Should I now be officially confused?

[avoci 0]

Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania

-----Original Message-----

From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM

To: Tirana US Consulate

Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.

My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

[avoci 0]

Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania

And I forwarded this email to Vienna. This is their response:

Dear Amy,

Please be advised that all I-130s that were approved in Tirana but for which

no

immigrant visa has been issued will be sent to DHS/CIS Vienna. Our officer

in

charge had a telecon this morning with the headquarters in Rome and

following

this she has advised all of the Consul Generals in our jurisdiction (which

includes Albania!) to let their staff know that they should begin boxing up

the

cases to send to us. Unfortunately I cannot say how long this will take as

we do

not know how many cases are involved, but our office will be moving as

quickly

as possible on the cases once they arrive.

I wish you all the best and you are always welcome to drop a line and ask

about

your case.

Kind regards,

Meredith Petrnousek, Immigration Assistant

-----Original Message-----

From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM

To: Tirana US Consulate

Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.

My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

[misa 2]

It just sounds like the case is waiting to be sent to Vienna for processing. Chances are, processing in Vienna will still be a lot quicker than the USCIS service centres in the U.S.

[eap620 0]

It just sounds like the case is waiting to be sent to Vienna for processing. Chances are, processing in Vienna will still be a lot quicker than the USCIS service centres in the U.S.

Diddo!

From the response letters, the officers seem fairly friendly. So I would just keep in contact with them to track your case. Good luck!!!

Erin

[jpaula 20]

Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania

-----Original Message-----

From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM

To: Tirana US Consulate

Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.

My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

If the law does not apply to you then your visa should be in line to be processed by the consulate in Albania. I would e-mail them immediately for clarification. Simply ask when and by whom it will be processed.

[avoci 0]

Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania

-----Original Message-----

From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM

To: Tirana US Consulate

Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.

My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

If the law does not apply to you then your visa should be in line to be processed by the consulate in Albania. I would e-mail them immediately for clarification. Simply ask when and by whom it will be processed.

and yet another answer:

Dear Amy,

You do not need to re-file but as mentioned, your case DOES need to be sent

to

Vienna. The consulate in Tirana has been instructed to send ALL pending

cases

(regardless of when the I-130 was approved!) to Vienna. There is no cut off

date

or grace period as I mentioned in my last email. Our Officer in Charge just

sent

an email to clarify this matter with the Consul General in Tirana after I

told

her you have again received other information from Tirana. I am sorry you

have

received conflicting information and that your case will end up held up

because

of the additional step, but this is certainly how the law is being applied

to

I-130 petitions.

Kind regards,

Meredith Petrnousek, Immigration Assistant

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Citizenship & Immigration Services

Parkring 12A

A-1010 Vienna

Austria

Tel.: 431 31339-ext. 7580