Embassy's will no longer accept I-130

[blaaTgirl© 0]

Did these immigration attorneys and NOLO books tell you that DCF is not something that a Embassy/Consulate is reuquired to do but simply being done as a courtesy? If not shame on them because in an era of immigration reform and budget tightening guess what is the easiest thing to stop doing?

Yup NoLo did, the attys did not. So yes, Mea Culpa. But! we didnt EXPECT this favour, we merely kept it in hope. All is not lost though, we can still proceed somehow.

I think my biggest beef is that someway notification and warning could have been put into place.

So its onto our original plan... K3. Best to all who are truely in limbo.

[avoci 0]

Is anyone else getting info from their consulate indicating that a distinction is being made between those I-130s that were approved before July 27th and the rest? I still think the previously approved ones are going ahead, but would like to hear if others are being told the same.

My embassy did reply to me.. please see post on the next page.

Let me know your thoughts.

A.Voci

Algiers is telling me the same thing. My husband will go talk to the consulate in person tomorrow and I will let you know what they say.

They let your husband into the US embassy? I wish my husband could go talk to a conular officer! Did you get an email telling you this? If so, can I see a copy?

Thanks!

Amy

[jpaula 20]

Is anyone else getting info from their consulate indicating that a distinction is being made between those I-130s that were approved before July 27th and the rest? I still think the previously approved ones are going ahead, but would like to hear if others are being told the same.

My embassy did reply to me.. please see post on the next page.

Let me know your thoughts.

A.Voci

Algiers is telling me the same thing. My husband will go talk to the consulate in person tomorrow and I will let you know what they say.

They let your husband into the US embassy? I wish my husband could go talk to a conular officer! Did you get an email telling you this? If so, can I see a copy?

Thanks!

Amy

No e-mail. They called him and told him to come in Saturday at 2. He had been in for his final visa interview on the 23rd just moments after they had received the infamous memo. They did not know what they were supposed to do and so told him they would call him in the next few days. Hence the call. We have been dealing with Algiers for 1.5 years as we have a comlicated case. They know us well by now and are genuinely trying to help. Despite all the confusion, I have to say the consulate is really doing their best to sort it all out.

[Yodrak 7]

The Portfolios,

You should not be affected by this. Your I-130 petition was approved by USCIS, not a consulate.

Yodrak

Wow, the posts are piling up here, it's impossible to read them all. I'm catching some info about July 27th 2006 being the magic cutoff date, and so I want to ask:

Our I-130 was filed in Shanghai May 9, 2006, approved in Beijing July 11, 2006. We just had the interview in Guangzhou last week, where we were temporarily denied due to my not having "domicile" in the States. They asked us to come back with evidence of a job/house in America, and said once they saw that they would grant the visa to my wife.

Does it sound like we should still be on track then? I'm going to call anyway of course, but I appreciate the support here.

To everyone who got royally screwed by this, I'm really so sorry, I hope it works out in the end for all of you. Be strong and remember that love conquers bureaucracy every time.

[Yodrak 7]

All,

The 2nd paragraph of my post was more than rude and was uncalled for. I regret having made the comment, my apologies to all and especially to blaaTgirl.

Yodrak

I think you were foolish to say the very least. No one should make plans having such severe ramifications in advance of having a visa in hand, no matter which visa, no matter what variant of the process used to apply for it.

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Yodrak

[Captain Oates 911]

We will rename the VisaJourney website, the meauxna website. And we will allow you to judge what we should discuss or not discuss. Read the numbers on this post. So your last post gets no credit points for many as any type of contribution. And great that you can spend 2 years on this site helping others, must have alot of free time. But thanks for your contributions that were constructive.

Condescension never wins brownie points John. If not for those that do have knowledge and an understanding that do stick around to HELP others, then many may very well be in stiff.

Someone has got to have a clear head when things like this happen. Yes this totally sucks for you and all those that have had interviews cancelled etc and now have to wait longer, but saying about someone like Marxian is beyond comprehension in my book. Lets hope VJ doesn't lose another GURU as they did mdyoung for the same type of condescending, rude attitude.

I wish all dealing with this situation the very best. Hang in there.

Lorelle

The thing is Lorelle... and I think I can speak for some of the others is that those of us who have contributed for a long period of time disseminating our knowledge of this process, is that we are getting tired of getting beat up every single time we don't pander to someone else's self-serving attitude with the rest of the people piling it on...

I and others continued to post because we care about this community, because we know how imposing it can be and how confusing it can be... but frankly, if the community doesn't appreciate us and the viewpoint and perspective we have, even if it may be a differing viewpoint and perspective that yours, it isn't really rewarding to keep doing it anymore...

More and more, I keep seeing people like Yodrak, meauxna, and myself pilloried by countless numbers of people when we do not parrot to the mob by letting someone know what is really going on and giving a more realistic view for what may be going on... I am getting sick of it...

Did we really lose mdyoung ? can we get him back ?

At my darkest hour in this process 18 months ago he flipped open his regulations and saved me from social security number despair - within a week i got my ss number then car /drivers license/insurance and bank account - all because of him !

send out search parties - I have all my stuff now but what about those who follow on ? who is going to fish them out of the mire ?

He did more for me than my government has ever done in 59 years... FIND HIM !!!

alan

[rebeccajo 14]

Yodrak,

All are human.

Few have the courage to admit it.

Becca

All,

The 2nd paragraph of my post was more than rude and was uncalled for. I regret having made the comment, my apologies to all and especially to blaaTgirl.

Yodrak

I think you were foolish to say the very least. No one should make plans having such severe ramifications in advance of having a visa in hand, no matter which visa, no matter what variant of the process used to apply for it.

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Yodrak

[Boiler 45,993]

We will rename the VisaJourney website, the meauxna website. And we will allow you to judge what we should discuss or not discuss. Read the numbers on this post. So your last post gets no credit points for many as any type of contribution. And great that you can spend 2 years on this site helping others, must have alot of free time. But thanks for your contributions that were constructive.

Condescension never wins brownie points John. If not for those that do have knowledge and an understanding that do stick around to HELP others, then many may very well be in stiff.

Someone has got to have a clear head when things like this happen. Yes this totally sucks for you and all those that have had interviews cancelled etc and now have to wait longer, but saying about someone like Marxian is beyond comprehension in my book. Lets hope VJ doesn't lose another GURU as they did mdyoung for the same type of condescending, rude attitude.

I wish all dealing with this situation the very best. Hang in there.

Lorelle

I do not know the circumstances, I did have one disagreement with him on one interpretation, but it was coin toss as to what was right. And it did not matter what we thought anyway.

He post now and then on britishexpats.

The thing is Lorelle... and I think I can speak for some of the others is that those of us who have contributed for a long period of time disseminating our knowledge of this process, is that we are getting tired of getting beat up every single time we don't pander to someone else's self-serving attitude with the rest of the people piling it on...

I and others continued to post because we care about this community, because we know how imposing it can be and how confusing it can be... but frankly, if the community doesn't appreciate us and the viewpoint and perspective we have, even if it may be a differing viewpoint and perspective that yours, it isn't really rewarding to keep doing it anymore...

More and more, I keep seeing people like Yodrak, meauxna, and myself pilloried by countless numbers of people when we do not parrot to the mob by letting someone know what is really going on and giving a more realistic view for what may be going on... I am getting sick of it...

Did we really lose mdyoung ? can we get him back ?

At my darkest hour in this process 18 months ago he flipped open his regulations and saved me from social security number despair - within a week i got my ss number then car /drivers license/insurance and bank account - all because of him !

send out search parties - I have all my stuff now but what about those who follow on ? who is going to fish them out of the mire ?

He did more for me than my government has ever done in 59 years... FIND HIM !!!

alan

[CarolineM 0]

My two cents.

Having filed DCF it IS a "favor" that they do for us...especially when the USC doesn't live abroad...as was my situation filing in Australia.

I compare it to this:

At the supermarket- they have an express check out lane...for people with ten items or less. They don't HAVE to - but they do it...as a courtesy...as a favor...to help you out. If they took that lane away - would you feel you lost something to which you were ENTITLED??

Does this whole thing suck? Yes! was it mishandled? Probably. But now, all the DCF'ers have to wait like the other 1000's going through the process.

[Captain Oates 911]

Watch this space ! we win some and we lose some--

I reckon they will bring out electronic filing of lots of forms in the process and take credit cards too online instead of sending out bills and receiving cheques etc

also they will bring out fast premium processing for all applications so we can bung them a thousand dollars and get it through so fast we don't have time to pack ! This is America and you can have anything as long as you can pay

You scoff now but it's a fast changing situation and the next moves may well be in our favour

In 5 years from now they will get it much, much slicker - I will be a USC and vote Hillary out if it doesn't happen

No I am not spelling anything American style until they gimme the green card ok

by the way - only one thing really riles me about VJ and that is the majority of people spell 'receive' wrongly as 'recieve'

It's 'I' before 'E' except after 'C' ok ! and I have always been a pedant - even when I was younger than you are now haha !

alan

[Boiler 45,993]

My two cents.

Having filed DCF it IS a "favor" that they do for us...especially when the USC doesn't live abroad...as was my situation filing in Australia.

I compare it to this:

At the supermarket- they have an express check out lane...for people with ten items or less. They don't HAVE to - but they do it...as a courtesy...as a favor...to help you out. If they took that lane away - would you feel you lost something to which you were ENTITLED??

Does this whole thing suck? Yes! was it mishandled? Probably. But now, all the DCF'ers have to wait like the other 1000's going through the process.

Favour.

According to Bush English is the language of the US so that is what I am going to use, GC irrelevant. As is its colour.

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[vylex 0]

My two cents.

Having filed DCF it IS a "favor" that they do for us...especially when the USC doesn't live abroad...as was my situation filing in Australia.

I compare it to this:

At the supermarket- they have an express check out lane...for people with ten items or less. They don't HAVE to - but they do it...as a courtesy...as a favor...to help you out. If they took that lane away - would you feel you lost something to which you were ENTITLED??

Does this whole thing suck? Yes! was it mishandled? Probably. But now, all the DCF'ers have to wait like the other 1000's going through the process.

I was definitely frustrated with the whole situation but all is not lost. You definitely made an excellent point about it being more like a "favor". The fact that the Sydney Consulate was allowing non-Australian resident USCs to petition their spouse in person was a wonderful option. However, as frustrated as I got after the sudden change, I always kept the warning the Consulate gave with respect to filing a DCF in the back of my mind:

Warning: Don’t buy your ticket yet!

There may be delays in processing a visa, and unexpected ineligibilities that become apparent only at the time of interview at the U.S. Consulate in 5

Sydney. For this reason, DO NOT make definite travel arrangements, purchase non-refundable tickets, sell your home, or quit your job until after the consular officer approves and issues an immigrant visa to you.

I do feel for the folks that had to make aggressive moves and were burned financially and emotionally.

Fortunately, I can still go with Plan B and hopefully avoid further delays. The only frustrating part is that should my wife want to visit me (under the VWP) while we start the process, I am scared that she might be turned away even though she will only stay within the limit.

[Captain Oates 911]

George ? - the French don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'

I cant wait to be part of the honing of a new language...No, American spellings are fine and I prefer simplicity - can't wait for 'thoroughbred' to be thurerbred' - but

'recieve' and 'carrot's' does my nut in - I know I need to get out more - doing that right now !

sorry to disturb the flow of the topic..

alan

[jpaula 20]

Has anyone seen the infamous memo that consulates reveived (NOTE the "e" "i" arrangement) on Jan 23rd or are we assuming it is the same Rice memo that was posted on AILA on the 25th?

I am trying to determine what info the consulate had when it informed me of the status of our case on Jan 24, telling us we can go ahead and they can process the visa.

[Boiler 45,993]

George ? - the French don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'

I cant wait to be part of the honing of a new language...No, American spellings are fine and I prefer simplicity - can't wait for 'thoroughbred' to be thurerbred' - but

'recieve' and 'carrot's' does my nut in - I know I need to get out more - doing that right now !

sorry to disturb the flow of the topic..

alan

Actually usually the US version is not in itelf more correct, most of the oddities I have come across can in the US be spely both ways, the odd one is just more common.

The ones that do your head in are where they use a completely different term, took me 3 years to find out that full stop was period in American. I was assisting with 1st Grade homework when it finally dawned.

Must be a few more where we have been talking cross purpose. At least Mo on GUTS speaks English.