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    Same Sex K1 Questions

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hello all. So, I need some help to advise a friend of mine. My husband and I have already been through the entire immigration process but we are a straight couple. My friend is gay and is engaged to a lovely guy. I am going to help them all I can with the process. That said; I am not sure how things are going with the same sex side of the K-1 visas. Anyone that is going through this, do you have any advice or info you can pass on that might be different? Anything that we should be prepared for or watch out for? Anything that may differ from a hetro couple application? I'd like to hear from anyone who is actually going through this process or have been through it. It's been a while now since DOMA was overturned.

    Thanks!! :)

    Dawn

    N-400 April 2013 Filers

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

    Posted

    So frustrating I had my interview on June 18th and got recommended for approval on the day, placed in the oath queue on June 19th and still nothing in the mail.

    I called customer service and I put in a service request as it has been right around 45 days since approval.

    I am going to be scheduled for Pensacola Florida, however I have no idea how often ceremonies happen if I get a crazy date in 2014 can I request a ceremony in a different location because I want this to be over and done with!!!!I am more than happy to drive to Birmingham or Mobile in Alabama, New Orleans LA, Atlanta GA, Jacksonville, Panama City Beach or Tallahassee in Florida..

    I am so sorry it is frustrating. I think all of us hit that wall somewhere along the process lines. It would be nice to be able to go to another, faster, better office, but they don't work that way at all. In our case, once they got 700 in the queue and a location, they scheduled the oath. Due to where we live, that is done pretty quickly. My husband's oath is going to be done at a high school.

    I wish you lots of luck. Soon it will all be over!

    N-400 April 2013 Filers

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

    Posted

    It took us a week to get our interview letter from when we got the email notification. So don't freak out yet.

    Also, how important is it for me to goto the interview with my husband? I have been out of my office for 6 weeks due to surgery and I really would prefer if I didn't have to take more time off to just sit in a waiting room. But I don't want to cause any issues for his status. Thoughts?

    Thanks!

    Is there a back log on a biometrics appointment?

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    There have been cases where getting the 10 year green card has taken over a year and filing for citizenship will bump the process. So this is nothing really new but usually more geared towards red flagged files. But do not discount the backlog either.

    The form extending her green card a year is just that. That is her proof she is legal. I'd be skittish carrying around the original because if it is lost that would cause problems. Make a copy of it and carry it around with the Green Card for now.

    Dell Perot Systems awarded USCIS contract

    in US Immigration News and Discussion

    Posted

    My husband came across this today while reading the physical magazine at work. Interesting outsourcing.

    http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/05/03/upfront-contract-watch.aspx?sc_lang=en

    Inside Dell's $120M DHS immigration deal

    Company will process applications at more than 60 sites across the country

    The $120 million outsourcing contract Dell Perot Systems won to process citizenship and immigration applications is both a new contract for the company and sort of a follow-on. And it's the result of a lot of homework.

    As a subcontractor — the prime contract-holder was CMI Management Inc. — Dell Perot has been helping the Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau with records management for the past six years, said Jerry Sharpe, the company’s USCIS Field Office Support Services program manager.

    “We showed [uSCIS] how they could reduce their risk and gain efficiencies,” said Richard Pineda, general manager of Dell Perot’s Defense Department division.

    USCIS was persuaded and switched horses, awarding Dell subsidiary Perot Systems Government Services a three-year contract. The contract is for management of records distribution, file operations, FBI name and fingerprint checks, oath ceremony scheduling, and file and pending application and petition inventory requirements, the company said.

    CMI protested the award, arguing that the agency didn’t do an “adequate realism analysis” of Dell Perot’s proposal and rated the company higher than was warranted. The Government Accountability Office was not persuaded and denied the protest in January.

    In February and March, Perot Systems helped reduce the number of USCIS' offices by 10 percent, and on March 15, the company began helping the agency process citizenship and immigration applications at more than 60 sites across the country.

    The upset of CMI was no lucky break. Planning began well in advance of the request for proposals, he said. The company’s acquisition team spent more than a year vetting potential teammates.

    “We wanted team members that could do more than check boxes,” Pineda said. “We wanted proven independent leaders in their field, and we wanted that kind of coverage in every one of the [more than 60] geographic locations.”

    nside Dell's $120M DHS immigration deal

    • May 03, 2010

    His team at Dell Perot had a 100 percent win rate on recompetes in 2008 to 2009. “We won every (recompete) contract we went after,” Pineda said.

    “We feel there’s no better time or place to tout your skills and show your innovation than when you’re on the job,” he said. “Then when you say you have experience and a good track record, it means something real to the customer.”

    Work Surge

    Turning to the tasks at hand, “the primary challenges weren’t really technologically focused,” Sharpe said.

    “There can be a tremendous fluctuation in the workload from one week to the next,” Sharpe said. “The challenge is to train and put in place a flexible team of people who can handle those fluctuations.”

    Beyond having the people, processes and technology in place, Pineda said, “a key element is to ensure uniformity — of policy compliance, governance, training, performance.

    “A key piece of technology that helps us ensure that is a piece of proprietary software that Perot Systems developed, a program management tracker and a dashboard for monitoring it all.”

    The business process outsourcing deal with USCIS is huge, Sharpe said. With nearly 1,000 people at about 60 locations, “I don’t know we’d track everybody and everything without that software.”

    The company’s five-firm team includes ASRC Management Services, DOMA Technologies, Data Entry Co., LongView International Technology Solutions Inc. and FedConsulting Inc.

    APRIL I-751 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    We just got our biometrics appt! YAY! Added to the list.

    California Service Center (10 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    SWEET10............04/05/10..........04/05/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    BOBWINDY...........04/09/10..........04/17/10.......05/18/10........--/--/10.... (Early Bio 4/28)

    MACILACI...........04/10/10..........04/12/10.......05/12/10........--/--/10....

    AZKIRA.............04/13/10..........04/15/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    DAVID_N_AMBER......04/13/10..........04/15/10.......05/17/10........--/--/10....

    ONE_DAY_AT_A_TIME..04/14/10..........14/19/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LINDAB.............04/23/10..........04/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    JJWASHINGTON.......04/26/10..........05/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MANDYSBABY.........04/27/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CANADIA............04/27/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    Vermont Service Center (24 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    JEN_S21............03/30/10..........04/02/10.......04/30/10........--/--/10....

    12/11/2006.........04/02/10..........04/05/10.......05/12/10........--/--/10....

    MOSSYCOUPLE........04/03/10..........04/08/10.......05/20/10........--/--/10....

    G+D................04/05/10..........04/08/10 ......05/24/10 .......--/--/10....

    SWEETPINK..........04/06/10..........04/08/10.......05/07/10........--/--/10....

    SHAWNA7............04/07/10..........04/09/10.......05/21/10........--/--/10....

    KITTYBEAR .........04/07/10..........--/--/10 ......--/--/10 .......--/--/10....

    STARLAROSE.........04/09/10..........04/12/10.......05/24/10........--/--/10....

    JUSTASHOOTER.......04/11/10..........04/15/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    TYROBE.............04/12/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MISSINGMYKIWI......04/14/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KOTTAYAM...........04/14/10..........04/16/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    SIL_DAN............04/15/10..........04/19/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    JLVR...............04/17/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    PINEAPPLE..........04/19/10..........05/01/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CÉCY...............04/19/10..........04/22/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LIZ LEIJA..........04/19/10..........04/22/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MRS. JAZ...........04/21/10..........04/23/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    GTE221J............04/26/10..........04/28/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    DAVEYAMF79.........04/27/10..........04/28/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ELEMENTUM..........04/28/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ETERNAL LOVE.......04/30/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CB82...............04/30/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    JAENGLISHGIRL......04/30/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

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