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Immigration Issues
Another option is to go through your US Senator or US Representative's offices. Usually the Senators have more power, but it would depend on who represents you.
They all have liason offices in their home States, staffed with people to help their constituents through these kinds of problems. And believe me, when Senator So-and-so's office calls USCIS, it's a very different thing from when you or I call. The liason offices like to help out with these kinds of issues - it makes them look good, creates happy constituents who will hopefully continue to vote for their boss!
Our daughter's immigration status was a mess - she was brought in on an emergency medical visa and technically wasn't supposed to stay. Dealing with USCIS (then INS) would reduce me to either a screaming maniac or crying puddle. Until I found Jay Cummings at Senator Olympia Snowe's office. I love that man! Anyway, every time something needed to be taken care of I went to see him and he made the calls.
Didn't help that Maya's readoption was Sept 10, 2001 or that Cambodia was shut down to all adoptions. Needless to say we were a tad bit nervous about having her legality of being in the US up in the air!
She even spent a year as a "Paroled Alien". We had visions of her in a tiny silver suit with a ball and chain around her ankle.
It finally got taken care of, but it did take almost 3 years. But now she's now a US citizen! Wahoo!
So, my suggestion is to make best friends with someone at one of those offices - buy them candy and flowers if you have to. It's free, too! (well, Your Tax Dollars At Work)
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