Letter to Local Congressman

[12345678 1]

Hi Buddies,

We have decided to contact with congressman since it is not going as we expected. So want to give a try. Can anyone give a letter templet so that I can rewrite and send to the congressman?

I am absolutely broken....Nothing is going anywhere good, no hope...

[Dakine 26]

Hi Buddies,

We have decided to contact with congressman since it is not going as we expected. So want to give a try. Can anyone give a letter templet so that I can rewrite and send to the congressman?

I am absolutely broken....Nothing is going anywhere good, no hope...

Google his website and call him. Senator worked better for me.

[12345678 1]

Hi Buddies,

We have decided to contact with congressman since it is not going as we expected. So want to give a try. Can anyone give a letter templet so that I can rewrite and send to the congressman?

I am absolutely broken....Nothing is going anywhere good, no hope...

Google his website and call him. Senator worked better for me.

Senator Hillary will not be here in NY anymore. Therefore, we have to go for the congressman. We will eventually contact over phone and email them and will send that everything they want from us to move on.

Need a templet......

Edited December 22, 2008 by soniasharmin

[Boiler 46,086]

It would depend on what you were expecting them to do and what your issue was.

[Zayd 0]

Hi Buddies,

We have decided to contact with congressman since it is not going as we expected. So want to give a try. Can anyone give a letter templet so that I can rewrite and send to the congressman?

I am absolutely broken....Nothing is going anywhere good, no hope...

Google his website and call him. Senator worked better for me.

Senator Hillary will not be here in NY anymore. Therefore, we have to go for the congressman. We will eventually contact over phone and email them and will send that everything they want from us to move on.

Need a templet......

Every state has two senators. Hillary Clinton is not even the senior senator from New York. The senior senator is Charles (Chuck) Schumer. Also, you are not past the standard processing times for Vermont Service Center so a congressional inquiry will not have much good yet. If you really want to make a congressional inquiry, you should know different offices have different rules for how inquiries should be submitted so a template would not work. What is more, the way to have the best impact is to write a sincere letter that is unique so you would get their attention. Not just send some generic letter that would not be prioritized.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

I know of no set form, you basically first write or call them, and then they will send u a form giving then authority to speak on your behalf for your case. You will need to explain to them your case details, like a introduction, tell them the problems, and ask what help they can be. Mostly they can only speak up showing their concern for your case they can not make decisions already made to change but hopefully can influence some kind of changes etc

in looking back at your timeline what are you expecting, faster? your in vermont so i would guess a good 6 months before your 2 at the least, it does seem to be moving..your rep wont be able to hurry this

Edited December 22, 2008 by brnidokiegurl

[brnidokiegurl 0]

here is our vermont timeline as it was:

02/23/2008 Mailed CR1 application today

03/08/2008 NOA1 Notice Recd (notice date 3/4/08)

08/26/2008 File transfered fr Vermont to Calif

10/14/2008 APPROVALLLLLLLLLLLL

10/20/2008 Recd hard copy NOA2

[12345678 1]

I know of no set form, you basically first write or call them, and then they will send u a form giving then authority to speak on your behalf for your case. You will need to explain to them your case details, like a introduction, tell them the problems, and ask what help they can be. Mostly they can only speak up showing their concern for your case they can not make decisions already made to change but hopefully can influence some kind of changes etc

in looking back at your timeline what are you expecting, faster? your in vermont so i would guess a good 6 months before your 2 at the least, it does seem to be moving..your rep wont be able to hurry this

Dear All,

For your information regarding my specific case, I filed the I-130 petition in June of 2007. Vermont received it on June 09, 2007 I got the first Notice of Action (NOA1) on June 16, 2007. Since I received that first Notice of Action I have received several RFEs which we had took actions accordingly.

Interestingly, whenever I want to check my case status online, it shows my application was received in June 16, 2008 and whenever I call USCIS helpline, I am always told that I am within the timeline considering the USCIS website. I have also filed a I-129f receipt number EAC 08-237-50204 in order to expedite my process, yet a very unfortunate of myself that while checking the case status online, it gives an validation error with a message that states “Your case can not be found at this time in Case Status Online. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance please call the National Customer Service Center at 1.800.375.5283”

I did not posted the date that I have in real in I-797C form, as I thought it could be a little humiliation of oursalves... We are probabely the only one couple who has this situation. We are no where in this race actually....

Pray for us..

[Zayd 0]

Did you upgrade your petition from LPR to citizen? If so, that resets your priority date.

[vof 0]

Hi Buddies,

We have decided to contact with congressman since it is not going as we expected. So want to give a try. Can anyone give a letter templet so that I can rewrite and send to the congressman?

I am absolutely broken....Nothing is going anywhere good, no hope...

useless you are still within processing times

[cjgator 2]

It ia, at this point, highly questionable whether or not the I-129F really is doing much to speed up the approvals, so if you submitted it late, don't be ashamed to put it on your timeline. The K3's that are being approved are being driven more from the NOA-1 date of the I-130 than the I-129F.

You may want to call USCIS customer service and ask whether or not (the I-129F) is in the system.

The thing I keep coming back to is this: Even if we just focus on your I-130 NOA 1, you're barely at 6 months. These applications are not being processed at VSC within six months. If they were, there would literally be dozens of people on this forum who would have their approvals already. I challenge you to find any VJ member who has/had a K-3 petition at Vermont who has been approved in sis months or less, since July of this year. You're not going to find them.

It stinks, but the reality is, you just have to be patient, and your congressman is not going to respond to your letter, because you are within posted USCIS processing times, which for the I-130 is February 26, and the I 129F/K3 is March 7. You simply need to prepare yourself for a wait of 2 or 3 more months before any action is taken on your case. That is what the rest of us have had to do. Your congressman will be of no help to you right now. My congressman couldn't really do anything, except ask VSC questions, ever after I fell outside of processing times.

CJ-G

I know of no set form, you basically first write or call them, and then they will send u a form giving then authority to speak on your behalf for your case. You will need to explain to them your case details, like a introduction, tell them the problems, and ask what help they can be. Mostly they can only speak up showing their concern for your case they can not make decisions already made to change but hopefully can influence some kind of changes etc

in looking back at your timeline what are you expecting, faster? your in vermont so i would guess a good 6 months before your 2 at the least, it does seem to be moving..your rep wont be able to hurry this

Dear All,

For your information regarding my specific case, I filed the I-130 petition in June of 2007. Vermont received it on June 09, 2007 I got the first Notice of Action (NOA1) on June 16, 2007. Since I received that first Notice of Action I have received several RFEs which we had took actions accordingly.

Interestingly, whenever I want to check my case status online, it shows my application was received in June 16, 2008 and whenever I call USCIS helpline, I am always told that I am within the timeline considering the USCIS website. I have also filed a I-129f receipt number EAC 08-237-50204 in order to expedite my process, yet a very unfortunate of myself that while checking the case status online, it gives an validation error with a message that states “Your case can not be found at this time in Case Status Online. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance please call the National Customer Service Center at 1.800.375.5283”

I did not posted the date that I have in real in I-797C form, as I thought it could be a little humiliation of oursalves... We are probabely the only one couple who has this situation. We are no where in this race actually....

Pray for us..

[Old Dominion 26]

Senator Schumer is the one to contact. His website provides a way to send an e-mail inquiry. Someone on the staff will follow up, but first it may be necessary for you to complete a privacy form of some kind. Schumer's staff is very effective. Plus, Senator Clinton is still in office and will be for another month until she is replaced. When she is replaced, no doubt some of her old staff will be with the new junior senator.

Senators are better-staffed than members of the House of Representatives.

[notime4haterz 0]

I'm very, very sorry to tell you, but the situation, right now... There is nothing anyone can do to make it go faster. Maybe in the future, things will change. Right now, you're probably not going to be able to do anything besides wait, wait, wait... If there was a way to make things go faster, all of us would have already tried it.

People have tried expedites, but I have only seen 1 person get approved for their request. The rest didn't get approved, or got an answer 6 months later (so not really expedited). One got their request expedited, but had to go through AP, which was gonna take at least 6 months. However, if it makes you feel better, you can try. You have nothing to lose by trying.