Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS has turned my marriage into a joke...	I saw today the stats for Vermont in December, they actually did less than November, only 800 petitions and their backlog climbed to more than 18,000. The breaking point for me was last month when I saw the stats come out for Vermont. Combined with the nagging threat of AP against my wife, because she has a common Muslim name, I lost it. I guess I am the least devoted spouse here,  but I started questioning my decision to marry my wife. Of course she's done nothing wrong, she's the best, most faithful wife a man could ever ask for, but thanks to my own government I feel like I have fallen in love with the "wrong type of person." I don't want to say too much because I am wary of bad mouthing the US or its government on the internet, but let's just say this has not made me a more loyal citizen than I already was.    I fluctuate between suicidal, deciding to discuss divorce with my wife, and determined to stay with her every day about 10 times a day. This is mental torture of the worst sort.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-02-23 22:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS has turned my marriage into a joke...	I feel the same way man. Not an arranged marriage, I chose this, but still the government has completely changed I feel about my marriage. In 3 years of knowing my wife I have spent less than 6 months face-2-face with her. I never imagined anything could cause this much psychological torment.  Edited by thedude6752000, 23 February 2014 - 08:29 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-02-23 20:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Updated processing times as of Feb 28, 2014	On the 3rd of the month! That's so unusual! Looks like someone is under the gun....	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-03 17:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	The trouble is.... the average american doesn't care, they are facing their own problems, especially around money, and extra immigration will not help that...   That's not true. From all my experience, people are shocked to find that US citizens cannot get their spouses here in a timely manner (and even more shocked and, I dare so, outraged to find that it's easier to get a unlawful relative citizenship that it is to bring a spouse living in a foreign land to live with you, legally). People would be outraged if they knew the truth. The problem is that everyone thinks that marriage to a USC is an "instant Green card." It's this lie we have to break, after that the USCIS's game all comes tumbling down, since it realies on public apathy and indifference.  Edited by thedude6752000, 13 January 2014 - 06:01 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 18:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	Not sure, i need to think. Whats the rationale in doing a video? who would see it?   The idea behind the video was to VERY quickly and efficiently introduce people to the main problem (USC alien spouses and kids waiting months and year to be reunited while illegal aliens quickly get granted status) and then introduce people to actual couples suffering separation. We could follow up with a more wonky video giving all of the facts and figures and a series of videos profiling the stories of different couples hurt by the USCIS. We would then put the videos on Youtube and other video sharing websites in an attempt to get them to go viral. Basically going to the American people after this country's institutions have failed so miserably to come to our aid.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 17:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	Obama is *not* giving citizenship to "illegal aliens" and I think that by trying to pitch that story, we will lose any support that we have from people on the Left, Moderates, and plenty of Republicans. The only ones you will appeal to are the Tea Partiers.  I don't at all support that line of publicity, and don't want to participate in that in particular. As I've stated before, nothing good will come out of attacking either the President OR the DACA filers. The people whose feet need to be held to the fire are the upper management in the USCIS.       I have to take issue with this though. "we will lose any support that we have from people on the Left, Moderates, and plenty of Republicans." What support do we have from ANYONE, right, left, center, or on the moon? Which major media figure, group, or movement have you ever head discuss us or our plight in the last 10 years?   And why do you think anyone would care about the malfeasance of the lords of the USCIS, which they have never even heard about? I guarantee you if you ask 75% of people on the street who have never dealt with it they will not be able to tell you what the USCIS is or what it does. If you asked people who handles US immigration (id est which agency), probably 60% will not know and most of the other 40% will tell you the INS (which of course no longer exists).    Any publicity is good publicity. We need to raise awareness. Highlighting how the administration has favored unlawful immigrants over us is, IMO, an attention grabbing strategy that would at least let people know we exist, and that marrying a US citizen is nothing like "an instant Green card" to the US. We have almost nothing to lose, as it seems impossible to me that people could care less than they already do, or that in fact anyone would want to make things harder for us.  Edited by thedude6752000, 13 January 2014 - 05:44 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 17:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	I want to do something, but a video is not it. It needs to be strategic and correct, we need someone big on board or its just another letter...   Saying that, we should send a new letter anyway, just to show we are still thinking of them, and we know the promises they made!   "Something, but a video is not it." So what is it???	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 17:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	I also still stated that I was up for it. I am a woman.    Obama is *not* giving citizenship to "illegal aliens" and I think that by trying to pitch that story, we will lose any support that we have from people on the Left, Moderates, and plenty of Republicans. The only ones you will appeal to are the Tea Partiers.  I don't at all support that line of publicity, and don't want to participate in that in particular. As I've stated before, nothing good will come out of attacking either the President OR the DACA filers. The people whose feet need to be held to the fire are the upper management in the USCIS.     That being said, we can try to find out their names and email addresses, and have everyone contact them, their representatives, people at the DOS, etc. And then we can do as people have done in the past, and have people who are waiting for more than 60 days since transfer send them at least on email a day. Maybe more than one email a day.    You are correct, I asl got some bites on the FB page. But I was looking for almost ten and even with you and the FB people (the one guy from here did not give me any info or respond to me) we were not near that. People are really fond of complaining around here but when it comes to doing something they get real quiet.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 16:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	So do i, but how do we move it forward? and who want to take the lead?   I think we should start a video campaign featuring different people telling their stories on Youtube. I have posted twice about it, first time the thread was locked due to massive amounts of personal attacks on me, the second time I only got one person to say they were interested and he later backed out once I PM'ed him.  Edited by thedude6752000, 13 January 2014 - 03:07 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 15:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Monthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order	I'm entirely on your side.     I will even email whomever - and i will ask my friends and family to help.     Who will listen to you ? And is the person listening to you - can he/she coerce CIS into taking definitive action ?       Until we talk to Chuck Grassley or whomever CIS actually listens to - until we get the ear of a POWERFUL sympathetic senator - someone with influence or contacts on specifically the Senate Judiciary Committee  - maybe Feinstein, Cornyn, Leahy and so on - this is not going to get done.        Everybody else dont matter.    The Ombudsman will not care because they will messing with that Feb 14 date.  CIS will not care because they just dont listen. The media will not care because its a story they have already run.      You get political capital when you exercise restraint and make properly-timed suggestions.  I don't see a coherent strategy here.        I disagree. Particularly if we pitch it as another Obama scandal, "Obama gives citizenship to illegal aliens while making US citizens suffer" or something along that line, I think there is a lot of potential interest in our situation. We already have 1 reporter looking into it, we need more.  Particularly with immigration coming up in the House, I think there is a lot of potential interest in this story.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-01-13 14:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	So over the USCIS and their processing time lies!	Rest assured, they are being processed. They literally receive thousands of petitions everyday and are working their way through the 2013 backlog at the same time.   The 2013 backlog THEY created through their mismanagement and ineptitude. Out of the whole government USCIS (and the DHS in general) is(are) definitely the most broken and dysfunctional part(s), and that's really saying something.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-15 07:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	FOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130	These emails further confirm what we all knew: USCIS is grossly inept and has been playing with our lives. With immigration in the news, I think we need to get organizing again. Even if you've gotten your 2nd I-797, there's a hundred thousand right behind you who have not.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-15 19:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	FOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130	I think he is trying to help everyone stuck in this awful process, Ivy. 6 months for an NOA2 may "seem short" to someone who has waited longer but by any reasonable standard that's a ridiculous wait time.  Edited by thedude6752000, 14 April 2014 - 03:00 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-14 15:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	13 months wait for approval	Ask for a Writ of Mandamus. As soon as you have the papers ready to go be sure to get an Info Pass and let them know what's about to hit them.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-03-02 13:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	IR1 case reaffirmed and forwarded to Mumbai consulate	What is an "NOIR?"	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-24 09:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	This Whole Process Takes Too Long	I have been in this since November last year, preparing for it since way before that, this process in maddening. That they now just give de facto residency to illegals who totally skipped it and want to give them citizenship too is beyond absurd. We need to make our voices heard.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-28 19:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January 2013 I-130 Filers	Yep, done it all.  Repeatedly.  To no avail.    If you've tried the congressman escalate to your senior Senator, who will be Bill Nelson. My brother is a rising star in the party in Florida, he's actually met bill and tells me, anyway, that he's a good man. You might have some luck with him.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2013-12-15 14:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Number to call to inquire about visa status?	He can certainly do that.   He'll get the same answer as he would asking anyone else because they don't tell senators anything about what's going on with AP either, of course.   Having worked in bureaucratic structures before, I can tell you there's going to be a difference in urgency between a Senator asking this question and a lowly USC.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-28 13:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Number to call to inquire about visa status?	Instead you should have your senior Senator inquire about the case for you. They can inquire at a higher level.Get in touch and get on them to contact State ASAP.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-04-28 08:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC PROCESSING TIME	where did you hear that?	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-09 13:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APPROVED TODAY FEBRUARY 18th 2014 priority date at VSC! AMEN!!	This is so unfair. I just got off the phone with the disinformation line and they said that they are up to my date, 12 Nov, and I can't put in a service request till they get done. They lie so much	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-12 16:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 waiting now for 14 months and still no answer	You need to get your congressman and senior Senator involved ASAP.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-13 20:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	22 months later I-130 APPROVED !!!! 652 days of waiting	Good heavens you should sue someone. That's ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-14 01:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Got IR1 visa	Congrats! When will you arrive in the US?	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-20 10:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	I am all for decreasing a time for i-130 processing, but I and probably many thousands of others cannot use your petition, because it starts with "I am a US citizen, my spouse is in a foreign country..."   I and many others like me are sponsoring Parents and other categories of relatives of US citizens who undergo the SAME i-130 processing by USCIS with the SAME priority of processing as you do and while I and others would want to join you in petitioning for an improved I-130 time the text of petition needs to be changed to reflect other categories as well.        The only thing you would have to change is "my spouse is in a foreign country" to "my parent is in a foreign country." It's a letter, not a petition, so each one is to appear personalized, even if it is not. Please feel free to make the change yourself in your own copy. Harry Otter above is the beneficiary, recently arrived in the US, so he will have to change the wording as well.    And just as an FYI parent and spouse I-130's do have different processing times at most centers. Adult parents are not considered "immediate relatives" like spouses and minor children are. We do appreciate all of your support though. Thank you! Edited by thedude6752000, 27 May 2014 - 09:57 AM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-27 09:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	@ thedude6752000, I have a request if it may added in this letter. I am the us citizen married to a Muslim Pakistani man.  There is this overwhelming amount of cases being put on AP because of the religion and country these men are from. The main problem is that there are no guidelines no procedures for cases in AP. Many case are in AP for years tearing marriages apart. Causing so much stress, pain, depression and feelings of hopelessness not to say the feeling that we have done something wrong in marring someone from another country and we are being punished for doing things lawfully. Can this issue be added in your letter?   I feel your pain sister, I am a white Christian man married to a Muslim Indian woman whose last name is Khan and whose first name is terribly common. I feel like walking, talking AP bait myself. Unfortunately that's outside the scope of the letter and you have to consider the audience. People like Bachman aren't going to care about the concerns of "the Moozlims." We have to focus on the USCIS part here. I would be more than happy to join a letter writing campaign against the outrageous ethnic profiling this country engages in against Muslims, but unfortunately in post 9/11 America you're dealing with a multi-billion dollar security-industrial complex that is deeply invested in this type of thing and a country which is generally unsympathetic to "Moozlim issues", so you're not likely to get anywhere. There is a large contingent of people, though, who are outraged by Obama's amnesty policies, and I feel that we can tap into that rage. That's the difference.    So short answer, no, long answer, that's another letter entirely and you're not likely to get anywhere with it.  Edited by thedude6752000, 26 May 2014 - 12:56 AM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-26 00:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	At the risk of veering off topic, do you think any legislative action will take place before November? I know the answer will be speculation, but I'm asking from the position of contacting people who are running for open seats OR better yet, hotly contested seats (I'm looking at you, Al Franken!)? Maybe that's not the goal of this letter campaign, and I'm happy to discuss further in PM or another thread :-) If Paul Ryan isn't on that list, I'm happy to try his office!   Actually, I think lack of action is what we are looking for. Obama and Boehner desperately want to pass something on immigration this summer, but Republican opposition is fierce. My hope is that by contacting so many Republicans, an anti-"reform" Republican will take up our cause as his own and use it as a very public way as a club to beat any immigration proposals at all before the elections (which will certainly return a Republican house and very likely a Republican Senate, who will not be prone to do anything at all on the issue) and will thus become the final "nail in the coffin" of "immigration reform" before the 2016 election. My further hope is that such a ruckus will be raised about this that when the Dems return to power in 2016 they'll include US citizen spouse and fiance visas in any reform proposal in order to stave off the same thing happening again.  Edited by thedude6752000, 25 May 2014 - 11:22 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 23:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	Michelle Bachmann is a lost cause (for several reasons), but mainly because she's not running for office again this year. Tom Emmer is running for her seat, and when he was in Minnesota House he tried to get the non-profit I work for completely de-funded so there is no way I could ever contact him lol   Michelle Bachman is an absolute nut, but the point of this is that they all oppose Obama's "immigration reform" proposals so would be likely to make light of something like this. It does not even matter really if they are seeking re-election or not anyway, we all know most of these guys don't read this stuff, it's the staffers who will and the staffers who will talk about it. We want to contact as many people as possible to get as much talking as possible going on about this stuff. The more eyes lay sight of our letter and the more mouths talk about it, the better (even if they do happen to be crazy eyes like Michelle Bachman).    Edit:    Also those are my responsibility, you should choose 5 others to look up with whom you feel more comfortable, and of course, there's no compulsion to contact any one of them in particular as long as you contact someone! Edited by thedude6752000, 25 May 2014 - 10:45 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 22:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	We have a lot of contact info to look up. I will look up    Michele Bachmann, Minn. Lou Barletta, Pa. Andy Barr, Ky. Jim Bridenstine, Okla. Mo Brooks, Ala.   On the Senatorial side I will take    Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO)   I think everyone who can should take 5 reps and two Senators. I will also add the info for my rep, Frank Wolf, who I know for sure is against "immigration reform."	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 22:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	Always good to have the matriarch of our movement with us Kaylara	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 22:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	You not cover the movement of casefiles to the local offices and without that coverage IMO you are not writing enough about the problem.   Aug 2012 to OCT 2013.     This is true, but I was afraid this would make the letter too long. I deliberately did not include it for these reasons. We could put that in though, but I am not sure how to incorporate it into the current flow of the letter.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 19:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	Senators who voted "Nay" on the Senate "immigration reform" bill:    NAYs ---32 Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Enzi (R-WY) Fischer (R-NE) Grassley (R-IA) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Lee (R-UT) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)   Edited by thedude6752000, 25 May 2014 - 06:13 PM.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 18:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	Contact list from the last letter:    1. The Honorable Bob Goodlatte - Chairman House Judiciary Committee Fax#1: 202-225-9681 Fax #2: 202-225-7680 Phone: 202-225-3951   Some [possibly] useful email addresses and fax number for Bob Goodlatte and his staff: 1. talk2bob@mail.house.gov 2. Bob.Goodlatte@mail.house.gov   Bob's chief of Staff Pete Larkin's email: pete.larkin@mail.house.gov   In addition to above: Send email to following and request them to forward your email to Mr. Goodlatte: Carrie Meadows: Carrie.meadows@mail.house.gov Kathryn Rexrode: KathrynRexrode@mail.house.gov John Manning: john.manning@mail.house.gov     This fax is for Bob?s office in Roanoke, VA Fax (Roanoke office): (540) 857-2675   2. Director USCIS: Alejandro  Mayorkas Fax: 202-272-8118 Email: alejandro.mayorkas@dhs.gov and alejandro.mayorkas@hq.dhs.gov and uscisfrcomments@dhs.gov Postal: 20 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20529   3. Deputy Director USCIS: Lori Scialabba Fax: 202-272-8118 Email: Lori.Scialabba@dhs.gov and Lori.Scialabba@hq.dhs.gov   4. Maria M. Odom - Ombudsman USCIS Fax: 202-357-0042 Email: cisombudsman@dhs.gov; maria.m.odom@dhs.gov and maria.m.odom@hq.dhs.gov   5. Brandi Blackburn, Assistant Center Director for NBC Division 8 in Overland Park, KS Fax: 816-350-5785 Email: a. brandi.blackburn@uscis.dhs.gov; b. brandi.a.blackburn@uscis.dhs.gov (http://www.zoominfo....burn/1845657423) c. brandi.blackburn@dhs.gov; d. brandi.a.blackburn@dhs.gov   6. Director: Nancy W. Guilliams - Office of Administration-USCIS Fax: 202-272-1553 (did not work last time)   7. Secretary DHS: Mr. Randy Beers Fax: 202-282-84200 Email: rand.beers@hq.dhs.gov   8. Washington Post - Letter to Editor Email: letters@washpost.com   9. AILA Email: executive@aila.org and newsroom@aila.org   10. Sean Hannity - Fox News Email: http://www.hannity.com/contact   11. Senator John Cornyn - Ranking Member U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Fax: 202-228-2281 OR 202-228-2856   12. Senator Chuck Schumer - Chairman U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Fax: 202-228-2281 OR 202-228-3027	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 18:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	New Letter Writing Campaign on DACA and I-130 Processing Times	I have written a new letter for a new campaign, which I believe should begin either next Monday after the end of the Memorial day recess. In addition to going after the usual suspects, I have written this letter for, and targeted it to, member of the media and members of congress who are opposed to the administration's so-called "immigration reform" attempts, as well as to House Speak Boehner and House Majority Leader Cantor, both of whom are on the record for "immigration reform." I will provide at the bottom of this post a list of member of the US House of Representatives who are known in their positions against "immigration reform." I believe that this letter should also be addressed to Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Aljazeera, Russia Today, the NY Times, the Washington Times, and any other news media we can reach out to. Please feel free to suggest emendation and make corrections. Thank you!   __________________________   To whom it may concern,   I am a US citizen, my spouse is in a foreign country, we have broken no immigration laws, but I have not seen them in many months, and I am not likely to see them again soon.   Like millions of other American citizens, I have petitioned the government for the lawful and rightful entry of my spouse to this country to live with me through USCIS form I-130. I have done so in full accordance with the law, but instead of receiving the speedy and fair adjudication which I am and my spouse are due in accordance with the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which prioritizes family re-unifcation for US citizens over all other types of immigration, I have instead been made to bear the burden of increased processing times by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through no fault of my own, but instead owing to the illegal prioritization of unlawful immigration benefits under the Obama administration's extra-constitutional ?Deferred Action for Child Hood Arrivals? (DACA) program. Because of this program, which grants de facto immigration benefits (the right to stay in the US without fear of deportation and a work permit) to people who have no legal right, according to the INA, to reside in the country, I have been made to wait many months without anyone reviewing my case at USCIS. Furthermore it should be noted the review and approval of form I-130 does not in and of itself grant any immigration benefit, but instead merely authorizes the petitioner to apply for their spouses visa from the US Department of State, a process which can take anywhere from 5 months to several years. All the while, thanks to the illegal policies of this administration, unlawful immigrants who should, according to the INA, be deported to their home countries, have been granted de facto residencies and official work permits, and the bureaucratic burden of the paper work for these unlawfully granted immigration benefits has been unfairly and illegally placed upon US citizens like me who are lawfully petitioning the government for the re-unification of our families   DACA began back in 2012, and during the 12 month period from August 2012-July 2013, 573,404 DACA requests were received and 430,236 were approved ? a rate of 75%. By comparison, in the first two quarters of Fiscal Year 2013, 254,890 I-130 petitions were received at the National Benefits Center but only 2,755 were approved, a rate of about 8% (see 1st table below). In October, USCIS began processing I-130's in earnest, but by then a backlog of more than 380,000 petitions had accrued. USCIS promised to bring their processing times of then 13 months (!) down to 5 months by May 2014, but although their published number reflect this, numerous calls to their ?customer service? line have confirmed that in fact they are only now adjudicating November petitions, yielding a true processing window of 7 months.     (first chart, which is apparently not allowed on here, is the original from the 2nd letter showing where DACA began and then its affect on I-130 petitioners)      (my second chart, showing case load processing up to March 2014, won't load; it shows where DACA began to affect I-130's and where they finally picked up I-130's and began working on them in October of last year).   The prioritization of illegal aliens over the lawful intending immigrant spouses of US citizens is outrageous and, what's more, against the law. The Obama administration has flagrantly violated US law in allowing illegal aliens to reside in this country, and has further flouted that law by prioritizing illegal immigration benefits for them over the need of US citizens to be reunited with their families. Under his watch, the USCIS has further ignored the law in falsifying processing time numbers in order to make it appear that they are giving the proper priority to US citizens, when in fact they are not. Below you will find links to USCIS emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act which attest to the truth of this letter and provide damning evidence of incompetence and illegal actions at the USCIS under this administration. Also below in a New York Times article on this very subject, again attesting to the veracity of this letter. Both as a US spouse visa petitioner and a concerned citizen of this great country, I demand that an investigation be started into the criminal abuse of the immigration system by this administration for what appears to be purely political ends. A government which flouts its country's laws and hurts its own citizens for the gain of foreign nationals residing in its borders illegally cannot be trusted until such a time as these abuses are checked and all of its citizens can receive fair and just treatment under the law. Thank you, and God bless America.        New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.c...thers.html?_r=0   FOIA Emails on DACA and the I-130?s: http://www.scribd.co...-Redacted-Part1   FOIA Emails on the Transfer of the Backlog back to the Service Centers: https://files.acroba...c0-15ebc2e9275b _____________________________ List of US House Members on the record as opposed to or not in support of so-called "reform."    NO Michele Bachmann, Minn. Lou Barletta, Pa. Andy Barr, Ky. Jim Bridenstine, Okla. Mo Brooks, Ala. Paul Broun, Ga. Bradley Byrne, Ala. Michael C. Burgess, Texas Tom Cotton, Ark. (?Opposes amnesty?) Rick Crawford, Ark. Ron DeSantis, Fla. (Asked 2/25 to be moved from ?Yes? to ?No?) Scott DesJarlais, Tenn. Jeff Duncan, S.C. John Fleming, La. Cory Gardner, Colo. Phil Gingrey, Ga. Louie Gohmert, Texas Tom Graves, Ga. Tim Griffin, Ark. Ralph M. Hall, Texas Jeb Hensarling, Texas George Holding, N.C. Walter B. Jones, N.C. Steve King, Iowa Jack Kingston, Ga. (Moved 2/25 at request of his office from ?Declined to comment? to ?No?) Tom McClintock, Calif. Tom Price, Ga. Tom Rice, S.C. Dana Rohrabacher, Calif. Steve Scalise, La. John Shimkus, Ill. (Moved 2/25. His office told us he ?does not support amnesty or citizenship for those who broke the law. ? believes we should address the issues of border security and streamlining of agriculture and technology worker visas before discussing any legal status for illegal immigrants.?) Lamar Smith, Texas (Asked 2/25 to be moved from ?Did not respond? to ?No?) Steve Stockman, Texas Randy Weber, Texas   ?WORK IN PROGRESS? Robert W. Goodlatte, Va.   ?IN PART? Doug LaMalfa, Calif.   NOT RIGHT TIME Raúl R. Labrador, Idaho   UNDECIDED/NO POSITION YET Larry Bucshon, Ind. Kevin Cramer, N.D. Rodney Davis, Ill. Kay Granger, Texas Vicky Hartzler, Mo. Tim Huelskamp, Kan. Duncan Hunter, Calif. Doug Lamborn, Colo. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo. Thomas Massie, Ky. Luke Messer, Ind. (Moved 2/25 from ?Declined to comment? to ?Undecided? because his office says he is still reviewing the principles.) John L. Mica, Fla. Randy Neugebauer, Texas Kristi Noem, S.D. Robert Pittenger, N.C. (Moved 2/26 from ?Possibly yes? to ?undecided? at request of his office. He initially had told us any plan ?Must focus on border security first.?) Tom Petri, Wis. (Added 2/25, was left off the list in error) Martha Roby, Ala. Harold Rogers, Ky. Pete Sessions, Texas Aaron Schock, Ill. Christopher H. Smith, N.J. Lee Terry, Neb. (Added 2/25, was left off list in error. His office said he hasn?t seen the plan but that ?any plan must have border security and e-verify components.?) Pat Tiberi, Ohio Lynn Westmoreland, Ga. Rob Wittman, Va. Steve Womack, Ark. Don Young, Alaska   We need to find contact info for them all by next week. Let's go VJ!	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-25 18:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 November 2013 filers VSC	Get your congressman and/pr senior US Senator involved. That helped me a lot, and I just got my paper NOA2 in the mail today.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-06-04 12:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	so tired of NVC	He got his case number in May, things are getting on the long side now. Have you gotten your congressman of senior Senator involved? I waited 7 months at the USCIS and that helped me a lot.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-06-08 02:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	WHO FILED SINGLE ON THEIR TAX?	I filed married filing single but my deduction for my wife was denied because she has no SS # or ITIN. Will this affect my interview? And can I get that money back? I put "NRA" (Non-Resident Alien) for her SS #.	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-05-29 17:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved at Interview this morning!	Congrats so happy to hear this!	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-06-17 19:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2013 I-130 Filers	There is a new letter going out tomorrow on wait times. Please be sure to fax and email it!!!   http://www.visajourn...-4#entry6692510	thedude6752000	Male	India	2013-12-09 09:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Finally i am with my hubby	Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!	thedude6752000	Male	India	2014-06-26 12:11:00