Shout Out Loud Or It Will Get Much WORSE

[dogspot 90]

Jim, your earlier post was one of the most knowledgeable posts I have read here! You're an asset to the community.

[Yellowhead 12]

I like your optimism! But I really do not share the same feelings about their ability to clear the backlog at VSC. I am sure they are nice people working there at VSC but due to money, staffing, cut-backs or whatever ... from what i can research and the info that they are giving out, I think that we will be looking at nearly 7 month K1 Visa processing for quite some time. I hope the processing time does go back down as soon as possible...for all those that have just sent in or are about to send in their K-1.

I totally agree with you.

Each service center goes through its busy times and slow times. CSC was dragging along a couple of months back and got caught up. I mostly see people who are around the 2-3 month mark complaining about this issue on here, not even people who have reached 5 months plus. People need to learn that patience is sometimes not easy, but necessary. Consider this a test to your commitment to each other and wait it out. Nobody likes having to wait, but be glad that (in most cases) your foreign fiance is safe and healthy. If they are not, I am sure an expedite would be valid in this case. People need to think outside of their own existance sometimes. Perhaps these issues are caused due to humanitarian cases being processed, perhaps funding has been cut, perhaps people are just trying to do their jobs and probably working overtime to make impatient people happy. The letters, constant calls to USCIS and general negativity about the process as a whole does not help workers to process YOUR pending cases any faster. If they drag on to 7 months, 10 months, or a year, then I think these complaints are warranted. Every case is different and I am sure not every application is perfect, so relax a little and think about how grateful you are to have love in your life and the privilege of living in a country that supports (even just a little) your love and vision of your lives together. Not everyone in this world is so fortunate.

If your relationship is strong, you will weather the storm of this process. If you cannot, perhaps you shouldn't be applying after all.

Sorry but I felt it had to be said.

[Al422 221]

I am one of those negativity types who has been advocating putting the screws to USCIS as much as possible. And why not? They have been failing us miserably with their patently unreasonable delays. They have shown absolutely no interest in giving us service at the proper speed, so unless we hold their feet to the fire, the service we deserve will never happen.

Yes, I am grateful to be living in the greatest country in the world. Too bad the USCIS people don't . All they do is take advantage of that fact.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

I am one of those negativity types who has been advocating putting the screws to USCIS as much as possible. And why not? They have been failing us miserably with their patently unreasonable delays. They have shown absolutely no interest in giving us service at the proper speed, so unless we hold their feet to the fire, the service we deserve will never happen.

Yes, I am grateful to be living in the greatest country in the world. Too bad the USCIS people don't . All they do is take advantage of that fact.

I suppose it helps to have a place (here) to come vent. And for some people, it helps them to write letters and make phone calls.

Personally though I think there are some things in our lives we can control, and others we can't. If you let something you cannot control eat away at you, it gets to you in other aspects of your life. Every time my husband and I every got extremely frustrated at things happening to us during this process, we would end up sad and upset and maybe fussing at each other. It was pointless because neither of us were responsible for what was going on. We were better off to focus on each other.

Edited January 24, 2011 by Rebecca Jo

[Fandango 1,439]

The K-1 visa petition process used to be very quick and easy. The Congress wants to make sure it is NOT the government's business to interfere with the fundamental human rights how a US citizen pursues his/her personal happiness. A US citizen has a right to marry any one he/she prefers, and bring the loves one, if an alien, to live in the USA. Number of aliens moving to the USA through marriage with a US citizen is a small percentage of all US immigration each year, but a very important part of our immigration policy to preserve the basic civil liberty of US citizens.

It is a PRIVILEGE not a RIGHT to bring foreign national spouses to the US. This is a very crucial misunderstanding.

Not only that the K-1 wait time is unbearably long, the newly formed relationships are often times under serious test, because there is always the dreaded prospective that after the long wait, the US overseas consulates frequently find excuses to ultimately deny visa to the alien applicant, crashing the dreams of the couples to ever live together, breaking hearts. One person commented that US consulate in Guangzhou, China loves to give K-1 visa denials like giving out candies! Once a visa is denied and a case is returned to USCIS, because of a loophole, the alien fiancée, haven done nothing wrong, could be permanently banned from ever entering the USA ever! Because of these, our government has effectively gotten into the business of interfering with the basic civil rights of US citizens to freely pursue their happiness and choose their life partner, forcing them to abandon their loved ones. This is so disturbing to the point that recently a class action lawsuit was launched against USCIS. See the following link:

http://www.prweb.com...rweb4157054.htm

You sound a bit ranty here, and tbh...since you've decided to speak for 'everyone', you really can't say why certain cases are denied. And is it really fair to blame USCIS for 'forcing them to abandon their loved ones'? Don't you think that's a bit over the top? Marriage is about working together through strife, true partners in every sense. If a marriage cannot survive a 6 -12 month physical separation, then how strong is that marriage to begin with? I don't think it's fair to blame USCIS for cases like that. Check the waivers forum...check the couples who have been separated YEARS, and who continue to fight to be together.

Furthermore, the USC always has the option of 'pursuing happiness' by emigrating to the spouse's country.

I'm not trying to ####### all over your effort here, but if I rec'd this letter, it would read to me as very ranty, confused, full of unrealistic expectations, and over emotional. Figure out what you want to say in a very concise manner, and streamline it before it just goes in the 'rant' pile at your Congressman/woman's office.

[BenjAshley 7]

Please call me naive and too optimistic if i am way off by saying, maybe they focused totally on the TPS applications for the last 6 months until the closing date so that they wernt backlogged and were out of the way literally by the end of January. Therefore, allowing full commitment to the I129F cause for the following months??

I understand thats still not fair on the people who filed between July and December. But maybe they had the bigger picture in mind and although they have backlogged it upto 6 or 7 months in the July and August cases, if they get on with them from beginning of Feb anyone after Aug will be within the 5 month mark. Thus only upsetting 2 months worth of applicants rather than 6,7 or 8 months worth?

Again, im talking hyperthetically,it may not happen, and as some of you will, im sure point out, i only filed 3 weeks ago so im not yet frustrated. But i just thought id put a potential positive spin on things, which i dont feel is unrealistic, although i do understand, may offend July and Aug filers (but if this should be the case you wont wait much longer at all)

Ben

[Al422 221]

Please call me naive and too optimistic if i am way off by saying, maybe they focused totally on the TPS applications for the last 6 months until the closing date so that they wernt backlogged and were out of the way literally by the end of January. Therefore, allowing full commitment to the I129F cause for the following months??

I understand thats still not fair on the people who filed between July and December. But maybe they had the bigger picture in mind and although they have backlogged it upto 6 or 7 months in the July and August cases, if they get on with them from beginning of Feb anyone after Aug will be within the 5 month mark. Thus only upsetting 2 months worth of applicants rather than 6,7 or 8 months worth?

Again, im talking hyperthetically,it may not happen, and as some of you will, im sure point out, i only filed 3 weeks ago so im not yet frustrated. But i just thought id put a potential positive spin on things, which i dont feel is unrealistic, although i do understand, may offend July and Aug filers (but if this should be the case you wont wait much longer at all)

Ben

This may very well be the case, but they won't tell us. You would think that any organization run with even the smallest level of competence by people with the slightest level of intelligence would be anxious to get news like this out to stop the endless phone calls, e-mail, and Congressional inquiries. But they don't make even the slightest iota of effort to tell us anything. They have to be forced to the max to process petitions, and they have to be forced to the max to tell us anything.

[BenjAshley 7]

This may very well be the case, but they won't tell us. You would think that any organization run with even the smallest level of competence by people with the slightest level of intelligence would be anxious to get news like this out to stop the endless phone calls, e-mail, and Congressional inquiries. But they don't make even the slightest iota of effort to tell us anything. They have to be forced to the max to process petitions, and they have to be forced to the max to tell us anything.

I see.

Well thats what i would have done if i knew that there was going to be a huge influx of TPS applications. I mean i only manage a small company in comparison to USCIS where i oversee 450 customers, but in my experience its always slightly better to upset a small amount rather than unprecedented amounts of people.

We can only cross our fingers i guess in reality but i commend you for what you are doing. Different people deal with things in very different ways. I for one will give it until April and see what the situation is.If they have not started moving by then, then i will be joing your case. (Although hopefully by then you will have had your approval)

Ben

[Adilet&Venera 2]

Do you think contacting the Ombudsman office would help? Their job is to improve customer service, right?

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[Gocka 17]

Marriage to a person who fits the legal restrictions on whom you can marry (age, sex, relation) is a right. Of all the things in this country that truly need to be alot more strict it simply amaizes me that people think you need to jump through all these hoops to get a spouse here. You can smuggle weapons in here more easily then tying to bring a spouse in a legal manner, Hell I could have just sent my spouse to mexico and we could run across the border THEN APPLY. The fact is this country never awards HONESTY. We pay a huge fee we jump through every hoop, the only thing they dont ask for is a sex tape, and still you must wait the better of half a year to be united? Of all the things that I would be willing to restrict to all hell this would be one of the last, and please do not come with all that terrorist BULL ****, only handfulls of terrorists exist in the world and a simple backround check will bring up more then enough info on that, and guess what even terrorists cant get around all this if they try hard enough. The wait time is my only issue becasue this service was paid for, its not free. Like I said they like to pretend like they restrict imigration but you can just walk accross the mexican border and thousands do it daily but the good law abiding citizens sit around here and argue to pass the time. Just in one week more people will run accross the border then k1's are aprouved in a year. To all of you who support that bringing a spouse is a right, good for you, your leaders not followers. To those who say it is a privilege I truly hope that your "privilege" is revoked or denied and then I would like see you answer the same exact question on what you believe. Thank You and Goodnight

[Al422 221]

I see.

Well thats what i would have done if i knew that there was going to be a huge influx of TPS applications. I mean i only manage a small company in comparison to USCIS where i oversee 450 customers, but in my experience its always slightly better to upset a small amount rather than unprecedented amounts of people.

We can only cross our fingers i guess in reality but i commend you for what you are doing. Different people deal with things in very different ways. I for one will give it until April and see what the situation is.If they have not started moving by then, then i will be joing your case. (Although hopefully by then you will have had your approval)

Ben

I am glad to hear that. In other words, you will give patience a try, and when patience runs out, you will seek more coercive ways of getting what you are entitled to. Sounds like a good plan to me.

I have a job somewhat like yours. I am a Vice President in a small manufacturing company. I make it a point to NEVER tell a customer that he will have a delivery faster than I can get it to him and then make excuses when it doesn't happen. If giving him a realistic delivery date means losing business to the competition, it is better than upsetting a customer by not coming through on the delivery date and getting a reputation for doing such a thing. And guess what: I hardly ever lose an order over a delivery date, often being told by a customer that he is giving me the order specifically because he knows he can depend on the date I give him being kept.

Being realistic and square with people earns you credibility and respect. It is too bad USCIS doesn't know the first thing about it.

[yohino 22]

Marriage to a person who fits the legal restrictions on whom you can marry (age, sex, relation) is a right. Of all the things in this country that truly need to be alot more strict it simply amaizes me that people think you need to jump through all these hoops to get a spouse here. You can smuggle weapons in here more easily then tying to bring a spouse in a legal manner, Hell I could have just sent my spouse to mexico and we could run across the border THEN APPLY. The fact is this country never awards HONESTY. We pay a huge fee we jump through every hoop, the only thing they dont ask for is a sex tape, and still you must wait the better of half a year to be united? Of all the things that I would be willing to restrict to all hell this would be one of the last, and please do not come with all that terrorist BULL ****, only handfulls of terrorists exist in the world and a simple backround check will bring up more then enough info on that, and guess what even terrorists cant get around all this if they try hard enough. The wait time is my only issue becasue this service was paid for, its not free. Like I said they like to pretend like they restrict imigration but you can just walk accross the mexican border and thousands do it daily but the good law abiding citizens sit around here and argue to pass the time. Just in one week more people will run accross the border then k1's are aprouved in a year. To all of you who support that bringing a spouse is a right, good for you, your leaders not followers. To those who say it is a privilege I truly hope that your "privilege" is revoked or denied and then I would like see you answer the same exact question on what you believe. Thank You and Goodnight

Just one correction, you couldn't "run across the border with your spouse and then apply".

You would need to enter on a visa or VWP and have a status to adjust from to be able to adjust status, see the logic?

If you EWI (Enter Without Inspection) you would have no chance to AOS.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

To those who say it is a privilege I truly hope that your "privilege" is revoked or denied and then I would like see you answer the same exact question on what you believe. Thank You and Goodnight

Wow.

That's some serious bitterness you are carrying around with you.

Just one correction, you couldn't "run across the border with your spouse and then apply".

You would need to enter on a visa or VWP and have a status to adjust from to be able to adjust status, see the logic?

If you EWI (Enter Without Inspection) you would have no chance to AOS.

Well, yohino, our friend Gocko seems to have more a case of rage than common sense.

[yohino 22]

Wow.

That's some serious bitterness you are carrying around with you.

Well, yohino, our friend Gocko seems to have more a case of rage than common sense.

I figured that one out at page three, so this time I figured I'd just correct the indisputable facts, not that I wasn't doing the same before with the rights/privilege part.

[TBoneTX 45,304]

the only thing they dont ask for is a sex tape

USCIS won't, but your consulate may come very, very close. As some perspective, the wait for the NOA2 (mine was 6+ months, and it nearly drove me cuckoo) can pale beside what may be in store for you when your consulate extends its tentacles. After that part of it, returning to dealing with USCIS (for AOS, and now ROC) was a blessed relief.