Sharing my Senator's Office Response on CSC

[DavidandEli 0]

Not new news .. but this is yesterdays response from my Senator. It is a bit confusing when you look at all the board activity.

The only information in it that is really valuable for me is that the origional receipt date will be used for

petitions transfered to California. We are not going to be treated differently just becuase we are transfered.

Mr. _________,

This is the response I received from California. Apparently, they have not heard from USCIS Headquarters on how to process these cases under the new IMBRA.

Any and all applications or petitions that are transferred to the CSC are assimilated into our processing schedule by the original receipt date. This case is no different.

However, all I-129F petitions received on or after 03/01/2006 fall under the umbrella of the new International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). All of these petitions will not be adjudicated, and will remain pending until Headquarters USCIS issues quidance regarding processing under this new law. This petition was received 03/13/06, and falls under this new law.

Please reference information found on the uscis website regarding I-129F petitions and IMBRA

[gimygirl 0]

thanks for that piece of info!!!

i wish you a speedy journey!!

[GaryC 7]

Kind of contradictory since another person's senator said that RFE's were going out of CSC this week. The only good nugget I got from this post is that they will honor the original NOA1 dates and not put us in the back of the line.

Here is the thread I refered to:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18521

[Ladylethal 12]

To me it sounds like old news before they said RFEs are already being sent out.

I´m still waiting on anyone getting their RFE through snail mail, I am scared that they may have said that online but not have actually sent anything, just to shut us up.

[GaryC 7]

Well, I sent my senator an email last week and I got a letter asking for our case number so he can check it out. I wrote a letter back telling him our situation and asked for any help he could give. I even enclosed a nice picture of us in the hopes of getting a little sympathy. When he gets back to me I will let you know what he said.

Edited June 21, 2006 by GaryC

[DavidandEli 0]

I hope the other person's Senator has better information.

[juliekins 0]

I know this might be a stupid question.. but bare with me...

If the USC is from Atlanta GA.. and our application is in CSC.. which senator do we contact?

thank you

[GaryC 7]

I know this might be a stupid question.. but bare with me...

If the USC is from Atlanta GA.. and our application is in CSC.. which senator do we contact?

thank you

You need to contact your senator.

[GaryC 7]

Well, that was worthless. I just got a reply from my senator. Does this look familiar?

Below is the response I received from the California Service Center regarding the adjudication of cases in the order in which they came in. I am also emailing the Service Center to get a status check on your case. Anything response that I receive, I will send to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

Tim Sullivan

Office of Senator ####### Durbin

217-492-4062

Any and all applications or petitions that are transferred to the CSC are assimilated into our processing schedule by the original receipt date. This case is no different.

However, all I-129F petitions received on or after 03/01/2006 fall under the umbrella of the new International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA). All of these petitions will not be adjudicated, and will remain pending until Headquarters USCIS issues quidance regarding processing under this new law. This petition was received 03/13/06, and falls under this new law.

Please reference information found on the uscis website regarding I-129F petitions and IMBRA .

[DavidandEli 0]

I know this might be a stupid question.. but bare with me...

If the USC is from Atlanta GA.. and our application is in CSC.. which senator do we contact?

thank you

You need to contact your senator.

We got the response from the same guy as I am from Illinois as well.

It looks like he knows how to cut and paste... a critical time saving skill in the modern

office work environment.

At least Senator Durbin's office picked up the phone. I have had no response from

Senator Obama's office.

[simple_male 1]

I know this might be a stupid question.. but bare with me...

If the USC is from Atlanta GA.. and our application is in CSC.. which senator do we contact?

thank you

The USC needs to contact the senators of his state where he/she resides. The USC can also contact his/her local house of representative (Congressman/Congresswoman). Honestly, right now, no one knows anything clearly about this IMBRA.

[GaryC 7]

Ok, an update. I called Mr. Sullivan. A very nice man. He said that was a canned email he got in regards to an email he sent a week ago from another inquiry. So that info is a week old. I told him about Vermont sending out RFE's now. He said he would call CSC and ask about it. I will send along any info I get.

P.S.

Please don't inundate this guy with phone calls. I will pass along any info I get as soon as he sends it.

[kitkat1 5]

At least Senator Durbin's office picked up the phone. I have had no response from

Senator Obama's office.

really? I found the person at Durbin's office (downtown - not Springfield) to not be very helpful and not so nice. So I just contacted Obama's office in hopes that they could find out more . . . I wonder at this point if it's even worth my effort

[GaryC 7]

At least Senator Durbin's office picked up the phone. I have had no response from

Senator Obama's office.

really? I found the person at Durbin's office (downtown - not Springfield) to not be very helpful and not so nice. So I just contacted Obama's office in hopes that they could find out more . . . I wonder at this point if it's even worth my effort

I originally sent Durbin an email via his web site. I got a letter back asking me to send my case number to Mr. Sullivan. I got the impression that Mr. Sullivan is the aid in charge of immigration questions. He said that he has had many inquiries about IMBRA. The news that Vermont is sending out RFE's made him take notice. I think that he will get something out of them if at all possible.

[Qiao - 108 days 0]

Ok, an update. I called Mr. Sullivan. A very nice man. He said that was a canned email he got in regards to an email he sent a week ago from another inquiry. So that info is a week old. I told him about Vermont sending out RFE's now. He said he would call CSC and ask about it. I will send along any info I get.

P.S.

Please don't inundate this guy with phone calls. I will pass along any info I get as soon as he sends it.

Thanks for keeping us posted! I am in Illinois as well, and I have been knocking around the idea of contacting the same people. I will let it play out for a few more days and see what happens...