October 2009 Filers

[Bacon 0]

In my case, I never heard from NVC automatically, nor did I hear anything from the consulate, automatically. NVC responded to my email request asking if they had received my case. Also the Consulate was very quick in responding to my email that they had the file by sending me an electronic version of packet 3.5.

Hey, Kab, what did you submit for the bank statements thing? I really don't want to send my entire bank statement to them. I'm wondering if I can just get something from my bank that would be sufficient.

[kabhatti 2]

Hey, Kab, what did you submit for the bank statements thing? I really don't want to send my entire bank statement to them. I'm wondering if I can just get something from my bank that would be sufficient.

My fianancial institutition was super fast in sending me a letter stating the final number of deposits of the previous year including when the account was created and the present balance. Here's the link to the I-134 instructions in part A

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-134instr.pdf

[doghandler 2]

I prefer that title to the more commonly used 'slightly obsessed with not enough work to do/too much time on her hands'!!

The visa rage red mist has descended on me again.....grrrrr.....just logged on.....they've been in that December box again.....another December filer approved. Step away from the December box, VSC people.....I am emitting low, warning growls, like my dogs whilst typing this....

[Bacon 0]

The visa rage red mist has descended on me again.....grrrrr.....just logged on.....they've been in that December box again.....another December filer approved. Step away from the December box, VSC people.....I am emitting low, warning growls, like my dogs whilst typing this....

Well, one plus at least is that they seem to be doing one October for every December they do. So that means there's still a 50/50 shot of you getting it this week.

[Laura J. 0]

I saw the newest December too.

What a screwy system.

Doghandler, we may have to resort to vicious barking!

[thatbritishlass 2]

Just to add a little something into the mix here, our fellow and very proactive November filer Arch actually rang the vsc yesterday to ask what was up.

Of course all manner of reasons were givn including that one adjuticator may just have finished his pile and got to the December cases.

Can someone feed the other adjudicators some caffeine/speed please?!

[doghandler 2]

I saw the newest December too.

What a screwy system.

Doghandler, we may have to resort to vicious barking!

LOL! WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? IT WAS ME!

Now listen up good people. My USC fiance, whose occupation will remain anonymous, but just let's just he takes no prisoners when it comes to unfair play....he went totally MENTAL at the news that they've been in the December box again, I thought he was gonna have a heart attack! (and we're both 45, so a heart attack brought on by increased blood pressure is not out of the question!). As stressed before, we are people of integrity and want to play by the rules, who have no problem waiting in line, do not want to be put in front of anyone in front of us and would put up with waiting as long as it takes if things were being done fairly. But they are not.

He got on the phone to VSC, or the contracted company who they employ to read of scripts to fob people off. He got the person on the phone to admit he was reading off scripts and got the person to drop the bullshit straight off (the 5 month thing etc etc) - he got the guy to admit it was totally unfair and people in line have a right to complain and have their complaints looked into, and not be fobbed off when they have been waiting 90 plus days and others get approved in 34 days, for no good reason (i.e. not expediated cases) and therefore there was something far wrong with the system. My fiance insisted the reason for his call was to file an official complaint for this serious issue to be looked into. The guy actually agreed with him! He put him on hold for a bit, then came back on the line saying he tried to find a direct number for my fiance to call, but said there wasn't one and advised him to write a formal complaint. My finace said he wouldn't bother doing that, but would raise this issue with his Congressman instead. He stressed to the guy that he would not be asking the Congressman to expediate our case, but actually look into unfair practices with the system. The guy then took a note of his name and case number, which he had not done before in the conversation, and my fiance got the distinct feeling that the content of his call was going to be passed on, and the guy gave him a total admission that he agreed with all the points he was raising.

My fiance is actually coming to visit me in Scotland on Sunday. If he wasn't he'd be getting an appointment to see his Congressman this week. Regardless of whether we get our NOA2 today, tomorrow or next week, my fiance feels very strongly about this issue, as a USC he has the right to complain about a government department which is not operating as it should, and will be asking his Congressman to raise this with VSC when he returns to the States....in the meantime, he could, of course end up hospitaliezd with high blood pressure instead if any more December cases come out!

[JohnAnwesha 4]

LOL! WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? IT WAS ME!

Now listen up good people. My USC fiance, whose occupation will remain anonymous, but just let's just he takes no prisoners when it comes to unfair play....he went totally MENTAL at the news that they've been in the December box again, I thought he was gonna have a heart attack! (and we're both 45, so a heart attack brought on by increased blood pressure is not out of the question!). As stressed before, we are people of integrity and want to play by the rules, who have no problem waiting in line, do not want to be put in front of anyone in front of us and would put up with waiting as long as it takes if things were being done fairly. But they are not.

He got on the phone to VSC, or the contracted company who they employ to read of scripts to fob people off. He got the person on the phone to admit he was reading off scripts and got the person to drop the bullshit straight off (the 5 month thing etc etc) - he got the guy to admit it was totally unfair and people in line have a right to complain and have their complaints looked into, and not be fobbed off when they have been waiting 90 plus days and others get approved in 34 days, for no good reason (i.e. not expediated cases) and therefore there was something far wrong with the system. My fiance insisted the reason for his call was to file an official complaint for this serious issue to be looked into. The guy actually agreed with him! He put him on hold for a bit, then came back on the line saying he tried to find a direct number for my fiance to call, but said there wasn't one and advised him to write a formal complaint. My finace said he wouldn't bother doing that, but would raise this issue with his Congressman instead. He stressed to the guy that he would not be asking the Congressman to expediate our case, but actually look into unfair practices with the system. The guy then took a note of his name and case number, which he had not done before in the conversation, and my fiance got the distinct feeling that the content of his call was going to be passed on, and the guy gave him a total admission that he agreed with all the points he was raising.

My fiance is actually coming to visit me in Scotland on Sunday. If he wasn't he'd be getting an appointment to see his Congressman this week. Regardless of whether we get our NOA2 today, tomorrow or next week, my fiance feels very strongly about this issue, as a USC he has the right to complain about a government department which is not operating as it should, and will be asking his Congressman to raise this with VSC when he returns to the States....in the meantime, he could, of course end up hospitaliezd with high blood pressure instead if any more December cases come out!

Bravo doghandler! you have earned everyone's respect and applause.

I hope this drills some sense into their thick heads.And they see us as people waiting in line patiently,and not just as random file numbers!!

thanks again ,on behalf of everyone

[Bacon 0]

LOL! WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? IT WAS ME!

Now listen up good people. My USC fiance, whose occupation will remain anonymous, but just let's just he takes no prisoners when it comes to unfair play....he went totally MENTAL at the news that they've been in the December box again, I thought he was gonna have a heart attack! (and we're both 45, so a heart attack brought on by increased blood pressure is not out of the question!). As stressed before, we are people of integrity and want to play by the rules, who have no problem waiting in line, do not want to be put in front of anyone in front of us and would put up with waiting as long as it takes if things were being done fairly. But they are not.

He got on the phone to VSC, or the contracted company who they employ to read of scripts to fob people off. He got the person on the phone to admit he was reading off scripts and got the person to drop the bullshit straight off (the 5 month thing etc etc) - he got the guy to admit it was totally unfair and people in line have a right to complain and have their complaints looked into, and not be fobbed off when they have been waiting 90 plus days and others get approved in 34 days, for no good reason (i.e. not expediated cases) and therefore there was something far wrong with the system. My fiance insisted the reason for his call was to file an official complaint for this serious issue to be looked into. The guy actually agreed with him! He put him on hold for a bit, then came back on the line saying he tried to find a direct number for my fiance to call, but said there wasn't one and advised him to write a formal complaint. My finace said he wouldn't bother doing that, but would raise this issue with his Congressman instead. He stressed to the guy that he would not be asking the Congressman to expediate our case, but actually look into unfair practices with the system. The guy then took a note of his name and case number, which he had not done before in the conversation, and my fiance got the distinct feeling that the content of his call was going to be passed on, and the guy gave him a total admission that he agreed with all the points he was raising.

My fiance is actually coming to visit me in Scotland on Sunday. If he wasn't he'd be getting an appointment to see his Congressman this week. Regardless of whether we get our NOA2 today, tomorrow or next week, my fiance feels very strongly about this issue, as a USC he has the right to complain about a government department which is not operating as it should, and will be asking his Congressman to raise this with VSC when he returns to the States....in the meantime, he could, of course end up hospitaliezd with high blood pressure instead if any more December cases come out!

Woohoo!!!!! Oh, man, I hope something happens cause of this. I mean, you'd think that if someone finished up their work then it would be only right for them to go to others and see if any from the current month need worked.

[that_girl 9]

Woohoo!!!!! Oh, man, I hope something happens cause of this. I mean, you'd think that if someone finished up their work then it would be only right for them to go to others and see if any from the current month need worked.

Doghandler, give your fiance a pat on the back from me!

Yeah, Bacon - I mean, most of us haven't had touches on the case since our checks were cashed, which leads me to believe they're still sitting in some dark closet waiting for someone to even crack the box. Why would you grab a box of December out of the closet when there are clearly plenty still in there from Oct. and Nov.?!?

[doghandler 2]

Bravo doghandler! you have earned everyone's respect and applause.

I hope this drills some sense into their thick heads.And they see us as people waiting in line patiently,and not just as random file numbers!!

thanks again ,on behalf of everyone

Ah, thank you. It's Mr Doghandler who is gonna take this on. He would never take advantage of what he does for a job, but his professional position in his community does give him a credible voice with those in power when it comes to raising issues (local, national and now he's clearly going into international political territory!). Mr Doghandler has been shocked at some stuff on this site, immigration fraud stories, dubious relationships etc and whist there is nothing that can be done about that, there is certainly something he can do in forcing a government department to address issues of unfair processing procedures when good honest people are made to wait in line and be treated like ###### by a system which is breaching its own policies and procedures - where does it say USCIC adjudicators can pick files at random, with no regard for the date when the person filed? He also thinks it's unacceptable for this government department not to have a complaint mechanism in place for this particular issue alone.

He will take this forward with his Congressman when he returns to the States late Feb. Whilst his actions obviously won't change things overnight, it will go some small way towards making those charged with the responsibilities of processing procedures at VSC address this particular issue and hopefully help people who come after us. I am also someone in my own country who takes on my own government's institutions to task when things are blatantly out of order. Me and Mr Doghandler are like dogs with bones when we get an issue between our teeth! We won't let go! When something is rotten, we will sniff it out and dig it out!

[Eggs 0]

*sigh* that sucks. And the thing is, I feel uncomfortable saying anything negative about the way they run their process while my file is still on a pile somewhere. What if I get the wrong person and he's like: Oh..your case number is yadayada? Ok. We'll see into it and let you know what the outcome is. And then he goes to put your file back on the bottom of the pile...

Might be too paranoid of a thought, but this is serious business and we have zero transparency over their process.

I personally also think it's quite weird that you can just check other case numbers other than your own. It wouldn't be hard to make all the numbers unique with some kind of hashing function. Even though you have no idea who is behind the case number above or below you, it still kinda freaks me out..hehe.

Edited January 26, 2010 by Eggs

[Bacon 0]

Ah, thank you. It's Mr Doghandler who is gonna take this on. He would never take advantage of what he does for a job, but his professional position in his community does give him a credible voice with those in power when it comes to raising issues (local, national and now he's clearly going into international political territory!). Mr Doghandler has been shocked at some stuff on this site, immigration fraud stories, dubious relationships etc and whist there is nothing that can be done about that, there is certainly something he can do in forcing a government department to address issues of unfair processing procedures when good honest people are made to wait in line and be treated like ###### by a system which is breaching its own policies and procedures - where does it say USCIC adjudicators can pick files at random, with no regard for the date when the person filed? He also thinks it's unacceptable for this government department not to have a complaint mechanism in place for this particular issue alone.

He will take this forward with his Congressman when he returns to the States late Feb. Whilst his actions obviously won't change things overnight, it will go some small way towards making those charged with the responsibilities of processing procedures at VSC address this particular issue and hopefully help people who come after us. I am also someone in my own country who takes on my own government's institutions to task when things are blatantly out of order. Me and Mr Doghandler are like dogs with bones when we get an issue between our teeth! We won't let go! When something is rotten, we will sniff it out and dig it out!

Well, that's a good way to be. And even if it doesn't change over night I'm sure if it does change it will effect all applications. Which means when it comes time for AOS, AP and EO...D (I think) then we won't be passed up any more.

[Bacon 0]

*sigh* that sucks. And the thing is, I feel uncomfortable saying anything negative about the way they run their process while my file is still on a pile somewhere. What if I get the wrong person and he's like: Oh..your case number is yadayada? Ok. We'll see into it and let you know what the outcome is. And then he goes to put your file back on the bottom of the pile...

Might be too paranoid of a thought, but this is serious business and we have zero transparency over their process.

I felt that way too. It's why I didn't even want to call them at first because I was worried I'd give them my case number and it would just make the adjudicators mad. It's not like you're waiting in line at the bank or grocery store where if you get kicked to the back of the line you're out another hour of your time. Here you might not get to see your partner for months, if at all.

[doghandler 2]

I felt that way too. It's why I didn't even want to call them at first because I was worried I'd give them my case number and it would just make the adjudicators mad. It's not like you're waiting in line at the bank or grocery store where if you get kicked to the back of the line you're out another hour of your time. Here you might not get to see your partner for months, if at all.

I totally understand your fears on this point. If they want to do that to me cos they can, then they will. They're probably fishing my file out right now to throw it in the shredder! That would be well interesting! Keep checking Igor's list - if I'm the only 1 left on the October list in 6 months time, our suspicions will have been confirmed. It's OK, I can handle it!