Lets collect some information about IMBRA effects

[Aquelunya 0]

Mike, you totally rock!!

[billsgirl 0]

yes he does....doesn;t he

[elizaxyz 0]

Wow, nice investigative work, Mike!

The revised form seems to be moving through the bureaucracy quite quickly. I'm pleasantly surprised. Hopefully this means they will get it to us soon.

[rlt 0]

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

[mallett_sj 0]

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

With the new I-129f form coming out, when it comes out. Do we have to file again with the new version or do we just sit back and wait for them to do there background checks? I'm very confused cause i hear of people talking about sending the new version in as soon as it is released and these people have already submitted there orignial I-129f after March 6th. Also i think we really need to organize this IMBRA forum because it's so disorganized and you just can't find anything out without spending half the time looking for the info.

[dwar49 0]

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

With the new I-129f form coming out, when it comes out. Do we have to file again with the new version or do we just sit back and wait for them to do there background checks? I'm very confused cause i hear of people talking about sending the new version in as soon as it is released and these people have already submitted there orignial I-129f after March 6th. Also i think we really need to organize this IMBRA forum because it's so disorganized and you just can't find anything out without spending half the time looking for the info.

There is nothing out to tell us exactly what those of us who have already filed are going to have to do to comply with IMBRA. Even calling doesnt get you answers as USCIS doesnt have the answers. Best advice would be to sit tight and wait till they let us know what to do.

[rlt 0]

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

With the new I-129f form coming out, when it comes out. Do we have to file again with the new version or do we just sit back and wait for them to do there background checks? I'm very confused cause i hear of people talking about sending the new version in as soon as it is released and these people have already submitted there orignial I-129f after March 6th. Also i think we really need to organize this IMBRA forum because it's so disorganized and you just can't find anything out without spending half the time looking for the info.

There is nothing out to tell us exactly what those of us who have already filed are going to have to do to comply with IMBRA. Even calling doesnt get you answers as USCIS doesnt have the answers. Best advice would be to sit tight and wait till they let us know what to do.

That´s true. I think the first step would be approving this form.

Then we need to hear from them and see what do they want from us.

Hopefully they already know what to do and are just waiting for an approval.

[Ladylethal 12]

I am sure that once the new form is approved they'll either update the site with instructions for already filed petitions and future petitions, send us an RFE or other letter, update our status, or something like that. They'll certainlly let us know what will happen next.

[Yodrak 7]

rlt,

What the numbers mean is explained in detail in the USCIS Supporting Statement for the new form, the link to which was posted a day or so ago and which many people have also been praising as a great information find. Maybe you missed that one.

What I find interesting is that the cost and fee information provided in the Supporting Statement, while difficult to follow, indicates that either a fee increase can be expected at some point or the current fee is excessive. I haven't quite figured out which yet.

Yodrak

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

Edited June 8, 2006 by Yodrak

[rlt 0]

rlt,

What the numbers mean is explained in detail in the USCIS Supporting Statement for the new form, the link to which was posted a day or so ago and which many people have also been praising as a great information find. Maybe you missed that one.

What I find interesting is that the cost and fee information provided in the Supporting Statement, while difficult to follow, indicates that either a fee increase can be expected at some point or the current fee is excessive. I haven't quite figured out which yet.

Yodrak

Great find!!!!!!!

I´m not even gonna start trying to understand what all those numbers mean, though..

They seem to have a lot of forms there to approve. I hope this emergency request work, because they just got that yesterday, right?

I sure did and still do..

Just trying to understand if any of that information would give us an idea on whether they (OMB) have started looking at the new form or not.

Is there any way to tell?

Also, maybe your are more familiar with this, so I´d like to ask for your opinion..

They received the form yesterday and it´s supposed to be approved until tomorrow.

Has that ever happened before?

Cheers for that.

[Yodrak 7]

rlt,

The OMB item clearly states that the request for review was received 7 June - yesterday. The only other information it provides, also quite clearly, is the processing burden and cost as compared to the old I-129f.

That information is very provocative, and everyone is commenting on how great the find is, yet everyone is asking the same thing you are about what the notice does not say rather than pondering what it does say. I find that to be very interesting, but I guess not unexpected. VJers in general see the words but often do not read what they mean.

Read the OMB notice again, then read the USCIS supporting statement again, and then think about the implications carefully. Let me know if you get some ideas of what I'm alluding to.

Yodrak

I sure did and still do..

Just trying to understand if any of that information would give us an idea on whether they (OMB) have started looking at the new form or not.

Is there any way to tell?

...

Edited June 8, 2006 by Yodrak

[Ladylethal 12]

If you have any ideas, why not post them Yodrak?

[rlt 0]

rlt,

The OMB item clearly states that the request for review was received 7 June - yesterday. The only other information it provides, also quite clearly, is the processing burden and cost as compared to the old I-129f.

That information is very provocative, and everyone is commenting on how great the find is, yet everyone is asking the same thing you are about what the notice does not say rather than pondering what it does say. I find that to be very interesting, but I guess not unexpected. VJers in general see the words but often do not read what they mean.

Read the OMB notice again, then read the USCIS supporting statement again, and then think about the implications carefully. Let me know if you get some ideas of what I'm alluding to.

Yodrak

I sure did and still do..

Just trying to understand if any of that information would give us an idea on whether they (OMB) have started looking at the new form or not.

Is there any way to tell?

...

Ok. Just read the OMB notice and the USCIS statement.

I don´t know what you mean about the implications. I honestly don´t.

And yes, sometimes I read the words and do not understand what they mean.

If you do, please share that with us.

About the implications, do you mean it´s not possible for OMB to approve USCIS request?

Thanks.

[Yodrak 7]

Nobody else sees that the estimated time for processing I-129f has increased by a factor of 3, from 0.5 hours per petition to 1.5 hours per petition? From 100,000 hours per year to 300,000 hours per year spent processing I-129f petitions? Unless resources to process the petitions are tripled, might that not have an impact on the backlog?

Yodrak

rlt,

The OMB item clearly states that the request for review was received 7 June - yesterday. The only other information it provides, also quite clearly, is the processing burden and cost as compared to the old I-129f.

That information is very provocative, and everyone is commenting on how great the find is, yet everyone is asking the same thing you are about what the notice does not say rather than pondering what it does say. I find that to be very interesting, but I guess not unexpected. VJers in general see the words but often do not read what they mean.

Read the OMB notice again, then read the USCIS supporting statement again, and then think about the implications carefully. Let me know if you get some ideas of what I'm alluding to.

Yodrak

I sure did and still do..

Just trying to understand if any of that information would give us an idea on whether they (OMB) have started looking at the new form or not.

Is there any way to tell?

...

Ok. Just read the OMB notice and the USCIS statement.

I don´t know what you mean about the implications. I honestly don´t.

And yes, sometimes I read the words and do not understand what they mean.

If you do, please share that with us.

About the implications, do you mean it´s not possible for OMB to approve USCIS request?

Thanks.

Edited June 8, 2006 by Yodrak

[rlt 0]

That´s what you meant? Maybe you missed my point.

The backlog we have now can´t be for that reason, since this new form hasn´t even been approved.

Let´s say they approve it. Ok, then we´ll add more time for the applications to be processed.

But the backlog we have now is because we need a new form and it isn´t ready yet. Actually, it is ready but it´s waiting for OMB to approve it.

So what I asked you and the other members is if you know of any case where OMB approved a new form in 2 days.

That´s all. Not asking about how long will it take for them to process the cases. I´ll save that question for when they start processing again.

Do you understand what I mean? Sorry if I wasn´t clear before.