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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from Tonyhk in Calling USCIS   
    Thanks for such a thorough post. I thought I should report back the inconsistencies in my results from speaking with an Immigration Officer today. The officer was friendly and trying to be helpful, so there is no reason I would expect what he was telling me to be untruthful or lazy.
    1. Immigration Officers do not have badge numbers. That is only the tier 1 service reps.
    2. He said that they do not have the ability to answers these questions (supposedly they do not have access to these security checks):
    a) Name check Status?
    b) Background Check Status?
    c) Has it been assigned to an officer?
    d) When can I expect to get some updates on my case?
    e) Can you help me with a ball park date on when my case will be assigned to an officer?
    What he was able to do was to check the current up-to-date status of my case. He also was able to see that there was a report on file for my case, which indicated to him that an Immigration Officer or supervisor must have looked at the case (as they are the only ones able to make a report). I believe they can typically review what was said in the report, though in my case specifically there was an issue with him viewing the report. Beyond that, as my case is not yet 30 days past the normal processing times, all he could tell me to do was call back once the 30 days had passed to file a case service request.
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from sunshine16x in Calling USCIS   
    Thanks for such a thorough post. I thought I should report back the inconsistencies in my results from speaking with an Immigration Officer today. The officer was friendly and trying to be helpful, so there is no reason I would expect what he was telling me to be untruthful or lazy.
    1. Immigration Officers do not have badge numbers. That is only the tier 1 service reps.
    2. He said that they do not have the ability to answers these questions (supposedly they do not have access to these security checks):
    a) Name check Status?
    b) Background Check Status?
    c) Has it been assigned to an officer?
    d) When can I expect to get some updates on my case?
    e) Can you help me with a ball park date on when my case will be assigned to an officer?
    What he was able to do was to check the current up-to-date status of my case. He also was able to see that there was a report on file for my case, which indicated to him that an Immigration Officer or supervisor must have looked at the case (as they are the only ones able to make a report). I believe they can typically review what was said in the report, though in my case specifically there was an issue with him viewing the report. Beyond that, as my case is not yet 30 days past the normal processing times, all he could tell me to do was call back once the 30 days had passed to file a case service request.
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from ShyHazelnut in Calling USCIS   
    Thanks for such a thorough post. I thought I should report back the inconsistencies in my results from speaking with an Immigration Officer today. The officer was friendly and trying to be helpful, so there is no reason I would expect what he was telling me to be untruthful or lazy.
    1. Immigration Officers do not have badge numbers. That is only the tier 1 service reps.
    2. He said that they do not have the ability to answers these questions (supposedly they do not have access to these security checks):
    a) Name check Status?
    b) Background Check Status?
    c) Has it been assigned to an officer?
    d) When can I expect to get some updates on my case?
    e) Can you help me with a ball park date on when my case will be assigned to an officer?
    What he was able to do was to check the current up-to-date status of my case. He also was able to see that there was a report on file for my case, which indicated to him that an Immigration Officer or supervisor must have looked at the case (as they are the only ones able to make a report). I believe they can typically review what was said in the report, though in my case specifically there was an issue with him viewing the report. Beyond that, as my case is not yet 30 days past the normal processing times, all he could tell me to do was call back once the 30 days had passed to file a case service request.
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from TorLex in Calling USCIS   
    Thanks for such a thorough post. I thought I should report back the inconsistencies in my results from speaking with an Immigration Officer today. The officer was friendly and trying to be helpful, so there is no reason I would expect what he was telling me to be untruthful or lazy.
    1. Immigration Officers do not have badge numbers. That is only the tier 1 service reps.
    2. He said that they do not have the ability to answers these questions (supposedly they do not have access to these security checks):
    a) Name check Status?
    b) Background Check Status?
    c) Has it been assigned to an officer?
    d) When can I expect to get some updates on my case?
    e) Can you help me with a ball park date on when my case will be assigned to an officer?
    What he was able to do was to check the current up-to-date status of my case. He also was able to see that there was a report on file for my case, which indicated to him that an Immigration Officer or supervisor must have looked at the case (as they are the only ones able to make a report). I believe they can typically review what was said in the report, though in my case specifically there was an issue with him viewing the report. Beyond that, as my case is not yet 30 days past the normal processing times, all he could tell me to do was call back once the 30 days had passed to file a case service request.
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from TBoneTX in Conditional GC and wants a divorce   
    Gowon may have a legitimate point. It is understandable that, if your friend is unfamiliar with the immigration process and asks you a question, you would simply want to seek an answer on her behalf regarding adjusting her status in the event of a divorce. However, outside of answering a question for her, getting into the middle of a friend's marriage (and potential divorce) is advisably not a good place to be. Going into details of your friend's life and how horrible her husband is may have led Gowon to believe that was the direction you were headed. Take it from people who have gone through a divorce (of which I infer Gowon has), it is very ugly and not a decision you should make yourself too big a part of in your friend's life.
    You may not appreciate my response either, and I respect that. I am just trying to provide some perspective to Gowon's question. (Of course, I may stand corrected.)
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from Merrytooth in Conditional GC and wants a divorce   
    Gowon may have a legitimate point. It is understandable that, if your friend is unfamiliar with the immigration process and asks you a question, you would simply want to seek an answer on her behalf regarding adjusting her status in the event of a divorce. However, outside of answering a question for her, getting into the middle of a friend's marriage (and potential divorce) is advisably not a good place to be. Going into details of your friend's life and how horrible her husband is may have led Gowon to believe that was the direction you were headed. Take it from people who have gone through a divorce (of which I infer Gowon has), it is very ugly and not a decision you should make yourself too big a part of in your friend's life.
    You may not appreciate my response either, and I respect that. I am just trying to provide some perspective to Gowon's question. (Of course, I may stand corrected.)
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from del-2-5-2014 in Conditional GC and wants a divorce   
    Gowon may have a legitimate point. It is understandable that, if your friend is unfamiliar with the immigration process and asks you a question, you would simply want to seek an answer on her behalf regarding adjusting her status in the event of a divorce. However, outside of answering a question for her, getting into the middle of a friend's marriage (and potential divorce) is advisably not a good place to be. Going into details of your friend's life and how horrible her husband is may have led Gowon to believe that was the direction you were headed. Take it from people who have gone through a divorce (of which I infer Gowon has), it is very ugly and not a decision you should make yourself too big a part of in your friend's life.
    You may not appreciate my response either, and I respect that. I am just trying to provide some perspective to Gowon's question. (Of course, I may stand corrected.)
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from SweetDelish in Emailed the president...   
    You are using red herring logical fallacies for your position David&Goliath, namely an "appeal to ridicule" and "wishful thinking". The fact is the CSC's system (case file process, ratio of adjudicators to petitions, etc.) is working in a way that is beneficial to petitioners/applicants. The fact is also that the current system for VSC is not working to the same degree of success. Your suggestion is not to fix what is bad about the VSC's system but just to make CSC system suffer their errors and faults. What Henry&Rebecca suggested is that if one system is working in a beneficial way (the CSC), the aspects of that system should be replicated in the VSC so that all petitioners/applicants may benefit by what is demonstrably a better result in processing times. You argue, "Why not bring each service center down to 1 month approvals?" If there was a system that reasonably allowed there to be 1 month approvals, then yes, why not? However, that has not been demonstrated, while the current results of the CSC have been.
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from hikergirl in Emailed the president...   
    You are using red herring logical fallacies for your position David&Goliath, namely an "appeal to ridicule" and "wishful thinking". The fact is the CSC's system (case file process, ratio of adjudicators to petitions, etc.) is working in a way that is beneficial to petitioners/applicants. The fact is also that the current system for VSC is not working to the same degree of success. Your suggestion is not to fix what is bad about the VSC's system but just to make CSC system suffer their errors and faults. What Henry&Rebecca suggested is that if one system is working in a beneficial way (the CSC), the aspects of that system should be replicated in the VSC so that all petitioners/applicants may benefit by what is demonstrably a better result in processing times. You argue, "Why not bring each service center down to 1 month approvals?" If there was a system that reasonably allowed there to be 1 month approvals, then yes, why not? However, that has not been demonstrated, while the current results of the CSC have been.
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    PatrickAndJess reacted to Anh map in American girl marrying Canadian man   
    Your impression is wrong. You have to meet the income requirements for your household count plus the intending immigrant. Your dependent children are included in that count.
    The children that are in the full time care facilities may not need to be counted. That is only speculation on my part. You should confirm that with a qualified immigration attorney if no other VJ members can give first hand knowledge.
    The income requirement for a household of 7 (you, 5 children, and the intending immigrant) is: $43,662. The child support can be used to meet that income amount. You would supply evidence to support the amount of child support claimed. This affidavit of support is supplied at the interview stage of the process.
    Your fiance will not be able to work for several months after entering the US on a K1 visa. If that is a concern, it may be wiser to marry and then apply for a spouse visa. That would allow him to legally work after entering the US.
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    PatrickAndJess reacted to VanessaTony in Rough Estimate   
    Police check he's good to get done now. Medical depends on the doctor. Some panel physician's require the NVC case number before they will let you do the appointment. So I suggest calling the panel for his state to find out what they require.
    Here is the link he will receive for P3: http://canberra.usembassy.gov/fiance_niv_appl.html He can get the forms filled out now (and leave the dates blank so he can fill the date in when he signs them) and you can start getting your I-134 and supporting documents together to mail to him as well as the further letter of intent. The sooner you get all those documents to him, and the sooner he gets his medical and police check stuff done, the quicker you can return P3 and the quicker you get P4 (interview date).
    Also, once you receive NOA2, you or he can start calling NVC to find out the NVC file number. That gives him the ability to do the medical (most likely before receiving P3 as it can take a couple of weeks between NOA2 and P3).
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    PatrickAndJess got a reaction from VanessaTony in How can I get my visa in hand faster?   
    Great! My fiancee didn't hear anything the next day or see any tracking activity, she emailed the 2nd day and received a response back that the visa was ready to be sent and to confirm whether we wanted it to be mailed to her or to have it available for pick up on Friday (the 3rd day), she confirmed she would like it mailed out. We began seeing tracking activity around 8:45pm on Thursday and received it the next day. She flew out Saturday morning and it has been great having her here the last couple days knowing we don't have to be apart anymore
    She did get it on Friday She brought a platinum express post envelope with her to the interview.
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