biggish data

i got touch today from tsc! last touch since dec.3..

Request for Evidence Response Review

On January 24, 2011, we received your response to our request for evidence. This case is being processed at our TEXAS SERVICE CENTER location. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response unless fingerprint processing or an interview are standard parts of case processing and have not yet been completed, in which case you can use the processing time information on our website to estimate when this case will be done. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Good for you, signs of life @ TSC................

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 22:35:00

Congrats 1lovingyou2 on your approval!

I'm always happy to add another person to the approval list on my spreadsheet!

I want to add a lot more people tonight and the rest of this week as well. Keep the approvals coming TSC!

My NOA1 date is August 11th, the spreadsheet says August 30th.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 20:50:00

Check out that woman in Washington

my letter must have hit home,
becasue it only took her about 4 hours to get
it to Michelle at TSC and for her to get it to
me here after 11 PM here its now 1:10 AM
Tuesday morning here in Ukraine

Wade give it a try
I also got a respone from Twitter from
ronnottage@1lovingyou my account from them at

Floor Action
@flooraction on twitter also check it out on my twitter account Wade

Thanks, I just fired off an e-mail to her...............

I am REALLY happy for you, especially since I was able to provide a good email address for you. At the same time felt extremely bummed, I have sent so many e-mails from all the email addresses that I "farmed" off the Internet this weekend.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 18:27:00

Semper Fi

Thanks for the Info in your info
As i said i sent it out saturday and it took 1 day to
get a FIRE under somebodsy butt but
i got some action
.

Hey US MARINE

Good luck

Im on my way to NVC now

Bless all those and in hopes you all get what you deserve back soon.

Thanks
Ron
Thanks LORD

Semper Fi Bro!!

Happy for you and your wife.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 18:07:00

I think they are reading it already.....

I have sent this link in EVERY email I have sent out..................about 100 at least!!

Edited by SqdnGuns, 24 January 2011 - 04:55 PM.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 16:54:00

LMAO, yep - We're going wear those T-shirts proudly! Must do a ladies version....

Wear one when arriving at your POE, and then to your first InfoPass appt.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 14:03:00

After all the researching and emails sent this weekend, I feel like I have hit a wall physically and emotionally. Skype'd with wife and son this weekend, she is a wreak.

It makes it that much harder to deal with when the spouse does not totally grasp why it takes so long and you have a child that keeps getting ill. All she hears is Expedite was approved, why the hell is it taking so long. Expedite was approved 77 days ago, go figure.

She is in a very rural area of Thailand, if I could afford it I would relocate her to Bangkok until this ####### is resolved.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-24 12:53:00

Here is some light reading if interested..........

Citizenship and Immigration Services
Ombudsman
Annual Report 2010
June 30, 2010

http://www.dhs.gov/x...to_congress.pdf

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 20:15:00

So I finally had time to email tsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov.

Almost immediately I receive an automated reply from the same email address stating the following:

Thank you for contacting the Texas Service Center National Customer Service Center (NCSC) Follow Up e-mail account. The purpose of this account is to assist petitioners, applicants or their authorized representatives who have contacted the NCSC number (1-800-375-5283) with an inquiry but feel their inquiry was not adequately addressed within 30 days or who feel that the response received from the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) was not sufficient. This auto reply message will serve as a record of our receiving your inquiry. The TSC NCSC Follow Up e-mail account will try to be responsive to all requests. However, please note that you will not receive a response to your inquiry if you did not first try to resolve your issue by contacting the NCSC, or if you are not the petitioner, applicant or a designated representative of the case you are inquiring about.

If you are asking for a status update you must contact the NCSC. We will not respond to your status update inquiry.

In order to assist you in a timely manner, please include the following information with your inquiry (Send a follow-up email including this information if it was not included in your first request to this e-mailbox):
The service request management tool (SRMT) inquiry number that you were given when you called the NCSC,
If you have called the NCSC and they informed you they are unable to complete a SRMT please provide a brief explanation.
The date that you contacted the NCSC,
Your name and receipt number and/or A-number, and
If available, the name of the NCSC Customer Service Representative you spoke with.
The Texas Service Center will review your e-mail and respond through this e-mail account or through the US Postal Service.

If you feel the decision on your case was made in error, to protect your rights you must follow the regulations and file any necessary motion or appeal within the allotted timeframe.
I'm sure this has been posted before, and perhaps I missed it because I'm quite tired at the moment, but if someone can tell me, what in the world is a service request management tool (SRMT) inquiry number?

My petition had been expedited by a Tier 2 Officer- however I hadn't been given any SRMT inquiry number.

Any thoughts?

Service Request Management Tool (SRMT) online for Forms I-90 and N-400

Currently customers contact the 1-800 number to make a service request, which is then sent via SRMT to the Field Office or Service Center
Enhancement will allow customers and representatives the opportunity to use SRMT directly to submit a request directly to the Field Office or Service Center responsible for the case without calling the 1-800 number
Will be accessible through www.uscis.gov
This service will be piloted for customers whose case is Outside Normal Processing Times for the Forms I-90 and N-400
We plan to offer this online service for all form types currently handled by the call centers

http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD

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Service Request Management Tool (SRMT): When an application or petition is outside of target processing times, a petitioner may contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) to request an inquiry into his or her case (SRMT). Given the USCIS goal to adjudicate O and P nonimmigrant petitions within 14 days, USCIS has taken steps to ensure the NCSC generates an SRMT when an O and P nonimmigrant petition has been pending for over 14 days. It should be noted that for e-filed cases, the processing time does not begin until the supporting documentation is received at the service center. This information was added to the ?Instructions for electronically Filing Form I-129?.

http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD

Edited by SqdnGuns, 23 January 2011 - 08:13 PM.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 20:12:00

I took a wild guess at Nina Bernstein email address and just got an out of office reply:

I am out of the office until June, 2011, and will be based in Paris, on a leave of absence, until then. Though I will be checking my email from time to time, for Metro immigration coverage, please contact Sam Dolnick, at sam.dolnick@nytimes.com, or Kirk Semple at semplek@nytimes.com, or call the Metro desk at 212 556-1533.
For national immigration coverage, contact Julia Preston at juliapreston@nytimes.com
Au revoir!

Some more sources we can contact.
------------------------------------------------------------

Also got an out of office for William G. Wright, he was in the huge list I posted a day or two ago.

On travel; however, I'm checking messages. You can also reach me via cell at (202) 412-5047.

Regards,
Bill

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And one from Tom Paar:

PAAR has left USCIS effective 7.31.09. Thank you.

Scratch him from our list....................

Edited by SqdnGuns, 23 January 2011 - 08:05 PM.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 20:04:00

I decided to reply to the follow-up email I received from Officer Garza on Thursday, and added a few more recipients as well.

TSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov, uscis.internalcommunications@dhs.gov, ja-nel.james@dhs.gov, Natalie.Lui@dhs.gov, Tom.Paar@dhs.gov, USCIS.C2@dhs.gov, Yvette.M.Lagonterie@dhs.gov, Meddie.Brown@dhs.gov, Chris.Rhatigan@dhs.gov, Bill.Wright@dhs.gov, cisombudsman@dhs.gov, nbernstein@nytimes.com, ccarcamo@ocregister.com

Thank you Officer Garza.

May I have the name and contact information of a Supervisor or Manager that is in charge of all the I-130's that were transferred from the California Service Center?

According to two USCIS CSR's that I spoke with almost 2 months ago, my wife's I-130 was already with an Adjudicator, but as I stated in my previous e-mail, all other phone communications I have had with USCIS CSR's, all the "explanations" were quite different. What could the disconnect be within USCIS?

This link shows one of the breathing treatments that my son has to endure due to being hospitalized with pneumonia and bronchitis on multiple occasions, the purpose of my expedite request that was approved November 8, 2010, 76 days as of this e-mail.

http://www.visajourn...ost__p__4423468

I appreciate you immediate attention in this matter.

--
Wade S. Grant
USMC, Retired

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 19:51:00

Can we get some of you who have not filled out your Timelines to do so please? I know that I have sent the link to this thread to 100's of media outlets describing our situation and by having your Timelines completed properly may assist some in evaluating our problem.

Thanks!

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 02:04:00

Ms. Bernstein says in her "Strict Visa Laws" article that when she started to ask for info about Mr. van Sanders cases that USCIS released him from the correctional facility where he was being held. Maybe she can scare USCIS into getting their act together with this TSC fiasco and get them to act on our behalf.

Thanks Sean, I always have a helluva time putting into words that are in my mind, especially when I am angry. I have been stewing all day about our situation, it seems like nothing gets done with our Government unless someone does "something over the top".

Imagine all the others out there that don't belong to VJ or another similar site, what could be going through their minds?

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-23 01:15:00

she could get so many countries, so many family dynamics, so many stories from VJ petitioners.... hopefully she was only taking a break for the holidays and will be getting back to writing again

If we could get more VJ'ers to hammer away at the media....................I can see some traction coming about. What is the saying, Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 22:19:00

oh here's some articles that will chill you to the bone

http://www.nytimes.c...migrant?&st=cse
and this one has worksheet they use that could also be simply profiling:
http://graphics8.nyt...erral_Sheet.pdf

http://www.nytimes.c...ationservicesus

http://www.nytimes.c...ationservicesus

I have contacted the author of those articles.

------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Nina, it appears that you take an interest in immigration stories. I know of hundreds of couples that are going through our own USCIS purgatory. If interested, please read the complete thread from this website and contact me as well.

http://www.visajourn...service-center/

My user ID on that forum is SqdnGuns.

Thank you for considering.

Wade S. Grant
USMC, Retired
------------------------------------------------------------

Always worth a shot.........................

Looks like she specializes in immigration stories but none since August 2010.

http://topics.nytime...?inline=nyt-per

Edited by SqdnGuns, 22 January 2011 - 09:58 PM.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 21:54:00

just follow you on twitter

Thanks...............get the word out!!!

Oh,,,,I will.......

Same same..................

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 20:23:00

Went to Westminster HS near HB
405 & Goldenwest St.
USMC Recon Veteran Semper Fi
Im on twitter also SqdnGuns soon to do the same
its 3:07 AM here in Ukraine

Ron

Semper Fi..............went to Edison HS and Singapore American School.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 20:13:00

What do you guys think about a daily call to NCSC? I wake up around 5am (Pacific). If I could do a 10 minute call every few days. Would that hinder my case or help it? Or is it a little outlandish and childish. I'm getting desperate. (As are all of you too!)

At this point, I don't think anything could hurt, just be sure to state known facts. I am hammering them on Twitter now. http://twitter.com/USCIS_Sloth

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 19:47:00

Excellent. We gotta hit em from all angles and then maybe they'll pay attention to us.

Take a look at my Tweets...............taking a break for a moment and will hammer out more this evening. Now if we could get others to do the same, it could spread like a wildfire!

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 19:08:00

Ok, got it! I'll try to find you on there now.

I found you and following you now.............

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 18:58:00

Created Twitter account.............

http://twitter.com/USCIS_Sloth

I like my twitter name, appropriate.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE IN THIS THREAD DO THIS!!!

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 18:41:00

I signed up as farfromfam but I can't figure out how to send a tweet to USCIS so that they will actually see it. Is that even possible?

You need to follow them and reply on one (or MANY) of their Tweets............

EDIT: I cannot find you on Twitter........

Edited by SqdnGuns, 22 January 2011 - 06:25 PM.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 18:24:00

Created Twitter account.............

http://twitter.com/USCIS_Sloth

I like my twitter name, appropriate.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 18:03:00

Maybe we all should create Twitter accounts and start bombarding USCIS:

http://twitter.com/USCIS

We should also start following major media outlets with out Twitter account as well and hit them up.

just saying..............

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 17:51:00

When I e-mail the Dep. Dir at TSC and others on Monday, I am including this picture of my son undergoing a breathing treatment back in Thailand. He has had pneumonia and now bronchitis, hospitalized many occasions..........

Posted Image

Here is a copy of the expedite approval:

Posted Image

I get pissed more and more as each minute passes............

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 17:42:00

Well, one thing's for certain: news agencies certainly don't give a ####### about what we're going through. I've contacted 4 different media outlets and not one has responded. Has anybody else that contacted the media gotten a response? Cause this is BS.

No response yet but I am still working on it. I'm in SoCal so the Immigration issue only gets attention if it is about ILLEGALS.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 17:26:00

lol dude that's brilliant!

I'm on LinkedIn as well and had the notion of contacting Garza- have you heard back from her yet?

Nope, nothing yet............

My thinking was that by doing this, it puts a face to the issue. Who knows, I'm grasping at straws here.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 17:16:00

IMO this is because of the over-reaction to 9/11. We need FBI checks on everybody coming into the country as a permanent resident? Like they couldn't cause a problem on a 6-month tourist visa if they really wanted to. The real loss due to terrorisms is billions of dollars and untold number of man-hours spent on useless gestures so we feel safer. And the kicker is that we do it to ourselves.

The terrorist have won...................they made made our government impotent.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 16:41:00

OK, with comments from a thread on immigrate2us, I think Officer Garza is a woman, and apparently very important.

Could THIS be the REAL Officer Garza?

http://www.linkedin....garza/3/99a/282

I am a LinkedIn member, I just sent her this invite:

Hello, I am taking a stab that you may be the one that e-mailed me this the other day:

Good Afternoon
Thank you for your inquiry. This file will be requested for review.
Thank You, Officer Garza

As you can see, I am persistent in resolving my situation. Would like to hear from you.

Wade Grant

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-01-22 15:15:00

Another example of TSC not having a clue as to what the hell is going on! I just got this reply from an e-mail I sent on the 5th, keep in mind I was approved on the 7th and was shipped to NVC on the 10th.

More fodder for my blog.................

Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding your application. If your inquiry is case-specific, please call and speak to one of the officers or you can make a service request at the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833). This toll-free call center has additional information and, during their specified office hours, can connect you to live assistance in English and Spanish.

In order to make a service request and speak to a Customer Service Representative, please follow the below instructions:

1) Call 1-800-375-5283
2) DO NOT ENTER A RECEIPT #
3) Select the prompt “1”
4) Then select the prompt “2”
5) Next select the prompt “3”

At that time you will be connected to a Customer Service Representative and advise them you would like to make a service request. This office only accepts an inquiry after an initial service request is made with the National Customer Service Center. If after 30 days and you made a service request and not received a response, you may contact us with a referral tracking number and/or an identification number of the person you spoke to regarding your case. This information will assist us in better serving you.

As a courtesy, we can inform you that the status of your case may be obtained online at https://egov.uscis.g...s/Dashboard.do.

Officer Vara - XM0353
Immigration Services Officer
USCIS - Texas Service Center

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-16 18:28:00

Talked to the reporter, the article should be published in print and online next week.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-16 16:20:00

Holy Sh!t Batman............offline for a few hours and have to read through 6 pages. Congrats to those who have been approved!! Also, thanks for the kudos, it was a team effort, someone just had to ignite the fire, the rest of you added fuel to it!!

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-15 22:32:00

Have not posted much recently, trying to give my brain housing group a break. Been so stressed that I have somewhat of a minor flare up of my Crohn's disease. It's a shi tty disease, literally.

Our son is doing better, we were on Skype last night and he is giving mom a run for her money. Daddy needs to square him away when he gets home. Let's hope they get home before he gets sick again!!

They are going to Bangkok tonight to get the police check, wife's birth cert translated and something else done I cannot recall now. I am bummed that we have to send all that to NVC. For her K-1, she just had to take it to her interview.

Tried calling NVC this morning to see if they received her package yet; nope. I will try again tonight.

If I do not hear from the reporter tomorrow, I will give her a call to find out what's up with the story.

Have not posted much recently, trying to give my brain housing group a break. Been so stressed that I have somewhat of a minor flare up of my Crohn's disease. It's a shi tty disease, literally.

Our son is doing better, we were on Skype last night and he is giving mom a run for her money. Daddy needs to square him away when he gets home. Let's hope they get home before he gets sick again!!

They are going to Bangkok tonight to get the police check, wife's birth cert translated and something else done I cannot recall now. I am bummed that we have to send all that to NVC. For her K-1, she just had to take it to her interview.

Tried calling NVC this morning to see if they received her package yet; nope. I will try again tonight.

If I do not hear from the reporter tomorrow, I will give her a call to find out what's up with the story.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-15 13:34:00

I must have missed that. Any news about the media story? lets see how long it takes you to get a case number.

Nothing yet, I will give her a call on Wednesday. She asked for some family pics that I sent her last week, we'll see what happens.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-14 22:59:00

Congrats to all of the approvals. i was hoping for transfer news for Val and Gary and Wade and all of us really...

Mine was transferred, I got the notice from USCIS on Thursday the 10th, NVC has not received it yet.

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

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On February 10, 2011, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-14 22:28:00

Congrats to all the recent approvals!! Getting ready to call NVC.....................

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-14 21:50:00

Man, you guys are tying up the NVC phone #, I keep getting the busy signal!!

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-14 13:04:00

Wade, MASSIVE CONGRATS bro, I'm really happy for your family!

I hope all is well with your son.

Thanks, and THANKS to everyone else. Just hope i can get the NVC # by Mon or Tues.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-12 15:38:00

I just received the hard copy I-797C approval letter.

SqdnGuns

Male

Thailand

2011-02-12 15:30:00