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Sources:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/187423.pdf
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/112065.pdf
http://media.wix.com/ugd/7fd509_72107d78836f4d5390fc8988e1c6bc1d.pdf

If someone could find the same for USCIS that would be peachy. The phone list was released by Consular Corner and I put two and two together from information at State's web site.
National Visa Center
Phillip Slattery
Director
603-334-0927
Reports to:
Domestic Operations
Daria Darnell
Policy Advisor/Domestic Operations
202-485-7565
Reports to:
Visa Services
Karin King
Managing Director
202-485-7561
Reports to:
Visa Services
Ed Ramotowski
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services
202-647-9584
Reports to
Michele Thoren Bond
Acting Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Michele T. Bond
202-647-9584
Reports to:
Office of the Under Secretary for Management (M)
Under Secretary
Patrick F. Kennedy
202-647-1500
Reports to:
Secretary John Kerry 7th Floor
202-647-5291
Happy calling!

If someone could find the same for USCIS that would be peachy. The phone list was released by Consular Corner and I put two and two together from information at State's web site.
National Visa Center
Phillip Slattery
Director
603-334-0927
Reports to:
Domestic Operations
Daria Darnell
Policy Advisor/Domestic Operations
202-485-7565
Reports to:
Visa Services
Karin King
Managing Director
202-485-7561
Reports to:
Visa Services
Ed Ramotowski
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services
202-647-9584
Reports to
Michele Thoren Bond
Acting Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Michele T. Bond
202-647-9584
Reports to:
Office of the Under Secretary for Management (M)
Under Secretary
Patrick F. Kennedy
202-647-1500
Reports to:
Secretary John Kerry 7th Floor
202-647-5291
Happy calling!

Want to rant for real? Rant to someone who can do something about it:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/519656-contact-information-for-everyone-at-state-responsible-for-visa-delays/
This is a comprehensive and I believe completely accurate name title and phone directory for everyone at State in the NVC chain of command. I called the NVC Director's number and got his voice mail.
Happy calling!

Sources:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/187423.pdf
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/112065.pdf
http://media.wix.com/ugd/7fd509_72107d78836f4d5390fc8988e1c6bc1d.pdf

If someone could find the same for USCIS that would be peachy. The phone list was released by Consular Corner and I put two and two together from information at State's web site.
National Visa Center
Phillip Slattery
Director
603-334-0927
Reports to:
Domestic Operations
Daria Darnell
Policy Advisor/Domestic Operations
202-485-7565
Reports to:
Visa Services
Karin King
Managing Director
202-485-7561
Reports to:
Visa Services
Ed Ramotowski
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services
202-647-9584
Reports to
Michele Thoren Bond
Acting Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Michele T. Bond
202-647-9584
Reports to:
Office of the Under Secretary for Management (M)
Under Secretary
Patrick F. Kennedy
202-647-1500
Reports to:
Secretary John Kerry 7th Floor
202-647-5291
Happy calling!

Awesome! I love the other post--should we use the other email? lol
YES LET'S ALL EMAIL humancapital@fcifederal.com with our concerns. Let's have this email address on the wiki for NVC!
Another post just got up and I got the screen shot of that as well. I'll watch this afternoon to see what happens, how long they last.
I repeat: it is time to get PISSED OFF.
I'm gay and I came out during the early days of the AIDS crisis. I came out with a vengeance, as they said at the time, getting active in the fight against AIDS right away. I was active in ACT UP. If you don't know, it stands for the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. And they did. They were vilified by many for direct action and anger, but they made permanent changes among other things to the FDA approval process for new drugs that have probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives over the years since. But what they taught us was that if no one cares, which at the time they didn't--Reagan was directly complicit in the murder of many gay men by his inaction--you must ACT UP.
Does anyone really feel like we are not justified in not getting angry about how we and our families are being treated by our own government?
Now someone come up with an acronym as catchy as ACT UP for us.

It's not up yet, will work on it this weekend.
Serco lost the NVC contract; it's now FCi Federal. Find them on facebook and flood their page.

I think it's long past time for guerilla warfare.
I've created usfamiliesfirst@hotmail.com.
Please note this email. What I'd like to do is to have us give it to operators at NVC when we call in and ask them to get on our side. They are the ones dealing with the angry calls, but they are human beings who probably if they heard our stories would be sympathetic. So let's call forth that sympathy.
If you get a sympathetic agent, ask them to note the email on a piece of paper and when they get home send us whatever they can in terms of information on how NVC works, additional contact numbers that get to people in administrative positions, anything that will help us wage war on this piece of s*&t administration. At the very least, they will tell supervisors and it will move up the chain somewhat. If we do get info, we can use that in letters and calls to the press and Congress.
It is high time we get pissed off.

Hi All,
Just an FYI in case anyone is interested in working on this with me, I filed an FOIA request with State for NVC records, inspired by waiting_______'s request for similar records from USCIS. Here is the text of the request:
I am requesting any and all records relating to the current massive delay in processing US citizen immediate family immigrant visas at the National Visa Center. Types of records may include emails, internal memoranda, communication with other government agencies including USCIS, communication from Congressional Representatives' staff, inquiries from House and Senate oversight committees, and letters from US citizen petitioners. Records may go as far back as September 2012 when DACA petitions began at USCIS: what communication happened between USCIS and NVC? Did USCIS warn NVC about the massive increase and backlog in processing of petitions? Records around May-August of 2014 are of particular interest: as USCIS was clearing up its backlog of DACA-delayed I-130 and I-129 petitions, did they warn NVC? What did NVC do to prepare for the additional burden of petitions? What did NVC do to plan ahead for the rush of petitions coming from USCIS? What did NVC management decide to do and to whom did they decide to communicate or not their decisions? What did they decide to communicate or not to Congress and US citizens who made inquiries into the delays? What if any were management's reactions to the New York Times article in February 2014 regarding the delays? Did anyone at NVC see the trainwreck coming?
I also have the information I need to do a follow up request to USCIS around their plans and capacity to handle DACA renewals, which should be starting to flow to USCIS now.
Jon

Hi All,
Just an FYI in case anyone is interested in working on this with me, I filed an FOIA request with State for NVC records, inspired by waiting_______'s request for similar records from USCIS. Here is the text of the request:
I am requesting any and all records relating to the current massive delay in processing US citizen immediate family immigrant visas at the National Visa Center. Types of records may include emails, internal memoranda, communication with other government agencies including USCIS, communication from Congressional Representatives' staff, inquiries from House and Senate oversight committees, and letters from US citizen petitioners. Records may go as far back as September 2012 when DACA petitions began at USCIS: what communication happened between USCIS and NVC? Did USCIS warn NVC about the massive increase and backlog in processing of petitions? Records around May-August of 2014 are of particular interest: as USCIS was clearing up its backlog of DACA-delayed I-130 and I-129 petitions, did they warn NVC? What did NVC do to prepare for the additional burden of petitions? What did NVC do to plan ahead for the rush of petitions coming from USCIS? What did NVC management decide to do and to whom did they decide to communicate or not their decisions? What did they decide to communicate or not to Congress and US citizens who made inquiries into the delays? What if any were management's reactions to the New York Times article in February 2014 regarding the delays? Did anyone at NVC see the trainwreck coming?
I also have the information I need to do a follow up request to USCIS around their plans and capacity to handle DACA renewals, which should be starting to flow to USCIS now.
Jon

I tried and tried but haven't found the answer anywhere (and maybe Saylin can add it to the wiki): what is the scan date? It seems to be the date a few days after receipt of mailed documents that they officially put in their records that they have received it. Is that it? And I'm assuming it's important because it's the moment from which the countdown begins?

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

I did it. Hired a bunch of hackers to take it down. The good news is that when they get it up and running, you'll all have interviews within 4 weeks.
Kidding.
But, I keep wondering when we're going to get pissed off enough to take real action. I got back to the US yesterday and my Senators and Rep will be hearing from me every day until something changes at State and HS.
Please, stop taking it in stride when they tell you oh, well there are delays, you have to wait, etc. The administration is 100% responsible for the delays that are happening. People are in the streets to protest for the rights of non-USCs (not debating that here)--where are the Americans protesting because US families are being pushed behind non-USCs?
It is time to get pissed off and in the streets.

Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for same sex binational couples like us who are in I-130 processing AND have been together/married for more than two years.
I want to advocate in Congress and at State for a blanket expedite for all couples waiting more than two years: those of us who were denied our rights as USCs to sponsor our spouses because of an unconstitutional law.
I have been shocked at how we have been abandoned by Immigration Equality AND the Democrats, both of whom have turned their attention to getting Latino votes in November and who care more about non-USCs than their own citizens.
If you're on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499002210336324/
Jon

Virginia. I got them involved because my husband and I have been in exile for 10 years because of the Defense of Marriage Act. When we decided to go back to the US, I was disheartened to see that there would be yet more waiting, so I contacted them and asked for a Congressional expedite, which must exist. I told Wolf's office that he could argue humanitarian grounds based on the suffering exile has caused me and my family due to an unconstitutional law, but I don't think he had to. They just did it. Less than four months isn't bad.
I will, however, continue to advocate for all couples when I get back in July. Families are too important.

The tone in the 3-page excerpt ("It is what it is") got me so fed up that I emailed it to the assistant at my Congressman's office I've been in contact with and asked for help. He said the Congressman would request a congressional expedite, so I'm hopeful about that.
I would advise anyone over 5 months between NOA1 and NOA2 to put pressure on reps and senators to haul USCIS' butts before Congressional committees and flood them with expedite requests. No one is going to do this advocacy for us, so it's time to scream a bit.

The tone in the 3-page excerpt ("It is what it is") got me so fed up that I emailed it to the assistant at my Congressman's office I've been in contact with and asked for help. He said the Congressman would request a congressional expedite, so I'm hopeful about that.
I would advise anyone over 5 months between NOA1 and NOA2 to put pressure on reps and senators to haul USCIS' butts before Congressional committees and flood them with expedite requests. No one is going to do this advocacy for us, so it's time to scream a bit.