This is what's going on.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

"If there are asylees in this country who were victims of political oppression in their homeland, and the US government wants to make some exception to process their cases prior to family based cases, that is admirable in my opinion.

Being separated from your boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse a few weeks longer in order to save removal of persons who might possibly be sent back home to tyrannical governments should not be a reason for outrage".

I have to agree with RebeccaJo on this one.

It is not easy to have to wait through the USCIS process. I for one was not happy with the process, however, I do believe that those in NEED should have some priority.

It is not different to being TRIAGED at the ER. Heart Attacks should and do go before ear aches.

If we were being set aside for back ups do to their own accord that is different.

There is a reason why they are Asylees and if we can help then we should. If the way we help is letting them be a step ahead then it is all good.

We may have to wait a bit longer (not easy I for one know this), but at least we are safe and our loved ones are safe.

oh ok cool. currently there are a few thousand Iraqi asylees in Syria looking to get a visa to come to the usa. I figure its only a year to process them then sure, we wont mind them getting to our petitions. And i think that most of the cuban petitions put to the front are given an interview in switzerland, not cuba. I dont mind waiting for asylees, but i do mind waiting on ineffiecnt government #######. cutting the service centers down to 2 when they already had a backlog before the fee increase was the worst decision. They are a business just like any other and i can complain all i want if i so choose to. they are responsible for their decisions to their paying customers. And thats what we are, even on their own website. Customers...

Chris

The worst part is that they RAISED the prices so damn much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For what...to close down centers and slow down the process!!!!

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

I have been separated for over 4 months without even receiving my NOA2!!! so 5 months doesnot even seem realistic, for me or for the many others with the same predicament!!

[Kass 0]

It is very easy for those who were processed or united with their SO in under 2 months to defend USCIS....i don't think it is understod how hard and stressfull it is to wait so long and on top of it, to be kept in the dark without a single clue as to when you might be getting an NOA2....Something is seriously wrong with this!!

Byron I am not exactly sure that this is fair to state as this is not really about defending USCIS it is about understanding that there is a reason someone is an ASYLEE. For the most part they are generally here for their safety.

As for being processed quickly....well if you read our timeline this is not the case for us. If you read the RFE thread you will see my posts in there. We had a hard time of it due to USCIS (VSC) errors not our own. It took over 4 months to get our NOA2 from VSC and never did we get a correct answer when we called the center itself. It was not easy, however I can honestly say with hand on heart that I cannot compare the k1 process with those that are ASYLEES...not the same at all. Like I said the wait is difficult, not knowing anything is even worse, however at least we are safe and our loved ones are safe.

If you feel the need to be upset over time frames, then think about how hard it is when those that applied after you are receiving their NOA2's and you have not even had a touch....been there done that!

It is the way the process is. Does it need to be fixed..sure I believe so. But when it comes to ASYLEES, I will not complain.

On a personal note I have been a victim of a violent crime, and I can promise that there was nothing more important to me then the need to feel safe. Hence why I am a Victims Rights Advocate today.

I for one would not want to be an ASYLEE. I feel for those people for the most part.

Edited September 26, 2007 by Kass

[Cassie 8]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

I have been separated for over 4 months without even receiving my NOA2!!! so 5 months doesnot even seem realistic, for me or for the many others with the same predicament!!

apparently not, Devilette. At least you have more of a fighting chance than I, who "only" waited 2 months, but whose empathy and or sympathy is not welcome because I didn't suffer enough. But that's ok, since TSC is coming back to bite my butt on getting my 10 year green card. karma's a pain, hey???

VJ, sheesh!

Edited September 26, 2007 by Cassie

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

It is very easy for those who were processed or united with their SO in under 2 months to defend USCIS....i don't think it is understod how hard and stressfull it is to wait so long and on top of it, to be kept in the dark without a single clue as to when you might be getting an NOA2....Something is seriously wrong with this!!

Byron I am not exactly sure that this is a fair to state as this is not really about defending USCIS it is about understanding that there is a reason someone is an ASYLEE. For the most part they are generally her for their safety.

As for being processed quickly....well if you read our timeline this is not the case for us. If you read the RFE thread you will see my posts in there. We had a hard time of it due to USCIS (VSC) errors not our own. It took over 4motnhs to get our NOA2 from VSC and never we did we get a correct answer when we called the center itself. It was not easy, however I can honestly say wit hand on heart that I cannot compare the k1 process with those that are ASYLEES...not the same at all. Like I said the wait is difficult, not knowing anything is even worse, however at least we are safe and our loved ones are safe.

If you feel the need to be upset over time frames, then think about how hard it is when those that applied after you are receiving their NOA2's and you have not even had a touch....been there done that!

It is the way the process is. Does it need to be fixed..sure I believe so. But when it comes to ASYLEES, I will not complain.

On a personal note I have been a victim of a violent crime, and I can promise that there was nothing more important to me then the need to feel safe. Hence why I am a Victims Rights Advocate today.

I for one would not want to be an ASYLEE. I feel for those people for the most part.

I could understand the asylee point completely, but like i said, the system needs revamping....why not separate it into visa type divisions!! Let be a steady pace for everybody !! Especially now that they raised the prices, and mind you , not by a little...there should be no excuse for the stop, because thats what it has become, not just a slow down but a stop

[no name 1]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

I have been separated for over 4 months without even receiving my NOA2!!! so 5 months doesnot even seem realistic, for me or for the many others with the same predicament!!

apparently not, Devilette. At least you have more of a fighting chance than I, who "only" waited 2 months, but whose empathy and or sympathy is not welcome because I didn't suffer enough. But that's ok, since TSC is coming back to bite my butt on getting my 10 year green card. karma's a pain, hey???

VJ, sheesh!

Damn Cassie! At least your AOS took 4 months. Glad you had 'some' cross to bear.

The part of my posted I edited after your post:

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

A year ago we had crazy IMBRA delays.

This year fees went up & there was a mass influx of apps to beat the date. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE SLOW DOWNS. You'll get thru it, ike the thousands before you, no matter if it's 2 months or 10.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

I have been separated for over 4 months without even receiving my NOA2!!! so 5 months doesnot even seem realistic, for me or for the many others with the same predicament!!

apparently not, Devilette. At least you have more of a fighting chance than I, who "only" waited 2 months, but whose empathy and or sympathy is not welcome because I didn't suffer enough. But that's ok, since TSC is coming back to bite my butt on getting my 10 year green card. karma's a pain, hey???

VJ, sheesh!

Not about empathy not being welcome....its that im sure they way the process is going now, i would trade it for the way your process went any day...its very aggravating being kept in the dark...the first couple of weeks, no make that months , i was patient waiting , but as time goes by and its like looking for a needle in a haystack...to be separated from the one you loveand yearn to be with....not easy

[athena_ny 1]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

A year ago we had crazy IMBRA delays.

This year fees went up & there was a mass influx of apps to beat the date. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE SLOW DOWNS. You'll get thru it, ike the thousands before you, no matter if it's 2 months or 10.

I was long distance for 8 months, but we were in the same country so we didn't have to do K1 and our AOS didn't take that long so I know I'm not good enough for half the people here. (I thought the interview letter was a fake, took me 2 days to believe it.)

It's always a struggle, and everyone's always going to think they have the short end of the stick (when they don't, at least they can bring their loved ones here), and everyone is always going to have issues that make their case nervewracking to them. I'm just so tired of seeing this entitlement minded ####### and these pissing contests about WHO'S JOURNEY IS MORE DIFFICULT!!

We're all in this together, or we're all supposed to be. This isn't support, this is more just trying to bring people down because OH NO THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND MY BEING AWAY FROM MY FIANCE. Newsflash: THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE. I'd question the US government if the US government just let anyone and everyone in who said they were a fiance of a USC. If you can't accept the long wait times, then move to their country. I'm sure I could move to Peru in an instant (or if I can't, it's hella hard to find information on the process which leads me to believe it can't be that complicated) but we didn't choose to do that so I have to accept that which I cannot change. The US is the country with more fraud than any other, and a lot of these applications are coming from high fraud posts and they have to be careful.

I'd so like to see a little more of "we'll get through this" as opposed to "my journey's harder kthxbai" but that will never happen. This is America, after all.

(And dev you know none of that is directed at you, I agree with you completely )

[no name 1]

I'm just so tired of seeing this entitlement minded ####### and these pissing contests about WHO'S JOURNEY IS MORE DIFFICULT!!

We're all in this together, or we're all supposed to be. This isn't support, this is more just trying to bring people down because OH NO THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND MY BEING AWAY FROM MY FIANCE. Newsflash: THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE. I'd question the US government if the US government just let anyone and everyone in who said they were a fiance of a USC. If you can't accept the long wait times, then move to their country. I'm sure I could move to Peru in an instant (or if I can't, it's hella hard to find information on the process which leads me to believe it can't be that complicated) but we didn't choose to do that so I have to accept that which I cannot change. The US is the country with more fraud than any other, and a lot of these applications are coming from high fraud posts and they have to be careful.

[Cassie 8]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

A year ago we had crazy IMBRA delays.

This year fees went up & there was a mass influx of apps to beat the date. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE SLOW DOWNS. You'll get thru it, ike the thousands before you, no matter if it's 2 months or 10.

I was long distance for 8 months, but we were in the same country so we didn't have to do K1 and our AOS didn't take that long so I know I'm not good enough for half the people here. (I thought the interview letter was a fake, took me 2 days to believe it.)

It's always a struggle, and everyone's always going to think they have the short end of the stick (when they don't, at least they can bring their loved ones here), and everyone is always going to have issues that make their case nervewracking to them. I'm just so tired of seeing this entitlement minded ####### and these pissing contests about WHO'S JOURNEY IS MORE DIFFICULT!!

We're all in this together, or we're all supposed to be. This isn't support, this is more just trying to bring people down because OH NO THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND MY BEING AWAY FROM MY FIANCE. Newsflash: THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE. I'd question the US government if the US government just let anyone and everyone in who said they were a fiance of a USC. If you can't accept the long wait times, then move to their country. I'm sure I could move to Peru in an instant (or if I can't, it's hella hard to find information on the process which leads me to believe it can't be that complicated) but we didn't choose to do that so I have to accept that which I cannot change. The US is the country with more fraud than any other, and a lot of these applications are coming from high fraud posts and they have to be careful.

I'd so like to see a little more of "we'll get through this" as opposed to "my journey's harder kthxbai" but that will never happen. This is America, after all.

(And dev you know none of that is directed at you, I agree with you completely )

Make that two of us. Great post!

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

I was separated from my fiance for 5 months, is my opinion worthy enough for VJ? My interview took 151 days from filing - hope that's good enough!

A year ago we had crazy IMBRA delays.

This year fees went up & there was a mass influx of apps to beat the date. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE SLOW DOWNS. You'll get thru it, ike the thousands before you, no matter if it's 2 months or 10.

I was long distance for 8 months, but we were in the same country so we didn't have to do K1 and our AOS didn't take that long so I know I'm not good enough for half the people here. (I thought the interview letter was a fake, took me 2 days to believe it.)

It's always a struggle, and everyone's always going to think they have the short end of the stick (when they don't, at least they can bring their loved ones here), and everyone is always going to have issues that make their case nervewracking to them. I'm just so tired of seeing this entitlement minded ####### and these pissing contests about WHO'S JOURNEY IS MORE DIFFICULT!!

We're all in this together, or we're all supposed to be. This isn't support, this is more just trying to bring people down because OH NO THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND MY BEING AWAY FROM MY FIANCE. Newsflash: THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE. I'd question the US government if the US government just let anyone and everyone in who said they were a fiance of a USC. If you can't accept the long wait times, then move to their country. I'm sure I could move to Peru in an instant (or if I can't, it's hella hard to find information on the process which leads me to believe it can't be that complicated) but we didn't choose to do that so I have to accept that which I cannot change. The US is the country with more fraud than any other, and a lot of these applications are coming from high fraud posts and they have to be careful.

I'd so like to see a little more of "we'll get through this" as opposed to "my journey's harder kthxbai" but that will never happen. This is America, after all.

(And dev you know none of that is directed at you, I agree with you completely )

OK, first ill say that the waiting , i expected...its the disorder, or more, the being kept in the dark thats so bothersome...I guarantee that if the customer (us) was kept better informed, none of the feelings of frustration would be expressed...At least we would have an inckling as to what is going on

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I haven't been around for long, but long enough to already be heartily sick of the #######-for-tat of 'who waited longer' and 'who feels the separation the most'; I'm sure those who have seen it go round ten thousand times are ten thousand times more sick of it than I am

however, what I DON'T understand is why so many threads end up rehashing the same old argument?! I've attempted to steer clear of those sorts of points, and there's a post of mine back on the previous page that hasn't had a single response... ok, maybe no one had anything to say to my points, but in that case why would you rather say the same things you've said so many times before? I don't get it

[chris4gretchen 1]

I'd question the US government if the US government just let anyone and everyone in who said they were a fiance of a USC.

oh yeah, as i posted before...remind me again how many of the 911 hijackers and terrorists were here on a K1 or K3 visa

maybe they should spend all this time on student visas.

Chris

Edited September 26, 2007 by chris4gretchen

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Im curious to know , about a year ago, were there VJ members upset about the processing times??? Just curious to know if there has been that much of a drastic change?

[chris4gretchen 1]

Im curious to know , about a year ago, were there VJ members upset about the processing times??? Just curious to know if there has been that much of a drastic change?

they grumbled just as much on the umbra delays and RFE's. i have lurked on this site over 2 years.

Chris

[no name 1]

OK, first ill say that the waiting , i expected...its the disorder, or more, the being kept in the dark thats so bothersome...I guarantee that if the customer (us) was kept better informed, none of the feelings of frustration would be expressed...At least we would have an inckling as to what is going on

Last year, IMBRA put us thru the same thing - not knowing when/how/etc.

Im curious to know , about a year ago, were there VJ members upset about the processing times??? Just curious to know if there has been that much of a drastic change?

they grumbled just as much on the umbra delays and RFE's. i have lurked on this site over 2 years.

Chris

perhaps.

But we did not beat down on others who did not wait as long, that's for sure!