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WOW, I actually got a touch, it says that they received the requested evidence ( a missing signature on a form) and that now the case processing has resumed....it says i will be notified by mail within 60 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: .....Please tell me that this is just due process and that it really doesnt take that long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck Byron, hope you get your NOA2 very soon? Come on VSC approve Mirla already. :angry:

Good luck to all May filers still waiting!!!

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This process is rediculously easy and the USCIS is screwing it up at every level from Cust service to long range strategic planning.

Or, maybe I am way off base here.

No, I don't think you are off base at all.

The problems currently being experienced by USCIS were to a great extent self generated. They were not caused by an cataclysmic event such as 911 or by unexpected legislation action such as the IMBRA regulations. Instead the current situation was caused by a management decision that created an avalanche of petitions without having the manpower in place to handle it. This should have been anticipated and could have easily been mitigated by phasing in the price increases so that an overwhelming surge of petitions was avoided.

Obviously an ajudicator requires training and it is not possible to just call up a temp agency and order up a few dozen extra for the month. I assume that USCIS management was aware of this fact before they took the steps they did. However, not only did they not have enough adjudicators in place when they announced the price increase they did not even have enough low level contract employees to do the receiving.

When I began investigating this process VSC was consistently adjudicating K1 petitions within 30 to 60 days. It is now approaching 6 months and there is no sign of improvement. What has actually changed to cause this huge deterioration in service? The adjudication process is no different today than it was 9 months ago. Employment visas have priority over K1's & K3's today but I think that was the case previously also. There may have been more than anticipated employment based petitions due to some decisions outside the control of USCIS but those petitions should have been absorbed and processed by now. The government emphasis on Iraqi petitions may have caught them by surprise but they already knew how many Iraqi petitions were pending and that they had the obligation to process them.

As I see it the problem comes down to this. USCIS management decided they needed to upgrade their systems and they needed more money to pay for the upgrades. I have no objection to that. Obviously their systems are antiquated and need to be updated. But by the same token the existing systems were providing decisions in a reasonable amount of time. What bothers me is that management put in place a plan that was destined to cause delays and hardship for thousands (or is it millions?) of their current so called customers in the hope that 4 or 5 years down the road their service will improve.

Is this good management? I don't think so.

At this point USCIS customers are arguing about who should have priority and wondering when they will be with the ones they love. Meanwhile the people in management who created this mess go home to their families every night. I think that we have the right to be upset.

And on top of that they closed all the other centers and left only Vermont and CSC open to deal with our petitions.

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Holy Cow!! My projected adjudication date came backwards 2weeks!! The biggest jump I've ever had. :dance: Very cool...

Well it´s cuz the average projected dates are now screwed due to the September approvals I think.

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WOW, I actually got a touch, it says that they received the requested evidence ( a missing signature on a form) and that now the case processing has resumed....it says i will be notified by mail within 60 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: .....Please tell me that this is just due process and that it really doesnt take that long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don´t worry Byron, they just seem to enjoy talking about the 60 days these days...once you are approved it usually takes up to a week for you to receive the hardcopy...but then who knows how long it will take them to get it to NVC...

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Hello everyone!!! Another weekend....:( Anyways, at least now we know VSC got Byron's paperwork back :-) Maybe we'll hear some good news over the weekend otherwise we'll start a good week on monday!!!

Thanks Byron for your wishes!!! I hope my approval comes very very fast! :-)

I want you to take a look at this link....it's about and immigration officer who used to work at NSC and filled out an I-129F for his fiancee and he talks about the process of applications....anyways, his name is HUSKERKIEV and read post number 43, paragraph 6. He talks about RFE's.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...55762&st=30

I'm sure your approval will come very soon Byron!!! Let's keep thinking positive :D

WOW, I actually got a touch, it says that they received the requested evidence ( a missing signature on a form) and that now the case processing has resumed....it says i will be notified by mail within 60 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: .....Please tell me that this is just due process and that it really doesnt take that long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this is just standard notification. Let's hope for aonly a few days. Good luck Byron!!! This is it.

Holy Cow!! My projected adjudication date came backwards 2weeks!! The biggest jump I've ever had. :dance: Very cool...

Once again....I hate to be the bearer of bad news. The REASON we all see our estimated adjudication dates have come closer by almost 2 weeks is due to TWO petitions being approved in 18-20 days.

Carly and Evan Canada NOA1 10/1 NOA2 10/22

Misa and Kat Cuba NOA1 10/2 NOA2 10/18

these FAST approvals have messed up those dates until more realistic dates are entered into the timelines. This is why we've seen such a change. Just wait...they will move back again as soon as other wait times are entered.

I thought only Cuba gets approved very fast.....what about Canada? I think some officer f'd there.....

Something happened. They left us comments that they did not expedite and have NO CLUE why they were approved. Im glad they did...but have to wonder HOW that one or the September ones happened. Im pretty sure my request to expedite will be denied. Its rare they approve those.

Good luck Byron and Mirla

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:thumbs: Thanks amrssnowangel....Scott -Marta!!!!!!!!!!

2/17/07-Met in Bogota

4/20/07-returned to Bogota to see her

5/18/07-sent out I129f

5/19/07-returned to Bogota to see her

5/21/07-received at VCS

5/28/07-Received NOA1

5/30/07-touch

7/4/07-returned to see her

10/17/07-Met Leidy in Panama for 5 days

10/26/07-RFE

10/27/07-Sent back RFE

10/29/07-Touch due to RFE arriving

10/30/07-Touch

10/31/07-Touch

11/15/07-NOA2 Sent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/16/07-Touch

11/19/07-NVC Received

11/21/07-Left NVC for Consulate

11/22/07-Returned to see Leidy after her stay in the hospital..

11/23/07-Consualte received

11/26/07-Packet 3 sent to Leidy

12/04/07-Packet 3 received

12/04/07-Packet 3 sent

12/31/07-Interview date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

1/9/08- Leidy's overnight flight will arrive to JFK airport!!!!!!

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Hi, i just wanted to point out that I received my approval on a Saturday morning, so the weekends aren't all bad, it's just Sundays!! I think it's a government delay because when I was in the process of my Peace Corps application I would receive emails at 5am on the dot, any day of the week, and I am sure no one was working at 5am!! Maybe now there will be excitement for the weekends! :dance:

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Thanks Afterforever and Amrssnowangel :)

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"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein.

05/09/07 --- NOA1

05/15/07 --- Touched

10/24/07 --- Case assigned!

10/31/07 --- Touched

11/01/07 --- RFE

11/02/07 --- Touched

11/05/07 --- Got RFE on the mail

11/09/07 --- RFE sent back to VSC

12/06/07 --- Waited enough time to RESEND our RFE

12/07/07 --- RFE received at VSC and signed by Novak....

12/10/07 --- Case received and resumed

12/11/07 --- Touched

12/12/07 --- Touched

12/13/07 --- Touched

12/14/07 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- Touched

01/02/08 --- APPROVED!!!!!!

01/11/08 --- Got NOA2 on the mail

01/12/08 --- Got NVC letter on the mail

01/17/08 --- Got packet 3

01/28/08 --- Medical

02/05/08 --- INTERVIEW!!!!

02/10/08 --- Off to NY!!!!

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Hi, i just wanted to point out that I received my approval on a Saturday morning, so the weekends aren't all bad, it's just Sundays!! I think it's a government delay because when I was in the process of my Peace Corps application I would receive emails at 5am on the dot, any day of the week, and I am sure no one was working at 5am!! Maybe now there will be excitement for the weekends! :dance:

Wow, you were fortunate in a couple ways then. Your fiancee already has a November interview date and should be with you way before Christmas. Me and many others filed just a couple weeks after you yet we will be lucky to get our NOA2 by the time your fiancee already has the interview and it looks like no chance whatsoever of having Christmas together. Count your Blessings...you are very fortunate!

I dont know if this will help or make things worse, but I've attached the list

I couldn't take it anymore, so here it is

visajourney_vsc_list1.doc

Thank you!

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Yes, trust me I know. I ask him everyday why there are so many people who filed at the same time, but are still stuck in the waiting position. None of it makes sense. He will be here before Christmas and we got very lucky, because we were told Australia interview dates were being offered currently in January.

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H-1's are vital to our economy and it would never work to give work visas to people half a year after they apply, the job would go unfilled for that long and eventually those companies that need those people would offshore the job to wherever the people are that can do it.

I don't buy that. I think bringing in someone, who is going to live here, permanently and pay taxes permanently, and be a part of the US economy permanently, that would be more beneficial in the long run than having someone come here to work.

You'd think the government would much rather have more potential citizens and fulltime taxpayers rather than temporary labor. Apparantly not.

You would think that would be the case. But what they were saying is that with all the red tape involved to MOVE someone here permanently, businesses can't wait. They need the worker today. Not in 6=12 months. So the H1 visa gets them the worker NOW. Im not so upset that USCIS is prioritizing the I485's over us because those people ARE HERE..and WAITING to find work and CANT till they get that EAD. THAT can cause a financial strain on families. How would we feel to get our SO here...then be postponed getting a job because the I485 is behind. I"d be infuriated. MOre than now. Soooo, stands to reason they made THAT the priority. Dont confuse what USCIS is doing...the H1 is NOT the priority. The I485's are.

Now what BUGS me is that their site THEN says...AFTER the I485 the next priority is those seeking citizenship.....HUH???? Come on... those people ARE here...they ARE working....WHY is that the next priority? This isn't an issue of USCIS being indifferent..this is an issue of the governments poor planniing, and poor preperation...we aren't the ONLY time in immigration this has happened to. I found articles of slow downs in 2005, 2003 and 2000. So its NOT the first time..wont be the last.

If this was YOUR business and you have a steady work load..then SUDDENLY you get to much work...do you jsut run out to hire people? No. Thats not cost effective..you work overtime, you work harder, you prioritize. Then when you are caught up...the workload goes to normal. Flucuations like that happen in business all the time. AFter USCIS gets all this caught up...if they hire more workers SIMPLY to catch up...what happens to those workers AFTER they catch up when its normal again???? Is it really the wisest thing to hire more JUST to make it through a hard time? If I was in charge...I'd say no. I dont want to lay off workers and affect even more families.

Im not defending how long this is taking. As Bill states..Im being realistic. Personally I think the workers are doing their best. Is the system broken? Yes to an extent. But is it just possible that our emotions are running high...because we want our loves here...we are emotionally spent?

Bold in quotes above added for emphasis.

I agree with what you wrote above, I cant fault your logic, but what I take issue with is the fact that NONE of this process should take 6-12 months just to get thru the initial step. Not when this Whole process is as simple as it is. What did it take you guys to fill out the paperwork for this process and to put together your packet? I probably spent a total of 12 hours on it working on it off and on over a period of 3 days. If the paperwork is that simple, it CANT take an excessive amount of time to check it. Besides, the only real thing that they are checking on at this stage is if you have actually met in person in the last 2 years. That is the only thing that you have to prove at this stage. Sure, they run background checks on you and your spouse, but how long does that take? The cops do an abbreviated version when they pull you over for speeding. How long do you spend on the side of the road when you get pulled over? 10-20 minutes? Chances are that 99% of our better halves are not going to get a hit in the background checks, simply because the FBI doesnt keep files on every foriegn national in the world. So unless your SO is on a watch list or is a "person of interest" that check is pretty straightforward as well.

Also, companies all across the US use a temporary work force to help out in times of need. But, as is typical of the government, by the time they get the temps up to speed, the slowdown will probably be over already. Right now, every person on this board w/o an NOA2 is being held up by improper planning and management. That is someones fault, and I dont care who's fault it is, but I want to know WHO it is so I can give them a call and let them know what I think about their cracker jack management and planning skills.

I am only a Sept. filer who before the slow down would have been at the TSC. I was already prepared in my mind to go 110 days to approval because that is what TSC was at just before I filed. However, I am nearly at 50 days now, almost at the 1/2 way point in the process I had in my mind, and they havent even completed May filers? Then you call customer service and they tell you they are working on March 19th petitions? Well outside the 6 month window? With no updates to the USCIS website? Then you call back the next day and they are working on June 19th petitions? CSC petitioners are now being told that they have to wait for 90 days after the receipting update page says they have receipted their petitions? We are being told you have to wait 6+1 months before calling about being outside the window? IN MY MIND, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PROCEDURE OR PROCESS AT THE USCIS THAT IS WORKING CORRECTLY NOW.

This process is rediculously easy and the USCIS is screwing it up at every level from Cust service to long range strategic planning.

Or, maybe I am way off base here.

Well said, "...screwing it up at every level from Cust service to long range strategic planning" I'll say this again, if they were a civilian company and provided a service of this caliber, heads would roll...starting at the top.

Also, BTW, the adjudication of our fiance(e) does not take that long. And no blaming it on the background check...by the way, the same one done on those employment visa people and they manage to get their visas processed in less than 2 months or if premium processing selected, less than 15 calender days.

Not to metion the brilliant management decision to close TSC and NSC for K1/K3s!!!

My opinion, and maybe it is only mine, but I feel it is rediculus to cheer or make excuses for them and all we see each day on our thread is wishing each other luck with zero approvals, day in and day out. Luck will not change the system, only actions taken by the people getting screwed will.

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This process is rediculously easy and the USCIS is screwing it up at every level from Cust service to long range strategic planning.

Or, maybe I am way off base here.

No, I don't think you are off base at all.

The problems currently being experienced by USCIS were to a great extent self generated. They were not caused by an cataclysmic event such as 911 or by unexpected legislation action such as the IMBRA regulations. Instead the current situation was caused by a management decision that created an avalanche of petitions without having the manpower in place to handle it. This should have been anticipated and could have easily been mitigated by phasing in the price increases so that an overwhelming surge of petitions was avoided.

Obviously an ajudicator requires training and it is not possible to just call up a temp agency and order up a few dozen extra for the month. I assume that USCIS management was aware of this fact before they took the steps they did. However, not only did they not have enough adjudicators in place when they announced the price increase they did not even have enough low level contract employees to do the receiving.

When I began investigating this process VSC was consistently adjudicating K1 petitions within 30 to 60 days. It is now approaching 6 months and there is no sign of improvement. What has actually changed to cause this huge deterioration in service? The adjudication process is no different today than it was 9 months ago. Employment visas have priority over K1's & K3's today but I think that was the case previously also. There may have been more than anticipated employment based petitions due to some decisions outside the control of USCIS but those petitions should have been absorbed and processed by now. The government emphasis on Iraqi petitions may have caught them by surprise but they already knew how many Iraqi petitions were pending and that they had the obligation to process them.

As I see it the problem comes down to this. USCIS management decided they needed to upgrade their systems and they needed more money to pay for the upgrades. I have no objection to that. Obviously their systems are antiquated and need to be updated. But by the same token the existing systems were providing decisions in a reasonable amount of time. What bothers me is that management put in place a plan that was destined to cause delays and hardship for thousands (or is it millions?) of their current so called customers in the hope that 4 or 5 years down the road their service will improve.

Is this good management? I don't think so.

At this point USCIS customers are arguing about who should have priority and wondering when they will be with the ones they love. Meanwhile the people in management who created this mess go home to their families every night. I think that we have the right to be upset.

Bill y Bella,

Very well laid out and presented logically...thank you.

WOW, I actually got a touch, it says that they received the requested evidence ( a missing signature on a form) and that now the case processing has resumed....it says i will be notified by mail within 60 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: .....Please tell me that this is just due process and that it really doesnt take that long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this is just standard notification. Let's hope for aonly a few days. Good luck Byron!!! This is it.

Holy Cow!! My projected adjudication date came backwards 2weeks!! The biggest jump I've ever had. :dance: Very cool...

Once again....I hate to be the bearer of bad news. The REASON we all see our estimated adjudication dates have come closer by almost 2 weeks is due to TWO petitions being approved in 18-20 days.

Carly and Evan Canada NOA1 10/1 NOA2 10/22

Misa and Kat Cuba NOA1 10/2 NOA2 10/18

these FAST approvals have messed up those dates until more realistic dates are entered into the timelines. This is why we've seen such a change. Just wait...they will move back again as soon as other wait times are entered.

You are correct. It is an average and those 2 quick approvals made a big impact on it.

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Hello everyone!!! Another weekend....:( Anyways, at least now we know VSC got Byron's paperwork back :-) Maybe we'll hear some good news over the weekend otherwise we'll start a good week on monday!!!

Thanks Byron for your wishes!!! I hope my approval comes very very fast! :-)

I want you to take a look at this link....it's about and immigration officer who used to work at NSC and filled out an I-129F for his fiancee and he talks about the process of applications....anyways, his name is HUSKERKIEV and read post number 43, paragraph 6. He talks about RFE's.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...55762&st=30

I'm sure your approval will come very soon Byron!!! Let's keep thinking positive :D

WOW, I actually got a touch, it says that they received the requested evidence ( a missing signature on a form) and that now the case processing has resumed....it says i will be notified by mail within 60 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: .....Please tell me that this is just due process and that it really doesnt take that long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this is just standard notification. Let's hope for aonly a few days. Good luck Byron!!! This is it.

Holy Cow!! My projected adjudication date came backwards 2weeks!! The biggest jump I've ever had. :dance: Very cool...

Once again....I hate to be the bearer of bad news. The REASON we all see our estimated adjudication dates have come closer by almost 2 weeks is due to TWO petitions being approved in 18-20 days.

Carly and Evan Canada NOA1 10/1 NOA2 10/22

Misa and Kat Cuba NOA1 10/2 NOA2 10/18

these FAST approvals have messed up those dates until more realistic dates are entered into the timelines. This is why we've seen such a change. Just wait...they will move back again as soon as other wait times are entered.

I thought only Cuba gets approved very fast.....what about Canada? I think some officer f'd there.....

Something happened. They left us comments that they did not expedite and have NO CLUE why they were approved. Im glad they did...but have to wonder HOW that one or the September ones happened. Im pretty sure my request to expedite will be denied. Its rare they approve those.

Good luck Byron and Mirla

Come on now ... aren't you one of those positive people? I think you have a pretty good chance of getting the expedite, anyway I'm rooting for you :yes:

Petition sent priority mail 6/4/07

Received by VSC 6/6/07

Touched 6/13/07

um ... hello?

Touched 12/20/07, after change of address

approx. 1/3/08 - starting to wish VSC staff acquire untreatable stinkfoot

1/17/08 Ombudsman filed formal inquiry.

Touched 2/3 ... wow that was fast, only 8 months to get around to us

Approved 2/20 NOA2

Case arrived Manila USE 3/4

Interview scheduled April 22!

Medical 4/14

Approved!! Interview on 4/22 - just one question!

Visa in hand May 10, whew!

Tickets for poe may 24

Married july 2008

2 year resident w/o interview 2/09 (no more hiding in the basement jokes)

kid 1,Bradley, 10/2009

10 year resident 2/2011 w/o interview

kid 2, Jeffrey, 8/2012

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H-1's are vital to our economy and it would never work to give work visas to people half a year after they apply, the job would go unfilled for that long and eventually those companies that need those people would offshore the job to wherever the people are that can do it.

I don't buy that. I think bringing in someone, who is going to live here, permanently and pay taxes permanently, and be a part of the US economy permanently, that would be more beneficial in the long run than having someone come here to work.

You'd think the government would much rather have more potential citizens and fulltime taxpayers rather than temporary labor. Apparantly not.

You would think that would be the case. But what they were saying is that with all the red tape involved to MOVE someone here permanently, businesses can't wait. They need the worker today. Not in 6=12 months. So the H1 visa gets them the worker NOW. Im not so upset that USCIS is prioritizing the I485's over us because those people ARE HERE..and WAITING to find work and CANT till they get that EAD. THAT can cause a financial strain on families. How would we feel to get our SO here...then be postponed getting a job because the I485 is behind. I"d be infuriated. MOre than now. Soooo, stands to reason they made THAT the priority. Dont confuse what USCIS is doing...the H1 is NOT the priority. The I485's are.

Now what BUGS me is that their site THEN says...AFTER the I485 the next priority is those seeking citizenship.....HUH???? Come on... those people ARE here...they ARE working....WHY is that the next priority? This isn't an issue of USCIS being indifferent..this is an issue of the governments poor planniing, and poor preperation...we aren't the ONLY time in immigration this has happened to. I found articles of slow downs in 2005, 2003 and 2000. So its NOT the first time..wont be the last.

If this was YOUR business and you have a steady work load..then SUDDENLY you get to much work...do you jsut run out to hire people? No. Thats not cost effective..you work overtime, you work harder, you prioritize. Then when you are caught up...the workload goes to normal. Flucuations like that happen in business all the time. AFter USCIS gets all this caught up...if they hire more workers SIMPLY to catch up...what happens to those workers AFTER they catch up when its normal again???? Is it really the wisest thing to hire more JUST to make it through a hard time? If I was in charge...I'd say no. I dont want to lay off workers and affect even more families.

Im not defending how long this is taking. As Bill states..Im being realistic. Personally I think the workers are doing their best. Is the system broken? Yes to an extent. But is it just possible that our emotions are running high...because we want our loves here...we are emotionally spent?

I think the priorities they are referring to is only re receipting. They have a receipting backlog as well as a processing backlog. I haven't read anything about processing priorities other than the 2 month and 15 day timeframes for certain applications. And of course what we see is happening with K1s.

As far as the NEED of business for H1B visas I have to interject something. Agribusiness needs migrant workers because Americans won't do it at THE WAGES THEY WANT TO PAY. Same goes for many other jobs as well. They outsource writing computer code to India because it's CHEAPER not because it can't be done here. That's behind a lot of the H1B visa stuff. Have to recognize ulterior motives to these people and what they say. Alan Greenspan even advocates for more H1B visas as a way to "tamp down" rising american wages in skilled positions cause somehow that's bad. Funny how they worship supply and demand until it comes to paying people? :bonk:

Petition sent priority mail 6/4/07

Received by VSC 6/6/07

Touched 6/13/07

um ... hello?

Touched 12/20/07, after change of address

approx. 1/3/08 - starting to wish VSC staff acquire untreatable stinkfoot

1/17/08 Ombudsman filed formal inquiry.

Touched 2/3 ... wow that was fast, only 8 months to get around to us

Approved 2/20 NOA2

Case arrived Manila USE 3/4

Interview scheduled April 22!

Medical 4/14

Approved!! Interview on 4/22 - just one question!

Visa in hand May 10, whew!

Tickets for poe may 24

Married july 2008

2 year resident w/o interview 2/09 (no more hiding in the basement jokes)

kid 1,Bradley, 10/2009

10 year resident 2/2011 w/o interview

kid 2, Jeffrey, 8/2012

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OK Operation Chocolate press release 2.0 :

Date FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CITIZENS JOIN IN CHOCOLATE GIFTS TO USCIS IN HOPE TO GET SERVICE FOREIGN WORKERS GOT WITH FLOWERS TO DIRECTOR OF USCIS

- A Web based group of US Citizens frustrated with waiting times that have increased from one month to five months and growing for the first step on the long process to bring their fiancee's to the USA has sent loads of Hershey's Kisses to remind USCIS that they are waiting to be with their loved ones -

This week dozens of pounds of chocolate kisses were sent to the USCIS Vermont office by US Citizens applying for I129f visas for their fiancee's to join them in the USA. The first step in the year or longer process that continues once they arrive in the US is the I129f petition to show the fiancee' is initially eligible to apply. These citizens are also frustrated that foreign workers holding H1B visas can get a visa for their spouses in just one day from the US Embassy in their home country.

Waiting times for this initial step have increased from one month in April to five months and climbing. This is in spite of a more than 150%increase in the filing fee in July. This extended time apart is very stressful for the couples who have to deal with separation anxiety, medical issues like miscarriages or family health emergencies, even children being raised without one parent.

These citizens are frustrated that USCIS is giving priority to work related visas and has pulled immigration officers off their cases for other priorities. This type of I129 petition is also not allowed to pay for premium 15 day processing as employment visas are allowed to request. The citizens hope that by sending these chocolates they can get the same positive response foreign workers with H1Bs got by sending flowers to the USCIS director earlier this year when they sought, successfully, to extend an already unusual opening for them to file greencard requests.

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For more info contact at

Petition sent priority mail 6/4/07

Received by VSC 6/6/07

Touched 6/13/07

um ... hello?

Touched 12/20/07, after change of address

approx. 1/3/08 - starting to wish VSC staff acquire untreatable stinkfoot

1/17/08 Ombudsman filed formal inquiry.

Touched 2/3 ... wow that was fast, only 8 months to get around to us

Approved 2/20 NOA2

Case arrived Manila USE 3/4

Interview scheduled April 22!

Medical 4/14

Approved!! Interview on 4/22 - just one question!

Visa in hand May 10, whew!

Tickets for poe may 24

Married july 2008

2 year resident w/o interview 2/09 (no more hiding in the basement jokes)

kid 1,Bradley, 10/2009

10 year resident 2/2011 w/o interview

kid 2, Jeffrey, 8/2012

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