August Filer CSC NOA2 Approved!!!!!!

[Mumu 10]

Here! Here! If it is important to you, you will make the time. For me, there is nothing more important right now. I want to be together with my fiancee and my son, so I can get on with the real important stuff. Unfortunately I have this barrier to deal with.

One of the other posters talked about being young and not able to wait. I am not young, so youth has nothing to do with my impatience. My son turns 1 year old in a couple of weeks. So, sitting around and watching him grow up, learn to walk, learn to talk, when he is thousands of miles away? I believe I have sufficient motivation to be impatient. Everyone on these forums has motivation to be impatient. It is not natural or healthy to have to endure a lengthy, uncertain separation. This is not some test to see if we are worthy. This is unnecessary suffering caused by an agency that is not fulfilling its mandated mission. Each and every one of us should be responsible for pushing and prodding to get our cases looked at and acted upon.

Andreea&Kevin, I, for one, am happy for you and applaud your efforts and your success. You are a model that everyone here should try to emulate.

I'm not young either but if you have a son, you're younger than me... And I don't take into account the ones who have children.

[pachacuti 154]

I'm not young either but if you have a son, you're younger than me... And I don't take into account the ones who have children.

My point was actually a larger one and my son is just a crystal clear example. Every person here has every right to want to have this over with as soon as possible. You can't really judge anyone's situation. Just saying that people need to be patient and that this is some test of whether your relationship really passes muster, or whatever, is wrong in my opinion. Have a little empathy, for crying out loud. This is not easy on any of us. Honestly, the wait is probably easier for those who are using K1 just to get a visa (i.e. those committing fraud); they have zero emotional stake in the process. All the rest of us, this is taking a toll, even if you happen to be Romeo and Juliet reincarnated.

Oh. And I can tell the difference between folks saying to be patient and saying it in a manner meant to console and those who say it in a manner indicating we should just keep our whining to ourselves.

[Mumu 10]

My point was actually a larger one and my son is just a crystal clear example. Every person here has every right to want to have this over with as soon as possible. You can't really judge anyone's situation. Just saying that people need to be patient and that this is some test of whether your relationship really passes muster, or whatever, is wrong in my opinion. Have a little empathy, for crying out loud. This is not easy on any of us. Honestly, the wait is probably easier for those who are using K1 just to get a visa (i.e. those committing fraud); they have zero emotional stake in the process. All the rest of us, this is taking a toll, even if you happen to be Romeo and Juliet reincarnated.

Oh. And I can tell the difference between folks saying to be patient and saying it in a manner meant to console and those who say it in a manner indicating we should just keep our whining to ourselves.

You're right! I was told to be patient from the very first! And I've been very patient. Too much to my taste. Specially when I saw September or August approved while mine's still, I don't even know... Maybe they lost the papers I sent... Who knows? Maybe due to my age? I have so many questions that it's making me depressed and stressed and thinking how come some people who had their NOA1 after me get approved? What's going on? Are they testing our love? I still don't know.

I wasn't whining about myself and saw some people whining after 4 months... And that's when I started to be bitter.

So that's why, in a generation where people are used to do things fast, everything goes fast, then I was making assumptions that people can't just wait a certain amount of time.

So, since I was nicely waiting, I'm not going to anymore and get in contact with the Congresswoman. I hope to have an answer quickly.

I'm happy people get approved, really. And of course everyone wants to have it faster! My point was to show that some people, just because they can't wait, just contact whoever can help them and then get approved before others, which, excepts reasons like a child, is not fair.

[BobR 2]

I had asked the congressman's staff person if he could expedite our petition. Here is what he responded: <<We have had some success in expediting various applications and petitions in the past. In order to agree to such requests, however, USCIS typically requires proof of significant humanitarian factors – factors that set cases apart from the hundreds or thousands of similarly-situated applicants or petitioners currently before the agency. Examples of factors that we have cited in the past include serious medical conditions, the potential loss of employment or housing, an inability to provide care for dependent children, etc. Please let me know if you believe that the factors in your case rise to that level. If so, we will need to gather evidence to support the claim, and I will then draft a request on the part of the congressman on your behalf.>>

[Andreea&Kevin 38]

I had asked the congressman's staff person if he could expedite our petition. Here is what he responded: <<We have had some success in expediting various applications and petitions in the past. In order to agree to such requests, however, USCIS typically requires proof of significant humanitarian factors – factors that set cases apart from the hundreds or thousands of similarly-situated applicants or petitioners currently before the agency. Examples of factors that we have cited in the past include serious medical conditions, the potential loss of employment or housing, an inability to provide care for dependent children, etc. Please let me know if you believe that the factors in your case rise to that level. If so, we will need to gather evidence to support the claim, and I will then draft a request on the part of the congressman on your behalf.>>

I did not ask for an expedite nor do I believe my congressman's staff asked for it to be. She was just able to talk to the right person and was able to get my case processed at a more normal rate. Of course that was a month ago and they are now getting flooded with congressional inquires, so what I did before may not work now. I still believe it's worth trying once you get past 7 months.

[Mumu 10]

I was refused this by the congresswoman's bureau even if I had a loss of housing!