Letter to Congress about USCIS

[Rwlaird 18]

If you are as frustrated as I am go to the website of your member of Congress and send them the following letter (or your own version - cut and paste and make your own tweaks). Go to house.gov - enter your zip code in the top left corner if you aren't sure who your representative is. Their website should have a contact page. Go to Senate.gov and search for them by going to your state in the menu.

Immigration Reform

I support comprehensive immigration reform. Our failure to secure the border and the number of illegal immigrants in our country is absolutely ridiculous!

I am currently involved in helping my fiancée navigate the immigration process legally! One vital part of immigration reform needs to be drastic improvement in customer service at USCIS!

I applied for a fiancée visa last year in July! We're closing in on six months waiting for approval and getting more frustrated by the day! The purported 5 month wait for 15 minutes of work is ridiculous in itself but the absolutely unacceptable part is the "customer service!" If we want immigration reform Congress really needs to grill this agency for their ridiculous service and demand improvement! It is not at all unreasonable to expect an agency of the US government to approve applications in order and give you adequate notice if they are running behind and a good estimate of how much the delay will be. But instead they are approved in a random order and cannot give you any real indication of when to expect action, even after they are running behind schedule. Seeing applications approved which were submitted after yours being approved before yours is very frustrating. Telling you to call back in 30 days after you have already waited more than 5 months for them to do 15 minutes of work is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable!

I, and my lawyer fiancée, worked hard to complete the application and get everything right. We have waited. I have asked your office for help with my specific case. Your inquiry has yet to produce any real action. While I am most concerned with my own application real improvement is needed in the management of USCIS!

Thank you for your attention to my concerns!

[YuAndDan 153]

Not a question about filing for a K-1, moving to USCIS forum...

[Rwlaird 18]

It's about reform of the K1 process and relevant to all those on this forum!

[YuAndDan 153]

It's about reform of the K1 process and relevant to all those on this forum!

USCIS has been slow with all visa petitions, not just the I-129F. They are running 5 months for I-130 used for CR-1, IR-1, IR-5...

USCIS forum is where this topic, you are complaining about the slow process time at the service centers.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

My guess is about 10 seconds.

Ten seconds from opening the letter to throwing it in the trash can. Congress has more pressing things on their table than dealing with disgruntled individuals who complain about immigration in general and a paragraph later complain about processing times as they want to import another foreigner into the US. We have 34 million unemployed, the economy in the toilet, a shot Congress Woman, 3 wars, and many other things.

Just sayin' it as I see it, but wish you the best of luck anyway.

[Rwlaird 18]

My immigration complaint is about ILLEGAL immigration and the difficulty of following the legal process. If they get enough letters they may start to pay attention.

[Afrikan Queen 11]

If you are as frustrated as I am go to the website of your member of Congress and send them the following letter (or your own version - cut and paste and make your own tweaks). Go to house.gov - enter your zip code in the top left corner if you aren't sure who your representative is. Their website should have a contact page. Go to Senate.gov and search for them by going to your state in the menu.

Immigration Reform

I support comprehensive immigration reform. Our failure to secure the border and the number of illegal immigrants in our country is absolutely ridiculous!

I am currently involved in helping my fiancée navigate the immigration process legally! One vital part of immigration reform needs to be drastic improvement in customer service at USCIS!

I applied for a fiancée visa last year in July! We're closing in on six months waiting for approval and getting more frustrated by the day! The purported 5 month wait for 15 minutes of work is ridiculous in itself but the absolutely unacceptable part is the "customer service!" If we want immigration reform Congress really needs to grill this agency for their ridiculous service and demand improvement! It is not at all unreasonable to expect an agency of the US government to approve applications in order and give you adequate notice if they are running behind and a good estimate of how much the delay will be. But instead they are approved in a random order and cannot give you any real indication of when to expect action, even after they are running behind schedule. Seeing applications approved which were submitted after yours being approved before yours is very frustrating. Telling you to call back in 30 days after you have already waited more than 5 months for them to do 15 minutes of work is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable!

I, and my lawyer fiancée, worked hard to complete the application and get everything right. We have waited. I have asked your office for help with my specific case. Your inquiry has yet to produce any real action. While I am most concerned with my own application real improvement is needed in the management of USCIS!

Thank you for your attention to my concerns!

So what happened? Did they respond?