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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCalifornia Service Center To Texas Service Center

If i am TSC i wouldn't even activate this e-mail address as of now because in the announcement it says "If you do not see any action on your case, such as an approval, denial or an RFE, by March 1, 2011 you may contact USCIS at: I-130Inquiries.Tsc@dhs.gov"


agree with u


Tested it and it was not kicked back..............LOL
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 18:53:00
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well they have pointed out that "On Feb. 7, 2011, we implemented a rapid response plan to expedite the adjudication of these petitions" and "Additionally, we have briefed the Department of State’s National Visa Center about these cases." lets hope all of us get expedite at NVC and at consulate.


They read my blog.................LOL
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 18:49:00
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Start hammering this now: I-130Inquiries.Tsc@dhs.gov

Edited by SqdnGuns, 08 February 2011 - 06:48 PM.

SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 18:47:00
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I wonder what time they class as "close of business"?

I am REALLY hoping these promises hold good.


My "COB" is 2100 PST. (9 PM Pacific Standard Time, somebody will ask.....LOL)
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 17:35:00
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Did you hear anything todaY?


Nope, not yet. She said the USCIS Status page would update either today or tomorrow so I have one more day to wait. If I do not hear anything by COB tomorrow, I will email her again about the expedite through NVC and Embassy as well as call her out on the status update.

If I have no reply, the emails and explanation will posted on the blog and I'll get my people deployed again on FB & Twitter.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 17:24:00
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Here is the SOP for processing I-130's, not sure where I got it from or how old it is. May be useful for some one.

Attached Files


SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 17:11:00
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HI EVERYONE HERE IN THIS INTERESTING FORUM!! WELL IM NEW IN HERE I CREATED AN ACCOUNT CAUSE I RED YOU GUYS ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION LIKE ME, MY HUSBAND FILED MY I130 IN JULY TOO AND WE WERE TRANSFER FROM CCS TO TCS AND THEN TO USCIS OFFICE ON NOV. 24TH. SO WE STILL WAITING FOR OUR NOA2 AD NOTHING YET, IM SO DEPRESS AND CUZ MY HUSBAND HAS TO LEAVE THE STATES FOR ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT TO AFGANISTAN PROBABLY AND IF I GET THERE MAYBE HE WONT BE IN THE STATES CUZ THIS WAIT IS TO LON :help: :help: G SO WE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, WE SENT AN REQUEST FOR AN EXPEDITE LAST MONDAY BUT THEY DIDNT ANSWER , MY HUSBAND IS A ARMY SGT, SO WE EXPEDITE FOR THAT BUT NOTHING YET, WELL THANKS FOR UR TIME TO READ THIS I HOPE SOMEONE HERE CAN TELL ME WHATS GOING O WITH OUR PETITION. PLEASE SORRY MY ENGLISH IS OT TOO GOOD IM LEARNING YET.. ROSMARVIC.


Have your Husband contact his units Legal Officer as well as his Congressman/Senators. Due to a pending deployment, this should be a slam dunk.

Also, please don't type in all CAPS, it is hard to read.

Good Luck

used same email on website for tsc.

got this response today 10:00am.


Hello,

Thank you for contacting us about your I-130 petition. We understand the effects our processing times can have on applicants and are working diligently to shorten the processing time. You should receive a notice on your I-130 petition by February 18, 2011. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.



Thank you,
Officer Carole


Looks like this is the new canned response, with only the names changed to protect the guilty.......LOL
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 11:29:00
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Working OT at TSC. It should come out of the CSC budget.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 02:17:00
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What i wanna know is after all this drama has one person received an official approval.. meaning a real change in status that we can actually see?!


The email I received today said I should see my status change tomorrow or Wednesday. Although I am HIGHLY optimistic, I will believe it when I have our NVC # and my wife has her interview scheduled.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 00:13:00
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OK, THIS thread amused me....

http://www.visajourn...-of-california/

Posted Image


I couldn't help but comment.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-08 00:04:00
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For Wade - From what I've read on other threads, the expedite is not automatic throughout. You have to expedite it through NVC also.


Yup, I know that. Since they screwed up, I want THEM to make sure THEY expedite it.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 18:40:00
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I guess on Angela's email and got it right!

Here was her response to me:

Ms. Sharma,



Your case had already been assigned to an officer and an action should be taken by close of business tomorrow. I will provide you with an update at that time.



Regards,

Angela K. Barrows


Sweeeeeet.............
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 18:18:00
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Nothing like raising a bit of hell to rattle some cages. One voice is quiet, many are louder!!

And my blog is going to stay up until this is completed. Yes, I am sorry that TSC was dumped on by someone in the "Puzzle Palace" but they must be held accountable so this does not happen again.

Edited by SqdnGuns, 07 February 2011 - 06:10 PM.

SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 18:08:00
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Nice to see a great deal of honesty in the TSC Director's response. I respect that. Posted Image


Me too, I was pleasantly surprised and appreciated it!
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 17:15:00
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Thanks everyone!!

Don't give up, be persistent and DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!!

I was at a breaking point last night.

You can make a difference!! Between my Twitter, Facebook and Blog, I was able to reach a ton of people.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 16:51:00
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For those of you getting email alerts whenever a post in this thread, I can hear you know, "Damn that SqdnGuns, not again!!"

Well, my persistence paid off, I just got an email from the Director of the Texas Service Center, this is a reply to one that I sent to her 20 minutes before getting this reply.

Mr. Grant,

Thank you for your email. I had received one over the weekend from you and your case was approved this morning. You should be able to see it on the case status online tomorrow or Wednesday. I would have to agree with you that the process was temporarily broken, but we have taken steps to correct this and we will have all cases processed within the next weeks. Hopefully your future experiences with USCIS and with TSC will be more positive. My apologies for your wait, and I hope that your son recovers soon and fully.

Regards,

Angela K. Barrows

I truly hope that hey have fixed their errors for the sake of the rest of you. I am waiting to hear back from her whether our case will be expedited @ NVC and the Embassy.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 16:08:00
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I just got off the phone with USCIS, spoke with an Officer Bautista (Tier 2), she was understanding but could not do anything for me. She did say she was requesting another expedite and I should be receiving something within 5 days. I told her with all due respect, I have already heard that over and over, never to receive anything.

No one will listen...........
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-07 13:31:00
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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

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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
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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.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 23:00:00
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Probably don't need to worry about this but it's a concern. An hour away from where TJ is hospitalized. Murphy's Law anyone??

Fighting on Cambodian border

http://www.bangkokpo...clash-on-border
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 21:05:00
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Another October filer at CSC approved.....

http://www.visajourn...ve-3-questions/

Congrats to the happy couple; USCIS, go to hell.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 04:22:00
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I just completed filing and submitting my Legal Intake form for the ACLU Southern California office. Some of you may want to consider this too if you have been approved for an expedite but no action has been taken by USCIS.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 04:14:00
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I'm a Oct filer and have been following your nightmare praying that the same does not happen to me. I don't know if getting this out to the media will do any good (they're government employees, its not like any of them can be fired or anything), but I admire your determination to try and do something and will do my best to spread your story and get others to read it too. One small suggestion if I may: while everyone here is all too familiar with the jargon used within this community, the rest of people (including myself 5 months ago)dont know what terms like NOA, RFE and TSC mean. I think that your blog would be even more effective if you tried to replace these terms with ones more easily understood by joe blow.
I am hoping for you and the rest of the TSC hostages as much as I am for my own application.


Thanks..........anything that has an acronym in the blog is first referenced by the actual phrase.

United States Customs & Immigration Service (USCIS)
California Service Center (CSC) to the Texas Service Center (TSC)
Adjustment of Status (AOS)
etc, etc..........

I think by doing it this way just magnifies what we do have to deal with.

The blog may be in vain but at the same time it is a bit of a "release" for me.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 02:26:00
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I know the site is down, it was just wishful day-dreaming.

I just drafted up a letter and am preparing to mass communicate it. Hopefully all of our media contacting will not fall on deaf ears and something will actually be done. :reading:


Okie doke.............I am day dreaming a bit too. I have only slept 3 hours since 10 AM yesterday. For some reason I am "Amped" up, I expect a crash soon.

I have been making comments on different news sites and leaving a link to the Blog I created, it is working because I can see where the traffic to the Blog is coming from.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 01:25:00
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It is very irritating! Your NOA1 date is just a day after mine, and when I called in 2 weeks ago they said they were processing July 16th petitions. SURE they were. I have 20 more days before the 60 day grace period my local senate office has given them, but who knows if they'll even be able to help. I'm hoping the system is down tonight because they're giving mass TCS approvals and refunding the fees we paid as well.

Here's to a new week and 36,000 TSC approvals :whistle:


The site is down to scheduled maintenance which they posted on the site yesterday.

You all need to start rattling some cages, don't rely on your elected officials to be of any assistance. Contact local and national media, take advantage of Twitter and Facebook. We have to be proactive since no one is looking out for us.

Read my blog and make a comment about what you're experiencing with this process. The blog is getting quite a few hits from the Tweets, Facebook status and getting others I know to get the word out.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-06 00:47:00
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Good morning to my wonderful CSC-TSC family. I couldn't help but be happy in greeting all of you ( coming from 12 hrs night shift, without sleep- by the way, I'm a Registered Nurse).
It's sunny here in CA..
Now will try to catch up with all the posts. Whew! Hope to read some good news.


Hey ezzie, where in Cali are you?
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 13:54:00
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For those that have read the blog already, I have just added some content that I forgot, it is 3/4 the way down where I discuss contacting my Congressman. I don't think I shared this with you guys previously..............have a good laugh.


Trimmed up the content a bit as recommended by someone whole will be blasting this out on the Internet for me, also added more photos.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 11:56:00
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For those that have read the blog already, I have just added some content that I forgot, it is 3/4 the way down where I discuss contacting my Congressman. I don't think I shared this with you guys previously..............have a good laugh.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 10:43:00
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Platinum Member - What's that make me? LOL
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 09:54:00
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Changed the template for the blog to make it more readable.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 09:25:00
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Good Morning all,

Just got in from work, I'm one of those dreaded Cab Drivers. I put in a call to a lawyer that specializes in immigration locally. He was not in the office, so I don't expect to hear from him until Tuesday. I will discuss with him in detail the situation we are all facing, and the laws that have been broken in regards to the processing of our cases. We will see what he has to say about it. Of course, TSC could be watching this forum, and now seeing that we are looking into taking them to Federal Court, they are going to work even harder on the I-130's that we all sent in. They may not like the fact we have found the exact codes they have broken, in regards to our cases at this point. :devil: But when I speak to the lawyer on Tuesday, I will let you all know where we stand. We're all in this together.. :thumbs:

And Wade, from a old HM.. my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.

( For those that don't know what a HM is.. I'm sorry, but any Jarhead knows for real!)


Thanks "Doc"...............I always looked out for my Corpsman.

Excellent wording and a heartbreaking story Wade, I wish you luck. I am sure approval is not far away, but THEN of course is the crazy wait to get to the NVC,

We should all write our own stories on a communal blog. It would be a tremendous piece of writing that may get noticed. We all have our own stories. Can you imagine what impact a 50 or 60 person blog may have? Just a thought.


Comments are open on my blog, add your stories, one central repository detailing USCIS failures.

I still have more to write, I see where I have missed a few things...........

Wade, well-written blog buddy.

Hope you're catching up on your rest.


Appreciate it..........

The blog is not just for me, I did it for all of us being screwed by USCIS.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 09:23:00
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OK, Blog is ready for prime time!! Happy reading and PLEASE feel free to post comments!!

http://uscisfiasco.blogspot.com/
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 09:01:00
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OK, you know what? I'm married to a USMC, I know how you guys are...
Good luck my friend


Lucky you, married to a Jarhead!! It's hard to be humble when you're the World's Finest!!

Tell your hubby Semper Fi for me........
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 07:54:00
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Wade you need to get some sleep. Preserve yourself for the big day which I wish will soon happen


Nope, got to get it done. I am on a roll and don't want to get writers block!! Also, I have someone who is one of the TOP "Tweeters", I think she was in the top 100 and has over 87,000 followers and has been featured many time in different media. I want to get this done so she can get a "Tweet" out going to the blog ASAP.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 07:47:00
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Damn, this blog is like write "War and Peace", literally and figuratively!!

Haven't been to bed yet..........
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 07:40:00
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Just created a BLOG about the ####### we have been dealing with. It's not done yet...... http://uscisfiasco.blogspot.com/
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:51:00
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This is the direct link to my comment on their FB page.

http://www.facebook...._t=feed_comment
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:38:00
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It's 2:30 AM here, I cannot remember the last night I actually had a good nights sleep let alone get to bed at a decent hour.

I can thank USCIS and TSC for aging me 10 years in less than a few months.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:33:00
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Added mine too


You're awesome Lidia!!!
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:30:00
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Just commented for you Wade. Hope it helps. Posted Image


Thanks!! I appreciate it big time.

I have "Tweeted" the Ambassador on a few occasions and got a reply. I just sent her a lengthy message via her personal Facebook page as well. If I can get just one person in the government to light a fire under USCIS, it will be worth all the late nights online fire off emails, Tweets, etc...........
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:29:00
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If you're on Facebook, I would appreciate if some of you would make a comment on my post (Wade Grant) here: http://www.facebook.com/usembassybkk

Somebody has to listen. Even if the Embassy cannot do anything directly, they can make some inquiries, if they have a heart.

Thanks

Hi:)
I understand what you feel and what you're going through:( and i'm hoping that you'll get yours by monday:)
As of know i just want to be positive with all what i've gone through with this immigration process, what am saying is not only with I-130 coz i had an ongoing immigrant petition and because of retrogression it became impossible.
In fairness to USCIS all their response to me were consistent but of course 7 months of waiting is not a joke at all :blink: :angry: :devil:
Hoping for our approval by next week, i mean ALL of us.
TC


No problem zoe, I am being realistic and have become a bit cynical with this fiasco.
SqdnGunsMaleThailand2011-02-05 05:14:00