ScotsMajik

Ah man, stuff like this can only happen to us. So, turns out there was a problem with the fingerprinting! This is bad. He is going to have to miss another day of work, shell out over 100 pounds on travel. We have spent a ton on travel, due to a number things that required him to return to London. I hope this is the very end of it. He will go on a sleeper train Wednesday night to do it on Thursday and then come right back.

What was the problem with the fingerprinting?

In reviewing the interview letter we received from NVC, there is a document status section. In it, a "U" meaning "The applicant has informed NVC that the required document is unavailable" is indicated for the document "Court Papers." Has anyone heard of/experienced this rating? What does it mean in terms of the interview?

Thanks.

There's nothing to worry about. The 'racket' as far as I am concerned was the price - and the fact that there is only one approved place to go so they can charge as much as they like. But the experience itself is boring, annoying, a little instrusive but basically simple and easy to get through.

Isma, that may have been the case for you, but it was not the case for my husband, and his lawyer has raised some very serious concerns (which I will not discuss here) with the Embassy.

Thanks for the info, btw.

Hi VJers. Just wondering if anyone knows when they are scheduling interviews at the Embassy in London? My husband's visa was approved on Feb. 5th, and he went for his medical (what a racket!) last Friday. So far, no word about a date.

Thanks for any info.

why did you say the medical was a "racket"? i am worried now!

Write to me by email, and I'll detail the experience for you!!!!

Have you gone through the NVC?

They normally schedule the interview date. I didn't book my medical until the Embassy sent me a letter confirming the date. Although I had already found out the date by ringing the NVC when I was waiting for my case to be completed.

Isma -- I'm a bit confused. He's been approved by NVC, but all of our notifications go to our lawyer in London. I would assume he lets us know the date (he's not the dodgy type). Is there another way short of calling him?

Hi VJers. Just wondering if anyone knows when they are scheduling interviews at the Embassy in London? My husband's visa was approved on Feb. 5th, and he went for his medical (what a racket!) last Friday. So far, no word about a date.

Thanks for any info.

NOA2 sent 12/11 from CSC. Just thought I'd let you all know.

May filer here transferred to CSC from VSC -- no word yet. So, you're not alone.

Congrats on the transfer , CSC seems to be moving much more quickly than Vermont. Hope you get your approval soon.

Define "quickly"

Lianne:

I try not to judge the speed of my case by the speed of others because there is no rhyme or reason to the approval process -- at least that I can discern. This is by far the most annoying process I've ever been through. I get up every morning and hope for the best -- but my hope collapses as soon as I log in and see nothing has changed. What do you expect from the another failed bureaucracy? That's my tax dollar at work.

Congrats to all who were approved after the VSC-CSC transfer. But I get the sneaking suspicion that many of our cases were moved in order to give USCIS another 6 months to meet their deadline. Six months here. Six months there.

Is there a curse word that I can use that who accurately convey how I feel?

Not since 11/14, and of course, nothing else. Typical.

Just wondering if any May filers who were transferred to CSC in earlyl November have been approved yet? I'm "sure" during this holiday week, CSC will be ramping up the approvals

It's not nice to have to wait. How scary is it that NVC doesn't know that "authenticated" and "certified" means the same thing. Listen, you have a lawyer, and you have a right to review. Let's hope they see the error of their ways.

I'm so frustrated, I'm disgusted.

First of all, try to think calming thoughts. Perhaps some reason will help. Why did they decide to review your case? If you provided reasonable and honest documentation, I'm sure you'll be fine.

I've given what Captain Ewok said some thought. See, it's not that the people on VJ object to VSC,or the USCIS doing their jobs. It's that there is very little, almost no, indication that there is an actual job being done. Imagine going into Walmart, for example, or Target, or Macy's, etc., getting in line, and waiting. Waiting for hours, days, weeks, months, and not a soul in sight. No manager to say, "Thank you for shopping with us. We value you as a customer. We are sorry for the delay. The reason is that our registers are currently offline. Bear with us as we rectify the problem. Here's a certificate for some cash off next time you come to our store." There's an utter disregard, even contempt, on the part of the USCIS for not the consumer, but the BOSS. "We the people" are, in fact, the government. Should the CIS let every person filing an application into the country without thoroughly checking their background? Absolutely not. No one in their right mind would agree to that. But how about a heads-up? How about an explanation of why it's taking so long? Why our cases were transferred? When we can expect to be serviced? Maybe if they reached out their hand and asked for understanding, we wouldn't feel so distraugh t. We're the ones who followed the rules, paid the fees, filed the paperwork, maybe even retained attorneys, and we're the ones shut out by a failing system.

They not slow like you think they just have so much filers not just VJ members IF you read about VSC last year the director submitted his resignation from work because he can not afford huge number of petitioners . there is so many filers don't know VJ . DONT WORRY everything will be ok just wait and have patience

You are a very nice person. Way too nice. VSC is an example of just another bureaucratic entity that cannot and will not step up the pace. Remember, in theory at least, they work for "we the people." I don't know about you, but if I did my job as ###-backwards as they do, I'd have been shown the door ages ago. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to their practices and no understanding their arbitrary, if not erratic, behavior. There simply is no reason why it should take 6+ months to complete a task such as this -- and some people are waiting up to a year for VSC to push papers! Do you realize that this is only the step necessary to ASK for PERMISSION to file with NVC? If anything, NVC should take longer than this.

As Ilya said, we are not a priority to them.

C'mon. Why being so hard on VSC? Read below & note the "Celebrating 25 Years of Customer Service" banner in the background:

Celebrating 25 Years of Service: USCIS Service Centers

On Friday, July 14th, USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont gathered at the Vermont Service Center in St. Albans, Vt. with other USCIS leaders, past and present, to commemorate the achievements of the first 25 years of the Vermont, Texas, Nebraska, and California Service Centers.

Possible answers:

1. Because they are a giant bureaucracy answerable to no one -- welcome to American government!

2. Because they probably make minimum wage.

3. Too many phone calls from people asking, "Where is my approval"?

4. Too much time in voice class practicing, "Sorry, we don't have that information" in response to possible answer #3.

5. For God's sake, this is VERMONT we're talking about -- how many people actually live in Vermont, much less work for VSC?

6. They want to see if your international marriage is strong enough to endure the torture -- can't be too careful these days, economy being the way it is.

Take your pick.

Like everything else at USCIS, it's broken. However, you can open the case by right clicking on the case number and then choosing the "Open In New Window" option.

Fraili:

They NEVER had the manpower (or womanpower for that matter). The point is, isn't it a bit peculiar that they focused the mid-May applicants (in general) right before mid-November -- just before the 6 month mark?

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You would only call the #800 call center number (since you don't call the actual service center directly) and a transfer would not stop that....

Right -- and then they can say, "Oh you've been transferred. Please wait 90 days before calling again."

Just wondering what you think -- did VSC transfer the our cases to:

A. Speed up the process (not likely)

B. Prevent us from calling them because it was approaching six months?

Ok, I give up trying to figure this out. We filed our I-130 petition in May 2008 (NOA1 = May 20th). By mail, we received notification that our petition had been transferred to CSC on 11/6/08. Here are a couple of questions for you all:

1. Is it standard to have the reason read: "We transferred this case because the record indicates that office has jurisdiction over the case"? (By the way, I reside on the east coast).

2. Does this mean processing will be faster or slower? If faster, what time frame can we expect to receive NOA-2?

3. Why doesn't this transfer appear in our record at USCIS's homepage?

Thanks to anyone who can guide us!

Barb