I-601 WAIVER UPDATES

[ilovelondon 22]

1 minute ago, ilovelondon said:

my  k1 was refused last Sept.we applied waivier,receving date is  DEC 2017,stilll waiting.I just looked up the ebassy;s website ,status is still under AP,the last update is JAN,2018

CEAC's website 

[Boiler 45,522]

I would assume March ish 2019 jusdging from current processing times, what was it for?

[ilovelondon 22]

22 hours ago, Boiler said:

I would assume March ish 2019 jusdging from current processing times, what was it for?

misrepresntation

[Yenny 0]

On 9/4/2018 at 4:21 AM, Jen Chem said:

I'll go ahead and share our experience so far off the top of my head...

 

Early 2015 - Started the immigrant visa process for my husband. He entered illegally about 12 years ago and had been in the US ever since- we had to get the 601-A and I-130 forms approved.

March 2017 - 601-A and I-130 both approved; we started the D-260, I-864 etc. Everything was done by late June I think. They requested original W2's from the I-864 to bring to the interview.

September 2017 finally received our interview date in Ciudad Juarez!

November 14 2017 - medical and fingerprint appointments (I recommend doing them on different days- we almost missed the biometrics appt!)

November 15 2017 - Visa appointment - denied due to "alien smuggling" because he had paid to have his son brought over 10 years ago (the son was only in the US 2 years). We were shocked and hadn't expected a denial at all. He received the 10 year ban on admission. My husband left to live with his parents in Mexico and I temporarily quit my doctorate program to work on the I-601 and watch our 1 and 3 year old sons in the US.

December 29 2017 - USCIS received our I-601 pardon request. We got a member of congress involved as well and I highly recommend this. Through the congressional involvement we were told to submit an expedite request, which my lawyer took care of. 

February 9 2018 - Not only was the expedite request approved a little over 2 weeks after submission, but the I-601 was approved!! We were told by USCIS that we would be hearing from the US consulate in Juarez. (They approved on the 9th and we got the approval letter on the 15th I think)

March 8 2018 - I e-mail our lawyer asking if we can follow up since it's been a month. She calls in and come to find out they sent a letter a week prior to our old lawyer that we had used for the first 601-A. They send an e-mail this time. Several days letter we finally get the copy of the letter they sent us. It asks us to send in my husband's passport, and tells us that we have until March 9th to change the location where our documents/packet will be returned.

 

Here's the thing- we had the ACS in Juarez named as our courier location because that's where we were at his first time around. But the lawyer's assistant called in and made it seem like we were supposed to hand-deliver his passport and that we should be approved with that really soon, so we decided that the following week while I had Spring Break from classes that I would travel down to Mexico and then as a family we would go up to Juarez, turn in the passport, and wait a couple of days for them to approve the visa and send back the packet. My babies had been with their father in Mexico since the end of the year because there was no way for me to pay their daycare and continue my doctorate program without his income in the US. Unfortunately for us, the Monday we got there (March 19) was a national holiday, so we waited a day just to find out that we had to send in his passport via an approved DHL location. 

 

March 21 2018 - DHL says the consulate received the passport

March 23 2018 - Consulate receives the passport in their system

March 28 and 29 2018 - More Mexican holidays, meaning no one at the consulate was working

 

April 8 2018 - Today, a Sunday. It's been 2 weeks and 2 days since the consulate received the passport in their system but only 8 business days due to the holidays. We purchased plane tickets for early Tuesday afternoon and we're going to fly back to my husband's parent's house if we don't hear back by then. We've been calling daily but the hotline can't tell us anything other than that an officer at the consulate received the passport on the 23rd and that they have everything they need and that average wait time is 2 weeks (but from what I have seen online from other people's experiences in Juarez is that it takes 1 week usually). I would rather stay until the end of the week and leave on Friday but my husband and I are both going a little crazy sitting around doing nothing cooped up with the kids in a strange place for 3 weeks, and I feel like we're just holding onto false hope with an officer at the consulate tugging at our heartstrings with our future on his desk. We are so close that we can take a 5 min walk and see the buildings in the US on the other side of the border. 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Jen Chem, can you tell me how you can get a member of congress involved in your case?

[BKII 2]

1 hour ago, Yenny said:

Hi Jen Chem, can you tell me how you can get a member of congress involved in your case?

I have been trying to contact a Congress man but no luck they don't even call back I have took my chances and apply for this expedit a month ago but thy didn't even say you are denied or approved 

[Boiler 45,522]

7 minutes ago, BKII said:

I have been trying to contact a Congress man but no luck they don't even call back I have took my chances and apply for this expedit a month ago but thy didn't even say you are denied or approved 

Generally you know if there has been a expedite because something happens, what was the basis?

[BKII 2]

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Generally you know if there has been a expedite because something happens, what was the basis?

We have a very bad situation here we are in depth  we can't support a medcare  to my wife and daughter  I can't even get the vacen to her  I have lots my job a year go I work as an electrician now I hardly make 500 $ per months plus I can't go visit my family coz they live close to the border with sirya you could her and see the boombings over there a lot of things honestly but it seems no one cares for me and my family but me so I keep pushing as much as I can 

[Jen Chem 6]

On 6/26/2018 at 11:45 AM, snurok said:

It never costs $0, you still have to pay $1000 for each app and a 601 n 212 is like $2000. Why cant they hire 2 more people to help process the apps? If you look at there quaterly score card they are reporting like 30 apps/month... not like 30,000 apps/month. so if you raise the price and you want to help the economy then would it not make sense to hir at least 2 more people to help the process???

Why do we need to suffer and pay such a high price for following the law when the processing time used to be 4 to 4 months and at a cost of $500 per app.... Now they just treat us like garbage with no respect. If someone is already married and their spouse has NO criminal or terrorist record then why not let them in on a temporary visa while these bastards are taking their time? What is the problem??/ Maybe with some cases you cannot do that, but their are probably so many you could!

I heard from family that my cousin worked for USCIS and was processing 8 or 10 applications a day and got reprimanded from processing so many. I also knew a family friend who was completely xenophobic and said that if she had received my brother's request for a fiancee visa she would have denied it. A lot of it has to do with a lack of oversight, lack of checks and balances, and a lack of economy of government resources. It doesn't help that the current presidential administration put that hiring freeze on the Department of State last year and they have their own agenda and internal memos to dictate how the process should go. The amount of faith that I lost in the United States government during this process was significant.

[Jen Chem 6]

On 7/11/2018 at 9:58 AM, Yenny said:

Hi Jen Chem, can you tell me how you can get a member of congress involved in your case?

My parents knew a guy who knew a guy who knew a guy. You need to contact the member of congress that represents your own district. And it really isn't even the congressperson who deals with it- they have congressional staffers who actually look into everything. So if you are having a really hard time you could try figuring out contact info for the congressional staffer who deals with immigration inquiries.

I also recommend going to any town halls or government meetings for the city/county/state you are registered in, to at least get into contact with someone in government who can vouch for you and get your information over to a congressperson.

[Jen Chem 6]

On 7/11/2018 at 11:21 AM, BKII said:

I have been trying to contact a Congress man but no luck they don't even call back I have took my chances and apply for this expedit a month ago but thy didn't even say you are denied or approved 

We got a letter two weeks after submission stating that they would review the case and determine if it was worthy of an expedite, and if we didn't get further correspondence in a week or so that we should assume it was denied. It is strange that you didn't even get that letter.

[BKII 2]

6 hours ago, Jen Chem said:

We got a letter two weeks after submission stating that they would review the case and determine if it was worthy of an expedite, and if we didn't get further correspondence in a week or so that we should assume it was denied. It is strange that you didn't even get that letter.

We have sent the expedite in June 13 

But we haven't heard any thing from them 

We need this expedite badly but we don't know. What to do now but waiting

[BKII 2]

6 hours ago, Jen Chem said:

My parents knew a guy who knew a guy who knew a guy. You need to contact the member of congress that represents your own district. And it really isn't even the congressperson who deals with it- they have congressional staffers who actually look into everything. So if you are having a really hard time you could try figuring out contact info for the congressional staffer who deals with immigration inquiries.

I also recommend going to any town halls or government meetings for the city/county/state you are registered in, to at least get into contact with someone in government who can vouch for you and get your information over to a congressperson.

We contact a Congressman office and we submitted a inquiry but they didn't bother them selves to send an email back or even call 

[snurok 8]

15 hours ago, Jen Chem said:

I heard from family that my cousin worked for USCIS and was processing 8 or 10 applications a day and got reprimanded from processing so many. I also knew a family friend who was completely xenophobic and said that if she had received my brother's request for a fiancee visa she would have denied it. A lot of it has to do with a lack of oversight, lack of checks and balances, and a lack of economy of government resources. It doesn't help that the current presidential administration put that hiring freeze on the Department of State last year and they have their own agenda and internal memos to dictate how the process should go. The amount of faith that I lost in the United States government during this process was significant.

Thank you, you have confirmed my suspicions on how USCIS is totally screwed up and un-monitored just as the CBP is as well. It's a shame we live in this democratic country that was founded by immigrants who fought for freedom and liberty, and today has transformed to racist's and KGB style and tactics government agencies.

Some people just forgot where they come from and who they are!

[Boiler 45,522]

To put some perspective on matters it is unusual for a well presented waiver in normal circumstances to not be approved.

 

There are specialist Waiver Lawyers who have money back guarantees, and that is certainly not normal in the legal field.

 

 

[BKII 2]

4 hours ago, Boiler said:

To put some perspective on matters it is unusual for a well presented waiver in normal circumstances to not be approved.

 

There are specialist Waiver Lawyers who have money back guarantees, and that is certainly not normal in the legal field.

 

 

Do you have any idea about the expedite ??? Why they wouldn't get back to us with letter or something ???  Any info would be great and lawyers always ask for money even for a question

Thanks