I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC

[lucybelle 453]

Please, please, please, contact the Ombudsman about this. They probably will not be able to help you, but they seriously need to know about these insane Requests for Evidence. (Also, customer service people telling you to go to an infopass appointment when you're living outside of the country. ####### is that #######?)

I contacted them a month ago when I found out I had an "Rfe" that hadn't been sent out yet. Once they get back to me (last time it took them 2 months) I'll make sure to include that the RFE they sent me was ridiculous.

Here's the email I'm sending to my senator and congressman:

Attached you will find a copy of the RFE I received in the mail yesterday. TSC states that the marriage certificate I sent in was not “registered with the civil authorities”. With my original I-130 packet, I sent a certified copy of my marriage certificate which indicates in various places the registration number, and the date and time in which it was registered. In fact, I called the county in Colorado where I was married and it is impossible to obtain a certified copy of a marriage certificate without it first being registered. To me, this means one of two things. Either the officer working my case is so obtuse they truthfully couldn't find the information they needed, which was recorded in multiple places on the documents and which in my opinion makes them unfit to work their job. Or the RFE was maliciously applied to my case in a tactic to keep my extreme processing times (almost 10 months total- twice the national "goal", and over 60 days at TSC) out of the national average. Because as I'm sure you are aware, once an RFE is applied to a case, the processing times are no longer averaged into the national statistics. Due to the persistent incompetence I have encountered with USCIS and TSC I believe either option is equally likely. But because this bogus RFE was "requested" November 28, yet not sent out until December 31 (a convenient 60 days after transfer) I am leaning more towards the later.

I am now forced to send another certified copy of my marriage certificate to the USA via DHL (which costs me $60) this time with a cover letter explaining explicitly where one can indeed find the date and time my marriage was registered, plus the registration number. The cover letter is written with so much detail that even an unqualified TSC officer will be able to follow it.

When I petitioned for my husband in March of 2013, the time frame from petition to visa in hand was eight months. Even pessimistically speaking we were sure to have the visa in ten months. Yet here we are, ten months in and not even at the National Visa Center. And I assure you, my petition was impeccable.

[Smoochies2011 19]

not approved yet cant believe this my birthday is in two week and Im not gonna be able to be next to my husband again. we were just fightong a lot I guess this whole bs is taking its toll we miss each other so much ! he is calling tomorrow since we been on this for 10 months and our case got transferred to nebraska center on Nov 08th I hope we grt an answer

[Ortolan 381]

We got a Case Number!

Now I want to opt-in to the Electronic Communication with NVC, and I have a question: it looks like you can't do electronic processing UNLESS your Embassy is in Canada, Mexico, China, Jordan, Turkmenistan, Syria, or Yemen.

What about if your embassy is anywhere else? Can you still Opt-In for Electronic Communication?

This is STILL confusing.

[Collie 122]

Processed in order my butt! (sorry). I just seen a June filer that got approved that is NOT from the Philippines. I'm calling utter BS on the processing in order line.

[Kaylara 814]

We got a Case Number!

Now I want to opt-in to the Electronic Communication with NVC, and I have a question: it looks like you can't do electronic processing UNLESS your Embassy is in Canada, Mexico, China, Jordan, Turkmenistan, Syria, or Yemen.

What about if your embassy is anywhere else? Can you still Opt-In for Electronic Communication?

This is STILL confusing.

*hugs* I don't think you can do Electronic Processing. But Amsterdam will be a cakewalk compared to the rest of this stuff. I've dealt with them on more than one occasion, and unlike their buddies over here at the USCIS or NVC, they're fast, precise, and efficient. Seriously, I think the Consulate in Amsterdam is probably the best government agency I've ever dealt with.

[Kaylara 814]

Also, tell your husband to go order his VOG now. The consulate just sent me an email back saying that they no longer do that, and you should do it yourself.

[Josh & Mishka 5]

Still nothing on the RFE.... fingers crossed that its this week

[Kaylara 814]

We know that PROCESSED IN ORDER RECEIVED part is a crock. There are cases around mine that have been already sent to nvc. Another has an rfe. But the others, like mine, still waiting. So if they really r processed in the order rcvd, then y havent i heard anything from them yet? How can they make these claims????? Maybe that is the way it should be done, but it is apparent they are not following their rules. Oooooooo SO angry now!!!

Well, I think that seeing HOW they write that statement is very telling. They could have stated that more information is required sometimes, and that causes the case to be pulled out of the queue to be dealt with. But they don't. They say it's the customer's fault. Which I'm sure that it is in a fair amount of cases. However, the ones that we've been seeing lately are just nuts. Sometimes people with half their case missing. #######? That's why I said send it to the ombudsman. If they know that they're doing this (again) than they can address it in their next round of recommendations. If they don't know about it, then they can't even attempt to fix it.

[Kaylara 814]

I contacted them a month ago when I found out I had an "Rfe" that hadn't been sent out yet. Once they get back to me (last time it took them 2 months) I'll make sure to include that the RFE they sent me was ridiculous.

Here's the email I'm sending to my senator and congressman:

Attached you will find a copy of the RFE I received in the mail yesterday. TSC states that the marriage certificate I sent in was not “registered with the civil authorities”. With my original I-130 packet, I sent a certified copy of my marriage certificate which indicates in various places the registration number, and the date and time in which it was registered. In fact, I called the county in Colorado where I was married and it is impossible to obtain a certified copy of a marriage certificate without it first being registered. To me, this means one of two things. Either the officer working my case is so obtuse they truthfully couldn't find the information they needed, which was recorded in multiple places on the documents and which in my opinion makes them unfit to work their job. Or the RFE was maliciously applied to my case in a tactic to keep my extreme processing times (almost 10 months total- twice the national "goal", and over 60 days at TSC) out of the national average. Because as I'm sure you are aware, once an RFE is applied to a case, the processing times are no longer averaged into the national statistics. Due to the persistent incompetence I have encountered with USCIS and TSC I believe either option is equally likely. But because this bogus RFE was "requested" November 28, yet not sent out until December 31 (a convenient 60 days after transfer) I am leaning more towards the later.

I am now forced to send another certified copy of my marriage certificate to the USA via DHL (which costs me $60) this time with a cover letter explaining explicitly where one can indeed find the date and time my marriage was registered, plus the registration number. The cover letter is written with so much detail that even an unqualified TSC officer will be able to follow it.

When I petitioned for my husband in March of 2013, the time frame from petition to visa in hand was eight months. Even pessimistically speaking we were sure to have the visa in ten months. Yet here we are, ten months in and not even at the National Visa Center. And I assure you, my petition was impeccable.

You are just awesome! That is a truly great letter!

[Maz&Ad 2]

I just hung up with tier II and I have no idea who to trust... their system is completely ...

I checked my case status this morning regarding my two applications and had the happy news that my wife application is approved and my daughter's application is reopened...So basically the purpose of my call was to check what the heck is "reopened".. So, the tier II tells me that both the cases are under review as of now and the online system is inaccurate.. Then why on earth do you have that online system and your tier 1 reps read off of that. Now I have to call my wife again and shatter her once more....

[Kaylara 814]

I just hung up with tier II and I have no idea who to trust... their system is completely ...

I checked my case status this morning regarding my two applications and had the happy news that my wife application is approved and my daughter's application is reopened...So basically the purpose of my call was to check what the heck is "reopened".. So, the tier II tells me that both the cases are under review as of now and the online system is inaccurate.. Then why on earth do you have that online system and your tier 1 reps read off of that. Now I have to call my wife again and shatter her once more....

Under review could be a good thing, I think. If you were told that they were already approved, then they should just be checking their work and getting ready to ship it out to the NVC.

[jako 3]

Approved today FINALLY. RFE on Dec 16 from Nebraska

Edited January 7, 2014 by jako

[LoveMyTico 999]

Approved today FINALLY. RFE on Dec 16 from Nebraska

CONGRATS ! ! !

[Kaylara 814]

Congrats!

[blah011 8]

CONGRATS!!!!!