NSC Errors of Some I-485 Approval Notices
Prior to May 1998

The Nebraska Service Center (NSC) recently realized that it has, over the past several weeks and months, issued some incorrect I-797 Approval Notices in the direct-mail employment based I-485 applications.

The I-485 Approval Notice should have directed the adjustment applicant whose I-485 Petition was approved to go to his/her INS local office to be processed for the fingerprinting for the I-89 and issuance of the permanent resident card, the NSC advised certain I-485 applicants that they could expect to receive their I-551 green cards in the mail within a few months.

If the applicant has never been to the INS Service Center Office for processing of the ADIT card, then this approval notice is incorrect. The NSC is in the process of reviewing files in which it might have issued an I-797 Approval Notice using the incorrect language. The NSC has agreed that it will, on its own accord issue a revised notice advising the I-485 applicant and his/her family to visit the INS Service Center having jurisdiction over that person for processing of the ADIT card.

It may be better and faster to contact your attorney if a person is affected by this incorrect approval notice rather than waiting for the NSC to examine its files and reissue approval notices with the appropriate information. If you do not have an attorney and wish to consult the Law Office of Sheela Murthy, please call or send an e-mail to law@murthy.com.