Expedite Requests

[rehoff 0]

I tried and it did not work

[texasseoul 0]

Ok so if I do send this in for expedite service, who do you send it to? You will send the RFE to the department who receives the them, and the Expedited Service papers to the Expedite Service. SO why should we wait to send them, if they are going to two separate people? I am thinking about sending in the Expedite Request now, and the RFE when I get it. Maybe that will even expedite the RFE.

I think I have read somewhere that a Red Dot must appear on the outside of the envelope. Hell at this point, I would send in a red envelope.......lol. No seriously, check the expedite procedures again, I believe USCIS is in error and would receive an expedite request as well on recalled petitions.

Good Luck.

FYI.... I'm headed next week to see my love as well.... 60 days is long without the one you love.

I don't see how this is not an error on their part.

They approved the petitions erroneously without considering IMBRA. Sounds like they made a mistake or they would not have recalled an already approved petition. They need to take responsibility instead of every government agency point the finger at each and saying " I dunno, nobody told me"... Well it is their job to adjudicate according to the law and they failed to so. Sounds like a big fat "ERROR" to me.

Ignorance has never been an excuse in a court of law. The laws still apply.....

[gobdogman 0]

I'm not sure that the IMBRA would be considerd as an error on the part of the uscis.

Thats just the way life is guy's and there isnt much we can do about it.

The fact of the matter is who is to blame ? can you place blame, even though they should have forseen the problems with the forms before hand?

I dont see where any one agency is to blame here.

Its clearly an govt. oversite that was really unavoidable.

I think if alot of the people stop sending so many e-mails and calling for nonimportant reasons maybe they can get something done there .

I dont like waiting as much as the next guy but i am not going to flood the service centers with a bunch of junk so i can slow down the process even more.

After I read this, I was kind of amazed at the sit back and wait attitude of these statements. These attitudes are exactly how and why the USCIS has become the untransparent, inefficient behemoth it is today. To imply that people trying to communicate with their government is a negative thing which slows down governmental efficiency is nonsense and to say that this was unavoidable is also nonsense. I agree, there is a possibility there is not one agency to blame, but in my opinion it was clearly USCIS error which means I have a right to request an expedite as you do according to their policy. I'm sure a lot of the other members don't consider their correspondence with their representatives, senators and governmental agencies "junk" as you do. I hope the process goes quickly also, but I refuse to just sit and wait.

I dont see in my post that i said everyones correspondence is "junk" i do believe that some have legitimate claim to a expedition of their case.

But i do believe that some people are thinking they can get a visa in a short period of time and they are asking way too much from the uscis.

The INA process's over 400,000 visa's a year i am sure they are doing the best they can do during a time when our country is at war and our congress is shifting alot of our tax dollars to support the efforts against terrorism.

I wish the process was faster so dont get me wrong i want to be with my loved one as fast as possible also.

But lets just realise the task at hand and accept it for what it is.

Most things dealing with the govt.,doesnt matter what branch,office,level it is,there is always the hurry up and wait issue involved.

Edited June 25, 2006 by gobdogman

[Lewis 0]

The USCIS is resposible for part of the process of issuing fiancee visas and at this point they are not doing an efficient job of it. If you look at the timeline section you can compare the wait times before and after IMBRA. I kindly disagree with you, it is the government's responsibility to be as efficient as possible and it is the american public's expectations that partly drive the government's general efficiency through feedback, elections and lawsuits. If the public does nothing, the government does not operate with the public interest in mind.

As for the political situation in our country, I won't comment but I will say the abovementioned situations should have no effect whatsoever on the fiancee visa process. I really can't see any relevance at all. In fact, the only reason all of this is occuring is due to lack of preparation by the responsible agencies in dealing with the new IMBRA law. Personally, it is hard to be sympathetic to a huge governmental agency that has no clear publicized policy on handling IMBRA.

Sorry, I can't just accept this situation as it is. My government has admittedly made a huge error and has offered nothing in return but total frustration and no clear plans to deal with it. It's very difficult for me to just sit back and accept it.

This is not a typical situation, we are talking about a future marriage here, this is not a driver's license.