Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Losing faith	OK, I just took some action. Here is the letter I wrote to my Congress Member: (personal data redacted) ------------------------------------------- Dear Congressman ******* I am a petitioner to the BCIS for a K-1 fiance visa for my beloved fiance, Elena ********. I started to consider the possibility that something was wrong when BCIS took an inordinate amount of time to issue my NOA2, a document that in the past was issued in 4 to 6 weeks. I then did some research and learned that BCIS now has a misguided policy that is causing substantial harm to all American citizens looking to bring their fiances and spouses home, where they belong, on a K-1 or K-3 petition. It turns out that BCIS has decided to put processing of all K-1s and K-3s on hold indefinitely so they can instead process charitable applications for immigration from residents of Haiti whose lives were affected by the recent weather events there. I am not suggesting that the United States should abandon its fine tradition of compassion towards people in other lands who are suffering, but compassion has its limits, and when American citizens are being harmed, those limits have been reached. A K-1 and K-3 visa application is special. It is special because the Constitutional right of the American citizen applicant to marry as he sees fit and his Constitutional right to expect expedient service from his government are involved. This hold on American citizen petitions while these charity based petitions are being processed has denied these American citizen applicants these rights for months and months on end, with no conclusion in sight. Until these petitions are processed, the American citizen applicants cannot marry as they see fit and cannot cohabit with their fiances or spouses as they see fit. And the spouses and fiances we love so dearly are denied their right to live in the homes that are rightfully theirs and instead remain trapped in their countries of origin. This is an unacceptable loss of our basic rights as American citizens, and as a citizen and your constituent, I wish to go on record as being opposed to this summary deprivation of our rights by BCIS. Charitable petitions are a wonderful work of American compassion in action, but these petitions simply must take a back seat to the exercise of the basic rights of American citizens, as all charitable work must take a similar back seat. I therefore wish for you, my elected representative, to take whatever actions are possible to correct this well intentioned but severely misguided policy of BCIS, to get them to put things in the correct order, and to respect the rights of American citizen K-1 and K-3 applicants to have their petitions processed first, before any consideration is given to any foreign individual, Hatian or otherwise, for the extraordinary privilege of immigrating to our great nation. I thank you for your kind courtesy and consideration. Yours truly, Al****** ********** ---------------------------------------------------------- Of course one voice is not nearly as loud as a chorus of voices. So who is with me? Who will write a similar letter to your Congress Member? If you are not a good letter writer, please feel free to cut and paste mine. We need as many voices as we can on this campaign. We need to show BCIS that we are not going to tolerate this abuse any more. And the more voices we have, the more likely it is we will be noticed. Please, all of you: Stop playing nicey nice. Stand up for your rights and take action! So I repeat: WHO IS WITH ME? nice letter, and yes i am with you. thanks for writing this letter;))	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-09 12:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Any July Filers out there???	There are still quite a few July filers that don't have an NOA2 yet, some of them earlier than me (my NOA1 is July 17). Check the July 2010 VSC forum (below), and you'll see a lot of others like yourself. I'm waiting to hear back from the VSC on January 6. USCIS put in a request for the status, and I was told that an officer is looking at it now and should have some info next week. http://www.visajourn...s/page__st__360 hi were july filer too w/ NOA1 dated July13th, we called VSC a couple of times & today my fiance got escalated to a higher person, well atleast according to them & said as per the system they will communicate with him on or before Jan 12. ***sigh** were on our 6months mark by then...so disappointing	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-28 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Happy New year everyone	Happy New Year, everyone. Let this be the end of the last year we're apart from our loved ones! HAPPY NEW YEAR	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-31 23:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC August 2010.. what's up?	Who is "they"? Are you talking about the robots who answer the phones? Those people are about as useful as screen doors on submarines. They have no clue as to what is going on, and most of the time that they are pressed for answers that are not on their cheat sheet, those answers are from the twilight zone. Don't pay attention to any so called answers from the first level phone staff. My cat can come up with better answers. hahaha LOL good for you for having a smart cat anyhow, well your right its them on the call centers, but its also a given answer for one of the post by some moderator, also same when we were told to call by January 12th by the supposed higher person than or immigration officer. were we sure that he was indeed the right person with a valid answer? nope and i hope not LOL. my only wish is when they all go back to work on monday, that they will start approving our petitions. as of the igor's list its already saying theyre processing august 6th uhuh?!? so im starting to wonder where did all the rest of July filer's cases went???	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-02 13:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC August 2010.. what's up?	and oh i forgot to add, they're saying now that 6months still w/n time frame process up to 9 months uhuh!?!	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-02 12:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC August 2010.. what's up?	Mid August? That is a bit much to hope for at this point. Mid July is just starting to come in. Believe me that I wish it were otherwise. As far as I am concerned, USCIS should be working on Mid November right now, but the bureaucrats who are getting paid $1,820.00 per hour of our money just don't see it this way. OMG! I so agree were july filer yet still got nothing	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-02 12:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	application for withdrawal?what the EF!	uscis/vsc says they sent us a notice acknowledging our application to withdraw our petition! onle the petioner can withdraw the petition and greg did'nt do that.he's mad as hell and i was crying my eyes out all weekend (we got the news late friday afternoon and no answer from the call center!).then greg called on monday morning first thing and they told him to wait until he gets the notice in the mail then respond in writing! i ws disatissfied cos i'm thinking we're wasting time waiting for a notice that mite not come (cos it mite have been sent to the person who actually made such a request for their petition!).so we 3 wayed thema nd i got talk to a rep who after hearing my concerns advised up to ahead a write a response and send it to them immediately...we did that.the letter was overnighted last night and was delivered at 12:08pm today...phew! i also emailed a copy of the letter to them (thanx lucy) and we r now trying to get in contact with the congressman's office in orlando. i'm so pissed at them! but most of all sad and disheartened.still fighting tho...wish me luck! that is horrible! i hope it get fixed	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-05 13:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	The wait would not be half as bad as it is if it were not for USCIS's arrogance. They think that they are ENTITLED to take as long as they damn well please to find 15 measly minutes to read the papers you spend days preparing. And then when you, the puny mortal, dares to ask them when they will find those 15 minutes, they then think that they are ENTITLED to tell you whatever ridiculous lie they feel like telling you, and then they think they are ENTITLED to have you then crawl away on your hands and knees for whatever amount of days they feel like banishing you for having the gall to disturb those Kings and Queens with your puny mortal concerns. This abysmal failure of a governmental agency has no place in the United States of America in the 21st century. We fought a war in 1776 to get rid of the King and the Queen, and now they are back. The entire USCIS needs to be abolished and replaced with an agency that truly serves the people of the United States. All we have now is one that thinks the people are here to serve them. kudos to you Sir!wish we could all get this voice in public or in press, most cases like this it gets notice only when press is involved, only then all politicians trying to gain votes for their next run will be paying attention. otherwise, all our voices here will be kept in the dark, only VJers can hear	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-05 21:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	Right thats me sent off an email for Rach to then send.. now will the reply be 30 days or 60 days!! Cheers Lucy.. took some really good points from your mail.. we just got an email from our last mail to call them after 60 days any update on yours?	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-05 09:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	Get emailing guys!!!!!! 1 word of advice though only the petitioner can call/email for privacy and data protection - i got told to go away and so I ahd to forward the email to Matt to then email straight on to them as they wont take enquries from the beneficiary so if like me your OH needs a kick up the butt and u do all the chasing but they are the petitioner - forward it to them first then get them to send it to vermont from there email and there name!!! okiesgot it	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-04 22:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	I used - VSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov -i dont even know where i found it now - think on USCIS website some where, the email above was the second one I sent, the first one I got a reply saying go away about 6 days after, i then sent this. I gave up on the call centre until the night before approval when our call was taken by a senior member of staff. We tried all angles. sweet! thanks Lucy, will try to give this a shot! goodluck on your next step & congrats from getting thru this sucking USCIS process	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-04 21:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	This was the email I sent to Vermont directly as we were getting no where with the call centre. Other than call back in 30 days, call back in 60 days and one nonce who said he couldnt even find the petition and asked was I sure I filed for a I129F!!!! I recommend emailing them directly and it took 6 days to get a response. ''The previous email was submitted by the petitioner, Mr Matthew Poletto. He has called many times to the national centre and all they can offer is a answer which 1) doesn't make any sense 2) to contact you directly, of which I am trying to do. The channels of communication for this procedure is something that really lacks any postive remarks on my part. The national centre does not know any relevant information on our petition and simply reads from the script that they are told to do. And to think, the money we paid for this is taken so quickly, yet we are still waiting after the deadline and not given one decent update. Any private business that would operate this way would be out of business within a week. Again, I will re-iterate, the phone line that is contactable does not provide any useful information and this has now well past its 5 month deadline. I am in contact with my congressman, of which is making an enquiry on our behalf. This petition needs immediate attention. I will not stop emailing or calling until someone, of either some authority or knowledge, gives us an answer of when this will be looked at. Something of which should of already been done. I would appriciate a response that gives us some decent information about our overdue pending petition. Thank you great letter! which email add of vermont exactly did u send to if i may ask?	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-04 21:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Sucks	got the same email too and it pissed me off thinking that u cant call them till another 60 F-king days??? they are getting more & more ridiculous!!!	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-04 21:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2	atleast five months or more like most of us. were way beyond 5months and still clueless	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-06 20:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July Filers Unite!!	were july filers too...and dont know what else we can do to get our case going	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-06 23:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NO2 how did you get notified?? Vermont	I called them already like 5-6 time and every time i get same response...wait wait wait. Did two service request on the case....first one was that case is under review and to wait 30 days. Second one was the same thing but now i have to wait 60 days....so i assuming the third one is gonna be to wait 120 days. Today im going to see my congressman again...this is a really painfull process that make my life really deppresing aw! i feel you. were on the same boat 6months and still clueless	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-07 11:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Where is my NOA2	what is the prossesong order? i really doubt if they have processing order at all	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-07 23:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	6months and still no NOA2 :(	You are so so so wrong with what I bolded. USCIS is an agency within the government. Specifically it is under the Department of Homeland Security. All these agencies are funded by the US government, specifically, the Senators and Congressman which they "could care less about" are what give them their budget and money to operate. If they annoy Senators and Congressman enough, especially those on the committee's that specifically handle budgeting and funding, they could have their budget cut, which no federal agency wants at all. Trust me, it happens all the time and it will happen here if enough people complain and the Congress notices a trend. Holding the government accountable for it's lack of action is what the United States is all about. It is why we have freedom of speech among other rights. Everyone here who has been passed over by the stated process time should indeed call USCIS, Call their Senators and Congressman as it brings attention to them, especially when contacting Congressman and Senators. You can't fix a problem if those who have the ability to fix it arent aware of it.	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-09 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	6months and still no NOA2 :(	But if enough of us had our Senators call, it would be a big enough hassle for them to make it not an ant but instead an infestation of ants. And if we keep it up long enough and hard enough, they will get the message that they need to reorganize their priorities to get all of us done within 5 months. Forgive me for being blunt, but I could not care less about TPS applicants or work visa applicants. If they waited 10 years for their petitions to be processed, that would be fine with me. We are in a unique position that we can go the Congressional contact route. Non-citizens cannot do that. So if they and we are in competition for priority access to scarce resources and we have this one edge, let's use it and use it hard. As for it not working, true it doesn't always work. But I have read many cases here where it did. You owe it to yourself and to your fiance to exploit every tool at your disposal to get maximum advantage in this fierce competition. If none of the tools work, at least you tried.	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-09 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	6months and still no NOA2 :(	You should call them and write to your Congress Member. Do both. You need to pressure USCIS,, otherwise they will either ignore you or send you one of those nonsense form letters to call back in 30 days. Your theme in both cases is that you see everyone else getting approved in 5 to 5 1/2 months, therefore there must be a problem with yours. In actuality, a lot of people are getting pushed out to 6 months and even more, but don't tell them that, as telling them that will only get them to jump on their stupid form letter. If they tell you that "everyone is out to 6 months", don't hesitate to open up Igor's list and tell them "Well I see that XX got his in 5 months and YY got his in 5 months 1 week and ZZ got his in 5 months and 2 weeks". Show them that you are armed with the facts and cannot be fooled by their nonsense. Whether you get a useful response or not, tell us here about what happened so we can all brainwork your next move together. This is not a time to be passive and just wait. If you want results, you need to be very aggressive with them. Good luck to you. you got that right Sir i wish theres a way where one can right a letter for all of us with signature from each to be submitted to them something like petition? us too will be hitting 6 months mark in few days, called & escalated & got told to call back by january 12, then 2 days ago got an email saying they will contact us in 30days ugh! we already heard every possible lie they can tell us just to go away	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-07 05:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Another Approval July VSC	http://www.senate.go...nators_cfm.cfm. This is the list for the 112th congress which convened yesterday. Hope it helps. Most of the senators have offices which staff people to help with matters concerning federal agencies. They would ask you to fill a form which allows them to contact USCIS on your behalf. Good Luck. CONGRATS, WERE JULY FILER TOO...PLEASE REPOST THE LINK, ITS NOT WORKING SAYS INTERNAL SERVER ERROR	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-08 13:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Cant Wait Any More	stpid people like you i didnt ask the question n i dont listen pople like you SO move around dude!!!!! THANKS EVERYONE ELSE FOR UNDERSTANING MY PAIN! Girl, just click on his post and report, you dont need those kind of comments at all. goodluck, we too are still waiting and we are almost hitting a 6months mark.	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-09 18:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Big Fat Liars	I've noticed that most of those who do nothing but chase others are those who already have their now wife in the country. Funny how they forget the long wait and pain once they get what they want. Some of them went through the process when it was a very short wait too so really have no clue on how it is now in regards to the wait and feelings people have. you're right on that Bob	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-08 15:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	USCIS Big Fat Liars	Guys After calling them after my 5 month period, I put in a request. I called them up today again saying what is happening, the call was escalated to tier 2 and ended up speaking with an Immigration Officer Morales. He said right now Vermont is processing July 10, 2010 - this is absolute BULLSHIT. I saw someone wrote on visa journey about a month ago where he was informed the same date. They are big fat liars. I was told my case is under review, what the hell they are doing for last 5 months now. And I got an email few days ago saying I will get something within "60 days" - what should I do? Any suggestions?? Did anyone get any NOA2 lately for July filers? My timeline is as follows: I129F sent - 7/23/2010 NOA1 - 7/28/2010 Touched - 10/3/2010 yeah that was us in first week of december being told they are working on July 10th filers. December 28 a friend of mine whose July 28 filer got approved and lately some late july filers and even some august & late august filers. i dont remember who but i saw a sept filer who got approved just recently too. we are july 13th filer and got all different answers too ever since and as far as being escalated with an immigration officer we were told that "they will communicate with us on or before January 12th which mark us to 6months" but few days ago we got an email saying to wait 30days before calling back	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-07 23:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Nope, you're not the last July filer, but I sincerely hope you're the next July filer approved, though, cause I know you've been waiting longer than the rest of us. I'm about a week behind you. wow were right next yours, were july 13th and still nothing. someone posted of being approved dec 28 as july 12th filer so hopefully were next?	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-01 16:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	USCIS sux!!!!!!!!	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 16:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Some of our folks cannot come here on B2 visas, as they cannot demonstrate that they have "strong ties" that will take them back to their countries, and I'm talking people that actually have decent jobs!!! I'm telling you, this process is brutal and the ones that have it easy have no idea of how those of us that don't suffer! All of these people thanking "God", and "Allah" for getting them through! I am convinced that not one higher power has anything to do with this grueling process. It appears that "God" has forgotten my address, or at least USCIS has...	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 16:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	My NOA1 5 months period was Dec 23 and to be homest I feel hopeless ! reading all your stories just got me more to the floor ! I very much wish VSC process visas as fas they process the bank withdraws for the $455.00 fee. I have called three times and it is true everytime is a different answer. NVC is processing July10th filers. Or Please allow us 13 days before we give an answer, or you are still w/in the VSC processing time if you visit our website you will see the dates for 129f have been change and this last one is not true becouse still shows 5 months !. I have written to the Senator, Saw the congressman and NO ACTIONS TAKEN YET !! As fast as they process bank withdraws for the fee we paid??? Oh goodness, that would so so owesome! then maybe instead of us ranting here we could have all been having the most of the holidays dancing n extreme happiness. but..we can only wishand wish that somehow after the holidays they will eventually give us some reasonable answers and ofcourse satisfying results Good Luck to all of US, and lets all call them back this monday	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 15:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Exactly, Its just a standard answer so you'll go away and "hopefully" things will be resolved within 30 days!! We've been told 30 days then 2 days later 60 days.. They'll get called every week until its resolved!! So true! how about we all call them back on monday? maybe then they'll realize how many July filers has been left behind. so far on igors list timeline they're already into August filers not so sure how accurate that is but either way the fact remains that our time is due and they owe us that	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 13:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Even if you do call, and even if you do get news like I did (an RFE was issued 12/16), I still have yet to receive the hard copy RFE. So I don't even know what I need to provide. My holidays have been crappy, too. And my fiance and I almost broke up because this pressure is getting to me. I actually tried to explain this on another post and on top of it get told by others who do not know anything about my relationship that I am in a "cracked up" relationship....so I am really feeling pain and lack of support. People who have been fairly treated in this process have no idea what it is like and what kind of stressed it causes when you are treated unfairly. aw! i totally understand you. like you, us too taking this journey in a very difficult way. sometimes we get into argument, mood swings, when ur sad and desperate sometimes it gets into you and talking online with a bad mood is not very easy. but never did we think that we have a cracked up relationship. sometimes being mad at he situation affects on how u interact with each other but i think as long as you're still inlove with each other no matter what arguements you get into as long as youre willing to talk about it..love will win.	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 09:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Soooooooooo Upset!!! same here... upset the way my application goin..we're out of normal process then what? need to wait for another 60 days? 44days etc..etc...all the holidays is over . we were expecting to be together this holiday unfortunately there is no way to be together coz of this unfair process..they dont even give specific date on when or how to receive the approval..giving the time frame is no use! upset! upset! everytime making a followup call is a nightmare why? its b'coz they will just give you another ton of different reason and a never ending words such as " call back after 7 days" " wait for another 30 days...44 days....60 days...exhausted! Rie I know when we filed in july were in high hopes wishing that we can be able to spend christmas together after 3 long years. we've only been together every 5months in between for 2 weeks, well 10-12 days to be exact plus travel time. its been very expensive, but we didnt a choice. thats the only way to be together for the meantime. and its so very disappointing, frustrating & heartbreaking that even after patiently waiting beyond their so claimed time frame, here we are hopeless & helpless. thank God theres skype, but seeing and not being able to touch or hold each other makes it more painful	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 07:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 8 VSC filer and STILL nothing!!	Starting to become completely despondent here. We've done the 5 month waiting thing, We've called USCIS several times,we've emailed vermont, called the senators office, congress and been given 100 different answers which are obviously said just so we will go away and wait further. Anyone have any more ideas of what we can do as this is ridiculous. We've been told "you'll have an answer in 7 days" wrong! "call back in 2 days" "call back in 30 days" "call back in 60 days" "you can't be put through to an immigration officer" "ok im passing you through to an immigration officer" "I can't pu through a service request" " ok Ill put through a service request"..all from different people and there are tons more I could go through.. What an absolute sham.. contrary to what others say this won't make things feel even better once my NOA2 comes through. It will in fact leave a bitter taste in my mouth.. This should be a consistent, fair, exciting procedure done in order and to a timescale. If it consistantly fails then clearly something has to be changed. We will hit 6 months on Jan 8. Im sure many can relate to how we are feeling. Xmas has been a joke as to be honest I don't feel like going to partys without rach as a. I miss her and b. everyone just goes on about her not being there and asks about the visa. New Year will be the same and its hard to do anything as you just feel like you need to save every penny. Other than the above everything is just fantastic!! thanks for reading my rant.. Ill make sure i snap out of it shortly!! aw! i feel you! were on the same boat. we called yesterday and my fiance got escalated to a higher person, well atleast according to them, then he was told that they will communicate with him on or before January 12 w/c take us to a 6months mark. we feel the same way, not at all enjoying the holidays, instead devastated. having told of different answered w/o certainty of when to be approved, or if theres any problem is such an unending nightmare. yes, i do consider this journey a nightmare rather than exciting. i am so far loosing all faith and excitement and if only not the desire of being with him, and if only he can just retire soon and be with me instead i would by all means gladly skip this whole ###### experiance..omg! now im ranting too	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2010-12-29 06:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	What's wrong with paying more for better service? Everyone makes choices like that every day. Some people pay more because they appreciate good service or they're in a rush, others may be more patient or not care if they get bad service and would rather save the money. I'd be happy to pay $1k for a 1 month processing time with prompt updates, and I'm definitely not rich. Normally I'm pretty cheap but damn this process sucks :/. $1,000 is not enough to price most people out. Anyone applying for a k1 already makes enough to travel internationally. kudos! thanks for pointing out clearly what i had in mind	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 20:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	So since you can afford to pay more you are somehow more deserving? Sounds a little elitist to me. John excuse me? i was stating that it could have been better that way! i didnt say they just approve case becoz someone paid more and not doing their that they are being paid for! shees!	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 19:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	Yes, help. USCIS, whatever you think of them, is going to help you move to another country and live your life. That's worth the money to me. I don't have to like the journey, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not going to matter much down the road. I knew the process going into this. I knew it wouldn't be easy. Government related things are NEVER as straight forward as they should be. So I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. well, we all have a different opinion on this. you may begin to understand us more when u reach your 6months mark yet you dont get any idea of when or what is happening to your case. Honestly everyone that rants here about their frustration has every reason to do so. they havent just filed yesterday & decide to sit around & complain here.	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 19:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	I don't like the waiting or uncertainty any more than everybody else here. But seriously, so many here rant both about the need to keep illegals out and then also rant that the 'government' has no right to try to have any control over this process. How can you have it both ways? I agree that it might be possible to improve the service but then you realize that those improvements may cost real money. I would be willing to pay more for better service and I personally wonder if maybe there should be an option to pay more and get expedited processing. Everyone hates bureaucracy but they are a necessary 'evil' in the process. And I am sure the majority of employees are as decent as anybody working anywhere. But if it helps ease your stress to blow off a bit of steam maybe the rants serve a purpose. Just please don't anyone start taking some of the over-the-top rhetoric too seriously. yeah, like an option of for 5months to 9months processng =$455 3motnhs= $600 2months= $900 1month=$1000 or whatever. thats atleast would be a clear deal	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 19:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	I don't like it either. But you know what? I'm grateful for it. Because it's going to let me live my life the way I want to, which is a huge privilege. It is by no means a right. So while the waiting sucks, and I wish it was easier, I'm just thankful that this process even exists. Things worth having in life rarely just get handed to you. It takes frustration, patience and hard work. So I don't like it, but there's no way I'd consider sending hate mail to the people who I'm asking to help me. ahhmmmm...HELP? its paid! $455 for a process of 6months to God knows when???	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 19:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can I let the USCIS know what I think of them	And let us not forget that this is the same government that let in the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the Times Square bomber, the Oregon Christmas tree bomber, and all of the September 11 terrorists, with arms open and eyes closed. This is also the same government that turned a blind eye towards 30 million people who snuck across the border and now wants to reward them for doing so. And it is the same government that put two hero Border Patrol Guards in prison for shooting a drug thug who tried to crash the border with a shipment of drugs, destined for our streets and our children. I would say that they are doing a fine job with immigration, assuming that you are a terrorist, illegal, or operator of a drug cartel. But if you are a law abiding citizen seeking to marry another law abiding person who does not have the good fortune to have been born here, the two of you are treated like worthless pieces of dirt. Well said	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-03 18:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	7 Months! Still no word at all...	This is getting ridiculous. I don't know what else to do. I've called them, wrote them, contacted my congressman, Nothing. What else can I do. People got their NOA2 before me, whom filed after me. Why is mine taking so long? And my fiance is getting impatient now... I mean who do these people think they are? God? They decide who comes and who don't... I'm just getting very frustrated.! What else can I do? OMG! sorry to hear that. we got our a day before we hit the 6months mark. we emailed them few times, called & asked to be escalated to a supervisor and lastly my fiance went into an info pass and he said the lady who he had a meeting said our case was sent to an adjudicator on Jan. 3rd. we got our NOA2 the 12th. Try and see if it helps. goodluck and hope you get your soon	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-21 09:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC USCIS & NVC-Amazingly Stupid	Makes you wonder about the competence of the person doing the adjudication of your case, when they can't even update a simple entry on a computer that shows they touched your document when you got your NOA2...still showing NOA1 date...hmmmmm. Or maybe you can't blame the adjudicator maybe the website just does not work when it gets the data that was entered from them. Whatever the case it does show some real incompetence on the part of someone in that agency. Makes you wonder on how they plan to protect the country when the simple things don't work there. agree if they get to miss such simple info, then how much more of an terrorist? im sure if a terrorist would apply for a visa, they will be much more careful and precise with their application to the point it will look so perfect they might not even give a second glance and approve it right away lol	Zharren Young	Female	Philippines	2011-01-26 20:09:00