The 2010 London Waiver List

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Thanks! To be honest, I'm scared to death. I probably wouldn't have made the call anyway. I don't think I could handle it. Today, after my congressman's office called, I was so shook up that I couldn't breathe, couldn't even remember my husband's phone number! They were really worried about me at work, and people came running. It felt like I had left my own body there for a while - floated somewhere outside myself. I'm not sure how I'm going to pick up the phone when my Congressman's office calls again next week with news.

As for the strength of our waiver? I dunno. I told the truth, and it'll have to be good enough. If not? Well, I'll just have to deal with what comes. I cannot-WILL not-leave my 72-yr old mother vulnerable. She is entering a time in her life when she should feel secure, and without me, she won't. She cared for me, and she guided my dad through his Alzheimer's (at home!), and I will not slam her into a cold facility to be "cared" for by strangers. The poor woman has suffered the same immigration anxiety that I have over the past several years. I feel terrible about that, as I'm the one who married a foreign man, not her. But my security and hers are tangled up together in this big mess. One big Irishman in our lives and we'd all feel much better about our future, as he wants to help me care for her - loves her as she loves him.

I suppose everybody thinks their hardships are strong, because they're THEIR hardships. But my parents raised me to look a mile down the road & see that others are worse off, so I guess it's left me asking why I think I'm so special that I'll be granted an approval. I've been here & at I2US.net for a while now, and I've read a lot of immigration stories. When you see others' stories, and people have had to leave parents with cancer, or uproot their American citizen children to move to a third country, it engrains you with a sense of panic that doesn't go away. If *they* were denied, anybody can be. I pretty much walk around in a perpetual state of anxiety - have, in fact, for over a year.

While it's only been a year since we filed our I-130, it's actually been much, much longer since we started this whole process. We had a terrible time finding an attorney who would get moving on things. They're all about taking your retainer, but as soon as they get it, the line of communication seems to go dead. It took 6 months from our initial consultation until the papers were on their merry little way, and then we met various delays along the way. I ended up having to micromanage everything, and push and push and push! There were several problems with paperwork, etc., so I'm not even sure the fact that we used an attorney will help, as I don't have a whole lot of confidence in him.

All I can do is pray.

Hi Julie

I hope for your sake that it is good news that the file has been transfered to Dublin, Both Traci and I wish you luck and lets hope you find out more and let us all know on Monday good or bad news.

If your cases has been processed then there is hope that others may have also been completed, so we will have to look at the next update that USCIS sends our way with a microscope...

Anyway try and enjoy the weekend and update the rest of your VJ family as soon as you know more.

Take care

Andrew

[JustJ 0]

If you're approved than there's hope for us????

No lie, I thought the SAME thing. It would be so nice to give hope to others, particularly you and Andrew.

My husband and I searched all night long for an answer to whether the denial comes from London or from the Consulate where you applied. There was a Dublin filer on I2US.net who noticed on a Friday that her case was completed. She waited all weekend and then called Monday morning to find she had been denied, but she didn't say if she called London or Dublin. So we're really no further ahead than we were! I also worry, too, that maybe it was sent back to Dublin because it's missing something? Ugh, there's simply nothing to do but wait until my Congressman receives a reply to the Dublin inquiry. I'd call, but the last time I did, they were really short with me, and I don't want to annoy anyone, particularly since that pdf chart does not have our case number in the "completed" section.

Edited May 22, 2010 by JustJ

[JustJ 0]

let us all know on Monday good or bad news.

Most certainly. I'm just dreading that moment when the receptionist says, "Congressman Shuster's office, line 1." Seriously, how do you take that call? It's like...it's....do or die time. That single moment may contain the decision that affects so many lives. I am pretty worked up thinking about it.

On the other hand, maybe the file being sent back to Dublin means another 6 month wait for us, or more money. Maybe we aren't even CLOSE to being complete, and they sent it back for Dublin to work on.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Foraging about and found this wording on the Athens consulate website:

FORM I-601 - APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER OF GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY

Some persons who have been found ineligible for an immigrant visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) may file an Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility (Form I-601). Findings of ineligibility are made by a Consular Officer during an immigrant visa interview. This application and evidence of extreme hardship are filed with the Consular Officer at the Embassy where the beneficiary of the petition applied for the visa.

The Consular Officer forwards the form and supporting documentation to the USCIS office with jurisdiction to adjudicate the application. If the application is approved, USCIS sends approval notification to the appropriate Embassy to issue the visa. If the application is denied, the applicant will be notified in writing of the decision and the visa will not be issued.

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Foraging about and found this wording on the Athens consulate website:

FORM I-601 - APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER OF GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY

Some persons who have been found ineligible for an immigrant visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) may file an Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility (Form I-601). Findings of ineligibility are made by a Consular Officer during an immigrant visa interview. This application and evidence of extreme hardship are filed with the Consular Officer at the Embassy where the beneficiary of the petition applied for the visa.

The Consular Officer forwards the form and supporting documentation to the USCIS office with jurisdiction to adjudicate the application. If the application is approved, USCIS sends approval notification to the appropriate Embassy to issue the visa. If the application is denied, the applicant will be notified in writing of the decision and the visa will not be issued.

Sounds encouraging !!

Lets hope that they go by the wording...

Andrew

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Sounds encouraging !!

Lets hope that they go by the wording...

Andrew

Yes let's hope so!

I'm trying to reach a dear friend of mine whose husband was denied for a 601 several years ago (she now lives in London with her husband). We'll see if she remembers where exactly the letter came from.

Edited May 22, 2010 by JohnnyQuest

[treehugger 23]

Julie I'm excited - could this be it? I certainly hope so, or at least a step in the right direction!! Wishing for all the best for you and your Irishman

[JustJ 0]

Wishing for all the best for you and your Irishman

Thanks, Tree! I won't go buying the 100 lb. bag of spuds just yet. Maybe they send it all back & then the denial letter goes out. I can't seem to find anything one way or the other. Or, maybe they sent it back because they expect us to file something else, or provide something. I guess we really don't know. It's scary that the list doesn't show it as completed. That makes me think maybe they did send it back to Dublin to get something fixed, or to request more information.

We'll see if she remembers where exactly the letter came from.

Thanks! Would be good to know. It seems a pretty easy question, but I have searched online & can find no answers.

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Thanks, Tree! I won't go buying the 100 lb. bag of spuds just yet. Maybe they send it all back & then the denial letter goes out. I can't seem to find anything one way or the other. Or, maybe they sent it back because they expect us to file something else, or provide something. I guess we really don't know. It's scary that the list doesn't show it as completed. That makes me think maybe they did send it back to Dublin to get something fixed, or to request more information.

Thanks! Would be good to know. It seems a pretty easy question, but I have searched online & can find no answers.

Hi Julie

I would have thought that they would have done that whilst you are still pending? because the Pending Status is supposed to be the documentation being gathered, the Under Review part of the procedure should be once they have all the completed paperwork and info ready to pass on to the adjudicator, so that the only thing he needs to do is adjudicate and only ask for more info if he/she feels that something is lacking.. well that is my interpretation anyway.

Keep your spirits up, you will know soon.

Andrew

[carlhales 0]

the letter comes from london if it is denied it will be signed by elliott cooke field director, if it is approved the visa unit will contact you in due course. i know i have a denial letter twice one from london and one from the AAO

Edited May 23, 2010 by carlhales

[JustJ 0]

I'm second-guessing myself now. Did I hear her right? Did she REALLY say that it was back in the visa unit? Did they misinform her? Did she give them the wrong case number?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[city2countrygirl 0]

I'm second-guessing myself now. Did I hear her right? Did she REALLY say that it was back in the visa unit? Did they misinform her? Did she give them the wrong case number?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Julie, get your hubby to call DOS in London, I'm sure they will update him if it has in fact gone back to Dublin, and if it has I'd bet that it's gone there for visa issuance,as thats where they would have to issue it from, not London. but it could still take a little time as it did with me ! They came to get my passport today

Edited May 24, 2010 by city2countrygirl

[JustJ 0]

They came to get my passport today

Wooooo!!!! Yay YOU!

They kept hubby's passport at his interview, so if, in fact, we are issued a visa, they should have everything they need.

I guess it's too late to call anymore today.

Edited May 24, 2010 by JustJ

[♥Muslimqueen♥ 2]

Good Luck This Week! Hope Everyone Hears Good News!!

and heres some cupcakes i made to make you feel better.

Edited May 24, 2010 by ♥Muslimqueen♥

[Justine+David 218]

Come on visa for JustJ's hubby!! What's his name?