Hypnos

Our first interview is this week; Aimee K's on Wednesday.
Looking forward to hearing a successful first strike for the Aprilers.

Congrats Hypnos ,, SO SO happy for you

Put your zip code into https://egov.uscis.g....office_type=LO and it should tell you your nearest field office.

Perhaps try a credit union instead. They have a better reputation for actually caring about their customers (since in essence they are owned by their customers).
http://www.asmarterchoice.org/
http://researchcu.ncua.gov/Views/FindCreditUnions.aspx

I've had a couple of people asking me why I am filing I-360 (non-VAWA) instead of I-130 as most people do here, so figured I would do a brief overview of how things came to be.
While studying at university in the UK I started talking to a girl online. Things progressed, to the point where we wanted to meet, so during a break in my course I came to visit for a couple of weeks. It went well, and another visit soon followed. At this point we weren't sure if we had something or it would just fizzle into nothing, so I applied for a B-2 visa from the American Embassy in London and after graduation came here again for an extended visit.
We hit it off and so looked into options for the next step. We read about adjustment but she was making just under the required amount. Her father was going to be our co-sponsor but he lost his job shortly after I arrived, shutting the door on that possibility. Her family didn't really care for me (she had been with some bad people previously, which had resulted in her having an unplanned child, so perhaps this was understandable to a degree) and so I was not able to file for AoS.
As time went on and I went out of status, I fell into the role of house-husband (since I could not legally work); cooking cleaning and raising my step-son (whom I considered my own). Our own daughter was born a couple of years after that.
I was out of status but hopeful that things could move along once either another sponsor came along or a better opportunity for her. And then it happened, she was head-hunted for a well-paying job that would be enough to sponsor me and then some. We were excited and eagerly awaiting the end of the year so she could file her taxes and we could then file my AoS.
At this point she started having some discomfort in her abdomen, and went to the doctor to have it checked out. It was cancer. To be specific it was a very rare and very aggressive form of ovarian cancer. We started chemo right away and hoped that we had gotten it in time, but these hopes turned out to be unfounded. After a few months it became clear that this was not a battle we could win, and she went on hospice care at our home where I was essentially caring for her full-time.
Since we had never gotten around to doing it legally (although Texas recognises common-law marriage, which is how we held ourselves out to others) I asked her to marry me, and she accepted. We were married in our bedroom by the hospice chaplain, since at this point she was not physically able to leave the house.
Not even three weeks later, she passed away in my arms at our home.
Some time later, I consulted an immigration attorney to see the lay of the land. I fully expected to be told that I was out of luck, that her death had removed any avenue I had to obtain permanent residency and a green card. Instead, the attorney told me that due to a recent change in the law I was actually able to file as her widower. Previously, marriages that lasted less than two years (even if only by a single day) could not be the basis of a family-based AoS and all such applications were denied. This was known informally as the "widow penalty". However, in late 2009 President Obama signed into law a change that said marriages lasting under two years could be adjusted, if they were valid marriages in the normal sense and not done solely for immigration benefits, etc. This one stroke of a pen had given me an opportunity I would not otherwise have.
With the help of the attorney I filed for my AoS and that is where I am now, raising our two children and hoping that my application will be approved.

There is no freedom of speech on a privately-owned website.
The First Amendment applies to your interactions with the government only (it's a common misconception even by Americans).

There is no freedom of speech on a privately-owned website.
The First Amendment applies to your interactions with the government only (it's a common misconception even by Americans).

There is no freedom of speech on a privately-owned website.
The First Amendment applies to your interactions with the government only (it's a common misconception even by Americans).

There is no freedom of speech on a privately-owned website.
The First Amendment applies to your interactions with the government only (it's a common misconception even by Americans).

There is no freedom of speech on a privately-owned website.
The First Amendment applies to your interactions with the government only (it's a common misconception even by Americans).

Interesting that you should mentioned that this happened in Texas. I have noticed similar issues, but not on the same scale as your story (and in my opinion you acted entirely properly).
In many ways it helps that I am a young(ish) white male, you can't really tell that I'm a foreigner until I open my mouth. Either way, some people just believe that they are better than you, that they are somehow superior and that you are guilty until proven innocent.
If what happened to you happened to me, I would be making a formal complaint to whatever state agency regulates their particular industry and make as much noise as I could about it. Over the years I have been on the receiving end of nonsense, sometimes being related to my being an immigrant (but usually just silly people being silly because they could) and I have got my satisfaction by complaining up the chain until I am content.
Just be safe in the knowledge that most people are fine and you will have no issues with them, but you will run into morons infrequently. Know how to counter them and life will be much easier (and satisfying!).

Interesting that you should mentioned that this happened in Texas. I have noticed similar issues, but not on the same scale as your story (and in my opinion you acted entirely properly).
In many ways it helps that I am a young(ish) white male, you can't really tell that I'm a foreigner until I open my mouth. Either way, some people just believe that they are better than you, that they are somehow superior and that you are guilty until proven innocent.
If what happened to you happened to me, I would be making a formal complaint to whatever state agency regulates their particular industry and make as much noise as I could about it. Over the years I have been on the receiving end of nonsense, sometimes being related to my being an immigrant (but usually just silly people being silly because they could) and I have got my satisfaction by complaining up the chain until I am content.
Just be safe in the knowledge that most people are fine and you will have no issues with them, but you will run into morons infrequently. Know how to counter them and life will be much easier (and satisfying!).

If that's the case then every person who has come from abroad to visit family in the US has committed fraud.
http://travel.state....types_1262.html defines a B-2 visa for the purposes of "pleasure or medical treatment"; I'm fairly certain her mother enjoyed coming here to visit her daughter and grandchild so, pleasure = check.
To further quote (emphasis mine):
You may want to stop spreading misinformation.

If that's the case then every person who has come from abroad to visit family in the US has committed fraud.
http://travel.state....types_1262.html defines a B-2 visa for the purposes of "pleasure or medical treatment"; I'm fairly certain her mother enjoyed coming here to visit her daughter and grandchild so, pleasure = check.
To further quote (emphasis mine):
You may want to stop spreading misinformation.

Right now for those of us that have completed biometrics they are working on processing our background checks to make sure none of us are mass murderers or serial bank robbers.
In a few weeks time we'll get a notification stating that our case has been transferred to our local district office, and shortly after that should receive an interview appointment. I wonder if anyone here will get an interview notice before the end of the month?

I believe only visitors from the VWP waive any possible appeals; tourists who entered on a B-2 visa retain their right of appeal.

I believe only visitors from the VWP waive any possible appeals; tourists who entered on a B-2 visa retain their right of appeal.

Circumstances change. That's one of the reasons that the whole AoS process exists in the first place.
Things that were true on day X may be different on day X + 20.

The site is www.uscis.gov since it's a government agency, not .com