My congressman's response

[ose_n_me 0]

Heres what I got back after contacting my congressman:

"Your Email was referred to me for review. We sincerely understand you and your husband's desire to be reunited. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service processes hundreds of thousands of petitions and/or applications like yours. I have been able to determine that your I-130, Petition for Relative and your I-129F, Petition for K3 visa are both pending at the California Service Center (CSC). They are just now beginning to work on any applications/petitions filed June 18, 2007; therefore, your's are in that batch and are ready for adjudication. While we know you are anxious to be reunited as a family, the CSC processes applications in the order they are received as they deem that the fairest since most anyone filing these types of petitions are doing so to be reunited with a family member.

While Mr. Herger often makes inquiries to federal agencies in behalf of his constituents, members of Congress cannot control or circumvent the workload upon the USCIS. We can assure you that as a U.S. Citizen your applications are addressed sooner than a Permanent Resident applying for a family member. It is simply a matter of workload, or in other words, a matter of the volume of applications/petitions that have been received. Sometimes the workload is lighter and thus processing time is shorter. If any of a number of the 535 members of Congress were allowed to make special arrangements for their constituent's applications to be processed sooner than those filed earlier, the processing centers would be in chaos and many individual's applications would never proceed to completion. Thus, again, the USCIS deems it the fairest to take all applications in order they have been received with very few exceptions."

God Bless

[Divine Mercy 0]

Heres what I got back after contacting my congressman:

"Your Email was referred to me for review. We sincerely understand you and your husband's desire to be reunited. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service processes hundreds of thousands of petitions and/or applications like yours. I have been able to determine that your I-130, Petition for Relative and your I-129F, Petition for K3 visa are both pending at the California Service Center (CSC). They are just now beginning to work on any applications/petitions filed June 18, 2007; therefore, your's are in that batch and are ready for adjudication. While we know you are anxious to be reunited as a family, the CSC processes applications in the order they are received as they deem that the fairest since most anyone filing these types of petitions are doing so to be reunited with a family member.

While Mr. Herger often makes inquiries to federal agencies in behalf of his constituents, members of Congress cannot control or circumvent the workload upon the USCIS. We can assure you that as a U.S. Citizen your applications are addressed sooner than a Permanent Resident applying for a family member. It is simply a matter of workload, or in other words, a matter of the volume of applications/petitions that have been received. Sometimes the workload is lighter and thus processing time is shorter. If any of a number of the 535 members of Congress were allowed to make special arrangements for their constituent's applications to be processed sooner than those filed earlier, the processing centers would be in chaos and many individual's applications would never proceed to completion. Thus, again, the USCIS deems it the fairest to take all applications in order they have been received with very few exceptions."

God Bless

Yep, I found them to be useless as well. Sorry

[Zee Bee 61]

Sorry about that. Hopefully you will get your approvals soon

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Stay positive. It will come in due time. I know how hard the waiting is. I'm there with you now. But try to stay as positive as you can and try to keep busy. It helps pass the time.

We're here to listen when you need to cry/vent.

[Don_Joy's Prince 0]

My Senator Gordon Smith checked on my case and said it is processing normally. Then he said He would monitor the case to make sure it will not fall behind. And we got two touches out of it.

[ose_n_me 0]

Stay positive. It will come in due time. I know how hard the waiting is. I'm there with you now. But try to stay as positive as you can and try to keep busy. It helps pass the time.

We're here to listen when you need to cry/vent.

Thanks guys...

[Watcher 0]

My Senator Gordon Smith checked on my case and said it is processing normally. Then he said He would monitor the case to make sure it will not fall behind. And we got two touches out of it.

How can you tell they touched? I filed mine on 10/17 and they didn't cash my check until 1/14. Still haven't received the receipt. Following is my story...

I have been an LPR since Aug 2005 through the DV lottery.

My girlfriend came to the U.S. on her 3-year multiple-entry B1/B1 visa that she had obtained back in june '07. She traveled the same month. During the 3 months allowed on her I-94, she and I got engaged and decided to get married back home. We came back in October together and told the CBP officer at Dulles Airoport that we had just gotten married and that we were transiting to the Bahamas (she showed her Bahamas visa) for our honeymoon, after which she would visit temporarily while I-130 is pending. The CBP officer cancelled her visa and sent her back home the same day, leaving us with a terrible feeling. Since then we have been trying different things, but none of them has generated a positive outcome; please look at each one and let us know if there is anything we are doing wrong.

1. The U.S. Consulate has invited my wife to reapply, but then decided they wouldn't issue a new visa under 9 FAM 41.31 N14.3 Spouse or Child of U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien (CT:VISA-701; 02-15-2005).

Their explanation is that (1) is expecting a child with her husband who lives in the U.S. and (2) my wife has quit her job. Notice that she's having a pregnancy so complicated that she's unable to do that type of traveling. Besides we are planning that she should stay home to raise the baby like anybody else would do it.

2. We have contacted the federal elected officials, but none of them has come up with anything interesting.

3. We have complained to the DHS reddress forum at https://trip.dhs.gov/ but we haven't heard from anyone.

All we are trying to do is get my wife to be allowed to visit on a temporary basis. My wife did not overstay her first I-94 and she has travelled to many other western countries before with a good immigration record.

[Ta Ta 1]

Watcher..........It is the norm that a tourist visa is not issued during a pending family based petition, especially from 3. world countries, because of the assumption

that the visitor will not return to their home country.

She has quit her job so the basis for a work visa is no longer valid and they don't care why she quit.

Maybe you can visit her and stay for a while. I am afraid there is nothing you can do.

Had you not left the country and gotten married here instead, it would have maybe turned out different with the help of an immigration lawyer.

She will have to wait out the process in her home country.

Wishing you the best !

Edited January 19, 2008 by Omoba

[chilton747 0]

Make no mistake. The USCIS does NOT process the applications in the order they were received!

[JJWashington 0]

Sorry about that.

[Watcher 0]

Sorry about that.

Then I filed my I-130 on Oct 22nd in vermont. my check wasn't cashed till jan 14. I have not received the NOA as I speak. I need help big time!

[JJWashington 0]

We are thinking of you in this very stressful time!

[Watcher 0]

my wife is actually pregnant and due in mid-april. does anyone think that might work in my favor in any way?

[anitacastillo 0]

my wife is actually pregnant and due in mid-april. does anyone think that might work in my favor in any way?

Very poor planning!

As a non-citizen you have a long wait.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Pregnancy changes nothing in their eyes