talking to someone live

[honestlyspkng 0]

With the new recording at the customer service number, it seems to be increasingly difficult to reach a live person

at USCIS. I am not outside the window yet, but I would like to verify that my documents have not been lost as I have

heard of before. My dates have not been updated since August on the K-3 petition, and the I-130 for my stepdaughter has not been touched since July even though the I-130 for my wife was touched on 10-5, a Sunday. I was not aware they were working Sundays. Still, Vermont seems to be desperately behind, and of course they do not feel the need to be courteous enough to at least give us some idea to believe that they will get any better any time soon. With the state of the economy and rising unemployment, should they be hiring or should the government be outsourcing? Seems like people on the west coast know how to get things done. In the good old days, especially in the private sector, when very busy, people were expected to buck up and handle the additional workload in the same time frame, but that was before we had recordings that explained away our shortcomings by saying, "we are soooooooooooooo busy". This leaves us as the people waiting in the doctors office while the doctor steps out the back door to go to lunch. I only need to wait long enough and he will be back.............................won't he?

Now that I have vented a bit, has anyone spoken to someone live and will share the secret with us?

Thanks for your patience