How long did it take for your senator/congress person to make an inquiry?

[Adnan&Liane 8]

It sounds like you need to be more aggressive now. No more Mr Nice guy or patient or sweet or calm.

Get out the big guns and call them every other day and stay on them till they do what your tax dollars pay them to do--SERVE YOU

Good Luck.

Thank you for your support! It has been nearly 6 months....now I'm ready to take some serious action! Does anyone have Oprah's phone number? I'm sure she could help me get something done!

Btw I hope you are enjoying your new life w/your husband!

[Adnan&Liane 8]

I am in the same boat like you. I send all my paper work to Jackie. I have not received anything yet

Jackie? Is that someone from Gillibrand's office? How long have you been waiting? I never even got a staff member...I only spoke to an intern during my first two conversations - I'm not sure who I spoke to today - I was too upset to ask for a name....

[Adnan&Liane 8]

I'd contact them back (the Gillibrand ones) to let them now that their services are not longer required. Is not spite, it is so time and resources are not wasted and instead used effectively in another case. As well, is one less duplicate check at USCIS/DOC, which will help others. DOn't descend to their level and teach them how it is done.

This senator has already received bad publicity here and will seen by anyone, member or not.

And yes, next election, remember who actually helped and cared; and tell your friends

Now that I've calmed down a bit, I'm going to give it another day or two and if they still haven't made the inquiry then I will tell them not to bother - I will contact another member of congress/senate to ask for help...

[together4evr 360]

I would never say to the old congressman that your services are not needed. You pay his salary and he should do the job you want. And if he happens to decide to do it on day 3 and you pulled your request on day 2....

It will not hurt your file to have 2 congressman and senator on it.

When a case is under CO review at the embassy level it does help to push the CO to work faster to issue the visa.

When you are in Mandatory AP it can push the FBI agent to finish the file quicker and not sit on it.

I know cause they sat on mine for 29 days and did nothing cause they had a backlog of cases. So within a week I contacted mine and within 12 days ap was over.

It is now your job to make those calls every few days and see if their are any updates

call DOS everyday now and ask status update

email the embassy twice a week for case status updates

send email to you congressman people and ask for the latest update and when can you expect the next congressional inquiry to be made

[robert&thuong 0]

Hey VJ'ers...

For those of you who contacted your senator or congress-person...how long did they take to get back to you? I contacted my senator (Kirsten Gillibrand - New York) about a month ago (03/19) and I am still waiting to hear back...I'm sure they are busy because it's a New York office and I'm sure the embassy also takes a while to respond to the inquiry...but I'm getting anxious...I talked to them over the phone a while ago and they had all of the info they needed...but how long should I expect to wait for a response? This whole process really tests your patience...

Hope some of us hear good news this week! Good luck all!

I am in Minnesota, it took about a week to hear from consulate office.

[Keeto 12]

Hi there,

We emailed Kay Bailey Hutchison 3 weeks ago. No response from her. Not even a "auto response" or anything alike.

Guess the fact that my wife is a democrat isn't going to help....at least you're not alone in you struggles.

[Rob & Monika 87]

I wonder if when you contact a random congressman, if they bother to care if you are not in their district. Senators have to deal with everyone in the state, but you have one congressman assigned to where you reside.

Directory of Representatives

NY District Map

[unlockingsky 94]

Did you have a bad experience with her? I've already emailed Carolyn Maloney and I plan on reaching out to Chuck Schumar tomorrow... thank you!

given her voting record on washington, she has no interest on but only to help the 'powerful whites' in new york. that translates to her next successful re-election.

remember that every politician is different in their services because of their ideological stance.

[mayeeization 3]

do you have any suggestion whom to ask for help for our case since it's been 184 days from our NOA 2? Hubby is from Houston, Texas.. i appreciate your help please.. so difficult to wait..

[Kehinde 45]

Hey VJ'ers...

For those of you who contacted your senator or congress-person...how long did they take to get back to you? I contacted my senator (Kirsten Gillibrand - New York) about a month ago (03/19) and I am still waiting to hear back...I'm sure they are busy because it's a New York office and I'm sure the embassy also takes a while to respond to the inquiry...but I'm getting anxious...I talked to them over the phone a while ago and they had all of the info they needed...but how long should I expect to wait for a response? This whole process really tests your patience...

Hope some of us hear good news this week! Good luck all!

Its better to contact your Congressman rather than your Senator. I contacted my Congressman several times and everytime I got immediate response from her and then an answere from USCIS 2 days after. They always get an immediate response from the embassies.

[jay21 10]

Hey VJ'ers...

For those of you who contacted your senator or congress-person...how long did they take to get back to you? I contacted my senator (Kirsten Gillibrand - New York) about a month ago (03/19) and I am still waiting to hear back...I'm sure they are busy because it's a New York office and I'm sure the embassy also takes a while to respond to the inquiry...but I'm getting anxious...I talked to them over the phone a while ago and they had all of the info they needed...but how long should I expect to wait for a response? This whole process really tests your patience...

Hope some of us hear good news this week! Good luck all!

I'm in MD and I heard from my congressman the next day. I got a response from USCIS, two days later.

[cdneh 3,112]

few days (3business days..the senator) but she not helpful at all act like she doesn't know what the heck your asking her. i guess her election is not up yet lol if u need to contact an government official it's always better to ask someone who's about to run for election soon.

It doesn't matter at all how close the election is. It doesn't matter how many times you call them, or fax them, or email them. Elected officials will not and can not interfere with AP. All they can do is make inquires on your behalf. It's considered a matter of National security, and they can't hurry the process, or force them to finish it sooner. Unfortunately all you can do is wait it out. If you are getting a response 'right away after two days' it is pure coincidence.

[Mohsin786 23]

i also contacted the Kirsten Gillibrand office and talked to Micheal in the Immigration department he took all the required documents from my fiancee and contacted the Embassy and it took about a week because he was waiting for the response from Washington office and recently a week back contacted him again and sent him the email which i lately got from the embassy too but i haven't got a response from him either try calling him again he is very friendly and co-operative and plus he was outta office a week before that is what he told me

[RickJovi 81]

She doesn't like immigrants in general.

http://24ahead.com/s...-tough-or-just-

try this website to find some info about your representatives.

http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/

I don't think your statement is totally accurate. I read the link you provided. She doesn't like illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. and neither do I. Everyone should have to follow the petitioning process like all of do here on VJ.

[unlockingsky 94]

everyone is following the petitioning process here on vj. and they have the political rights to contact their representatives. welcome to politics.

the supply of unlawful immigrants responds to the economic activity. it is a labor problem in the united states, unless citizens want to work below minimum wage to seize every job opportunity, which i doubt.