October/November 2010 Immigrant Visa filers (CR-1/IR-1)

[lbjr 0]

I try to imagine what the inside of a USCIS office must look like. No matter how I try, the visions in my brain are never in color. It's always like some vintage photograph of the Department of Motor Vehicles, circa 1958. I can see Edna's beehive hair-do even now as I type this. The clatter of typewriters...I can hear them. A pile of petitions--which are stacked higher than even Edna's hair--sit next to her, and it's propped up by the mummified remains of former USCIS workers, perfectly preserved by some magical chemical process derived from decades of sipping very burnt, old coffee.

Yes, the time waiting is pushing me to places involving lots of padding, soothing voices, and a little shock treatment.

Burebista, my husband is only a few hours from VSC, maybe I should get him to drive there and take a peek inside and take a photo for everyone. While he's there, he can possibly shuffle some paperwork through and get a few people their NOA2's...or write them a new software (he works in IT) to help speed up this exhausting process!!!

VSC is probably entering everything manually with a typewriter...Edna is busy changing the ribbon as I'm posting this.

Edited March 31, 2011 by lbjr

[Burebista 3]

Burebista, my husband is only a few hours from VSC, maybe I should get him to drive there and take a peek inside and take a photo for everyone. While he's there, he can possibly shuffle some paperwork through and get a few people their NOA2's...or write them a new software (he works in IT) to help speed up this exhausting process!!!

VSC is probably entering everything manually with a typewriter...Edna is busy changing the ribbon as I'm posting this.

Better yet, they need to hire some ILLEGAL immigrants to go in there and get the job done.

BAD BUREBISTA

[I & JJ <3 9]

:rofl Sad part is they'd probably be more efficient too!

[Amy and Nick 37]

Congrats DFW-LHE and Umer8566!

This thread is getting busier, which can only mean good news

I found a pic of the CSC (VSC seems strangely absent in a google search )

Funny enough the "ziggurat" was a building on my university campus, and was the ugliest most hated building by all. I feel its come back to haunt me!

Edited March 31, 2011 by Amy and Nick

[Burebista 3]

Found it:

Edited March 31, 2011 by Burebista

[Amy and Nick 37]

:rofl:

and here's Edna's daughter, Beatrice, begrudgingly following in her mothers footsteps. I do imagine this is the look on every USCIS workers face whhen asked "hows that stack of petitions coming"!

Although in reality its probably gossip at the water cooler not stressing over peoples lives!

[I & JJ <3 9]

Lmbo, is that shack supposed to be VSC?

My husband and I have joked that our petition is probably in a dumpster somewhere, or was recycled to make a paper bag, or perhaps someone used it to wipe his or her @#*...who knows!

[CanadaLove 16]

*giggles at all the posts about Edna and the typewriters* You guys are hilarious.

[Slaghead 0]

I spy 2 NOA2's for November filers today. Yay! One with the same send date as me even and one a week before.

[sison2083 0]

FINALLY GOT OUR NOA2 TODAY 3/31/2011. YESSSSSSSIRRRRRR!!....

[aapstar1 0]

FINALLY GOT OUR NOA2 TODAY 3/31/2011. YESSSSSSSIRRRRRR!!....

Congratulations sison2083!

[cristina.c 2]

Bravo on the approvals yesterday.

I'm still seeing some activity with WAC numbers close to ours. I think our petition is sitting on Edna's desk, the oldest case worker at CSC, who can't be fired for being slow because she brings in awesome, homemade cookies and pies for her boss and coworkers.

that's funny,it's coming,it has to

[cristina.c 2]

Congratulations on latest approvals,the rest who's still waiting hang on in there,soon you'll be done,and for the ones that are at Nvc good luck!

[I & JJ <3 9]

Congrats sison2083!

Cristina, how far along are you @ NVC?

[marjus's girl 6]

Better yet, they need to hire some ILLEGAL immigrants to go in there and get the job done.

BAD BUREBISTA

i`ve thought about that too