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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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I have drafted a letter that expresses my feelings and my desire for reform on the availability of information and communication in USCIS' 'Customer Service' practices. I encourage all of you to read it, modify it to suit your tastes, and send it along as well. You can send it stock, too. Consider sending it to USCIS itself, the director, a congressman, a senator, the whitehouse, or the department of homeland security.

USCIS Reform Letter

I wrote it to compliment David and Marina's petition.

Bless Bless.

Dan & Sheryl (Twin Cities, MN and Calgary, AB Canada)

Feb 29 2004 - Met on LiveJournal.com

July 25 2005 - Things start to get 'romantic'

Nov 11 2005 - Met in person

Dec 31 2005 - Engaged

March 6 2006 - I-129F sent

March 9 2006 - I-129F NOA1

June 10 Case Transfered to CSC - assured by USCIS that NOA1 date would be honored

July 3 2006 - IMBRA RFE in the mail

July 5 2006 - RFE sent with extra evidence (plane tickets, receipts, letters, emails, photos)

July 10 2006 - RFE received

Aug 8 2006 - Congressional inquiry - told 129F cases are processed based on IMBRA RFE

Sept 20 2006 - Called DHS - Was told another RFE was sent three weeks ago

Sept 21 2006 - Local USCIS office claims RFE is a request for 'initial' evidence - RFE must be lost or was never actually sent.

Sept 22 2006 - Congressional inquiry #2- told "We are working on your case, please allow 60 days" ARGGHH

Sept 26 2006 - 6 touches from all my investigating

Oct 16 2006 - Finally received the RFE that's been holding up our case. It's the IMBRA RFE that we already sent in and was verified received!

Oct 17 2006 - Senator Mark Dayton's office finally gets USCIS to pull out petition for special processing.

Oct 24 2006 - FINALLY APPROVED!

Jan 18 2007 - Interview in Vancouver / K-1 received

Jan 23 2007 - Sheryl enters the US with me

Feb 17 2007 - Wedding!

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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I've posted this in David & Marina's thread as well...

You might also want to include the USCIS Ombudsman. All of his prior Reports to Congress suggest change, attempt to implement change and are aware of the changes that need to be made but aren't.

2005

Sept 10 I-129F sent to TSC

2006

Interview - February 13th APPROVED! day 152

April 6 - wedding date day 204

Aug 22 - AOS interview date day 101-total days 342

Sept 29 - green card arrives, done until June 2008 day 140-total days 381

2008

June 30 - I-751 mailed total days 1025

2009

March 9 - Removal of Conditions approved! total days 1277

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I have drafted a letter that expresses my feelings and my desire for reform on the availability of information and communication in USCIS' 'Customer Service' practices. I encourage all of you to read it, modify it to suit your tastes, and send it along as well. You can send it stock, too. Consider sending it to USCIS itself, the director, a congressman, a senator, the whitehouse, or the department of homeland security.

USCIS Reform Letter

I wrote it to compliment David and Marina's petition.

Bless Bless.

The letter is good. But you need to modify the following:

USCIS = US Citizenship and Immigration Services

You had something else in there.

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I have drafted a letter that expresses my feelings and my desire for reform on the availability of information and communication in USCIS' 'Customer Service' practices. I encourage all of you to read it, modify it to suit your tastes, and send it along as well. You can send it stock, too. Consider sending it to USCIS itself, the director, a congressman, a senator, the whitehouse, or the department of homeland security.

USCIS Reform Letter

I wrote it to compliment David and Marina's petition.

Bless Bless.

The letter is good. But you need to modify the following:

USCIS = US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Good letter!

It does not EMPHASIZE that the wait times are 4-6 months at the CSC and 1 month an Vermont???

You mentioned that the wait times were normalized now????

You had something else in there.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Great feedback! I've updated it. Thanks!

Dan & Sheryl (Twin Cities, MN and Calgary, AB Canada)

Feb 29 2004 - Met on LiveJournal.com

July 25 2005 - Things start to get 'romantic'

Nov 11 2005 - Met in person

Dec 31 2005 - Engaged

March 6 2006 - I-129F sent

March 9 2006 - I-129F NOA1

June 10 Case Transfered to CSC - assured by USCIS that NOA1 date would be honored

July 3 2006 - IMBRA RFE in the mail

July 5 2006 - RFE sent with extra evidence (plane tickets, receipts, letters, emails, photos)

July 10 2006 - RFE received

Aug 8 2006 - Congressional inquiry - told 129F cases are processed based on IMBRA RFE

Sept 20 2006 - Called DHS - Was told another RFE was sent three weeks ago

Sept 21 2006 - Local USCIS office claims RFE is a request for 'initial' evidence - RFE must be lost or was never actually sent.

Sept 22 2006 - Congressional inquiry #2- told "We are working on your case, please allow 60 days" ARGGHH

Sept 26 2006 - 6 touches from all my investigating

Oct 16 2006 - Finally received the RFE that's been holding up our case. It's the IMBRA RFE that we already sent in and was verified received!

Oct 17 2006 - Senator Mark Dayton's office finally gets USCIS to pull out petition for special processing.

Oct 24 2006 - FINALLY APPROVED!

Jan 18 2007 - Interview in Vancouver / K-1 received

Jan 23 2007 - Sheryl enters the US with me

Feb 17 2007 - Wedding!

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Great feedback! I've updated it. Thanks!

Progress has been made on processing times?

I am not in the 'right to complain' category yet, and hopefully we won't be. But my take on Gary's timeline is that the progress with regards to improving processing times appears to be random, and approvals sporadic with CSC. Surely every case is different, so there will be some applications which get quicker approval than others, but there appears to be no across the board progress, or even a hint of fairness for those left behind in the IMBRA debacle.

Otherwise, the letter seems to be well written. :thumbs:

B and J K-1 story

  • April 2004 met online
  • July 16, 2006 Met in person on her birthday in United Arab Emirates
  • August 4, 2006 sent certified mail I-129F packet Neb SC
  • August 9, 2006 NOA1
  • August 21, 2006 received NOA1 in mail
  • October 4, 5, 7, 13 & 17 2006 Touches! 50 day address change... Yes Judith is beautiful, quit staring at her passport photo and approve us!!! Shaming works! LOL
  • October 13, 2006 NOA2! November 2, 2006 NOA2? Huh? NVC already processed and sent us on to Abu Dhabi Consulate!
  • February 12, 2007 Abu Dhabi Interview SUCCESS!!! February 14 Visa in hand!
  • March 6, 2007 she is here!
  • MARCH 14, 2007 WE ARE MARRIED!!!
  • May 5, 2007 Sent AOS/EAD packet
  • May 11, 2007 NOA1 AOS/EAD
  • June 7, 2007 Biometrics appointment
  • June 8, 2007 first post biometrics touch, June 11, next touch...
  • August 1, 2007 AOS Interview! APPROVED!! EAD APPROVED TOO...
  • August 6, 2007 EAD card and Welcome Letter received!
  • August 13, 2007 GREEN CARD received!!! 375 days since mailing the I-129F!

    Remove Conditions:

  • May 1, 2009 first day to file
  • May 9, 2009 mailed I-751 to USCIS CS
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