A MESSAGE TO VERMONT

[Lee L 0]

I write this with the hope of catching someone's eye at Vermont. As you may or may not know, there are a number of us waiting for months and months to be with our spouses due to this wait for petition processing. Here on this site it is plain to see that engagement petitions are often approved within half the time it takes for those for actual spouses. I am not questioning fairness - but I am questioning logic. I am married - which means I ALREADY have made the commitment to place myself responsible for my spouse, both emotionally and financially. This responsibility is extremely difficult to honor from here overseas and I would spend this time with her waiting in her country if I could, however I am not independently wealthy so it would prove even more detrimental to our marriage than this distance. Not to mention that seperation from her is heartbreaking.I know there are many elements at play here - politics, bureaucracy, etc, - but take this as a plea for the consideration of the numerous families that are being kept apart during these long wait times for petition processing.

Thank you,

Lee L

[R de la R 2]

I write this with the hope of catching someone's eye at Vermont. As you may or may not know, there are a number of us waiting for months and months to be with our spouses due to this wait for petition processing. Here on this site it is plain to see that engagement petitions are often approved within half the time it takes for those for actual spouses. I am not questioning fairness - but I am questioning logic. I am married - which means I ALREADY have made the commitment to place myself responsible for my spouse, both emotionally and financially. This responsibility is extremely difficult to honor from here overseas and I would spend this time with her waiting in her country if I could, however I am not independently wealthy so it would prove even more detrimental to our marriage than this distance. Not to mention that seperation from her is heartbreaking.I know there are many elements at play here - politics, bureaucracy, etc, - but take this as a plea for the consideration of the numerous families that are being kept apart during these long wait times for petition processing.

Thank you,

Lee L

I am under K-1 just waiting since last December, I am with you and I hope to get somebody attention at Vermon Service Center.

[sasha414 0]

i stand in the same page as you. thats exactly what i was thinking, its ironic for them to approve k1's faster than the spousal visas. does that mean the girlfriend can get to the usa faster than the wife? i dont understand that. i believe that the husband has the right to bring his wife wherever he goes. i dont understand why the uscis is approving fiance visas faster than spousals. its plain stupidity

[Ilya R. 0]

Vermont Center has no access to internet

[mrc1330 0]

Vermont Center has no access to internet

You're mistaken... they DO have access to the internet, they just dont know what it is or how to use it.

LOL!

[CaNdiD wiTcH 0]

i stand in the same page as you. thats exactly what i was thinking, its ironic for them to approve k1's faster than the spousal visas. does that mean the girlfriend can get to the usa faster than the wife? i dont understand that. i believe that the husband has the right to bring his wife wherever he goes. i dont understand why the uscis is approving fiance visas faster than spousals. its plain stupidity

I was thinking the same.. If we just knew the case even before we get married then we would prefer to do K1. I was just wondering why it seems that the bond of marriage is less important to them.

[Ilya R. 0]

Vermont Center has no access to internet

You're mistaken... they DO have access to the internet, they just dont know what it is or how to use it.

LOL!

I wont argue with that

[ArubaDolphin 0]

HI everyone

I agree with you\with the K-1 getting half as fast which is not fair

Well talk about fairness

We got our fit I-130 sent back because someone at the USCIS help line gave my husband the wron amount

and for some reason our mail is also snail mail

we lost a month almost waiting to get a rejection notice

Then we call again because we didn't get anything and we where send to Vermont office

but the NOA1 is missing in the mail, and they won't resend it

We finally got someone to give us an address a better address to send the I-129F

which got rejected the 1st time to this time for wrong address

So we are really Heart broken and scared

I am missing my husband everyday

to the point it is getting depressing

but we mist month because of mistakes they did.

And we get the butt end of the deal because seems to me California is going faster

[Imua 0]

There is one Nepal case, a K-1 that was submitted 1 week after mine to VSC, it went from NOA1 to interview in 4 MONTHS..... They are now together and I haven't even had a touch since 2/24.... I probably will not get to see my husband for another 6-9 months... Tell me where is the fairness in that????

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

There is one Nepal case, a K-1 that was submitted 1 week after mine to VSC, it went from NOA1 to interview in 4 MONTHS..... They are now together and I haven't even had a touch since 2/24.... I probably will not get to see my husband for another 6-9 months... Tell me where is the fairness in that????

Im really sorry to sign in after taking a leave of absence from VJ and seeing the same wonderful filers still waiting. I wonder if the back up will still be there when I return from Paris in October and we re-file. I hope to see some approvals real soon to my old friends and January filers, and the rest waiting even longer then some.

Paris Heart

[mamalou 0]

I write this with the hope of catching someone's eye at Vermont. As you may or may not know, there are a number of us waiting for months and months to be with our spouses due to this wait for petition processing. Here on this site it is plain to see that engagement petitions are often approved within half the time it takes for those for actual spouses. I am not questioning fairness - but I am questioning logic. I am married - which means I ALREADY have made the commitment to place myself responsible for my spouse, both emotionally and financially. This responsibility is extremely difficult to honor from here overseas and I would spend this time with her waiting in her country if I could, however I am not independently wealthy so it would prove even more detrimental to our marriage than this distance. Not to mention that seperation from her is heartbreaking.I know there are many elements at play here - politics, bureaucracy, etc, - but take this as a plea for the consideration of the numerous families that are being kept apart during these long wait times for petition processing.

Thank you,

Lee L

Me & my husband feels the same way.

[nadiaedzkie 0]

There is one Nepal case, a K-1 that was submitted 1 week after mine to VSC, it went from NOA1 to interview in 4 MONTHS..... They are now together and I haven't even had a touch since 2/24.... I probably will not get to see my husband for another 6-9 months... Tell me where is the fairness in that????

tHAT IS True i actually know a person who have filed his K1visa for his fiance' and approved and his fiance' is here now in the u.s. I just dont understand because from what i recall, we filled our petition at the same time..and same date...I really miss my husband and its been 1 year since we filed our petition I-130. how come he is not here yet???That's unfair...Is our notice of Action lost in the mail??????come on VSC!

[Karaoke 0]

Messages like this, although agreeable, are totally useless. They will never read nor care, and it is no nuisance for them, so they do not feel pressed to act.

Pick up the phone and call the USCIS' director! And then write to him letting him know how angry you are, copying politicians and decision makers...

I write this with the hope of catching someone's eye at Vermont. As you may or may not know, there are a number of us waiting for months and months to be with our spouses due to this wait for petition processing. Here on this site it is plain to see that engagement petitions are often approved within half the time it takes for those for actual spouses. I am not questioning fairness - but I am questioning logic. I am married - which means I ALREADY have made the commitment to place myself responsible for my spouse, both emotionally and financially. This responsibility is extremely difficult to honor from here overseas and I would spend this time with her waiting in her country if I could, however I am not independently wealthy so it would prove even more detrimental to our marriage than this distance. Not to mention that seperation from her is heartbreaking.I know there are many elements at play here - politics, bureaucracy, etc, - but take this as a plea for the consideration of the numerous families that are being kept apart during these long wait times for petition processing.

Thank you,

Lee L

[Kathassane 0]

i stand in the same page as you. thats exactly what i was thinking, its ironic for them to approve k1's faster than the spousal visas. does that mean the girlfriend can get to the usa faster than the wife? i dont understand that. i believe that the husband has the right to bring his wife wherever he goes. i dont understand why the uscis is approving fiance visas faster than spousals. its plain stupidity

Sasha no its not Ironic its more than pathetic that they are approved before us, we did all the steps we needed to take to get married, its not fair its so easy for them

[DianaP 0]

I aboslutely agree with you... All I have been doing is calling the USCIS directors office (Michael Ayetes) every single day and sometimes two or three times in a day to complain to all of them... My I-130 was there for 16 months without a single touch ... only after I started complaining there were touchs everyday, this week requested further evidence, we sent, and again called to coplaim and make sure they had received... Hey monday morning I am on the phone again complaining... since they do not care to read our posts, at least I feel a bit better of telling them myslef how unhuman and irresponsible their snale pace have been to our families... ( I actually got to know all the officers there by first name after been on the phone with them for over a month...)

It is not joke, it is sad, agonizing, disrespectful and simply ridiculous what they do, how they do, and when they decide to consider adjuticating our families life... This is not just a visa... this is our family well being, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially... as for all of us who are separated from our spouses goes through distress in all these areas...

I agree with all you have said 10000%...

Best of luck to all of us.