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Update: Congresswoman's liason with USCIS called the Vermont Service center directly and they agreed 15 months is a long time waiting for a decision (HELLLOOO?!?!? tell me something I don't know) The USCIS officer told the liason they would physically go find his file to see whats going on and that they would contact the congresswomans office within 10 days.

Did you apply for US citizenship yet?

Happened to us. Had the GC within a month.

We haven't applied for citizenship yet. My husband hasn't made the decision if he wants to become a citizen yet vs. a green card holder. I would hate to think we wasted $600 for his removal of conditions to just apply for his citizenship.

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I personally think that saying it is on someone desk is VSC's way of saying we have no idea. I hope I am wrong because I was told the same thing by my congresswoman's office. I honestly think for those of us over a year there is something MAJORLY wrong at VSC. Yet there are some getting approved in less than 10 months at the same center.

15+ months and still waiting......

Thank goodness!

I worked as a waitress when I was in college and videos like this scare people. Luckily these types of antics in my experience never happened, and hopefully people realize this is not a common occurence.

Thanks for being angry for me... I wish our anger would get things moving faster but it doesn't

My husband is going to England/Wales in about 2 months to visit his family and see Blur, I just want it to be sorted by then so it isn't hanging over his head. I am also concerned because I won't be going with him and I am afraid something will happen and he may get held up or something on his way back in to the US.

Update: We have been assigned a Consitituent Service Representative that with our local congresswoman. She sent an email to USCIS on our behalf and their response was 'The case is currently with an adjudicating officer and pending at this time (as of 4/8/09) and you are welcome to periodically check for status.'

I explained to her we were well out of the processing times and we received a letter in Febuary stating our case would be resolved within 60 days, then another letter (after we hadn't heard anything within 60 days) this past week stating the exact same thing word for word what the first letter said.

If we don't hear anything in the next few weeks I may contact the Ombudsman. Has anyone had any experience with that service?

It took my husband about three and a half years to find a job in IT that he really loves at a local University. I think it took so long because he had other jobs since he moved here on the K1 almost 5 years ago but they were very structured work places. Where as the place he works now is a extremely laid back atmosphere and they do not micro-manage their employees.

I just checked our mail and we got a letter from USCIS saying that our case is pending and that a decision or other action should be made within 60 days. This is the same letter we got the beginning of Febuary!!!!!!!!!

Well, we contacted USCIS around the end of January once it had passed a year waiting, they said it would be forwarded internally and we should hear back from Vermont within 45 days. We then got a letter about a week later saying that our case was still pending and we should wait another 60 days. Well 60 days passed and my husband (the GC holder) called USCIS to find out what was going ontter. They said they would forward another request to Vermont to find out what was going on, that was on March 27th.

I tried contacting the idiots at USCIS on 4/2 myself and was told the request he had submitted on March 27th couldnt be expited because it was already in their system and I would have to wait the 45 days.

I sent a request to my Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite on 4/3 to see if she could contact USCIS on our behalf to find out what the heck is going on. We got a letter from her office yesterday saying they had assigned someone to work on our case.

Based on the USCIS website there have been no touches on our case since 3/2008 which I assume is when they received my husbands biometrics. We have not received a request for RFE or Interview since his case was filed.

Hello out there I started this topic as a way to vent our frustrations out if you, like myself have been waiting over a year for your I-751 to be approved.

I would also encourage those who were approved and waited a year or more to explain what you did if anything to get uscis to move your case along.

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I hope this helps.

I hope you hear something soon. I know it is no consolation but there are still some filers from February and January waiting for their approvals as well. VSC is taking about 12 to 13 months to approve some applications so you should be hearing something soon.

Yeppers! Imagine how those of us feel who applied in January/Febuary feel. Pardon me saying this but don't get your panties in a twist just yet. I know you are frustrated as most of us are with VSC but IMO it's not time to be super worried just yet.

Good luck. I do hope you hear something soon.

I may not have filed in April/May 08 but my spouse and I are still waiting from January 2008 . We are in the process of contacting our congresswoman to see what the heck is going on..

If you look on the status list many from December 2007 aren't approved, I am sure a couple have dropped off and stopped coming to this site, but keep in mind if you have been waiting since April/May/June 2008 things could be much worse.....

Darn right I'm angry.

We called USCIS 12 months after we oringally filed and their call center monkey (who has no idea about what goes on and really couldn't tell me anything I did't already know i.e. they received our biometrics and that the case was still pending) told me they would forward our request to be looked into and someone would get in touch with us with 45 days. Well we got a letter on Feb. 3rd saying and I quote 'Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of this letter.' My husband called them last week because there 60 days is almost up and he asked if there was a possibility they could have lost our case because no action has been done on it since March 2008 after his biometrics were received, the agent told not to rule it out and that it has happened before.

So it's been about 14 months since we filed for the I-751 and if we don't hear anything by beginning of April I will fly up to Vermont myself.

Talked to Progressive today about the excluded driver thing. She said it means that my car is not covered if he is driving because he is excluded from the policy.

So what does it mean?

Car insurance is about insuring cars (yours and whomever car you damage) and people (you and whomever else you injure).

If not adding Angela to my auto insurance means the insurance company wil pay for all damages to people and cars, except my car, I don't care if she's not on it.

If not adding her means I would have to pay the 100,000's of $ of medical care for someone she may injure, that's an entrirely different story.

Angela & Paul I think it is very odd your insurance company/agent will not let you add your spouse to your policy even though she has a license. Is she driving now? It all depends on your insurance contract, some state only people listed on the policy can drive and others have automatic coverage for spouses as long as you two reside in the same household.

I work in the insurance industry and in CA rates are based on how long a person has had their license (regardless of age) , I am sure it depends on if they count her foreign license as having a license or only stateside licenses count.

Due to clientele I have, I see a lot of foreign licenses and my company has never had a problem with a foreign licenses as long as the person gets a US DL within a year.

Hope this helps!

We applied to VSC also in Jan 2008 and haven't gotten an approval or RFE.

I called the USCIS hotline in Jan 2009 who told me they would forward our request to VSC because it had passed the normal processing time. We recieved a letter 3 weeks ago stating it would be another 60 days before they would make a decision.

It is very rare though to be waiting since January though.

Hi anna!

Welcome to the Bay area!

My husband and I made it through AOS living with my parents -- we had no formal agreement, didn't pay them rent, etc. Adjusted without interview.

Yeppers same here! No probs what-so-ever! Good luck!!!

Hmm, well that doesn't help. How do you know what to do to improve if you have no idea what they base it on? I mean, mine did anyway that seemed to go with my scores going a little over 800, but that could have been a coincidence or what?

What determines the price of my policy?

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Your driving record.

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The number of miles you drive each year.

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Where you live.

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Your age.

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The car you drive. Some cars cost more to insure than others. Variables include the likelihood of theft, the cost of the car, the cost of repairs, and the overall safety record of the car.

The amount of coverage.

Of course, like anything else, the more coverage you have, the more you pay. However, you may qualify for discounts.

Credit

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Hope this helps!!

I found this at www.iii.org (Insurance Information Institute)

It shouldn't be a problem IMO. Just include copies of the cards including the envelopes it you still have them showing they came from the US, the phone bills, pictures, copies of his/your plane tickets showing you visited each other, affidavits of his/your family members stating you have an on-going relationship.

Thats what we included when my spouse filed for his and it was approved. Good Luck!

Uncle Jesse from Full House.......

Which area of Florida? (Sorry if I seem like a pest..... trying to give you specifics on good/bad places to eat but there's no point in mentioning them if you're not anywhere close to that area.)

lol np at all Krikit, I will be moving to Tampa

Alessi's Bakery (it's like a Deli really) in Tampa is awesome, esp. when they have the baklava... mmmmm. They are good for lunch.

Stonewood Grill is good too they have an excellent wine selection if thats your thing.

Who could forget......

Eamon - I don't want you back.