackitt.com/discuss/765eb/32965525/. "Approval notice sent" is equivalent to "Card mailed". Getting either of them means the card has been mailed, but not getting either or that doesn't mean it hasn't been.
Posted by encore on 15 Oct 2008Hey nineth, I am confused abut something. I have read it at many places that USPS doesn't forward mails from USCIS. But you did get your card in mail forwarding, right? What do think, could yours be an exception and USPS made a sweet mistake?
Posted by nineth on 15 Oct 2008Okay, here's the deal. trackitt.com is a great resource for information, but there is also a lot of incorrect information as well as misconceptions; users read incorrect information and re-post it elsewhere thinking that they know it all and it spreads. I have checked all the rules and studied the actual USPS regulations. So, here's clarifying the picture once and for all.
USCIS mail is first-class mail. The fact that "Return service requested" may be written on top of some of its letters (though not on the one with the EAD card) doesn't change anything, since return service is included by default with any first-class mail. As per regulations, all first-class mail is to be forwarded unless it has a "Do not forward" endorsement on it. Period. I don't want to go into the details of "Return service requested" here.
However, in reality, things don't work that way. USPS's forwarding system has its limitations. Things may get delivered at your old address, may get returned, or get forwarded. My EAD card was forwarded, and there are many others too for whom this has happened. The card will be returned if and only if they fail on doing a match for forwarding at your old post office as well as unsuccessfully match the name on your mailbox at your old address; these are the cases that make people conclude that CIS mail is not forwarded. Mailmen may not pay attention to names on mailboxes if at all they exist and not always: they are not robots. Also, note that mails with cards don't have US CIS written on their top for confidentiality reasons -- they just have their address on the top left. So there is no such thing as CIS mails not being forwarded.
I've actually come up with a formula for various scenarios based on two parameters.
p1: probability that address/name matches for successful forwarding
p2: prob. that the mailman tries to match the name on the mailbox at your old address and returns it
With this:
Prob. of card fwding = x = p1
Prob. of card returning = y = (1 - p1)*p2
Prob. of card being delivered at your old address = z = (1 - p1)*(1 - p2)
To maximize your chances, somehow get your name on your old mailbox. In that case, p2 = 0, and x + y = 1, and you will get your card here or there :-)
Depending on your locality and mailman, you can estimate p2. p1 is tricky. Your mileage will vary. I feel that the mail will be forwarded if name matches exactly. If not, it might be up to the mailman.
USCIS mail is first-class mail. The fact that "Return service requested" may be written on top of some of its letters (though not on the one with the EAD card) doesn't change anything, since return service is included by default with any first-class mail. As per regulations, all first-class mail is to be forwarded unless it has a "Do not forward" endorsement on it. Period. I don't want to go into the details of "Return service requested" here.
However, in reality, things don't work that way. USPS's forwarding system has its limitations. Things may get delivered at your old address, may get returned, or get forwarded. My EAD card was forwarded, and there are many others too for whom this has happened. The card will be returned if and only if they fail on doing a match for forwarding at your old post office as well as unsuccessfully match the name on your mailbox at your old address; these are the cases that make people conclude that CIS mail is not forwarded. Mailmen may not pay attention to names on mailboxes if at all they exist and not always: they are not robots. Also, note that mails with cards don't have US CIS written on their top for confidentiality reasons -- they just have their address on the top left. So there is no such thing as CIS mails not being forwarded.
I've actually come up with a formula for various scenarios based on two parameters.
p1: probability that address/name matches for successful forwarding
p2: prob. that the mailman tries to match the name on the mailbox at your old address and returns it
With this:
Prob. of card fwding = x = p1
Prob. of card returning = y = (1 - p1)*p2
Prob. of card being delivered at your old address = z = (1 - p1)*(1 - p2)
To maximize your chances, somehow get your name on your old mailbox. In that case, p2 = 0, and x + y = 1, and you will get your card here or there :-)
Depending on your locality and mailman, you can estimate p2. p1 is tricky. Your mileage will vary. I feel that the mail will be forwarded if name matches exactly. If not, it might be up to the mailman.
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