October/November 2010 Immigrant Visa filers (CR-1/IR-1)

[marjus's girl 6]

not wanting to be nosy but do either of you have a criminal background?

nope no reason we should be in extensive background either luck of the draw or some idiot thought Albania was in the middle east instead of Europe

[marjus's girl 6]

nope no reason we should be in extensive background either luck of the draw or they are idiots....My husband hasn't been married before either and I have spent 5 months with him in Albania. I will contact the senators office again to see if they can find out why. Albania isn't high fraud either. i hope i can get case expedited after this mess.... :crying:

[Burebista 3]

nope no reason we should be in extensive background either luck of the draw or some idiot thought Albania was in the middle east instead of Europe

My guess is that you got a stock answer just to get you off the phone. When I check the WAC numbers ranging from 200 before mine, and 200 after (yes, I have OCD moments), I see a HUGE number of pending I-130 petitions. It's like there is a black hole into which a lot of November petitions have been sucked, out of sight, out of mind. I'll be calling USCIS today for the first time. Those lame asses have my money.

[Slaghead 0]

my senators liason contacted me and she called uscis and even my mom to talk with me..that is good service but uscis told her I was reviewed and my husband and I are in are in extended background check and could take anywhere from 3-6 months..i am beyond devastated.... :crying: I don't understand why this is happening...

What?! 3-6 months more? Wow, I hope that's not what they really meant. I now haz a sad.

[marjus's girl 6]

My guess is that you got a stock answer just to get you off the phone. When I check the WAC numbers ranging from 200 before mine, and 200 after (yes, I have OCD moments), I see a HUGE number of pending I-130 petitions. It's like there is a black hole into which a lot of November petitions have been sucked, out of sight, out of mind. I'll be calling USCIS today for the first time. Those lame asses have my money.

I hope you are right I emailed Senators liason again to see why we were in extended background, since low fraud country and neither of us have a criminal record, and my hubby never married before either. If was stock answer to her i hope it pokes them into looking into my case. they told her it had been reviewed but was now in extended background check and could take 3-6 months more. I hope we aren't in a fiasco like july/aug filers..this whole process is putting our lives on hold..I am so frustrated and upset... :crying:

[piglett 16]

I-797 Notice of Action

approval notice

the above petition has been approved . we have sent the original visa petition to the department of state national visa center (NVC) 32 rochester av. portsmouth, NH 03801

the NVC will contact the person for whom you are petitioning concerning further immigrant visa processing steps

well boys & girls it looks like the VSS is slow but they are working on our petitions

Marjus's girl keep your head up

i have heard that they sometimes pull this kind of stunt & then with no explanation your NVC shows up with no word from them

keep on your senator & i hope you get results very soon

piglett

[piglett 16]

Marjus's girl keep your head up

i have heard that they sometimes pull this kind of stunt & then with no explanation your NVC (whoops i mean Noa2) shows up with no word from them

keep on your senator & i hope you get results very soon

piglett

[Burebista 3]

Yesterday I did finally call the USCIS for the first time. I had put it off because I seriously doubt it will do any good...but I had some time to kill.

Result: the customer service rep told me everything I already knew...yes, it's past the 5 months, yes it's a petition for my wife, etc. Like what I've read others reported, the rep gave me a call number, or whatever, and told me that she would submit the inquiry. If I don't hear back in 30 (THIRTY!!!) days, I should just call again. What a Cluster$%#@

[marjus's girl 6]

Yesterday I did finally call the USCIS for the first time. I had put it off because I seriously doubt it will do any good...but I had some time to kill.

Result: the customer service rep told me everything I already knew...yes, it's past the 5 months, yes it's a petition for my wife, etc. Like what I've read others reported, the rep gave me a call number, or whatever, and told me that she would submit the inquiry. If I don't hear back in 30 (THIRTY!!!) days, I should just call again. What a Cluster$%#@

yes i agree the whole process is a mess..it took 3 days to get answer from my senator but i am going to keep on them and tell them this is not acceptable we are USC and doing it legally why should we have to suffer such rotten customer service..

[CanadaLove 16]

Ugh, Burebista & marjus' girl. Just ugh. There should be no reason for either of your situations. to the USCIS!

for piglett and George & Gina! Yay for you two! :)

[marjus's girl 6]

I-797 Notice of Action

approval notice

the above petition has been approved . we have sent the original visa petition to the department of state national visa center (NVC) 32 rochester av. portsmouth, NH 03801

the NVC will contact the person for whom you are petitioning concerning further immigrant visa processing steps

well boys & girls it looks like the VSS is slow but they are working on our petitions

Marjus's girl keep your head up

i have heard that they sometimes pull this kind of stunt & then with no explanation your NVC shows up with no word from them

keep on your senator & i hope you get results very soon

piglett

thanks and congrats to u ..happy for u..

[marjus's girl 6]

Checked status at work this morning and saw this:

"On April 21, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN."

I'm home at lunch now, the notification email came in at 1:45am. I'll call NVC twice a day starting Tuesday morning (Monday evening in U.S.) until I receive my NVC case number.

We're both very happy that things are finally progressing.

George

congrats george and good luck with nvc

[Jim Brown 5]

I'm getting really concerned. I know this upcoming week is our 5-month mark, so I shouldn't be this absolutely stressed, but seeing folks on here who have gotten approvals who filed much later than us makes me feel like our application slipped through the cracks. I pre-emptively contacted my Senator to start the ball rolling in case it was lost/stuck in processing, that way I'm not waiting ANOTHER 30 days 1 month from now, but hopefully that was an excess of caution and un-needed. I'm really ready to begin the NVC process and have Anna over here.

[Jim Brown 5]

Ahh, sorry for the grumpy post, I'm just tired and at the end of our 5 months so I'm extra stressed! I'm sure we'll get an approval here soon! This week could be our week!

[CanadaLove 16]

Oh, no worries, Jim! Having a countdown is bad for the nerves; having a countdown in which you don't have a clue to when '0' will hit is absolutely !