Subject: lad in New York area

From: Wenxing Zhang <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 94 16:19:17 CDT

Hi friends:
	I am a new netter of LADS-L. I have some questions about lad. My wife, who came to USA on /9/05/1990, filed I-485 on the morning of /8/02/93 to the INS New York Office. We went over there and dropped the whole application pakage in a mail box in the reception room. 
	Since then, we have not recieved any reply from INS. However,from the back side of $120 cashed check we realized that they processed or opened her application pachage on 8/03/93 and cashed the check on 8/04/93.  
 	My wife, who was graduate student with F-1 visa then, graduated on May 26. She had to file Practical Trainning 1 1/2 months ago for maintaining a lawful statue, even though she had filed I-485, but she didn't recieve any notice from INS.
	The reason why she file I-765 for practical training is that we have nothing except a cashed check to verify that she is in pending state so that she can apply work permit based on her petition, meanwhile maintainning a lawful statue.
	Up to now, I have heard nothing from INS for both I-485 (permanant residency) and I-765 (practical tranning, check was also cashed). I don't know what I should do next?

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From: Naiqian Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 94 07:39:12 CDT

> From: Wenxing Zhang <[email-masked]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
> Subject: lad in New York area
> 
> Hi friends:
> 	I am a new netter of LADS-L. I have some questions about lad. 
> My wife, who came to USA on /9/05/1990, filed I-485 on the morning of 
> /8/02/93 to the INS New York Office. We went over there and dropped the 
> whole application pakage in a mail box in the reception room. 
> 	Since then, we have not recieved any reply from INS. However,from 
> the back side of $120 cashed check we realized that they processed or 
> opened her application pachage on 8/03/93 and cashed the check on 8/04/93.  
>  	My wife, who was graduate student with F-1 visa then, graduated on 
> May 26. She had to file Practical Trainning 1 1/2 months ago for maintaining 
> a lawful statue, even though she had filed I-485, but she didn't recieve 
> any notice from INS.
> 	The reason why she file I-765 for practical training is that we have 
> nothing except a cashed check to verify that she is in pending state so 
> that she can apply work permit based on her petition, meanwhile maintainning 
> a lawful statue.
> 	Up to now, I have heard nothing from INS for both I-485 (permanant 
> residency) and I-765 (practical tranning, check was also cashed). I don't 
> know what I should do next? 
> 

First, go INS office to ask your wife's status, bring your canceled check,
it contains all information. (My laywer told me it when my receipt was missing
on mail) They processing LAD again this month, one of my friend just got
her passport stamped on July first.

It is better to file application in person, they need check your file, give
you a A number, AND hold your I-94, after that, you can get working permit.
I don't know you hand in your wife's I-94 or not, if not, did you give them 
a copy? Did your wife left US(even go to Canada) after filing? you will have
some trouble if you did not give them a copy of I-94 or go outside US because
your wife's status had already changed to immigration pending after you file
application.

INS usually not give anything out when I-485 is file at local office, they 
assume you file in person.

Good luck to catch visa number on July, local officer of INS is not sure
how many can be issued this month. They are not issue a lot interview.