The dreaded DS-5535 thread for Montreal. Post here and support each other (split)

[Danii 312]

1 minute ago, ice-qube said:

Re asking congressional rep for help, when making the inquiry, is it correct to say the agency you have a problem with is Department of State, considering they are in charge of consulates, as below?

 

Yes!! That's correct

[ice-qube 648]

15 minutes ago, Danii said:

Yes!! That's correct

What do i have to attach for them? Does anyone have any idea?

[Redie 124]

17 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

Re asking congressional rep for help, when making the inquiry, is it correct to say the agency you have a problem with is Department of State, considering they are in charge of consulates, as below?

 

I put the department of state.

[ice-qube 648]

Does this sound good as verbiage (vicious criticisms or additions or effusive praise all welcomed):

 

My husband, [ice-qube], had his spousal immigration interview (IR-1) at U.S consulate in Montreal on Oct 25, 2021, and was placed in administrative processing and told to submit the DS-5535 form. He submitted the DS-5535 on October 28. To date, after 111 days (near 16 weeks), he has not received an answer despite indications that it would take 6-8 weeks. His immigration medical expires on March 20, 2022, and since immigration visas will not be issued past the date the medical expires, he is also now getting close to a time when this will leave him very little time to organize himself to immigrate to be here with me. [ice-qube] has inquired with the consulate several times, but does not get any meaningful answer. We would greatly appreciate if Rep. Salazar's office can inquire on behalf of [ice-qube] with the consulate in Montreal ASAP. 

[Federico 147]

11 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

Does this sound good as verbiage (vicious criticisms or additions or effusive praise all welcomed):

 

My husband, [ice-qube], had his spousal immigration interview (IR-1) at U.S consulate in Montreal on Oct 25, 2021, and was placed in administrative processing and told to submit the DS-5535 form. He submitted the DS-5535 on October 28. To date, after 111 days (near 16 weeks), he has not received an answer despite indications that it would take 6-8 weeks. His immigration medical expires on March 20, 2022, and since immigration visas will not be issued past the date the medical expires, he is also now getting close to a time when this will leave him very little time to organize himself to immigrate to be here with me. [ice-qube] has inquired with the consulate several times, but does not get any meaningful answer. We would greatly appreciate if Rep. Salazar's office can inquire on behalf of [ice-qube] with the consulate in Montreal ASAP. 

Sounds good for me.

[ice-qube 648]

7 minutes ago, Federico said:

Sounds good for me.

Do I have to submit any documents along with it, seems they ask for casework if relevant...

[ice-qube 648]

So I submitted my request to Rep. Salazar's office. I only gave two uploads, my interview letter and my admin processing letter. I am hoping someone will reach out this week. Not that i think it will do anything!

Edited February 16, 2022 by ice-qube
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[Ontarkie 14,131]

27 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

So I submitted my request to Rep. Salazar's office. I only gave two uploads, my interview letter and my admin processing letter. I am hoping someone will reach out this week. Not that i think it will do anything!

Good luck, I really hope something works. No reason for it at all. 

[Federico 147]

1 hour ago, ice-qube said:

Do I have to submit any documents along with it, seems they ask for casework if relevant...

If they take your case they will request to fill out the privacy act release form. 

[ice-qube 648]

21 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

Good luck, I really hope something works. No reason for it at all. 

thanks, I myself continue to be bewildered that I could possibly have found myself in this situation. I also have a bloody NEXUS card, after all--how did I get to *this*??

 

[Federico 147]

50 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

So I submitted my request to Rep. Salazar's office. I only gave two uploads, my interview letter and my admin processing letter. I am hoping someone will reach out this week. Not that i think it will do anything!

Really hope they take your case and must important they can help you to get your approval  soon.

[Redie 124]

48 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

So I submitted my request to Rep. Salazar's office. I only gave two uploads, my interview letter and my admin processing letter. I am hoping someone will reach out this week. Not that i think it will do anything!

Best of luck!! I really hope they will be able to help! As I said before you have nothing to lose! 

[ice-qube 648]

1 minute ago, Federico said:

If they take your case they will request to fill out the privacy act release form. 

btw, that was the privacy release form--I guess this rep's office takes it up front

[SalishSea 17,444]

1 minute ago, Federico said:

If they take your case they will request to fill out the privacy act release form. 

Generally, you do that when initially requesting help.   Senators and congresspeople have links for that on their websites.

 

And they don’t “take your case.”   They are not offering legal representation.   They are obligated to provide assistance to any  constituent with issues with federal agencies, in the form of an inquiry.

[ice-qube 648]

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Generally, you do that when initially requesting help.   Senators and congresspeople have links for that on their websites.

 

And they don’t “take your case.”   They are not offering legal representation.   They are obligated to provide assistance to any  constituent with issues with federal agencies, in the form of an inquiry.

True, but to what degree are they even "obligated" (in most technical meaning of this word) to do an inquiry? i feel the obligation is in fact merely conventional and discretionary, in operational sense.