INS Asks Asylees Who Applied for Adjustment Prior to June 10, 1998, and Have Not Received a Decision Contact the Agency

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INS ASKS ASYLEES WHO APPLIED FOR ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO JUNE 10, 1998, AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DECISION CONTACT THE AGENCY
Immigrants' Rights Update, Web Edition, July 15, 2002

The Immigration and Naturalization Service is requesting that asylees who applied for adjustment of status on or before June 9, 1998, and still have not received a decision on their applications call the agency. The purpose of the call is to ensure that the INS has the applicant's current address and to check on the status of the case. The request was issued in a May 10, 2001, notice from the agency.

The notice directs applicants to contact the INS by calling 1-800-375-5283. When calling, the applicant should have available the application receipt number. When the phone is answered with an automated message, the applicant should press 1 ("for information about pending applications") and then 2 ("for change of address of your N-400 and certain pending asylum adjustment applications").

The notice also contains a special notice to Iraqi and Syrian asylees. Because of special laws, certain Iraqi and Syrian asylees are not subject to the 10,000 cases-per-year cap that applies to other asylee adjustment cases. The notice asks Iraqi and Syrian asylees who believe that the INS may be inadvertently treating their cases as being subject to the cap to write to the agency at the following address:

Nebraska Service Center
Attn: 485 Syrian Supervisor
P.O. Box 87333
Lincoln, NE 68501-7333