From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: [Visa] How U.S. INS Handles F-1 Student Off-Campus Working Permit
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 06:19:44 GMT

The following is carried in October 4's CND-US:
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2. Tips on INS's Handling of F-1 Student Off-Campus Working Permit ...... 33
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From: <DDAVIS@KSUVM.BITNET>
Source: NFSA Communication Network, Sept. 30, 1992. Forwarded by Bo Xiong.

Following are some tips regarding the approval procedure of F-1 Students'
Off-Campus Working Permit by the INS Office at Kansas City, MO.  These may
be helpful tips for any INS office.

1) The director in the INS office in Kansas City has made a policy that the
first thing the INS person adjudicating the I-765 does is go back to the
computer and punch in the applicant's name, date of birth, etc.  If for any
reason at any time in the person's past, there was an INS file created in
any INS office, then KC INS must get that file and see what happened way
back then before approving the I-765.

This sometimes takes a long time but it is a policy carved in cement.  The
attorney says they won't budge even if the student or an attornen can show
what happened back when the applicant's INS file was created.

2) In the cases where INS wants to get a file from another INS office or
when the adjudicating officer sends the applicant away to get more
documentation (as in the case with our student), there is no system in place
on where to put the pending application.  Often it sits on the desk of the
officer who took it and that officer most likely won't be the one the
applicant sees when s/he returns with the requested documentation.  The
attorney says to encourage our students to ask politely the name of the INS
person helping them in the even that the EAD is not granted and the student
is sent back to get more documentation.  That way, when the student returns
with the documentation s/he can say who they talked to before and it might
be easier to track the missing application.

3) Finally, INS folks may get points for everything they do, so when they
turn in their work reports they can say they got so many points.  Well,
because I-765's have never been assigned to any particular department,
nobody gets any points for doing them.  This means nobody wants to do them
and explains why sometimes they officer sends an applicant away for more
documentation.  Then the officer can get on to the business of earning
points. 

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