US Representative help?

[Gretch 11]

Has anyone requested and gotten help from their US Representative recently? I sent in a request a couple of weeks ago and haven't heard anything yet. When I petitioned for my husband in 2016, I asked for my congressman's help (application was being held up at NVC due to a USCIS error that had him flagged as previously denied/deported) and heard back much sooner. But it's a different representative and a different world this time, and this one has more celebrity than the last one. She's an immigrant herself, so hoping her office will be sympathetic.

 

I'm applying for my little stepson this time. I'm sure everyone's trying this but I laid it on about uncontrolled covid and school interruption. I applied December 2020, still NOA 1 only. Texas SC.

 

I had an idea that applying for a minor child was going to sail through in no time at all!

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Hm, you’re stuck in the processing times it looks like, TSC is only taking inquiries for cases filed before Sept 2020 https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

That said it’s a little strange your rep hasn’t followed up yet - I know many people are contacting reps about many things (petitions and passports included) but I know a few who have in the past few weeks and most of them have received an initial response within a few days. Maybe you want to call the office to confirm they received the request? 

[SalishSea 16,800]

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Hm, you’re stuck in the processing times it looks like, TSC is only taking inquiries for cases filed before Sept 2020 https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

That said it’s a little strange your rep hasn’t followed up yet - I know many people are contacting reps about many things (petitions and passports included) but I know a few who have in the past few weeks and most of them have received an initial response within a few days. Maybe you want to call the office to confirm they received the request? 

I contacted my rep about a non-immigration related federal issue (IRS) a week ago, and still have yet to hear back other than the canned response.  

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

4 hours ago, Gretch said:

I had an idea that applying for a minor child was going to sail through in no time at all!

Oh - just on this, judging by the way the processing times website lists the different categories for processing, all IR are lumped in the same pile for processing. Each service center has a line for “U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21”