Notice of Potential Interview Waiver Case [Part II]

[Rossa 3]

Mymarley, I am in Wisconsin .

[espared12 52]

I called USCIS right now, just because I am so sick of waiting. Last week i submitted an inquiry to the ombudsman ...

Tier 1 offered to file another SR for me, but I said no, I want to speak with Tier 2. She said OK, connected me to that...now I am waiting for the call back... estimated waiting time 69 minutes.

I know Tier 2 is not too helpful, but I just to get done with this thing...

Come on USCIS, press those GREEN buttons!!!

I was thinking about calling them and telling them about this site and how we know who and who does not get approved. See what they have to say about people getting approvals shortly of receiving the NPIW and approvals jumping all over the place.

[AncaFab 6]

I was thinking about calling them and telling them about this site and how we know who and who does not get approved. See what they have to say about people getting approvals shortly of receiving the NPIW and approvals jumping all over the place.

I will and I will let you know what he/she told me...

[shell20 746]

I will and I will let you know what he/she told me...

Good luck, although unfortunately I doubt you will get past tier 1 and they probably wont know much other than the script they are given and told to use when we ring up asking why there is a delay!

[AncaFab 6]

Good luck, although unfortunately I doubt you will get past tier 1 and they probably wont know much other than the script they are given and told to use when we ring up asking why there is a delay!

Shell, tier 1 was surprisingly easy... she was just going with the script with zip code, oh yes you are outside processing times blah blah blah...you want me to make a new SR? I said no, I would like to speak with a Tier 2... she said ok and put me through.... i was surprised too.

The automated call said 69 minutes wait for the call back.... i am waiting for 85 already.

[sunshine2014 0]

I am a december filer but i have not heard anything or receive even a potential letter... Should i call the USCIS?

[ethomps 16]

I was thinking about calling them and telling them about this site..

*starts remembering all the bad things I've said about USCIS

[espared12 52]

*starts remembering all the bad things I've said about USCIS

lol, don't tell them what it's called, just tell them we exist. I'm sure they come in here all the time anyways.

[shell20 746]

Shell, tier 1 was surprisingly easy... she was just going with the script with zip code, oh yes you are outside processing times blah blah blah...you want me to make a new SR? I said no, I would like to speak with a Tier 2... she said ok and put me through.... i was surprised too.

The automated call said 69 minutes wait for the call back.... i am waiting for 85 already.

I think the USCIS are on a different time zone from the rest of the world, different hours, days, months, years!!!

lol, don't tell them what it's called, just tell them we exist. I'm sure they come in here all the time anyways.

Hilarious! Oh I am sure they do come on here, USCIS YOU SUCK!! Free country and freedom of speech right!?!? What makes America great!!!

[shell20 746]

*starts remembering all the bad things I've said about USCIS

Ha ha ha ha, Nlhernan and I are the main culprits, but we only speak the truth and the truth hurts! They should feel thoroughly embarrassed the way they treat us and the way they speak to us. Told one of us, you can wait up to two years, just SO callous and unsympathetic! Disgraceful behaviour really!

[ethomps 16]

Ha ha ha ha, Nlhernan and I are the main culprits, but we only speak the truth and the truth hurts! They should feel thoroughly embarrassed the way they treat us and the way they speak to us. Told one of us, you can wait up to two years, just SO callous and unsympathetic! Disgraceful behaviour really!

Agreed. It's frustrating and painful trying to talk with them. All scripted and routine-like, you mine as well be talking to a robot!

I remember being denied entry a few years back, being stuck in some waiting area for 4+ hours and when they finally decided to let me go-- they printed off some sheet for me to take home, and for whatever reason their system kept printing it off in Greek... The officer finally got frustrated (wow-- they are human and have emotions!) and handed it to me anyways to sign.

I still have no idea what I signed, haha. I just know it was the worst day of my life and the start of a diabolic relationship with USCIS.

Edited March 24, 2015 by ethomps

[shell20 746]

I am a december filer but i have not heard anything or receive even a potential letter... Should i call the USCIS?

Have you received your EAD/AP yet? I didn't get my letter until 4 months after filing. Took the full 3 months for them to send me the EAD/AP card and a month after that I received the dreaded letter. I would sit tight you might be a lucky one who gets an interview and skips the long wait!

Agreed. It's frustrating and painful trying to talk with them. All scripted and routine-like, you mine as well be talking to a robot!

I remember being denied entry a few years back, being stuck in some waiting area for 4+ hours and when they finally decided to let me go-- they printed off some sheet for me to take home, and for whatever reason their system kept printing it off in Greek... The officer finally got frustrated (wow-- they are human and have emotions!) and handed it to me anyways to sign.

I still have no idea what I signed, haha. I just know it was the worst day of my life and the start of a diabolic relationship with USCIS.

I wish I heard news today that an "old timer" got an approval! It's just SO disheartening especially after a great start to the week and last week. I guess there are another 3 days where we might hear of an approval!

[sunshine2014 0]

Yes i received my ap/ead 2mons after filing but no update since then...

[KVE 29]

I'm waiting on a response to my SR and my Congressman's enquiry.

I'll wait til 30 days after requesting the latter, and then go to the Ombudsman.

[MovinOn 32]

Sent this to my representative today:

Good morning. I was looking at your website this morning, and I came across this accolade under your "immigration" section: "Original cosponsor of the Reuniting Families Act to reduce family immigration visa backlogs and promote timely reunification of families" I sincerely hope this means you can help my family.

My husband and my stepson arrived here last summer on K1 and K2 visas. Upon marrying, we immediately applied for their adjustments of status (August 2nd), and have been in limbo ever since. My husband filled out a privacy form for your Santa Maria office so that his applications could be investigated. His EAD/AP approvals were outside of the norm for processing times. Now, we are waiting to hear from the San Fernando Valley immigration office (our local office for interviews), and have heard nothing since August.

We have tried to keep knowledgeable in this visa process, but there is little-to-no transparency from USCIS. According to their website, on which we are registered, our only update is from August, telling us that our K2's case was received, and my husband's fingerprint fees were received. Because we are concerned about this visa process, we have joined a forum of others in our same position. What we've discovered is that several (most) fellow petitioners have already had interviews and approvals, with green cards in their hands, but we still sit in the dark.

In mid-November, my stepson received in the mail a letter telling him that he was a potential interview waiver case. This confuses us because my husband did not receive this, and the K2 adjustment is reliant solely on the K1 adjustment. Is my husband's interview also potentially waived? We have no idea, and no way of finding out.

While we feel blessed to be married and living in the same country (finally), this lack of care for green card applicants is taking its toll. USCIS claims to be efficient and to adjudicate in order of petitions received, but we have found this to be far from the case. It's become disheartening to know that there are some people who have been waived the interview (which leads to more time in the system before approval, ironically) have been waiting over a year from filing their petitions to receive their green cards in the mail, sometimes leading to an RFE to redo a medical exam that expired (and costing us petitioners several hundred dollars) simply because the USCIS is anything but efficient!

We chose for my husband and his son to immigrate legally, meaning that we did the K1 route instead of him coming on a tourist visa and just remaining in the country and marrying, like so many others do, and it's, unfortunately, made our process of obtaining a green card take much longer. Had we chosen to have them immigrate the fraudulent way, they would have their green cards already. This alone, is cause for frustration in the inefficiency and unfairness of the USCIS and it's procedures.

We would ask that you please look into our petitions to find out where it is, first, and when we can either expect an interview (preferred at this point to save time), or my husband's and son's green cards in the mail without having to redo their expensive medical exams. It's my feeling, based on others' stories that we are now out of normal processing times. We need this remedied.

Thank you,

Fabulous! Well written!