People who filed the I-601 and currently in the US

[Rosey 1]

thanks for the update! I am able to track my 1-601 online on the uscis website but no touch since jan 14th. I wonder if i should call that 202 number? or do u think they would have the same info as whats on the website? hmmmm

really!!! how can you track your I 601 application online. I didn't know that.

If you want you can call them...may be you will get a nice person on hold they have update info and i dont think they update the info online very fast.

i think u should try

good luck

[Canadian in GA 34]

ok will do. I was able to check my status as i am currently living in the US. i think its different if you are not living in the usa.

did you get a reciept number at all when you applied?

ill try that number, do I just call and say i am requesting information and any update on my I-601 application? do I ask for someone/area ? i just dont want to get them mad haha.

[Rosey 1]

ok will do. I was able to check my status as i am currently living in the US. i think its different if you are not living in the usa.

did you get a reciept number at all when you applied?

ill try that number, do I just call and say i am requesting information and any update on my I-601 application? do I ask for someone/area ? i just dont want to get them mad haha.

No, I didntt get receipt number

Good luck

[DaveyOntario 1]

No, I didntt get receipt number

Good luck

Hi Rosey,

Call USCIS, ask to speak with a Tier 2 officer then plead your case and request a receipt number. When it is time to deal with Montreal Consulate email them with "Attention IV Unit Supervisor" in the subject line, and plead your case again. With me the Supervisor took on my case herself, completed it and had my Visa in the mail in less than a week. Quite frankly she tried to have it to me by Valentines Day however for some reason it got stuck at Canada Post for an extra day. Suffice it to say she had done more for us than our lawyer, the Senators office, and everyone I had spoken with at all the immigration offices together.

Emails from the Supervisor;

This is awesome news. Have a wonderful dinner and a great life in the USA.

Best wishes to you and your wife, thank you for your sincerity and kind words.

XXXXX

This is wonderful news. Please let me know once you have received it.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Best wishes

Just a short email to let you know the visa was issued on February 9, 2011. Hope you have received it.

Best wishes

Please submit these by mail, they will be reviewed up on receipt. You may send your envelope to my

attention so I can work on your file asap and submit it for issuance.

Thank you for your continued patience.

As you can see, she was very kind and helpful so don't lose hope and don't give up. Try anything! Ignore the ones who tell you to wait your turn.

My wife and I are so happy now that we can live together like normal family. Got my Green Card, SSC Card, Drivers License, 725 Credit Score (PM me if you want to know how to do this), our offer was accepted on a new (to us) home, Ford Credit allowed me to finance a new truck. We are having a blast.

This all because of my friends here who helped us conquer the challenge.

If you need help with anything please let me know.

Davey

[Sweetcheeksss 91]

That's fantastic Davey! I am so happy to hear that you and your wife are FINALLY able to have a normal life together. I was wondering how y'all were doing.

Take care!

[DaveyOntario 1]

That's fantastic Davey! I am so happy to hear that you and your wife are FINALLY able to have a normal life together. I was wondering how y'all were doing.

Take care!

There you are Cheeks, thought you dumped me. I am having a difficult time slowing down, or the rest of the world is having a difficult time keeping up with me. Heck, I am only trying to make up 3 years of waiting in 1 month. What's wrong with that? HAHA Anyways, having lots of fun, enjoying the US, and still visiting Canada a couple times a week. Hope all is well with you and hubby......... Keep in touch silly girl.

Dave y

[Rosey 1]

hey Dave,

just checked your mesg, my daughter was sick so I was very busy. Thank you so much for the great information. I will do it. I can understand your feelings. You must be so happy and busy in your life God Bless you

One question, Should I write all the details about me,daughter and my hubby in the mail or should I just asked about process.

Update: I sent an email to Vermont but they have no info. Finally, Montreal Customer service agent gave me some visa processing number so i called them however, the lady was so rude. but anyways, I got the info that Montreal sent my Waiver package on March 7. so finally some news :)so lets hope i will get my approval soon.

Best wishes

Rosey

Hi Rosey,

Call USCIS, ask to speak with a Tier 2 officer then plead your case and request a receipt number. When it is time to deal with Montreal Consulate email them with "Attention IV Unit Supervisor" in the subject line, and plead your case again. With me the Supervisor took on my case herself, completed it and had my Visa in the mail in less than a week. Quite frankly she tried to have it to me by Valentines Day however for some reason it got stuck at Canada Post for an extra day. Suffice it to say she had done more for us than our lawyer, the Senators office, and everyone I had spoken with at all the immigration offices together.

Emails from the Supervisor;

This is awesome news. Have a wonderful dinner and a great life in the USA.

Best wishes to you and your wife, thank you for your sincerity and kind words.

XXXXX

This is wonderful news. Please let me know once you have received it.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Best wishes

Just a short email to let you know the visa was issued on February 9, 2011. Hope you have received it.

Best wishes

Please submit these by mail, they will be reviewed up on receipt. You may send your envelope to my

attention so I can work on your file asap and submit it for issuance.

Thank you for your continued patience.

As you can see, she was very kind and helpful so don't lose hope and don't give up. Try anything! Ignore the ones who tell you to wait your turn.

My wife and I are so happy now that we can live together like normal family. Got my Green Card, SSC Card, Drivers License, 725 Credit Score (PM me if you want to know how to do this), our offer was accepted on a new (to us) home, Ford Credit allowed me to finance a new truck. We are having a blast.

This all because of my friends here who helped us conquer the challenge.

If you need help with anything please let me know.

Davey

[Rosey 1]

hey everyone,

just to give you guys an update. I sent an email to vermont centre 13 days ago. they replied me today with the receipt number.

thanks everyone.

I hope we will all get the reply email or mails soon.

[kiahs_wife 0]

I had my interview at the end of Nov and was denied due to overstay. Submitted my i601 the same day in london. I was approved about 3 weeks later and flew to the US in january.

Hey, I notice from your timeline that you like me had your interview in lndon. Get this: had my interview 3rd june but was denied the right to hand in comleted 601 packet which was contrary to what my husband's senator's office told me i could do. Further, they said that the CO had discretion to review it if it was a clearly approvable case. The guy appeared to be sympathetic but when I told him i had called the embassy with regards to payment and was told to bring cash, he denied this was a possibility.

Secondly, I see that your mp wrote to the us ambassador. May I ask what the letter contained and what basis they used for their argument? Do you believe it was helpful in your case and so something I should do? I thought it was beyond their control as it is nothing to do with the UK.

My case is simply an overstay of 18 months during which time i had green card paperwork filled out and was saving for the money which my ex USC husband did his best to spend the money each time. Marriage broke up and i left the US. this was in 2007 when i left of my own accord and had no clue that I was breaking the law. Shows how naiive and stupid I was to think that as long as I was married and in the filing process I was ok.

We cannot afford a lawyer and my father in law is trying to get an interview with his congressaman (Burr) to see what he can do personallyas the whole thing is a crock! We have written a hardship letter but I dont know if USCIS will consider it extreme hardsip or not. I wuld hope so as it seems pretty extreme to me. (can send you a copy as ur input would be very helpful)

Any advice is appreciated! Anyways, i wont ramble any more. So desperate as this is destroying us!

thanks

[Sergi9 110]

Hey, I notice from your timeline that you like me had your interview in lndon. Get this: had my interview 3rd june but was denied the right to hand in comleted 601 packet which was contrary to what my husband's senator's office told me i could do. Further, they said that the CO had discretion to review it if it was a clearly approvable case. The guy appeared to be sympathetic but when I told him i had called the embassy with regards to payment and was told to bring cash, he denied this was a possibility.

Secondly, I see that your mp wrote to the us ambassador. May I ask what the letter contained and what basis they used for their argument? Do you believe it was helpful in your case and so something I should do? I thought it was beyond their control as it is nothing to do with the UK.

My case is simply an overstay of 18 months during which time i had green card paperwork filled out and was saving for the money which my ex USC husband did his best to spend the money each time. Marriage broke up and i left the US. this was in 2007 when i left of my own accord and had no clue that I was breaking the law. Shows how naiive and stupid I was to think that as long as I was married and in the filing process I was ok.

We cannot afford a lawyer and my father in law is trying to get an interview with his congressaman (Burr) to see what he can do personallyas the whole thing is a crock! We have written a hardship letter but I dont know if USCIS will consider it extreme hardsip or not. I wuld hope so as it seems pretty extreme to me. (can send you a copy as ur input would be very helpful)

Any advice is appreciated! Anyways, i wont ramble any more. So desperate as this is destroying us!

thanks

Haven't heard this one before 'clearly approvable" from the CO point of view? Even if its not clearly approvable USCIS still makes the determination not CO, so wonder what the psychology of the refusal to take the paperwork is. Weird, but its always something with Embassy. I would not waste a minute on Richard Burr or his office assisting you. (personal experience not helpful) Besides his office has no sway or say with Consular decisions so its a bust anyway.

Call Steven Heller he is a solicitor in the UK who used to be an adjudicator at the London Embassy. He will know how to handle this. Apparently they are taking some time to determine your inadmissability, and when they get done with that they will spell it out on a form for you and allow you to submit the I601. Heller is affordable and you should have him look over your I601, if you don't have strong hardships this is even more important. Charge it on a credit card and pay it back later, it will save you time and money to get his help.

Good luck.

[canadian in wv 0]

I called the 800 number today (Aug 11th)...vermont service center is currently working on Feb 12/11 601 waivers.

[amarachi007 0]

Hey everyone!

I wanted to start a topic and see who is in the I-601 process and who is already in the US. I would like to compare time lines, approvals, stories etc.

also welcome anyone else who has- or is about to file the I-601 who is out of the USA.

I am currently in the US, and filed back In Dec. so im waiting on word.

hopefully we can get a group together and help each other along this crappy process!

Since you are gathering information I would be so interested in knowing myself. I am about to file my I-130 packet so just starting but my husband was denied a student visa do to fraudulent transcripts that a agency changed on us. We had the correct ones and it was changed to I guess look better. He never checked the papers and just submitted to the Embassy. I know we are a long way from interview time but just want to see what our options will be. Hey maybe the computer will explode and erase the records of my husbands denial. The only thing the letter stated (no stamp in his passport thank God). was the following.

Subject: RE: Pending Interview

Mr. XXXXXXXX,

Your application was denied because your university transcripts were

found to be fraudulent. We take fraud very seriously, and find that you

are not qualified to study in the United States for having committed

this fraud.

Fraud Prevention Manager

U.S. Embassy Abuja

Okay lets share stores.

Edited August 25, 2011 by amarachi007

[amarachi007 0]

So you filed your waiver in the US along with your adjustment of status?

We filed 601 and 212 waivers in July 2008 in Algeria. There was a fairly short round of background checks(3 months) before the file was transferred to Rome where a decision was made. They received the file in Oct 2008 and we were approved in April 2009. It took a month to transfer the approval back and another month for the interview/visa issuance. My husband entered the US July 29, 2009 just over a year after submitting his waivers. It was the happiest day of my life. Our family was separated for 27 long months while waiting for him to return after his detention and subsequent removal in April 2007. My husband is eligible for citizenship in about 13 months...by the time he is naturalized it will be 10 years since our wedding day and 12 years since the first immigration paperwork was filed. It's a long and complicated story that I will share if anyone is interested.

I love a good lve story please share. I am all ears.

[momof1 205]

I love a good lve story please share. I am all ears.

My husband came fraudulently under the visa waiver program in 1999 in order to apply for asylum. It was ultimately denied in the circuit courts and he was depirted without judicial review due to overstaying the vwp. So, his inadmissibilities were due to fraud, visa overstay and deportation. Our main hardships were threat of terrorism and social norms against women in Algeria and our oldest son's congenital heart condition. It was a tough case but with very strong hardships and no aggravating factors( other than denied asylum) it was overcome. He's now just 9 months away from applying for citzenship. It's been more than a decade of fighting with immigration and I can't wait for it to finally be finished.

[momof1 205]

Let's not forget that it took 2.5 yrs to get an approval for our I-130 and then the officer refused to forward our file to the nvc for another two years. There were so many bumps in our journey and it only makes me more thankful to have our family still intact.