LULAC (Newman) Approval Received Today

[ramachandran]

Dear all, I would like to thank all you good people out there who helped me through the I-687 LULAC (Newman) Late Amnesty Settlement application this past year. I just got the following e-mail today:


Application Type: I687, APPLICATION FOR STATUS AS TEMPORARY RESIDENT

Current Status:

This case has been approved. On December 15, 2005, an approval notice was mailed. If 14 days have passed and you have not received this notice, you may wish to verify or update your address. To update your address, please call the National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision or advice from USCIS within the projected processing time frame*, please contact the National Customer Service Center.

National Customer Service Center (800) 375-5283.

*The projected processing time frame can be found on the receipt notice that you received from the USCIS.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.


Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)



Thank you, CIS!!!

Thank you, fellow ILW Discussion Board members!!!

Thank you, God!!!


Here's my I-687 information for all those who are interested:

I-687 and I-765 applications filed 12/04

Went to the ASC in Casper, Wyoming 1/05

Received my EAD 4/05

Interviewed at the CIS office in Casper, Wyoming 9/05

Received e-mail today 12/15/05



This will be my last time to this discussion board. Good luck to everybody.



Ramachandran

[ramachandran]

Dear all, I would like to thank all you good people out there who helped me through the I-687 LULAC (Newman) Late Amnesty Settlement application this past year. I just got the following e-mail today:


Application Type: I687, APPLICATION FOR STATUS AS TEMPORARY RESIDENT

Current Status:

This case has been approved. On December 15, 2005, an approval notice was mailed. If 14 days have passed and you have not received this notice, you may wish to verify or update your address. To update your address, please call the National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision or advice from USCIS within the projected processing time frame*, please contact the National Customer Service Center.

National Customer Service Center (800) 375-5283.

*The projected processing time frame can be found on the receipt notice that you received from the USCIS.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.


Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)



Thank you, CIS!!!

Thank you, fellow ILW Discussion Board members!!!

Thank you, God!!!


Here's my I-687 information for all those who are interested:

I-687 and I-765 applications filed 12/04

Went to the ASC in Casper, Wyoming 1/05

Received my EAD 4/05

Interviewed at the CIS office in Casper, Wyoming 9/05

Received e-mail today 12/15/05



This will be my last time to this discussion board. Good luck to everybody.



Ramachandran

[honkycat]

congratulations, ramachandran! all the very best. you are the 3rd person that i know of who got his I-687 approved. i see that you live in wyoming. atul in oklahoma and bala in indianapolis got their approvals recently too. it seems that the cis centers in these "remote" locations are approving I-687 faster than the ones in the big cities like miami and new york city. i have been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for ages for my adjudication. does anybody have any comment on this observation? can anybody shed some light on this one?

[shafiq344]

honey cat are you css or lulac?

[honkycat]

hi shafiq, i applied under lulac using form I-687. i have been waiting and waiting and waiting for the good news ever since. how about you?

[intimidator]

i live in baltimore, maryland. is there anyone who know of
good lawyer helping Css/ lulac classmembers. i'm waiting to go for an interview and was advised is good to have a
lawyer with but most lawyers in maryland are not helful.

[preetam_delaware]

Hi Intimidator:

I would highly recommend Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy. I used them to file my CIS late amnesty settlement. Here's its website URL:

http://www.fragomen.com/

The firm has a large office in Washington, DC.

1212 New York Avenue, NW,
Suite 850
Washington, DC 20005-6145
USA
Office Phone: (202) 223-5515
Office Fax: (202)371-2898
Email: DCinfo@fragomen.com

The attorneys are top notch and very much on the ball. Several of the senior partners were very high ranking officers in the old INS.

The only drawback is that the attorneys are very pricey. It cost me about $5000 to file my I-687 application but the package that they put together was excellent. You get what you pay for, right? They would not take the case if they don't think you have a chance of winning it. If they don't take the case, you're out $1000 for a consultation.

The CIS officer highly respected the Fragomen attorney who accompanied me to the interview. I could tell because they were discussing some incredibly complicated case that the CIS officer was currently adjudicating. It was right after my interview and I had stepped outside the office but I overheard them discussing this other case while I was waiting for the attorney. He referred the officer to three recent cases that went to the court of appeals, and the officer thanked him profusely.

I hope this helps.

Preetam

[intimidator]

thanks preetam,

if anyone else has any suggestion for css/ lulac lawyer in baltimore, maryland please provide it. Also if anyone has gone for interview in baltimore without a lawyer for CSS/ LULAC please explain the behaviour of the officers.

[andras]

could somebody tell me whether $5000 is a reasonable fee for an attorney to file an I-687? My friend told me that he paid an attorney $250 to fill one out for him. when i saw the above posting for a lawyer charging $5000, i choked. i was thinking of $500 being the high end. what do you think?

[Dinesh]

Hello Ramchandran

I have filed my I687 on 2nd week of December. My lawyer told me you will recv call in January please pray for me everything will go well like you.

God bless all

[honkycat]

does anyone know if the National Benefits Center are approving these applications or is it the CIS district offices? i see that the longtime Discussion Board members who got their approvals live in the boondocks. I thought it's supposed to adjudicated be "first in, first out" at the NBC. Any thoughts?