The NVC Moral Support/Ranting Thread

[benjicher 26]

I am going to take action every day and list it here. Anyone who wants to join, please do.

1. Contacted State at 202-647-6575 option 4 then 4 to get mailing address for the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (oversees NVC) Michele Thoren Bond. Will write to her this weekend.

2. Asked this office as well as press office repeatedly for the name of the NVC Director. Refused.

3. Contacted former Serco NVC employees to give them the usfamiliesfirst@hotmail.com email address to ask for help if they had any information or contacts to help us.

4. Sent an inMail on LinkedIn to an anonymous profile listed as Director, NVC. Invited this person to get on board or be in the line of fire.

If anyone would like to help, I think it might be helpful for us to each create simple graphics with USC and foreign spouse/kids side-by-side and big text that says "SEPARATED SINCE XXX". We could create a website to store them, but I would prefer that we email thousands of them every day to the press and State and DHS and the White House.

Pissed off,

Jon

[Soloenta 2,218]

I think it's long past time for guerilla warfare.

I've created usfamiliesfirst@hotmail.com.

Please note this email. What I'd like to do is to have us give it to operators at NVC when we call in and ask them to get on our side. They are the ones dealing with the angry calls, but they are human beings who probably if they heard our stories would be sympathetic. So let's call forth that sympathy.

If you get a sympathetic agent, ask them to note the email on a piece of paper and when they get home send us whatever they can in terms of information on how NVC works, additional contact numbers that get to people in administrative positions, anything that will help us wage war on this piece of s*&t administration. At the very least, they will tell supervisors and it will move up the chain somewhat. If we do get info, we can use that in letters and calls to the press and Congress.

It is high time we get pissed off.

Ok I'll give it a try, most of those Reps are pretty nasty so we will see if anyone cares enough. Thank you and I hope and pray this works, I wish there was one so that the CO at the Embassy didn't have the last word and we could fight it if they deny us. They say they have ultimate power and no one should have that much power. Thanks again.

[Soloenta 2,218]

I am going to take action every day and list it here. Anyone who wants to join, please do.

1. Contacted State at 202-647-6575 option 4 then 4 to get mailing address for the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (oversees NVC) Michele Thoren Bond. Will write to her this weekend.

2. Asked this office as well as press office repeatedly for the name of the NVC Director. Refused.

3. Contacted former Serco NVC employees to give them the usfamiliesfirst@hotmail.com email address to ask for help if they had any information or contacts to help us.

4. Sent an inMail on LinkedIn to an anonymous profile listed as Director, NVC. Invited this person to get on board or be in the line of fire.

If anyone would like to help, I think it might be helpful for us to each create simple graphics with USC and foreign spouse/kids side-by-side and big text that says "SEPARATED SINCE XXX". We could create a website to store them, but I would prefer that we email thousands of them every day to the press and State and DHS and the White House.

Pissed off,

Jon

WOW read your second post amazing hope everyone does something, I don't have pictures have an aversion to taking pictures but did write the While House Obama specifically not that it will do any good, told him I will never vote again and I"m a democrat.

Would love to read your letter to Michele Thoren Bond , can you post her contact information here for us please? Thank you in advance.

May I ask how your call was received by the former Serco NVC employee?

[Aahil 90]

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[MoBar65 520]

Sigh, you have a great perspective to help you deal with this mess, but I am happy to hear that Colorado were very prompt about sending you the letter the embassy requested. Best of luck with a swift AP.

Thanks k.dlg... Toughen your skin and soften your heart to better withstand the trials of life. And when life smiles at you, grab hold with both hands.

I should start writing these things on clay tablets.

[k.dlg 300]

Thanks k.dlg... Toughen your skin and soften your heart to better withstand the trials of life. And when life smiles at you, grab hold with both hands.

I should start writing these things on clay tablets.

You definitely have a way with words and have your head screwed on right. I think you should start submitting your life proverbs to Starbucks to be printed on their cups. You'd be set for life!

[MoBar65 520]

You definitely have a way with words and have your head screwed on right. I think you should start submitting your life proverbs to Starbucks to be printed on their cups. You'd be set for life!

Naaah... I have a resident artist in the house. My wife does paintings, etchings, beadings and cabochons (when she's not teaching economics and international trade). We could collaborate on a "proverbial" line.

She actually prepared a small painting for me to post yesterday on this thread... Unfortunately we didn't get approved on the spot, so it has to wait.

[Soloenta 2,218]

Naaah... I have a resident artist in the house. My wife does paintings, etchings, beadings and cabochons (when she's not teaching economics and international trade). We could collaborate on a "proverbial" line.

She actually prepared a small painting for me to post yesterday on this thread... Unfortunately we didn't get approved on the spot, so it has to wait.

Now I really can't wait for you guys to be approved!

[k.dlg 300]

Naaah... I have a resident artist in the house. My wife does paintings, etchings, beadings and cabochons (when she's not teaching economics and international trade). We could collaborate on a "proverbial" line.

She actually prepared a small painting for me to post yesterday on this thread... Unfortunately we didn't get approved on the spot, so it has to wait.

Wow! She sounds very talented!! Considering how popular images with proverbial quotes are nowadays, you may have some success in that department! Looking forward to seeing her painting and hopefully it'll be sooner than later!

[AustinCanada 681]

_{I know the rant thread is where this post belongs.}

_{Like many of you, we are disappointed and let down by this process and the government that is supposed to serve its citizens. A process which is by all measures fairly simply that takes a year to review a few forms is really quite disturbing. And to think we all PAY for this "service." Only a government institution that is supported by public funding could be so incompetent and yet survive. There is no excuse imaginable that makes this process acceptable. Poor political decisions backed up by incompetent administration has families separated for over a year. That's just not right.}

_{After waiting 6 months for an NAO2 (like most of us), and waiting at the NVC for 5 months, we sadly enough received an NVC checklist on our AOS last week. Our useless attorney put the wrong income number from my 2013 1040 tax return into box 13.a.1 (he used AGI instead of line 22 Total Income). He was promptly fired last week and I sent a new AOS in myself that has a scan date of 9/24. My wife broke down and cried for the first time during this process as we realized yet another 60 days was down the toilet. Our attorneys fault??...yes. My fault for not reviewing his work more carefully??....yes. But the real rub is how simply ridiculous the process is that such a small error costs so dearly in the lives of those trapped within this insane process. Although I'm not as upset as I was 10 days ago, I'm still simmering over this entire immigration process. After getting delayed at USCIS for 6+ months in the backlog, they open the flood gates and dump applications on the unprepared NVC resulting in another backlog on the same folks previously delayed. It would be comical if it were not so tragic. What was taking 90 days at NVC just a few months ago now takes 6 months. And it boggles the mind that checklists are reviewed in the same que as first time document submissions. I don't get that. So it will take 2 months to review one single number, in one single box, that is the same exact number that appears on the attached tax return. That my friends is total lunacy. You would think that they would have a process for dealing with a simple typo correction versus other checklists that have bona fide evidential or qualification shortfalls. But hey, I guess that would just be too efficient for our incompetent government to implement.}

_{All the "real" work is done at the Consulate level. The NVC is simply "secretarial" making sure everyone's forms are in order before they ship them for the interview. It staggers the mind that there is no one watching or caring that the NVC is woefully under staffed and that families are being emotionally damaged. Its a quiet little atrocity that the news doesn't cover as is not politically juicy enough to make the 24/7 news cycle. Only those of us trapped and crawling slowly through the system really understand the hardship it brings to loving families.}

_{My wife Rosalit is crushed now that it looks like yet another Christmas without us together in our home. We never imagined the process could take 14 months or more and we were so hopeful we would be together this holiday season. Such a terrible time of the year for a checklist that costs 2 months.}

_{We are trying to stay strong though. We refuse to let this broken and incompetent system get the best of us and we are now making Christmas plans me to visit her over the holidays to sooth the bitter underlying disappointment.}

_{Thanks for letting me rant.}

Getting a checklist wasn't a big deal back in April. It meant waiting for 3-4 more weeks.

It's a big deal now since you'll end up waiting for 2 months!

At least you didn't have to wait for the IV fee invoice since you had a lawyer.

Many of us (including myself) ended up waiting for 30-70 calender days for the IV fee invoice.

It was kind of like getting a checklist without getting a checklist (since I waited for 42 calender days for the IV fee invoice).

I hope NVC speeds up and reviews your checklist document soon! Fingers crossed!

[EOC 440]

Thank you soloenta and EOC! You two really are the troopers of this whole process. You guys have been through so much and yet are so positive!

It's amazing that you guys are supporting the rest of us like this. Thank you for everything! Every single word means a lot to all of us!

You are welcome sweetie. The best person that can understand this situation is someone that is also going thru this immigration nightmare. We all are going thru it and we know how it feels. Am praying hard for everyone going thru this process to get done ASAP.

[benjicher 26]

I'll post my letter here and on a new site I'll work on getting up over the weekend:

bringthemhome.today

I didn't have a call, just sent an inMail which they can reply to or not.

Francis Moody, PMP

Vice President at Serco Inc.

is on LinkedIn if anyone wants to bug him, ask him what his company is doing to reunite American families.

I have a bunch of ideas for the web site but will need help, so if anyone has graphics skills, SEO skills, or experience with Squarespace, I'd love the help.

WOW read your second post amazing hope everyone does something, I don't have pictures have an aversion to taking pictures but did write the While House Obama specifically not that it will do any good, told him I will never vote again and I"m a democrat.

Would love to read your letter to Michele Thoren Bond , can you post her contact information here for us please? Thank you in advance.

May I ask how your call was received by the former Serco NVC employee?

[Soloenta 2,218]

I'll post my letter here and on a new site I'll work on getting up over the weekend:

bringthemhome.today

I didn't have a call, just sent an inMail which they can reply to or not.

Francis Moody, PMP

Vice President at Serco Inc.

is on LinkedIn if anyone wants to bug him, ask him what his company is doing to reunite American families.

I have a bunch of ideas for the web site but will need help, so if anyone has graphics skills, SEO skills, or experience with Squarespace, I'd love the help.

Thank you for posting the information and I hope someone can help.

Can't find bringthemhome.today so I presume it's not up yet, will try late.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Soloenta

[Chantil Marcus 2]

Hi all,

Based on Soloenta advice I am posting my question here.

I am married to LPR ( religious asylee ) ,& we filed for 130 F2A , 12-sept-2014 is our PD .

We are from Egypt, I got the receipt & when I checked USISD website , I entered the receipt number & I got initial review , I checked the processing time for California service center for spouse , it was 5 month .

Now I do not understand what's the use for the processing time if I have to wait for my PD to be current, is there any way to speed things up as my husband is Christian & I am not (was born Muslim) & in Egypt they do not allow nor recognize civil marriage, & it might be dangerous for me if anyone finds out.That's why we got married in Cyprus.

Thanks again.

[Soloenta 2,218]

Hi all,

Based on Soloenta advice I am posting my question here.

I am married to LPR ( religious asylee ) ,& we filed for 130 F2A , 12-sept-2014 is our PD .

We are from Egypt, I got the receipt & when I checked USISD website , I entered the receipt number & I got initial review , I checked the processing time for California service center for spouse , it was 5 month .

Now I do not understand what's the use for the processing time if I have to wait for my PD to be current, is there any way to speed things up as my husband is Christian & I am not (was born Muslim) & in Egypt they do not allow nor recognize civil marriage, & it might be dangerous for me if anyone finds out.That's why we got married in Cyprus.

Thanks again.

This is my new friend Chantil Marcus please lets try to help her as best we can, Mobar when you can please come help us out. ty my friend. Let's add her to our friends list.