January 2015 - TSC Filers

[Eric The Wait 40]

Well, the slow torture continues. Case status online says RFE mailed August 13th. It is now a full week later and the RFE has not arrived. I called the Texas Service Center and they had no explanation.
The website says to contact them if I do not receive the RFE by September 12th. Wow, I really don't want to wait that long.
I have preferred not to just sit back and wait for nothing.
But I really am not sure what to do here. Do I just wait? How long? If I don't wish to wait, what are the options?

[StephanieC 43]

Well Eric your only option at this point is to keep waiting it out the 13th was on a Thursday and it's the United States Postal Service what you already know is snail slow so give it a couple more days and it may turn up

[vanamali 1]

Well, the slow torture continues. Case status online says RFE mailed August 13th. It is now a full week later and the RFE has not arrived. I called the Texas Service Center and they had no explanation.

The website says to contact them if I do not receive the RFE by September 12th. Wow, I really don't want to wait that long.

I have preferred not to just sit back and wait for nothing.

But I really am not sure what to do here. Do I just wait? How long? If I don't wish to wait, what are the options?

It took 10 days for me to get RFE mail.

[Eric The Wait 40]

Well Eric your only option at this point is to keep waiting it out the 13th was on a Thursday and it's the United States Postal Service what you already know is snail slow so give it a couple more days and it may turn up

It took 10 days for me to get RFE mail.

Hi Stephanie and Vanamali:

Thanks so much for responding.

Stephanie C: You're right, of course, the US Mail is slow. And Vanamali, thanks for letting me know your hard copy took 10 days. It's only been 7 days for me so I'll just wait.

[Dr. Watson 0]

Still no sign of any activity on my USCIS account!! Ugh, I think I'll call the TSC to see what, if any, information they can give me.

[Tekejian44 2]

Yeah I'm beginning to think they lost mine lol. This is crazy, the last one was December 21st by June 30th. It's been nearly 2 months to process January petitions.

[estoyconestupido 4]

Your case i no out of normal processing times. You should make a case status inquiry and get them to sort it out. If you haven't already contact your congress man.

[Eric The Wait 40]

Still no sign of any activity on my USCIS account!! Ugh, I think I'll call the TSC to see what, if any, information they can give me.

Yeah I'm beginning to think they lost mine lol. This is crazy, the last one was December 21st by June 30th. It's been nearly 2 months to process January petitions.

I agree that you should contact your Congressman or Congresswoman. Find out who it is online and go to their website. The Congressperson will have a privacy waiver form they will need you to print out sign and mail to them. Give them the particulars of your case and they will call or e-mail USCIS for you and they get quick and substantive responses from USCIS. I did that after my Petition seemed to be lying around untouched. Within one week I got a response on our Petition. It was an RFE (which I actually expected) but the bottom line is I believe your Congressman's inquiry will help get your Petition looked at.

[xpedramx 1]

my case was sent to department of state on Aug 14th, I called NVC on friday and they told me that my case wasn't there yet and it would take at least 35 days to received it from Texas service center... does it really take 35 days ?

[ginnyirishrose 16]

Since I was a January TSC filer just go look at my timeline it took 10 days to get there 10 days to get a case number and 3 days to get to the consulate from start to end no it doesn't take 35 days

[xpedramx 1]

Since I was a January TSC filer just go look at my timeline it took 10 days to get there 10 days to get a case number and 3 days to get to the consulate from start to end no it doesn't take 35 days

Thank you very much my friend

[Ausa 66]

I agree that you should contact your Congressman or Congresswoman. Find out who it is online and go to their website. The Congressperson will have a privacy waiver form they will need you to print out sign and mail to them. Give them the particulars of your case and they will call or e-mail USCIS for you and they get quick and substantive responses from USCIS. I did that after my Petition seemed to be lying around untouched. Within one week I got a response on our Petition. It was an RFE (which I actually expected) but the bottom line is I believe your Congressman's inquiry will help get your Petition looked at.

I called the uscis main number, was told that there is nothing they could do, but I am not a big fan of taking "no" for an answer. I was transfered to the supervisor and kept repeating, "that answer is unacceptable". I kept my voice low and calm, but did not back down. I asked her if she needed to wait over 7 monts for her approval to marry, and asked how she would feel if someone told her that she could not live with her significant other for almost a year. She apologized that I needed to wait, as a US born and took my contact info. We were approve for our NOA2 the next day.

Don't forget that you are a US Citizen and that you are constitutionally protected when it come to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Good luck and dont take NO for an answer.

[dza 46]

I called the uscis main number, was told that there is nothing they could do, but I am not a big fan of taking "no" for an answer. I was transfered to the supervisor and kept repeating, "that answer is unacceptable". I kept my voice low and calm, but did not back down. I asked her if she needed to wait over 7 monts for her approval to marry, and asked how she would feel if someone told her that she could not live with her significant other for almost a year. She apologized that I needed to wait, as a US born and took my contact info. We were approve for our NOA2 the next day.

Don't forget that you are a US Citizen and that you are constitutionally protected when it come to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Good luck and dont take NO for an answer.

i admire what you did, truly, i wish my fiancee had the time through his work time to do this, we are now at our day 182 and nothing, and in Egypt it takes too long until interview and even after interview who knows many people go through AP i pray i as a female not to go through AP for long, so down , so frustrated that other people controlling our life and happiness

[Amortouch 0]

Hi everyone,

So I received RFE and it's for letter of intent to marry. My question is. Does he have to write the letter in Spanish or can he write it in English? This process is so long. Lol

[StephanieC 43]

Hi everyone,

So I received RFE and it's for letter of intent to marry. My question is. Does he have to write the letter in Spanish or can he write it in English? This process is so long. Lol

Everything should be in English or translated all the time.