please help us to write to our congresswomen

[ninanina123 28]

My fiancé wants to write a letter to his congresswomen maybe she can do something to help us to get our approved please help us to write a letter to thank you so much

[Boiler 43,713]

What have you managed so far?

[ninanina123 28]

Boiler. What have you managed so far?

Sorry I did not understand your question

[sma1488 155]

Your timeline says you received your NOA1 on June 2 of this year and are at TSC. Why do you think you shouldn't have to wait your turn like everyone else?

[Boiler 43,713]

Do you have a draft of the letter that you are looking for comments on. What are you trying to do?

[Megan & Luke 93]

If you are looking for an expedite due to extenuating circumstances, you only need to request through USCIS not your congressman/woman. USCIS has a page with the details and how to request an expedite.

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/expedite-criteria

Just as a note, it's not easy to get an expedite. You need evidence and usually requires some major catastrophe, illness, etc.

If you are wanting to just get a faster approval you will need to wait in line behind everyone else, your congressman or woman cannot help you until your petition has hit the 5 month mark (5 months from NOA1). Texas Service Center is sort of on track but they are lagging way behind California. If your NOA1 date was June 2, you can try to contact someone but really your 5 month mark isn't until November 2. It's worth a shot I guess, but understand that there are a LOT of people still waiting ahead of you at TSC.

Good luck

[BraveAmnay 56]

Sorry !!! at this point of you need still wait as everyone did .if your petition is in Tx you have to wait Min 5 Max 9 months but if ur petition is in Ca or Ver u have to wait about 5.Your timeline show you got your Noa1 6/01/2014 which only like 4 months ,so its not even 5 months .Like said wait & wait ....Good Luck

Edited October 13, 2014 by BraveAmnay

[wbeem 568]

Your timeline says you received your NOA1 on June 2 of this year and are at TSC. Why do you think you shouldn't have to wait your turn like everyone else?

And why should someone who wants to try achieve something be told that they can't? Many of those who have received very rapid approvals have not been expedited and not all have been from the Philippines.Those at CSC are being approved in less than half the time than those at TSC. So it cannot be stated that the OP should wait like everyone else, because clearly, not everyone else has to wait. If the OP wants to write a letter, let him or her write a letter. The request for help was polite. Snapping back is not.

[ninanina123 28]

wbeem. Thank you for your understanding I really appreciate wishes you the best in life and for other personae thank you for you participation and your opinion

Just god know haw we feeling haw we suffer from this wait

[Al and Cherry 2]

I truly appreciate your thoughts and wants. I recommend EVERYBODY on this board and their friends and relatives to write to their congressman/woman about this situation. The Gov seems to find ways to make things happen very rapidly when it has to do with commerce, or war but when it comes to family they seem not to care. We are in a global environment these days and all of us have found our love outside of the U.S. For the most part this paperwork could be check by a post office worker, just being honest. Forcing families to be separated for unreasonable amounts of time is just mean. Yes we all must wait in line I'm good, but we all should also make our congress people know that this is just unacceptable. The more family, friends, associates that you can get interested in writing a note and chewing up their time the more likely they are to provide funding to hire additional staff for this process. Always money to buy new battleships, tons of money to pass around in countries that we conquer and billions have been spent on nation building.... time to spend a few of these dollars here at home helping people with loved ones trapped across oceans. Especially when we are the ones paying the taxes.

Writing to your representative is easy. Find out who your congress person is... search google. Go to their website (they will have one) and write them a note. Use straightforward language, remind them you are a voter, Encourage them in peaceful and respectful language to assist you as a voter in their district to fund, and encourage our immigrations professional to increase staff and or reduce requirements (that NOBODY in the STATES would ever have to comply with...). We pay GOOD money to submit these petitions and waiting for months up end to be reunited is just unacceptable. The more pressure that all of us, our families, friends and associates bring to them the more they will act upon this issue. If you are not fighting for yourself then think of others in the future.

Always be polite and respectful, but be clear that you want them to do something. Even if they cannot, if they get enough contact they might actually do something besides have lunch with large contributors.

Just my humble opinion.

Wishing everybody here God speed and my you all be reunited with your loved ones very soon!

[Dohan 133]

You can and should write to your congressman/woman. However, I do advise that you wait until you are at 5 months because if you contact them too early they will tell you to wait.

It is a great idea to get working on the letter now.

Say who you are, that you live in their voting district so so, and which visa you are applying for. Explain that you are at the 5 month mark of normal processing times and are therefore concenred about the delay in the processing of your application.

Remind them (in a polite manner) that you are a voter and a tax payer and that you are grateful for the work that they have accomplished during their time in office (flattery will get you everywhere). Explain that that the delays in your processing center are unreasonable and becoming unbearable, despite you having complied with all the requirements on your part.

Respectfully urge them to look into the matter as these delays are infringing on your human right of having a family life with your loved one.

Something like that. Also give them about two weeks to respond to your letter (maybe one week). And if they do not respond, then you start calling them.

Also at the 5 month mark you are allowed to contact the USCIS.

[imcoming 21]

You make some good points but I think immigration spending is already at an all time high, as are numbers of immigrants, (9.6 million in 1970 to 40.8 million in 2012). The problem is volume vs budget, I don't think they are likely to increase spending on a relativlely low priority area (for govt) such as immigration visas. This is not to say the system couldn't be simplified and improved. TSC seems to be a continual problem. I'm not saying don't write, but we have to be realistic. So wording of any letter is of paramount importance as some have stated already. We will write, can't do any harm eh.

Good luck once again to everyone! (especially those stuck at TSC!)

I truly appreciate your thoughts and wants. I recommend EVERYBODY on this board and their friends and relatives to write to their congressman/woman about this situation. The Gov seems to find ways to make things happen very rapidly when it has to do with commerce, or war but when it comes to family they seem not to care. We are in a global environment these days and all of us have found our love outside of the U.S. For the most part this paperwork could be check by a post office worker, just being honest. Forcing families to be separated for unreasonable amounts of time is just mean. Yes we all must wait in line I'm good, but we all should also make our congress people know that this is just unacceptable. The more family, friends, associates that you can get interested in writing a note and chewing up their time the more likely they are to provide funding to hire additional staff for this process. Always money to buy new battleships, tons of money to pass around in countries that we conquer and billions have been spent on nation building.... time to spend a few of these dollars here at home helping people with loved ones trapped across oceans. Especially when we are the ones paying the taxes.

Writing to your representative is easy. Find out who your congress person is... search google. Go to their website (they will have one) and write them a note. Use straightforward language, remind them you are a voter, Encourage them in peaceful and respectful language to assist you as a voter in their district to fund, and encourage our immigrations professional to increase staff and or reduce requirements (that NOBODY in the STATES would ever have to comply with...). We pay GOOD money to submit these petitions and waiting for months up end to be reunited is just unacceptable. The more pressure that all of us, our families, friends and associates bring to them the more they will act upon this issue. If you are not fighting for yourself then think of others in the future.

Always be polite and respectful, but be clear that you want them to do something. Even if they cannot, if they get enough contact they might actually do something besides have lunch with large contributors.

Just my humble opinion.

Wishing everybody here God speed and my you all be reunited with your loved ones very soon!

[Al and Cherry 2]

You make some good points but I think immigration spending is already at an all time high, as are numbers of immigrants, (9.6 million in 1970 to 40.8 million in 2012). The problem is volume vs budget, I don't think they are likely to increase spending on a relativlely low priority area (for govt) such as immigration visas. This is not to say the system couldn't be simplified and improved. TSC seems to be a continual problem. I'm not saying don't write, but we have to be realistic. So wording of any letter is of paramount importance as some have stated already. We will write, can't do any harm eh.

Good luck once again to everyone! (especially those stuck at TSC!)

Very good points and I agree this is a low priority and what is worse we are all over the map... sorry for the pun... The only way this will change is if we raise the priority and the only way to do that is to voice dissatisfaction and that means our congressman/woman. Am I writing YES, have I waited 5 months NO, do I expect to gain favor or jump the LINE and have not asked for such. What I have done is express my dissatisfaction and feelings of being stuck in a line that is only good for separation of families and loved ones. The only way this will get changed for all of us (most likely speaking in the future for others to come) is to cause noise... noise translates into issues to over come at election time... So I encourage to get the chatter up... They will respond or get tired of sending out replies... Just my two cents... being quiet never changed anything, accepting 6,5,7,8 months of separations so a postal clerk can check my paperwork is ridicules.

Once again, best of wishes to you....