safcrkr
Regular Member
Persons not using a form of delivery confirm or a means of positive receipt dont have much of a leg to stand on when counting their days.
If you dont have a receipt, DOJ could and can claim that the 45 days starts when your check was deposited in their bank.
Yes we all know thats bull.....BUT without a receipt, it would be hard to prove otherwise.
Unless of course your app is stamped by DOJ at some point. Even then your app could be stamped days later than it was actually received.
If you have a receipt, you are gold and nothing DOJ says will over ride it.
If your USPS receipt is 3 days prior to a DOJ stamp, then DOJ cant use their stamp date as the 45 start date.
If your envelope contained 5 sheets of paper or more, you were likely over the single 44 cent stamp postage. A copy of training, 3 pages of application, and an affirmation sheet if necessary makes 5. Because I had 6 (those 5 sheets and also sent copy of DL), my postage was 64 cents. I paid at the P.O. counter (didn't use stamps) and asked for a receipt, with 9 digit zip-code of destination mailed to. P.O. box is last 4 digits of 9 digit zip, which gives me proof of mailing a $.64 envelope to 53707-7130 (DOJs P.O. box), at 9:03 AM, 11/1/11. I have copy of check, stamped at DOJ's bank (U.S. Bank) on 11/14, same date as so many others who mailed on 1st or 2nd day. I cannot prove when they received it, but I got a pretty good case that DOJ had mine no later than the 3rd.
Besides all that CYA stuff... because of the deadline, DOJ is required by law to keep track of all "dates received" of all applications. They cannot even attempt to meet any deadline if they do not have all that info. They must have on file the date an app was received, if they cashed your check (which proves that they do indeed have it). I DO NOT think they'll "lie" about anybody's deadline claim. That would be illegal, and we are talking about the "Department of Justice". (NOT sarcasm)
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