O...M....G....

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Yes, but it is at home and I am at work today. My petition wouldn't pick up the phone when I called my house to speak to it, so I called the attorney for verification.

[Enigma11561 336]

At least you are retaining your sense of humor. When you go home please train your petition to answer the phone and you will not have to incur further lawyer fees.

[Enigma11561 336]

Drive down to NY. No snow and all the drivers are sober and taking defensive driving classes.

[Oksana & Max 94]

Drive down to NY. No snow and all the drivers are sober and taking defensive driving classes.

NY and sober??? I thought that is contradiction.

Oh yeah the defensive driving class - is that the one you used to pay $40 for piece of paper, and don't even have to attend it

[Dan & Jenni 457]

Yes, but it is at home and I am at work today. My petition wouldn't pick up the phone when I called my house to speak to it, so I called the attorney for verification.

have you tried connecting your phone to your petition using a "phone to petition adapter cable"???

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

have you tried connecting your phone to your petition using a "phone to petition adapter cable"???

Yes, but unfortunately I bought the cable at Walmart and the quality was so poor that it wouldn't convey data.

On a more serious note, I'm going to the USCIS office today at lunch to see what they can tell me (if anything) about what in the world may be producing issues in Section C of the petition. Like I said, I have never served in the military and I have never been convicted of a crime of any sort. Hopefully, there is a person there that the Universe will direct me to that has a sweet and caring personality and feels like being as helpful as possible on a Friday afternoon

Jamie

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Yes, but unfortunately I bought the cable at Walmart and the quality was so poor that it wouldn't convey data.

On a more serious note, I'm going to the USCIS office today at lunch to see what they can tell me (if anything) about what in the world may be producing issues in Section C of the petition. Like I said, I have never served in the military and I have never been convicted of a crime of any sort. Hopefully, there is a person there that the Universe will direct me to that has a sweet and caring personality and feels like being as helpful as possible on a Friday afternoon

Jamie

Your name might have come up in a background check for a DV case or something similar, and they might want to know why you didn't declare it for the IMBRA requirements. I saw something similar happen to someone else. They'd had a big blow-up fight during their prior divorce. DV charges were filed, but were later dismissed for lack of evidence. USCIS found out that charges had been filed, but didn't know the disposition of the case, so they wanted court documents in order to determine if an IMBRA disclosure requirement needed to be met.

You'll know more when you get the hardcopy RFE.

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

Your name might have come up in a background check for a DV case or something similar, and they might want to know why you didn't declare it for the IMBRA requirements. I saw something similar happen to someone else. They'd had a big blow-up fight during their prior divorce. DV charges were filed, but were later dismissed for lack of evidence. USCIS found out that charges had been filed, but didn't know the disposition of the case, so they wanted court documents in order to determine if an IMBRA disclosure requirement needed to be met.

You'll know more when you get the hardcopy RFE.

I can't imagine that would be the issue - I've never been a part of any kind of domestic violence in my life. I have barely ever had any blow up type of arguments. I'm just not that type of guy You never know what people can do to you these days though and I appreciate the ideas you are sharing

[Pudge 1]

Any luck at your local USCIS office? I hope someone there was able o help you

Edited January 22, 2012 by Pudge

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

*UPDATED*

1. I hate attorneys. Mine has not earned a single penny of the the $2000 that Shirley and I paid him. The ONLY thing he has done was send out our paperwork. I wish I had started reading this forum before I retained him to represent our case. HE should have been the one to say "Oh no! Let me call the Dpartment of State and find out what's going on" or "Let me run over to the USCIS office and see what can be done".... GRRRRR. And he flat out lied to me when he said everything was filled out on the I-129F - which brings me to...

2. This weekend I dug my paperwork out of the box it was in (I just moved to a larger home for Shirley, our soon to be baby, and I) and looked at my original copy of the I-129F and Section C was NOT filled out. I somehow MISSED checking off the box that indicates that I was never convicted of a crime. I was so angry with myself for overlooking that!!! But just as angry with my attorney for not double checking the work he is representing and for lying to me about it being marked off. Sooooo...

3. I attended my CIS appointment Monday morning and the ladies that I spoke to were very nice to me and tried to be very helpful so we shall soon see if their efforts on my behalf pay off for me in a positive way. They put in a service request for me stating exactly what is wrong with the I-129F (a check mark was left off of Section C) and also asked if there was any possibility of expedition because Shirley is pregnant. She told me not to get my hopes up about any expediting, but that I should hear something from the office in about 5 days and we could hopefully resolve the matter quickly. I went so far as to ask if someone in the vermont office could be called and I would give them verbal consent to check the NO box of Section C because it just seems so rediculous that we would have to go through such trouble for such a thing - but of course they can't do things like that.

4. Let my folly be a lesson to you new guys. Don't hire a lawyer if you don't have to and check your paperwork a hundred times! It is easy to miss something like a checkbox when you are so concentrated on getting all the information on the other forms correct. The I-129F is easy to fill out when compared to the other information sheets that you have to fill out and something like that could be taken for granted.

I will update you guys when I hear something back from Vermont.

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

*UPDATED*

1. I hate attorneys. Mine has not earned a single penny of the the $2000 that Shirley and I paid him. The ONLY thing he has done was send out our paperwork. I wish I had started reading this forum before I retained him to represent our case. HE should have been the one to say "Oh no! Let me call the Dpartment of State and find out what's going on" or "Let me run over to the USCIS office and see what can be done".... GRRRRR. And he flat out lied to me when he said everything was filled out on the I-129F - which brings me to...

2. This weekend I dug my paperwork out of the box it was in (I just moved to a larger home for Shirley, our soon to be baby, and I) and looked at my original copy of the I-129F and Section C was NOT filled out. I somehow MISSED checking off the box that indicates that I was never convicted of a crime. I was so angry with myself for overlooking that!!! But just as angry with my attorney for not double checking the work he is representing and for lying to me about it being marked off. Sooooo...

3. I attended my CIS appointment Monday morning and the ladies that I spoke to were very nice to me and tried to be very helpful so we shall soon see if their efforts on my behalf pay off for me in a positive way. They put in a service request for me stating exactly what is wrong with the I-129F (a check mark was left off of Section C) and also asked if there was any possibility of expedition because Shirley is pregnant. She told me not to get my hopes up about any expediting, but that I should hear something from the office in about 5 days and we could hopefully resolve the matter quickly. I went so far as to ask if someone in the vermont office could be called and I would give them verbal consent to check the NO box of Section C because it just seems so rediculous that we would have to go through such trouble for such a thing - but of course they can't do things like that.

4. Let my folly be a lesson to you new guys. Don't hire a lawyer if you don't have to and check your paperwork a hundred times! It is easy to miss something like a checkbox when you are so concentrated on getting all the information on the other forms correct. The I-129F is easy to fill out when compared to the other information sheets that you have to fill out and something like that could be taken for granted.

I will update you guys when I hear something back from Vermont.

Oh yeah, sorry for such a long post

[Edi & Sua 1]

Because of an attorney mistake now your case might get delayed another 2 months. Hopefully not. I can imagine how frustrated you all must be, you pay the guy that much to make sure everything is filled out correctly and still gets messed up. Just like you said, never get an attorney unless you really need one.

Good luck to you two and i hope they get it fixed without sending you the actual RFE.

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

Thanks! I hope so as well. I will keep everyone posted.

[Jamie and Shirley 2]

*UPDATE*

On Thursday of last week, I received and email from USCIS that they had received the service request (four days after my local office put it in on Monday). That was all, there was nothing else included in the email.

I'm very bummed. It looks like I will be forced down a long road....

[Dan & Jenni 457]

*UPDATE*

On Thursday of last week, I received and email from USCIS that they had received the service request (four days after my local office put it in on Monday). That was all, there was nothing else included in the email.

I'm very bummed. It looks like I will be forced down a long road....

there is a good chance you will hear something within the next couple of weeks now... hopefully