Formal call for immigration reform...

[onyxrev 0]

Again guys I am not trying to be the enemy.. just saying that being negative about the situation doesn't help us one bit... I was negative and then I eased up and said the heck with it let it take its course.. and ya know what I feel much better.. and healthier.. the negativity is not needed guys we have enough stress..

No animosity, my friend. I just want to get people on the same page and want to find like-minded folk. Thanks for your input! I mean that.

[vartan 0]

good luck on the changes.. I truly do hope it goes somewhere.. if ya need extra john hancocks.. lemme know

[lvasquez 0]

Vartan, it is very nice to defend USCIS when you got approved in two months. The perception, of course, changes for those of us waiting for 5 months for approvals.

What makes me mad me is not the amount of time, is NOT KNOWING nor being able to know what is going on. It also makes me mad that nobody at USICS cared to review the laws that they are supposed to enforce to include a simple requirement on a form in a timely manner. This to me is unnaceptable. For example, if the government changes a tax law, I as a citizen am expected to comply with it as soon as it comes into effect. Why couldn't they comply with IMBRA on time? if you look at the new form they added 3 more questions, seriously how hard is it to do that in a timely manner? to me that is just plain incompetence and lack of professionalism. In my book, the person responsible for this mess should be fired.

[kitkat1 5]

Again guys I am not trying to be the enemy.. just saying that being negative about the situation doesn't help us one bit... I was negative and then I eased up and said the heck with it let it take its course.. and ya know what I feel much better.. and healthier.. the negativity is not needed guys we have enough stress..

Secondly lets give these guys the benefit of the doubt . .I know it seems slow but ya know what when I am a customer it seems slow too .. but when I am taking care of the customers.. I don't have any free time..

The one thing that I do say is completely valid is that the forms should have been available before march 6.. that I can not forgive.[/color]

Vartan, we know you are not trying to be the enemy. But it's pretty darn hard not to be negative about a situation like this. It's not that it seems slow - it IS slow. I have been waiting for 5+ months for something that used to take 60-90 days, while people who filed 2-3 months after me have already been approved.

If I could let it go, I would, and I try every single day not to focus on this. I find it very hard to give them the benefit of the doubt when they make it impossible to get any clear information. I AM the customer. As a US citizen it is my right to file the petition, and I paid them to process it. I don't expect to have to search their website or call them and beg or plead with my senator to try to get information.

I would have been able to accept their enormous error a whole lot easier if they had simply followed an equitable processing order and provided me with information about the process.

I don't believe there is anything that can be done to change this - and the only thing I can do is try to calm down and relax. Clearly, I'm not very capable of that right now.

[vartan 0]

Vartan, it is very nice to defend USCIS when you got approved in two months.

3 months and I felt this same way before I was approved if you read my posts you would know I said I felt peoples pain no need to make comments like the one above. And you missed that I said I dont agree with the paperwork not being ready.

I don't believe there is anything that can be done to change this - and the only thing I can do is try to calm down and relax. Clearly, I'm not very capable of that right now.

I know Kitkat .. it is not cool and I don't like to see you still waiting .. I still remember you waiting for your RFE before you left town to visit your fiance. I just trying to help people from going through the heartache that we have all already done.. we just need to all try and relax..

maybe this picture will help ease the stress

[incogkneeto 0]

maybe this picture will help ease the stress

Eeeee! It does!

[onyxrev 0]

maybe this picture will help ease the stress

Eeeee! It does!

Well hello there!

[Teachers 12]

Thanks for writing. I read the thread. I think there are some positive things that could be expected by us via mandates from Congress. For instance (for K1s)

- prompt processing times

- no more than 10 days from mail receipt to NOA1 issue.

- no more than 45 days (excluding RFE turnaround) from NOA1 to NOA2.

- no more than 14 days from NOA2 to NVC sending to embassy.

- no more than 30 days from NVC sending until P3 sent.

I think all of these are doable.

More ambitous and longer term:

- electronic filing of form (like tax returns), with receipt number generated. Automatic payment via credit card or check. Then paper documentation to follow.

- electronic transmission of key application and approval to consulate/embassy, with paper documentation to follow.

- electronic transmission of RFE, Package 3, etc. as an option.

I think all of these are positive, reasonable, constructive.

Your thoughts?

Tom

[vartan 0]

Very Nice TOm .. this is what I was talking about.. someone needs to give some answers.. and I think these are very good clear cut answers.

[William33 110]

I had tried to stay out of this thread, because, as you all know, I don't like controversy!!

Seriously though, there are many good points here.

My thought is this, when I sent in my petition, I was advised to wait 60-80 days for approval. Fair enough.

Then IMBRA blind sided me, and apparently USCIS as well. The projected timeframe immediately jumped to 90-110 days.

150 days later, we were finally approved. Last week, someone announced their approval in 7 days.

Does that sound like a broken process? Damn right it does.

These are the issues:

Irresponsible implementation of IMBRA.

Incompetent customer service.

Huge disparity in processing time between the centers.

No available or accurate feedback about processing timelines.

As the IMBRA implementation debacle passes, they will still have many other issues to contend with. err that we will have to contend with.

I agree, USCIS is broken and needs reform.

Edited August 26, 2006 by William33

[David and Marina 0]

I agree with the original poster. Let's stop complaining just here, let's DO SOMETHING about it.

I have started a petition online.. Yes, I know this is a simple start, but I am extremely hopeful and optomistic that eventually this petition could have thousands of signatures so that we can get USCIS to be accountable and to actually allow greet people with the "open arms, not long lines" that is spouted off at the political mouth.

Anyway, here is to us, let's see how many people are willing to help a little and give it support.

Petition Link: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/USCIS/petition.html

[incogkneeto 0]

maybe this picture will help ease the stress

Eeeee! It does!

Well hello there!

Hiiii.

I agree with the original poster. Let's stop complaining just here, let's DO SOMETHING about it.

I have started a petition online.. Yes, I know this is a simple start, but I am extremely hopeful and optomistic that eventually this petition could have thousands of signatures so that we can get USCIS to be accountable and to actually allow greet people with the "open arms, not long lines" that is spouted off at the political mouth.

Anyway, here is to us, let's see how many people are willing to help a little and give it support.

Petition Link: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/USCIS/petition.html

I could just kiss you guys.

[onyxrev 0]

Dave and Marina... I think your petition is a great start and I signed it. But I also think it's important to have some specific requests of the system. I will begin to draft my own petition that will outline the changes that I would like to see, combined with feedback from others on this forum. Thanks for your support!

[ronin308 0]

Ok to get everyone's attention I waited for 13 months for an NOA-2 so I probably have more room to vent than anyone else here.

Here are some realities:

1. A large part of the problem is that USCIS is understaffed. You can't have expect anyone to meet a deadline when you don't have the resources to meet it. Anyone here want to pay more taxes or much higher fees (which is why there is a business priority.

2. How do you designate a "priority" K- over a non-priority one? About the only reason I can think of is if there is a pregnancy involved.

3. If they had to continually update status for everyone being processed then things will slow down as resources will spend more time filing reports than processing. The limited resource issue is why they stopped responding to emails, instead you get 1 more person out there processing files rather than answering our questions.

4. The 5 monthers need to understand that the USCIS can take 120 months before they even look at your petition. This time last year without IMBRA the USCIS fell to over 5 months before looking at petitions, so you 5 monthers wouldn't even have a "touch".

5. Quit thinking touches mean anything. If you want to see a "touch" all you need to do is change your password as it generates a touch.

As to accountability, understand that you are dealing with humans who interept things differently. So you will get different answers from different people even if they are "official" answers to congresscritters.

I do feel that if your visa is outside the normal timeframe that you should have priority access to information and resources to resolve your case. For me had this been available it probably wouldn't have taken the amount of time.

[gugu24 0]

You are very much right ronin. I am sorry to hear that you have been through this long waitting time. As for as the reforms are concerned then we need to be very careful about this thing.

In USA everything is done under the influence of capatilism and buisness point of view. Immigration has nothing to do with these multi corps. If they have anything to do with the immigration, they have fukn created the H1 visa. Thats all they need to think about.

The general immigration process is mainly a concern of ordinary people. Most of the petitionars are belinging to a normal background.

Imagine that why a son of MS director, daughter of GM, daughter of Ford would like to marry with an oridanry non-us citizen.

I swear to GOD if even three or four of these big gun's family memebrs were involved, then IMBRA situation owuld have been solved in a matter of week.

So we are lame and idiot to think that someone can change the present status-quo.