biggish data

Jenny: It says Nov 10 (up until?). Since most of us were transfered around Nov 2, then they wouldn't have had time to process our applications (by Nov 10). This is the first time that I have seen these charts. Do you know when Dec 10 will be posted? Thanks.

The charts are updated every 15 of the month, Dec will be posted Feb 15

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-19 13:31:00

I really hope you're right. I just find it hard to see how TSC can deal with 36000 July filers all at once!! Part of me is more optimistic though - I swing between optimism and pessimism....

WE WILL GET THRU!!

Of course we will.
Now we can prove that they messed up. They wouldn't dare to put in the web information that we can use against them.

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-19 13:22:00

because we are expedited, I think she is saying send another I-130, with out documents, and it should go through very quickly.

My problem with that is:

1. It costs money.
2. We could get turned DOWN this time for expedite and we'd be even further behind.

I think the REAL answer to the TSC problem is exactly as outlined by Jenny's senator (I think it was Jenny).

They got 35,000 cases in November, the took three weeks to input them, and they have been given 5 months to work on them.

Contrary to what our letter said about "speeding up", I feel our time HAS indeed been reset. It appears we can do nothing at all about it.

It appears we all filed on November 26th. We've been screwed people.

Gary, I don't think it was reset, if you look at the graphs there are zero receipts, if it was reset then the 36000 would be in the receipts not in the pending.

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-19 13:04:00

I think it looks that way because for who knows how many months they've had very few I130 forms to process (< 100?) and then all of a sudden WHAM. Super increase.

Well since Dec 2008 they were counting the amount of flies above their heads :bonk:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-19 11:33:00

Nov stats are up on the USCIS website. Check them out here.
Looks like our TSC friends completed 400 cases that month and have 35,000+ pending.
Uuuuggghhh

Now we have facts & figures, the trend graph is empty til November. Either there's only 1 employee working in TSC, or they are in deep sh****. My advice is to add a copy of both trend and volume graphs to any corresponce to any gov. representative.

Good luck everyone

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-19 11:24:00

Wouldn't that be individual's priority date (printed on NOA1) a date from which the clock begins to count 5 months and not the actual NOA1 hard copy rec'd in the mail? Please advise. Thanks.

It should be the priority date, but for us The TSC REFUGEES it is whatever they decide :blink:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-18 14:40:00

yeah, my life just basically went to ####### once I heard that. There is no way I am going to continue to wait...guess its a sign that I should stop. Also, cant do direct consular filing because I wasnt in the country for 6 continuous months ( I was in for 5, now am in for another)... I am just doomed altogether and completely devastated. Good luck to all of you, I hope you all get your approvals very soon.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy That's an automatic reply, it's got nothing to do with your petition, that's BS each word is a ton of BS, Soon All this will be a souvenir. You got married for the BEST & THE WORSE, This is the worse...Once we 're through then we will only have the BEST.

We are really very close...Remember we've been so far, and we didn't even noticed it...

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-15 03:21:00

And let's hope the light at the end of the tunnel....

Is not a train coming the other way....

(I hear ya Sqdgns).

Come on Val & Gary, you're the ones who gave me hope yesterday, please keep on being optimistic :thumbs:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-14 18:49:00

I just got approved on january 12, 2011. I am a august filer. I was transfer to tsc on November 2

I think we are reaching the end of this tunnel!!!

Contrats :dance:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-14 18:06:00

This is so odd...we paid to be TSC hostages

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-14 16:54:00

Can't wait to see November's processing volume at TCS. That one is going to be a hell of a joke :devil:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-13 17:00:00

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Yes, I believe we've been pending for a few months now. Early December we were just days away we were told.

However, I AM impressed at the speed of response there!

I've never been so cynical in my entire life.

Having said that, I DO think we're all so very close, and the bulk of us will be approved by the end of January - my optimistic gut tells me that....

Amen!!!

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-13 16:55:00

When was your last touch? Ours was 11/30/2010. Just wondering if anyone had any touches at least.

Last touch 11/24/2010

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-13 16:52:00

I hear ya.

I swear my family and friends think I'm a terrorist!

They just can't believe it takes this long for a normal person.

Folks here in Paris can hardly believe it's taking so long. I've been avoiding people cuz I'm fed up telling them the same words : "still waiting"
I hope they're not using us for a new experimental timeline...

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-13 15:29:00

Strange how can they reset the clock whilst the petition was signed by the petitioner in June/July/Aug...The i-130 footage is the date. I think that we should mention this when we call/email/write them.

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-13 14:56:00

Fourth, but like some others, I'm clueless what to write...

I guess we could get some help on what/how from this site : http://www.howtocomp...plate.shtml#ser

Lidia

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-01-10 05:25:00

July 2010 CR-1 filers

APPROVED! Received the e-mail this afternoon that my case has been approved. My wife and I are so happy. One step closer to being together...

Parabéns Port75!! You're getting closer...just a question of weeks...for me is still a question of months...Eu ainda estou aqui neste Paris de gréves à espera do dia do "Big approval" Enjoy your joy!!!

Um abraço

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2010-10-27 13:33:00

July 2010 CR-1 filers

Hi,

I feel like being in front of an audience at the AAA....It's so frustrading not to have any news from the USCIS.
File sent July 15
CSC received July 20
NOA1 July 27
Last time touched September 30

Why is it taking so long??? I'm just a Portuguese, living in Paris married since April 23 2010 to my taylor made soulmate.

Please tell me I'm not a unique case:bonk:

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2010-10-07 05:47:00

Medical Exam for a k1

My fiancee is having her medical on monday morning and she is wondering if its ok to eat the night before the exam ... or does she have to starve..? I was gonna call the office where she will have her exam but is saturday and is closed...

Hi there,
No she doesn't need to fast Posted Image

the blood tests are to see whether she is immunized against
diphtheria, tetanus, polio (DTPolio)-measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
-hepatitis B

Good luck

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-07-23 08:21:00

Getting the NOA2 after a simple RFE

I saw that most of the people in here waited around 2 - 3 weeks, guess it also depends on what the RFE is about. Me and my fiance we are waiting from 2 months and one week Good luck to you

I advice you to track the response, and once it's received by USCIS, then you call them for updates, and you better insist until you have your information.
Mines didn't take to long to be processed, and I had a bunch of RFEs
Good luck

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-08-01 08:10:00

RFE!

Hi how can u guys say that it's RFE? Did they informed u? Coz we got ours but we had the hard copy

They send you an email informing you that in few days you are going to receive a hardcopy with a checklist,

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-08-03 04:18:00

RFE!

We got RFE on august 2nd! The email didnt say a word about what we did wrong? is that normal?so we just have to wait for the hardcopy??Thanks for help

The checklist is on the hardcopy.
Good luck Posted Image

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2011-08-03 03:46:00

Should I Get a lawyer involved because of this RFE fiasco?

Okay, so that doesn't say RFE.

It just says the online thing isn't working for your case (which is not a problem).

I really think you are chasing a phantom RFE. ANyone else think so?

How did you come to believe you had one? A Tier one person said this?

I totally agree with you. For being so familiar to RFEs, I too think there's no RFE.

BTW I only got things done when I called late at night and had a supervisor on the phone.

Lidia & JB

Female

France

2013-08-22 08:10:00

I won't comment any further on this as I don't want to upset you or any other religious follower. I would seek guidance from your place of worship.

um ooook thanks but we don't need guidance about getting married, we have no problem with that, i'm only here for the legal aspect of things, which is way more complicated than we thought lol but i'm grateful for the replies to my question... thank u

It's definitely more complicated than anyone should have to deal with and more than anyone who won't have to go through it can imgaine - but Don't Panic! This site will help de-stress it a bit for you. Seriously, it is tedious, and it sucks, but it doesn't have to be *complicated* or scary. With some reading and some question-asking here, you'll probably be in great shape! Best of luck!

thank u, i'm really glad i found this forum !!

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 14:04:00

I won't comment any further on this as I don't want to upset you or any other religious follower. I would seek guidance from your place of worship.

um ooook thanks but we don't need guidance about getting married, we have no problem with that, i'm only here for the legal aspect of things, which is way more complicated than we thought lol but i'm grateful for the replies to my question... thank u

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 13:44:00

ooh ok i see what's going on here, well no worries i'm not even starting right now, this is just the preparatory phase

mon cheri is only starting his own business, and i saw he needs to prove he can support me, so just that will take us a lil while. and i have another question to ask but which is totally seperate. it's not that we're in no rush, but religiously we're not where we both want to be, but we're hoping this year or next year at the most...

anyway, i live in Paris
He can get a co-sponsor. A lot of people do that. I can't advise you on religious matters, all I can say is make sure your views coincide. It's never a good idea to enter into a commitment of this magnitude when your views are still forming.

oh no no, we're both of the same one, but trying to be saved and for exemple we don't want to have sex before getting married, but we know if we're not careful we won't be strong enough, so we're waiting, working on it, on our strenght ... nono we're on the same page, our views defenitely coincide lol

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 13:27:00

ooh ok i see what's going on here, well no worries i'm not even starting right now, this is just the preparatory phase

mon cheri is only starting his own business, and i saw he needs to prove he can support me, so just that will take us a lil while. and i have another question to ask but which is totally seperate. it's not that we're in no rush, but religiously we're not where we both want to be, but we're hoping this year or next year at the most...

anyway, i live in Paris

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 13:18:00

*ahem* newbie here, what are CSC VCS?

what are u guys talking about? what time? the visa journey is what people have in their signatures?

what's wrong???

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 12:59:00

ooooooooooooooooooh ok i see lol thank u very much phew i was worried and wondering why people frauded with marriage if it was such a hassle lol

perfect, i'll have other questions regarding my situation which is not more unique than another, but still i need advice and someone that understands what i'm going through

thank u thank u thank u

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 12:18:00

Hello everyone,

this is my first question, let me introduce myself first, I'm French and in love with an american from NJ, we have been thinkign about marrying for some time but never really realised it was this complicated, so here i am.

I spent all afternoon (at work lol) looking things over

i will have several questions, we have not started anything yet, but being an assistant i like clear and clean things lol and I ME lol I opted for the K1 visa route...

so my first question will be why do i see 2 different process times for Vermont's center :

if i go in "processing times" it says in april they were looking at cases received in October of 2006 (so around 8 months) BUT

if i go in "immigration timelines" and look at Vermont's statistics for K1 visas the average days between 1st and 2nd NOA is 79 days + 10 days for the 1st NOA that's about 3 months
and in "view k1 visas" i see people in france that have sent their 1st package to Vermont in 2007 and had NOA1 in feb and NOA2 in March !! am i not reading right?

so which is it, or is there something i haven't understood again lol

any help will be seen as a miracle hand extended to me lol thank u very much,
CONGRATS to all that have done it, thank u for helping the ones that are waiting, and the ones still wondering how it will go(like me)

Love

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-10 11:25:00

So are you marrying a US citizen? I'm confused. If you are just trying to become an LPR, try posting on the forum for bringing over family members of USC or greencard holder since most of us dont know ANYTHING about what you are going through That SUCKS you couldnt get US citizenship through your father though... Good luck!

hi, yes i am marrying a US citizen, hence the post here lool

i started the LPR papers before knowing i was gonna want to marry a USC, and between waiting +4 years and a few months, i choose a few months lol

all i was wondering is if i needed to mention it somewhere in the first pack or at the interview? when? i'm sure i have to mention it at some point...

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-21 04:02:00

bump please?

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-19 06:14:00

Not knowing your age and the exact status of both of your parents at the time of your birth, but you might want to see if you're already a US citizen. Search for form N-600. The rules for how you're automatically a citizen depend on the legislation in effect at the time of your birth. So you might need to call around to find out exactly, but at the moment, as per one of the clauses in N-600.

If you are the biological child of a U.S. citizen, youwere born outside the United States and you areclaiming citizenship by having been born to U.S.citizen parent(s), you automatically become a U.S.citizen at birth if:

You were born to two U.S. citizen parents and atleast one of your parents had a residence in theUnited States or one if its outlying possessions.This residence had to have taken place prior to yourbirth;

or

You were born to parents, one of whom is an alienand the other a U.S. citizen who, prior to your birth,had been physically present in the United States orone of its outlying possessions for a period orperiods totaling not less than five years, at least twoof which were after the age of 14 years.

If this fits your profile, then you can get paperwork stating that you're a U.S. citizen in about 3 months or so. (current processing timeline for an N-600 at VSC)

thank you that's nicce of you, but yeah we're sure i'm not an american citizen, my dad hired an immigration lawyer who looked into it, and since he was not a citizen at my birth, it doesn't work, he was just a Lawful permanent resident and i was born in France, and my mom is nothing but french and i'm over 21 so yeah it doesn't work

i had the same hopes talking to a lawyer who was gonna get me a working visa, but when i got him all the info he sen tme right back to earth "you should have asked before turning 21" yeah thank u i didn't know passed a certain age it would be so long to do !!!

anyway, yeah, i have to ask for LPR status

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-14 08:45:00

Hello again,

I was wondering two things :

1- My dad being american we started papers to make me a lawful permanent resident begining of 2005, it's now going to be processed we only received the first letter with the file number (this should take 4 years or 5 i heard), do not ask why it wasn't done earlier i have no idea, parents never thought i'd wanna leave france lol second, i have to go through LPR because my dad was one when i was born he was not a citizen yet... anywaaaaaaaay
I was wondering, i'm sure i should mention it somewhere on the first package or in a letter or whatever, do u have any idea exactly where, if not where u think i could?

2- I understand fast but u have to explain a long time to me lol i'm wondering about fees more precisely, how much when and how? check with first package of how much? then with the interview how? cash cheque CC? another package has fees? hidden fees such as medical, police file etc... unless u're in france u won't know how much but can u think of what else?
people who had to deal with Paris embassy, can u enlighten me please? people who have been through it can u help too? pleeeaaase i hate surprises lol

does my future husband need to get rich before marrying me ? lol since he wants to be a man's man's man and pay for everything loool

ioukta

Female

France

2007-05-14 05:29:00

hmm what if.... we let the date to get married pass by?

In other words - her beliefs or religion have nothing to do with the process to enter the country. She needs to follow the same steps as anyone else. If her faith impedes that, then she must start over at some point - just like anyone else who "interrupts" the process by personal choice.[/quote]

You have no reason at all to become offended by what I wrote.

You would not have a question about how to postpone or re-file if it were not for your faith. I have not questioned or ridiculed your faith. In fact, what I pointed out is how it is irrelevant other than it creates your predicament.
______________________________

I am offended because you writing "She needs to follow the same steps as anyone else" is like i implied i didn't need to, i never said anything about that and typing "just like anyone else' implying i thought i wasn't like anyone else

my religion was never a topic i never made it one it was just a glimps as to why i would want to wait/

You talking about laws and religion looks like i was trying to go around the law using my religion, i wasn't

RELIGION WAS NEVER A TOPIC IT WAS A DETAIL everybody wants to adress it for whatever reason when it's nobody's business

that's how i took it, adding those like everybody else sounded very extra and not useful that's all

ioukta

Female

France

2009-07-04 11:06:00

hmm what if.... we let the date to get married pass by?

QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Jul 4 2009, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

msdelia -

The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) is a group of laws. Laws in this country are based upon the Constitution of the United States. The OP's question relates to her faith NO IT DOES NOT therefore cannot be separated from the answers. As such, the answer to the OP's question lies here.

"The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Although the First Amendment only explicitly applies to the Congress, the Supreme Court has interpreted it as applying to the executive and judicial branches. Additionally, in the 20th century, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies the limitations of the First Amendment to each state, including any local government within a state."

In other words - her beliefs or religion have nothing to do with the process to enter the country. She needs to follow the same steps as anyone else. If her faith impedes that, then she must start over at some point - just like anyone else who "interrupts" the process by personal choice.

shows how much you read my posts too, my first question was about how to go about a second time around, smhhhhhhhh unbelievable. my only question was if it made a difference the second time if we do it again after getting the visa as opposed to people trying again because they didn't get it, which is different

i never implied i'd use my religion to get anything different from everybody else

man BLAH BLAH BLAH

EVERYBODY if an admin reads this i wouldn't mind if this thread could get locked it's a waste of time

thank you to everybody who gave answers to my questions, i now know what to do in case i need to thank you Thank you Ms Delia for your kind heart i feel less alone but more like an endangered specie lol

anyone interested can look up Holiness church in wikipedia i don't have to explain myself on here or defend my beliefs

ButtheadS : have fun being buttheads

Edited by ioukta, 04 July 2009 - 10:29 AM.

ioukta

Female

France

2009-07-04 10:27:00

hmm what if.... we let the date to get married pass by?

QUOTE (Chris_Janna @ Jul 4 2009, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

First off, No one was "Persecuting your believes" I Did give you advice. I told you .......

"Don't mean to be harsh but ####### were you thinking in the first place? Why can you not be saved in America? Does god not save ppl here? So I guess you choose your fiance, or being "saved" in your country. Have fun trying to re-apply. Besides, marriage is one of the holy sacraments, you are entitled to this by god. You know you can always get baptized, receive the host and confirm yourself after you marry? You can have a civil marriage then do these steps after, leading to a "holy marriage". That my friend is not advice it's ur own opinion, which i don't follow so don't even bother

But you rather discern the negative from the positive...very Christian of you. And I did not say "Your lives are a kick in the teeth" but yes, your words are to me. Whether you choose to marginalize my feelings about this or not is really not your choice. Just like you had a choice to not write in my thread Perhaps you should read and think before getting all uppity about your religion. Personally, I do not care whether you use snakes, drink yak blood, or pay homage to a can of lima beans that's your thing,If you don't care why did you even start typing about it, let it fly it's none of your business And welcome to America you can worship the way you like here, but along with this you must understand we also have freedom of speech and it doesn't save you from being scrutinized by other members of the American population And u also have freedom to shut up something u apparently don't grasp cause u took it upon yourself to start typing in my thread but totally off topic, typical butthead <---- freedom of speech.... "I went to France a few years back and the French ppl were very kind but they defiantly had their opinions so, this should not come as shock to you. If you want advice without bias then you should hire a LAWYER thats the problem i didn't ask for advice on how i was doing things i asked about very specific things and had u read my thread i said this is NOT an open debate on religion, i even put lil * in front of them, if you read them again you'll see no mention of religion. Do not expect sympathy because you choose to post a topics in a public forum! You'll find no quarter here.

Maybe it is because I am from NY and I have a "Call it like I see it" mentality. I have posted several topics of discussion here on VJ and have less then pleasant responses to them But, I never cried about them after ppl have posted their opinions. I asked for it, and I got it.

And don't worry, I don't have it twisted guy, I was stating that "Every action has an equal or greater reaction" I didn't say you were complaining, I said Do not complain when you have problems in the future.yeah exactly and i don't appreciate it cause you do not know me so please refrain from telling me what to do or not do Your situation seems to have a relatively easy fix. So be prepared for what you do. What if god never comes to you? What if god doesn't work in 6 month time frames? This is why I told you to come to America and have a civil marriage first then have a holy marriage. But again, you decided on taking the "Poor me, no one wants to understand my religion" path. i never said poor me, basically don't try to understand my faith with ur itty bitty lil mind it won't work, and i don't have to take your advice
And also, if you are truly a man of faith why are you asking all these questions? Do you not believe that god will give you a divine path to follow? Sounds like you are second guessing him......... again u're trying to understand something u can't even wrap ur mind around, i'm not a man either, shows how much u pay attention or think before you type, my visa specific questions had NOTHING to do with God but how would u understand that helping myself first works too, it's like talking to a child and i ain't got time for u

ioukta

Female

France

2009-07-04 10:20:00

hmm what if.... we let the date to get married pass by?

QUOTE (Danu @ Jul 4 2009, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you believe you are close but not quite ready you can delay the interview, just have to talk to the consulate about extending your NOA2. Extending your visa may be risky, as a few have mentioned if they do not do the extension your only choices really are to do the marriage before you are saved, or to reapply with a waiver, so trying to extend BEFORE the visa is issued might be a safer idea, but they will only do that for so long.

I hope the enlightenment you seek reaches you quickly so as to make the process easier.

yes it has thank you very much, i didn't think of that, the interview or keeping a package a lil longer that's exactly what i was looking for thank you, really thank you

ioukta

Female

France

2009-07-04 02:27:00

hmm what if.... we let the date to get married pass by?

QUOTE (JimVaPhuong @ Jul 4 2009, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There are some evangelical Christian sects that believe you are not "saved" until you receive the Holy Spirit, which is manifested by certain physical signs such as speaking in tongues. In their belief, you must show these signs before you can consider yourself "saved". They also believe that you can't make these signs appear - you can only pray and wait for it to happen.

ha well there are several "sects" like that and mine is called Holiness lol and that's exactly what we believe and yeah we're often mistaken for evangelical i always wondered why, now i know why thank you Jim

Edited by ioukta, 04 July 2009 - 01:58 AM.

ioukta

Female

France

2009-07-04 01:57:00