VSC Issues Missing Approval Notices
Posted May 13, 2005
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The Vermont Service Center (VSC) recently identified a group of approximately 27,000 I-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status) cases that were approved without approval notices ever being issued to the attorneys. The case approvals date from November 2004 to early May 2005. This oversight appears to be tied to a software upgrade. The VSC said on May 4, 2005 that they would be issuing all the approval notices and mailing them within one week.
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It appears that the VSC is carrying through with this promise. The Law Office of Sheela Murthy received a large number of these notices shortly after the May 4^th announcement. Most of the approval notices we received were for cases approved December 2004 through February 2005.
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We anticipate that more approval notices are on their way, much to the relief of our clients who have been waiting for these important documents. We appreciate the VSC's identifying this problem and taking the steps to address it promptly. In some instances, the I-485 applicants may receive duplicate approval notices for their I-485s and should not become alarmed as these are merely duplicates of the original approval notices.