Congressman and Day 210

[johnichka 0]

Hello All,

Well today is day 210 of our process of trying to get our K1 petition approved out of the California USCIS Office. My Congressman in the 16th district of Illinois has an office within about 4 miles. So, I downloaded the privacy form, filled it out and drove over to his office. A nice lady in the office with the title of District Representative asked my how she could be of assistance.

I informed her of my K1 petition that that it was received at the USCIS office on October 18, 2007. I asked that the Immigration Liaison from Congressman Manzullo's office call the USCIS and inquire about my case. She said she was not the Immigration Liaison but would definitely give my information to the appropriate individual and they would get back in touch with me. This was approximately 4pm yesterday afternoon.

This morning at 9:45 a woman from Congressman Manzullo's office called me and told me she had my request and asked about the background. I told her that each time I had called (using the RFE "trick") they told me the case was with an officer and would be approved soon. I was told in February that it went to an officer on February 22, I was told on March 24th that it was with an officer. I was told on April 24th that it just went to an officer and that the other people who had told me it was previously with an officer were lying to me. I called on May 2nd, the gentleman at USCSI told me it was with an officer. I told him I had been hearing this for 3 months. He said to be patient they are only processing cases from October 8th (lie). He said the case was with a good officer and this officer adjudicates petitions fairly quickly.

All of this was what I told the woman from the Congressman's Office. She said she had a direct contact at USCIS that usually gets things resolved fairly quickly and she had his direct line and would call him and get back to me at some point - maybe today, or tomorrow, depending on if she got a hold of him.

She called me back within 20 minutes and she said they she spoke with USCIS. They said they were sorry and this information should have been explained to me before. She said that USCIS told her that my petition WENT TO AN OFFICER on May 6th and to give it 30 days from today for approval. So, all along, the folks answering the phone line (using the RFE trick) were just playing me and lying.

So, it was very good to have such a very quick turnaround from the Congressman's office. For those of you waiting with times beyond 6 months, I strongly encourage you to go and visit the Congressman's or Senator's Office.

I emailed my two Senators - Obama and Durbin earlier to enlist their help, they have never replied. Go and personally visit the office if you can.

I did go to the USCIS and see that my file was touched today, so I am confident that she did in fact get in touch with USCIS.

Hopefully, we will receive approval soon.

Good luck to all those still waiting

[Sal and Jay 2]

Hello All,

Well today is day 210 of our process of trying to get our K1 petition approved out of the California USCIS Office. My Congressman in the 16th district of Illinois has an office within about 4 miles. So, I downloaded the privacy form, filled it out and drove over to his office. A nice lady in the office with the title of District Representative asked my how she could be of assistance.

I informed her of my K1 petition that that it was received at the USCIS office on October 18, 2007. I asked that the Immigration Liaison from Congressman Manzullo's office call the USCIS and inquire about my case. She said she was not the Immigration Liaison but would definitely give my information to the appropriate individual and they would get back in touch with me. This was approximately 4pm yesterday afternoon.

This morning at 9:45 a woman from Congressman Manzullo's office called me and told me she had my request and asked about the background. I told her that each time I had called (using the RFE "trick") they told me the case was with an officer and would be approved soon. I was told in February that it went to an officer on February 22, I was told on March 24th that it was with an officer. I was told on April 24th that it just went to an officer and that the other people who had told me it was previously with an officer were lying to me. I called on May 2nd, the gentleman at USCSI told me it was with an officer. I told him I had been hearing this for 3 months. He said to be patient they are only processing cases from October 8th (lie). He said the case was with a good officer and this officer adjudicates petitions fairly quickly.

All of this was what I told the woman from the Congressman's Office. She said she had a direct contact at USCIS that usually gets things resolved fairly quickly and she had his direct line and would call him and get back to me at some point - maybe today, or tomorrow, depending on if she got a hold of him.

She called me back within 20 minutes and she said they she spoke with USCIS. They said they were sorry and this information should have been explained to me before. She said that USCIS told her that my petition WENT TO AN OFFICER on May 6th and to give it 30 days from today for approval. So, all along, the folks answering the phone line (using the RFE trick) were just playing me and lying.

So, it was very good to have such a very quick turnaround from the Congressman's office. For those of you waiting with times beyond 6 months, I strongly encourage you to go and visit the Congressman's or Senator's Office.

I emailed my two Senators - Obama and Durbin earlier to enlist their help, they have never replied. Go and personally visit the office if you can.

I did go to the USCIS and see that my file was touched today, so I am confident that she did in fact get in touch with USCIS.

Hopefully, we will receive approval soon.

Good luck to all those still waiting

Good luck with your approval. good post.

[KimandRuss 0]

good for you taking the initiative to go talk to your representative! I hope you find your approval soon!

[steveinsandiego 0]

Thanks for taking the time to share this. It's sad to hear the USCIS is so entrenched in spreading disinformation. What's the point in hiring these "customer service reps" if all they do is blow people off.

Making a personal appearance at your representative's office was a smart thing to do. Please let us know how things work out.