October 2012 I-130 Filers

[aprice138 16]

It's a particular character trait, I think so,

to quietly whisper in full sentences, showing the right amount of righteous indignation.

I use it to get an ISO and when talking with an ISO.

or maybe I'm just an arrogant, obnoxious a$$hole...

Ha Im going to try the "far too nice, please and thank you" card today. Lets see what happens!

[YA 1127 6]

I tried it and the lady was very nice and she gave me the same story as usual . I guess us NY have to b patient : ahe did tell me that if you case has not popped up online by now then most likely if wont show up at all .

Am frustrated

[aprice138 16]

Mine is not in front of an adjudicator yet wah wahhh. But I did find out that it was sent to "local office" (Seattle) 11/20/12. Sigh!

[speedwell 224]

It's a particular character trait, I think so,

to quietly whisper in full sentences, showing the right amount of righteous indignation.

I use it to get an ISO and when talking with an ISO.

or maybe I'm just an arrogant, obnoxious a$$hole...

I get it by being calm, pleasant, and appreciative; the last tier 1 I talked to just melted when I asked her if it was tough to have all those bewildered people calling with 601s. It also helps that I have one of those "phone voices" and know exactly what to ask for. "Honey, I need some case status information that doesn't show up for you. Could you please transfer me to a tier 2 person who can see it?"

[aprice138 16]

"Honey, I need some case status information that doesn't show up for you. Could you please transfer me to a tier 2 person who can see it?"

You totally are from the South....

[speedwell 224]

You totally are from the South....

Guilty as charged. Also I'm old enough to pull off the "grande dame" act.

[Chetsky 5]

Called today and spoke to another ISO and was told my file was transferred on November 27 to Tampa, Florida and that it was "Audited"?? on December 26. He was very nice and when learned of my wife's medical condition he said Sir, I am going to put in an expedite request on your behalf. Wow, what a difference you get from one call to another.

[coltoasty 14]

God, I didn't realize that. I completely understand. Try this.

First go to the case status checker on www.uscis.gov and enter the 10 numbers before and 10 numbers after yours (yours will not show up, but you know the number from the NOA1 that you received). For example, say that your number on the NOA1 was MSC1234567890. That means you'll check numbers MSC1234567880 through MSC 1234567900. If they don't show up, then your case is one of many that they've dropped the ball on for your filing date and you can relax. Some people's numbers actually never show up at all, and the first thing they know about their case is a piece of mail. If the other numbers do show up, then you should call the USCIS and ask to talk to a Tier 2 official "who can see exactly what the status of my case is". You should be transferred to one after the Tier 1 rep asks you some preliminary questions. The Tier 2 will probably say it appears to be processing normally. Politely push a bit and make sure that the Tier 2 sees no "red flags" on the case (there will probably be none). Ask the Tier 2 to put in a service request for your case; they may even offer to do this without you asking.

Alternatively, I heard that you can now use the e-request form online for cases where there is no case status. (Start here: https://egov.uscis.g...equest/Intro.do) I recommend you do the phone thing first though.

I've done this check a few times, no difference.

i90 - 4 cases

i130

approved - 1

rfe - 1

The remaining 16 are all not visible online... if 5 months pass, and it ends up they just neglected a box of cases, i'm going to lose my mind.

I've called Tier2's and complained, I get the usual BS, case is fine, no problems, it's a problem, we're working on it, 2 or 3 of them have taken service requests, it's been more than a month since that.

I wrote a letter to my congressman, and i'll fill out the e-request form too.

This is very annoying I wish they would not have made those changes as of august 15 2012 so that the cases can be taken cared of in a faster manner.

i just continue to imagine my case sitting in a box with thousands of others and a agent sitting there with a big cup of coffee and a big #### donut just sitting on his behind deciding wether or not to approve my case today.While am sitting here at work checking the website every hr on the hr .

At this point, i'm convinced that's what's going on, maybe not the big #### donut part, but yeah... lol

yup, that's the indication I got when I went in for my infopass appointment - they just be collecting files at the local office, storing them in some filing system, with no actual work done. Methinks they are trying to figure out the 6 month average processing time, when in fact it takes no longer than 3 weeks . I also think that the adjudicators at my local office have not been trained for I-130 adjudication for USCitizens married to a foreign spouse .

But that's just opinion and conjecture.

Opinion and conjecture is what we need to vent our anger... lol

[Darnell 8,478]

Called today and spoke to another ISO and was told my file was transferred on November 27 to Tampa, Florida and that it was "Audited"?? on December 26. He was very nice and when learned of my wife's medical condition he said Sir, I am going to put in an expedite request on your behalf. Wow, what a difference you get from one call to another.

Good for You !

I called today, also, and learned of the audit thing on my casefile as well.

GoGoGadget ScanTheCaseFile!

Today, I learned, that part of the auditing process includes a full scan of the casefile. I feel sorry for that human, as there's 6 inches o stuff plus 80 photos.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Darnell

[coltoasty 14]

Well, some fun today with the phone call into an ISO.

I was calling to initiate an expedite request with an ISO. Got that done, should hear back by 01-22-2013, but

the ISO looked a bit more on the computer, and told me

that the casefile was pulled and assigned to an adjudicator on 12-20-2012 at 2:20 PM and

the casefile was audited (scanned completely) on 12-21-2012.

So maybe the namechecks have started and the expedite request that I went over in person, on the 20th of last month, actually worked.

ISO today also told me that a casefile can be adjudicated within 30 days after being assigned to an adjudicator, so I've some ray o hope ,

I'm holding off on major knee surgery till she gets here, alas.

Happy Monday !

That sounds like great news Darnell! Good luck, hopefully much less than 30 days...

[coltoasty 14]

It's a particular character trait, I think so,

to quietly whisper in full sentences, showing the right amount of righteous indignation.

I use it to get an ISO and when talking with an ISO.

or maybe I'm just an arrogant, obnoxious a$hole...

Darnell, nah, you have a right to ask questions, maybe if they were more forthcoming, people wouldn't be calling as often, and their queues would be lower since people would be more relaxed and less in the dark about their cases.

[Darnell 8,478]

Think of it like a Truman Capote Whisper, almost sotto voce...

For some reason, that seems to scare the ####### out of them the most (I've tried voices, from Barney Rubble to Barney Fife with some Patrick McGoowan mixed in for good measure)

Edited January 8, 2013 by Darnell

[YA 1127 6]

Hmmmm so tomm . I will call to ask if my case has been touched . Am prayinv we get approved this month . I want us all to b a step closer to our babes.

[coltoasty 14]

Hmmmm so tomm . I will call to ask if my case has been touched . Am prayinv we get approved this month . I want us all to b a step closer to our babes.

Agreed.

[Stubby and Rio 4]

Update: NOA1 October 29, 2012 ...... my husband USC called USCIS today; our file has been transferred to the local office: Buffalo NY - that office is working on cases for July 28, 2012 as of today. She advised that the matters are being expedited and hopefully we can hear something within 30-90 days from today. At least she was able to give us some idea where we are at in this process.....just wanted to update in case there were any other Buffalo cases.....Rio