Getting MPs involved in the process

[Gemmie 142]

I don't see any problem with Julian trying everything he can to speed up his process, if he actually believes it will do something. Personally, I don't think it will put him to the back of the queue but I don't think he'll get it any faster either. Hence why you hear of celebrities that are turned down due to visa laws, and having to go back to their country until their visa is processed under normal processing times. But the point is, if he wants to give it a shot, then I don't see why not.

The problem that most are having, Melissa, is that you're constantly whining that you've been waiting so long, and you're sick of it already. Julian saying that 'I've been waiting over a year already, this is MY bloody time' and claiming that they should be processing things 'in a timely matter' comes across as a child stamping their feet. They receive THOUSANDS of cases and process them as quickly as possible. They even try to work with your travel dates even though you're told repeatedly not to book anything until the visa is in hand. I don't know why he's thinking the workers at the Embassy are just sitting around reading magazines. At my interview, it was busy as he1l, they literally approved hundreds of visas because they got to me. I had a 5 hour wait at the Embassy. Is Julian going to get his MP to speed up that wait too?

I've seen you quite a few times comparing your case to others', asking why theirs have been through faster than yours. But whenever someone tries to point out that your case is in safe hands and is in great processing speed in comparison to their own, you're quick to jump up with "well this is MY case, so if I want to complain about it, then I will". If you don't want people who have been waiting longer than you to drone on about their own case and tell you how lucky you've been, then stop doing it yourself. It's so easy to compare yourself with others in this process and feel that you're being left behind, but in reality, you're not. Everyone in my filing thread had a moment where they wondered if they would ever get their approval, and now they're all married, with green cards, and adjusting to American life.

[marlea 84]

I see. So your objection isn't just that I am attempting to use my MP's influence within your state department to see what the hold up is on our case, but that I am unfairly trying to influence a process that should be a completely level pitch.

So where is your righteous indignation towards those of us who pray to the Lord for His intervention? We are, after all, attempting to tilt the process in our favour. How unfair!

I say again: if you don't think it's going to work, then what's the problem? Would you be so upset if I were to ask my Aunty to call on my behalf? No, I don't think you would. You're upset about this because you think it might work, and just maybe if your own fiance had thought to do this, he'd already be with you by now.

I wasn't insulting Melissa. She's going to be my wife for ####'s sake.

This is my last post because it's just becoming ridiculous now.

I started off by trying to be helpful and saying that, from my experience, it wasn't worth the effort. I was told that I was wrong and that you didn't care what I thought, and I explained that I took offense that you seem to feel entitled to a speedier process than the rest of us and that entitlement was disrespectful. I'm not indignant about your MP calling the embassy. Have the Queen call if you want. I know it won't work. I'm indignant that you think that you deserve some preferential treatment, that you are too good to wait like the rest of us. I will gladly wait at my spot in the line as I know others were in line before me. It's only fair.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

I consider their waiting time in London as 3 weeks, since that's when they mailed in the DS forms which are the applications. Prior to 3 weeks ago, you had not applied for a visa. The other parts of the process and the RFE delay wasn't really London's fault. To give any official an idea that you have been waiting a year on the London Cheeto eaters is very misleading. You got in the interview queue 3 weeks ago.

London issued 38,273 visas in 2009. They are a bit busier than just opening the mail from Dodie, Marlea, Kathleen, Julian, Jill, (the VJ posters.)

[jennareid 20]

Melissa/Julian, 5 months is well within the normal timeframe for getting a K1 visa. Just like everyone else, you need to WAIT. Both of you need to develop some patience.

Melissa, I was under the impression that the reason you didn't file the first time around was because you slept with Julian's best friend? (Correct me if I'm wrong). Please don't insult all the people stuck in AP or facing actual delays that they didn't bring on themselves.

[JulianMelissa 52]

This is my last post because it's just becoming ridiculous now.

I started off by trying to be helpful and saying that, from my experience, it wasn't worth the effort. I was told that I was wrong and that you didn't care what I thought, and I explained that I took offense that you seem to feel entitled to a speedier process than the rest of us and that entitlement was disrespectful. I'm not indignant about your MP calling the embassy. Have the Queen call if you want. I know it won't work. I'm indignant that you think that you deserve some preferential treatment, that you are too good to wait like the rest of us. I will gladly wait at my spot in the line as I know others were in line before me. It's only fair.

You're not going to like this, and perhaps others may profess indignation while at the same time knowing in their heart that it's true, but 'standing in line' is for suckers.

Do you think Bill Gates stands in 'line'? Do you think Warren Buffet, George W. Bush, Richard Branson, or Donald Trump were ever content to simply stand in 'line?' No. They are successful precisely because they do not stand in 'line.' Standing in 'line' is for people who don't think very highly of themselves. If you're standing in 'line' and not working out how to either push that 'line' faster or move yourself through that 'line' faster, or bypass that 'line' altogether, then you're never going to get anywhere in life. Or worse, you're going to let some faceless civil servant decide that your immediate future will consist on putting your life on hold while he picks his nose and surfs porn. 'Fair'? Oh do go on. There's nothing fair about anything, and if you think your state department are prioritizing cases based on how long you've queued, you're fooling yourself.

Go on, condemn me now, but please do remember this the next time you speed up just a bit to get in front of somebody else on the road. Or you push the trolley just a bit faster so you can jump in front of somebody at the checkout. Or the next time you tell that little white lie at the office to make yourself look just a bit better to the boss. It's human nature and you're a liar if you say you don't do it. So go on keeping that stiff upper lip and waiting patiently, but don't kid yourself that you're being noble. You're just being a sucker.

Oh look at the time. Ta for now.

[Rob and Jill 82]

For the same reasons your President Bush sought the approval of the British government before he invaded Iraq. But thanks for the typical narrow-minded American response, I've been expecting it.

Yes, because checking with NATO before becoming involved in a war is the EXACT same thing as waiting in line for immigration papers...HAHA HAAAAA HAAAAA AHOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAA! Julian, I have not had a laugh that good in awhile. I also adore that fact that you say before "he invaded Iraq"...because there have been 0 British troops there? I'm not even a fan of good ole' George W. and that statement is absurd.

London issued 38,273 visas in 2009. They are a bit busier than just opening the mail from Dodie, Marlea, Kathleen, Julian, Jill, (the VJ posters.)

Absurdity! When I send someone mail they should absolutely drop everything they are doing and handle MY MAIL FIRST. What is this world coming to when what I WANT does not get handled the minute I submit paperwork??!!! How dare they make ME wait when it took over 2 years of getting fiances and life ready for this process?

Melissa and Julian come off it.

[MelissaJulian 30]

Melissa, I was under the impression that the reason you didn't file the first time around was because you slept with Julian's best friend? (Correct me if I'm wrong). Please don't insult all the people stuck in AP or facing actual delays that they didn't bring on themselves.

That is NOT true. We didn't file because Julian and I had a disagreement about something a friend of his did, and he sided with the friend. We worked through this issue and got back together. It was NOT about me sleeping with anyone and that is the truth. How rude!

Why do you all care so much? Many of the people who are complaining the most already have been through the process or have an interview date. We can't get ahead of you. And what we're doing may not seem fair to you but it is not illegal.

[The_Dude 1,142]

LoL, talking to your local MP will have the same effect that calling the electric company to advocate your immigration case with the U.S.. Your family may be well connected, however that doesn't mean anything as the UK government has nothing to do with this. Now, if you were to press the rewind button and say that Melissa was going to contact her member of congress, then that might actually elicit some sort of movement in your case.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I don't know about you losers, but on my desk sits a bright yellow phone with no buttons or dials. It's a direct line to No. 1, and he always answers on the first ring.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

That's lame Joyce, the big cheese is the one who calls ME directly not vice versa. He just knows when something is not right for me, as he feels a disturbance in The Force.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

That's lame Joyce, the big cheese is the one who calls ME directly not vice versa. He just knows when something is not right for me, as he feels a disturbance in The Force.

Aw, #######.

[Pooky 3,348]

I don't know about you losers, but on my desk sits a bright yellow phone with no buttons or dials. It's a direct line to No. 1, and he always answers on the first ring.

I was always a fan of No.2, myself

[MelissaJulian 30]

Oh ha ha, very funny. I'm so glad my case is such a joke to all of you. This is real and even if you don't like us for whatever reason, you could at least be civil.

[Gemmie 142]

Your case isn't a joke. That's why people congratulate you when you hit the next step and advise you on your mini-freak outs. Believe it or not, people actually want Julian to get his visa and the two of you to be happy together.

It's how you handle the process that people dislike (and what people are making jokes about).

[marlea 84]

Stop playing the victim, Melissa.

You said in the other post that I am able to give sympathy to others but not you. I have given sympathy to you in the past. You didn't appreciate it, and your fiance attacked me and told me that I was wrong for saying what I had said. Why should I continue to attempt to help you when it gets thrown back in my face?

You asked why we couldn't all be civil. You might ask your fiance the same question. He is often uncivil in his posts. You cannot expect people to be nice to the two of you when you constantly complain, never listen to advice that many other people give and when your fiance attacks every one who responds to your posts. To expect anything else would be to expect the rest of us to behave like saints while the two of you behave like spoiled children.