revoke.........in this instance taking it as meaning that the approval will be reversed within their system.....the necessary background checks then done on the petitioner before it will be approved again.


revocation of a petition usually happens when a conof at an interview believes a petition should not have been approved. I wont go into examples of why that happens here. They send it back to NVC with a recommendation for revocation. NVC then forwards to CIS service centers. Just thought I'd add this so to understand the word.

Beginning new topic regarding our petition to Paul Novak, director of VSC. All those recalled or cancelled by VSC PLEASE check out the topic 'VSC Petition from all those affected'

Ok, so that didn´t mean anything new, right?

I´m on hold to USCIS now.
I won´t hang up until they give me more information.

I mean, I just got an email from them telling me to call them for more information...

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices...ont/aboutus.htm

Customer Feedback:
We strive to provide quality service to our customers. If we have not lived up to this commitment, we would like to know. If we have met or exceeded your expectations, please let us know that as well. To comment on the services provided at this office, please write to the Center Director, at:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
P.O. Box 1000
Saint Albans, Vermont 05479.

Note in the heading of the letter and on the envelope: "FOR THE PERSONAL ATTENTION OF THE DIRECTOR."

If you feel you were mistreated by a USCIS employee, or wish to make a complaint of misconduct by a USCIS employee, you may write to the Center Director, or write directly to the:

Director, Office of Internal Audit
425 Eye Street, NW
Room 3260
Washington, DC 20536

Please be specific and reference specific case numbers and dates to provide the best way for us to understand and assess your complaint.

They´ve got to be kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I´m so upset right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was on hold for 25 minutes, spoke to an operator, read the email I received from the USCIS with some information and ASKING me to call their number.

She said she didn´t know more than my case being approved in April and sent to the NVC.

Then I told her I wasn´t gonna accept that and wished to speak to a supervisor.

She transferred me and 10 minutes later this person came to talk to me and said "Hello Sir, I understand your petition was sent back from your consulate after interview was scheduled due to the IMBRA law, is that correct?"

I said yes, and she said "Ok, I´ve never heard of IMBRA and don´t know what that means"

I was gonna read the whole OFFICIAL STATEMENT for her but she said she would transfer me to someone who have more information about this. So, of course, I agrred.

And then, for my surprise I was transferred to the same first recorded message you hear when you dial USCIS number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

25 minutes waiting again, and I´m sure I won´t talk to someone who has a clue about this!

More: I´m not even calling from the United States! I´m paying for this!

I guess it´s pretty clear they´re not giving out info and period. We must wait now, and that´s it.

Well, I finally got through to USCIS on the phone. The customer service rep and the supervisor both told me that "we have no information on that [IMBRA] at this time"-- I'm assuming that since they used the exact same words that everyone is being told to give out that standard answer. I was advised that since Barrie received the recall letter on 5/19, to wait until 6/19 and call again if I haven't been advised by mail that Vermont has received our application back; at the moment there are no records showing that Vermont has gotten the case back.

<sigh>



Oh, and they suggested I call the State Department, and gave me a number. I'm not going to bother.

I called the State Dept. yesterday
They couldn´t do anything.

I also called USCIS today, I was transferred 3 times and this guy who didn´t nothing about the IMBRA law (but he wasn´t just an operator) told me Vermont has no phone to talk to customers there.

So whoever thoght that Vermont answered you by phone is wrong.

He said that it makes sense to him that, if they recalled the cases to ask for further ciminal records, they will do so and return the petition back to the Consulate.

Of course he couldn´t say if they are already doing it or not.

I still think we need to pressure them somehow. We tried over the phone and we failed.

So we should either try a letter or getting those who are not customers and can get through Vermont by phone, meaning Congressmen, Senators, etc.

That is what Yodrak, myself and many other members have been posting forever in various threads........There is no way to call the individual service centers. And there is no way other then CSC to email. All calls can only be made to NCSC 1800 number that you have all been calling......and as everyone has found out.......nothing. They honestly probably have no real idea of what is happening as the petitions have gone to the individual service centers. The only information they will be able to give you on your cases is what you can read for yourselves in your online case status.

That is true.
Although, as I posted before, I received an email from NVC and one from CSC saying my petition is back in Vermont.

That means all recalled petitions should be there already as well.

As we know where they are, we know where we should get the information from.

If we can´t reach Vermont, we must go after those who can.

I mean, Vermont has our case and they are not being updated.

I´m just trying to get you guys to help me think what´s the best plan to get this information wihin Vermont.
Please, please don´t tell me the best plan is to wait.

rlt

The problem is that there may not be anything else to do but wait. Short of a mass protest they are not giving out information. Whether that is because they don't have that information to give yet....or they are just sitting tight, is anyones guess. Even when there is the usual holdups with petitions through AR, AP or the security checks, not even a congressman is able to get any real information. That is just the way it is. I know this is hard on everyone concerned, and I feel deeply for you all, I just dont think there is going to be anything that anyone can really do except to wait

I worry too, that rub them up the wrong way, whats to stop them from putting the cases to the bottom of the file. I know personally of someone that was from within DHS in a relatively high position. If and when someone complained too much, their cases were indeed put to the bottom of the pile. This is not immigration that I am talking about but it is still relevant. I just dont want to see this happen to anyones petition. They have your future in their hands.

My best guess is that we wait for news, and yes, not just sit and wait patiently, we can still call and send letters, but that´s all we can do right now.

So, it seems like the orders that USCIS will follow were given by the DHS.

Has anyone tried to call them and ask whether they have already given them instructions or not?

They will only answer american citizens, so I can´t call them.
I think if the operator doesn´t know, it´s much more like they´ll be able to ask someone within the DHS than an USCIS officer.

Could any of you USC online give them a call and ask?

Well it just sucks knowing that this process is very long, specially for us who are not going through Vermont, and we have to wait for maybe when we think everything is dated and we're making plans and ready to be together they drop another bomb saying oh no the law has changed now u have to do this and that please, that's torture

rlt,

The reason that all the recalls apparently came from Vermont is probably not a Vermont problem implementing IMBRA. All of the SCs are in the same situation regarding the implementation of IMBRA - they need guidance from a central and higher level authority on how to do it.

The problem with Vermont is probably, as I think a few other posters have previously suggested, that Vermont is generally ahead of the other SCs in processing. Vermont started to work on petitions dated after March 6 while at all other SCs those petitions were still sitting on the shelf. The other SCs didn't process incorrectly because they didn't process at all.

Going after Vermont, or Vermont via any other SC, is not going to get the information people want. The SCs are almost certainly not the place where the new processes and procedures are being developed (although hopefully the SCs have a seat at the table).

Yodrak

There was a law passed. The USCIS must abide by that law. Nothing you do or say to anyone at any level of the USCIS will change the law. Their hands are tied ... they don't have discretion about whether or not to follow the law. If you are upset and want change I suggest making your concerns known to those that made the law and have the power to change it. Call or write your congressmen. Clogging the emails/faxes/phone lines of the USCIS/NVC/consulates is not going to change the law, but may slow down an already slow process further. Even if you find someone in the immigration path that completely agrees with you, they can't violate the laws that have been imposed upon them. The Director of Homeland Security himself cannot change this for you.

Has anyone here said anything about changing the law?
I think what we want is an update of the status of applications, since they seem to be stuck waiting for a new request.

I re-read that memo from DHS and it´s pretty clear that once they make the new I-129F form the petitioners will know about it. Either DHS will send it to the petitonaries or the form will be posted for download. I am sure that they´ll update their sites and let us know.

It´s horrible not knowing WHEN that will happen, but I´m now accepting we must wait. So ok, we wait.
Hopefully I won´t grow roots while I wait.

What about the "In the meantime DHS will
send additional questionnaires to the petitioners
inquiring about their possible criminal backgrounds" part?

When will this happen?

I think that was said in case they do send the new form to the petionaries.

Guys,

the Dept. of State released a statement saying that DHS will
send additional questionnaires to the petitioners
inquiring about their possible criminal backgrounds.

We must call DHS and ask WHEN !!!

Their phone (for citizens only) is 202-282-8000

We can use the statement as an argument.

This is what I just sent to Department of Homeland Security

Recently I filed a K-1 visa petition. Recently I have been reading where the I-129F application did not meet the requirements for the recently passed law International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act which requires that questions be asked as to the petitioner's criminal background as to things like domestic violence. I want to know since I filed my petition before the I-129F application required any questions as to the petitioner's criminal background can I expect additional papers in the mail to fill out and how many days, weeks, or months will this add to the process?

If anyone else wants to send your questions or comments to DHS this is the webpage.

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/contactus



PS..........Catagory Immigration then click submit to send email

Luis&Laura,

Where did you find a DHS memo? Can you point to it, please? I'd like to see it.

Yodrak

It´s that visa policy telegram report from the DHS official site that was posted here already. The one talking about the Recalled Petitons. It´s nothing that hasn´t been shown here.

"A 60-day deadline, March 5, 2006, was established
for DHS to begin asking K-1 fiancé(e) petitioners for
their criminal background information.

While most K-1 cases under the new IMBRA requirements
were held at the service centers pending development of a
new form I-129F...

In the meantime DHS will
send additional questionnaires to the petitioners
inquiring about their possible criminal backgrounds."

It´s clear, isn´t it?

Luis&Laura,

What's clear is that it isn't a DHS memo and it's not on a DHS site. Since the problems at the moment are with DHS-USCIS, it would be nice if they would say something and I was hoping from your post that they had. But apparently not.

Hopefully DoS is using the extra time that USCIS is giving them to get their own shop in order, so that they can implement their own IMBRA requirements when the post March 5 petitions start flowing again.

Yodrak

Sorry, it´s the Department of State. But it´s still oficial, right?

http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/telegram...grams_1446.html

Fantastic idea! I just now followed your link, and sent a message to them. I basically said the same things you did, and asked the same questions ("My petition was received March 13th, when will I get this new form, who long will it take, any answers you can give me would be greatly appreciated, etc.).
If I hear anything back I will let you know, and please do the same!

Luis&Laura,

It's official as far as that the DoS has returned certain improperly approved petitions at the request of the USCIS. As for the details of the impropriety, the DoS does not speak for the USCIS and the memo is really pretty superficial as a result.

(Nice edit :-) )

Yodrak

Had to edit it, seemed nasty when I read it back.

But I still think that even the memo was superficial, it still states that indeed a new form will be made, unless they release those to shut us up only.

I was also reading in one of those laywer pages a comment from March that the new IMBRA law would provide petitoners a new form, although from the comment the law wasn´t yet in effect so nothing about the fact the new form was never sent was said.

Ok, I don't want to be negative, but I can't stop thinking about this, because it is our lives we are talking about here. I was driving home from work today, and of course this is the best time to get some serious thinking done. I am wondering if all of the illegals have something to do with the reason they are not giving up any information. They have millions of illegals already in the US, and they are trying to figure out what they are going to do with them all. MY GREATEST FEAR is that they would put all of our petitions, the legal ones, on hold, while they have to process all the illegals, because they are already in the US. Maybe they are trying to figure out how they are going to handle 12 million illegals petitions and 1,100 returned petitions, as well as all the ones that have been filed since. I hope that this is not the reason!!!!

God help us All!!!!

well i write this with tears in my eyes..but my fiance got the cancelation today of his appointment...in the letter it says it was sent back to the states on the 15th of may...so who knows how long it will take...so gary you can update your info...

Hey, guys.

Another day has passed and nothing new came up.
What are we gonna do tomorrow?

Nice find tjv2000 and great feedback! I love to see people finding and posting these links, and ACTING not just "hoping".

No idea where it goes but I just used that feedback form at the link above to send this:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

I filed a K1 I-129F application for fiancee' visa, which was received at USCIS CA on 3/29/2006.

I am now aware that the already agonizingly slow approval process has actually gone into reverse because USCIS was not compliant with the new IMBRA law.

Over 1000 approved applications have been returned to USCIS for additional processing!

Thousands of innocent people are now caught in the deepening black hole of the fiancee' visa approval process.

How has this been allowed to happen? Is anything being done to address the massive backlog of fiancee' visa processing? Can you place an emphasis on expediting existing fiancee visa applications since the processing delays are mentally devasting the people involved? Why does it take 5 months to get an interview at the Philippine embassy after approval?

Thank you for the courtesy of a reply. "

I challenge each and every person reading this forum to take action if you ever want to see an approval this year. Your silence means nothing will change for the better.

You can all start by giving me some feedback on my message to the Ombudsman.

With one exception, nobody here's been interested in offering any input, so I figured I'd post my draft and see what people thought.


Prakash I. Khatri, Esq
Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
United States Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528

Dear Mr. Khatri:

I recently filed a K1 fiance(e) visa petition (Form I-129F) with the USCIS Vermont Service Center; according the United States Postal Service returned receipt, my petition arrived at the Center on May 19. I have since heard some very distressing news from the Department of State concerning the processing of K1 fiance(e) visa petitions in light of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA) (please see the Visa Telegram at http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/telegram...grams_2927.html, dated May 6th, 2006). The information included news of the recall of over 1,000 approved K1 petitions from their consular destinations, and provided the vaguest of explanations concerning the future of submissions currently awaiting processing at the USCIS Service Centers. I am writing to seek some general information on the current K1 visa processing situation at the Service Centers (particularly the Vermont Center), and to offer my input on how the USCIS can best address the concerns and understandable anxiety of United States citizens and their fiancé(e)'s abroad.

I write to you not only out of concern for my own case, but out of concern for other K1 petitioners who have shared their distress with me. People seeking family-based immigration benefits suffer anxiety and frustration resulting from separation from loved ones and the uncertainty of the process by which they are hoping to be reunited with their family members. It is not surprising that the World Wide Web is home to communities of family-based immigration petitioners and applicants who seek understanding and support during this difficult time. As a member of one such community, my thoughts as I write to you are as much of them as they are of my own situation.

My areas of concern include the following:

1) The relevant federal agencies (which include the USCIS under the Department of Homeland Security, as well as the Department of State), have failed to keep the public informed of the IMBRA-related developments and how they affect the way K1 petitions will be processed at the USCIS Service Centers.

2) The relevant federal agencies have failed to provide effective channels through which current petitioners and applicants can obtain reliable, complete information concerning their pending cases.

3) Officials at the relevant federal agencies, having made the grave error of failing to implement the required procedural measures for IMBRA by the legislative deadline, have compounded that error by requiring that petitions received after that deadline be processed in compliance with IMBRA when petitioners and applicants were not themselves informed of the need for compliance.

4) Officials at the relevant federal agencies have now released information (see the Visa Policy Telegram from the Department of State) stating that petitioners for K1 visas submitting on or after March 6, 2006 will be subject to new requirements when completing Form I-129F, but have failed to explain what information (if any) the petitioner will be required to supply. References to a “new Form I-129F” and “additional questionnaires” have triggered panic among petitioners and applicants, who envision massive delays as the petitioners collect the IMBRA information and turn it over to Service Centers for processing.

The situation has become untenable for those of us who have submitted a K1 petition we think will be affected by IMBRA, and some remedies are necessary. People who have resigned from jobs, sold or purchased homes, relocated, and made wedding plans upon receipt of an approval notice (or even upon approval at the foreign consulate) are now suffering financial as well as emotional hardship as their approvals are revoked. We who have not yet received an approval notice from our Service Centers are left to wonder anxiously about the future of our petitions, and to speculate on what information will be required from us in order to proceed (as well as how long it will take to obtain it).

We are United States citizens who have acted in good faith and conformed to the laws and regulations of the United States, and the requirements of the K1 petition process as published at the time of filing. To effectively penalize our petitions for an administrative failure we could not possibly have anticipated is rapidly eroding our faith in the ability of our Government to provide transparent guidance and competent administrative service.

My proposed solutions are as follows:

1) The Department of State and the USCIS must as soon as possible publish a notice describing any new requirements for the submission of K1 petitions due to IMBRA. The notice should include information on any new version of Form I-129F that may be forthcoming, and instructions for submitting K1 petitions pending new regulations or forms. In addition to any other forms of publication, the notice should be displayed prominently on the homepage of the USCIS website, and should also be available on the Department of State web page concerning visas.

2) As soon as possible, the web pages displaying the visa processing dates at the individual USCIS Service Centers should provide a notice updating the user on the status of Form I-129F processing at the Center (i.e., whether all processing has been suspended, some processing is taking place, normal processing has resumed, etc.).

3) As soon as possible, the Departments of State and Homeland Security, as well as USCIS itself, should issue a notice providing the public with a single information resource for questions concerning the IMBRA situation as it affects pending K1 petitions. This resource should be able to provide individuals with, among other things, a) the current location and status of the individual's petition; any information that is still needed from the petitioner before the petition can be approved; c) an estimated timeline for approval of any petition recalled from a foreign consulate by the Department of Homeland Security.

4) Given that petitioners with cases currently pending at a Service Center, the National Visa Center, or a foreign consulate received no notice concerning any additional procedures or requirements for approval of their petitions or applications for visas, and that there is no guidance on the IMBRA requirements available for U.S. citizens contemplating a K1 petition, it may be argued that fundamental fairness requires that all K1 submissions be processed under the pre-IMBRA regulations until notice of new procedures and requirements can be widely disseminated by the relevant federal agencies. It is one thing to require that all petitions submitted after a specific date conform to a specific set of regulations made available prior to that date; it is quite another to subject all pending and future petitions to a set of regulations that do not yet appear to exist and therefore cannot be followed by petitioners, researched by attorneys, or explained to users by USCIS officials.

I recognize that USCIS and other Department of Homeland Security personnel work hard on a daily basis to provide the most efficient and thorough service possible, for the benefit of visa-seekers and for the protection of American citizens. It is disturbing, however, to witness at this critical point in the development of our country's immigration policies and procedures, such confusion and absence of transparency. I urge you to consider the issues I have identified here, and their accompanying proposals, and to recommend that USCIS take action as soon as possible. I very much appreciate your time and attention to this matter.


Very truly yours,

[my name], J.D.

Tigretigre,

amazing job!

That´s the first time since my interview was cancelled that I´m optimistic.

Let us know of any answer you may get!

Good luck to us all!!!!!!

Hello Gary,

Please add us to your list

CSC received our petition 3-23-06
NOA1 date 3-29

No NOA2 yet.

If you can tell me the correct people to contact, and send letters to I will gladly assist in helping everyone. It seems there are a lot of people to contact and we need to all be sending to the correct place. And correct people. If we all choose the same national news station to send letters to I think this would help too.

Thanks
Luke, Rosana and Lais.

Ok guys, lets all take a deep breath here. First of all I recomend everyone sending a letter to their senators and congressmen. Second, calling USCIS or DHS obviously does no good. No one there seems to know what is going on. Contacting your local news stations may get you a mention on the 6 oclock news but I don't see how that will help. This is just one of those things that is out of our hands. We are all in the same boat here. Lets just sit back and see how it works out. Bouncing off the walls may make you feel better now but does nothing constructive.
The only thing I can see that will get us anywhere is through our elected officials. That is what they are there for. They made this stupid law and they are the only ones that can fix it.

I think as for results, you might be right.
The only thing is that if we get a news station to put this on the 6oclock news, they won´t be reading our posts.
They will hear someone and go for an explanation.

And that´s a chance we will her something. We never know until we try it.

I agree, Gary, all we can do now talking to the senators and congressman. Too bad Puerto Rico doesn't have one. My fiance can't do that, so I have to count on you guys.

On this memo: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/lawsregs/han...crhst050306.pdf

it says that "special procedures required for I129F´s fiancée petitions under IMBRA will be addressed in separate guidance (...)"

And it ends like this: "This guidance should be implemented asap."

Dated from 05/03.

And before someone complains, I did take some parts off the memo only.
That´s why I put the link.

Everyone knows that asap for the government isn't really asap, is it now?

Hi Everyone,

I had a scenario thought today. Isn't it strange that 1100 US citizens can't get info on their cases? And 1100 haven't received any notification from CIS, NVC or DHS? When did this law take effect? Why has so much time passed?

Then my mind went awful........
And when was the lawsuit in Georgia started? http://fianceevisalawyer.com/

Over 2 months ago? (And there's anti-IMBRA sites all over the www.)

Is it possible that this law truly is unconstitional? And they are trying to avoid any future law suits? And they have their lawyers working on it to find a way? And until that is found.........

I'm no where near being a lawyer but this is too much, too strange. From early January to now they haven't come up with anything. Say I got the criminal background form now, did the requirements, and our case is back in motion. But then the law is found unconstitutional and I sue. Could they be avoiding that?

And it's not just the 1100 recalled. It's all petitions since March 6. Is that a lot of possible lawsuits?

Please tell me I've seen too many movies.........

(Note: my fiance was told that MAYBE he would have an interview in September/October. And this is Paris - not a very busy consulate. And today I spoke to a very sympathetic woman at DoS. When she looked up our case number she said "Oh nooo" and explained the whole thing. Her best guess at time was at least 2 months after filing the new requirements, and it will be awhile before the new form is done. She also said our case is back with CIS but that's not what they tell me and my online doesn't reflect that as well.)

I was researching on DHS´website and found this:

http://www.security.state.ny.us/ohs_contact_info.html

It´s a hotlink for their contact in NY or surround Vermont.
They have a mailing address and a phone number for citizens with DHS related concerns.

Anyone up for it as well?

I am a bit dissapointed in my Congressmans district office. First of all they received my signed permission form (to investigate my case) on the 18th of May. I called them today and of course I do not speak to the Congressman but I get to speak to the office that deals with the immigration issues, and they did not seem to care much at all. They said they sent an inquiry in and they are waiting for a response and they will let me know by mail. she also added it could take anywhere from weeks to a month. A MONTH!!!!!!!???
I am losing hope, no one cares, they are just going to keep these petitions on their desks collecting dust, until they feel like sending them back!

connecticut dhs is on my list.

i think we have to contact the dhs in the state we live in.

do i get fries with this?

Well, I sent this letter to both my Senators and my congressman:

Dear Senator Durbin,
I would like to ask you for some help. I am in the process of bringing my fiancé from the Philippines via a K-1 visa. Congress passed a new law in January called the “International Marriage Broker Regulation Act” or IMBRA.
This law has caused all of us trying to get our loved ones into this country a lot of problems. Even though I did not meet my fiancé though a marriage broker our petition has been held up along with everyone else’s petition until the DHS figures out how to implement it. It seems that the DHS did not plan ahead for this law which went into effect on March 6 2006. They did not update the forms that we were to use and as a consequence everyone that filed after that date has had a hold put on the petition. Some poor people that used the Vermont Service Center had their petitions erroneously approved, sent to the embassy of the fiancé and had a scheduled interview only to have their petitions pulled back to the service center for “further checks”. For the rest of us the process has come to a standstill. No approved petitions have come from the other Service Centers in a long time. We have been trying to call our respective Service Centers to get information but all we get is confusing double talk.
My petition is going through the Nebraska Service Center. Can you please find out what is going on? We have no information to go on. Please find out:
1. Will we get a RFE (return for evidence)?
2. How long will it take to get the process back on track?
3. When will they update the forms so any new petitioners don’t have this wait?

I realize that whoever started this bill had the best of intentions but I feel like we (American men who want to get our foreign fiancé’s here with us) are being treated like criminals until we prove otherwise. These checks are not needed if I were to marry an American woman, why should I have to endure it because I fell in love with a Philippina?

We are also being subjected to an inordinate delay because someone at the DHS didn’t plan ahead. We are law abiding people that are going by the book when it comes to the immigration laws. But we are being stepped on by some in congress that on the one hand are giving the illegals a free ride and on the other hand making it harder for us that are following the law. Please help us!

I have a forum that I belong to for people trying to get our alien loved ones into the country. I invite you to come in and see the heartache that this law has caused.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=80
That is the forum for the K1 visas. You will find several threads for IMBRA there.
If you’re interested my ID on that forum is GaryC.
Thank you for any help you can give us.
Yours truly,
Gary Cornelius

I don't know how much good it will do but at least it's something.
I do have some comfort knowing that Nebraska isn't dealing with returned petitions. When they start again mine will be towards the top of the pile.

Maybe it would be helpful to send emails to the proud sponsors of IMBRA:

Senator Maria Cantwell - D - WA
Senator Sam Brownback - R - KS
Representative Rick Larsen - D - WA
Representative Frank Wolf - R - VA

Funny, but in the IMBRA law it says that the law does not authorize additional checks.

Name............K1/K3...Country..........SC......NOA1......NOA2...Returned..Interview...Canceled?....rescheduled

MrMrsKnight.......K1.....Brazil..........NSC.....3/07
Iceyspots.........K1.....Algeria.........NSC.....3/10
GaryC.............K1.....Philippines.....NSC.....3/14
wileastmot........K1.....Netherlands.....NSC.....3/23
Carldecolorado....K1.....Colombia........NSC.....3/24
Michela...........K1.....Peru............NSC.....3/24
kitkat1...........K1.....Mexico..........NSC.....3/24
LuvaLimey.........K1.....UK..............NSC.....3/27
lt&gh.............K1.....Ecuador.........NSC.....4/18
Bluesurf..........K1.....Ukraine.........NSC.....4/21
jen&darcy.........K1.....Canada..........NSC.....4/21
Neya..............K1.....Nigeria.........NSC.....5/02
USMA..............K1.....Morocco.........NSC.....5/8

California Service Center
Name............K1/K3...Country..........SC......NOA1......NOA2...Returned..Interview...Canceled?....rescheduled

YnaYeBa0808.......K1.....Philippines.....CSC.....3/10
Derek & Yun.......K1.....China...........CSC.....3/13
ld&rd.............K1.....Brazil..........CSC.....3/23
jozlee............K1.....Belgium.........CSC.....3/26
heel_curve5.......K1.....Russia..........CSC.....3/29


Vermont Service Center
Name............K1/K3...Country..........SC......NOA1......NOA2...Returned..Interview...Canceled?....rescheduled

Aquelunya.........K1.....Israel..........VSC.....3/08......3/22.....5/11.....5/15.........Yes
expatrica.........K1.....UK..............VSC.....3/08......3/22.....5/20
Nannygirl82.......K1.....Jamaica.........VSC.....3/10......3/20.....5/15.....6/23.........Yes
Mike1972e.........K1.....Vietnam.........VSC.....3/13......3/27
shayrene..........K1.....Togo............VSC.....3/13......4/17.....5/6
Dowd001...........K1.....Russia..........VSC.....3/20......3/24..............6/13
Razor.............K1.....Armenia.........VSC.....3/22
react.............K1.....New Zealand.....VCS.....3/23......4/11.....5/10.....6/13.........Yes
Cigarovich........K1.....Russia..........VSC.....3/24......4/6...............6/16.........Yes
rlt...............K1.....Brazil..........VSC.....3/29......4/17.....????.....6/06.........Yes
elizaxyz..........K1.....UK..............VSC.....4/10......4/18.....5/19
vera77............K1.....Italy...........VSC.....4/18
cdngirl06.........K1.....Canada..........VSC.....4/18......4/24.....5/12
Luis&Laura........K1.....Brasil..........VSC.....4/19
billsgirl.........K1.....Canada..........VSC.....4/29
Igor Brukker......K1.....Ukraine.........VSC.....4/29

Texas Service Center
Name............K1/K3...Country..........SC......NOA1......NOA2...Returned..Interview...Canceled?....rescheduled

globetrotter......K1.....UK..............TSC.....3/10......5/11
Sacha.............K1.....UK..............TSC.....3/13
MyheartsinCanada..K1.....Canada..........TSC.....3/14
KAA...............K1.....UK..............TSC.....4/05
mallett_sj........K1.....India...........TSC.....4/20


Ok, here's todays update. Good luck to all of us!
I am going to see Luz starting next friday! I will be gone for two weeks!!!
Anyone willing to update the list while I am gone? It's not that hard as long as you understand copy/paste and have a little patients. PM me if your interested and I will fill you in on how I do it.

Just an FYI - the State Department number for visa inquiries (202-663-1225) is worthless. They know nothing and directed me to call DHS which I gave up on because the system didn't recognize my petition number.

If anyone knows anywhere else to call (aside from my State Senator) please post it.