I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC

[chapiz 3]

Thank you guys. I will say that emailing NSC seems to have helped, as Kaylara said. I got the first "address update" within an hour after my email to them on Friday. I did what Kaylara said, asked for an update. I never got any type of response other than the update for approval!

What did you say on the email please let me know?

[blah011 8]

I just addressed them properly and asked about updates on the case, since it was almost 60 days since my transfer.

[chapiz 3]

My case number ends with 273 and your's?

Is the case number the same as the receipt number if so mines end in 274

[lucybelle 453]

So got the RFE today- they said "the copy of the marriage certificate you submitted does not indicate your marriage was actually registered with a civil authority in the state of Colorado. Therefore, please submit a complete and legible copy of a marriage certificate establishing that your marriage was registered with a civil authority"

What does that mean? I already sent a certified copy, do I just send another one?

[LoveMyTico 999]

So got the RFE today- they said "the copy of the marriage certificate you submitted does not indicate your marriage was actually registered with a civil authority in the state of Colorado. Therefore, please submit a complete and legible copy of a marriage certificate establishing that your marriage was registered with a civil authority"

What does that mean? I already sent a certified copy, do I just send another one?

in my county in PA, they issue a marriage cert with a raised seal. Get two copies from your county courthouse. ( we can order them online now on the county website.. Im pretty sure) Take a pencil and color over the raised seal and copy it. Keep the other for NVC. If you haven't already done that..... and I am sure you have... I just know what our county issues.

[BOS_LHR 829]

So got the RFE today- they said "the copy of the marriage certificate you submitted does not indicate your marriage was actually registered with a civil authority in the state of Colorado. Therefore, please submit a complete and legible copy of a marriage certificate establishing that your marriage was registered with a civil authority"

What does that mean? I already sent a certified copy, do I just send another one?

Do you have a copy you can check to verify your officiant completed everything, signed and dated? It sounds like they think something is missing from the certificate.

[lucybelle 453]

in my county in PA, they issue a marriage cert with a raised seal. Get two copies from your county courthouse. ( we can order them online now on the county website.. Im pretty sure) Take a pencil and color over the raised seal and copy it. Keep the other for NVC. If you haven't already done that..... and I am sure you have... I just know what our county issues.

I just called the county where we were married to make sure everything I had was okay. On the marriage certificate copy it has on the top a time stamp and date of when it was registered. I guess they didn't see it??

So just send another copy and write "LOOK AT THE TOP YOU ####ING RETARDS"

(sorry, little angry right now)

Do you have a copy you can check to verify your officiant completed everything, signed and dated? It sounds like they think something is missing from the certificate.

Thanks for replying. I called and the lady said I'm definitely registered. I think the stupids at USCIS just didn't know where to look.

[BOS_LHR 829]

I just called the county where we were married to make sure everything I had was okay. On the marriage certificate copy it has on the top a time stamp and date of when it was registered. I guess they didn't see it??

So just send another copy and write "LOOK AT THE TOP YOU ####ING RETARDS"

(sorry, little angry right now)

Thanks for replying. I called and the lady said I'm definitely registered. I think the stupids at USCIS just didn't know where to look.

Figures it's their incompetency AGAIN. That's so awful. Do they even train these people?! I think Texas is playing for time with all these RFEs.

Edited January 6, 2014 by BOS_LHR

[Karmalicious 60]

Its really awful. All this time wasted on requesting things that aren't required and saying you aren't legally married without checking first is a waste of the time they should be spending on our approvals. They seem happy to use any stupid reason at all to delay things. But why?

[lucybelle 453]

Figures it's their incompetency AGAIN. That's so awful. Do they even train these people?!

Ugh. And now I have to spend $60 to DHL to the USA a piece of paper THEY ALREADY HAVE!!!

uuuggghhh

On hold now for a tier 2 to make sure. Not that they'll tell me anything. Tier 1 went on and on how I should get an attorney. Uh no.

[Marhaba 49]

Hey Marhaba,

The USCIS site says:

If you contacted the National Customer Service Center with a case-related inquiry and more than 30 days have passed and you have not received a response, you may email the appropriate USCIS Service Center with your inquiry:

• California Service Center: csc-ncsc-followup@dhs.gov
• Vermont Service Center: vsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov
• Nebraska Service Center: nscfollowup.nsc@uscis.dhs.gov
• Texas Service Center: tsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov

If you do not receive a response within 21 days of contacting the Service Center, you may contact the USCIS Headquarters Office of Service Center Operations by email at SCOPSSCATA@dhs.gov.

SO awesome!!!!! Thank you so very much!!! I took a screen shot of the info so I can find it.

[LoveMyTico 999]

Ugh. And now I have to spend $60 to DHL to the USA a piece of paper THEY ALREADY HAVE!!!

uuuggghhh

On hold now for a tier 2 to make sure. Not that they'll tell me anything. Tier 1 went on and on how I should get an attorney. Uh no.

funny how some tier 1 & 2 operators go on and on about how they can't give any advice about what you should do but others are the complete opposite. Why would you need a friggin lawyer for a marriage certificate they ALREADY have???????? I swear it is something new everyday !!

An April filer just got an RFE today for the Birth cert of the beneficiary. TSC... I swear the TSC is out to delay EVERYTHING. The most retarded RFE's

[lucybelle 453]

funny how some tier 1 & 2 operators go on and on about how they can't give any advice about what you should do but others are the complete opposite. Why would you need a friggin lawyer for a marriage certificate they ALREADY have???????? I swear it is something new everyday !!

An April filer just got an RFE today for the Birth cert of the beneficiary. TSC... I swear the TSC is out to delay EVERYTHING. The most retarded RFE's

TSC is the worst, isn't it??!! My congressman and senator will definitely hear about this!!

Tier 1 says "I have some information I have to give you" and goes on and on what an RFE is, then says if I have a question I can contact a lawyer and do I have paper and pencil. I say "I don't need paper and pencil I live abroad I am not going to contact these people". She says "okay but you could also make an infopass appointment..." I cut her off "I live ABROAD I am not GOING TO MAKE AN INFOPASS!!!"

She finally transferred me. Ugh. I hate to be rude to these people, but good GOD!

[Marhaba 49]

Its really awful. All this time wasted on requesting things that aren't required and saying you aren't legally married without checking first is a waste of the time they should be spending on our approvals. They seem happy to use any stupid reason at all to delay things. But why?

Not sure how they are assigning our cases and who is hired to "adjudicate" them, but if they run things like the State of NJ, it is not good. A long time ago, I worked for a company that was contracted out, by the State, to process low-income healthcare applications. You were given a two-week course on how to process the applications. Then, you moved on to the actual processing. The company got so behind in the applications, the State gave them quotas. This caused each person to have to process a certain number each day. The problem with that? To easily each that quota ppl would see that someone was missing something, generate a letter and throw the file in a "MISSING" bucket. Where it would go back to the file room, until the info was received. To express it a little more in detail: ppl would get a letter saying they are missing their Permanent Resident card. The problem was they sent a copy of it, but not the back of it. The processors would not care and just keep putting them back in the "MISSING" bucket, so they could get a higher case processing count. Those ppl were praised. I had a low count bc i kept calling ppl and told them what was missing and had them fax it to me.

Anyway, if these same types of ppl are processing our cases, it is not surprising that they are not hesitant to send out RFE's bc they just want to get a case off their desk.

[LoveMyTico 999]

Not sure how they are assigning our cases and who is hired to "adjudicate" them, but if they run things like the State of NJ, it is not good. A long time ago, I worked for a company that was contracted out, by the State, to process low-income healthcare applications. You were given a two-week course on how to process the applications. Then, you moved on to the actual processing. The company got so behind in the applications, the State gave them quotas. This caused each person to have to process a certain number each day. The problem with that? To easily each that quota ppl would see that someone was missing something, generate a letter and throw the file in a "MISSING" bucket. Where it would go back to the file room, until the info was received. To express it a little more in detail: ppl would get a letter saying they are missing their Permanent Resident card. The problem was they sent a copy of it, but not the back of it. The processors would not care and just keep putting them back in the "MISSING" bucket, so they could get a higher case processing count. Those ppl were praised. I had a low count bc i kept calling ppl and told them what was missing and had them fax it to me.

Anyway, if these same types of ppl are processing our cases, it is not surprising that they are not hesitant to send out RFE's bc they just want to get a case off their desk.

I believe it !! but it just makes more sense ( to us LOL) to just finish processing each file rather than having to go back.... They still have to go back to each file when the infomation comes in.. That takes time too... UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Edited January 7, 2014 by LoveMyTico