sometimes congresman backfires

[gugu24 0]

I would simly suggest my fellows that please try not to involv your congressman untill you see that now the case is beyond your limits of pataince. Yea, it is my personal experience. It hurt my case and they simply screwed us on the reason which could have been decided in the first day of our petition. USCIS has the final athourity over these lawmakers, that what we know and experience.

[Jenn! 918]

If you could provide some more details into how you feel your congressman was not helpful, that would surely benefit other members here. Many people do turn to their congressmen for assistance, and it would be useful to know in which particular circumstance a congressman proved to be a hinderance rather than a help.

Good luck with the rest of your journey.

[gugu24 0]

Well we filed our case for I-130 in 2003 in Japan (for complete information people can know our case from the topic (WHAT ABOUT ME) posted last night. DHS, Seoul, Korea took two years and still the case not decided. Numbers of inquiries were made and were told background check of benificiary>>thats all!!! but when it was too much my wife finaly involved her congressman and when he wrote a letter to the DHS, Korea in a month our petition was denied on the reason that my wife's divorce is not valid because the Fedral law doesnt accept mexican divorce. WOW the law was there for years but they didnt see it that time but when a push came they used the claw to screw us. They have tones of laws that a normal man doesnt know and it then haunts us in return.

[Karen_L 1]

I would simly suggest my fellows that please try not to involv your congressman untill you see that now the case is beyond your limits of pataince. Yea, it is my personal experience. It hurt my case and they simply screwed us on the reason which could have been decided in the first day of our petition. USCIS has the final athourity over these lawmakers, that what we know and experience.

what happened?

Well we filed our case for I-130 in 2003 in Japan (for complete information people can know our case from the topic (WHAT ABOUT ME) posted last night. DHS, Seoul, Korea took two years and still the case not decided. Numbers of inquiries were made and were told background check of benificiary>>thats all!!! but when it was too much my wife finaly involved her congressman and when he wrote a letter to the DHS, Korea in a month our petition was denied on the reason that my wife's divorce is not valid because the Fedral law doesnt accept mexican divorce. WOW the law was there for years but they didnt see it that time but when a push came they used the claw to screw us. They have tones of laws that a normal man doesnt know and it then haunts us in return.

So according to them she's still legally married to her first husband? That's terrible, I'm very sorry. Is there any way she could file for divorce in the US and then remarry you and you can start over? I know that sounds like a miserable thing to do (more waiting, more nervousness), but it could be a recourse. Also, was she married/living in Mexico when she got her divorce?

[De & Al 0]

I fell the soma way, We were told by our congressman (worker at his office) that my husband had to return to Cuba in order for his to get his green card, or he will have to stay for one year and one day illegal and them apply to the Cuban adjustment. Well he has so wrong that sometimes I feel like going over to his office and giving him a peace of my mind, the only reason I don’t do it is because you never know what they could do and I want my husband to come as soon as possible.

[gugu24 0]

I would simly suggest my fellows that please try not to involv your congressman untill you see that now the case is beyond your limits of pataince. Yea, it is my personal experience. It hurt my case and they simply screwed us on the reason which could have been decided in the first day of our petition. USCIS has the final athourity over these lawmakers, that what we know and experience.

what happened?

Well we filed our case for I-130 in 2003 in Japan (for complete information people can know our case from the topic (WHAT ABOUT ME) posted last night. DHS, Seoul, Korea took two years and still the case not decided. Numbers of inquiries were made and were told background check of benificiary>>thats all!!! but when it was too much my wife finaly involved her congressman and when he wrote a letter to the DHS, Korea in a month our petition was denied on the reason that my wife's divorce is not valid because the Fedral law doesnt accept mexican divorce. WOW the law was there for years but they didnt see it that time but when a push came they used the claw to screw us. They have tones of laws that a normal man doesnt know and it then haunts us in return.

So according to them she's still legally married to her first husband? That's terrible, I'm very sorry. Is there any way she could file for divorce in the US and then remarry you and you can start over? I know that sounds like a miserable thing to do (more waiting, more nervousness), but it could be a recourse. Also, was she married/living in Mexico when she got her divorce?

NO, she filed the divorce through an attorney using proxy which was the main reason. fedral law doesnt accept divorce through the proxies. Yes, she has filed the divorce and was granted the divorce in Nov 2005. We have filed the K-1 visa and has been aproved by the grace of ALLAH and it is is supposed to be now in NVC.

[aussiewench 9]

see guru's other thread for details

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15600

[kitkat1 5]

but when it was too much my wife finaly involved her congressman and when he wrote a letter to the DHS, Korea in a month our petition was denied on the reason that my wife's divorce is not valid because the Fedral law doesnt accept mexican divorce.

Forgive me if I have misunderstood something and I don't mean to sound uncaring. But it doesn't seem to me that involving the congressman is what caused your denial. It appears that he actually got them to move. The denial was based on the invalidity of the divorce based on federal law.

As for the scenario where the congressman's office worker provided incorrect information, well yes, that did not help your case. But I guess I would always consult a qualified attorney in regard to immigration law since it's so complicated.

I think the only thing you can count on a congressman to do is to inquire into your case and perhaps give them a push to move it along. But they can't be counted on to change basic facts of a case or to provide legal advice -it's just not their role.

[woodgc 0]

everyone has there own perspective I got an RFE that I thought was outragious so I called my 3 representitives

even though I knew I had to process the data again. I got resopnces from all three which made me very happy.

they all responded in different ways but one called me and then Called CSC to find out what was up. They were told that my RFE was logged in their system that day and it will take 30 days to process The email CSC sent me said recived and 30-120 days to process. It was processed and NOA2 in 3 days so you decide if the congressmans phone call helped delayed or did nothing

[sarah and hicham 3]

I don't personally think that contacting your congressman can do any harm but that's just my opinion. If you have a problem in your case, one that you didn't even know about and no one else could tell you I think it's best to contact your congressman- you're bound to find something out! Even if it stalls your case at least you know what it is so now you can move forward. Good luck.

[almaty 19]

i never heard contacting congressman or senator causing harm..why would it? smells fishy to me.......

[luvaLimey 0]

I think he just thinks that that technicality wouldn't have been found if his congressman hadn't gotten involved.

[kitkat1 5]

I think he just thinks that that technicality wouldn't have been found if his congressman hadn't gotten involved.

That's what I think too. It wasn't the congressman's involvement that got them denied, it was his inquiry on behalf of the petitioner that unearthed the fact that the divorce was not valid which led to the denial.

Confusing complicated cases need attorneys, not congressman, to help them IMHO.

[Jaci 0]

I think he just thinks that that technicality wouldn't have been found if his congressman hadn't gotten involved.

That's what I think too. It wasn't the congressman's involvement that got them denied, it was his inquiry on behalf of the petitioner that unearthed the fact that the divorce was not valid which led to the denial.

Confusing complicated cases need attorneys, not congressman, to help them IMHO.

It's been my experience that Congressmen can sometimes get your case moving if it's stuck, but they

have no influence on the outcome, and it's likely that the problem of the proxy divorce would have come to light.

I have heard of rumors about State Dept. and/or USCIS employees resenting having Congress down their throats, and being persnickety, but I don't necessarily believe it.

[desert_fox 32]

Well we filed our case for I-130 in 2003 in Japan (for complete information people can know our case from the topic (WHAT ABOUT ME) posted last night. DHS, Seoul, Korea took two years and still the case not decided. Numbers of inquiries were made and were told background check of benificiary>>thats all!!! but when it was too much my wife finaly involved her congressman and when he wrote a letter to the DHS, Korea in a month our petition was denied on the reason that my wife's divorce is not valid because the Fedral law doesnt accept mexican divorce. WOW the law was there for years but they didnt see it that time but when a push came they used the claw to screw us. They have tones of laws that a normal man doesnt know and it then haunts us in return.

You got denied because you have a worthless divorce. What did you expect the Congressman to do???

Mexico would have no jurisdiction of a divorce issue that took place in some other country if the parties never lived in Mexico. This is a no brainer.