To say that today was a shitty day for us would be an understatement.Finally after 4 months of wanting to hear something from our lawyer she dropped a big stinker on us.Here at VJ we all know that waiting for an approval from CSC is no picnic.It will even take the patience of a saint and believe me Im not one.

On her email our lawyer said that the reason why USCIS is in some sort of a slow mode lately is because it is conducting 'extensive' background investigations because there has been tremendous amount of frauds in the fiance(e) visas that has
been found out.

There goes our bubble.It just bursted. Well we are hoping against hope that thats not the case.At this point the only lawyer that I will trust is Atticus Finch.Oh damn if not for the fact that he is just a fictional character on my favorite movie!!

Im still confident that our case will be adjudicated soon.Prayers can move mountains after all.

Try not to worry, everything will work out.
God Bless,
Barb

Oops - realized this is filed in the wrong forum - my response was related to this forum so I removed it.

Not to worry. There has been ongoing fraud for years. Same old, same old. You'll get through it. Hang in there.

thanks a lot..its just disheartening ..but yes with God's blessing I know we'll get through it..

so what does that have to do with others who filed for I-130 / I-129F like me? not against you.. just saying, they should only concentrate on the K1 people, and not be so "wary" of everyone who filed.. sorry, just been through a lot with them.. local office interview and now tons of excuses.. they shouldn't even be doing security checks on you too.. they can't trust themselves, that's why they are doing this to everyone..

You are kidding, right? Visa fraud happens in EVERY kind of visa. I get really tired of people on here saying things like this....like just cause someone married someone else, the relationship is so much more real then those who file as a fiance.

Like someone else said, same old, same old. Extensive security checks have been going on and on and on. It's nothing new.

BTW....not really venting directly at you Gogo. The question yes. But, the rest of it, just venting at things I read on here all the time. Don't take it personally.

Im sorry but im so fed up with CSC........seems to me that they use that excuse just about any time they want to......i dont get it......i dont understand it........i mean come on there is only so much u can find in a back ground check......we passed it once and got thrown back into it when it hit adjudicators desk.....so does that mean that they dont believe the reports they get the first time so they send it back thru again? i would really like to know what really goes on at CSC i am pretty much feeling that there is at least one adjudicator that seems to enjoy the power of his/her job and has problems with some countries because of some personal reasons and just wants to put extended pressure on the couples to see if they burst into flames and call it off........

Gogo u been at this longer than i have waiting and waiting and waiting my heart goes out to u and i have u in my prayers......i know it does not seem like a lot but i hope it helps some.....

It happens to every visa, but K-1 is the easiest target. And has the most fraud cases. They had a whole system setup how to get green cards in countries like Russia/Ukraine/Indonesia that went through K-1 EXCLUSIVELY.

I would be very cautious about taking what you've been told as meaningful and accurate, because there is no indication inside the USCIS that it is. Service Centers have been undergoing a significant amount of rationalization and internal reorganizations as workloads have been shifted around and that has caused a lot of disruptions, which create almost instant backlogs due to sheer volume of cases. Those of us who've been 'in the system' for years have seen it all before, because this sort of thing is the way bureaucracies work, and particularly how they respond to their own inefficiencies when under political pressure to improve performance.

I would assume the (sadly) usual USCIS inefficiencies and knee-jerk reactions to workload are far more likely as an explanation for CSC delays than that your attorney has given you particularly accurate insider information.

its just a lawyers excuse,,,,to explain why it hasn't happen yet
don't worry about what lawyers say

Oh, always worry about what they say, just don't readily believe a word of it!!

Seriously though, visa fraud is the primary responsibility of DoS consular posts issuing visas, not the USCIS adjudication process, because the incidence of visa fraud is not uniform across all countries. Quite the opposite. Given the basic rule in both USCIS and DoS processing of K-1 cases is that the onus is on the petitioner and beneficiary to demonstrate they are not committing visa fraud, not on the USCIS/DoS to demonstrate they are, there is actually little need to have new rules or extra processing time, because the old rules and procedures work as perfectly well as anything else would.

it's ok.. sorry for saying it that way.. I'm just frustrated with my case, that's all.. back in November 2007, they told me I was under "security checks" and now again under 'additional processing'.. I got the letter from FBI stating no security checks and knew the petitions were at the local office back then, but when I went to the local office last week, they said they just received it in May and it has "only been 2 months, so you should wait".. then what happened to all that time before that I waited? thanks for your support guys!! =) I hope that we can all get approved soon.. it's not right that they make some of us wait "much longer" than others...

i know exactly what ur going thru........as i said in answer to one of ur other post its just a blanket excuse they give when they have nothing else to blame it on...........

wow, you are pretty bad yourself.. 274 days.. how are you holding up?

And you know what happens when they prevent the fraud usage of one visa? They just move on to the next. If someone wants to defraud, they will always find a way.

There is still K1 visa right?
so K1 fraud will always be higher as long as its faster turnaround time.