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[NPM 3]

I hope that letter a I-129F filer sent to the White House this month helps any. Then again, I wonder the processing times for that letter to be opened by the government officials and where do we stand in their priority's list.

[Jabl2rom 54]

Not yet.. Maybe April

nope. August filers have already begun receiving their NOA2s. Some September filers will get theirs in March.

[katiekay 28]

Yeah it does suck to see that, but you are right we will get there eventually. I was hoping to have the whole process finished with by July, so I could have an August wedding. It's just disheartening to realize that I will only receive an NOA2 by July...

Keep your head up my love! One day this will be all be memories to us it'll all be worth it!

[av8or1 246]

As a September filer, I am hopeful for April and praying that it isn't later than that, which it very well could be. Sorry Jabl2rom, but March is a bit optimistic it seems. Granted, I hope to hell you're correct, but I'm not planning on it at this point.

As for my document at the white house, we had a contact who is supposed to help get it into the right hands, but we haven't heard back from them yet. Gonna ping them either today or tomorrow to see what is happening. In addition, I managed to get in a question about the processing times imbalance to the USCIS director yesterday during the conference call, amazingly enough. I followed up by sending the entire white house packet to their public relations email address afterwards. Point being that we're doing all we can and then some to raise awareness of the issue and affect change. We'll see what happens...

Edited February 26, 2015 by av8or1

[NPM 3]

As a September filer, I am hopeful for April and praying that it isn't later than that, which it very well could be. Sorry Jabl2rom, but March is a bit optimistic it seems. Granted, I hope to hell you're correct, but I'm not planning on it at this point.

As for my document at the white house, we had a contact who is supposed to help get it into the right hands, but we haven't heard back from them yet. Gonna ping them either today or tomorrow to see what is happening. In addition, I managed to get in a question about the processing times imbalance to the USCIS director yesterday during the conference call, amazingly enough. I followed up by sending the entire white house packet to their public relations email address afterwards. Point being that we're doing all we can and then some to raise awareness of the issue and affect change. We'll see what happens...

It was you who wrote that letter?? My fiancé and I read it and we feel like you did a wonderful job with it. We are really thankful for what you did representing all of us filers in this journey. Thank you!

[al19 0]

hi September here still waiting

[mariadulse 4]

As a September filer, I am hopeful for April and praying that it isn't later than that, which it very well could be. Sorry Jabl2rom, but March is a bit optimistic it seems. Granted, I hope to hell you're correct, but I'm not planning on it at this point.

As for my document at the white house, we had a contact who is supposed to help get it into the right hands, but we haven't heard back from them yet. Gonna ping them either today or tomorrow to see what is happening. In addition, I managed to get in a question about the processing times imbalance to the USCIS director yesterday during the conference call, amazingly enough. I followed up by sending the entire white house packet to their public relations email address afterwards. Point being that we're doing all we can and then some to raise awareness of the issue and affect change. We'll see what happens...

Thanks a lot for all your work. Please keep us posted if you hear anything. What was the answer from the USCIS director?

[av8or1 246]

It was you who wrote that letter?? My fiancé and I read it and we feel like you did a wonderful job with it. We are really thankful for what you did representing all of us filers in this journey. Thank you!

Thank you for the compliment and you're welcome. Creating something is a funny thing, ya know? When we as humans look at our own body of work, we tend to only see the "mistakes" that we think we've made and - in this case - sections that I'd like to rewrite. That said, Kristin put her awesome proofing skills to work and the rest of the skunkworks team reviewed it and gave it their seal of approval, so I went ahead with it. I felt as though time was of the essence, and so I didn't allow my perfectionist self to continually "improve" it over a period of weeks, like I would normally be inclined to. LOL

Thanks a lot for all your work. Please keep us posted if you hear anything. What was the answer from the USCIS director?

I will let you know what happens. Hopefully we'll hear something back from our capitol hill contact this week. The USCIS director seemed shocked by my report, as others have noted who were listening in, because I was careful to explicitly state the processing time discrepancy in days; ergo approximately 22 for the CSC versus 205 for the TSC. He thanked me for the input and said that they are monitoring processing times on a daily basis. So in the end, kind of a generic political answer, but hey, we got our voice heard at the very tippy-top level of the USCIS, right? Can't ask for much more than that, though we won't stop until something changes.

Anyway time will tell. All of us realize that these efforts may not generate much yield, but if you don't stand up and try, then nothing will happen, and for sure. So we must continue trying, at least in my view. FWIW.

Edited February 26, 2015 by av8or1

[nick@123 2]

I Have seen about 4 september filers from tsc recieving NOa2

[SR_ZJ 4]

Are you sure they aren't from CSC and just filled out their timeline wrong?

[Jabl2rom 54]

For personal reasons, I think I've gotten to the point where a late April NOA2 would actually ideal. I would hate to have to deal with rescheduling. regardless, the way things are shaking up, I may not even be able to get my fiance up here until freaking August, even if she were to get her K1 in June.

[av8or1 246]

Hot off of the presses: the Capitol Hill contact says that he hasn't heard anything yet and to check back with him on Monday afternoon. So we'll do that and report back.

FYI. FWIW.

[av8or1 246]

For personal reasons, I think I've gotten to the point where a late April NOA2 would actually ideal. I would hate to have to deal with rescheduling. regardless, the way things are shaking up, I may not even be able to get my fiance up here until freaking August, even if she were to get her K1 in June.

Well that's good, in a way. I can sort-of relate. Elena's due date being in late April means that there's no way our son will be born in Texas, so an April approval might be ok for us, it'd just depend on how long all of the pre-reqs would take; meaning the medical and such.

That said, I'd just like to get the approval sooner rather than later, regardless. I imagine you feel the same. Lol

Good luck to us all.

[Pennycat 880]

Hot off of the presses: the Capitol Hill contact says that he hasn't heard anything yet and to check back with him on Monday afternoon. So we'll do that and report back.

FYI. FWIW.

Are you dealing with Congressional staff in the DC/Capitol Hill office or the district office? This could make a significant difference in level of and type of service (neither necessarily better/worse, just different approaches). What are you expecting/hoping to hear from him?

[Pennycat 880]

Thank you for the compliment and you're welcome. Creating something is a funny thing, ya know? When we as humans look at our own body of work, we tend to only see the "mistakes" that we think we've made and - in this case - sections that I'd like to rewrite. That said, Kristin put her awesome proofing skills to work and the rest of the skunkworks team reviewed it and gave it their seal of approval, so I went ahead with it. I felt as though time was of the essence, and so I didn't allow my perfectionist self to continually "improve" it over a period of weeks, like I would normally be inclined to. LOL

I will let you know what happens. Hopefully we'll hear something back from our capitol hill contact this week. The USCIS director seemed shocked by my report, as others have noted who were listening in, because I was careful to explicitly state the processing time discrepancy in days; ergo approximately 22 for the CSC versus 205 for the TSC. He thanked me for the input and said that they are monitoring processing times on a daily basis. So in the end, kind of a generic political answer, but hey, we got our voice heard at the very tippy-top level of the USCIS, right? Can't ask for much more than that, though we won't stop until something changes.

Anyway time will tell. All of us realize that these efforts may not generate much yield, but if you don't stand up and try, then nothing will happen, and for sure. So we must continue trying, at least in my view. FWIW.

Ohh, that was you? I thought you did great! Sadly, my initial impression of the director was that I', not 100% positive that he *really* was listening---it sounded like he was a little quick to go right to "we're looking at our staffing needs" and to me it feels like all he heard at first was "womp womp womp processing time womp womp womp". Especially because USCIS is SO huge with SO many service centers and field offices, how would he even understand one form for a relatively obscure type of visa etc etc....my first impression was that he just got the idea of what you were saying and replied "yes, everything is slow, sorry, NEXT".

However, good news: I thought about it more and replayed it a bit in my memory and I wonder if part of the reason he was so quick to agree was because if they really ARE monitoring on a daily basis as he claims, then they are already well aware of the problem and the moment you said I-129f....he knew what was up. THAT would be a great sign and maybe an indication that something is happening. Here's hoping it's my second impression!