Decrease wait time for I-130 Petition for Alien Relative

[r060106 109]

yeah, 8 months is nothing

Yeah, I know right? *total sarcasm*

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

To those of you who only had to wait around 100 days for NOA2 yet decide to come in here and on other threads and tell us we shouldn't be complaining, we really appreciate you being here you know....

[LoveMyTico 999]

Didn't say it was fair. In fact I agree, the systen is broken. Now, thanks to Obama perhaps millions are in line for special visas if they have already snuck into the country illegally. We gotta serve all those poor illegals first... that's just the way it's working. What they call amnesty???? Fair? Heck no!

I wish there was a "LIKE" button to click.

I agree with so many posts here. If I start posting , I'll get kicked off. Hard to hold my tongue about the illegals and the fact that the immigration system has chosen to favor Illegals and residents over its own citizens. I guess since most states don't require ID to vote, They are counting on the votes. If the government favors the illegals, guess who will vote ....

To those of you who only had to wait around 100 days for NOA2 yet decide to come in here and on other threads and tell us we shouldn't be complaining, we really appreciate you being here you know....

"LIKE"

insulting ......to say the least

Yeah, I know right? *total sarcasm*

Sure, we love being separated from our spouses.... however long it takes is just fine.... its only our lives ..

**SARCASM**

[LoveMyTico 999]

Please show me the specific law that says because you are a CITIZEN that your case should be top priority. All cases are top priority. And at the moment, yes 12-16 months is within their normal processing time for the caseload they have. Screaming and kicking isn't going to make them go any faster or hire more people or revamp their system. There is no law that is written that specifically says your case, or anyone else's case has to be processed within a specific timeline because you are a citizen.

PLeaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

from one who is already approved...

Must you always throw such negetivity in the mix?

[LoveMyTico 999]

Actually the OP Is demanding to be approved. Over and over, day after day people here complain and demand their petitions be approved.

You are already approved....

I demand my petition be approved and so what ? So does everyone else here.. we paid the fee. When I started back in April, they were stating 6 months.. Whats up with that? its not normal processing times... it is just the USCIS moving the times back to cover their a$$es because they can't manage the workload

[r060106 109]

To those of you who only had to wait around 100 days for NOA2 yet decide to come in here and on other threads and tell us we shouldn't be complaining, we really appreciate you being here you know....

That's a really good point, you know?

PLeaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

from one who is already approved...

Must you always throw such negetivity in the mix?

Amen to that.

You are already approved....

I demand my petition be approved and so what ? So does everyone else here.. we paid the fee. When I started back in April, they were stating 6 months.. Whats up with that? its not normal processing times... it is just the USCIS moving the times back to cover their a$$es because they can't manage the workload

Yes, yes and more yes.

[Kaylara 814]

You're not even 8 months into it based on your timeline. At this point you're still well within the guidelines of what they consider to be timely for this process.

Perhaps you truly don't understand, and that is why you can so flippantly say something like this, while you were approved and now have your fiance here already. After 7 months (give or take) of processing time. You haven't already combined your lives, you're just starting out on being together as spouses. I have actually lived and built a life with my husband already, for years. I'm 8 months into this process, and that's more than enough time to be separated from him. When I filed, the average time for the ENTIRE process was 8-9 months. The USCIS portion was not 8 months.

If their target processing time is 5 months, then their statement that I may have to wait a total of 13 months for just this first step is NOT normal. That they say it's normal, does not make it so. Nearly tripling their processing time is unacceptable. Especially given the fact that they are not processing K3's at the moment.

We don't accept this behavior with ANY other service that we pay for.

I know that if the situation were reversed, and they were taking 2 years to finish the fiance process, I'd be horrified. Not gloating to people who are hurting that I got mine quickly, and oh, don't you know that you aren't entitled to service or a processing time that doesn't stretch into years or accurate information. I'm not going over to the K1 forum and telling everyone who is adjusting their status that they deserve to be stuck in *that* limbo for whatever insane amount of time the USCIS feels like making up this month. Because it's insensitive, it's ridiculous, and it's flat out nasty to behave like that, and I don't wish that ####### on anyone either.

Seriously, if you're sick of reading about people complaining about the waiting time for their spouses, then why are you trolling threads that are obviously going to contain a lot of spouses complaining about their waiting times?

[r060106 109]

Seriously, if you're sick of reading about people complaining about the waiting time for their spouses, then why are you trolling threads that are obviously going to contain a lot of spouses complaining about their waiting times?

Exactly.

[lucybelle 453]

Guys! Remember- TOMORROW is the day we try to GET THIS FIXED!!!

Check out this thread with a pre-written letter and emails/fax numbers to send to- http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/464330-letter-to-house-judiciary-committee-on-delays-of-i-130/page-6

Get everyone you know to send an email or fax TOMORROW! It might be too late for us, but we can at least bring attention to the matter and help a family down the road.

[NoelAnne 62]

Spot on Kaylara!!! You are absolutely right!!!!

[Kaylara 814]

If this doesn't have the desired effect, another possibility that I've been reading about are Writs of Mandamus. (And I've seen more than one immigration lawyer mention it in regards to family visa processing.) Obviously that is the more expensive and complicated path. For those who haven't a clue about a what I'm talking about:

Mandamus may be a command to do an administrative action or not to take a particular action, and it is supplemented by legal rights. In the American legal system it must be a judicially enforceable and legally protected right before one suffering a grievance can ask for a mandamus. A person can be said to be aggrieved only when he is denied a legal right by someone who has a legal duty to do something and abstains from doing it.

-From Wikipedia

[Avery Cates 1,141]

If this doesn't have the desired effect, another possibility that I've been reading about are Writs of Mandamus. (And I've seen more than one immigration lawyer mention it in regards to family visa processing.) Obviously that is the more expensive and complicated path. For those who haven't a clue about a what I'm talking about:

-From Wikipedia

Bit of a stretch, considering you're not being denied a legal right. Your case is in the process of being adjudicated. There is no legal basis on when that has to happen by. That's why processing times are an estimation, and a loose one at that.

The try to meet their processing goals, don't always succeed, but eventually make progress, which is really all you're paying for.

[mksobe 31]

There you go... now the National Visa Center is an average of 12 months and California is 7.7 months ...

My spouse is overseas and my case starts with MSC.. I sent my case to California, but the NOA1 says Overland Park. Which timeline should I be paying attention to?

Edited November 19, 2013 by mksobe

[Avery Cates 1,141]

There you go... now the National Visa Center is an average of 12 months and California is 7.7 months ...

My spouse is overseas and my case starts with MSC.. I sent my case to California, but the NOA1 says Overland Park. Which timeline should I be paying attention to?

I would go by the NoA 1, and look at Overland Park, unless you get notification that it's been moved somewhere else.

Edited November 19, 2013 by Avery Cates

[jayjayj 571]

Bit of a stretch, considering you're not being denied a legal right. Your case is in the process of being adjudicated. There is no legal basis on when that has to happen by. That's why processing times are an estimation, and a loose one at that.

The try to meet their processing goals, don't always succeed, but eventually make progress, which is really all you're paying for.

Is it a "bit of a stretch" to start thinking you might work for the USCIS?