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1 minute ago, WishIWasntHere said:

That’s all so true. I hope you find a place that treats you with more respect. I ended up in a multiple email chain arguing about my spouses last name…. As if I don’t know our last name… but I’ve already paid so it is what it is 

Who did you go with?

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Ladies, gentlemen, others, I am pleased to announce that 3.5 years and a $5,000 USD mandamus suit later, we have lift-off.  

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OMG my moms visa is issued!!!! I cannot believe I saw those words on CEAC site.  432 days after her interview, it’s been issued.    man I’m so happy and thankful for this.    on Tuesda

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Well it has finally happened, pressing back on the law firm got a lawyer to talk to me and she was able to get the US attorney to lean on the consulate to send me--at long last!--the request for medic

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Just now, ice-qube said:

Who did you go with?

Goldstein. I can’t say it’s all been bad, but I do feel like the communication could be MUCH better. I have to have my mom send the questions to them because she’s a lawyer and knows what exactly to ask because anytime I send questions I get back answers that are absolute fluff or repetitive to what I’m asking. 

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Goldstein. I can’t say it’s all been bad, but I do feel like the communication could be MUCH better. I have to have my mom send the questions to them because she’s a lawyer and knows what exactly to ask because anytime I send questions I get back answers that are absolute fluff or repetitive to what I’m asking. 

This is so tiresome, all of this. Such a drain on one's time, money and emotions.

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2 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

This is so tiresome, all of this. Such a drain on one's time, money and emotions.

I don’t think anyone who hasn’t gone through this can truly understand the psychological toll it takes on a person to be stuck in limbo for this long. 

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1 minute ago, WishIWasntHere said:

I don’t think anyone who hasn’t gone through this can truly understand the psychological toll it takes on a person to be stuck in limbo for this long. 

As I have said before, I think the default thought a lot of people have is: you must have done something wrong or something. The presumption is that you just haven't tried hard enough because so-and-so who I know came from whatever ####### country and they got their visa a long time ago, etc. That really infuriates me.

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1 minute ago, ice-qube said:

As I have said before, I think the default thought a lot of people have is: you must have done something wrong or something. The presumption is that you just haven't tried hard enough because so-and-so who I know came from whatever ####### country and they got their visa a long time ago, etc. That really infuriates me.

Right!?!? Even my spouse gets caught in this WHAT IF I DID SOMETHING WRONG I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT and it’s just exhausting. I don’t believe there’s any real reason for any of us to be in this position. 

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Right!?!? Even my spouse gets caught in this WHAT IF I DID SOMETHING WRONG I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT and it’s just exhausting. I don’t believe there’s any real reason for any of us to be in this position. 

My wife is influenced by all the people around her in Miami that immigrate from these latin countries and somehow they get in with no problems, and she even tends to view it like, "just pay a lawyer a few dollars then". No matter how much I explain to her about all of this, she seems to default back to the idea that this expensive mandamus suit isn't necessary, there is some other magical trick for less money that a lawyer can do or something.

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2 hours ago, AdrianHar said:

We just filed our Mandamus with Goldstein. 🙏🏾

Congratulations.  We finally filed today too!  I have a bit more of a pep in my step this afternoon, even though in reality we still have a long way to go before we are out of this mess...

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9 hours ago, ice-qube said:

In other (slim) news, my case was updated without explanation or sign of anything two days ago on July 27. May have been just them reading my last email, and continuing to prove how ineffectual my communication is with them.

Similar news here, mine got updated today. We both have interview dates of October 21

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PACER is a website for accessing electronic court records, separate from USCIS but it would be relevant for a WOM since that is through the courts.

 

Also, these stories of poor customer service from Goldstein are terrible. I can't speak to their ability as lawyers but they really should be treating y'all better. 

I am not a lawyer and nothing I say is or should be taken as legal advice. 

 

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Married: August 18th 2018

I-130 Sent: September 18th 2018

PD: September 20th 2018 TSC

NOA1 Received: October 5th 2018
Case Inquiry: July 13th 2019 

Case Inquiry Response: July 24th 2019 - in line for processing.

Escalated Case Inquiry: August 6th 2019 - tier 2 found that internal status was "in background check" despite results coming back 4 months prior.

Escalated Case Inquiry Response: August 7th 2019 - case was "delayed" because they had to "perform additional review" 🙄 case now with an officer.

NOA2: August 22nd 2019 (336 days)

Sent to DOS: September 5th 2019

NVC Received: September 13th 2019

Case Number: October 9th 2019

DS-260 Completed: October 28th 2019

NVC Docs Uploaded: October 29th 2019

DQ: December 18th 2019

Became IR1: August 18th 2020

IL: October 13th 2020

Interview: November 2nd 2020

Visa Received: November 5th 2020

POE: November 8th 2020

GC Received: January 23rd 2021

 

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On 7/29/2022 at 9:54 AM, WishIWasntHere said:

I don’t think anyone who hasn’t gone through this can truly understand the psychological toll it takes on a person to be stuck in limbo for this long. 

This right here.  This statement needs an applause because this is 100% accurate.  

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