Reg contacting Senator for my Pending F2A Petition

[mars76 1]

Hi All,

I have filed a petition for my wife under F2A Category (I am LPR) and i filed it in Feb 7th 2013.

Generally how long shall we wait before contacting local State Senator to look into this matter.

Has any one contacted their senators yet in this regard.

Thanks..

Edited July 23, 2013 by mars76

[florida4life 29]

http://liftedlamp.com/tag/f2a/

Visas “Current” for Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents (F2A)

Yesterday, the Department of State announced in its monthly visa bulletin that visas will be available for spouses and children (under 21) of permanent residents starting August 1, 2013. This announcement relieves a large backlog, which just last month was over one and a half years. Practically speaking, this means that the spouses and children of permanent residents may file for adjustment of status to permanent residence or seek immigrant visas on August 1, 2013.

Visas for the spouses and children of permanent residents are numerically limited. There is no such limitation on the number of visas for the spouses and children of United States citizens. Due to the cap on the number of visas available to the spouses and children of permanent residents, a backlog has developed in that category as demand has exceeded supply. People seeking visas as the spouse or children of a permanent resident had to wait for a visa to become available to them. Often they waited abroad. If they were in the United States, they would be able to file I-130 immigrant petitions, but could only file applications for adjustment of status (form I-485) once a visa became available. Of course, it is the I-485 which gives employment authorization and is the vehicle for status in the U.S.

But, on July 10, 2013, the State Department stated that visas will be “current” for the spouses and children of permanent residents on August 1, allowing those individuals to file for green cards.

The mechanism of the State Department’s announcement is the monthly Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin communicates the status of visa availability for all the various visa categories under U.S. immigration law. Family based immigration is broken down into several categories. These categories are known as “preferences.” At the top of the heap, in fact, so high that they are not called preferences, are “immediate relatives,” the spouses and children of U.S. citizens. The remaining categories (the preferences are as follows):

First preference (F1)- the unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens
Second preference (A) (F2A)- the spouses and children of permanent residents
Second preference (B)(F2B)- the unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents
Third preference (F3)- married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens
Fourth preference (F4)- brothers and sister of U.S. citizens

[aaron2020 11,651]

Why bother?

You are not outside the average processing time of 8 months.

All you are going to get is a generic response from USCIS that the case is not outside the average processing time.

[mars76 1]

Hi aaron2020,

Where is it mentioned that the average processing time is 8 months ??

Is it from the USCIS Processing Times Page ? If so it says VSC is processing April 16 2012.

Just wondering from where did you get this "8 months" limit.

Thanks