TX 1.7 delivered receipted+感谢组织诉讼的同学

虽然针对USCIS的class action已经取得初步（并且十分显著的）成果了，不过还是贡献一个TX initial OPT的update供大家参考～

UPS overnight 1.7 delivered，二月上旬的时候联系了Illinois的senator，2.12的时候议员办公室给了我一个USCIS的官方答复说他们已经在尽力了，当时感觉加速是没有希望了0v0

然后今天(3.2)中午Senator办公室的人给我转发了一个USCIS的update on my case，主要内容是receipt number已经生成了。"The I-765 submission for XYZ was received on January 7, 2021 and it was accepted on March 1, 2021, and assigned receipt number xxxxx. The filing will be forwarded to the Potomac Service Center for processing. A receipt notice will be mailed to the address provided on the application."

感觉找议员还是有点帮助的。我从收到官方回复到今天的receipt number之间大概隔了两周，跟之前在地里看到的一个12月中旬delivered姐妹一样。

希望寄到TX的兄弟姐妹们都可以今早收到receipt！收到receipt的可以早日approved！

最后特别感谢组诉讼的兄弟姐妹们！！你们真的对所有的国际生都做出了巨大贡献！！也给刚毕业的我上了特别生动的一课～我个人有点惭愧在这次的事件中一直在犹豫诉讼有没有用，直到最后都没有参加。相信有了你们的先驱经验以后，未来的维权队伍和发声人群会越来越壮大！

你好，请问可以分享一下联系议员的内容吗？听说要有receipt number才能加速，不然不好办，看来也并不完全是...谢谢！

确实！借着楼主的楼谢谢组织诉讼和同学们的努力。虽然没参加诉讼，但也是天天点赞转发评论。11.10 tx lockbox stem上周已经approve了。不发声就不会有进度。

好的～我这里写得详细一点方便路过的同学参考。我联系的是Senator，每个州有两名，这个随便google就行了 我看地里也有联系众议员的，如果要找他们的话去 house.gov的find your representative输入10位数邮编就能找到

找到议员名字以后去他们的网站上面看Help with US Federal Agency或者Contact Us板块。无论哪种方式最终会让你填一个USCIS Privacy Release Form(PARF)，碰到要填receipt number和date of receipt的地方就跳过，我写的是N/A。我原来的description of issue就不发了，因为很多concern USCIS 2.26的公告都解决了，我贴一份后来发给分配到我的case的专员的邮件给大家参考：

My OPT application (Form I-765) arrived in USCIS’s Texas lockbox on 01/07/2021 with UPS tracking number xxx. However, after more than 30 days I did not receive any case number or receipt notice. My money order used to pay the application fee has not been cashed either. My current I-20 grace period will expire on XYZ and I believe that I need my case number to extend my stay and to persuade my employer to keep my job offer.

I would much appreciate it if you could help me ask the USCIS TX lockbox to check the package they received on 01/0702021 and generate a case number asap if it’s possible. I have seen on online forums that other students whose applications were delivered in mid-December to Texas have obtained case numbers through the help of their Congressman or Congresswoman.

我的议员办公室可能是没仔细看description后续发邮件来问我要receipt number，我跟他们重新说明了一下情况，他们就通过了这个request并且assign了一个专员。我的邮件是这样写的：
Unfortunately, I am not able to provide a receipt notice. My request is about getting a receipt notice from USCIS before my legal status expires on February 10th. My application has been delivered but not receipted. Usually, the application will be receipted within 2 weeks of delivery, but my waiting time has exceeded a month. I figured that it might be possible for USCIS to retrieve my application from their Dallas lockbox with the delivery information I provide. 如果他们一个星期都没回复你的initial request的话可以打电话去问问，一般会转答录机。我当时比较急，在发第一封邮件的同时就打了电话，留下了名字（拼写好的 eg D as in David, F as in Frank）、邮箱、电话，第二天就收到回复了。

总之我感觉联系USCIS对议员来说是一件很成熟的、已经形成了流程的工作，写申请的时候把希望他们做的事情说清楚就行，可以适当强调一下自己生活中的困难让他们觉得你很重视这件事情。

發給議員大概多久收到回覆信啊？謝謝

YUYU666 发表于 2021-3-3 05:04
發給議員大概多久收到回覆信啊？謝謝

我在线提交help with federal agency form + 电话留言到收到Privacy release form是一天，提交PARF到他们follow up on receipt number是一天，我重新回邮件到给我assign agent是一天。Assign agent以后一周收到了官方回复，再过了两周收到receipt number。

我联系的电话答录机是Illinois senator的chicago office的答录机，我觉得联系一个特定的office比发公共邮箱会快一点，特别是senator辖区比较大。我打完电话以后chicago office给我发了邮件+PARF，所以我除了第一次在网上填表格以外所有的邮件都是回复chicago office的，也许我的流程比较快跟这个有关系。

我是找到了一个可以通过邮件沟通的议员，我查到的大部分议员是要邮寄PARF的。不过一个州两个参议员+n个众议员多找找可能会有不用邮寄的。