Lengthening wait times letter

[bdrew612 1,071]

I think the most important thing is to get it out early this week to whoever needs to see it, especially with the 60 day email that people got on Friday.

The letter is fine, but sending it to agencies that have nothing to do with the delay and have nothing to do with changing the policies will prove to be a wasted effort. If you search for I-130 letter writing campaign on this site you can see where we sent those letters to. The only changes between then an now is Jeh Johnson is the head dude at DOS and Leon Rodriguez is the head dude at USCIS.

I do think the media e-mails should go beyond Fox News, too.

[Cathymac 60]

I'll be sending to the msnbc team but that's a waste of time. They are not courting our demographic. It would be good to get a follow up to last years NYTs article though.

[dee&vee 79]

I only copied the list I was given. I intend to make my own list using some of the above. I certainly won't be sending to Fox News. I think this was just the list that floated round VJ last year. Everyone can choose who to send to if they want to send it at all.

No worries, a good effort on your side though. I would encourage everyone to send it to Fox. They are currently very anti-democrats and their policies and this is where we will get support. The left leaning media is very supportive of DACA, as they should be, but they won't get our point that DACA is affecting us with all the delays.

[abella 13]

The letter is sort like the petition I posted, one more thing we can all do to shake things us, it's not something that will do much on it's own, but with a combination of efforts we might get some movement. There is another letter that has comps between the two service centers. It was a collaboration by other VJrs here. I'll posted for you guys.

[abella 13]

The letter is sort like the petition I posted, one more thing we can all do to shake things us, it's not something that will do much on it's own, but with a combination of efforts we might get some movement. There is another letter that has comps between the two service centers. It was a collaboration by other VJrs here. I'll posted for you guys.

There is this petition too, but we need way too many signatures.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/please-inquire-i129f-fiance-petition-delays-texas-service-center-compared-california-service-center/KD0H6yS4

USCIS Times.doc

[bubblebubble 16]

Hey gusy, why don't we make this a petition at the white house website and ask more people to sign it! And if it exceeds certain number of signatures the gov has to address this issue!!!

And make it more of a issue regarding Legal immigrants are not treated equally as illegal ones!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

It's the same for us K1 filers. I'm glad I didn't marry in her country, which I almost did, the wait time has always been longer for i130 filers, unfairly so!

This is in fact not true. I've seen it switch many times over.

[Monalisa22 84]

Fox news is the best place to send it. Conservatives are the only ones who will listen and spread the word. MSNBC CNN and others are too sympathetic to illgal immigrants.

[Monalisa22 84]

Its a election year. Now is the time to make noise.

[fishoil 3]

Hey gusy, why don't we make this a petition at the white house website and ask more people to sign it! And if it exceeds certain number of signatures the gov has to address this issue!!!

They have to respond to your petition. They don't have to address the issue. Two very different things.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Where is the source for this claim?

Each month a few hundred thousand I-130 petitions are filed with the USCIS from a US citizen on behalf of their spouse who is not a resident of the United States.

A few hundred thousand spousal petitions every month? That would mean in excess of 3 million spousal I-130s per year, and exceeds the number of marriages that took place within the US in the year 2011 alone (according to the CDC, using their most recent data: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/marriage-divorce.htm

This may be a minor point, but this just doesn't pass the smell test.

Edit: to fix link.

Edited August 3, 2014 by the maven

[andres&lina 3]

http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-uscis-dhs-decrease-wait-time-for-i-130-petition-for-alien-relative if anyone is interested. there are currently almost 3000 signatures and in need of 2000 more to be sent

please support this petition

[Muñeca 2014 25]

Its a election year. Now is the time to make noise.

i'm agree

[Muñeca 2014 25]

http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-uscis-dhs-decrease-wait-time-for-i-130-petition-for-alien-relative if anyone is interested. there are currently almost 3000 signatures and in need of 2000 more to be sent

please support this petition

This is good all the K1 petitioners should make one....

[andres&lina 3]

I believe there are several for different visa types just do a google search.