April 2013 I-130 Filers

[aryann 0]

I forgot to mention, for those who do not have access to a fax; you can email the letter to these two email addresses: newsdesk@cbs3.com, 3onyourside@cbs3.com

Thank you all for your contributions and make sure you send to both emails.

I just faxed aNd emailed the letter. Thanks

[naam_2013 72]

Hi fellow VJrians,

I am a May filer, and have been thinking about something similar.

I I want to send (fax and email and USPS post) the complain letter to the following:

1. Director USCIS: Alejandro Mayorkas

202-272-1000; 202-272-8118 Fax

alejandro.mayorkas@dhs.gov and alejandro.mayorkas@hq.dhs.gov and uscisfrcomments@dhs.gov

20 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington DC 20529

2. Deputy Director (Acting): Michael Aytes

202-272-8000; 202-272-8118 Fax

michael.aytes@dhs.gov

3. Office of Administration-USCIS

Director: Nancy W. Guilliams

202-272-1570 ; 202-272-1553 Fax

4. Secretary DHS: Randy Beers

rand.beers@hq.dhs.gov

5. Washington Post - Letter to Editor

letters@washpost.com

Let's flood all these doors - it is time

[Serpent Dragon ZX 6]

I e-mailed also.

[katieflossom 54]

Ok.. I have to put my reasonable thoughts to this.. I don't mind causing a major public pleed but timing has to be correct.. I'm at 5 1/2 months which is only 2 weeks past due of the "goal". Even with bill collectors, people are given 90 days before action is taken sooo until 8 months have passed I think our voices will be over looked.. Timing is everything to make the proper statement and not sound like a group of people whining wanting things "Now". The wait sucks but all entered this knowing I-130 approval is goal of 5 months but told roughly 6 months at the beginning..

I agree with you...

[rudyzn 2]

Another week has passed and have not hear nothing from USCIS. Some days are harder than others specially when I have no idea how long this could take.

I feel your pain Amveam.... this is seriously hard for all of us.

[jajaju 33]

All, I have the draft letter below. Please FAX it to CBS and still CALL ALSO no later than Friday. If you could please report back so we know how many contacts CBS must have received from us.

If there is anything I missed or that you guys feel we need to include in the letter, then let us know or you can do it individually on the letter you will fax.

We need to be strong and not allow USCIS to control our lives by PAUSING it. We are simply descent Citizen wanting to be with our love ones.

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Simply report here: CBS CONTACT STATUS:

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Here is the draft letter:

CBS,

It came to our attention in a forum (visajourney.com) that the local CBS network in Philadelphia can help us with an investigation and broadcasting on how unfair the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has been to US Citizens with a lengthy processing time of I-130 “petition for alien relative” and providing no information as to why petitioners have to wait beyond 5 months (USCIS processing goal) singly at the USCIS stage.

As a group we collectively agreed to contact CBS Philly. Your network will receive many contacts from members of this forum seeking your help.

The entire immigration process for US Citizen petitioning for their spouses from USCIS to National Visa Center to US Consulate abroad used to be normal (6 – 7 months) approximately; but now some of us have petitions that have been pending at the USCIS alone for over 7 months; meaning we are looking at a 14 months or beyond to reunite with our spouses. The wait is harmful on one’s spirit and we implore CBS attention to investigate this issue specifically at the USCIS National Benefits Center in Lee’s Summit Missouri; where petitions are just being piled up with no real action.

USCIS is quick to catch the $420 petition fee with a deplorable customer service providing inconsistent, inaccurate information upon customer’s request.

We refuse to just fold our arms, allowing this bureaucratic government agency put a hold on our lives. We just want to be able to live our lives with our spouses, carry on planned projects and simply enjoy the beauties life has to offer. Most of us are confused and have nowhere to turn, even US Senators and Congressmen are incapable of assisting us; leading us to wonder why did we even vote for them?

Our last hope rest with CBS to publicize this issue and to draw the bureaucratic folk’s attention in DC to do something about this unexplainable I-130 petition lengthy processing for US Citizen trying to reunite with their love ones.

Your Sincerely,

Your name

Your number

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Perhaps it's my own bitter attitude toward one more fact that you left out, but is it worth mentioning how illogically fast K1's are processed???? That is what makes my blood boil (not that I'm not totally happy for the K1 filers......)

[Chia&sean 17]

Perhaps it's my own bitter attitude toward one more fact that you left out, but is it worth mentioning how illogically fast K1's are processed???? That is what makes my blood boil (not that I'm not totally happy for the K1 filers......)

No it's not only your bitter attitude!i feel the same and I'm sure a lot if not all married couples going through this feel the same about super fast k-1 approvals..and why is that?only cause they pay more money?!

[jayjayj 571]

LoveMyTico is correct. The investigation won't just happen overnight. And remember doing nothing means that we are allowing USCIS to just toss us around whenever they feel like it.

I don't want to sit and do nothing and realize that I am approved after 8, 9, 10 or who knows how many months

I agree.

We all seem to have been conditioned to accept 5, 6, 7.....12-14 months processing time before being reunited with our families. I believe that just 4 months is too long for this process. We aren't being provided this service for free. We can never ever get this valuable time back.

An interesting fact, the average U.S. marriage lasts just over 7 years. Of course there are longer and shorter length marriages, but if we take the average length and then consider the current 12-14 months immigration times, the process is taking around 20% of time out of the average marriage. 20%!!! If I told you that you only had 10 days to live and that I was going to take 2 of those days from you, would you be upset?

USCIS and the NVC are bringing in large amounts of money from all the petitions. On top of that, all of these I-130's involve one U.S. Citizen taxpayer. We pay our taxes to the government and then pay the fees for the immigration processing in addition - 2-3 months for the entire process seems reasonable. I have no problem with paying the fees, but the unresponsive customer service, lengthy delays, processing mistakes creating further delays, total lack of empathy, processing virtual blackhole, and what seems to be an entirely broken system, all add up to an unreasonable process. The system is broken and we need to push this as much as we can, when we can.

One of the reasons I think this issue doesn't get the attention it deserves, is because by the time people get frustrated and desperate with the process they end up getting approved and then move on - very few people want to relive this nightmare once they are finished with it. It's a continuously revolving door with experienced people always moving on and new people always entering.

[LoveMyTico 999]

I agree.

We all seem to have been conditioned to accept 5, 6, 7.....12-14 months processing time before being reunited with our families. I believe that just 4 months is too long for this process. We aren't being provided this service for free. We can never ever get this valuable time back.

An interesting fact, the average U.S. marriage lasts just over 7 years. Of course there are longer and shorter length marriages, but if we take the average length and then consider the current 12-14 months immigration times, the process is taking around 20% of time out of the average marriage. 20%!!! If I told you that you only had 10 days to live and that I was going to take 2 of those days from you, would you be upset?

USCIS and the NVC are bringing in large amounts of money from all the petitions. On top of that, all of these I-130's involve one U.S. Citizen taxpayer. We pay our taxes to the government and then pay the fees for the immigration processing in addition - 2-3 months for the entire process seems reasonable. I have no problem with paying the fees, but the unresponsive customer service, lengthy delays, processing mistakes creating further delays, total lack of empathy, processing virtual blackhole, and what seems to be an entirely broken system, all add up to an unreasonable process. The system is broken and we need to push this as much as we can, when we can.

One of the reasons I think this issue doesn't get the attention it deserves, is because by the time people get frustrated and desperate with the process they end up getting approved and then move on - very few people want to relive this nightmare once they are finished with it. It's a continuously revolving door with experienced people always moving on and new people always entering.

WHAT YOU SAID..... Well put... I agree

I hate to put an end date to a marriage but the statistics are true. Divorce is like 50% in the US and a second marriage has even a lesser chance of survival. Then add the immigration nightmare.... UGHHHHH

[Kev&Manda 2]

hope we all hear something soon...

[BOS_LHR 829]

Data was updated on the USCIS site. The national processing average for the I-130 is posted at 16.6 months as of July 31

Field office volume indicates petitions were still being transferred in July, too.

[lucybelle 453]

Data was updated on the USCIS site. The national processing average for the I-130 is posted at 16.6 months as of July 31

Field office volume indicates petitions were still being transferred in July, too.

You have got to be sh*tting me. . .

[LoveMyTico 999]

Data was updated on the USCIS site. The national processing average for the I-130 is posted at 16.6 months as of July 31

Field office volume indicates petitions were still being transferred in July, too.

Don't ya just love how it takes them 6 weeks to post data from July???? How convenient for them to post that data right when the Kansas facility is about to start processing. Buying time much? UGHHH they make me sick

[britishdakota 18]

Data was updated on the USCIS site. The national processing average for the I-130 is posted at 16.6 months as of July 31

Field office volume indicates petitions were still being transferred in July, too.

Where do you find that information? I can only see them organised by field office.

Are these people not held to account? That is over three times their goal.

I'd be fired if I was that far behind my targets.

Edited September 18, 2013 by britishdakota

[scienceworks 64]

should we mention the K-1s getting processed before the I-130s?

I think the letter should describe the govt sponsored musical chair. How dream act created the back log and then transferred to NBC, which created back log there and then shifted to field office which overwhelmed the local office which are not staffed for these huge numbers. You can also add some graphs from the USCIS website showing how the local offices which were handing 200-300 ( JAX, florida for eg) now has 1200 pending ones.

And when local office couldn't handle, they are opening the Overland office and all the petitions are sitting somewhere is Lee's summit or overland.

Add that legal citizens are pushed to the sidelines to give amnesty to illegal people and in contrast to illegal immigrant (children) who may or may not face separations, we are in fact already facing long time duration of separation. We need to show facts as well as drama.

Edited September 18, 2013 by scienceworks