WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON AT VERMONT SERVICE CENTER?!?!?

[Suitelady79 0]

I'm sitting here 6 months after my case was filed waiting for my I129F portion to be approved so I can get on with my K3 visa, (which is supposed to be the faster Visa). I waited until my receipt date was current and then decided to call and see what was going on with my case. On the online status it still says it's being processed. On the phone it still says it's being processed. So I decided I would try to talk to a PERSON instead of that damn machine.

The first lady said it was cancelled and that they sent the other portion to the NVC and that I should call them. I called the NVC and they said they don't have anythign to do with whether it goes through as a K3 or CR1. They just process what they get and that I should call USCIS back and pick my bone with them. So I did. I got the most incompetent lady EVER. She kept putting me on hold before she even asked for my receipt number. I had to keep repeating myself over and over and I am a very articulate person (if I do say so myself!! and I do say so!). She didn't even know what an I129F was... All I could do was roll my eyes and think to myself where the hell they found her. So after she put me on hold again, she comes back reading me some email she supposedly got saying that as of July 31 or something like that, they are cancelling all I129Fs that are sent in as K3 and processing the I130 only.

IS THAT ALLOWED? Mind you I have received NO notification of this whatsoever! I said to her does she realize that this is going to slow my case down. She got all snooty with me and told me that there was nothing else she could do...which i'm sure there isn't but she didn't have to be all snooty about it. LOL

Anyway, HOW THE HELL CAN THEY CANCEL PART OF YOUR PETITION WITHOUT NOTICE and give you the slower visa? HAs this happened to anyone else?

Sorry for the long post, I tend to be a bit long winded when I'm pissed!

Thanks everyone!

[Niels Bohr 72]

I'm sorry that this happened. I filed at the VSC, and it usually takes 1-2 months to be approved. I'm surprised yours hasn't receive an approval for over six months. Try to make an infopass appointment and see if that may help.

[N360 0]

I'm sitting here 6 months after my case was filed waiting for my I129F portion to be approved so I can get on with my K3 visa, (which is supposed to be the faster Visa). I waited until my receipt date was current and then decided to call and see what was going on with my case. On the online status it still says it's being processed. On the phone it still says it's being processed. So I decided I would try to talk to a PERSON instead of that damn machine.

The first lady said it was cancelled and that they sent the other portion to the NVC and that I should call them. I called the NVC and they said they don't have anythign to do with whether it goes through as a K3 or CR1. They just process what they get and that I should call USCIS back and pick my bone with them. So I did. I got the most incompetent lady EVER. She kept putting me on hold before she even asked for my receipt number. I had to keep repeating myself over and over and I am a very articulate person (if I do say so myself!! and I do say so!). She didn't even know what an I129F was... All I could do was roll my eyes and think to myself where the hell they found her. So after she put me on hold again, she comes back reading me some email she supposedly got saying that as of July 31 or something like that, they are cancelling all I129Fs that are sent in as K3 and processing the I130 only.

IS THAT ALLOWED? Mind you I have received NO notification of this whatsoever! I said to her does she realize that this is going to slow my case down. She got all snooty with me and told me that there was nothing else she could do...which i'm sure there isn't but she didn't have to be all snooty about it. LOL

Anyway, HOW THE HELL CAN THEY CANCEL PART OF YOUR PETITION WITHOUT NOTICE and give you the slower visa? HAs this happened to anyone else?

Sorry for the long post, I tend to be a bit long winded when I'm pissed!

Thanks everyone!

Unfortunately, this has happened to a lot of people including me.

Its actually been discussed many, many, many times on the CR1 and K3 forums.

Sorry.

[Charliehereforyou 0]

I'm sitting here 6 months after my case was filed waiting for my I129F portion to be approved so I can get on with my K3 visa, (which is supposed to be the faster Visa). I waited until my receipt date was current and then decided to call and see what was going on with my case. On the online status it still says it's being processed. On the phone it still says it's being processed. So I decided I would try to talk to a PERSON instead of that damn machine.

The first lady said it was cancelled and that they sent the other portion to the NVC and that I should call them. I called the NVC and they said they don't have anythign to do with whether it goes through as a K3 or CR1. They just process what they get and that I should call USCIS back and pick my bone with them. So I did. I got the most incompetent lady EVER. She kept putting me on hold before she even asked for my receipt number. I had to keep repeating myself over and over and I am a very articulate person (if I do say so myself!! and I do say so!). She didn't even know what an I129F was... All I could do was roll my eyes and think to myself where the hell they found her. So after she put me on hold again, she comes back reading me some email she supposedly got saying that as of July 31 or something like that, they are cancelling all I129Fs that are sent in as K3 and processing the I130 only.

IS THAT ALLOWED? Mind you I have received NO notification of this whatsoever! I said to her does she realize that this is going to slow my case down. She got all snooty with me and told me that there was nothing else she could do...which i'm sure there isn't but she didn't have to be all snooty about it. LOL

Anyway, HOW THE HELL CAN THEY CANCEL PART OF YOUR PETITION WITHOUT NOTICE and give you the slower visa? HAs this happened to anyone else?

Sorry for the long post, I tend to be a bit long winded when I'm pissed!

Thanks everyone!

[Charliehereforyou 0]

Hi. I applied for a K-1 on 2-19-08, received NOA that they are processing on 2-22-08, and received approval notice on 3-14-08.

Yes, I'd say they are having problems because obvioulsy many people have been waiting much longer and were ahead of me

in line. I was so shocked to see the approval notice. I did spend lots of time on the documentation and submitted what I believe to

be a perfect submission. Table of contents, everything in perfect order.

I believe making it easy for them really helps.

Best of luck to you!!!!

Charlie and Mei

[Sky2k 0]

It's not about making it easy at this time. Everyone who has applied for K3 in Aug and on is waiting for approval. In the last month or two VSC has not approved a single K3, and they are approving K1 from Jan & Feb of 2008. Nobody knows what's going on at VSC, but one thing is for sure that K3 filers at VSC are being punished and getting a long delay on the approval notice. I hope we start getting K3 approvals from VSC.

[Enlighten one :) 5]

I was on the phone yesterday and got the exact opposite story. I do no think they know what is going on. He even talked to the supervisor who told him my case is pending and will be processed soon.

They are working Sept 20th 07 petitions right now. I posted all that is going on at the vermont with VJ users in another thread.

I am in the same boat as you, although I have been processing my I130 at the NVC, but I told the USCIS I was waiting 6 months since the approval date so I want to make sure that my case is not close. HE said that it would not be.

Got his ID number and recorded phone conversation. I now cannot locate my husband's police report so again I have to wait atlease to more weeks before I finish the process.

It is in god's hands.

I'm sitting here 6 months after my case was filed waiting for my I129F portion to be approved so I can get on with my K3 visa, (which is supposed to be the faster Visa). I waited until my receipt date was current and then decided to call and see what was going on with my case. On the online status it still says it's being processed. On the phone it still says it's being processed. So I decided I would try to talk to a PERSON instead of that damn machine.

The first lady said it was cancelled and that they sent the other portion to the NVC and that I should call them. I called the NVC and they said they don't have anythign to do with whether it goes through as a K3 or CR1. They just process what they get and that I should call USCIS back and pick my bone with them. So I did. I got the most incompetent lady EVER. She kept putting me on hold before she even asked for my receipt number. I had to keep repeating myself over and over and I am a very articulate person (if I do say so myself!! and I do say so!). She didn't even know what an I129F was... All I could do was roll my eyes and think to myself where the hell they found her. So after she put me on hold again, she comes back reading me some email she supposedly got saying that as of July 31 or something like that, they are cancelling all I129Fs that are sent in as K3 and processing the I130 only.

IS THAT ALLOWED? Mind you I have received NO notification of this whatsoever! I said to her does she realize that this is going to slow my case down. She got all snooty with me and told me that there was nothing else she could do...which i'm sure there isn't but she didn't have to be all snooty about it. LOL

Anyway, HOW THE HELL CAN THEY CANCEL PART OF YOUR PETITION WITHOUT NOTICE and give you the slower visa? HAs this happened to anyone else?

Sorry for the long post, I tend to be a bit long winded when I'm pissed!

Thanks everyone!

[Enlighten one :) 5]

I think there will be plenty updates this weekend. I think they are holding off on the K3 petitions because of all the complaints to the ombudsmon. They have to follow the policy and procedure, which are established to protect us as US citizens. After reviewing all the peptions that have been approved versus not, this is my conclusion. They are trying to see if the can continue to just approve the I130. That is not there choice to make though.

As stated below. got the link from pushbrn

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PN_i-129f.pdf

It's not about making it easy at this time. Everyone who has applied for K3 in Aug and on is waiting for approval. In the last month or two VSC has not approved a single K3, and they are approving K1 from Jan & Feb of 2008. Nobody knows what's going on at VSC, but one thing is for sure that K3 filers at VSC are being punished and getting a long delay on the approval notice. I hope we start getting K3 approvals from VSC.

[hyd617 1]

I think there will be plenty updates this weekend. I think they are holding off on the K3 petitions because of all the complaints to the ombudsmon. They have to follow the policy and procedure, which are established to protect us as US citizens. After reviewing all the peptions that have been approved versus not, this is my conclusion. They are trying to see if the can continue to just approve the I130. That is not there choice to make though.

As stated below. got the link from pushbrn

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PN_i-129f.pdf

It's not about making it easy at this time. Everyone who has applied for K3 in Aug and on is waiting for approval. In the last month or two VSC has not approved a single K3, and they are approving K1 from Jan & Feb of 2008. Nobody knows what's going on at VSC, but one thing is for sure that K3 filers at VSC are being punished and getting a long delay on the approval notice. I hope we start getting K3 approvals from VSC.

i hope we do see some approvals this weekend.. but i dont know they might be off today and the weekend for Easter??

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Darn, i did forget about easter. Maybe they make tripple time on holidays. I would work after church. LOL

I think there will be plenty updates this weekend. I think they are holding off on the K3 petitions because of all the complaints to the ombudsmon. They have to follow the policy and procedure, which are established to protect us as US citizens. After reviewing all the peptions that have been approved versus not, this is my conclusion. They are trying to see if the can continue to just approve the I130. That is not there choice to make though.

As stated below. got the link from pushbrn

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PN_i-129f.pdf

It's not about making it easy at this time. Everyone who has applied for K3 in Aug and on is waiting for approval. In the last month or two VSC has not approved a single K3, and they are approving K1 from Jan & Feb of 2008. Nobody knows what's going on at VSC, but one thing is for sure that K3 filers at VSC are being punished and getting a long delay on the approval notice. I hope we start getting K3 approvals from VSC.

i hope we do see some approvals this weekend.. but i dont know they might be off today and the weekend for Easter??

[SusieK 3]

LOL - hopefully next week for alot of the group from august and september...

Cheers

[joey_77 0]

I'm sorry to hear that...We file a K1 Visa Petition at VSC LESS THAN A MONTH AGO and we got approved!!! We first filed our petition on Feb 27,08 and our NOA2 Approval Notice is yesterday March 21st, 08...Super fast!

[Santos Castillo 0]

I'm sitting here 6 months after my case was filed waiting for my I129F portion to be approved so I can get on with my K3 visa, (which is supposed to be the faster Visa). I waited until my receipt date was current and then decided to call and see what was going on with my case. On the online status it still says it's being processed. On the phone it still says it's being processed. So I decided I would try to talk to a PERSON instead of that damn machine.

The first lady said it was cancelled and that they sent the other portion to the NVC and that I should call them. I called the NVC and they said they don't have anythign to do with whether it goes through as a K3 or CR1. They just process what they get and that I should call USCIS back and pick my bone with them. So I did. I got the most incompetent lady EVER. She kept putting me on hold before she even asked for my receipt number. I had to keep repeating myself over and over and I am a very articulate person (if I do say so myself!! and I do say so!). She didn't even know what an I129F was... All I could do was roll my eyes and think to myself where the hell they found her. So after she put me on hold again, she comes back reading me some email she supposedly got saying that as of July 31 or something like that, they are cancelling all I129Fs that are sent in as K3 and processing the I130 only.

IS THAT ALLOWED? Mind you I have received NO notification of this whatsoever! I said to her does she realize that this is going to slow my case down. She got all snooty with me and told me that there was nothing else she could do...which i'm sure there isn't but she didn't have to be all snooty about it. LOL

Anyway, HOW THE HELL CAN THEY CANCEL PART OF YOUR PETITION WITHOUT NOTICE and give you the slower visa? HAs this happened to anyone else?

Sorry for the long post, I tend to be a bit long winded when I'm pissed!

Thanks everyone!

K-1 Visa

I hear that D.R. resently(in 2008) change some of their workers. Due to that the processing of visa time period should be a 6-8 month waiting period. I started my process in Feb.2008. My I129f was approved on March 20. Which seem quicker than other who file Feb. 2007.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

LOL - hopefully next week for alot of the group from august and september...

Cheers

Absolutely....Hiya, Susie!!!

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Letter to Ombudsman regarding Vermont:

Attention CIS Ombudman:

The confusion on USCIS new self-created policy on administratively closing I129f petition is causing much hardship on petitioners. We has United State Citizens have a right to be informed on this new policy. Through timelines posted in a forum VIsajourney.com it appears that the California Service Center is back on track with approving the I129f petitions, But the Vermont Service Center is still Ignoring (administratively closing) without any notification to the petitioner.

This new policy has petitioners waiting for the I129f approval without any notification that it will be ignored at the Vermont Service Center. We the petitioner deserve a notice of action on these petitions. One center(California) can not approve the I130 and the I129f, while Vermont ignores the petitioners request for a notice of action on their I129f.

The visajourney website is a cohesive forum that keeps better track of the USCIS timelines. Please visit the link below that expresses my concerns around the Vermont Service Center. This timeline is created when VisaJourney Users put in their petitioning information, It is comprehensive and accurate to the person entering the information.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=6543

I was told by an USCIS office that my case of was administratively closed. Then when I called back I was told that the USCIS will not close your case that they are working on September 20^th, 2008 and yours will come up soon. HE also stated that if I do not receive a NOA in a month to call back. No who should I listen to? I have been waiting since September for this I129f petition, while I have an approved I130 petition. The waiting period at my husband’s embassy is 7-9 months for a CR1 interview and for a K3 it is 1-2 months.

Under the LIFE act I have a right to utilize my pending I129f petition for a K3 Visa.

The petitioners need to be informed.

Sincerely,

Melissa V Ayotte