Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
USCIS Service Centers	Vermont?	Is any one else stuck at Vermont. I sent my wifes and daughters in april. My wife was transfered to CSC than was approved. I am almost done with her visa but yet my daughters has not even been touched scence it was recived. Any thoughts Jeremy Have you called and asked to speak to an Immigration Officer?	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-23 11:40:00
USCIS Service Centers	Lions and tigers and corruption	wow	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-06 18:46:00
USCIS Service Centers	I've had it up to HERE with CIS	Oh carp, sorry to alarm... this was all self-inflicted pain! and it wasn't about our background checks, as we actually got the approval. No, we wrote to withdraw the petition, never heard a peep, called and were told it wasn't withdrawn, in the interim we had a big change of heart... petitioner wrote again and asked to stay in the game, and shortly after our approval appeared and our case went to nvc so we pursued it and paid the fees (thinking we were a-ok). Then the case disappeared, and we have tried to confirm (what we know) that it is because of letter #1; and to see if there was anything we could do to stop the revocation. Yeah, we messed up! and we don't want to wait 4 mos to have them say sorry, start again, we're just going to start again now.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-23 15:48:00
USCIS Service Centers	I've had it up to HERE with CIS	Wow, that sucks! So what are they saying, it was denied? They won't say anything really. It was approved, and then *i think* withdrawn but I can't get anyone to tell us. My beef is really why they say online that something was mailed, with "call in 30 days if not received" but then the guy tells me on the phone "it says here you shouldn't call for 120 days" HUH?	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-23 11:39:00
USCIS Service Centers	I've had it up to HERE with CIS	We have been waiting for 2 responses from CSC since August. We haven't gotten anything, so I called the 800# and heard "Status for this receipt # cannot be found at this time in this automated system... If you have questions about your case status, please contact the service center where you submitted your application." Gripe #1 Why do they suggest contacting CSC when you can't call them? you can't email them? and writing them has gotten us nowhere? How do they imagine this mystical "contact" will take place? Ok, I am really steamed today so bear with me....... This has been the longest 30 days of my life and now today I called and was told by customer service that CIS wants 120 more days to let us know anything. This is NEWS to us!! four months to respond? WHY WHY WHY would we do that? Why did online status tell us they mailed something Aug 25, and Sept 8 and then today they say "wait 120 days" The friendly customer service person told us that we can reapply. He put me on hold to confirm that, and came back to say YES! you can reapply! Yeah, makes more sense than waiting 4 months for nothing doesn't it? AACK. This whole thing has caused so much stress in our house..... it's just been a really bad week.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-20 16:23:00
USCIS Service Centers	calling USCIS	Well I called on the 19th and saw a touch on the 21st . I decided to call again ont the 22nd and speak to someone again and I saw a touch late in the evening on the 22. According to this test , it seems the touch are only login of a called relating to that receipt number When I called Aug 25, had a touch the next day; Called last week, talked in length to an Immigration officer - no touch. who the heck knows.........	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-23 11:36:00
USCIS Service Centers	Proof positive you should NEVER EVER move during this process	Seriously, why do they have a form in place to change it if it doesn't work? We have refiled again as DCF so I don't care if they have our address at CSC anymore, it's just humorous that they mailed a "change of address form" to our new address, saying they don't have our new address. Silliness!! Edited by Married_my_love, 22 October 2006 - 02:45 PM.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-10-22 14:44:00
USCIS Service Centers	Proof positive you should NEVER EVER move during this process	I mailed, faxed and phoned in our new address in August. I even got a "confirmation number" from a live operator that they had our new address. We had touches in Aug Sept Oct, and all of them said they'd mailed us information. We received nothing so I knew in my heart they were mailing whatever-it-was to our old address. After all the letters were bouncing back to them, they finally mailed this mystery information to the correct new address. what was it? A change of address form. It's kinda funny, isn't it?	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-10-22 13:16:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Drafting/Going to spouse's orignal country.	I just wanted to add, that the American trying to become a landed immigrant in Canada needs to also meet certain education qualifications to become a landed immigrant. Just wanted to say I just completed the Canadian imm. process and didn't have to meet any educational qualifications. I did an outside app, completed in 3 months (they strive to complete all straight forward cases in under 6 mos) from initial mail-in of app to visa granted. Outside applying, must be apart for several months, inside applying you get to be with spouse and can work, but no travel priviledges. Just depends on what you want to do and how long you are willing to be apart. Buffalo is farming out the apps to other embassies in many cases to expedite. No interview either. Just wanted to post in case anyone is interested in this route. Edited to add, they did reduce that fee from $900 to half that. Anyone who applied and paid the full 900 got half of it back as a refund as of May 06 Edited by Married_my_love, 16 August 2006 - 10:53 AM.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-16 10:50:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	FOIA and FBI	212 (A) (7) (A) (I) (1) 212A7AI1 "not in possession of a valid unexpired immigrant visa, reentry permit, border crossing identification card, or other valid entry document required by this Act, and a valid unexpired passport, or other suitable travel document, or document of identity and nationality if such document is required under the regulations issued by the Attorney General under section 211(a)." The bar does not apply As per USCIS site: Arriving alien allowed to withdraw §235 Form I-275, Form I-160A None - §212(a)(9)(A) does not apply (that is the bar) Withdrawal may have been authorized by either inspector or IJ	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-16 15:58:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Possible waiver needed?	Bans for overstay start at 180 days.... So if your question is whether a 1 day overstay can trigger a ban, then no.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-07 12:06:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	FBI and FOIA Help	Also My FOIA was Filed In April and Can anyone advise on when I might be getting this back??? please dont give negative answer, we all here to help but some people go one too much?? thanks My reply was in regards to FOIA, you asked "can anyone advise on when I might be getting this back?" it CAN take up to a year. If answering honestly is being negative, so sad, too bad. Edited by Married_my_love, 02 November 2006 - 11:16 PM.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-11-02 23:16:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	FBI and FOIA Help	Good day to you all guys?? I have a quick question.. I got my credit card statement today and found out that there has been an FBI charge of $18.00 on about 2 weeks ago?? Does this means i will be hearing something from them very soon.. I did the request or posted it on the 1st day of August?? Also My FOIA was Filed In April and Can anyone advise on when I might be getting this back??? I hear its going on for about 6 - 9 months? is this correct??? thank you and good luck to everyone here?? Ummm, you asked the same question about FOIA in August. ? Reply was it could take up to a year.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-10-28 05:36:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Waiver - Vermont Shipping Delay	So, first does anyone know just how slow the Mail is in Canada --- MAN it is slow. I am from the US and I can say I will never, ever complain about US mail ever again since dealing with Canada Post LOL.. Also remember, CP doesn't deliver mail on Saturdays, so only count the weeks as 5 days (in US mail delivers on saturdays too).	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-11-16 16:21:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Fingerprinting question	I don't have the answer but SHOOT! My husband is a twin too. I hope you get your results quickly. That's an interesting quandry I've never seen posted, and never thought about before......	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-10-28 23:32:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Filed Waiver in Montreal	(iii) Exceptions.- (I) Minors.-No period of time in which an alien is under 18 years of age shall be taken into account in determining the period of unlawful presence in the United States under clause (I). I don't understand (given her age) why you had to file a waiver at all ?? From your post she was what, 16 when she left US? I don't get it.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-11-10 17:08:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Filed Waiver in Montreal	Theirs took 7 months to approval. I am not sure if each case is different based on what the reason for the waiver is though. Did your wife have an actual visa? I am just wondering as Canadian don't accrue unlawful presence in the same manner as other countries, so I assume she overstayed an actual visa or date to return... ?	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-11-08 19:44:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Overstay Qu.	Yes what EMT said, not about luck at all. (well except lucky our Consular knew about the advisory opinion) In our case, I met my husband in US and he had been here several months. He went home for a wedding but wanted to come back because we were all googly for each other When he got to the Toronto airport they asked him what he was going to the US for. He said MY GIRL IS THERE!! and then proceeded to tell them all the wrong things (the truth). They allowed him to retract, sent him back to Ottawa and stamped a piece of paper (because this was before passports). He did not attempt return until he flew down here to help me move to Canada. MAN he had a hard time. He had every piece of paper possible to prove I was moving to Canada with him because he knew they'd see his previous issues and probably stop him. They wanted to deny but he just kept pulling out more evidence mover's contract, my Canada PR approval, and lots of stuff to convince them. They finally let him in. Anyways, blah blah, yes that advisory opinion saved us. The Consular did say, "Oh I see you were denied entry" (because we had to say he had been denied before on application)... and that was it. Never brought up the previous overstay at all. All 3 lawyers had no idea about Canadians and overstay. I paid $ to have them tell me he was subject to the ban, he would need a waiver and that we should have the waiver with us at time of interview. I had to do my own research to find out they were wrong (and I should have used Shusterman would have saved me a lot of $).	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2008-09-14 16:53:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Overstay Qu.	We declared all of my husband's previous stay, one which was over 180 days and it wasn't even mentioned in our interview. I lost sleep over this and paid 3 lawyers who told me he would be denied. DH, Canadian with no I94, considered violation of stay but with no judge ruling and was not discussed in interview with Consular.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2008-09-12 13:31:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Cr*p! Will NVC accept a Postal Money Order ?	i used postal money order and have not had any problems so far. But they were USPS money order. I guess only time will tell. Yeah, mine was canadian, so No Go, please everybody!! If you're getting it in another country, make sure you get in from inside a BANK and that they have a US bank affiliate. I got it taken care of today, got a new one, and drove across the border to mail it.... wow what a day just to get an envelope in the mail.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-05 17:43:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Cr*p! Will NVC accept a Postal Money Order ?	IGNORE ME I'm losing my mind. I just called and they will not accept it. AAAARGH. Let anyone in the future learn from my mistake!! ack ack ack.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-04 21:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Cr*p! Will NVC accept a Postal Money Order ?	I just read "drawn from U.S. Bank" regarding the fees.... Sh****T! I mailed the $70 to NVC with a Canada Post money order in U.S. funds. Will they accept that? THe tracking shows it is going to get there Monday, but if they won't accept it, I'd rather re-generate the form and send again Fedex overnight, I don't want to get an rfe for something this stupid (I'm in canada so I was stumped on where to get this money order) duh. craaaap.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-04 20:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	case complete	The RFE was for failing to write N/A for one of the Qs. Thanks for posting why, I will make sure to go thru every Q looking for places to NA!	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-04 19:43:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	OMG I am sooo confused.....	here's a gud thread abt james' shortcuts......save more time, email ur choice of agent.....fill out and send ds230 2 ur hubby....its all here.... http://www.visajourn...p?showtopic=117 Yeah, don't even mail the DS-3032, they accept the email, it took them just a few days to acknowledge ours. But the email has to be from you, the bennie.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-12 10:08:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent package!	yay for you!!	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-16 15:49:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	You won't believe how fast I got a response from CSC, please see my other post here 5 hour turn around	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-25 17:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	Wow!! Im so sorry that this has happened now. Make an InfoPass appointment at your District Office and hopefully it can be resent to NVC. It will involve a $400 flight to do an info pass, but I'm actually considering it.... (I'm visiting my husband in canada for a while)	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-25 14:53:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	Well I got through and after 1-1/2 hrs of hold time, the Immigration Officer has no idea why it was returned. It doesn't show up on their end, and NVC is saying they have no idea either. This is just mind numbing. Somebody had to request it was shipped back, but even the IO said she couldn't believe we'd already been at NVC and assigned a case # and that it would go back.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-24 17:18:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	It can be a pain to get through. Try this number I found on the CIS website: 785-330-1048. It provides automated case status (no operators) and will hopefully get you the info you need. Best of luck. Thanks VP, well I am a BIG FAN of technology, but especially today. I purchased a microphone and D/L'd Skype and I'm on hold for an immigration officer right now!! and I can play computer games while waiting, that is just lovely. Thanks for your help though! I did try that auto number but it doesn't give any other info than the website case status.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-24 16:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	The phone number for CIS headquarters in Washington, DC is (202) 514-4316. This is the phone number someone from outside the US needs to call to reach immigration. From what I hear, it's more helpful and much better than the (800) number anyway... so maybe everyone should use it! Have you known anyone to get thru on this number? It just rings and rings..... it is currently 10:40 eastern.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-24 09:51:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	The phone number for CIS headquarters in Washington, DC is (202) 514-4316. This is the phone number someone from outside the US needs to call to reach immigration. From what I hear, it's more helpful and much better than the (800) number anyway... so maybe everyone should use it! Thanks VP. It now just rings and rings, but then again it is 5:05 est maybe it is after hours for that office. I will try tomorrow before I drive all the way to michigan. Interesting that I begged NVC for some kind of number to call, and that was not the one they offered me. Edited by Married_my_love, 23 August 2006 - 04:07 PM.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-23 16:06:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	wouldn't that be 001-880- then your number? that doesn't work either. I am so frustrated. I called 800 411 and the lady said they don't list government 800 #s I asked if she could connect me, (i thought it'd be worth to ask) she said no "most gov't 800 #s are not accessible in canada"	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-23 15:48:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	You can call a 800 number from outside the U.S. Here is how: Replace 800 with 880. I have done this successfully from numerous countries. Hope your situation gets straightened out. Hmm, evidently not in canada. I tried it and get a recording saying I need to add "1" (even though I did) or Zero before the number, tried that too I tried 880 with my cell phone too, no go. damn. Edited to add: I don't get why I can dial my long distance access number, which is 800, but not the USCIS number. This makes no sense.... Edited by Married_my_love, 23 August 2006 - 03:40 PM.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-23 15:38:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC sent case back to CIS	I am so frustrated, I've been crying all day... the automated response says they sent the case back to CIS. I can't call CIS as I'm in canada with my husband and the 800# doesn't work from here. Back in April we had written asking to cancel our petition but after I arrived in canada we had a change of heart. Since the app made it to NVC we began paying the fees, etc. We have been extremely happy that we got the approval. I never completed the canada immigration because we got the NOA2 right after I got here and decided to go with it. I understand this happened due to what we did (or I assume so) but I am so frustrated sitting here unable to call and ask for sure why it was sent back. The NVC operator said she couldn't say why and gave me the automated number. I can't find any info online about reinstating a cancelled petition, but my gut says they're going to say we have to start from scratch. We're going to drive to the border in the morning and see if I can get a cell phone signal to try dialing the 800# as I still have my US cell phone active. Pity party, I know, but I'm home alone and so down and out, I just wanted to post I guess.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-23 14:51:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	WAAAH!!	and hopes when its her turn to wah you do the same I will, wah-n you are ready, I will toss the hankies back. ty	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-01 20:23:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	WAAAH!!	Our case was returned to CIS, but the NVC has sent the I-864 pkg and the IV Fee Bill, dated AFTER the case was returned. I know this is just an administrative goof, but I am sure you can imagine I see this mail and my heart starts pounding and I think something good is happening.... but it is just a PSYCH out wah. Ok, i'm done with my wah-wahing.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-01 19:41:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Funny story ...read!!!	Its not a matter of right, its a matter of frustration. Sometimes we do things purely out of being human. Obviously Borat's a troll, but I wanted to say THANKS for pointing this out! I agree that the frustration of this process can make us do really silly and stupid things. Cry, rant, drink booze, fight with spouse (or friends who don't understand) etc. etc.... yep, it really does bring the worst out of us sometimes.	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-01 17:12:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Barcodes using IDAUTOMATION.COM	How are you even creating it... I've tried numerous times and I keep getting the red "x" where the barcode should be ? I had this prob, had to disable my popup stopper.....	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-17 14:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC received my case!!!	What is their phone number 603-334-0700	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-09-07 12:47:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 Evidence Question	same with onesuite.com I print the history at the end of the month and put it in my immig. file	Married_my_love	Not Telling	Canada	2006-01-31 15:47:00