An Update

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

The last time I was able to post my fiance's visa had just been "denied" by the CO in a much heated attack on my fiance. I signed a lease because I had to prepare for my fiance's arrival and it had already taken me 6 months to find a suitable house anyway. I spent February packing and moving and I'm still unpacking boxes. My life has been a whirlwind or I would have been back sooner. This has been an extremely stressful time and this visa mess has been a struggle - one I feel should have been unnecessary.

I wrote to my Senator and he completed a Congressional Inquiry. From that I got a personal letter from the CO which danced around the issue of saying he was sorry and was complete BS but nevertheless I got it. I filed a complaint with DOS who took my side based on what they saw this jackass had put in the computer. They also told me to call and file a complaint directly with another agency and provided me contact information with someone there. Then it was just a waiting game. But that didn't stop us and it won't. I will continue my phone calls, I will continue following up on everything.

USCIS has now received my petition back and I've been informed that no one has access to it except the reviewing officer and after asking them a million and one questions was informed there is no way to find out any new information until the review is done. We have to give them until July to complete it. In the meantime we have written to the Indian Prime Minister (I know he doesn't have anything to do with the process however his visa was recently denied by the same consulate....so we felt it could be good to let him know this kind of behavior did not stop so that maybe...just maybe someone somewhere would listen and kick the right person's butt to get that place back in line). We wrote to President Obama - focusing more on the economic disadvantage of CO's breaking rules and costing taxpayers money for no reason, but mentioning our case nonetheless. I wrote to the Ambassador of the Embassy as well. This kind of behavior cannot go on and someone has to do something. I know that DHS has stepped in and taken away a lot of authority the CO's have already because of bad behavior and I really feel like more needs to be done.

We have not heard back from anyone we wrote to, however I intend to continue writing to President Obama about the current abuse of power in our U.S. Embassies until I hear something back even if my case is over and done. I will be going to New Delhi and I will continue on my fight as long as it takes to be with my fiance. If that means I wind up living in India once I have all of my other business here settled then so be it. But I'm not giving up. Thank you all for your continued support - even if you think I'm crazy for doing all that I'm doing.

[Nikita2Charles 32]

sorry to hear about your struggle, That's one of the main reason, this thing at time feels like a gamble, your life depending on somebody's else mood, I had a friend from Haiti who had the K1 visa denied, on the paper the CO wrote he didn't feel the relationship was geniune despine so many documents and evidence that was submitted.

She contacted the local congressman, and NVC, they sent the case back to Haiti for review and again this time around without a second interview, it was so insulting, the CO mentioned on the letter back to NVC, he feels they are related due to the strong resemblance between the petitioner and the beneficiary.and this relationship is ONLY for the purpose of getting immigration benefits.

If that's the case without any proof and making such wild accusation, they can just order a DNA test between the 2 and my friend would gladly take the test.

So always thanks God that most of us here get a good person on a good day but sometimes you end up with some folks who have no place to be there, how did they get to that post is really a mistery.

[victorious 0]

Love will make a way! And you obviously did everything to be with your one true LOVE! I hope things will work out for you soon.

[ELW 5]

Thanks for the updates and I really admire your resolve. In case nothing comes of all your efforts, try with another petition and good luck.

[sachinky 465]

Good luck -- I'm sure everything will eventually work out! Stay strong and keep the faith.

[Ak+Tk 0]

Thanks for the update! LOVE can do anything and I am glad you have someone special in your life! Take care and GOd bless

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

Thanks everyone! I'm planning for this to go both ways. Either it will get reaffirmed and I will go back to Delhi for the interview this time. Or I will go back to India and get married and starting over. I know that means staying there for about 6 weeks but at this point I'm tired and frustrated with a lot of things and I could sure use the vacation from life here. And not matter what, in the end I will have no regrets and I won't wonder if I did everything I could have done. And if if I find something else that I can do, I will do it just to be sure I leave no stone unturned.

[kaus&Sanu 0]

I am so sorry you are going through this. Have you thought about filing a lawsuit? I think there is something called "Writ of Mandamus" I'm not sure what it actually does, but I know people have used it against uscis. I would suggest talking to a lawyer...

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

I wish I could afford a lawyer. I would definitely do whatever I could. We don't have any immigration lawyers close by so I would have to miss a day of work for each appointment and have the $2500 retainer fee that the ones I contacted wanted. I know that seems like a fairly small amount in the grand scheme of things but if we have to refile, that requires a new visit which is going to be around $4000 total, and if we get reaffirmed I'm going for the interview. It would take all my savings for the trip to get a lawyer with no promise that it would help anything at all. And unfortunately I think we all know how slow the legal system is so while I'm waiting for all the legal stuff the entire visa process could be screwing us over completely and then it would be too late. This whole thing is just so stressful. It's destroying my fiance.