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I hope we get the notice soon as well. Yes, we sent the fee by check and nothing has been taken out from our bank account. I called the National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283 and talked with a couple of live representatives and one said I needed my wife's permission to be able to get information, she wasn't around at the time another person said I needed to wait 30 days.

I think that they are just trying to by time, judging by other comments made about the service centers. Partly understaffed, partly uneducated ( about the process) and overloaded. All of the illegals got to go to the front of the line while all we "legals" got pushed back, thanks to somebody's president. You know him, the one that nobody said they voted for!

Perry is only half of the blame..... Blame California for creating the socialist utopia that producers flee.

You are never a Victim here. So stop behaving like one here.
Go home. Nobody owe you a living here.

There are certainly over the top comments on both sides, but I believe that overall, the extremists on the left are much more intolerant (and louder) than those on the right.

Morally, you may be right that you were not being fairly treated. In fact morally a lot of the process is wrong.
But morals don't win the day here. The rules do, right or wrong, fair or unfair. They followed the rules and you did not. So they won and you lost. If you want to win the game, you have to play by the rules, and you did not.
But you get another round at this. If you follow the rules this time, you will win.
Good luck to you.

Wow, people here are trying to help you understand what went wrong and you're speaking to everyone as though they are a bunch of knuckleheads. No one is being harsh, they are giving you facts.
The fact of the matter is, it was YOUR mistake, not theirs.Just because they had the cover letter, doesn't mean they read it. NOA1 simply means they received your petition, it doesn't mean they had actually started to process it, doesn't mean they read a single thing. It merely means they opened the contents, made sure the payment was there and put in line to adjudicate. You cannot adjust status ahead of time. Let's say they went ahead and approved your petition, and you didn't marry? Then what? Nothing about your case is a mistake on their part, NOTHING. They are under no obligation whatsoever to waive the fee for the second petition, hopefully for your sake they do, but don't bet the farm. Good luck.

Just a personal recommendation, but I would slow it down a little and think it through for a second.
If you're needing food stamps to get by, how are you going to support another person here? I can tell you, it's not just your costs now plus a little bit more. I've spent $16,000+ in the last 5 months alone, most of which I couldn't tell you where it's gone, and that's with some effort to try and keep things moderately sane.
Trying to find some way around the minimum requirements, which we see quite a lot of people doing, is not really the best look for yourself or the person you're looking to bring here.

Great news guys! USCIS just sent me an email:
On April 2, 2014, USCIS was awarded the 2014 Annual Government Customer Satisfaction Award by the Federal Consulting Group (FCG) of the U.S. Department of Interior. This award recognizes the E-Verify section of the USCIS.govwebsite and USCIS.gov español for its responsiveness to customer satisfaction surveys and performance metrics to improve its services. In response to survey feedback, USCIS improved the navigation and content layout of USCIS.gov and increased the speed of adding translated content to USCIS.gov español.
Where's the barf emoticon? I bet it's all those illegal aliens that they let roam free who are giving them those reviews (in Spanish no less...). Barf!

don't push anything.... you will get someone speaking a lot of Spanish at you... tell them you don't speak Spanish and they will transfer you to a live person

Were it but only one. In reality it's more than you'd imagine, daily.
Facts don't equal racism, despite you being all in a kerfluffle over them.

every day of the week there is at least one case of a Filipino screwing over an american...at LEAST

Common sense isn't that common anymore.

We're all fish who share the same pond, when other fish make a mess of our shared environment, we all suffer.

There is simply too much sex in this pond. Put your clothes on, people.

Since when did it become so important that everything be progressive?
That is how the homosexual lobby pushed their stuff down our collective throats, by implying that we must be progressive and accepting their sexual wantonness was the progressive thing to do.

It is disgusting and perverted and anathema to the family friendly values of this country and this website.

Sure, but when you flaunt your sin and take pride in it, we've hit a new level of moral decay. The West is rapidly turning into the most hostile to family values part of this world.

If my religion forbids me from engaging in commerce with sinful people, then how is it not a violation of my religious freedoms to compel me to do so?

1. Why does the fact that I met my wife while studying abroad on a US-government sponsored program make my relationship invalid?
2. Why is it that countries like Spain and India are able to give foreign spouses of their citizens permanent, legal residence in less than 1 month?
3. If they have to "scrutinize everyone entering in this Country t's their job" why shouldn't illegal immigrants have to leave and go through the same process?
4. Where do you get off telling us not to "whine" when the only reason people are talking about amnesty, and the only reason DACA is a reality, is due to the incessant whining of the Latino and illegal immigrants communities?
5. If our "whines" should not be heard, then why should we listen to the "whining" of people who knew what they were doing when the broke the law? The KNEW that there was no path to legal citizenship when they came here 20 years ago, so why should we give them a prize just for being able to cheat the system all these years?

Really ?
If someone broke into your home without you knowing it and called themselves a "undocumented resident" of your house - would you allow it ?
B.S. my friend is folks like you and your president devaluing american citizenship by giving these people access to American nationality like hot cakes.
They ARE taking our places with USCIS.
THEY WERE PROCESSED AHEAD of the rest of us.
And now they're coming back to flood the system.
AGAIN
Who are you to tell us how to react to the blatant politicization of law enforcement and immigration law for favorable electoral outcomes ?

and my guns haven't ended anyone's life. nor do they commit violence. not all guns - or gun owners - should be painted with a broad brush.

valid reasons already stated. making it a law before the technology is mature is ridiculous.

Neither does the Democrat party. Your point is?

A story for people who think they can lie their way in to the US.
I recently had a neighbor who was renting a room to a Filipina girl next door to where I live. I never paid much attention but I would often see her outside with her Filipino boyfriend. He did not live there but was with her often and it was noticeable they were a couple.
The neighbor lost his house to the bank and they all moved out one day. Weeks later I had a knock at my front door and it was two men in suits who showed their badges and identified themselves as imigration officers.
They wanted to ask me some questions about my neighbor who used to live next door. They opened a binder and showed me a photo of the Filipina girl. I said yes she used to live next door but recently moved out. Then they showed me a photo of the Filipino boyfriend. I said I have seen that guy with her daily but he did not live there. I told them that I suspected it was her boyfriend or something because I would see them hugging and kissing outside. Then they showed me a third photo of a middle aged white guy who I have never seen before. I told them I have never seen him. I asked them what they were investigating and they said the Filipino guy in the photo was her husband in the Philippines and they were supposed to be divorced. He was here illegally and they were looking for him also.
A week later I received another knock on my door and it was the Filipina girl with some white guy I have never seen before. #######? I have never met her or spoke to her before but only saw her outside many times. I was surprised that she knew I was the one the police talked to.
She was overly nice and introduced herself and then introduced the white guy as her husband. She was going on and on about her visa situation and bla bla bla. I nicely but firmly stopped her from talking. I told her that two federal imigration officers came to my house and showed me her photo and asked if I knew her. I said yes she lived next door. Then I told her how they showed me a photo of her Filipino boyfriend. I said you know the little guy your always with?? Her eyes got big. Then I told her they showed me a photo of a middle aged white guy who Ive never seen before. I looked at the guy standing behind her and I said I guess that was you ha??
She asked me to write a letter stating that I was wrong in what I said to the officers. #######? No I don't know you and I hope the best for you but im not going to lie to a federal officer. She tried to get the white guy to talk to me and I again said im not interested in their personal situation.
I asked them to leave and not bother me again. The old neighbor who rented a room to the girl even came knocking on my door a few days later begging me to tell the immigration officers I made a mistake. I told him I was going to call the police if any of them ever bothered me again.
Im not sure whatever happened to them but I sure wasn't going to lie to federal officers.

Sorry to hear that.
Fortunately for you, she cannot adjust status in any way up to an including marrying someone else, it can only be adjusted by marrying the original petitioner. Once the I-94 expires she'll be out of status with no recourse. She will contact you again, but whatever you do do not take her back and get married. Inform USCIS of what's occurred in writing, and if you find out where she is, you can let them know that as well.
If you want to really teach her and have money to burn, since she obviously doesn't know how to pull off this visa fraud thing well, when she does contact you again, tell her you want to go to some country nowhere near her home one to get married. Give her a little of the ol' razzle dazzle at the airport and leave her there, and hop on the next returning flight to the US yourself. Even if she manages to get a flight back to the US herself, she'll be turned away at the border.
Or maybe I'm just a particularly evil person. I've made peace with that though.