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Guys, please help me out!!! In 2001 February my wife (USC) filed a petition
for my AOS. We got seperated in March and hence I didn't go to EAD
fingerprintitng appointment (June 2001). We got divorced in Auguest. I was
maintaining status (F-1) at the time and transferred to H1B in 2002.

Yesterday I got a letter from INS asking me to appear for an interview for
the AOS application in Garden city NY. If I remember correctly, I answered
the EAD fingerprinting letter stating that I'm no longer pursuing the
application since we got divorced.

So what should I do now? Am I in some kind of trouble? Please help me
out!!!!!!

Ingo Pakleppa - See Web Site For Email

You are not in trouble. Write another letter, restating that you are no
longer pursuing the application, and that you are currently in valid H-1B
status. USCIS often does not match up letters from you with the
applications, so a reminder is in order.

In any case, if you don't show up for the interview, your AOS would simply
be denied. USCIS may then initiate removal proceedings - in that case,
simply provide evidence that you are in valid H-1B status, and you should
be done.

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:33:05 +0000, nobody wrote:

    > Guys, please help me out!!! In 2001 February my wife (USC) filed a
    > petition for my AOS. We got seperated in March and hence I didn't go to
    > EAD fingerprintitng appointment (June 2001). We got divorced in Auguest.
    > I was maintaining status (F-1) at the time and transferred to H1B in
    > 2002.
    >
    > Yesterday I got a letter from INS asking me to appear for an interview
    > for the AOS application in Garden city NY. If I remember correctly, I
    > answered the EAD fingerprinting letter stating that I'm no longer
    > pursuing the application since we got divorced.
    >
    > So what should I do now? Am I in some kind of trouble? Please help me
    > out!!!!!!

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"Ingo Pakleppa - see web site for email" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...

    > You are not in trouble. Write another letter, restating that you are no
    > longer pursuing the application, and that you are currently in valid H-1B
    > status. USCIS often does not match up letters from you with the
    > applications, so a reminder is in order.
    > In any case, if you don't show up for the interview, your AOS would simply
    > be denied. USCIS may then initiate removal proceedings - in that case,
    > simply provide evidence that you are in valid H-1B status, and you should
    > be done.

It is no small thing to enter deportation proceedings, and to get a
favorable outcome, even if you are entirely in the right. I strongly urge
you to avoid entering into deportation proceedings at all.

> On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:33:05 +0000, nobody wrote:
    > > Guys, please help me out!!! In 2001 February my wife (USC) filed a
    > > petition for my AOS. We got seperated in March and hence I didn't go to
    > > EAD fingerprintitng appointment (June 2001). We got divorced in Auguest.
    > > I was maintaining status (F-1) at the time and transferred to H1B in
    > > 2002.
    > >
    > > Yesterday I got a letter from INS asking me to appear for an interview
    > > for the AOS application in Garden city NY. If I remember correctly, I
    > > answered the EAD fingerprinting letter stating that I'm no longer
    > > pursuing the application since we got divorced.
    > >
    > > So what should I do now? Am I in some kind of trouble? Please help me
    > > out!!!!!!