Not sure why I expected better

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

So I finally got all my paperwork sent off. I went over everything twice to make sure nothing was missing. I mailed my papers in to the Chicago Lockbox since the embassy refused to accept them for DCF. My papers were forwarded to the California Service Center which did not give me hope for a timely process to begin with. They've already managed to screw up my case twice.

First, they spelled my name wrong when they entered us in the computer. I'm guessing someone got in a hurry and I called to get it fixed. But they can't fix it because I have a foreign address and not a US based address. Now I know why DCF exists. Obviously the US centers aren't set up to service everyone.

The immigration officer was extremely rude when I called them and she hung up on me after saying her spiel about she put in a request and I should hear back in a week. I never got to say a word after providing her my name and case information. Usually the immigration officers are not rude, don't talk over me, etc but this one needed customer service training for sure.

Whoever logged our information in the computer also sent documents back. Today I finally got my RFE in the mail and they were requesting the exact same documents they sent back to us. I really want to include a nasty note in the letter when sending these back but I know better than to do that.

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

I'm sorry for your negative experience.

When you call CSC next time, ask to speak to a tier 2 representative. They should be more helpful. Also in case you didn't know, you having a foreign address (in this case, your address in India) will most likely auto-expedite your case.

Good luck!

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

I didn't know it would expedite my case. I thought that only worked for DCF which the embassy rejected. The woman looked through my papers, said everything was perfect but she wasn't accepting it because I got married here. It didn't seem to matter I lived here for a year after marriage, had the power bills and such to prove it. It's just craziness.

[Matt & Rocio 28]

I didn't know it would expedite my case. I thought that only worked for DCF which the embassy rejected. The woman looked through my papers, said everything was perfect but she wasn't accepting it because I got married here. It didn't seem to matter I lived here for a year after marriage, had the power bills and such to prove it. It's just craziness.

DCF was terminated in August 2011 unless there is a local USCIS office. It appears there is a USCIS office in New Delhi and one of the services they offer is I-130 petitions. Is this where you attempted to file your I-130?

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/uscis.html

[Ryan H 3,821]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

Matt & Rocio, yes I went to the embassy in Delhi and attempted to file the paperwork. I didn't even get past the counter. The Indian woman there took my marriage photos and refused to accept the papers because we got married here. That's a very ####### reason and I know it's not valid for not accepting the papers but there was nothing we could do. I protested and questioned her to try to catch her off guard and get to speak to a CO but it didn't happen. She finally ended my questions by telling me how none of the official embassy information mattered. She could "give me an answer for anything that the policy said" to contradict it. Then she again told me to mail my papers to the US and walked away from the window. There was nothing I could do.