Called the California Service center regarding the fact I got my greencard. Not the kids, (K2) getting worried. He told me that they secure the package when a family petition comes in together WITH RUBBER BANDS!!!!!!
Seriously- and they get seperated, so he checks out the kids, can't find anything on the computer. He has ordered the cases to be checked out so now I guess I wait again. He says they will send me something in the mail......better be a welcome notice for crying out loud.
SO my thoughts are they forgot the kids, no action on the cases since Feb 2, and now they will do it. Nice guy tho- Meliss.

Good old USCIS employees!!!! If they can screw something up, they usually will.

My daughter (K-2) followed-to-join a year after me (K-1). They were supposed to send her file to be attached to mine when she entered the U.S., but it never made it to my file, so when we went for her AOS interview, they didn't have her K-2 file. Thankfully, because it wasn't our fault, they approved her without the file. I'm pretty sure it will never be seen again!!!!

Its True. As a former Adjudicator I can confirm the rubber band comment but it s not what you think.

Each applicant has a individual file moms of dad's file is separate from the kids etc.... Each file has a different scannable bar code identifier for tracking purposes also. That way we can tell where or who has a specific persons file (see comment below) if we need to go and retrieve it for whatever reason.

As a rule, families are to be kept together so they go through the system/process together and get adjudicated together. To avoid the very mess you are describing.

Because all they are all individual files there is no way to attach them to each other other than rubber bands. So we always had a big pile of thick rubber bands on our desk at any given time to "band" these family petitions together and keep them from being separated while travelling through the system from one stop to the next. It just made sense and worked very well for the system. It may seem strange, but sometimes someting simple works the best. It was a system wide way of doing it.

As a side note, anytime there are other family members involved the adjudicator is supposed to check and see who else is part of the petition so he can work them all at the same time. I remember many times receiving one of the family members and when I checked the system and found out there was others, I would query the system to find out what adjudicator had the other members. I would then send them and email and request those files from that other adjudicator. If they were in the same building, I would walk over to thier cube and get them so I could work the case. And vice versa. Its not uncommon for them to be sepaparetd but as Adjudicators we are to bring them back together whenever it is discovered. We did everything we could to keep everyone together. Hope this sheds some light on the darkness.

Nice thanks for the info! Hoping they can find them now and send those green cards out! Would be lovely to go back to Canada for a visit. Have a great day!

Still waiting....no change on the website or emails. I called again today and someone took all my info the kids info and said they will get back to us in 45! days,,,,
really want the card to get those kids back to Canada for a visit asap! Meliss

Hi!

Did you actually get through to a live person at CSC???

Who? How?

Please, please, please...

Still frickin waiting........no action on the kids cases for months then this week a change....RFE! Damn. Not here yet so I have to wait and see what for,,,this really pisses me off. They could'nt have told me about a RFE like what 3 months ago when I got my card.....the kids are STILL waiting. So whats the deal ======how much longer after the RFE does it usually take.

Called the California Service center

hey chiroman,can u please let me know whats the no u called the CSC at ?

TIA

800) 375-5283.

The normal one - I just kept at it till I got a live person, was'nt to long, I can always get thru- they just usually don't have much to say.