ATTENTION JULY FILERS!

[a-jeanne 2]

CSC approved another July filer. carlyn (ederlinda & carlton) sent their petition on Jul 3, received their NOA1 on Jul 16 and were issued their NOA2 on Nov 19.

Congratulations.

Yes - Congratulations!

Roll On USCIS!!!!

[KGSodie 0]

Thanks for all the well wishes and congratulations, and my own happy congratulations to the other approvals and touches, which I am certain indicate more impending approvals!

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

I'm obsessed. I can't stop checking my status.

[weedebz 0]

my internet being poop tonight for some reason so will update spreadsheet tomorrow. Going to start doing daily updates instead of once/twice a week. I think that all but a very very few July filers will be approved by 1st week in Dec.

Remember to PM me any updates so I don't miss them.

[weedebz 0]

ooooops....see what I mean about internet

Edited November 20, 2007 by weedebz

[OsLoraTamm 0]

O.K. guys....my morning has been on the phone so here is what I have found out.....First I did my obligitory call to USCIS customer service...I use that term lightly....and I told them that today I was at 170 days.....on December 1 I will be at 180 days and past there stated service dates of 6 months....she told me that on 181 days I can make a formal request for service.....I ask what recourse do I have as a customer who is getting bad service from this agency has....she said after they are 30 days past the 180 days making it 210 days I can put in a formal complaint which they have 60 days to respond....so I said o.k. and moved on......I called the lawyer we used and this is where I got the most information.....It took me a while but he finally came on the line to talk to me....He told me that his office had gotten at least 30 applications filed less then 45 days ago approved from Vermont....I am thinking that couple that we got from 2 weeks ago where from that group.....He said the immigration lawyers association is meeting with VSC head counsel today and hopeful will bring back some explanation of the violation of there own policies in processing these applications out of order...even if they are for training....He said that there were about 1000 pending application that are within 20 days will be outside of there service targets for K1's which then triggers some kind of internal review......He suggested that certified letters to the director of the service center from as many people as possible be sent diplomatically complaining about....1.length of time to process..2.priority of famly based application due to service to American citizens instead of work or study visas for non citizens...3. the apparent violations of there own policies of taking applications out of order to either decrease there wait time ratios or as they say training....He cautioned me to not be aggressive in the letters just ask for reason for these breaches of policy.......He also asked that we contact our Senators and Congressman and ask the same questions.......so I called both Senators offices and faxed inquiries to them and to my Congressman......I am telling you they all say the same thing about this agency......I am also composing a letter to Mr. Gonzalez and the ombudsman for USCIS.........Can you guys help.........I know some of you all are moved past my stage and some are behind us but this is not getting any better very quickly without pressure.......Lora

[Bill y Bella 0]

my internet being poop tonight for some reason so will update spreadsheet tomorrow. Going to start doing daily updates instead of once/twice a week. I think that all but a very very few July filers will be approved by 1st week in Dec.

uh weedebz..... Are you serious? You do realize that would require around 250 approvals in 2 1/2 weeks right?

[Forever Young 1]

O.K. guys....my morning has been on the phone so here is what I have found out.....First I did my obligitory call to USCIS customer service...I use that term lightly....and I told them that today I was at 170 days.....on December 1 I will be at 180 days and past there stated service dates of 6 months....she told me that on 181 days I can make a formal request for service.....I ask what recourse do I have as a customer who is getting bad service from this agency has....she said after they are 30 days past the 180 days making it 210 days I can put in a formal complaint which they have 60 days to respond....so I said o.k. and moved on......I called the lawyer we used and this is where I got the most information.....It took me a while but he finally came on the line to talk to me....He told me that his office had gotten at least 30 applications filed less then 45 days ago approved from Vermont....I am thinking that couple that we got from 2 weeks ago where from that group.....He said the immigration lawyers association is meeting with VSC head counsel today and hopeful will bring back some explanation of the violation of there own policies in processing these applications out of order...even if they are for training....He said that there were about 1000 pending application that are within 20 days will be outside of there service targets for K1's which then triggers some kind of internal review......He suggested that certified letters to the director of the service center from as many people as possible be sent diplomatically complaining about....1.length of time to process..2.priority of famly based application due to service to American citizens instead of work or study visas for non citizens...3. the apparent violations of there own policies of taking applications out of order to either decrease there wait time ratios or as they say training....He cautioned me to not be aggressive in the letters just ask for reason for these breaches of policy.......He also asked that we contact our Senators and Congressman and ask the same questions.......so I called both Senators offices and faxed inquiries to them and to my Congressman......I am telling you they all say the same thing about this agency......I am also composing a letter to Mr. Gonzalez and the ombudsman for USCIS.........Can you guys help.........I know some of you all are moved past my stage and some are behind us but this is not getting any better very quickly without pressure.......Lora

Lora,

I'm with you! I will start composing my letter tonight! I have already contacted my NY Senators...Senior Senator Schumer's office told me that they are also lodging a formal complaint with VSC regarding their policies of issuing Visas out of order.

So hopefully, if all VSC filers can send Mr. Gonzalez a letter...plus contact their Senators and Congressperson...we may be able to put the screws in!

Thanks for updating us.

Can you give us the address for Mr. Gonzalez?

Blessed,

Gill

Edited November 20, 2007 by Deyoungting

[OsLoraTamm 0]

O.K. guys....my morning has been on the phone so here is what I have found out.....First I did my obligitory call to USCIS customer service...I use that term lightly....and I told them that today I was at 170 days.....on December 1 I will be at 180 days and past there stated service dates of 6 months....she told me that on 181 days I can make a formal request for service.....I ask what recourse do I have as a customer who is getting bad service from this agency has....she said after they are 30 days past the 180 days making it 210 days I can put in a formal complaint which they have 60 days to respond....so I said o.k. and moved on......I called the lawyer we used and this is where I got the most information.....It took me a while but he finally came on the line to talk to me....He told me that his office had gotten at least 30 applications filed less then 45 days ago approved from Vermont....I am thinking that couple that we got from 2 weeks ago where from that group.....He said the immigration lawyers association is meeting with VSC head counsel today and hopeful will bring back some explanation of the violation of there own policies in processing these applications out of order...even if they are for training....He said that there were about 1000 pending application that are within 20 days will be outside of there service targets for K1's which then triggers some kind of internal review......He suggested that certified letters to the director of the service center from as many people as possible be sent diplomatically complaining about....1.length of time to process..2.priority of famly based application due to service to American citizens instead of work or study visas for non citizens...3. the apparent violations of there own policies of taking applications out of order to either decrease there wait time ratios or as they say training....He cautioned me to not be aggressive in the letters just ask for reason for these breaches of policy.......He also asked that we contact our Senators and Congressman and ask the same questions.......so I called both Senators offices and faxed inquiries to them and to my Congressman......I am telling you they all say the same thing about this agency......I am also composing a letter to Mr. Gonzalez and the ombudsman for USCIS.........Can you guys help.........I know some of you all are moved past my stage and some are behind us but this is not getting any better very quickly without pressure.......Lora

Lora,

I'm with you! I will start composing my letter tonight! I have already contacted my NY Senators...Senior Senator Schumer's office told me that they are also lodging a formal complaint with VSC regarding their policies of issuing Visas out of order.

So hopefully, if all VSC filers can send Mr. Gonzalez a letter...plus contact their Senators and Congressperson...we may be able to put the screws in!

Thanks for updating us.

Can you give us the address for Mr. Gonzalez?

Blessed,

Gill

I have been working on the address for Mr Gonzalez but the address for the Vermont Center is this

the address for the VSC

Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

St Albains, VT 05479

make the letters certified and to the Director Paul Novak

You can include your service number or not....your choice but be diplomatic

If someone has the California Centers address and irectors name please post.....Thanks for the encouragement....Lora

Please let me know what your Senator says.......Senator Webb of Va is interested also and so is Senator martinez of Florida

[Seattle2Cebu 0]

I did a k-1 back in 2001 and it was worse then, nothing has really changed much.

It has always been unfair that Vermont applicants get approved quickly and other wait for months.

It is always about a 4-9 month wait

O.K. guys....my morning has been on the phone so here is what I have found out.....First I did my obligitory call to USCIS customer service...I use that term lightly....and I told them that today I was at 170 days.....on December 1 I will be at 180 days and past there stated service dates of 6 months....she told me that on 181 days I can make a formal request for service.....I ask what recourse do I have as a customer who is getting bad service from this agency has....she said after they are 30 days past the 180 days making it 210 days I can put in a formal complaint which they have 60 days to respond....so I said o.k. and moved on......I called the lawyer we used and this is where I got the most information.....It took me a while but he finally came on the line to talk to me....He told me that his office had gotten at least 30 applications filed less then 45 days ago approved from Vermont....I am thinking that couple that we got from 2 weeks ago where from that group.....He said the immigration lawyers association is meeting with VSC head counsel today and hopeful will bring back some explanation of the violation of there own policies in processing these applications out of order...even if they are for training....He said that there were about 1000 pending application that are within 20 days will be outside of there service targets for K1's which then triggers some kind of internal review......He suggested that certified letters to the director of the service center from as many people as possible be sent diplomatically complaining about....1.length of time to process..2.priority of famly based application due to service to American citizens instead of work or study visas for non citizens...3. the apparent violations of there own policies of taking applications out of order to either decrease there wait time ratios or as they say training....He cautioned me to not be aggressive in the letters just ask for reason for these breaches of policy.......He also asked that we contact our Senators and Congressman and ask the same questions.......so I called both Senators offices and faxed inquiries to them and to my Congressman......I am telling you they all say the same thing about this agency......I am also composing a letter to Mr. Gonzalez and the ombudsman for USCIS.........Can you guys help.........I know some of you all are moved past my stage and some are behind us but this is not getting any better very quickly without pressure.......Lora

[rae_and_scott 1]

I did a k-1 back in 2001 and it was worse then, nothing has really changed much.

It has always been unfair that Vermont applicants get approved quickly and other wait for months.

It is always about a 4-9 month wait

Actually, it is not always a 4-9 month wait. If that were true, VSC's average would never have been at around 90 days.

[Seattle2Cebu 0]

waiting time for others NOT VSC

I just said its always been unfair that VSC applicants get approved quickly, in my experience, it seems like

about 30-45 days on most ive seen.

all others its many months

I did a k-1 back in 2001 and it was worse then, nothing has really changed much.

It has always been unfair that Vermont applicants get approved quickly and other wait for months.

It is always about a 4-9 month wait

Actually, it is not always a 4-9 month wait. If that were true, VSC's average would never have been at around 90 days.

[Antonio y Olga 1]

my internet being poop tonight for some reason so will update spreadsheet tomorrow. Going to start doing daily updates instead of once/twice a week. I think that all but a very very few July filers will be approved by 1st week in Dec.

Remember to PM me any updates so I don't miss them.

Hi, please don't forget us in your spreadsheet, we are Antonio and Olga our emabssy is Bogota and our NOA1 is dated July 11th....thanks for keeping track of progress for all of us !!!!

my internet being poop tonight for some reason so will update spreadsheet tomorrow. Going to start doing daily updates instead of once/twice a week. I think that all but a very very few July filers will be approved by 1st week in Dec.

uh weedebz..... Are you serious? You do realize that would require around 250 approvals in 2 1/2 weeks right?

This is the best news I've read in a long long time, how certain are you that your prediction is accurate? just asking and praying to God that it is.....thanks

I'm obsessed. I can't stop checking my status.

I know I am obsessed too, I fully understand your sentiments, I wish our friends at the CSC would feel for an hour what we have felt for months now !!!!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

how do you know they don't? I think it's a mistake to think they have no empathy, and even more of a mistake to think they have no lives and no hassles of their own... I'm sure there are some to whom it's just a job, but I'm also just as sure that there are some who are fully aware of - and sympathetic to - the waiting and stress; quite possibly some who have gone through this process, or something similar

even the fact that our nickname is 'Hunny Bunnies' shows a bit of that

as for the rest - you might want to PM (ie Private Message) debz with your information, as she asked; it could easily get lost in all this chat

and I think Billy has a handle on the other prediction, I'm afraid - I can't imagine that we'll all be done by then... I'm guessing that was a typo, and debz either meant June filers in December, or July filers by January

[Jeraly 4]

Gratzies to the approvees and good luck to all the touchees!!

So far still nothing - Timeline is saying 26 Dec and no touches...

Am freaking out a bit - Jeremy is having a hard time coping with being apart at the moment and I don't really know what to do. I am fine at the moment - I have decided instead of wallowing in self pity I am going to get on with my life and take each day as it comes, live for the moment as best I can, see him when I can but to not obsess over spending so much time online with him that we sit around bored because we have exhausted so many of the things we can do online...

He's scared we're not going to make it and I told him that of course we are - we have worked so hard and we have come so far that we just have to keep going but I just don't know what else to do - I don't know how to reassure him or make him feel better about it. I know we will be fine - it'll be more hard work and maybe a bit more time but while I love him, I am not living for him right now because it would drive me insane making him the centre of my life but not being able to be with him (this sounds horrible and I am probably not making myself clear because I have had a horrible day and I am so so tired).

What I am trying to say is that he places so much on being with me that he can't concentrate on the rest of his life and feels constant pain and turmoil because all he wants is to be with me and nothing more. Me being a little more practical feels the same but not to the detriment of my wellbeing - for me it is important to keep my head together now so we *do* make it through this and it has taken me a long time to figure out how to do that...

I'm just scared - I hate him feeling bad but at the same time I don't know how to make him feel better