Emilio González, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, will discuss naturalization and immigration policies and priorities today at 4pm (ET)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/
QUOTE(sjordan723 @ Jul 24 2006, 04:20 PM) 
Emilio González, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, will discuss naturalization and immigration policies and priorities today at 4pm (ET)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/
Is it a realtime thing or we can only read after they transcript it?
I was wondering the same. I asked some questions but can't see anything live.
Looks like you can only read after they transcript it?
QUOTE(sjordan723 @ Jul 24 2006, 05:08 PM)
Looks like you can only read after they transcript it?
That´s my guess too.
Damn it.
I was looking but also couldnt find anything posting. If someone finds it, please post a link...if afterwards, please post the transcript link. I know most of us are very interested in this.
Here everyone..its live
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/live.html
Here everyone..its live
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/live.html
Lame. It's called a "live chat session" yet isn't. Figures.
Any bet the closest we get to a reply is the partial answer of
"Dr. Emilio González
Your question does not state whether your case is based on a family relationship, employment, or something else, such as asylum. We post processing times on our website. If you received a receipt from us for your case and it has a receipt number, you can also check the status of your application on our website.
We also have specific criteria to let customers help us by telling us if their case is older than our current processing time, or about certain other problems. They are summarized in a fact sheet on our website, www.uscis.gov, describing case services for customers who have already filed. I recommend you first use this process. "
(sorry but) This line kills me....."America has a great legacy as a welcoming country for legal immigrants. " If this is the case, quit keeping us all apart from the ones we love....
Sorry, venting.
"Dr. Emilio González
Your question does not state whether your case is based on a family relationship, employment, or something else, such as asylum. We post processing times on our website. If you received a receipt from us for your case and it has a receipt number, you can also check the status of your application on our website.
We also have specific criteria to let customers help us by telling us if their case is older than our current processing time, or about certain other problems. They are summarized in a fact sheet on our website, www.uscis.gov, describing case services for customers who have already filed. I recommend you first use this process. "
(sorry but) This line kills me....."America has a great legacy as a welcoming country for legal immigrants. " If this is the case, quit keeping us all apart from the ones we love....
Sorry, venting.
did you see the last question regarding imbra.. he dodged that question..
Matt, from Biloxi, MS writes:
Mr. Gonzalez,Due to the recently enacted IMBRA law, many visa applications (specifically I-129F K-1 applications) are being held up at the California Service Center with no word on when the approval process will begin again. The Vermont Service Center seems to be approving visas but the process at the California Service Center seems to be broke. Could you please tell us when we can expect to see this fixed? Many people have been waiting patiently but are starting to get impatient due to the inactivity and lack of answers from your personnel. Thank you.
Dr. Emilio González
Both the Vermont Service Center and the California Service Center are actively adjudicating petitions for alien fiance (Form I-129F). All those still pending that came in on the old, pre-IMBRA version if the I-129F have recently been sent a request for the additional information required under IMBRA. Once responses are received by the Service Centers, these cases will be completed.
Matt, from Biloxi, MS writes:
Mr. Gonzalez,Due to the recently enacted IMBRA law, many visa applications (specifically I-129F K-1 applications) are being held up at the California Service Center with no word on when the approval process will begin again. The Vermont Service Center seems to be approving visas but the process at the California Service Center seems to be broke. Could you please tell us when we can expect to see this fixed? Many people have been waiting patiently but are starting to get impatient due to the inactivity and lack of answers from your personnel. Thank you.
Dr. Emilio González
Both the Vermont Service Center and the California Service Center are actively adjudicating petitions for alien fiance (Form I-129F). All those still pending that came in on the old, pre-IMBRA version if the I-129F have recently been sent a request for the additional information required under IMBRA. Once responses are received by the Service Centers, these cases will be completed.
Here is the question and answer we were waiting for. So BOGUS!!
Matt, from Biloxi, MS writes:
Mr. Gonzalez,Due to the recently enacted IMBRA law, many visa applications (specifically I-129F K-1 applications) are being held up at the California Service Center with no word on when the approval process will begin again. The Vermont Service Center seems to be approving visas but the process at the California Service Center seems to be broke. Could you please tell us when we can expect to see this fixed? Many people have been waiting patiently but are starting to get impatient due to the inactivity and lack of answers from your personnel. Thank you.
Dr. Emilio González
Both the Vermont Service Center and the California Service Center are actively adjudicating petitions for alien fiance (Form I-129F). All those still pending that came in on the old, pre-IMBRA version if the I-129F have recently been sent a request for the additional information required under IMBRA. Once responses are received by the Service Centers, these cases will be completed.
AKKK!!!! You beat me to it!!!
Matt, from Biloxi, MS writes:
Mr. Gonzalez,Due to the recently enacted IMBRA law, many visa applications (specifically I-129F K-1 applications) are being held up at the California Service Center with no word on when the approval process will begin again. The Vermont Service Center seems to be approving visas but the process at the California Service Center seems to be broke. Could you please tell us when we can expect to see this fixed? Many people have been waiting patiently but are starting to get impatient due to the inactivity and lack of answers from your personnel. Thank you.
Dr. Emilio González
Both the Vermont Service Center and the California Service Center are actively adjudicating petitions for alien fiance (Form I-129F). All those still pending that came in on the old, pre-IMBRA version if the I-129F have recently been sent a request for the additional information required under IMBRA. Once responses are received by the Service Centers, these cases will be completed.
AKKK!!!! You beat me to it!!!
QUOTE(Iniibig ko si Luz forever @ Jul 24 2006, 04:36 PM)
Here is the question and answer we were waiting for. So BOGUS!!
THANKS MR. WHATSOEVER!!! WE KNOW ALL THAT ALREADY....
now what did we learn today? we actually know more than the white house....
now what did we learn today? we actually know more than the white house....
well i am not disappointed really.. it was what I expected..
QUOTE(Iniibig ko si Luz forever @ Jul 24 2006, 02:36 PM)
Here is the question and answer we were waiting for. So BOGUS!!
Matt, from Biloxi, MS writes:
Mr. Gonzalez,Due to the recently enacted IMBRA law, many visa applications (specifically I-129F K-1 applications) are being held up at the California Service Center with no word on when the approval process will begin again. The Vermont Service Center seems to be approving visas but the process at the California Service Center seems to be broke. Could you please tell us when we can expect to see this fixed? Many people have been waiting patiently but are starting to get impatient due to the inactivity and lack of answers from your personnel. Thank you.
Dr. Emilio González
Both the Vermont Service Center and the California Service Center are actively adjudicating petitions for alien fiance (Form I-129F). All those still pending that came in on the old, pre-IMBRA version if the I-129F have recently been sent a request for the additional information required under IMBRA. Once responses are received by the Service Centers, these cases will be completed.
AKKK!!!! You beat me to it!!!
Did we really expect anything more?? Ok well maybe I hoped for something better than that. LOL! I think he worked the customer service phone line before being promoted to director. Just the standard company line nothing more nothing less.
another interesting tidbit from the forum:
Juga, from Columbus, Ohio writes:
How long it takes to get your greencard if married to a Us citizen ?Thanks
Dr. Emilio González
One of the most common ways people immigrate is based on a relationship to a U.S. citizen. If your U.S. citizen husband or wife wants to help you immigrate, he/she would start the process by filing a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. This form is available on our website at uscis.gov.
If you are already in the U.S., entered legally, and meet certain other requirements, you may be able to file an I-485 application for permanent residence at the same time your husband or wife files the I-130 relative petition for you. This is called adjustment of status. Otherwise the Department of State will invite you to apply for an immigrant visa shortly after we approve the petition. In some cases, the petition itself can be filed directly at the U.S. Consulate.
Now, in terms of how long this takes. That depends on whether you are here and apply for adjustment of status, or apply for an immigrant visa after your husband or wife files the relative petition.
If you file both together, you can check our website for current processing times for the I-485 adjustment application to get a sense of the average processing time at the office at which your case will be processed. We have an office in Columbus, Ohio, where you indicated you live. Right now that office is completing applications for adjustment of status within our 6 month goal processing time.
If you will apply for an immigrant visa, our goal is to have the relative petition processed and to the Department of State within 6 months.
Juga, from Columbus, Ohio writes:
How long it takes to get your greencard if married to a Us citizen ?Thanks
Dr. Emilio González
One of the most common ways people immigrate is based on a relationship to a U.S. citizen. If your U.S. citizen husband or wife wants to help you immigrate, he/she would start the process by filing a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. This form is available on our website at uscis.gov.
If you are already in the U.S., entered legally, and meet certain other requirements, you may be able to file an I-485 application for permanent residence at the same time your husband or wife files the I-130 relative petition for you. This is called adjustment of status. Otherwise the Department of State will invite you to apply for an immigrant visa shortly after we approve the petition. In some cases, the petition itself can be filed directly at the U.S. Consulate.
Now, in terms of how long this takes. That depends on whether you are here and apply for adjustment of status, or apply for an immigrant visa after your husband or wife files the relative petition.
If you file both together, you can check our website for current processing times for the I-485 adjustment application to get a sense of the average processing time at the office at which your case will be processed. We have an office in Columbus, Ohio, where you indicated you live. Right now that office is completing applications for adjustment of status within our 6 month goal processing time.
If you will apply for an immigrant visa, our goal is to have the relative petition processed and to the Department of State within 6 months.
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Did we really expect anything more??
Nah just false hope
Useless, totaly useless.
QUOTE(vartan @ Jul 24 2006, 04:48 PM)
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Did we really expect anything more??
Nah just false hope
I don't know if this guy really cares. The job just pays the bills for him. Half of these questions can be answered on the website. Are the praises from his staff? He came over when he was nine. Did his parents come over legally? If they did, he would have been illegal before they naturalized. What a waste.
They spent a whole lot of $$ setting this up just for a whole lot of . .. . nothing at all! 
Congrats everyone! RFE recieved=approval! 
according to him.
according to him.
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