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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Ok, June is in order and is colorful now. I'll have to figure out how to make it as fancy as the March one tomorrow. It's just about bed time for me, now. 

 

Also, whomever is in the April spreadsheet deleting the tables and graphs, stop. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-16 01:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

May now has colors. :P Going to work on June


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-16 00:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

 

Posts can only be modified for 10 minutes after they have been created.  For any editing after that you need to contact either the lead moderator or the administrator as they are the only ones who can edit within a posted post.

 

I have added your August and January links to your first post. smile.png

Awesome! Thank you so much! And now I know who to contact so I don't have to report my own post like an idiot. :P


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-16 00:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

I'm going to go find out which admin is on and send them a message. smile.png


Edited by Kaylara, 15 December 2013 - 10:43 PM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 22:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Thanks Kaylara.  I started the July sheet as there was nothing but I really don't know how to format it and all and I appreciate all you are doing to help everyone out.  July was an open one so people should be able to add to it.  I will keep trying to help in any way I can.  I just don't know about google docs and spreadsheets.   It really helps to have them all in one post as I kept trying to look for them.

I'll see what I can figure out for the July sheet. Don't worry about it, I appreciate that you took the time out to try to set it up! I just copied the lovely formatting that was done on the March Spreadsheet, and then left the formulas in place. Because the work's already been done, and there's no need to reinvent the wheel.  I hope that it actually works, as I really am not familiar with dealing with google docs. (But I am familiar with excel spreadsheets, so maybe that helps me.)

 

I kept looking for them, too. It seemed silly to have to keep searching the threads for them. :P


 

I've noticed after a certain amount of time, one can't edit their own post.  Or maybe you can edit the last one you posted.  Not sure why..i noted that you can't always edit.

Yeah, that's a bit odd.  I guess I'm going to have to ask an admin to fix my original post for me to show the new spreadsheets.  I'd hate to have to keep starting new threads just to keep the list updated. :P


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 22:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Is there some reason I can't edit my post? I have the August and January/2012 transfer sheets ready to be added to the list, but I can't add them to my original post in this thread.  

 

August is here: https://docs.google....5uUGF5WGc#gid=0

 

January & 2012 is here: https://docs.google....ZJYmwtdmc#gid=0


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 22:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok, Please tell me, have you all been transferred? If so, where were you transferred to, and what date did you get transferred on?

 

 

 

Yes i have been transferred to Nebraska...on dec 6th. 

 

Ok, you've been added and info has been updated!

 


I updated and made the format on the May spreadsheet standardized. I didn't add colors by the date, because I don't know how to do that yet. Once I figure it out, I'll fix it. After that, I'll see about working on an August Spreadsheet.

 

 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Browneyes, you've been added. Please add in your transfer date and where you were transferred to, or tell me, and I'll do it.


Pivery, I notified the Spreadsheet admin that you would like your info added. Please let me know what your transfer date was and where you were transferred to.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

EVERYONE can add their own info.   Sign into Google and update your month.   Very simple..

 

 

Its impossible for one person to be responsible for adding everyone.

Actually, the March spreadsheet is locked down because some twit kept going in there and screwing with the data.  But the other ones are open. If we have vandalism on those as well, we may have to lock those down too, though.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

could you add me to the spreadsheet for June????

thanx

 

 

I m not on your list either, u can add me as well. totally fine with me. Im a may filer. 

 

 

can you add me to 29 April filters?

 

 

please add me on there too smile.png

 

 

ok, Please tell me, have you all been transferred? If so, where were you transferred to, and what date did you get transferred on?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Can u send me Aug 2013 please??

I don't understand. Aren't you an October filer?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

I'll see if I can do a spreadsheet for August and January or Earlier. I'm not promising anything, as I'm not familiar with how to do documents in google docs, but I'll try. 

 

 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 21:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Is it just me or is it that starting March - for every month - they're basically taking random filers from the first 10 days and transferring them ?

 

What about the balance of filers  of March, April, May ?

 

It looks like who gets transferred is fairly random. 

 

 

I want to do a master transfer sheet, to keep track of the overall trends instead of just the individual months. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-15 10:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Oh, I didn't set up the spreadsheets. I think the original one was made by En-oh-eh-to now for March. En-oh-eh-to now is made of awesome sauce.

 

As far as I understand it, the rest were copied off that template. (But I could be wrong about both things, so please don't hold me to that.) But everyone involved has helped to maintain them and help us be as accurate as possible, and that's been really great to see.   

 

I just updated the information as best I could by going through the monthly threads. I'm sure we're missing people because sometimes people post their updates in other threads or other places on the site, but we're trying!

 

 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 23:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

I hope I got all of your info correct, malenliam. :)


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 23:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

Thanks kaylara for the above post.its very helpful. april sheet looks really neat.can someone change the july sheet with the pd/noa1 dates in order and why does july sheet have few names repeated???? unsure.png 

 

 

That's probably my fault. I was trying to update the info. I may have duplicated some info. I posted in the July Filers thread, so hopefully it can be standardized as far as user names go and any duplicate info removed/bad info fixed.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 23:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMonthly Transfer Spreadsheets in order

January: https://docs.google....ZJYmwtdmc#gid=0

 

February: https://docs.google....Y1cXBNbFE#gid=0

 

March: https://docs.google....rive_web#gid=19

 

April: https://docs.google....p=sharing#gid=0

 

May: https://docs.google....RkWDZUSEE#gid=0

 

June: https://docs.google....xaNjJzUGc#gid=0

 

July: https://docs.google....p=sharing#gid=0

 

August:  https://docs.google....5uUGF5WGc#gid=0

 

September: https://docs.google....J4TEFLM3c#gid=0

 

October: https://docs.google....p=sharing#gid=4

 

 

 

 

 

I think that we may need to create one for January, and August is probably coming up next.  

 

Putting this here as a reference for anyone who is looking for the spreadsheets. I'll update the post as needed.

 

Btw, perhaps we can come up with a master spreadsheet that combines all of this info? 


Edited by Kathryn41, 11 March 2014 - 07:44 PM.
To add in January, August, September & October links

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 21:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports2 months since the Form I-797 and no response

No. You are confused. It goes to the NVC after it's approved, and then you have to submit (resubmit) a whole bunch of stuff.  

My I130 collected dust for like 7 months at the NBC, and then it sat at the NSC for several more months.  Total time for my I130 approval with no RFE or problems: 9 1/2 months.  Since the beginning of Jan. I've been going through the NVC, and I'm still waiting on a case complete. After that it's probably a month or two until my husband's interview. 

 

So, we're looking at probably 15-16 months from our submitting the I130 form (March 2013) until he has the visa in hand. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-09 20:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Frustrations

I called just about every day since I got my USCIS approval. They have a call log, and so they could see that I was going to call at least once a day to see what's going on with my case. I ignored any advice from them to not call back for 30 days.   

 

If they're giving you ####### about the police certificate, call and ask if they can please complete the case and your son will bring it to the interview, if it's actually available in that country. Arguing with them about it is probably not going to get you anywhere. If the person you get on the line won't help you, say thank you, hang up, and call back later in the day. And keep doing it until you'll get someone to help you.  When I was waiting for my IV fee, I kept calling every day until Agent Todd sent the file to a supervisor for review, and the next day I could pay it.  

 

I understand if it's making you too upset to call. I've had some bad days here too. I've dreaded calling them. But I still did it, because I really didn't want this to take longer than it absolutely had to.  I think that there's a good chance that if I hadn't been as proactive, that it would have taken quite a bit longer for us to get through the NVC. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 12:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Frustrations

Before I did anything with them, I called a few times and asked different operators the same questions. (Unless Todd, Gus, or Jim told me something. They're awesome, and know what they're talking about. I took whatever they said at face value.)  In fact, I was told my case is complete this morning, but I'm going to call back tonight and just confirm that! :P 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 11:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsBACK TO USCIS

I would print out a copy of the emails that you got (also check on their website) and you should have written down the agent/time/date that you confirmed that your case had been approved and sent to the NVC. If you get your congressperson/senator involved, I strongly suggest supplying them with this information.  Aside from that, I would contact the following:

 

Ombudsman's office

Texas Service Center

Service Center HQ (possibly also the director of the service centers. I know that Lovemytico has that guy's name and email address.) 

 

And/or call and talk to a tier 2 supervisor. 


Oh, and put in a service request online based on USCIS error.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-01 12:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly filter when we going to be aproved

March, April, and even some February are still waiting.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-30 21:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThank you

I have to log in and say thank you to all of you for providing some valuable information so far throughout my journey to bringing my wife in US. Through the I 130 process I used the information provided exactly here. On March 20th 2013 I filled the I 130 and it was long 9 months but finally on 31st of December I checked online and it said your case has been approved and will move NCV and this morning I checked and it said on the 2nd of January they sent my case to NVC for processing. So I wanna come here and thank you for support so far. dancin5hr.gif

 

 

On January 2, 2014, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly.

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.

 

Congrats! We have the same PD. Were you transferred to a service center, and if so, when? We have a spreadsheet where we are keeping track, and if you don't mind, I'd like to add you to it. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-01-02 22:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsthis is totally ridicoulous

My estimated NOA2 date changed like 3 times while I was waiting here on VJ. Last year was a bit screwed up all around.  I hope that you get through the USCIS portion faster than I did. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-15 09:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports*CASE COMPLETE* :)

YAY! Congrats!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-14 10:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

I've also been calling him out every time he posts some bullshit about immigration on his facebook page.  (But I do that with just about everyone who talks about immigration.) :P I doubt it will get his attention. Who knows, maybe it will. I have the same complaint about Congressman Chris Smith, but then with the addition that he hires staff to deal with complex immigration situations who are functionally illiterate. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-22 09:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

Well, I just got an email from Senator Menendez's office (NJ) about the request that I sent them in mid-September. Asking me to submit another privacy waiver. The text is below: 


 

 

Greetings.  Our office is in receipt of your inquiry.  However, please note that based on the Privacy Act of 1974,  all request for assistance must be put in writing and sent to our office.  Thus, a Privacy Release form has been attached for your convenience.  Upon receipt of the complete form, we can take further action.  Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

 

So, I responded:


Dear Director of Immigration Services,
I'm sorry, but I wrote for help from your office back in September of 2013 and mailed you a privacy release form as well as all of the pertinent documentation regarding my case. I received no help. When I called to find out what was happening with my case with the USCIS, I was told that your office had contacted them and not heard anything for two months, and had no intention of following up with them as you were waiting for an answer from them. After that, I heard nothing. I finally received my approval from the USCIS on January 3rd, 2014, 9 1/2 months after I applied. I am still waiting on a date from the Consulate in Amsterdam as I got my case completed at the NVC on April 10, 2014. My family has been separated from my husband for more than a year, and it looks like that will continue into June 2014 at this point in time.
 
Due to the absolutely ridiculous treatment I received from the staff in your office, I understood that Senator Menendez has no interest in helping his constituents who are having a problem with the USCIS while going through the legal immigration route. As such, I have advised other people who have been having problems with the USCIS and are from New Jersey that contacting your office is an exercise in futility, and you will be of no help. I have also expressed my concerns with most people in my family and my friends who were equally appalled at the treatment I received. I also interviewed with the New York Times in an article that detailed the very serious problems being faced by US Citizens who were petitioning for their foreign spouses, and the lack of help or concern shown by our representatives. 
 
I will not be voting for Senator Menendez in the future, nor will they. There was a serious problem happening with the Spousal applications with the USCIS last year, and he did nothing to help us, and did not even respond to our repeated requests for help. Me and the people who know me will not forget that any time soon.
 
I know that it is very likely that none of this is your fault. You are not the person who I originally contacted in your office, and I'm very sorry that you are the recipient of this email. I hope that in the future, if Senator Menendez remains in office that he will be more responsive when people have actual problems with the federal government, and will actually hold the USCIS responsible for their atrocious and callous behavior of all of the US Citizens and their families who have to deal with them. And work to make sure they don't do this in the future. But based on my dealings with your office, I'm not holding my breath expecting that this will happen.
 
I do hope that you have a better day than any I've had in the 13 months (so far) that we've been waiting for my "immediately available" visa to be issued.
 
Sincerely,

Kaylara



So, we'll see what kind of a response this gets. I'm going to be sending them all of the information we compiled previously, as well as this new FOIA information, if there's any kind of response to my email.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-21 16:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

We've been screaming for months. We need to gather information showing proof of what we claim, and tell our representatives "look, this is what has happened, we want A. B. C. Action to clear up the problems for anyone who is still waiting, and A. B. C. Action to make sure that this doesn't happen again.  We need to make sure that we continue to work for those who are still waiting, or who will petition in the future, even after we get our NOA2's or even visas in hand.  If people don't just disappear after they get those thing, but continue to support the newer petitioners, we stand a chance of being a force that the USCIS and our government representatives will have to at least pay attention to.  I'm in this for the long haul. I want this ####### fixed. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-21 10:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

 

Not familiar with how FOI works in the US but can you actually request their info on VJ? That would be awesome if someone did it!

I'm pretty sure we could. I'll look into it.  We might need the owner of Visajourney to request it, as we need a signature that represents the subject. 


Edited by Kaylara, 19 April 2014 - 10:33 PM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-19 22:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

I'd probably ask for the past 2 years. But I'm sure that there are people who filed and dealt with this BS several years ago that would probably be interested in information on VJ.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-16 12:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

I think we should submit a FOIA on their records about Visajourney. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-16 12:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

Look at all the lovely names and emails that folks will have at their disposal when their petition is out of processing time - what an arsenal of information! I love how they stated that it could be part of an "orchestrated letter writing campaign". Yep, at VJ, we don't sit on our asses - we take action and get things done.

 

 

Heh... Glad I wasn't the only one who looked at that and thought "Ooo, they forgot to black out the email addresses!"


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-16 00:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFOIA Response from USCIS - Re Transfers of I-130

 

My Representative and Senator both told me their priority is making sure people here without documentation get a path to citizenship. My other Senator didn't have a clue to this process and my questions went unanswered. Gives me an idea of who to vote for in a couple months, at least lol

I'm voting against both the Senator who didn't help me in the least, and the Congressman who didn't help, and had his staffer send an illiterate letter to me. And I'm going to urge everyone I know to vote against them as well. They are being stupid. My husband can become a citizen 3 years after POE, and can vote against them fairly quickly. I'm sure that he's not the only one who will be able to do so. 

 

Btw, has anyone sent this to that lawyer Gary? I'm sure he'd be interested in it. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-15 15:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIR1 case reaffirmed and forwarded to Mumbai consulate

Notice of Intent to Revoke?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-24 10:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

WOW :joy: :joy:  :joy:  :joy: CONGRATS TO YOU :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Thank you!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 22:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

Congratulations!! Did you just find out on the phone?!

Yep! 

(Btw, for anyone keeping track, Agent Max says "that's fine" a LOT.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 21:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

Why have you been waiting so long for an interview date? Is AMS that busy?!

Doubt it. I have no idea why.  


Success! Interview date: June 17th!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 21:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

40 minutes on hold so far...

 

Omg, as soon as I posted that, Agent Max picked up the phone.


Edited by Kaylara, 29 April 2014 - 09:40 PM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 21:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I'm just catching up while holding on the NVC line listening to their horrid hold music.  (At this point, for a musician like me, it's like taking a cheese grater to my ear drums. This is now the music of my nightmares. Like being stuck in between floors on a damn elevator with Muzak.)  Looking at the interview thread, etc. I was trying to gauge how things were going with the Consulate in Amsterdam, but there's not a lot of IR/CR people dealing with them on here.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 21:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I got interview date too today for June. So yes guys whoever waiting for June interview dates pick up your phone and call nvc

Awesome! Please feel in your timeline, or at least give us some details about your case so we have some idea of which embassy you're dealing with, etc. :)


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-29 20:41:00