302 days since my NOA1 of I130. 266 for the I129F. I'm so sad and angry.
This is really unacceptable. What more can I do? other than wait.
My lawyer has no answers. Each time my congressman calls, they say it is with an officer who still needs to make a decision.(which i guess is good)
How f$%#ing long does it take to make a decision, especially for those couples waiting this long.

I'm saddened even more when I'm seeing all of these VJ members being approved when they filed LONG after me.
I guess I should be happy for you guys, which I am, but it hurts. It really hurts.
If there was a problem with something I would have received an RFE, and I have received none.

Sorry it's my last complaining i will do this week. More to come i'm sure in the next week.

There are others that faxed the vice presidents office, and that act that will get the attention you need!!!!!! The lawyers are not going to be able to help, best wishes... j&J

Needs to make a decision????? If all paperwork is there, and back ground checks come out fine, then what decision is there??? What, the decision to let it sit there and rot for a few more months, and collect more webs and bugs on it??
Im sorry this is happening to you, but I wonder if congressman truly did call.
I would contact Senator, see if they can help.
I truly wish the best of luck for a approval very soon for you.
Paris Heart

If I were you i would mail a letter to Mr.President/vice president and your senator ..all at the same time ...May god bless you...This USCIS really bad ...

AND DO IT EVERY DAY UNTIL RESPONDED TO!!!!!!

Has USCIS called the service center for you yet? They say that after your processing date has passed they will directly contact them for you.

I hate to say it, but it sounds like they may have lost your petition. When was the last time it was touched?

What do you know about what factors in your case are complicating the decision?

hi jonbless
i too feel so sad and so bad.. still no approval... for almost 10 months!!!
have you made any service request and if you did, what did they tell you!!
we plan to do that this comings weeks if we dont have any good result by then...
i too don't know what more we can do...
God help us all...

Service requests have been made. I received a letter in response to the service request made on the 129F on April 14th which said......

"Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter"

Like I said in a previous post.....the word "should" is probably their scapegoat in the case that I don't receive a decision within 60 days.

My congressman here in Brooklyn has also sent a letter requesting action to be taken on my petition. The reply they received to this letter was that my case is currently with an adjudicating officer. A follow up call was made today, when he was told that the officer still needs to make a decision.

Pushbrk..............I do not know anything about the factors in my case which are complicating the decision?
I have not been told anything more.

Also my senator (hillary clinton) has yet to reply to me. They told me they would contact me when they send a letter to USCIS. I called her office again today only to get the answering machine which I always get. Left a message and will wait to hear from them.

I basically feel like I've done everything I can do and that I'm being punished for doing the right thing.
I now consider leaving this country once again in order to be with my wife. Not the best option, but we are both very desperate.

Bless

Same here, 280 days since NOA1 ...the hubby called but the rep who answered seems to be annoyed that we called even just to check on what's happening. They said just to wait.

Maybe someone needs to start a new thread for people waiting more than 250 days?

Im so sorry this is happening to u.....attorneys as someone else said are really useless at least at this stage and most likely thru all the stages lol but thats just my opinion of mine.....sounds like u have done everything except contact the pres and people so maybe it is ur next step?? i dont know but i will put u in my prayers for a swift decision for u...enough is enough and u sure have had enough........i hope ur approval happens this coming week for u......
sara

My question was "What do you know about the factors in your case......?" not what has USCIS told you?

For instance, some people are aware of certain red flags that might cause delays. Sometimes you get stuck in name checks because you formerly had a security clearance or worked in sensitive security areas. Sometimes its an issue of a common name or something amiss in documentation.

Usually people with cases hung up, have some idea why that might be. Do you?

I have no idea of what it might be. None of the mentioned above seem to apply to me.

Well those were just a couple examples. Have you studied enough about what has caused problems for others to evaluate your case objectively for possible red flags?

There's something amiss about your case. What could it be?

I just wanted to say that I understand that the waiting can be hard and difficult, particularly because it can add disappointment over the frustration when facing such a long time without any positive answers from them. But take heart! It will happen to you soon, you will see. I just want to encourage you a little bit. God bless you both!

Your case is out of their timelines!! So, you have all the rights to seek help from every avenue possible.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0000ecd190aRCRD

Have you tried to file for expedite?? based on USCIS error!
USCIS Expedite Criteria

All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The criteria are as follows:

Severe financial loss to company or individual
Extreme emergent situation
Humanitarian situation
Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States
Department of Defense of National Interest Situation (Note: Request must come from official United States Government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to our Government)
USCIS error
Compelling interest of USCIS
If they deny you, send a copy of your denial along with the pertinent information to ombudsman, and to Vice President.. and what the heck.. ur there.. send it to Bush too!
You need to call attention to your case. Something tells me that they may infact be adjudicating it now, since its been so long and u got ur rep involved. But, it won't hurt to get started on this.. you've waited long enough! IF there is a problem with your case, then they should notify you and ask for rfe, or whatever. Yes, we should make a thread for those 210+ days.

My wife and i had the same experience at Vermont serivce center.We applied the I-130 and I-129 just a little while before you(late june/early july),and did all the same things.We were told for months that our files were with an adjudicating officer.We called our Senator's office many times.No RFEs,just endless waiting.Both petitions were approved at the same time in mid-April.I think we both applied at the worst possible time,when the fees changed,and our petitions got lost in the deluge of applications. Just be strong,and keep the faith.Hopefully,you will hear something soon.

You say that both of your petitions were approved at Vermont?Can you please fill in your timeline it would help us a lot here on VJ.I'm sorry that you guys have to wait for so long, with VSC you never know where you stand.They are so unfair approving all those fiance petitions in such a short time, some of them were approved in a month, while married people have to wait 10 times longer!Where's the logic in that?

In our case we got an RFE in January for a mere Divorce stamp which we had overlooked. Then after submitting, we waited almost a month and had to call before they updated our case to resume processing and told us to wait 60 days for a decision. We called on the 62nd day, but the rep told us, it's only 2 days after 60 days, blah..blah...

Are they going to do more checking after an RFE?? after we called there was no touch update on our case online so that means nobody had really check it. It's just so frustrating.As beneficiary I could not think of anything I had done that may cause red flags.

I see, well it may not be so simple as something you did wrong. It could be just about anything in the history of either of you. If you haven't learned the process and studied what causes problems with other cases, you would be in the dark as to what it might be. Where is the petitioner? Why are they not here learning the process?

send a letter to the ombudsman office complaining about the delay
send a fax to the vice president, personally can vouch it did work for me though it took a month but i reacted as soon as my dates were current. VP office is a gem compared to the senators i have dealth with. most senators i spoke to were clueless about immigrant petition didn't even know what K3 visa was and kept questioning me why i filed a fiance visa when i'm married. anyways

goto the ombudsman site and download the form and send it by fedex to the address on teh website not to the address on the form, it makes a huge difference i.e. the inclusion of Via Courier Service:
Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
Attention: Case Problems
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane
Mail Stop 1225
Washington, D.C. 20528-1225

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cisomb_dhsform7001.pdf

Send a letter to the Vice President requesting his help with your case.

best wishes
M

That sounds like a very good idea.I myself am on day 402 since my NOA1.I have traveled back and forth to my husbands country(NIGERIA),and it is very expensive.This is crazy.

same here, pushbrk.. all they told me was under "additional processing" and I was under Name check.. so I took the liberty of faxing the president and vice president and others (you guys know me, lol).. and they fowarded the letter to the Dept of Justice who then fowarded to FBI.. so I got a letter in the mail directly from the "Names Records Division" Chief , Michael Cannon.. something like that.. and saying there were no security checks on both of my cases and to "recheck with the local office".. they are just making excuses, jonbless that's why I'm doing what I'm doing now.. the "Writ of Mandamus" lawsuit for them to hurry it up.. a bit expensive, but it's worth it..

http://www.visalaw.com/05feb3/2feb305.html
http://www.ailf.org/lac/pa/lac_pa_081505.pdf

some info about it..

some info about it.. I also paid a team of lawyers to handle it.. hopefully it will come through and I get approved soon.. and for those who haven't followed, I did all the things you can do 1) faxing them everyday multiple times and to multiple people (have about 50+ on my list, senators, congressmen, presidential candidates (all 3 of them), US attorneys, governor, whoever), 2) service requests - they are stupid - did 3 of them on I-129F already and 2 of them on I-130.. 3) expedite requests , but the director didn't approve it, even called his office - I can give you the direct number, lol ... and wrote to ombudsman too.. basically the lawyers will push for the I-130 (since the I-129F was suppose to be faster, but isn't, and they said it isn't worth it now - I would still need to adjust later)..

forgot another good article on "Writ of Mandamus"

http://www.ailf.org/lac/clearinghouse_mandamus.shtml

hi VJs, the weird thing is that many of these problems r happening while dealing with the vermont service, it is crazy and unfair ?????????????????????????????stay strong and dont let them get on u ?

Gogo.......if i didn't spend 3500 already on a no good lawyer, maybe i would follow your lead.
Unfortunately I can't afford any more legal assistance, nor do I trust any of them.
I hope you have some success with yours.

Did you ever receive a letter saying that you would receive a decision within 45-60 days???

I received one on April 14th, and today my AMAZING lawyer said that she received an email saying the same thing.
Little does she know that I already knew that info long before she did. I'm not speaking with her or returning her emails. And she has no concern whatsoever. Interesting huh?

Well I'm only asking if you received one to know if it was a lie or not.

Have a good day.

Bless

I am in the same boat. Its ridiculous, unfortunatly its not backround checks or anything like that. Its just that we have an extremly incompetent USCIS as well as many other branches in our govt. I am here in Colombia now again with my wife the second time we are hoping to get an approval while im here. I have wasted time with worthless phone calls and everything else one might think would help. Its very obvious when you speak to these people that the education and knowledge levels are lower then 3rd grade. Incredible.

I can only imagine how the people are feeling that are unablee to travel for long periods to be with love ones while being tortured by our govt.

VSC folks need to stop merry making and do some work.. It been 10 months now and still processing??? what the hell..Pathetic USCIS! This thing can only happen in America. Totally f**ked up.

yea its still on the desk of the officer awaiting his decision. wtf?!?!?!?!
my congressman's office called today only to get the same dumb f#$@ing answer.
he will call again thursday and won't stop until we are approved.
this guy is great as far as calling and putting on some pressure, but is it actually working????

i asked how long it could sit with an officer, and he said not too long.(from his previous experience)
how long is not too long??

IT'S ALREADY BEEN TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG.

DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no it can't.
I've had some experience with immigration law here, and it can be just as frustrating. At USCIS at least you get someone on the phone when you call (okay, that often won't help you any further , but still).

Keep praying. I know how hard the waiting period is, our case needs judgement too. Keep the faith alive!!! Goodluck to all of us.

What Service Center is your case in? pls update it on your timeline to keep tabs of which service center is most inefficient

I believe most of us here in this post are awaiting an approval at VSC.
Some day my life will begin again.

No, I am waiting approval at CSC, the same time as you.

how is everyone doing? have you guys gotten any approvals recently? I was away for 2 1/2 weeks to China to visit her..

nothing!!
i go to brazil for 2.5 weeks on thursday to see my love.
i hope it is approved before i get back or maybe I won't come back.

that's right! you show them.. hope you have fun on your trip!! At least don't let this ruin it.. just have fun and relax.. you two are together, that's the whole point..

exactly! thank you very much!