Petitioners and beneficiaries - Stop whining about the government shutdown!

[^_^ 5,021]

You're navigating through a system that already has a lot of variability built in when it comes to how long your petition or application takes from filing to approval. Which service center your petition goes to. Which consulate your approved petition goes to. The day of the freakin' week the service center receives your petition. Whether you paid by check or money order. Whether the foreign beneficiary can get a medical appointment in a timely manner or not. Whether the asswipes who share a country with the foreign beneficiary feel like blowing up a bus stand or start a riot the day before the interview. I could go on but you get the point. There are already a million different things that cause each one of us to have a slightly different timeline than the other.

And you want to whine about the government shutdown?

It is but one more variable in a long series of many. And it isn't even the most impactful.

So stfu about the shutdown already. This shutdown debate is about something a lot bigger than you or I.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

At worst, at the absolute worst, it means the petittions will be delayed by however many days the government is shut down. The last time was what, a few weeks?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Y

So stfu about the shutdown already. This shutdown debate is about something a lot bigger than you or I.

Like what?

[^_^ 5,021]

Even if it's a month... so WHAT! Geez. People have petitions sitting with service centers for months. People have AP processes that last months. Who cares?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Have you no sympathy? I am about to Express Mail my wife's N-400 packet tomorrow, and it is very likely, there will be nobody in Phoenix to sign for it at the other end.

OMG! I just looked in the mirror, and I am going bald! #######!

Help me Mambo Obamo Mama! Make the voices in my head stop before go back to being a lice infested hippie!!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

P.S. Will the methadone clinics be open on Monday? Does anybody know? I cannot handle not knowing.

[Darnell 8,478]

*** not a political topic - moving to 'General Immigration Discussion' forum ***

[The Dude 206]

*** not a political topic - moving to 'General Immigration Discussion' forum ***

Darnell, is there a random button that you organizers get or something. Did you even read the thread he posted? It is about the pending government shutdown, which is a political matter. Maybe you should defer to a more knowledgeable organizer when it comes to political and religion threads.

[pedroh 21]

Edited April 8, 2011 by pedroh

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

P.S. Will the methadone clinics be open on Monday? Does anybody know? I cannot handle not knowing.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Now, what just happened? How did I get here?

Where did that rabbit go?

Edited April 8, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[^_^ 5,021]

Now, what just happened? How did I get here?

Where did that rabbit go?

Darnell moved the thread. VJ moderation has been busy moving every other government shutdown thread to P&R but Darnell can't resist the opportunity to indulge in yet one more passive-aggressive thread move and moves this government shutdown thread out of P&R.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You're navigating through a system that already has a lot of variability built in when it comes to how long your petition or application takes from filing to approval. Which service center your petition goes to. Which consulate your approved petition goes to. The day of the freakin' week the service center receives your petition. Whether you paid by check or money order. Whether the foreign beneficiary can get a medical appointment in a timely manner or not. Whether the asswipes who share a country with the foreign beneficiary feel like blowing up a bus stand or start a riot the day before the interview. I could go on but you get the point. There are already a million different things that cause each one of us to have a slightly different timeline than the other.

And you want to whine about the government shutdown?

It is but one more variable in a long series of many. And it isn't even the most impactful.

So stfu about the shutdown already. This shutdown debate is about something a lot bigger than you or I.

[bogart 3]

Why are you affected if they keep on whining about it Mr. Slash? Lol

[^_^ 5,021]

Why are you affected if they keep on whining about it Mr. Slash? Lol

I'm not affected. They can whine all they want. But a little perspective never hurt nobody.