biggish data

wow, 40 ppl are on here at one time. I am so glad that in this awful situation, when I am separated from the ppl i love most in the world, i have been able to share this "journey" with you all. It has made this unbearable situation just barely bearable. I hope God speeds us all thru this mess and back to our families as soon as possible.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 21:05:00

Thank God we are Approved........thank you everyone......

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On February 7, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

Congrats Dream4tmw!!
I'm so glad they are on a roll!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 20:56:00

guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we're approved!!!!!!!!!

Post Decision Activity

On February 7, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.

WWOOOOOOOOHHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Mahalia!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 20:55:00

You seem to be attributing something to the post that was not there. No one else seemed to see the post as venting anger and hoping that others lose their papers as well, only you. I read frustrating that was specific to the poster's own situation coming through, and that is how others seem to have seen it as well. Regardless, you went on in later posts to challenge whether she was even telling the truth.

Your comments were found inappropriate and reported by more than one person, so perhaps you may wish to re-examine your own initial responses to a post and determine if you are reading the situation correctly yourself.

lol, wow...it's starting to get ugly in here!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 20:49:00

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: WAC************

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On February 7, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results
listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current
processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Check Processing Times.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

------------------------------------------------------

I will still be doing the interview tomorrow, my family is not home yet and I will hold USCIS accountable.

Congrats Wade and good luck! I hope your family is home soon!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 20:37:00

omg i'm approved. i feel so sick and anxious i can't stop crying.

congrats sarah et luc!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 20:33:00

This is the very reason why I have been skeptical from the moment I got an email from Ms. Barrows on Monday.

If they keep this goddamn emotional roller coaster going, someone is going to snap and it won't be pretty.

I agree. I can only be held accountable for my actions for so long....

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 16:27:00

Well what can we say about this noa2 approval for somebody who filed on January and got approved on Feb at CSC

[color="#FF0000"]Hi everyone!

So I haven't updated in a while because I didn't have any news. But I do now. I just checked the status of my I-130 for mom and I saw this message:

Post Decision Activity
On February 7, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

Kill me now.
I don't know. I was so excited yesterday I was shaking. Now I'm back down. Depressing. USCIS said my SR request came back that I was still in background clearance and I need to wait 60-120 days, and my congressman just called with the same news.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 14:57:00

Not on me... nothing is happening with me. Cant even get an answer on my petition. Just "no change" or "cant get the info" blah blah

you are in good company :crying:

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-09 14:10:00

What does "rapid response" mean? Yesterday, it was implemented, but maybe it is so rapid that the approvals flew right past our eyes. Not one approval

lol, now that's fast!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-08 22:17:00

I just looked on the USCIS website, and I haven't found any announcement as such. Perhaps I'm not looking thoroughly enough.

Anyone else have any luck verifying this?

I emailed my lawyer about it. Maybe it is a Mexico thing? I hope to find out more tomorrow.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-08 22:13:00

Uhg! No new updates for me either! I am somewhat optimistic that the news-flash will truly yield some amazingly high-volume approvals!
Well,,, I'm going to go check a new web site I heard about,,,,maybe there's good news to be found there:
www.approvemenowbeforeIexplode.com

lol, was that supposed to be a joke? I actually tried to go there.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-08 20:08:00

Do you mean to say that those from CSC that were transferred to TSC, should instead be sent to Nebraska, so as not to clog CSC?

LOL

that sounds pretty selfish to me. I LOVE that (puke) :bonk:

will it not clog the NVC now? and subsequently the consulates also getting overloaded? thereby delaying delaying and delaying for everyone?

Welcome to USCIS Raj

(sorry, I'm feeling very bitter right now)

Edited by CpG, 08 February 2011 - 08:06 PM.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-08 20:05:00

hmm...Im going to email Garza again also.

what is garza's email address???

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-07 20:20:00

The SYSTEM is BROKE and we all need to be concerned. I REALLY think that a lot of our cases have been lost and the days are them trying to find them. I have communicated with the USCIS at the US Embassy in Bangkok, this is the the email exchange. Look at where they say my petition is??? #######

Greetings,

Per the embassy's FaceBook page ( http://www.facebook....187565494597934 ), I have been directed to contact you with my family's situation. Rather than re-type everything here, I would like to just give the link to my blog that has all the details you will need to assist in our matter.

http://uscisfiasco.blogspot.com

Please take the time to read the above link, it appears no one else at USCIS is interested, even though we had been approved to expedite my wife's I-130 almost 90 days ago. My son is currently hospitalized again in Surin with a second bout a pneumonia, for a 20 month old infant, this can be devastating.

I am begging for assistance.

Respectfully submitted,

Wade S. Grant
USMC, Retired

-----------------------------------------------
Dear Mr. Grant:

Our apologies, but we are unable to verify your immigration case information through a personal blog site. According to our records, you, as petitioner Wade Grant, has filed the following petitions on behalf of Pinongram, Kampong:

· I-129F, WAC-***********, approved but valid only from 1/23/2008 to 5/22/3008.

· I-130 WAC-***********, rejected. (THIS WAS THE RFE FROM THE ORIGINAL FILING)

· I-130 WAC-***********, filed on 8/26/2010. Currently pending at the USCIS California Service Center.

Your petition is still pending with the USCIS Office in the United States where you filed the petition, the California Service Center. Current processing time for an I-130 petition filed with the California Service Center is listed as 5 months. You should expect to receive a notice from the California Service Center mailed to the address you provided on the I-130 petition. If your address has changed, please contact the USCIS National Customer Service Center at: 1-800-375-5283. Our office has not received a request for expedited processing, and the case is not pending with our office here in Bangkok. If you have already been approved for expedited processing, then you would have obtained the approved expedite from the Director of the California Service Center, where the case is pending. If you have not submitted an expedite request and need to submit one, or you wish to inquire about a pending expedite request, then please review the following link for more instructions:

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Should you need further assistance from the USCIS office here in Bangkok, please email us directly at bkkcis.inquiries@dhs.gov. However, since your case is pending in the U.S. at the California Service Center, you should contact the domestic USCIS National Customer Service Center number as soon as possible at: 1-800-375-5283. If you have contacted the National Customer Service Center and have not received any update in 30 days, you can follow-up directly with the California Service Center by emailing them at: csc-ncsc-followup@dhs.gov. You can also check your case status online at our website: www.uscis.gov.

Regards,

Duty Officer

CSV
-----------------------------------------------
And my response:

You reference my blog in your email but apparently you did not make an effort to read it.

You keep referring the California Service Center, the problem is it has been transferred to the Texas Service Center, read the damn blog to see what the real problem is.

Everyone is passing the damn buck and not willing to take an extra moment of their time to see what the ACTUAL problem is.

Do you have a heart or an ounce of compassion in your body? Evidently not.

WOW, this is a joke.
It totally puts me a loss for words. What can you say to that!?!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-07 07:12:00

That would be great- unfortunately I work 7 days a week

yeah, me too....too bad.
I hope next is the week. Maybe they had to work on their system so it won't crash when they upload all of our approvals.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-06 14:28:00

This is what my lawyer recently sent me after i complained about how the Transfered cases are almost being forgotten.

Shawn, The notion of filing a mandamus court action is likely not viable at this time. Cases are moved systematically. If one group of cases is taking longer than another group, this is not a USCIS concern, or a court concern for that matter. For those of us who have been working with the USCIS for years it becomes apparent that individuals come second. From a government standpoint, what is important is how to function as a bureaucracy. The more visceral the consumer becomes, the less willing are government agents willing to help. Your focus should be on whether your particular case is tracking outside your group.

I have found that protests do work. If you can get a bunch of people outside a service center with signs and get the media involved, you can receive attention and get results for the group. Government officers respond to public pressure. I hope this helps.

Allan

lol, should we all fly to texas with signs?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-06 14:08:00

I hate the weekends. I hate Fridays. I hate Saturdays. I hate Sundays. And by Monday I'm on a weekend hatred hangover. That leaves me Tuesday-Thursday to not hate life as much.
This is so depressing.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-06 10:01:00

One word- 1lovingyou

what does that mean? who is that?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-05 15:19:00

Hello jjjdddlll- I find it unsettling that you still haven't mentioned in what form you received this message.

"I did not want you to wait to hear from me" doesn't sound like something that would be mentioned in ANY USCIS-related correspondence, it's way too personal.

What I'm saying is, I smell a rat

awwwwww, #######....
Why would someone want to waste their time like that?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-05 13:24:00

I got this message from TSC today saying all applications will have a response within 2 weeks:

"Unfortunately, our office is closed today because of the ice/snow storm that has hit Texas, but I did not want you to wait to hear from me. The I-130s are the priority for the Texas Service Center and we will have an action taken on every petition within the next 2 weeks. On a separate note, we are working with our call centers to ensure a more accurate and consistent delivery of information so hopefully your experience will not be repeated."

I HOPE this is TRUE!!!!!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-05 07:50:00

Thank God I will be in my wife's arms on Wednesday (finally able to take time for a visit). I need her every day, but have to settle for a few days every 2 to 3 months.

I believe that all of this delay was a policy decision to reduce the burden on certain consulates. A tier 2 USCIS rep told me 2 weeks ago that all transfers from CSC to TSC were on a 60 day "hold".

I was told something similar yesterday. Every time I think about it I feel like my blood is boiling! And then this a@@hole had the nerve to tell me the pettitions are processed in the order they are received. I wish I could have stuck my hand thru the phone and slapped him a couple times. I think I need to stop making phone calls. I'm going to get myself in trouble.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-05 07:37:00

me me me me me me me!

I am onboard as well. Please let us know after you talk to an immigration attorney.

I am making a list of potential plaintiffs.

ThomasJones
rachelsharma
the journey
CaliforniaGuy
NASCARFAN186

Who else wants to be added on the list for a potential lawsuit against USCIS for not adjudicating in 180 days after inital filing (priority date)?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-04 15:18:00

Why does everyone care when they are closed? They don't actually work when they are open anyways... :huh:

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-04 15:16:00

I almost asked her today if we could sue...

At the very least it gives me satisfaction!

Have you engaged your attorney about taking this further? Has your attorney taken a look at this thread?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-03 22:14:00

I am afraid my lawyer is being paid mostly for the I-601 waiver I need to process.
At first when I mentioned this forum she said she didn't care for forums because they tend to lead to mass hysteria but I think she's coming around. She's from one of the best immigration law firms in Detroit and I can't afford to pay her for "extras". She didn't anticipate this (Texas) happening. This is actually my 2nd I-130 for my husband. Too bad I let the first one expire.... :bonk:

I've put in two service requests. Don't worry, you're not missing anything. As I found out today, my first Service Request resulted in an update of "initial background check", or lovingly referred to as Blue Dot number 2.

My lawyer admitted today that there may be a "problem" in Texas, and I say that is the first step to recovery!

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-03 22:12:00

I've put in two service requests. Don't worry, you're not missing anything. As I found out today, my first Service Request resulted in an update of "initial background check", or lovingly referred to as Blue Dot number 2.

My lawyer admitted today that there may be a "problem" in Texas, and I say that is the first step to recovery!

Called USCIS again.. I am a Aug Filer who got transferred to TSC.

Same response, they can't even put in a Service Request even though all of them agree my case is out of normal processing time.

How many folks have called and they were actually able to submit a Service Request?

I have been calling for 3 weeks now and every time same response. Even after I sent to Tier 2 where an IO says that your case is beyond normal processing time but the system will not let them submit even a service request. Getting very frustrating as I approach the 6 month mark.

I contacted my Congressman over 2 weeks ago and that isn't going anywhere either.

Anyone have any additional ideas? I am all ears. At this point I would be happy someone acknowledging my case is beyond normal processing time and start looking into it. They can take their sweet time but at least officially start looking into it.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-03 21:56:00

I have been told from my USCIS service request and from my senator that my case is pending background inspection. That is blue circle number 2 right? The sample place it has been for the past 6 months? Thanks....so helpful :bonk:

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-03 13:10:00

fermat, did you go from naked guy with cats to the unibomber!?!

Who thinks that TSC is reading this thread?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-02-01 20:17:00

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Just got 2 text messages, one at 12:13am EST the other at 12:15. We have been apporved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!!!! It is about f***ing time!!! I wanna see more approvals on here when I wake up though!

CONGRATS!!!

Your stats are similar to mine so does that mean I'm next!?!?!?!?! Probably not.....

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-01-27 05:56:00

lol could you imagine if this was the hold music you would hear every time you called the USCIS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wi8Fv0AJA4

lol, i love everyone's sense of humor on here. There is a fine line between laughing and crying sometimes.

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-01-26 20:18:00

I just found this CSC to TSC forum!

Jan 27th will be 6 months for me and I am separated from my 1.5 yr old son and 3 yr old daughter (and husband), I'm going mad!

Did anyone else get a notification in late November that their case was transferred from TSC to "a local USCIS office"?

My senator checked up on my case just now and she said Detroit (my local USCIS office) said they didn't have it and that it was still at TSC. Anyone have a similar experience?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-01-25 21:12:00

My 5 months were over on Dec 27th. I called USCIS yesterday and was told the processing time is 6 months due to the 30 day extension of "mail processing time". I looked at the USCIS' site, while I had her on the phone, which said the I-130 processing time was 5 months and told her that is what it says, she said he system says 6 months, I said my system says 5 months....it went no where. Its like banging your head against the wall.
But, she did put in a service request so I should receive an UPDATE in 30 days....HOW HELPFUL!!!! :bonk:

So, I called my senators aid who is in charge of immigration and she said she would look into it but said it was likely my file is in Detroit and I will be called for an interview. Which should add 30-90 days to the process. And I called my lawyer and she didn't return my call. :rofl:

I feel like my sanity is decreasing linearly with time at this point.

Is anyone else out there dealing with a deportation? Or am I totally alone?

CpG

Female

Albania

2011-01-22 07:27:00

I just got a notice from USCIS that said my case was transferred AGAIN (it was previously transferred to TSC) to "a USCIS office". Now I have no idea where that might mean.... :whistle:

CpG

Female

Albania

2010-11-24 09:09:00

My case was sent from CSC to TSC on Nov 2 also.
I just hope hope hope it is a good thing!

CpG

Female

Albania

2010-11-03 16:56:00

I just want to share my sympathy.

I too have two under 3. I am a full time grad student. My kids are on the other side of the world with my husband. But for us, we have to do a waiver after the I-130, so I am a solid year from having my family back. I think I'm going insane. Should I bring my kids home? They'll have to stay with a babysitter 10 hrs a day but at least I'll have them in the evening. Or should I leave them in Albania with their Dad, Nana and Aunts, where they get plenty of exercise and fresh air. But will my one yr old forget who I am? Probably! I can't afford a babysitter anyways. Maybe I should quite school? But then I'd be a single Mom with no degree...What can I do? I feel so stuck.

Anyways, I'm glad I found someone who can relate!

This is taking soooo long. I am 3 months in and already I am going crazy. I check here everyday and check on my case status. I wish that this will speed up. It's hard being a single mother to two children under the age of 3. I miss my husband and so do the kids.

CpG

Female

Albania

2010-10-23 06:41:00

We've begun preliminary waiver preparation already. I expect the waiver to take an additional 4-6 months.
Maybe my family will be home in 16-18 months.

My lawyer seems fairly confident with our ability to prove "extreme hardship" (I am not attempting waiver preparation myself).

your husband will need to file a waiver, after the interview. prepare the waiver now, have it in his hand on interview day, so he can start the waiver process immediately after the interview, same day.

suggest you visit http://www.immigrate2us.net and study, study, study. Being Deported Sucks, but (as you'll learn) is possible to get the waiver done, when submitted 'at the right time'.

Good Luck !

CpG

Female

Albania

2010-09-02 14:00:00

I did fix my timeline to reflect the right dates. How do you post your timeline along with your message like everyone is doing?

Thanks for the help,

Alison

Welcome Alison to July group! Oh yes, nice story - had patience to read it

Please let us know when was your I-130 mailing out. I have your NOA1 date. I can fill it in the spreadsheet and post it here. We collect all info in a single place for July filers to better understand the USCIS process, later NVC process, medical, Interview etc.

Loto

CpG

Female

Albania

2010-09-01 16:21:00