Ortolan

hehehe...I'd pay too! I'd plant a tree in their name, though. And do volunteer work, helping them PROCESS PAPER!

With the huge numbers of people wanting to move to the U.S. I do understand the great deal of paperwork involved in making sure these relationships are legitimate and legal and that the people involved aren't criminals or worse.
I know that takes a lot of time. But what I do not understand (or what I wish the USCIS would make more clear) is why there is no better system of triage to separate what should be pretty simple cases from the more complex. And why the system is so very opaque, especially when there is a separation of family involved. Isn't it all supposed to be about people? Or has this been forgotten in this net of regulations?
As there is such a huge backlog of paperwork (obviously) why not announce and implement a surcharge, and use it to hire extra people? If the K1s and K3s get processed quicker because they pay more, at least be fair enough to allow us to pay more to get the same time in processing. Is this being tremendously naïve? Or maybe implement two separate charges, and list realistic timelines for each, i.e., if you pay this minimum, $X, you can expect to wait this amount of time. If you pay $XX, you will wait this amount, etc.

hehehe...I'd pay too! I'd plant a tree in their name, though. And do volunteer work, helping them PROCESS PAPER!

What I can't, for the life of me, understand the logic that someone who is a fiancée gets preferential treatment (time-wise) over someone who has already made a legal commitment by marriage to their husband or wife. Not against fiancées, please understand....I just don't get the thinking.
It's such a cruel way to treat families. I know this whole process isn't personal, but good grief, this separation is so very hard. And also couples living together outside of the U.S., married or not, get processed faster. It just seems to me to be totally backwards.
I am starting to despair that this will ever happen.