karsten summerall
Sep 5, 2023
Approval notice (adj of status or consular processing?)
my case just got approved today!
I’m applying for consular processing given that I am living in Brazil, but my approval notice states the following:
“The above petition has been approved. The petition indicates that the beneficiary wishes to apply for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident. They should submit a copy of this notice, along with a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. The beneficiary can obtain Form I-485 from the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov, by contacting the USCIS National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283, or by visiting the local USCIS field office. Filing address information can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov.
If the beneficiary decides to apply for an immigrant visa outside the United States based on this petition, you should file Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, to request that we send the petition to the U.S. Department of State National Visa Center (NVC).
The NVC processes all approved immigrant visa petitions that require consular action. The NVC also determines which consular post is the appropriate consulate to complete visa processing. It will then forward the approved petition to that consulate.
The NVC will contact the beneficiary of this petition with further information about immigrant visa processing steps.”
Does that mean that my lawyers mistakenly filed as adjustment of status? or is this a standard notification?
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Myself AshSep 5, 2023
lawyer did a mistake i think
Heidy Herrera Sep 7, 2023
What Carina says is true, we did the documents directly and we made this mistake, submit the I-824 as soon as possible, we have a receipt date of August 15, 2023, any news we will inform you. Good luck to you
karsten summerallSep 7, 2023
update: we talked to our lawyers and pulled the original file to find out that we filed it correctly. then called USCIS and they verified that the mistake was made on their end. they’ve escalated our case to the tier 2 officer and gave us 30 days to receive a call back. In the meanwhile, we reached the USCIS ombudsman to try and get an answer sooner.
thank you for everybody’s input!
