Enough is enough... Time for action

[suhailsaish 24]

Hello everyone,

Next week will be 9 months since I have filed for the IR-1 visa, and I have been patiently waiting as much as possible. But when I see that there are petitioners here that have been waiting since February and March, I can only imagine what they are going through.

Yes its a privilege to apply for your significant other to move in this country. I earned my citizenship in 2008 after the whole naturalization process, so I am not taking anything for granted. I checked the processing times on USCIS last year and it said 5 months before getting married, so instead of going "around the system" of bringing her here on a visitor visa, I decided to do the right thing and applied for IR-1. BUT, I paid a fee for USCIS to process a visa ( to provide there service) 4 months delayed and still no end in sight, this is enough!

My fellow VJer's have done an excellent job in running campaign's and gotten some answers, I have seen more progress within last 2 months compare to last 8 months. Not only that, think about the people applying now... how long are they going to wait?

I really think we need to get media involved in this, newspapers, immigration insights, online blogs, facebook, twitter etc, to get our voices heard. I am no couples therapist or a doctor, but under no circumstances a separation of a year or longer is/or should be healthy for a marriage (I know there are exceptions, that's why they are called exceptions).

So please, who ever has any connections with the media, I request you all reach out and get our voices heard. I don't think USCIS is in any hurry to process our applications and as an American, I am ashamed of this system failing to bring families together.

P.S.

This is not a jab on this great country of USA, I love this country as much as any US born, or maybe more, but I am just expressing my frustration with USCIS, so please don't try to take any different meaning out of this.

Best regards,

[teddy k 35]

Yeah i feel the same way with this shitty ### government to who should be ashamed to say this is ameriaca its a joke any more ive seen 3 rd world countries move alot faster than ours with only a fraction of the money or man power so tell congress to suck it

[Ryan H 3,812]

BUT, I paid a fee for USCIS to process a visa

USCIS doesn't process visas, that task is the exclusive purview of the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs (i.e. a CO at an Embassy or Consulate). What USCIS processes is petitions.