Contacting senator or state representative for K1

[Mariah&Alexis 7]

Hi everyone! 
 

I saw a thread for recommending reaching out to state senators and representatives for the k1 process. I can’t seem to find it now. 
 

Has anyone been successful and had more favorable outcomes by doing this? 
 

what did you include in your message? I plan to contact the officials for my state and would like some guidance on what to say etc. Thank you!  

[Blkbam 39]

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/742028-k1-action-plan-getting-consulates-to-process-our-visas/

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

you can try but dont get hopes up. Senators and Representatives have no authority when it comes to immigration 

[TBoneTX 45,266]

2 hours ago, Mariah&Alexis said:

state senators and representatives

Be very careful, because terminology matters.

The people who can inquire are in the offices of your U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman.

"State" senators/representatives are elected solely in your state to deal with state matters.

They might even be part-time.

They have nothing to do with Federal matters such as immigration.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

9 hours ago, Mariah&Alexis said:

Hi everyone! 
 

I saw a thread for recommending reaching out to state senators and representatives for the k1 process. I can’t seem to find it now. 
 

Has anyone been successful and had more favorable outcomes by doing this? 
 

what did you include in your message? I plan to contact the officials for my state and would like some guidance on what to say etc. Thank you!  

There are many threads on this topic. There is a tool you can use to search for these threads in the upper right-hand corner of this page, it's labeled search box.

 

Here is a good thread that I think will give you a better understanding of the process and an example of one VJ'rs letter. Good luck and stay engaged. 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/505860-letter-to-the-representativesenator/

 

[SalishSea 17,818]

12 hours ago, Mariah&Alexis said:

Hi everyone! 
 

I saw a thread for recommending reaching out to state senators and representatives for the k1 process. I can’t seem to find it now. 
 

Has anyone been successful and had more favorable outcomes by doing this? 
 

what did you include in your message? I plan to contact the officials for my state and would like some guidance on what to say etc. Thank you!  

You only received your petition approval in March of this year, and you're already wanting to involve your congressional representatives?  For what purpose?  You know that they don't have any control over consular closures, right?

 

US senators and congresspersons have the purview of assisting US citizens and residents with federal agencies when they are having trouble getting info, or in the case of immigration:  a decision.  You're well within normal processing time for your visa process.  Your congress member cannot speed up the process or influence a decision either way.

 

Everyone has to wait their turn when it comes to immigration; COVID has added a new dimension to wait times with USCIS furloughs and embassy closures.

Edited July 1, 2020 by Jorgedig

[Mariah&Alexis 7]

I am wanting to help k1s overall, not specifically my case. Pertaining to the EO inquiry etc. Thanks. 

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

20 hours ago, James120383 said:

you can try but dont get hopes up. Senators and Representatives have no authority when it comes to immigration 

they have no authority to help your case 

 

you just applied january this year and already got NOA2  in March / your case is proceeding fast

 

now at NVC you are stuck with everyone as the embassies are not interviewing

grab some patience / nothing is going to happen till the embassies open and then the interviews that were cancelled will get prioity

you can not hurry anything up / everyone is in the same boat

 

 

[tris&kris 132]

Do not shame the OP. They are welcome to contact their congressional representatives and express concerns that K1s are not currently given appropriate consideration and should be exempt from travel bans.

 

I agree that they won’t be able to help with the individual case at this moment but they do have a Congressional State Department Liaison which can funnel these concerns from Congress to the State Department .

Edited July 2, 2020 by tris&kris

[Mariah&Alexis 7]

Yes, this is what I was looking for, but couldn’t find the original post until it was shared to me. Not to act like i am impatient for my specific  case. Thank you for your help! 

[Aly123 84]

https://1997-2001.state.gov/feedback1.html

Also along with contacting Representatives I was able to find this link with numbers, emails, and fax directly to department of state. You can try contacting them an expressing your concerns about K1s not being included as mission critical. The more voices they hear on the matter the better chance of action. It’s worth a shot.

[Desireehaj 1]

On 7/2/2020 at 11:17 AM, Aly123 said:

https://1997-2001.state.gov/feedback1.html

Also along with contacting Representatives I was able to find this link with numbers, emails, and fax directly to department of state. You can try contacting them an expressing your concerns about K1s not being included as mission critical. The more voices they hear on the matter the better chance of action. It’s worth a shot.

I have heard that sometimes emailing and contacting the USCIS, consulate or NVS a lot, can actually make it worse and they just let it expire. This is due to them being repeatedly contacted, therefore they ultimately have the power so they just toss your case aside. However if you have a lawyer bothering them, then that is a different story. I know of two couples who contacted their congressman and senators and it hurt their case more than help. I know my fiancé kept emailing all these different emails he found to check on our case, he didn’t get any response. I then found some other emails including one specifically for US citizens and I got a response very quickly. This is also from my personal experience every case and US consulate office is different.  

[Fabercham 22]

1 hour ago, Desireehaj said:

I know of two couples who contacted their congressman and senators and it hurt their case more than help. 

Could you explain more? What was the issue they were contacting them about? What was the result, were they denied at interview and the only logical explanation was that it was a direct result of involving congress and senators? 

[Aly123 84]

1 hour ago, Desireehaj said:

I have heard that sometimes emailing and contacting the USCIS, consulate or NVS a lot, can actually make it worse and they just let it expire. This is due to them being repeatedly contacted, therefore they ultimately have the power so they just toss your case aside. However if you have a lawyer bothering them, then that is a different story. I know of two couples who contacted their congressman and senators and it hurt their case more than help. I know my fiancé kept emailing all these different emails he found to check on our case, he didn’t get any response. I then found some other emails including one specifically for US citizens and I got a response very quickly. This is also from my personal experience every case and US consulate office is different.  

Sorry to hear about the couple you know. This was not the case in my situation as my case is already at the embassy and my interview already scheduled. So I guess it varies from situation to situations. They were very helpful to my situation 

[Mariah&Alexis 7]

Oh wow that is interesting! I do have an immigration lawyer that we have been using that filed the Petition on our behalf. Maybe it would be better for him to then.