March (2012) filers...

[miguel.angel 11]

Today is the 7th day after they officially received my RFE. Not expecting much but im hoping! I saw a couple approved after 7 days. Last wk i received the text at 630 pm Central time.

[Kaaha 6]

Today is the 7th day after they officially received my RFE. Not expecting much but im hoping! I saw a couple approved after 7 days. Last wk i received the text at 630 pm Central time.

Keeping my fingers crossed

[TigerFlower 61]

Today is the 7th day after they officially received my RFE. Not expecting much but im hoping! I saw a couple approved after 7 days. Last wk i received the text at 630 pm Central time.

Honestly, I thought about all my friends on here last night... wishing and praying that you will all get out of this frozen h*ll of Vermont...

Edited October 5, 2012 by Tigerflower

[miguel.angel 11]

Honestly, I thought about all my friends on here last night... wishing and praying that you will all get out of this frozen h*ll of Vermont...

We are all gonna be out of this mess very soon

[Rong and David 2]

No sense checking USCIS till Tuesday.

[miguel.angel 11]

No sense checking USCIS till Tuesday.

Thats what i keep telling myself. Its Friday and they have a 3 day wknd ahead. Im sure their motivation to finish up their stack for the day is very low.

[cheline 0]

Sorry for the late congrats, but I am so happy that you guys got the approval!! That will be the day when all March filers on this board get approved!

[EdwardClement 2]

Well the a bad thing happened to me yesterday ... As i was preparing to start my RFE gathering work... my computer hard drive crashed with copies of all my pictures and form etc ... PANIC ... I leave for Nicaragua soon so I wanted to get the RFE completed before I leave ... Made good progress so far recovering my data ...

Edited October 5, 2012 by EdwardClement

[TigerFlower 61]

Oh no!!! I hope you get it all!!!

[HoneyBoo-Boo 1]

Late on the congrats--Congrats to you, Tigerflower and the other ones! I'm very excited for all of you who are one step closer to being reunited with your loving partners.

Islandgal: I highly recommend that you call VSC and demand to speak with a tier 2 officer. I did today during my lunch and currently have a service request put in. I was told that the estimated timeframe to receive a status update would be by Oct. 20th but she indicated that I should hear something before that date--within the next week (3 business days or so). She also told me that my case was in the process of being reviewed with an officer right now. When you call, be polite--calmly ask questions. I stated to the officer that I knew for a fact that there were other petitioners' whose cases after my March 8th date that has already either received their NOA2 approvals or status update. She proceeded to explain to me that everyone's cases were different. I replied that I fully understand that, however, as tax paying citizens we ought to have a right to know what the status of our cases are without getting the scripted response. For instance, if my case was missing documents, and an RFE would most likely be issues--that information should be available in their system to inform us as the petitioners. I wasn't rude but I knew I had to be assertive. She told me that I should hear something within the next week and wished me a good weekend.

I say that you ought to do the same. Express your concerns otherwise, you'll be left every day wondering and being miserable which is what I've been doing for the last several days. Knowing what I know today does help me feel much better and more optimistic, having something to look forward to next week.

Again, thanks very much to all our March and some Feb. VJ members here for helping us who are still waiting to have a more hopeful outlook. God bless all of you!

[TigerFlower 61]

That is exactly what I did.

[Rong and David 2]

Islandgal: I highly recommend that you call VSC and demand to speak with a tier 2 officer. I did today during my lunch and currently have a service request put in.

I tried that the other day... I demanded a tier 2 and I got put on hold for over 35 minutes with no one answering....

Edited October 5, 2012 by Rong and David

[webslngr 4]

Late on the congrats--Congrats to you, Tigerflower and the other ones! I'm very excited for all of you who are one step closer to being reunited with your loving partners.

Islandgal: I highly recommend that you call VSC and demand to speak with a tier 2 officer. I did today during my lunch and currently have a service request put in. I was told that the estimated timeframe to receive a status update would be by Oct. 20th but she indicated that I should hear something before that date--within the next week (3 business days or so). She also told me that my case was in the process of being reviewed with an officer right now. When you call, be polite--calmly ask questions. I stated to the officer that I knew for a fact that there were other petitioners' whose cases after my March 8th date that has already either received their NOA2 approvals or status update. She proceeded to explain to me that everyone's cases were different. I replied that I fully understand that, however, as tax paying citizens we ought to have a right to know what the status of our cases are without getting the scripted response. For instance, if my case was missing documents, and an RFE would most likely be issues--that information should be available in their system to inform us as the petitioners. I wasn't rude but I knew I had to be assertive. She told me that I should hear something within the next week and wished me a good weekend.

I say that you ought to do the same. Express your concerns otherwise, you'll be left every day wondering and being miserable which is what I've been doing for the last several days. Knowing what I know today does help me feel much better and more optimistic, having something to look forward to next week.

Again, thanks very much to all our March and some Feb. VJ members here for helping us who are still waiting to have a more hopeful outlook. God bless all of you!

Followed your advice. Finally got s Service Request put in...

[res4688 18]

Please, try again and again!! Don't sit and take it. At least it will give you the feeling you are doing 'something'.

I cant put in any service requests until the end of the month because I have to wait for the time to lapse on this last one. I do not believe for a minute that my backgrounds are taking that long when I have a security clearance. The Tier 2 rep I last spoke to said that those usually go very quickly and cant understand whats taking so long. The request she put in to process the backgrounds based on that was rejected and a response was given administrative hold for backgrounds. I was also told because of that I am no longer able to put in for a service request. Administrative hold now blocks that option so I am now stuck with nothing to do.

Edited October 5, 2012 by res4688

[islandgal 74]

Well the a bad thing happened to me yesterday ... As i was preparing to start my RFE gathering work... my computer hard drive crashed with copies of all my pictures and form etc ... PANIC ... I leave for Nicaragua soon so I wanted to get the RFE completed before I leave ... Made good progress so far recovering my data ...

What do you think you got a RFE for? Hope you can capture all the stuff.

Late on the congrats--Congrats to you, Tigerflower and the other ones! I'm very excited for all of you who are one step closer to being reunited with your loving partners.

Islandgal: I highly recommend that you call VSC and demand to speak with a tier 2 officer. I did today during my lunch and currently have a service request put in. I was told that the estimated timeframe to receive a status update would be by Oct. 20th but she indicated that I should hear something before that date--within the next week (3 business days or so). She also told me that my case was in the process of being reviewed with an officer right now. When you call, be polite--calmly ask questions. I stated to the officer that I knew for a fact that there were other petitioners' whose cases after my March 8th date that has already either received their NOA2 approvals or status update. She proceeded to explain to me that everyone's cases were different. I replied that I fully understand that, however, as tax paying citizens we ought to have a right to know what the status of our cases are without getting the scripted response. For instance, if my case was missing documents, and an RFE would most likely be issues--that information should be available in their system to inform us as the petitioners. I wasn't rude but I knew I had to be assertive. She told me that I should hear something within the next week and wished me a good weekend.

I say that you ought to do the same. Express your concerns otherwise, you'll be left every day wondering and being miserable which is what I've been doing for the last several days. Knowing what I know today does help me feel much better and more optimistic, having something to look forward to next week.

Again, thanks very much to all our March and some Feb. VJ members here for helping us who are still waiting to have a more hopeful outlook. God bless all of you!

I'm very discouraged right now about the entire process. I called them yesterday and the Tier 2 snickered at me.

I cant put in any service requests until the end of the month because I have to wait for the time to lapse on this last one. I do not believe for a minute that my backgrounds are taking that long when I have a security clearance. The Tier 2 rep I last spoke to said that those usually go very quickly and cant understand whats taking so long. The request she put in to process the backgrounds based on that was rejected and a response was given administrative hold for backgrounds. I was also told because of that I am no longer able to put in for a service request. Administrative hold now blocks that option so I am now stuck with nothing to do.

They'll tell you any darn thing to get you off the phone! I don't believe anything they say anymore.