This is Bill´s article that is spreading all over!

And now with the power of press on our side.....we are SuPER-VJ!! I wish we had a smiley with a big lettter S and a red cape!!

Woo hoo! Excellent news first thing in the morning!

I´ll be leaving to spend the rest of the week at my farm and I hope to see RFEs when I come back! LOTS of them so I know mine is coming.

Did anyone try to call USCIS today yet?

I couldn´t reach an operator...

My questions would be:

1 - Have you already sent any RFEs for IMBRA?

2 - Is it gonna be by snail mail or we´ll be able to download it?

3 - Are the recalled petitions receiving it first?

I am pretty sure RFEs will be sent snail mail way, and it will already include the questionaire so you won´t do anything online, most likely.

I hated to be the pessimist in the midst of all the good news, but when they say 'immediate' RFE's, what exactly is the government's definition of 'immediate'?

If its the same as their BS 90 day timelines they're good at tossing out, I would assume 'immediate' would be about 3 weeks from now.

But since there's lots of spotlight on them now, that might nip that in the bud.

That´s why I´m trying to call USCIS.
I´m not lucky today as I can´t get an operator to talk to me.

Anyone else wanna try??

I actually did and I got someone online and she said that she had no information. She was very rude and said that if you have filed , then hold tight and it will happen.

I just got off the phone with them as well. The Customer Service Rep transferred me to an Immigration Officer, who wasn't rude, but nor was he helpful. When I asked if my file had been received in Vermont yet, he just kept saying that he didn't know, and that the Embassy was part of the State Department. No ######, Sherlock.

But he did give me the name of the Vermont director, and suggest I write directly to her to find out what has become of our application. I'm drafting the letter now.

Any words on if they started sending the RFEs already?

I don´t know why i couldn´t be transferred to an operator.

I received NOA1 on Mar 10th, Approved (NOA2) on May9th - I got a letter that it will forwarded to National Visa Center and haven't heard since. So today I got through to USCIS who said they can't tell me anything because they forwarded my application to NVC, I called NVC and they said they can't tell me anything because they received it and returned it back to USCIS because of IMBRA (I do not have anything to do with any international marriage boards, or online dating sites - but still get punted in this beaurocratic ping pong) I didn't get any notice yet - I understand RFE are supposed to be sent. Has anyone seen what the additional requirements are so I can at least get started in getting them together, or if there are better ways to respond to them? Faxing them in, calling in a lawyer?

This is definitely getting some coverage as my boss asked me tody if my application was stuck in those 10000 applications. I was surprised and then I receive hint of probable downsizing coming up..Things keep gettng better and better now that I need job to provide freaking AOS for him,.....I get this stupid thing called job loss !

The Vermont director is a she? I thought the VSC director's name is Paul Novak?

I think you are way behind . . .

It doesn't matter if you have anything to do with international marriage boards or online dating sites - the IMBRA law affects every single person who filed for a K1 after March 6.

The first official posting from USCIS was LAST NIGHT. We JUST got word of that RFEs are forthcoming. It does not seem there is anything you can do now to getting anything together. You cannot respond to them, fax them, or have your lawyer do anything. You need to wait until they send you an RFE. That's what ALL of us here are doing!!!

I was given the name Susan Buschie.

Hmmm. It seems that Sandra Bushey is on the website as the deputy director. He didn't even get her name right-- what a helpful guy I spoke to...

Coz, G Dubya said so!

Just one more thing:

I checked OMB website and the I129F is no longer listed as a PENDING REVIEW application as it still was this morning.



Everything´s been done and approved.
We only need USCIS to send the RFEs.

I couldn´t talk to an officer today but will try again tomorrow.
As we know they all say different things, I´d appreciate if you guys could call them and ask if they have already sent any, or when they will start doing that.

I called and was told You need to wait until they send you an RFE... I asked when that might be and was told that info has not been addressed yet

Thanks!
Should we worry?
Maybe not, right?

I think they were trying to get elizaxyz off the phone...

Your guess is as good as mine

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The following is the latest information on your case status

Receipt Number: ****************

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status:

On June 14, 2006, your I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) was received here for processing. We will mail you a decision as soon as processing is complete. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. Follow the the link below for current processing dates.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision or advice from USCIS within the projected processing time frame*, please contact the National Customer Service Center.

National Customer Service Center (800) 375-5283.

*The projected processing time frame can be found on the receipt notice that you received from the USCIS.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.


Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)




I just got 3 of the same e-mails at 5:16pm est with the above. Looks like they are getting moving.
check the USCIS and it was touched. YAHOOOOOOOO

Can this be a ray of hope that they really are getting a move on with this.

I just got the same 3 emails. I don't know who exactly just received my petition since they actually received it in April, but they touched me, and I like that. (ok, I know it is CSC, I just don't like the wording)

maybe this is their way of saying, ok, now start counting 4 months from June 14!

Same here.

To bad it took 14 days for the transfer. June 1 start transfer-June 14 logged in received.

Our case was also touched at 5:19 today, arriving at CSC. At least it had that brief vacation from sitting in that file drawer somewhere.

now both bill and gary rock

Here is my opinion on the answers you received from the service center today. They always like to give you the worst case scenario, because they don't want to be liable for giving you the wron information. Just like the timelines they list. Things always get done before the actual number of days they state. SO when you called them today, they don't want to tell you, yes you will get your RFE this week or next week, because if they told you this and for some reason you don't receive it then you got major beef with them. The other problem is they need to send out 10,000 of these, and who knows how thye are handling this issue. So they really can't say when each of us will receive ours, because I am sure they can't send them all out at once. They probably have some system set up. Maybe they will send all those with petition dates in March there RFE's the first week, and so on and so on. I don't think they want to send 10,000 out at once, and then receive 10,000 in the same week. They may stagger them. I am just very optimistic about them saying IMMEDIATELY, because they always give you the worst case scenario.

Wait until the first person gets their RFE and posts it. This will cause major stress for those who don't receive their RFE's that same day. Where is our RFE? Why did he get his and we didn't get ours? I feel just like the rest of you on this, my nerves are shot, all I think about all day at work is, when am I going to get my RFE, what are they going to request? I just can't wait for this to be all over, and our cases are on their way. We are owed an apology, and the consulates and embassies better expedite our cases back to the original postition without further delay.

Good Luck Everyone!!!

here is the press release from USCIS:
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...RA_061306PN.pdf

The new I-129F is out. Not the draft. The actual form.

The IMBRA thing didn´t even add too much to the form.

If they had paid attention to this earlier, none of this would be happening now.

I just wonder if they will process the cases received with the new form before getting the RFEs back..

We better start getting the RFEs soon!!!

I'm surprised its up this fast. Maybe the AP catching wind of the BS didn't hurt!!

On with the RFEs, please!

Question number 18 on the new form:

"Has your fiance(e) met and seen you within the two-year period immediately "receding" the filing of this petition?"

Was 'receding' in the last version? I don't have my copies at work with me.

Our tax dollars at work.

That has to be a typo! Shouldn't it be "preceding"?

Yes... so now I wonder how many questions will result from people reading it literally.

Does anyone know when they will mail the RFEs?
I called USCIS today and they stated that they had no idea when. Also I asked them if they had my application (which was sent by the consulate 2-3 weeks ago), but they didn't because the status on the computer says so (which is the same as case status online)
I don't think that they even know where everything is going yet.

this sucks!!! They even said that it may take 60 days to process these RFEs.

...

I get threw to Vermont today and was told my case was looked at today and in the next FEW days i should have my RFE........I hope this is not them pulling my chain its been 3 months now with no touches and i did check online status and it still shows no touches... but the guy did say it was looked at today and they will be sending me a RFE!!
RAZOR and IGOR...if they did find us in that noa1 pile from march_ today could be our lucky day!!
Crossing fingers!!

Cool!, I'm calling again tommorow, the lady I spoke to did not even know my case was there until she checked. Let's hope this is good news for everyone going through VSC.

Well i'll jump in on this particular comment because it is part of what I have been working on this last week with my lawyers. They contacted the right people it seems and have been able to put a fire under the decision makers. Also, I had my friend Mitt Romney (Governer of MA) make a call and he did so along with my (our) legal representation out of New York.

Previously it was going to be 30 days before RFE's were going to be sent out because they wanted to wait until the official I-129F form was released. However, they already had the section about the background check approved. So with some leveraging, we should now see many of the RFE's begin to be sent in the mail within 7-10 business days as of this Monday. But because of the volume, there could be a slight delay.

We can thank that those who run the DHS and USCIS are still human and sometimes the too realize how stupid bureauacracy can be. So, they saw reason in the letter and communication they recieved and they updated the notice. But, even with this news, changes can still happen. Someone there could have a different opinion, or 10,000 RFE's in 7-10 days is not plausible. But, at least it seems to be a tiny bit more expidited and they will START sending them out sooner than 30 days.

As far as any class action goes, they have decided that at this time it wont really do much good. However they are going to keep an eye on the situation and will read these message boards for possible leads to the negative outcomes of this sudden policy change and for any future effects. Not for legal retribution, but for "bug fixing" so to speak in the programming code of new law.

By this monday you mean last monday, the 12th?

thanks

Well, i had received my NOA1 on May 2nd, and had not been touched at all or anything since. Then, today, I checked again, and not only had I been touched (that really does sound wrong), but my status had been updated with a message that read as follows:

Current Status:

On June 15, 2006, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case. The notice explains in detail what additional material is needed. If you have questions about the notice, what is required, or if 30 days have passed and you have not received the notice. Please contact the service center where you submitted your application during business hours.

Seems like my RFE is on the way ....although I'll be believe it when I see it. That being said, I suppose its possible (though unlikely) that they're sending an RFE unrelated to IMBRA, which would really suck. I guess I'll just have to wait and find out.

Good luck to everyone!

This message was on your online case status? WOW.

Wow that is really cool...i hope you get imbra rfe soon ....

I hate the fact they don´t update my status since my petition was recalled!

I´ll never know when the RFE was sent.
I honestly don´t think the recalled cases will be expedited.
It sucks to be in this situation.

I´m calling them tomorrow.

looks like vermont will be the speedier service centre with the RFEs too!

(and for those people whose petitions they recalled from the consulates, they really should be!)

I know it really gives you a feeling of uncertainty. I called today after I saw a few people were told there RFE's were either being sent or are baing prepared now. So I called and the woman said that they haven't accessed my file yet for the RFE. SO I asked about these being expedited and she said she doesn't know anything about that. I told her that isn't it in their rules that if our cases were due to USCIS error our cases are then expedited,a nd she said I guess so. What kills me is the fact that the people I saw that were told their RFE's are being sent, have a later Receipt date than me. I am assuming they have no order. Believe me I am happy for those getting their RFE's and those who can file now with the new form. It just stinks that their is no order based on Receipt date.

Exactly.
That´s my point too.
I mean, how hard is it? The petitions were already approved, so get those and send a RFE.
I wish we could be downloading the template and sending it. I hate depending on them.

And I think we can only ask for than to expedite our application because of their error when submiting the RFE, so we´re really up to what they will do now.

If they did mail it today some people might be getting it either tomorrow or saturday, right?

Let´s wait and see. Maybe they won´t change our (recalled petitions) status on the website and the phone officers won´t know they have mailed the RFE.

Still not new update on our online case status.. (last update on Mar 28) my fiance spoke to VSC today, they told him our case is with the officer for review, they do not have any other information for us...

That´s too vague...

with an officer for review??
They are really good at buying some time.
That could mean anything.

I´ll call them tomorrow as well but I´m pretty sure I´ll get the same answer.

I mean, there´s nothing to be reviewed. It´s done. It was approved. The only thing we miss is the IMBRA request. I hope by review they mean "sending the RFE".

ok, here is my spin on the situation.....could it be the reason why Vermont is sending out the RFE's(or so it seems) to the later petitioners (not the recalled ones) is because they are already sitting on theirs desks, and not in a pile in a separate room somewhere? Perhaps also this is the reason why the electronic system shows them, and doesn't show us because we have been approved already? Which does not go to show that ours are not being worked on either....just maybe its not as easy to track??? Perhaps they need to clear their desks in order to start distributing the new recalled petitions among themselves...didn't they state they were going to process those first?
I'm just guessing, and still hoping to receive something in the mail by next week.