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they cannot and will not, in any way, shape or form assist you in expediting your case if you are within normal processing times. If it were that easy everyone would be doing it.


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they cannot and will not, in any way, shape or form assist you in expediting your case if you are within normal processing times. If it were that easy everyone would be doing it.

I agree!

I-130 Submitted ---- 09/16/2011

NOA 1 ---- 09/21/2011

I-130 Approved ------ 04/30/2013

NVC Case Number -- 05/14/2013

Medical Exam ------ 05/28/2013

Case Complete ------- 08/06/2013

Interview -------- 09/09/2013

Visa Arrived ---------- 10/17/2013

POE SFO ------------- 10/21/2013

Delays maybe inevitable, but misery is optional!

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Me, and I agree, you have to be out of the range of "normal waiting"....they won't expedite.

Dec 13, 2012 ~ heart.gif Married my Best Friend heart.gif

Jan 18, 2013 ~ Mailed I 130

Jan 22, 2013 ~ I 130 Received at USCIS

May 10, 2013 ~ I 130 Approved

July 2, 2013 ~ NVC Received packet from USCIS

July 8, 2013 ~ Got NVC Case #, Invoice # & Beneficiary #

July 10, 2013 ~ Sent DS 3032 by email

July 15, 2013~ Received DS3032/I-864 email

July 15, 2013 ~ Sent I-864 Payment... Re-sent DS 3032 Supervisor Review

July 16, 2013 ~ AOS shows PAID

July 17, 2013 ~ Mailed AOS package

July 22, 2013 ~ AOS received at NVC

July 25, 2013 ~ Accepted DS 3032 email

July 26, 2013 ~ Received IV Bill

July 27, 2013 ~ Paid IV Bill

July 31, 2013 ~ IV Bill Shows Paid, Mailed IV Packet!

Aug 01, 2013 ~ NVC received DS 230 packet

Aug 12, 2013 ~ Called NVC and was told I had a checklist on AOS..uuuggghhhhh

Aug 19, 2013 ~ NVC received corrected AOS

Aug 23, 2013 ~ Received Checklist on DS230..need Birth Certificate in Extensa

Sept 9, 2013 ~ NVC Received correct Birth Certificate, but now being told 30 business day review instead of 20 sad.png

Sept 13, 2013 ~ Did the DS 260 online...another 30 business day review ..Ugghhhhh...was told we didn't need to do this, but now we do mad.gif

Oct 2, 2013 ~ CASE COMPLETE AND INTERVIEW DATE OF NOV. 20th!! WAHOOOOO!

Nov 20, 2013 ~ VISA APROVADA!!

Nov 26, 2013 ~ Picked Up Visa in Santo Domingo at Domex

Nov 27, 2013 ~ POE Atlanta....Then flew to Illinois....Picked my Hubby up at the Airport!!!






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Who among here had asked their senator or congressman for assitance to speed up the process?Thank you so much in advance

I did that with my adjustment case. I wrote a letter to then Senator Barack Obama, Senator Richard Durbin, and Congresswoman Melissa Bean, all of whom representing my district and the State of Illinois. USCIS actually held my adjustment of status case after they made an error with adjudication, finally accepted their mistake. When I sent in a "Motion to Reconsider", the CIS office in Chicago in its "own" motion Reopened the case altogether, adjudicated our case to our favor, instantaneously. Great results after 3 legislators following up on my case.

I did the same thing on mom's Natz, cousins' CSPA applications with the US Embassy in Manila, I remember writing to Laura Bush (former First Lady) as well.

I won't hesitate to do it again in a heartbeat. I actually am preparing another letter now in case my Natz application would take forever outside CIS normal processing time frame, saves me gas money and parking fees going to downtown for Infopass, even more so rather than filing a lawsuit.

I-485 Adjustment of Status

10/21/2000 - Entry as B2 visa, changed status to F1

07/25/2005 - Mom filed F2B

03/01/2007 - Filed AOS to Permanent Resident under 245(i) by virtue of Section 203(h)(3) of the Child Status Protection Act of 2001; Public Law 107-208 (CSPA). Automatic Conversion of F2B petition and Retention of Priority date of an F4 petition as derivative beneficiary of dad filed in 1982 by his sister (hereinafter referred to as the "Automatic Conversion and Retention" clause of the CSPA). With the help of a lawyer from Los Angeles - who sent lots of briefs and case laws previously cited by the Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal Courts to support our arguments.

03/04/2007 - Notice of Action for AOS Received

03/31/2007 - Biometrics Appointment

06/--/2007 - Interviewed in Chicago, District Adjudicator unable to approve AOS outright as more time was needed to review our case arguments, will notify us of the decision.

08/03/2007 - Decision on AOS - "DENIED" on the basis that F2B petition filed by mom was not current. USCIS misconstrued the basis for eligibility for AOS. (Copy of F2B petition mom filed only submitted as evidence that I sought to acquire status as a permanent resident within one year of the availability of the visa (F4 visa current on 12/2004), a requirement for seeking relief under CSPA and INA 203(h)(3))

08/28/2007 - Filed Request for Reconsideration of Decision on Adjustment of Status Application Based on Service (USCIS) Error, that filing for AOS eligibility was based on dad's 1982 petition, that CIS made an error in determining eligibility. (Motion to Reconsider on Form I-290B was filed without a fee, lawyer argued due to the fact that basis for AOS was erred by the Service)

01/24/2008 - Motion to Reconsider/Appeal Rejected by the USCIS District Adjudicator in Chicago due to non-payment of fee.

02/15/2008 - Re-submitted Motion to Reconsider Denial of AOS to Permanent Resident on Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), Washington, DC.

02/19/2008 - USCIS received re-filed Motion to Reconsider with a fee of $585. Motion to Reconsider was later transferred to the Administrative Appeals Unit (AAU) in Chicago, IL.

07/28/2008 - Motion to Reconsider Denial of Adjustment on Form I-290B was reconsidered. USCIS Director in Chicago in its own motion submitted a Motion to Reopen, to reopen the case in its entirety. USCIS Director requested for 2nd interview and biometrics (after I sent tons of inquiries to the US Senators Barack Obama and Richard Durbin representing Illinois)

08/02/2008 - 2nd Biometrics Appointment

08/18/2008 - Dad filed another F2B petition requesting F2B conversion from F4 under CSPA and retention of his priority date of 1982. (CSPA decisions and case laws with BIA, Federal Courts and Court of Appeals for the 5th and 9th Circuits do not require that petitioners on later filed F2B petitions be the same as the beneficiary of the original petition, in my case dad was the beneficiary of an F4, but USCIS stance on conversion is that it does not apply to other immigration petitions except F2A and it should not be considered automatic in nature, therefore filing is necessary). A new F2B petition to the derivative beneficiary of the original petition would not have been necessary as afforded by the Act, but the USCIS does not conform to its automatic conversion clause as was on the Act.

09/05/2008 - Email Notice on Adjustment of Status "APPROVAL." (without 2nd interview as originally requested on CIS letter when decided to reopen the case). {Approved AOS based on a hard fought CSPA Automatic Conversion of my F4 derivative status to F2B and Retention of dad's Priority Date of 1982 (therefore making the F2B petition current having retained dad's PD). Law that the government decided to ignore for more than a decade now since the Act was enacted in 2001 signed by President Bush. (The lawyer who represented my case before the District Office Director in Chicago was from the same law firm in Los Angeles who sued the government, in a class action, due to its restrictive interpretation of CSPA denying benefits to those who are otherwise beneficiary of the law, those children of intending immigrants who aged out due to no fault of their own. The law firm was successful in overturning Federal Court ruling in Los Angeles when it appealed the class action to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, En Banc decision.) The government then appealed the decision En Banc of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (which basically entitled "aged outs", or those derivative beneficiariess of any family based, employment based, diversity visa categories, who turned over 21 yrs of age, to join their parents upon receiving permanent residency status) to the Supreme Court, conjoined Federal Courts decisions out of the 2nd and 5th Circuit Courts of Appeals. PENDING before the Supreme Court, anticipating decision or ruling in 2014.}

09/10/2008 - Received Green Card

N-400 Application for Naturalization

09/05/2013 - Eligibility

06/08/2013 - Sent Form N-400 (90-day rule)

06/10/2013 - Priority Date

06/10/2013 - Check Cashed

07/03/2013 - Biometrics

08/05/2013 - In line for Interview

08/12/2013 - Email Notice N-400 scheduled for Interview

08/19/2013 - Interview Letter - received

09/17/2013 - Interview @ 0930am @ 101 West Congress Parkway, 2nd Floor Citizenship Office, Chicago, IL -- APPROVED!!!

09/18/2013 - Oath Letter - mailed from Chicago USCIS Office

09/19/2013 - Oath Letter - mailed from the National Benefits Center

09/20/2013 - Oath Letter - from Chicago USCIS Office received

09/21/2013 - Oath Letter - from the National Benefits Center received

2 Oath Ceremony Appointment Letters

09/27/2013 - Oath Ceremony

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Who among here had asked their senator or congressman for assitance to speed up the process?Thank you so much in advance

It greatly depends on your circumstance. Each case is different. If you have a problem with your case, or some serious reason you need to be expedited then maybe they can help. Other than that there is not much they can do for you other than inquire about your current petition with USCIS.

This was just recently discussed here in this thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/417974-march-2013-i-130-filers/page-29 near the bottom and continues for a couple pages. Also I am sure if you do a search here there are more places you can find topics on this.

11-28-2010 - Married

USCIS:
03/14/2013 - I-130 Sent
03/18/2013 - NOA1

06/05/2013 RFE issued

06/25/2013 RFE recieved in mail

06/28/2013 RFE requested docs. sent to USCIS from abroad

07/08/2013 RFE entered into USCIS system as received and "RFE Review" status online

07/16/2013 NOA2 received by email

07/19/2013 Email from USCIS stating case file has been sent to NVC

07/27/2013 Hard copy of NOA2 recieved abroad (Vietnam) by mail

NVC:
08/02/2013 Received NVC case number via email

08/02/2013 Sent DS-3032 via emial

08/05/2013 Paid AOS ($88) fee

08/19/2013 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

08/26/2013 Paid IV ($230) fee

09/04/2013 Completed new DS-260 Online in place of the old (DS-230 paper form)

09/10/2013 I-864 Sent

10/04/2013 Check list

11/02/2013 Check list

12/14/2013 Case Complete

12/30/2013 Interview Scheduled for Feb 25 2014

US Consulate HCMC, Vietnam

02/25/2014 I-R1 Immigrant Visa interview (APPROVED!!)

03/06/2014 Visa delivered

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thanks guys for the reply..yah, we have problem with our case status thru online everytime we checked thru online its says cannot be found.its 5 months already and still cannot be found..we re CR 1 from NBC our local office MSC.

Daniel L. Covitz

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thanks guys for the reply..yah, we have problem with our case status thru online everytime we checked thru online its says cannot be found.its 5 months already and still cannot be found..we re CR 1 from NBC our local office MSC.

Yeah that is not too uncommon. Many people here have that same issue. There is a known issue with the USCIS website. You can call and get your status updates. I know it sucks but just how it is for now. I had some problems also sometimes showing up and sometimes not. I finally went on the USCIS website and signed up for email updates and that worked really well for me. Anytime they did something with my case I got an email. Just another option you can try.

11-28-2010 - Married

USCIS:
03/14/2013 - I-130 Sent
03/18/2013 - NOA1

06/05/2013 RFE issued

06/25/2013 RFE recieved in mail

06/28/2013 RFE requested docs. sent to USCIS from abroad

07/08/2013 RFE entered into USCIS system as received and "RFE Review" status online

07/16/2013 NOA2 received by email

07/19/2013 Email from USCIS stating case file has been sent to NVC

07/27/2013 Hard copy of NOA2 recieved abroad (Vietnam) by mail

NVC:
08/02/2013 Received NVC case number via email

08/02/2013 Sent DS-3032 via emial

08/05/2013 Paid AOS ($88) fee

08/19/2013 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

08/26/2013 Paid IV ($230) fee

09/04/2013 Completed new DS-260 Online in place of the old (DS-230 paper form)

09/10/2013 I-864 Sent

10/04/2013 Check list

11/02/2013 Check list

12/14/2013 Case Complete

12/30/2013 Interview Scheduled for Feb 25 2014

US Consulate HCMC, Vietnam

02/25/2014 I-R1 Immigrant Visa interview (APPROVED!!)

03/06/2014 Visa delivered

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***moved to general immigration from IR1/CR1 progress reports as topic an cover a variety of visas***

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I did that with my adjustment case. I wrote a letter to then Senator Barack Obama, Senator Richard Durbin, and Congresswoman Melissa Bean, all of whom representing my district and the State of Illinois. USCIS actually held my adjustment of status case after they made an error with adjudication, finally accepted their mistake. When I sent in a "Motion to Reconsider", the CIS office in Chicago in its "own" motion Reopened the case altogether, adjudicated our case to our favor, instantaneously. Great results after 3 legislators following up on my case.

I did the same thing on mom's Natz, cousins' CSPA applications with the US Embassy in Manila, I remember writing to Laura Bush (former First Lady) as well.

I won't hesitate to do it again in a heartbeat. I actually am preparing another letter now in case my Natz application would take forever outside CIS normal processing time frame, saves me gas money and parking fees going to downtown for Infopass, even more so rather than filing a lawsuit.

I called Senator ####### Durbin's office...they were great!! :-)

Dec 13, 2012 ~ heart.gif Married my Best Friend heart.gif

Jan 18, 2013 ~ Mailed I 130

Jan 22, 2013 ~ I 130 Received at USCIS

May 10, 2013 ~ I 130 Approved

July 2, 2013 ~ NVC Received packet from USCIS

July 8, 2013 ~ Got NVC Case #, Invoice # & Beneficiary #

July 10, 2013 ~ Sent DS 3032 by email

July 15, 2013~ Received DS3032/I-864 email

July 15, 2013 ~ Sent I-864 Payment... Re-sent DS 3032 Supervisor Review

July 16, 2013 ~ AOS shows PAID

July 17, 2013 ~ Mailed AOS package

July 22, 2013 ~ AOS received at NVC

July 25, 2013 ~ Accepted DS 3032 email

July 26, 2013 ~ Received IV Bill

July 27, 2013 ~ Paid IV Bill

July 31, 2013 ~ IV Bill Shows Paid, Mailed IV Packet!

Aug 01, 2013 ~ NVC received DS 230 packet

Aug 12, 2013 ~ Called NVC and was told I had a checklist on AOS..uuuggghhhhh

Aug 19, 2013 ~ NVC received corrected AOS

Aug 23, 2013 ~ Received Checklist on DS230..need Birth Certificate in Extensa

Sept 9, 2013 ~ NVC Received correct Birth Certificate, but now being told 30 business day review instead of 20 sad.png

Sept 13, 2013 ~ Did the DS 260 online...another 30 business day review ..Ugghhhhh...was told we didn't need to do this, but now we do mad.gif

Oct 2, 2013 ~ CASE COMPLETE AND INTERVIEW DATE OF NOV. 20th!! WAHOOOOO!

Nov 20, 2013 ~ VISA APROVADA!!

Nov 26, 2013 ~ Picked Up Visa in Santo Domingo at Domex

Nov 27, 2013 ~ POE Atlanta....Then flew to Illinois....Picked my Hubby up at the Airport!!!






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My senators were very helpful on four occasions with the USCIS. My I-130 was misplaced for my stepdaughter, found that in a hurry. During our ROC stage, our application was sent to a service center that doesn't even process I-751's, was sent to the correct service center and we received out ten year card two weeks later. Then my wife's citizenship application was misplace, we waited the correct time, also found that in a hurry and set up a special oath ceremony for her. Then my stepdaughter's citizenship was denied, because she allegedly committed assault and battery charges when she was 17 months old. Cleared that up in a hurry. USCIS called this a miscommunication.

Now when it comes to dealing with the NVC, both claim they are powerless and have no say, strictly under the State Department controlled by the executive branch.

A waste of time to even attempt to contact Obama. Even though he or he office is constantly sending us emails, want to hear from us, promise to read all emails, maybe they do, but after fives years, not one response petitioning for an unmarried over 21 year old stepson from Latin America.

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I called Senator ####### Durbin's office...they were great!! :-)

Same here, and my AOS got approved within days. Definitely worth it!

“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”


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