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PantomimeGoose   59

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I contacted my Congressman who, for no reason other than because I asked nicely and might vote for him someday, submitted an inquiry about our case status yesterday.

I'll keep y'all posted if it works....or if it doesn't.

Well, within 2 days USCIS took fifteen minutes to write me a nice letter to tell me they couldn't take fifteen minutes to look at our petition within 139 days.

Ah well. Another shiny piece of mail addressing me as 'mrs' for the old 'bona fide relationship' pile.

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PantomimeGoose
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It would be nice if the timelines took into account expedites and military priority, though it also seems like some of the late August/September petitions that are getting through quick are skewing th

foobaz123
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The answer to both of your questions is the same. When you call the number and go through the automated process, after it reads you the useless status information it will give at least three options.

easyriders2011
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what if those of us condemned to the CSC were to band together and coordinate an email/telephone blitz to USCIS headquarters to demand a response as to why the processing date of June 16th, has been s

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wildestkabs   0

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4 months since NOA1 in 4 days.

"Wild"

Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and I don't give legal advice.

01/29/2011 - Expressed interest through www.shaadi.com

01/30/2011 - Interest accepted. :)

05/23/2011 - Got married in New Delhi, India

07/16/2011 - I-130 filed.

07/18/2011 - I-130 delivered at the Chicago Lockbox.

07/19/2011 - NOA-1.

07/21/2011 - USCIS text notification of acceptance of the I-130.

07/22/2011 - Check for $420 cashed.

08/04/2011 - Touched.

02/03/2012 - Received I-130 approval notification via text and email. Website updated as well.

02/08/2012 - Received NOA-2 hard copy.

02/17/2012 - NVC generated case #.

02/17/2012 - DS-3032 and AOS bill generated.

02/22/2012 - AOS fee bill paid online.

02/23/2012 - DS-3032 emailed.

02/23/2012 - AOS fee bill cleared, IVR updated.

02/24/2012 - Received 'We have received your DS-3032 email from NVC.'

02/25/2012 - AOS Packet mailed.

02/27/2012 - IV Fee Bill generated.

02/28/2012 - 'Item missing in AOS Packet'. NVC mails out letter.

03/01/2012 - IV Fee Bill Paid (Status 'IN PROCESS')

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So you have to wait more than the 5 months?

April 2007- Met while I was in sophomore year in high school by his house

December 16th 2010- engaged

May 28th 2011- married in Sāo Paulo<3 <3

July 13th- Sent I-130

July 15th- I-130 received

July 18th- received NOA1

August 1st - touched

Sept....Oct..Nov...Dec...Waiting -__-

January 24th- received NOA2 via email

January 27th- recieved NOA2 hardcopy

February 1st- NVC received

February 7th- got my case number

February 7th- got the IIN number

February 10th- payed AOS fee

February 14th- AOS PAID!

February 15th- payed IV fee

February 16th- IV PAID!

February 23rd- sent AOS & IV packages to NVC

February 24th- packages delivered at NVC

February 29th- recieved checklist

March 5th- sent back checklist items

April 30th - interview

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Well, within 2 days USCIS took fifteen minutes to write me a nice letter to tell me they couldn't take fifteen minutes to look at our petition within 139 days.

Ah well. Another shiny piece of mail addressing me as 'mrs' for the old 'bona fide relationship' pile.

Hi would u mind sharing the format of the letter you sent to your congressman? Thank you...

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PantomimeGoose   59

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Hi would u mind sharing the format of the letter you sent to your congressman? Thank you...

If you go to your congressman's website, there is usually a link for "request help with a government agency" or something of the kind. Somewhere on that link there should be a "privacy waiver" you'll need to fill out before the congressman can contact USCIS on your behalf. I wrote a cover along the lines of

"Dear Congressman Smith,

I am writing to request your help with a CR-1 visa petition which I filed on behalf of my husband NAME (CONFIRMATION #), on July 1st, 2011 at the California Service Center. Although USCIS claims to process petitions roughly in the order they are received, some petitions as late as September have been approved, while we continue to wait without any indication of progress after ### days. Because of our employment, neither of us will be able to visit the other in the remaining months of the visa process without losing our jobs. I request that you intercede on our behalf to secure a detailed status of our petition. Thank you in advance for this and any other help you can provide.

Sincerely,

NAME"

Didn't work at all though. I think my Congressman wrote/called/whatever asking them nicely to just expedite our petition, which of course we weren't eligible for.

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foobaz123   39

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100+ days.. no word.. no touches.. no progress... and VSC continues to fly on by... crying.gif

Trips:

Jan2010 - First Trip, met in person

Jul2010 - Trip two!

Nov2010 - Trip Three, Got engaged :)

Feb2011 - Trip Four. Spring Festival, Lucky Money all around :D

April2011 - Trip Five... Going to the chapel...

July2011 - Trip Six... Honeymoon in Xiamen :D

October2011 - Trip Seven... Beijing and the Great Wall :)

January2012 - Trip Eight... Chinese New Years and Spring Festival! More Lucky Money! :D

April2012 - Trip Nine... Interview?

Paper work for CR1:

28 July 2011 - 20January 2012 - Day 175... USCIS at CSC finally processed our paper work.

30January2012 - NVC 'received' the paperwork

6February2012 - NVC GUZ case number assigned - Attempted to OPTIN to EP.

7February2012 - NVC GZO (EP) case number assigned

8February2012 - 27February Massive delay caused by sending the EP OPTIN email too soon :(

28February2012 - AOS Fee Paid

29February2012 - AOS Fee shows paid, AOS Package sent in

5March2012 - IV Fee shows paid (paid on 3March), IV (DS-230) Package sent in

6March2012 - AOS Rejected due to minor error, corrected version emailed in

8March2012 - Email received indicating AOS correction and DS-230 review in process

9March2012 - Case Complete Email - END NVC PROCESS

15March2012 - Interview Scheduled: 18April2012 (Document turn-in: 17April2012)

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"Dear Congressman Smith...

I sent a similar email, but received no response at all, so I called today. They seemed completely accustomed to hearing from people with immigration requests: I was immediately transfered to someone who deals specifically with immigration issues in my section of the congressional district, and that person suggested that I come speak to her in person and bring my paperwork. I live in a major city with some very entrenched political power, so maybe the effectiveness of the congressperson's requests varies by who they are...I guess I'll find out.

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PantomimeGoose   59

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I sent a similar email, but received no response at all, so I called today. They seemed completely accustomed to hearing from people with immigration requests: I was immediately transfered to someone who deals specifically with immigration issues in my section of the congressional district, and that person suggested that I come speak to her in person and bring my paperwork. I live in a major city with some very entrenched political power, so maybe the effectiveness of the congressperson's requests varies by who they are...I guess I'll find out.

Good luck to you guys!

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August filer here, looking at how you are all doing so I can know when to expect mine. Good news is I looked at IGORS LIST and majority of June Filers for CSC have received their NOA2 so CSC should be doing July now. Hoping Thanksgiving and the holidays bring good news our way!

Alia & Jerald

USCIS

08/15/2011-----I-130 Sent

08/18/2011-----NOA1 email received

08/22/2011-----NOA1 Hard copy received

02/15/2012-----NOA2 APPROVED ( GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT!)

NVC

02/20/2012-------Case received at NVC

02/28/2012------- Case number received

02/28/2012------- DS 3032 ( choice of agent ) emailed to NVC

03/02/2012------- DS 3032 returned to beneficiery

03/02/2012------- DS 3032 resent to NVC

03/02/2012------- AOS fee bill paid

03/05/2012------- AOS fee bill shows " PAID"

03/07/2012------- DS 3032 accepted e-mail by NVC

03/08/2012------- IV fee bill invoiced

03/08/2012------- IV fee bill paid

03/16/2012------- CASE COMPLETE!!!!!!!!

04/11/2012------- Interview Date Schedule for MAY 7TH

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August filer here, looking at how you are all doing so I can know when to expect mine. Good news is I looked at IGORS LIST and majority of June Filers for CSC have received their NOA2 so CSC should be doing July now. Hoping Thanksgiving and the holidays bring good news our way!

Lets hope so. Today is exactly 4 months since NOA21 :unsure:

"Wild"

Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and I don't give legal advice.

01/29/2011 - Expressed interest through www.shaadi.com

01/30/2011 - Interest accepted. :)

05/23/2011 - Got married in New Delhi, India

07/16/2011 - I-130 filed.

07/18/2011 - I-130 delivered at the Chicago Lockbox.

07/19/2011 - NOA-1.

07/21/2011 - USCIS text notification of acceptance of the I-130.

07/22/2011 - Check for $420 cashed.

08/04/2011 - Touched.

02/03/2012 - Received I-130 approval notification via text and email. Website updated as well.

02/08/2012 - Received NOA-2 hard copy.

02/17/2012 - NVC generated case #.

02/17/2012 - DS-3032 and AOS bill generated.

02/22/2012 - AOS fee bill paid online.

02/23/2012 - DS-3032 emailed.

02/23/2012 - AOS fee bill cleared, IVR updated.

02/24/2012 - Received 'We have received your DS-3032 email from NVC.'

02/25/2012 - AOS Packet mailed.

02/27/2012 - IV Fee Bill generated.

02/28/2012 - 'Item missing in AOS Packet'. NVC mails out letter.

03/01/2012 - IV Fee Bill Paid (Status 'IN PROCESS')

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foobaz123   39

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Lets hope so. Today is exactly 4 months since NOA21 :unsure:

Mine will be 4 months in just a few days. I notice both of our petitions were last touched at the same time, 4August. Others were too. Still curious about that.

Trips:

Jan2010 - First Trip, met in person

Jul2010 - Trip two!

Nov2010 - Trip Three, Got engaged :)

Feb2011 - Trip Four. Spring Festival, Lucky Money all around :D

April2011 - Trip Five... Going to the chapel...

July2011 - Trip Six... Honeymoon in Xiamen :D

October2011 - Trip Seven... Beijing and the Great Wall :)

January2012 - Trip Eight... Chinese New Years and Spring Festival! More Lucky Money! :D

April2012 - Trip Nine... Interview?

Paper work for CR1:

28 July 2011 - 20January 2012 - Day 175... USCIS at CSC finally processed our paper work.

30January2012 - NVC 'received' the paperwork

6February2012 - NVC GUZ case number assigned - Attempted to OPTIN to EP.

7February2012 - NVC GZO (EP) case number assigned

8February2012 - 27February Massive delay caused by sending the EP OPTIN email too soon :(

28February2012 - AOS Fee Paid

29February2012 - AOS Fee shows paid, AOS Package sent in

5March2012 - IV Fee shows paid (paid on 3March), IV (DS-230) Package sent in

6March2012 - AOS Rejected due to minor error, corrected version emailed in

8March2012 - Email received indicating AOS correction and DS-230 review in process

9March2012 - Case Complete Email - END NVC PROCESS

15March2012 - Interview Scheduled: 18April2012 (Document turn-in: 17April2012)

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