January I-129F filers

[P+J 47]

This was a pretty funny post from the previous time that Vermont was a Disservice Center. Sadly we have reverted back to these hard times. But hopefully not for long. I think the hardest thing about all of this is our lack of rights. It's as though falling in love with someone from another country was a crime. That's what makes it so incredibly frustrating. Almost seems like criminals receive more rights than us when we're simply following the legal channels necessary to reunite with our loved ones. So many weeks of disappointment. Hire some more adjudicators or reevaluate how you are appropriating the work and directing resources. Why is it so hard to figure out? But at least this was good for a laugh:

"CAPTAIN KIRK: Captain's log, stardate 06-22-2012. We are again orbiting the Vermont Disservice Center to investigate reports that I-129f petitions are disappearing into a black hole. Landing party, report!

MR. SPOCK: Captain, we have arrived at the Vermont Disservice Center. It is an illogical place with I-129f petitions stacked up to the ceiling. Logic would call for these petitions to be processed, but nobody is doing anything.

DR. MCCOY: Jim, there are bodies all around. I'm getting no readings on my tri-corder. I think they're all dead.

CAPTAIN KIRK: Are those the adjudicators? Is that why nothing is getting done?

SCOTTY: No, Cap'n. These are the petitioners. Many perished during the seemingly endless wait for their petitions to be processed.

DR. MCCOY: Dammit, Jim, we need a new system around here."

Edited June 24, 2012 by Paul86

[LorRenee 6]

This was a pretty funny post from the previous time that Vermont was a Disservice Center. Sadly we have reverted back to these hard times. But hopefully not for long. I think the hardest thing about all of this is our lack of rights. It's as though falling in love with someone from another country was a crime. That's what makes it so incredibly frustrating. Almost seems like criminals receive more rights than us when we're simply following the legal channels necessary to reunite with our loved ones. So many weeks of disappointment. Hire some more adjudicators or reevaluate how you are appropriating the work and directing resources. Why is it so hard to figure out? But at least this was good for a laugh:

"CAPTAIN KIRK: Captain's log, stardate 06-22-2012. We are again orbiting the Vermont Disservice Center to investigate reports that I-129f petitions are disappearing into a black hole. Landing party, report!

MR. SPOCK: Captain, we have arrived at the Vermont Disservice Center. It is an illogical place with I-129f petitions stacked up to the ceiling. Logic would call for these petitions to be processed, but nobody is doing anything.

DR. MCCOY: Jim, there are bodies all around. I'm getting no readings on my tri-corder. I think they're all dead.

CAPTAIN KIRK: Are those the adjudicators? Is that why nothing is getting done?

SCOTTY: No, Cap'n. These are the petitioners. Many perished during the seemingly endless wait for their petitions to be processed.

DR. MCCOY: Dammit, Jim, we need a new system around here."

Ahaha, that was brilliant. Even funnier when you know exactly how they'd say it too... Thanks for the laugh! I'm really hoping this week is a better week for all of us. Be it needing approval or needing to know if the NVC has your case yet. Bah, here it is only a little over a week and I'm starting to feel impatient about waiting just two weeks for the NVC! Or maybe that's my tiredness making me fidgety. Oh the things your brain does when you stay up later than normal, wee!

[wdm1986 2]

This was a pretty funny post from the previous time that Vermont was a Disservice Center. Sadly we have reverted back to these hard times. But hopefully not for long. I think the hardest thing about all of this is our lack of rights. It's as though falling in love with someone from another country was a crime. That's what makes it so incredibly frustrating. Almost seems like criminals receive more rights than us when we're simply following the legal channels necessary to reunite with our loved ones. So many weeks of disappointment. Hire some more adjudicators or reevaluate how you are appropriating the work and directing resources. Why is it so hard to figure out? But at least this was good for a laugh:

"CAPTAIN KIRK: Captain's log, stardate 06-22-2012. We are again orbiting the Vermont Disservice Center to investigate reports that I-129f petitions are disappearing into a black hole. Landing party, report!

MR. SPOCK: Captain, we have arrived at the Vermont Disservice Center. It is an illogical place with I-129f petitions stacked up to the ceiling. Logic would call for these petitions to be processed, but nobody is doing anything.

DR. MCCOY: Jim, there are bodies all around. I'm getting no readings on my tri-corder. I think they're all dead.

CAPTAIN KIRK: Are those the adjudicators? Is that why nothing is getting done?

SCOTTY: No, Cap'n. These are the petitioners. Many perished during the seemingly endless wait for their petitions to be processed.

DR. MCCOY: Dammit, Jim, we need a new system around here."

Ha! That is pretty funny!

[wdm1986 2]

Com'on Mmmmmmoooonnnnndddddaaaayyyyyyy and July 25th! As much as I hate to say it and think about it, I won't be surprised if I'm not approved by July 25th.... I hope my secretary lady has good news for me on Monday

[alexisnicole 0]

Paul may I know if we can still receive an email notification about our case status even if we couldn't encode our case number in the uscis? We tried to sign up for mobile notification nd email but it won't accept our case number. My fiance tried to called uscis and made a follow up they said to wait for 3 days and our 3rd day wud be this monday. But upon reading this thread it seems that they just gave us false hope about when to expect our approval.

[Mrs.Dario 1]

And the USCIS case status webpage crashed. "Server is currently unavailable or down for maintenance". Waaaaaaaah!!!

[P+J 47]

Paul may I know if we can still receive an email notification about our case status even if we couldn't encode our case number in the uscis? We tried to sign up for mobile notification nd email but it won't accept our case number. My fiance tried to called uscis and made a follow up they said to wait for 3 days and our 3rd day wud be this monday. But upon reading this thread it seems that they just gave us false hope about when to expect our approval.

It is unlikely you would receive email or text notifications without being able to activate it on the website. However, maybe a CSR could assist you with enabling it in some way as some users were able to receive the text notification of NOA1 via sms before receiving their receipt numbers so a system independent of the website must exist. I'm not sure if this could also work for NOA2. But it's worth looking into. Some users found that the website also accepted their receipt number after approval of the petition had occurred.

And the USCIS case status webpage crashed. "Server is currently unavailable or down for maintenance". Waaaaaaaah!!!

At least they picked a Sunday for it

Edited June 24, 2012 by Paul86

[P+J 47]

Com'on Mmmmmmoooonnnnndddddaaaayyyyyyy and July 25th! As much as I hate to say it and think about it, I won't be surprised if I'm not approved by July 25th.... I hope my secretary lady has good news for me on Monday

Me too. I hope the secretary can give us all some insight because most of us in the middle of month are in a similar situation. I'm excited for the week to begin. But also very nervous because this is sort of a make or break sort of week for all of us. They either pull their act together at VSC or we have the disappointment of some very poor processing times to look forward to ... I have no confidence in that next week being good. 4th of July on a Wednesday will not be in our favor at all..It's either champagne and congrats for many of us this week..or stuck staring into the beyond 5 months processing abyss. It's unfortunate that it even had to come to this. It just feels like so much time was wasted over the past month. Help us out VSC. Please stop being VDC.

Edited June 24, 2012 by Paul86

[kittylondon 47]

just wanted to say i'm thinking of you guys and wishing wishing wishing you hear something soon... what the hell is going on? i really thought it was all gonna kick off from 14th, when we heard.. it seemed like the start of something! but no, as usual, it's all just one big disappointment.

but hey, a lot of you guys could still end up in the US waaay before photomile and sara and i, considering how slow london is.

let's all have fun skyping with our loved ones today, and do our best to laugh with them, despite it al.

k

[LeftCoastLady 441]

just wanted to say i'm thinking of you guys and wishing wishing wishing you hear something soon... what the hell is going on? i really thought it was all gonna kick off from 14th, when we heard.. it seemed like the start of something! but no, as usual, it's all just one big disappointment.

but hey, a lot of you guys could still end up in the US waaay before photomile and sara and i, considering how slow london is.

let's all have fun skyping with our loved ones today, and do our best to laugh with them, despite it al.

k

Here, here! And so true on slow London. At the rate things are going, I figure my honey will enter the U.S. in October if we're lucky. I've started looking wedding date options in November. At least we'll have another Christmas together for sure.

[LorRenee 6]

And the USCIS case status webpage crashed. "Server is currently unavailable or down for maintenance". Waaaaaaaah!!!

Maybe the server has just been suddenly overwhelmed with changes to post-decision that it can't handle all the approvals we're about to see! *sigh* I might already have mine, but I can dream right? Haha...

[P+J 47]

Maybe the server has just been suddenly overwhelmed with changes to post-decision that it can't handle all the approvals we're about to see! *sigh* I might already have mine, but I can dream right? Haha...

haha I know right. Wouldn't it be great if the lack of approvals has all been a server problem? and we'll access it tonight or Monday and be so pleasantly surprised. it's a good dream. wish it could be a reality for all of us. I still think something is weird with our mid Month petitions. for some reason they just did not get into the hands of adjudicators in the way that they should. such a void mid month can not merely be due to chance.

Edited June 24, 2012 by Paul86

[Knope2012 10]

haha I know right. Wouldn't it be great if the lack of approvals has all been a server problem? and we'll access it tonight or Monday and be so pleasantly surprised. it's a good dream. wish it could be a reality for all of us. I still think something is weird with our mid Month petitions. for some reason they just did not get into the hands of adjudicators in the way that they should. such a void mid month can not merely be due to chance.

There is something weird about it. I'm pretty sure the only mid month ones to be touched have been ones that have had congressional inquiries. I hope we're all pleasantly surprised on Monday! The slower VSC gets, the more I worry that I won't have my fiance here before the end of the year. I know that's crazy, but London is so slow.

[sabi 148]

Guys we are all with our loved ones by November!!!Don't you even think it will be any other way!!!

[LA&JK 16]

Guys we are all with our loved ones by November!!!Don't you even think it will be any other way!!!

November nooo