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

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

If there is anything I can do let me know. I can make a general inquery on behalf of the community. No promises but at least an email from VisaJourney on behalf of a large number of people may have a shot at getting a response .

[hyd617 1]

If there is anything I can do let me know. I can make a general inquery on behalf of the community. No promises but at least an email from VisaJourney on behalf of a large number of people may have a shot at getting a response .

thanks, that would be very helpful, we are just lef confused and disoriented... why have the dates gone backwards, as is we waited for 3 months to get noa1 and now this....

[lillers 0]

I wonder if that goes for the I130 as well, I filed one for my husband last month. Keep us posted, please.

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.

[jonbless 0]

I'm going into my 9th month of waiting at VSC.

Anybody got me beat on that???

I know there are others waiting who filed at Vermont, but I may be the longest waiting. not sure though

[knowledge 0]

I remember putting the exact same thread when we applied for our I-130 petition. We waited 8 months due to a backlog after (thanks Capt Ewok, do you remember??) he suggested we do something pronto, so we contacted authorities and we had the best chance, they were prompt in answering. It seems the issues in delays are still not resolved. Thinking of you guys! Soon it will debloke! and sorry for my english!!!

[panamania79 2]

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.

Maybe it took that long for you,but not for me.

I'm going into my 9th month of waiting at VSC.

Anybody got me beat on that???

I know there are others waiting who filed at Vermont, but I may be the longest waiting. not sure though

That's about how long I waited.

[toshnemmanuel 0]

Hi All,

I happened upon this site, because I am so frustrated at how long it has taken USCIS - Chicago to approve my I130 for my husband. I filed late January 2008; received NOA1 on January 31st and haven't gotten anything since then.

I've called the automated system to check on the status, but it doesn't recognize the receipt number. I haven't been able to get a person (whether it's of little use or not).

This is only half of the misery. My husband is in custody at ICE in El Paso and has been there since January 4th. I'm in California and keep having to travel back and forth. The judge told him at his last hearing (April 1st) to expect 180+ processing day.

Has anyone got any helpful information as to how to negotiate this situation? Can anyone give me some feedback on how to speak with anyone who can help us? Surely, there's more to our story, but the bottom line is: my husband is in jail in another state, and we don't know when or how to get him out.

1/24/08 Filed I130 Chicago

1/24/08 Filed I-864 Chicago

1/27/08 Recvd I130

1/31/08 NOA1

2/18/08 Request for docs already sent in package

Nothing else!

[Catt 6]

Hey Lurking,

Did you already get a reply from the Ombudsman?

I fully agree with what you wrote, because:

As long as the K-3 visa application is still listed as an option on the USCIS site, it should in practice be available. Otherwise people think they can choose between the K-1 (fiancee), K-3 (spouse) or the immigration visa application (spouse), when really there is only the choice between the much faster K-1 and the much longer immigration road. I'd say it deceives citizens in the expectations they can rightfully have, based on the official information they receive.

Plus, in the USCIS press release of the end of 2006 that Pushkn(sp) posted, USCIS announced how it would treat the K-3 applications. If USCIS is changing its policy now, it should at least inform the public so that people can take this info into account when deciding form the start which route they will follow.

Also, if what we read on this website about the difference in treatment of the K-3's by the California and Vermont Service Centers is correct and it continues, then such different treatment seems difficult to justify. It can even be seen as discrimination based on place of residence: it would mean that people living in the Eastern part of the US (VSC), can in reality not file for K-3 since it'll be treated like an immigration visa application; while people living in the West (CSC) can successfully file a K-3 visa application and therefore will be able to have their spouse come to the US much faster.

There is no possible reason to justify such difference in treatment.

So i'm very curious how this situation will evolve and what the Ombudsman's (and politicians') reply will be.

Edited April 7, 2008 by Catt

[YOUTOO 2]

If there is anything I can do let me know. I can make a general inquery on behalf of the community. No promises but at least an email from VisaJourney on behalf of a large number of people may have a shot at getting a response .

Pardon my ignorant questioning. But is it understood that all have decided that you should make an inquiry?

If not, what needs to be done to convey that message? If yes, then were you able to send an e-mail and were

there any results yet? Any information is certainly highly appreciated.

[Ilya R. 0]

YES Email our INQUERY/COMPLAINT please, maybe just maybe it'll somewhat helps.

[lillers 0]

Hi there. Just wanna be sure: you say you filed yours in Feb 08 and in March 08 got the approval notice? You mean, you received NOA1 and NOA2? OMG. That is fast. Did you get a lawyer to help you out? If so, let me know what I can do to speed my case up. Thanks!

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.

[hyd617 1]

guys just FYI i called VSC on friday morning, april 10 and they said they are on AUG 19 petitions for i130..... im an oct filer so she told me to wait one more month for my approval... :/

[Enlighten one :) 5]

That is wierd that she gave you that date, because as of March 15th they are working on petitions with the date of September 17, 2007.

when I spoke with someone before march 15th he told me they werwe working on Sept 20ths.

guys just FYI i called VSC on friday morning, april 10 and they said they are on AUG 19 petitions for i130..... im an oct filer so she told me to wait one more month for my approval... :/

[gogo 6]

Hi jonbless.. I beat you not that it is a good thing here.. haha.. but it is unfair but I did get a recent touch on the website on April 11.. it is because of all my complaining that I did..

Edited April 12, 2008 by gogo

[hyd617 1]

That is wierd that she gave you that date, because as of March 15th they are working on petitions with the date of September 17, 2007.

when I spoke with someone before march 15th he told me they werwe working on Sept 20ths.

guys just FYI i called VSC on friday morning, april 10 and they said they are on AUG 19 petitions for i130..... im an oct filer so she told me to wait one more month for my approval... :/

reall.y.. ya she gavce me the date i got thru by clikin thru RFE line i believe.. it was a quik conversation, she looked up my file said i am oct 16 filer and give it about another month for my approval.. but she said right now they r on aug 19... but on their website as of march 15 it says july right?!!??