The 2010 London Waiver List

[treehugger 23]

I just emailed the embassy for an update - I've been in AP for almost 12 weeks and it's been a while since I contacted them as I call DOS instead. Anyway, emailed returning the last email I got from them, as indicated, and the immediate response was "your email was deleted without being read". How helpful is that?!?!

[Andrew-Traci 5]

I just emailed the embassy for an update - I've been in AP for almost 12 weeks and it's been a while since I contacted them as I call DOS instead. Anyway, emailed returning the last email I got from them, as indicated, and the immediate response was "your email was deleted without being read". How helpful is that?!?!

Ah Treehugger - I am so sorry - can't believe that!! There has just got to be something we can do- someone that we can talk to about all of this - It's such an injustice the way we are being treated.... I can't take much more of this waiting with no progress... it's really doing me in having no life, no husband,.... someone out there pleae help!!!

[Justine+David 218]

I just emailed the embassy for an update - I've been in AP for almost 12 weeks and it's been a while since I contacted them as I call DOS instead. Anyway, emailed returning the last email I got from them, as indicated, and the immediate response was "your email was deleted without being read". How helpful is that?!?!

Tree, you probably need the special weekly code in order to e-mail them...I imagine that one has expired, so they automatically delete all of those types of e-mails. So you get to pay 1.20 per minute for the privilege of being to call them to get the code to able to e-mail them... They may tell you that there is no such thing as a code, like they did with me, until they heard about my complex case request, and then gave it to me. It was all I could do not to laugh at her.

[treehugger 23]

Thanks, Traci, I know exactly what you mean. Yes, I had a life before I met my husband, but now due to this unexpected AP business and other (non-visa related) stuff I'm just hanging around with very little to do. I'm not sure how much more I can take of this, and I really struggle to believe that there is no one we (all of us) can approach.

Again I say, they have every right to check and double-check all aspects of a visa application - in fact it is their duty. But to be in a black hole and not know anything is simply awful. I have sleepless nights wondering why I'm in AP ,at least with a waiver you know what the issue is, albeit they're taking their own sweet time dealing with it!!

Justine, you're absolutely right. The code had expired, as the chap on the phone explained to me, and according to him we're not supposed to know that it'll expire. So that we have to call the extortion line again The embassy did reply to my email within 16 minutes - yay, but it was just the generic 'you're still in AP, we'll contact you as soon as the review is complete'. I do wonder about the use of the word review I really do think that my file is just lost and nobody wants to admit it

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Welcome to Friday 14th May 2010 in the UK

This is normally the day when the USCIS updates the I-601 Waiver file...

I just thought I would share a few stats with you and the USCIS to assist them with their tough job.

It has been 23 days now without any case reaching the completed stage

In fact they have only completed 2 cases over the last 42 days which if you break it down to find out the average number of days each case has taken so far to reach the completed stage.. it would be 58 days based on 37 completed cases taking a total of 2152 days in total to complete.

However if you compare this to the USCIS's more recent activity, they have 9 open UK & Irish based cases Under Review and so far these 9 cases have been waiting 1164 days between them, giving us a current average of... wait for it... 129 days and still NOT COMPLETED !!

129 Days is the current Under Review average, however 2 cases are currently at 208 Days and our own case is sitting in 3rd place for oldest case at 184 Days

Anyway lets hope that the USCIS surprise us today with a lot more movement of the Pending cases as well as the Under Reviews moving to Completed, after all we have had a Completed case drought for the last 23 days !!

Well I wish everyone good luck... and I hope we all get some good news today.. and of course I will update you as and when the USCIS update the I-601 PDF file.

Take care

Andrew

[JustJ 0]

Starting to look like there's no update today. :-(

[Andrew-Traci 5]

Starting to look like there's no update today. :-(

(Sigh)...nothing again... Please take care sweetie, I'm thinking about you...

Traci

[JustJ 0]

Likewise, Traci, and thank you. Not a day goes by without you and Andrew crossing my thoughts.

[treehugger 23]

Halloooo everyone

It's almost Monday - are we hopeful that there'll be an update tomorrow? Will JustJ's congressperson's intervention do the trick? What about the Spreadsheet King Andrew's efforts, will they bear fruition? Come on you lovely people processing waiver applications...don't keep us in suspense any longer!!

Yes, I've lost the plot

[Andrew-Traci 5]

Halloooo everyone

It's almost Monday - are we hopeful that there'll be an update tomorrow? Will JustJ's congressperson's intervention do the trick? What about the Spreadsheet King Andrew's efforts, will they bear fruition? Come on you lovely people processing waiver applications...don't keep us in suspense any longer!!

Yes, I've lost the plot

Hey Treehugger,

Do mysteries really have plots?? Oh wait...I'm thinking of low budget horror movies ... Hey come to think of it that's what we're all in!!!!!

Well I wish you all the very best this week and in the weeks to come.... I have decide to remove watching/waiting on the update list from my priority list...For me it's become too emotionally draining waiting all week for an update only to be delivered the heart wrenching blow every week when NOTHING happens ...My poor hubby (I love you so much ) has to deal with the emotional fallout week after week ...I have decided to take the "out of site - out of mind " approach, try to focus on anything else to save my sanity & my relationship....

Hopefully some day in the future I will be able to give you the good news that my hubby has his visa in his passport and has booked his plane ticket to the States

Until that time my best wishes and love to you all ~ may all our dreams come true. Have no fear - the Spreadsheet King will be feverishly working on your behalf to give you up to the minute updates!!! Here's hoping your numbers hit the completed column SOON!!!! You are all in my thoughts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4fK4Fc7Ms - For all of you romantics. I have always loved this song - it has a special meaning for me now. I will wait as long as it takes darling

Kindest regards,

Traci

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Well, we never went through the nightmare of a waiver, but when I was apart from my partner, I always liked this song. It's just got a happy positive kind of thing going on.

[JustJ 0]

Well, we never went through the nightmare of a waiver, but when I was apart from my partner, I always liked this song. It's just got a happy positive kind of thing going on.

Thanks, JonnyQuest for trying to make us all feel better. I can't listen to music anymore. I can't do much of anything anymore except just try to get by until a decision is made. It seems the closer we are to a final decision, the worse it gets. I've tried really hard not to look at the list or to dwell on it, but I always end up caving in and checking it every day. Something's got to change soon, right?

Edited May 18, 2010 by JustJ

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Hi Everyone

Just a quick hello from me to let you all know that I am still alive and waiting for my software application to tell me when the next USCIS update happens...

It has been 12 days so far since our last update (Friday May 7th), it looks like the USCIS may be falling back in to their bad old ways of updating us sometimes on a 2 weekly cycle, I hope I am wrong about this, but the lack of an update so far has indicated that they may only update us this Friday which will be 14 days since the last one.

Considering that the last update on the 7th May only added one new case, and the one previous to that on the 30th April only added 2 new cases, this would indicate that they should have a Sh!t load of movements and completions to post on this next update.. after all they have only completed 2 cases over the last 50 days !!!

So no completions since the 22nd April which by Friday will be one month with NO completed cases? what the hell are they doing?

My poor wife is getting rather tired of this whole process now, as you can see by her last post.. So to try and cheer her up I explained that this waiver process is like traveling in a car and needing to go to the toilet, whilst you know you have a long way to go you can put up with the discomfort and manage to hold it in, but the closer you get to the end of your journey the body realizes this and you suffer pain and may lose control at the last few moments because your brain knows you are within minutes of a toilet.. This is similar to the whole Waiver process, whilst you know that you have weeks or months ahead of you, you can cope with the stress of waiting, but as soon as you pass what is considered the normal timescale, your body tells you it must be in the next update and each time you get disappointed you know you have to wait a week or two for the next update and surely you will be on this one...

I hate this process, I think that it can destroy the weaker relationships amongst us, lucky for me that my wife Traci is strong enough to get through this with my help, but I am sure that many other relationships fail after such a long wait, I do not know if it is what the USCIS hope for or not, but I am sure it does the USCIS some good when applicants fall apart and pull out as it will be another immigrant less in the USA. "So much for trying to reunite families"

I wish they knew how much this whole process impacted all our lives and the lives of our partners, children and relatives.. maybe then they would find a better way on dealing with these matters and offer faster processing or more information regarding the whole process with lots of updates along the way.

Anyway folks, I will let you know when the I-601 Status PDF gets updated, my software is checking every 5 minutes between the hours of 8am to 8pm every working day, this will then update me and Traci and I will update everyone on here with my usual stats and comments.

Well take care everyone and keep your chins up.. hopefully the USCIS will have to get around to completing all of our cases soon if not in this next update.. which I predict will be Friday 21st May.

Take Care

Andrew

[Andrew-Traci 5]

Hi Everyone

Just a quick hello from me to let you all know that I am still alive and waiting for my software application to tell me when the next USCIS update happens...

It has been 12 days so far since our last update (Friday May 7th), it looks like the USCIS may be falling back in to their bad old ways of updating us sometimes on a 2 weekly cycle, I hope I am wrong about this, but the lack of an update so far has indicated that they may only update us this Friday which will be 14 days since the last one.

Considering that the last update on the 7th May only added one new case, and the one previous to that on the 30th April only added 2 new cases, this would indicate that they should have a Sh!t load of movements and completions to post on this next update.. after all they have only completed 2 cases over the last 50 days !!!

So no completions since the 22nd April which by Friday will be one month with NO completed cases? what the hell are they doing?

My poor wife is getting rather tired of this whole process now, as you can see by her last post.. So to try and cheer her up I explained that this waiver process is like traveling in a car and needing to go to the toilet, whilst you know you have a long way to go you can put up with the discomfort and manage to hold it in, but the closer you get to the end of your journey the body realizes this and you suffer pain and may lose control at the last few moments because your brain knows you are within minutes of a toilet.. This is similar to the whole Waiver process, whilst you know that you have weeks or months ahead of you, you can cope with the stress of waiting, but as soon as you pass what is considered the normal timescale, your body tells you it must be in the next update and each time you get disappointed you know you have to wait a week or two for the next update and surely you will be on this one...

I hate this process, I think that it can destroy the weaker relationships amongst us, lucky for me that my wife Traci is strong enough to get through this with my help, but I am sure that many other relationships fail after such a long wait, I do not know if it is what the USCIS hope for or not, but I am sure it does the USCIS some good when applicants fall apart and pull out as it will be another immigrant less in the USA. "So much for trying to reunite families"

I wish they knew how much this whole process impacted all our lives and the lives of our partners, children and relatives.. maybe then they would find a better way on dealing with these matters and offer faster processing or more information regarding the whole process with lots of updates along the way.

Anyway folks, I will let you know when the I-601 Status PDF gets updated, my software is checking every 5 minutes between the hours of 8am to 8pm every working day, this will then update me and Traci and I will update everyone on here with my usual stats and comments.

Well take care everyone and keep your chins up.. hopefully the USCIS will have to get around to completing all of our cases soon if not in this next update.. which I predict will be Friday 21st May.

Take Care

Andrew

OMG - I can not believe my hubby posted the toilet analogy ... He had me laughing when he was explaining it to me on the phone!!! Was trying to stay away from here for awhile, but just had to reply to this comment - Hope it brought some chuckles to all of you... You sure know how to make me feel better hubby - guess that's why I love you so much!! Speaking of laughing.... I gotta pee Bye!!

[Justine+David 218]

It's so clear how much you guys love each other