Waiting on the VSC to make a decision?

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

i just wanted to share the fact that i just sat on hold with the department of state for 28 minutes...i then heard someone pick up the phone and hang up immediately ...i called back right away and conveniently heard the recording say 'our office is currently closed, please call back at another time'

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[Steph1973 0]

I want to thank everyone for your warm congratulations. It is greatly appreciated.

If anyone is curious about how our approval transpired, we received our first touch at 4:00 yesterday afternoon and the approval was registered on the website around 9:00 last night. I received the CRIS email regarding the approval a few minutes after it was posted on the website. It was nice to see at least one thing working at USCIS the way it is supposed to.

As to how we feel, Bella said "Que?!" (What?!) followed by about 5 minutes of celebration. I'm not really sure what she said to tell the truth. She was taking care of her sick sister so she was sort of whispering, crying and shouting at the same time. I gathered she was happy. As for me, I keep getting emotional. For the first time this whole process is beginning to seem real. It is very hard to believe that Bella and the kids might be here by February.

I also feel very badly for all those who are still waiting from April, May and June. That is the one thing that diminshes my happiness today. I wish there was some way for me to help you get your approvals sooner. I did have one thought. I have noticed that no one ever asks to speak to a supervisor when they call customer service and get the run around or obviously bad information. I wonder what would happen if the petitioner politely but firmly demanded to speak to a supervisor, the supervisor's supervisor, etc. until they got some real answers. I have the sense that the first level of customer service whether they be pleasant or nasty is no help whatsoever. I would also suggest beginning each conversation by politely requesting the customer service rep's full name and ID# if they have one. That will put them on notice that there might be repercussions if they are not helpful.

I see one new June approval that I do not think has been reported. Nadia & Jason. Sent 6-10. NOA1 6-14. Approved 12-13. No RFE's shown on the timeline.

That makes 41 for the month and 12 for the week.

Bill,

I have asked to speak to a supervisor on two occassions when speaking with them. One time I was put on hold for about 20 minutes and the cust serv rep came back and said that all the supervisors were in a meeting and transferred me to an officer who was not even in Vermont. I think he was in Illinois, but I dont remember, and he didnt have any more info than the reps. the second time I got put on hold, waited for like 30-40 minutes and just hung up. And let me tell you, the first lady who said they were in a meeting brow beat me with "they cant do anything more for you than I can", "They have the same info as me", etc, and she said it more than a little rudely and seemed a bit ticked off. Of course, that was my intention. I was giving her hell because she told me that they were working on such and such date, and she hadnt realized that it was outside the 6 month goal. So I was giving it to her about why they didnt update the website, etc.

And no, I never told her my case number or entered it into the automated system

The same EXACT thing happened to me when I asked for a supervisor. She said the supervisor wouldn't know anything additional then she did. So I said, "So basically no one knows anything". She didn't like that.

[rae_and_scott 1]

i just wanted to share the fact that i just sat on hold with the department of state for 28 minutes...i then heard someone pick up the phone and hang up immediately ...i called back right away and conveniently heard the recording say 'our office is currently closed, please call back at another time'

WTFFFFFF

See, *that* kind of sh!t is why I hate using the phone!!

Sorry you had to go through that... how annoying!

[virgillionaire 0]

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

I think Mel and Syl are from april and have been waiting for months on an rfe answer. I don't know of many from may except poor MCKT:), most probably have gotten at least an rfe by now.

I haven't even gotten a touch yet which is what makes all the july and now august approvals seem weird to me, oh well it's another day at vsc ...

[OsLoraTamm 0]

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

I think Mel and Syl are from april and have been waiting for months on an rfe answer. I don't know of many from may except poor MCKT:), most probably have gotten at least an rfe by now.

I haven't even gotten a touch yet which is what makes all the july and now august approvals seem weird to me, oh well it's another day at vsc ...

Virgil do the ref thing and change the address of your SO......I got a touch today but the interesting thing was that I could here this older lady rifling through papers to look for something then changed the address for Oscar but then said Oh you are past 6 months{???????}Duh......so I do not know if the call produced the touch or if they decided to look at our case....Not sure Mirla seems to think it is the latter.....I pray they found us...she also said 1/3 of the case workers are out on leave at one time this time of year......unfortunately for the first week of June folks we must of been assigned to a person with lots of time to burn off for vacation before the end of the year.........Lora

[Courtney 1]

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

[Zee Bee 61]

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

Congratulations!!!

[MKCT 0]

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

Congratulations!!!

[ric 0]

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

I think Mel and Syl are from april and have been waiting for months on an rfe answer. I don't know of many from may except poor MCKT:), most probably have gotten at least an rfe by now.

I haven't even gotten a touch yet which is what makes all the july and now august approvals seem weird to me, oh well it's another day at vsc ...

Virgil do the ref thing and change the address of your SO......I got a touch today but the interesting thing was that I could here this older lady rifling through papers to look for something then changed the address for Oscar but then said Oh you are past 6 months{???????}Duh......so I do not know if the call produced the touch or if they decided to look at our case....Not sure Mirla seems to think it is the latter.....I pray they found us...she also said 1/3 of the case workers are out on leave at one time this time of year......unfortunately for the first week of June folks we must of been assigned to a person with lots of time to burn off for vacation before the end of the year.........Lora

... so maybe january. *sigh*

[*julez* 124]

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

Great news!!! Congrats!!!

[AlHayatZween 2]

Congratulations to everyone's approvals today!

Keeping my fingers crossed that we will finish a good week.

Bonne nuit,

hz

[Bill y Bella 0]

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

I agree. You would be going postal.

Of the 4 open April petitions, 1 is definitely still active (Mel & Syl), 1 is definitely dead since they have not been on the site since 11-14 (John & Sheila), 1 is impossible to tell since they do not have any timeline or profile that I can find (Celia & John - How does that happen?), and 1 is a maybe (Tu & Chris / madmcc22555) no RFE's on timeline and no recent posts but last on the site 12-7.

In every month there seems to be one or two that take forever to be completed. And surprisingly there are also a significant number of members who never find their way to this VSC forum. So lack of participation here does not necesarily mean that an old petition has been abandoned.

In any case, there are active participants in this forum that filed in April or May and are still waiting so obviously those months are still "open".

[Bobalouie 0]

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

I agree. You would be going postal.

Of the 4 open April petitions, 1 is definitely still active (Mel & Syl), 1 is definitely dead since they have not been on the site since 11-14 (John & Sheila), 1 is impossible to tell since they do not have any timeline or profile that I can find (Celia & John - How does that happen?), and 1 is a maybe (Tu & Chris / madmcc22555) no RFE's on timeline and no recent posts but last on the site 12-7.

In every month there seems to be one or two that take forever to be completed. And surprisingly there are also a significant number of members who never find their way to this VSC forum. So lack of participation here does not necesarily mean that an old petition has been abandoned.

In any case, there are active participants in this forum that filed in April or May and are still waiting so obviously those months are still "open".

Thanks for the input Bill, and for setting me straight

[Arrta 1]

as of today, Dec 13, we are approved.

[Bill y Bella 0]

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

as of today, Dec 13, we are approved.

Congratulations to Courtney & Arrta!