I-130 Petitioners - Send today!

[En-oh-eh-to now 147]

Done. Family back home faxed it in for me!

[Karmalicious 60]

OK guys, I'm a lurker ... but a faithful lurker.

Today there wasn't a lot going on at work so all 15 of us (even the owners) emailed and faxed most of the day! Thanks for all your hard work!

[Kaylara 814]

Awesome! Thank you all so much!

[Amanda & Tayo 6]

Emailed & faxed plus had my entire family and all the friends that I could think of do the same! Thank you again for composing the letter

[Esonswifey 1]

Did this 3 hrs ago.. I forwarded the email got 2 automatic response from AILA.. I hope they would speed up with our I-130s & petition already!

[Sukie 1,454]

I'm currently in Australia, so I did the email version! Thanks to everyone who is making NOISE!

Sukie

[brown007 82]

emailed and fax sent

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

I sent mine with all the graphic pics. and also my husband sent his letter without the images. but i got reply in a couple of mins after i sent it. stating...

Thank you for contacting the AILA National Executive Office.

If you are an AILA member and contacting us because of an emergency or other time-sensitive matter please also email Susan Quarles, Deputy Executive Director, at squarles@aila.org<mailto:squarles@aila.org> for a faster response.

Thank you

AILA National

202-507-7600

If anyone got acknowlegement like this?

I didn't get anything from AILA but I just got this:

Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding this issue with our office. As you may know, the Ombudsman’s Office is independent from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under the authority of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Ombudsman’s Office works in an impartial manner to assist individuals and employers who experience problems during the USCIS benefits seeking process, largely to identify and formulate recommendations to improve the process. Please be assured that the Ombudsman’s Office treats information received from stakeholders as confidential. Your input has been shared with individuals in our office who are monitoring these types of issues, and it will be considered as we develop recommendations to improve USCIS’ practices and procedures. Furthermore, the Ombudsman’s Office is dedicated to working with USCIS to enhance intra-agency coordination and communication, and improve the immigration process and enhance transparency for customers. Our office hosts regular meetings with USCIS, and will discuss these concerns at the next meeting. We would also welcome the opportunity to meet with you and further discuss this issue if you would like.

Sincerely,

Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman

Sounds like a standard response...

Anything new, guys? I googled around but found nothing.

[Kaylara 814]

They'd like to meet with you? I'd take them up on that. And bring stacks of proof. I'll even help you gather, and compile the proof if you want.

[Kaylara 814]

I just checked my email that I use exclusively for this immigration stuff, and found the exact same letter in my inbox. *rubs hands together*

[BOS_LHR 829]

I didn't get anything from AILA but I just got this:

Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding this issue with our office. As you may know, the Ombudsman’s Office is independent from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under the authority of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Ombudsman’s Office works in an impartial manner to assist individuals and employers who experience problems during the USCIS benefits seeking process, largely to identify and formulate recommendations to improve the process. Please be assured that the Ombudsman’s Office treats information received from stakeholders as confidential. Your input has been shared with individuals in our office who are monitoring these types of issues, and it will be considered as we develop recommendations to improve USCIS’ practices and procedures. Furthermore, the Ombudsman’s Office is dedicated to working with USCIS to enhance intra-agency coordination and communication, and improve the immigration process and enhance transparency for customers. Our office hosts regular meetings with USCIS, and will discuss these concerns at the next meeting. We would also welcome the opportunity to meet with you and further discuss this issue if you would like.

Sincerely,

Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman

Sounds like a standard response...

Anything new, guys? I googled around but found nothing.

Agreed with Kaylara, if they're willing to have a face-to-face I would absolutely take them up on that. I haven't seen any public response to the letter either, but it's harder to address our complaints this time, and I'm not sure how/if they'll do it. Probably another canned response at best. Definitely keeping an eye out all the same.

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

Haha I only skimmed though it and didn't read the last sentence

Sure I could have a tete-a-tete with them. Would they let me in to the U.S. for this meeting? Could visit my husband too!

I just checked my email that I use exclusively for this immigration stuff, and found the exact same letter in my inbox. *rubs hands together*

Girl, you keep cracking me up today :D

[Kaylara 814]

Haha I only skimmed though it and didn't read the last sentence

Sure I could have a tete-a-tete with them. Would they let me in to the U.S. for this meeting? Could visit my husband too!

LMFAO! Who knows?

[SSB12 9]

I didn't get anything from AILA but I just got this:

Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding this issue with our office. As you may know, the Ombudsman’s Office is independent from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under the authority of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Ombudsman’s Office works in an impartial manner to assist individuals and employers who experience problems during the USCIS benefits seeking process, largely to identify and formulate recommendations to improve the process. Please be assured that the Ombudsman’s Office treats information received from stakeholders as confidential. Your input has been shared with individuals in our office who are monitoring these types of issues, and it will be considered as we develop recommendations to improve USCIS’ practices and procedures. Furthermore, the Ombudsman’s Office is dedicated to working with USCIS to enhance intra-agency coordination and communication, and improve the immigration process and enhance transparency for customers. Our office hosts regular meetings with USCIS, and will discuss these concerns at the next meeting. We would also welcome the opportunity to meet with you and further discuss this issue if you would like.

Sincerely,

Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman

Sounds like a standard response...

Anything new, guys? I googled around but found nothing.

I received the same email an hour ago

Edited December 13, 2013 by Sarahjb

[Kaylara 814]

Haha I only skimmed though it and didn't read the last sentence

Sure I could have a tete-a-tete with them. Would they let me in to the U.S. for this meeting? Could visit my husband too!

Girl, you keep cracking me up today

I have a morbid sense of humor. But no, really. I've actually gone through and read the past 5 years worth of Ombudsman's reports. (OMG) And I found the numbers for their Family Members completion rates over the past two years. ( I think I posted them in another thread.) I'm a firm believer in using their own data against them. We've seen the trend on here, and we're a tiny portion of the people who have filed. And when you look at the data, it's clear that we've got a pretty good idea of what's has happened/is happening. I think that we'd be able to use the self-reports on here and other immigration websites as supplementary/secondary evidence as well. At least to show that we're getting very conflicting information when we contact the USCIS, and that the Customer Service is entirely ineffective.