CIS Ombudsman Request Number 20250173884 for Tanay Lakshman

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cisombudsman <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Sept, 2025 at 9:52 pm

To: Tanay Lakshman <[email protected]>

Dear Tanay Lakshman,

Thank you for submitting a case assistance request on DHS Form 7001, Request for Case Assistance to the Department
of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman). For
your records, a copy of the information you shared with us is below. Please also see the Consent section below to
determine whether we need you to send us a scanned copy or photo of the DHS Form 7001 with your signature in
Section 9.

We are an independent office within DHS and are not part of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This
means we do not have access to your immigration file. Submitting a DHS Form 7001 to our office does not pause or
delay the time you have to appeal a USCIS decision or respond to a request or notice from USCIS.

Supporting documentation: If you have not uploaded documentation that supports your request for case assistance,
you may do so in two ways:

Option 1: Go to the Upload Requested Documents (after submitting your request) tab on our online DHS Form
7001 page. Enter your CIS Ombudsman Request Number and email address, upload your documents, and then
submit them.
Option 2: Reply to this email and attach the requested documents. Please note, we may send you a request for
information if your attachment does not come through due to size limitations or the virus scan.

Family members also experiencing difficulties? If you included the receipt numbers for your family member(s) in this
request and would like our assistance with your family member(s)' case, each family member needs to submit their
own DHS Form 7001 with supporting documentation to our office. We will only be able to review and submit an inquiry
for you for the primary form receipt. If you submitted a separate DHS Form 7001 for your family member(s), please
reply to this email and provide the name(s) of your family member(s) and associated CIS Ombudsman Request
Number(s) to link your requests together.

Need help with more than one pending form? If you need our assistance with more than one form, please submit a
separate DHS Form 7001 for each receipt number and reply to this email to provide the subsequent CIS Ombudsman
Request Number(s) to link your requests together. For example, if you would like our help with a pending Form I-130,
Petition for Alien Relative, and a pending Form I‑589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, you must
submit two separate DHS Forms 7001. However, if you are seeking our help with concurrently filed petitions that are still
pending—such as Form I-130 and Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status—you may
file just one DHS Form 7001 as long as you include the Form I-130 receipt number, the Form I-485 receipt number, and
consent from both the petitioner and beneficiary.

How soon will we take action on your request? The CIS Ombudsman works first on requests that fall under one of our
priority issues. Due to the volume of requests we receive, our office is temporarily prioritizing requests where the
description provided in Section 2 of the form involves:

Undelivered USCIS notices or decisions – Such as receipt notices, requests for evidence, appointment notices, or
denial notices where USCIS' Case Status Online page indicate that it issued one, or instances where the U.S.
Postal Service returned a card or document to USCIS as non-deliverable.
Aging out of eligibility – Certain cases where the beneficiary may “age out” of eligibility for the requested
immigration benefit. See USCIS’ Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) webpage for additional information.
U.S. military personnel – Certain cases involving U.S. military personnel and their families.
Improper rejections – Applications and petitions that were improperly rejected by USCIS due to clear errors of
fact or obvious misapplication of the relevant law.
 Typographical errors – Typographic errors (such as the wrong name or date of birth) in immigration documents,
such as Green Cards or employment authorization documents.
Emergency or hardship – Certain cases involving an emergency or a hardship that fall under the USCIS expedite
criteria.
Expedites – Expedite requests that were approved, and the agency has not issued a notice or decision on your
pending form within the last 45 days.
Transfers to the Department of State – Delays in sending approved petitions to the Department of State.

Our goal is to assign these types of requests to one of our analysts within 14 business days. For other types of
requests, our review and response time may be further delayed. If the issue described in Section 2 of your form
indicated that your case has been pending past the USCIS inquiry date (which may be different from the processing
times USCIS posts on its website), we will still review your request and reach out to USCIS, but these requests are
assigned in a first-in, first-out order. We will continue to work with USCIS leadership to address its lengthy delays—
across various form types—as a systemic issue.

Next steps:
We will contact you as soon as one of our immigration law analysts has the opportunity to review the description and
documentation you provided with your DHS Form 7001.

If a document you uploaded with the DHS Form 7001 did not make it to us because of size limitations or virus
scan, our analyst will reach out to you via email to ask that you resubmit the document.
Use the Check the Status of Your Request tab on our online DHS Form 7001 page at any time to see where your
request is in our process.
Please note that if you previously submitted a DHS Form 7001 with our office for the same receipt
number and the initial request remains pending with our office, we will close your most recent case assistance
request to avoid duplication.

Reminders:

Response Deadlines and/or Appeal Rights:

Please be mindful that filing a request for case assistance with the CIS Ombudsman does not protect your
appeal rights or extend any USCIS deadlines you may face.
If you received a request for evidence or other notice requesting information, you must respond to USCIS
with the requested information within the timeframe noted on the notice, even if you disagree with the
request.
If you received a denial notice and believe there is clear USCIS error, you should file an appeal or motion to
reopen or reconsider, as appropriate, to protect your appeal rights.
If you believe there is clear USCIS administrative error with a denial, please provide copies of the denial
notice, original submission, appeal and/or motion receipt notice or copy of submission with supporting
documentation and delivery confirmation to us by replying to this email. See USCIS’ Notice of Appeal or
Motion and Questions and Answers: Appeals and Motions pages for information.
Consent:
We will not be able to communicate with you further, and your request for case assistance will be closed, if
we do not receive proper consent from the benefit requestor (i.e., the individual who signed the submitted
form to USCIS) or if the protected individual’s address or attorney information does not match USCIS
systems.
If the benefit requestor did not provide proper consent, or if you did not include a copy of Form G-28, Notice
of Entry or Appearance as Attorney or Representative, when you submitted this request for case assistance,
please reply to this email with a scanned copy of Section 9 of DHS Form 7001 or the Form G-28,
respectively.
Unrepresented individuals who have applied for, or who were granted, T, U, VAWA, or refugee
status submitting this request must submit a copy of the wet signature on Section 9 of DHS Form 7001.
In addition, the address for unrepresented individuals must match the address in USCIS systems, and
we will communicate with you via U.S. mail only in the future, to comply with confidentiality
provisions.
If you need to update your address with USCIS, USCIS has special procedures for you to update your
address. See USCIS' Change of Address Procedures for VAWA/T/U Cases and Form I-751 Abuse
Waivers page for instructions.
 Attorneys or accredited representatives must have previously submitted a properly executed Form G-28 to
USCIS.
Change of Address:
If you have moved or plan on moving, you must notify USCIS. See USCIS’ How to Change Your
Address webpage for more information. For most individuals, the easiest way may be to do so via USCIS'
new Enterprise Change of Address self-service tool or via USCIS’ Online Change of Address webpage,
where you can submit Form AR-11 and update your address for pending applications or petitions at the
same time. The U.S. Postal Service does not forward secure documents such as a permanent resident card
or employment authorization document to a new address, so USCIS must receive your new address before
it orders and prints a decision or other notice.
Emergency travel:
If you have an urgent need to travel, you may wish to submit an expedite request or consider applying for an
emergency advance parole travel document. For instructions on how to request an emergency advance
parole travel document, please view USCIS’ website on Emergency Travel. You will need to provide
documentation that supports the urgent need for international travel.
Duplicate pending congressional inquiries:
To avoid duplication of effort and potentially delaying USCIS' adjudication of your case, we will close your
request for case assistance when USCIS has confirmed that they have also received a congressional
inquiry for the same receipt number(s) and issue.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
202-357-8100 | 1-855-882-8100

P.S. Is your address up to date with USCIS? Don’t miss important USCIS mail (such as an appointment notice, decision,
employment authorization document (EAD), or lawful permanent resident (LPR) card). Even if you already changed your
address with the U.S. Postal Service, you still need to update your address directly with USCIS. Go to USCIS’ Change of
Address page for additional information on how to update your address for any pending applications or petitions with
USCIS.

Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman – Case Assistance (DHS Form 7001)

CIS Ombudsman Request

20250173884
Number:
Applicant/Beneficiary/Petitioner

Tanay Lakshman
Name:

100 DISTRICT AVE

Contact Information: BURLINGTON Massachusetts01803

Primary E-mail Address (to receive Ombudsman updates):

[email protected]
Phone: 7812733322
Fax:
 Please Send any future correspondences through the U.S. Postal
Service: No
Date of Birth: 12/8/1986

Country of Birth: India

Alien Registration
Number:

Application/Petition Information

USCIS Receipt Date: 8/28/2025 2:30 PM

Application/Petition USCIS Form: I-129- Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
Information: Receipt Number: EAC1012345678
Form Category: H-3 - Temporary trainees
Type of Immigration Family
Benefit Sought:

Reason(s) for Requesting Case Assistance

Mailing issues, including non-delivery of correspondence and/or immigration documents: No
Beneficiary may “age-out” of eligibility for the requested immigration benefit. Consult the Child
Status Protection Act website: No
Certain cases involving U.S. military personnel and their families: No
Applications or petitions that were improperly rejected by USCIS due to clear errors of fact or
obvious misapplication of the relevant law by USCIS: No
Typographic error(s) on immigration documents: No
Individual is in removal proceedings before an immigration court with a hearing scheduled
within six months AND has an application/petition pending before USCIS that could impact the
outcome: No
Reason(s) for Requesting Lost files and/or file transfer issues: No
Case Assistance: Certain cases involving an emergency or a hardship that falls under USCIS expedite criteria: No
Priority-2 Direct Access Program: No
Systemic issue(s) that should be given higher level review: No
Case is at least 30 days past published processing times (e.g., at least 30 days past the receipt
date for a case inquiry with USCIS): No
Case has no posted processing times, and my case has been pending for more than six
months: No

Other (specify): No

We have found Akansha Tripathi of Gujarat in interlocutory with

Description: Aparna Pal of Sonamukhi in Bankura.

Prior Actions Taken

Requested assistance from USCIS using its e-Request tool: No 

Emailed the lockbox: No

Contacted USCIS at its toll-free number 1-800-375-5283: No

Actions Taken with USCIS

For refugee applicants: No
for Resolution For T visa, U visa, or Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) benefits: No
Other: No

Please Describe: We have found Akansha Tripathi of Gujarat in

interlocutory with Aparna Pal of Sonamukhi in Bankura.
 Contacted a U.S. government department or agency for assistance: No

Contacted a U.S. congressional representative for assistance: No

Other Actions Taken
Submitted an inquiry through a non-governmental organization or bar/trade association: No
Filed an appeal or motion challenging a USCIS decision denying benefits: No

Attorney/Accredited Representative

Phone:

I have submitted a Form G-28 to USCIS as the attorney/accredited

representative regarding applications or petitions related to this inquiry.
A copy of my Form G-28 is attached. No

I am an accredited representative of a religious, charitable, social

service or similar organization established in the United States and
Attorney/Representative recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals pursuant to 8 CFR
Information: 292.1. The name and address of my organization is provided above. No

I am an attorney and a member in good standing of the bar of the

highest court of the following State, territory, insular possession, or
District of Columbia and am not under a court or administrative agency
order suspending, enjoining, restraining, disbarring, or otherwise
restricting me in practicing law. [y/n value from field] [text entry from
field(s) added to OCA for state/court] No

Other: No

Supporting Documentation

Supporting
Documentation: Do not mail original documents. Only mail copies of documents.

The following documents were submitted with your request for case assistance:

Verification
Tanay Lakshman
Signature: