Pros and cons of congressman

[Steph and George 1]

Can anyone let me know how things have gone when tey e contacted the congressman? My fiancé asked me about the downsides and I said I'm sure there are some but I haven't heard. Has anyone had a bad experience after contacting the congressman when their case has taken a while to process? I don't want him to do anything that will possibly jeopardize our case. Please help.

[The Mean Lady 604]

There's no downside.

There's nothing negative that can come from it.

You might not get the response you were hoping for, but that's it.

[Bayareaguy 156]

The only downside is wasting your time if there is no positive outcome.

[Kate and Joseph 1]

We are working through a lawyer in Miami and I asked them about both calling the VSC and writing a congressman to see if that would speed things up at all...she said to hold off until the "normal processing time" before starting to make those kinds of contacts. She said she has had a few cases that were called on by either petitioner or the congressman and the files were taken out to get looked at and then either were lost/misplaced or placed at the back of the line again. Now that is probably not always the occurrence but they have had it happen from time to time. So with that in mind, and as much as I would love to speed things up, I would at least wait the 5ish months they are saying to wait for normal processing times before all that.

Edited June 14, 2013 by Kate and Joseph

[jenni17 36]

contacting your congressman will in no way negatively affect your case. It may not help it.... but it will not hurt it.

[Steph and George 1]

We're almost at the 5 month mark but it feels like forever though I'm sure everyone else is in the same boat. I'm just sick of seeing feb and march filers being processed and ours remains on the bottom of the stack on some guys desk. *sigh*. Kate & joe say it can get lost is that true?? Because everyone else says it won't cause harm but a lost file is pretty big. Thx everyone.

[The Mean Lady 604]

We're almost at the 5 month mark but it feels like forever though I'm sure everyone else is in the same boat. I'm just sick of seeing feb and march filers being processed and ours remains on the bottom of the stack on some guys desk. *sigh*. Kate & joe say it can get lost is that true?? Because everyone else says it won't cause harm but a lost file is pretty big. Thx everyone.

I wouldn't hold too much stake in that, honestly.

People who never contact anyone have had their files lost.