Waiting for I-601 Waivers in London US Embassy

[Michele Chirco 0]

Well, Andrew was kind enough to get in touch with me about updating the spreadsheet. Unfortunately my computer isn't a good fit for the process. Is there anyone with a PC who can take on the challenge of updating the 601 spreadsheet?

[Fandango 1,439]

Anyone heard from Julie?

[Mintchip 0]

Anyone heard from Julie?

Julie is still hanging in there.

By the way, does anyone have an idea how long it takes the USCIS in London to let you know they received your I-601 Waiver application? It will be a month tomorrow since it was sent to them, from Brighton, England.

[Mintchip 0]

Julie is still hanging in there.

By the way, does anyone have an idea how long it takes the USCIS in London to let you know they received your I-601 Waiver application? It will be a month tomorrow since it was sent to them, from Brighton, England.

Got the answer...ours was received on 23rd February. The bad news is they are just currently processing applications filed in July 1010. So, it looks like another eight months of waiting.

Does anyone know how often they update the list?

Edited March 18, 2011 by Mintchip

[JustJ 0]

Thanks for asking about me. I don't check in often, as I have some weird PTSD from this whole flipping fiasco. Anything immigration-related tends to send me into a panic attack.

I'm alive and plodding ahead as best as I can. Still no husband after 2.5 years of marriage, but we filed the appeal 9 months ago for this really embarrassing denial. Seriously - they quoted a traffic violation as reason to deny him???? And yet, the only way to point out their error is to file an appeal and wait the 27 months. For God's sake, I've even been questioning my own husband's character since then. I mean, is he secretly IRA and nobody wants to tell me???

It's been doubly difficult coming to VJ because the approvals seem to have been coming fast/furious since our denial. We're special, I guess.

Only another year and a half to go. My hopes of ever having a child have vanished, given my age and the time that it will take for the appeal to be heard, so I've had to deal with that reality. Thanks, London USCIS. Enjoy your children. I'll never have any now, thanks to you.

I have gone through Hell here, including major health issues AND a home invasion while I was in bed. A man entered my home in the early morning of December 19th and taunted me from the bottom of the steps, all creepylike, "I wanna tallllk to you....." Like halfway between anger and "come out, come out wherever you are." I don't know how I had the sense to load my shotgun, but I did. He must have heard the gun, because he didn't ever come up the steps. I didn't know if it was one person, or several people, or if the guy had even left. I hid behind my bed on my knees, crying and teeth chattering from fear, with the gun pointed at the bedroom door. The entire time I was there, all I could think of was the injustice that I've suffered at the hands of my own government. I wondered about the adjudicator who denied us - wondered what HE was doing in those moments when I shook so badly that there's no way I could have hit anything I shot at. In what could have been my last breaths on earth, THAT is what I was thinking. Nice, huh?

I couldn't go home for a month, which meant heating my house in the PA winter with OIL. I had to have locks and deadbolts changed, and all of this cost me money I didn't have. I finally got my big girl pants on and went home, mostly because I couldn't afford to stay away and heat with oil, so I went back and still suffer the most unGodly anxiety. I *still* sleep with my shotgun after 4 months.

The winter was difficult. I had enough reserves left to get through last Summer alone. When we were denied, it meant it was truly only going to be me to do all the home improvements, winter preparations (firewood, etc.), so I don't know how I managed to do it, but I did. I'm paying for it, of course, with back and knee problems, but I survived.

I put the house on the market (which is how I ended up with my home invader), and I think I'm close to a sale. I'll just break even, which is way better than a loss, but certainly not as nice as being able to stay in our home.

That's the news from here. Just taking it one day at a time.

[Mintchip 0]

The USCIS website has not been updated since March 18th. This waiting is maddening! And it states "We are currently adjudicating petitions filed on July 2, 2010" - just great.

[trojam227 18]

Thanks for posting the spreadsheet & link Andrew! Although we are not anywhere near interview, I expect this info will be useful(unfortunately)to us in the not so far off future. Good Luck on your Approval..

[Mintchip 0]

Thanks for posting the spreadsheet & link Andrew! Although we are not anywhere near interview, I expect this info will be useful(unfortunately)to us in the not so far off future. Good Luck on your Approval..

I don't believe anyone is currently updating the spreadsheet. It's been 33 days since the USCIS list was updated (March 18th).

[Mintchip 0]

I don't believe anyone is currently updating the spreadsheet. It's been 33 days since the USCIS list was updated (March 18th).

They must have seen my complaint because they updated it today....but we are still at "pending."

[Sergi9 110]

Just a little present from the I601 forum folks we though you folks look like you could use a cup of tea and some scones so we are sending over a tray.

You over there in the corner though.. looks more like you need a pint, be right back with that...

Gotta keep this thing in perspective, got hit with a major legal hurdle but at least our spouses not hit by double decker tourist bus!

Hang in there, keep your heads up !

Cheers

[Mintchip 0]

I think the most frustrating aspect of this process is the "not knowing when" your case will get approved or denied. I've been checking the waiver status website daily and after six weeks it was updated on June 6th. It was just updated again today so at least we're starting to see some movement. I'm certainly not complaining about that. However, it advises you not to look at the order of the applications as any indication as to where you stand. Okay, I'm done venting.

[advocator 0]

I think the most frustrating aspect of this process is the "not knowing when" your case will get approved or denied. I've been checking the waiver status website daily and after six weeks it was updated on June 6th. It was just updated again today so at least we're starting to see some movement. I'm certainly not complaining about that. However, it advises you not to look at the order of the applications as any indication as to where you stand. Okay, I'm done venting.

We have recently learned that we will most likely be denied on July 5 at our visa interview. I've followed this thread and I'm just dreading the wait for the waiver decision. Our lawyer seems to think USCIS has sped up a bit of the past few months, but I'm not convinced...

Good luck with your waiver!

[Mintchip 0]

We have recently learned that we will most likely be denied on July 5 at our visa interview. I've followed this thread and I'm just dreading the wait for the waiver decision. Our lawyer seems to think USCIS has sped up a bit of the past few months, but I'm not convinced...

Good luck with your waiver!

Thank you, advocator. Part of my frustration lies in the five months we wasted with an attorney who was dragging out the work I hired him for. If I had gone with my second lawyer, we would have been nearly done by now. Make sure you have a GOOD lawyer! And good luck to you as well!

[Mintchip 0]

Well, well, well! Very excited to find our waiver application has FINALLY been COMPLETED!!!! :dance:

Just holding on a tiny bit until we actually get the notice telling us what decision has been made. Such a relief to get this far though!

[JustJ 0]

Make sure you have a GOOD lawyer! And good luck to you as well!

PLEASE take this advice. We didn't have a good lawyer. I ended up forking over a big retaining and my trust, and then had to fill out the forms and write the HSL myself. No brief or anything was provided by our attorney, and we were denied. I have been in living Hell with no hope ever since. Please, whatever you do, get a good lawyerDon't risk your future by hiring someone who doesn't know what they're doing. AAO appeals take 27 months, and most of us are barely hanging on at the end of the 6-month wait for I-601 adjudications.