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"Do you want my job?" What a nasty Byotch.

Hopefully soon, she won't have a job!

Holy ####### Stacey! You're approved. When's the interview? That is so great. Let me know when you go down ok. Joanna

The 601 waiver was approved almost 6 weeks back by Vermont but the Consulate at Montreal still has not received any kind of internal notice to them from Vermont. According to Montreal, they cannot move forward with the visa until then.

Any info on how long can this wait take ?

Wondering if you've heard anything yet?

This may be a dumb question, but is there anyone in Texas who is willing to take this girl for a drink or a coffee or something, and reassure her that she is perfectly OK just the way she is - and can do better than this a-hole?

I'd go myself, but I'm not exactly what you'd call local.

That's not a dumb question at all. It's actually quite thoughtful of you and a really good idea.

There's a slew of us down here in Texas . . . depends on her location and I can't tell from her profile. But certainly there is someone located in every major city as I know ppl in Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio . . . anyone else??? Want to do an intervention anyone or just provide some much needed support??? But only is she wants to do it . . . remember!

Mairzy Doats,

Someone here suggested that if location was within reason they's meet up with you for coffee? Which would be nice, to possibly talk to someone who has experienced the visa process. But where are your own personal friends, the ones who are you friends outseide of Visa Journey. What do they tell you about this relationship? Are they helping you at all.

I'm not sure if you're writing all of this on here to hear someone say to you that it's ok to continue on with this relationship. If you love this chap so much- go visit. You go spend some time with him. Do it before he arrives here. But ONLY you can decided what you want and when you're finally going to get it done. It is hard knowing when to leave a relationship and only you will know when but so many people have offered you advice. I would like to ask you why would you allow this boyfriend/finance of yours to go through the visa process and eventually come here with a visa to only abuse you and than possibly leave you. Why would you do that to yourself. Why put yourself through that kind of pain. You've only spent 5 weeks together. Do a search on this site and find out how many marriages have ended because the people involved did not have enough time to get to know one another. It's very disappointing reading everyone's advice to you because it seems like to read it, process it but can't seem to accept it. a sid enot - remember chicken little-cried that the sky was falling so many times till no one believed him- well that's going to happen to you. You're a grown woman and your own happiness is dependant on you and no-one else but you. If you're not happy than it doesn't matter what the other person might do and say- you're still not going to be happy and vice versa. Think about it.

It's a very much big pleasure and happiness for me that I am with my husband now that I married April 4th.

We are still so overhappy being approved after I-601 which we waited fore in 2 years.

It was a devasting time we can tell.

So we love and enjoy everything right now as not giving for granted.

I really are so mad at thos faked weddings that is going around.

They are really so afraid at this office that you are some of those.

Can't forget this guy who had a subject.

How can my woman come into usa if she don't understand a single word English.

I can't hardly believe how they even met hahahaha how embarrasing

How can they even have a kind of relationship. I am just asking.

So many people are denied to go to usa in this legal way.

I am still wondering how come they don't look very closely how people met.

No doubt about that everyone that can't affort a lawyer is sitting very bad in their position and risk their future.

I must say.

I am paying every last dollars to stay with my husband.

If

a man met a woman that he love or opposite.

He would pay the price through a lawyer instead of risks

Anette

Anette, I'm curious did someone make those comments to you or are you making general statements to us about certain things? Because if you are one could easily take offence to what you have written. Please clarify.

Mel has a 4 year old son he has 50/50 custody with. It wouldn't be an option for him to pick up and move to Canada.

Being denied is too scary to think about!

Stacey I'm in the same boat as you. My husband also has a son from a previous marriage. there's no way he'd move up here if our application gets denied. Not something I wish to think about. Seeing that we've been doing this for so long.

i included everything from the wedding, from our open bar tab to my wedding gown receipt, lol. also, letters from anyone and everyone that can say nice things about your relationship. we had letters from our parents, his friends and brothers and brother's wife and his cousins and aunts and grandma...i spent a lot of time with them, we have dozens of letters from people, even the ladies his mom worked with. thing is than you need to get all their birth certificates and them things notarized and such, but they're worth it. it says a lot that people are going on record and putting their names out there supporting a visa. also, it should be easy and painless to get your name added to all his bank account and such. this also says a lot that the guy is trusting you with his money, lol. we also bought bestbuy electronics together and both our names were on the cards, so we included those too (i guess the big screen we bought and laptop were were it, even though i still dont understand why men need 70 inch tvs and stuff, lol). getting names added to bank and credit cards is fairly easy. tax papers where he claimed you? although sometimes they are instructed to not claim out-of-country relatives, and if so, get a letter from the accountant. we did that, too. his accountant said to not claim me because if it leads to him getting a bigger tax return, it will look fishy or something, but we had a notarized statement from him. i guess just little things if you dont have the big stuff. we never saw this whole mess coming either,and they have to understand that unless you DO go into a relationship for a visa, you really DONT save everything.

and they have to understand that unless you DO go into a relationship for a visa, you really DONT save everything.---I couldn't have said it better myself. Why would I save any of the stuff from when we dated. I never imagined that we'd be doing this 3 years later. It's only after we started this process that I've saved everything. I am going to photocopy all the letters our friends and family wrote for us for our waiver. It's stupid that we have to re-send everything again.

good luck

Just send in what they ask for, it's the best you can do. Hopefully you have a bunch of 'joint' evidence. Hopefully with them requesting info it means an end to your case soon. With any luck once you send in the info, they will issue the visa.

I have been continuing to get the run around from them. I have been trying to discover for sure whether my ban has been changed and no one is giving me a straight answer. I am now going to send a letter to Vermont requesting the information. I called the border crossing that I was kicked out at and talked to the Supervisor (an ###, by the way) and he was of no help and refused to provide me with contact information to Vermont. His only response was, I am sure you have access to the internet, have a good day. And that was it.

I swear it's like the border agents have some god complex. The power they have seems to have gotten to their head. I wish you luck. My husband and I do not have any joint evidence. Sucks but we're trying to get some stuff together.

Oh and I forgot- How do I get my hands on a police certificate when I've been in Canada for the last three years?

'briluke_nyla' , not sure if you're still coming here. But here's my RFE notice. I am now getting so discouraged. I can't believe they want more info-this was all in the waiver packet. I sent them two copies of the damn waiver too. I'm getting tired of all of this.

So today my husbnad and I got a request for further information and I'm at my wits end again. This is riduclous as we already sent most of this information in with our visa waiver packet. So it's back to the drawing board for us. I just can't believe we have to jump through all these friggin hoops to get a waiver approved. So here's what USCIS requested from us:

Submit evidence to establish that your intent in marriage was to establish a life together. Such evidence may include, but is not limited to: proof the beneficiary has been listed as your spouse on insurance policies, property leases, mortgages, income tax forms or bank accounts, and testimony or other evidence regarding courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence and experience.

Submit police certificated for yourself from all of the localities where you have resided in the past five years including the United States and abroad.

So today my husbnad and I got a request for further information and I'm at my wits end again. This is riduclous as we already sent most of this information in with our visa waiver packet. So it's back to the drawing board for us. I just can't believe we have to jump through all these friggin hoops to get a waiver approved. So here's what USCIS requested from us:

Submit evidence to establish that your intent in marriage was to establish a life together. Such evidence may include, but is not limited to: proof the beneficiary has been listed as your spouse on insurance policies, property leases, mortgages, income tax forms or bank accounts, and testimony or other evidence regarding courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence and experience.

Submit police certificated for yourself from all of the localities where you have resided in the past five years including the United States and abroad.

So here goes, my questions:

1- does this equestion mean that they are questioning our reasons for marrying? Submit evidence to establish that your intent in marriage was to establish a life together.

I have him listed on my life insurance policy, but I left the States while we were still engaged. We don't have any joint accounts, and I'm not listed on the mortgage or the property he owns in Arkansas. He owned both pieces of property before he married me. WE have however filed our taxes as married-him in the US and me here in Canada.

2-evidence regarding courtship. I have emails we sent back and forth while we were dating. But we really don't have any other evidence. We never fought to hold onto the cards and tickets to shows, dinners, flowers as we wever dating. WE never in a million years thought we'd be doing this. But I do have a few bank account statements showing we lived together before I had to come to Canada. Re utilities- my husband and I were only dating at that point and he wouldn't have put me on the utilies.

2a-wedding ceremony I have that covered. Wedding invite and pictures of the wedding and party afterwards.

2b-shared residence. I have a few bank statements showing that I lived there before I came to Canada but that's all.

3-shared experiences- we went away on a trip to Utah while we were dating and have pictures but the itinerary is gone. I'm going to try expedia tomorrow and see if it might be on file. but that's a long shot. The only other trips we took together was after we married. What other shared experiences do we need to have?

is there any other evidence that I need. Does anyone suggest anything else I should include in my RFE packet.

Thanks

check your email for itinerarys sent to you, I generally keep them in the email after i print incase it is lost.

bobbie

the trip was in 2004 and both myself and husband have it deleted. No record other than photos.

So today my husbnad and I got a request for further information and I'm at my wits end again. This is riduclous as we already sent most of this information in with our visa waiver packet. So it's back to the drawing board for us. I just can't believe we have to jump through all these friggin hoops to get a waiver approved. So here's what USCIS requested from us:

Submit evidence to establish that your intent in marriage was to establish a life together. Such evidence may include, but is not limited to: proof the beneficiary has been listed as your spouse on insurance policies, property leases, mortgages, income tax forms or bank accounts, and testimony or other evidence regarding courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence and experience.

Submit police certificated for yourself from all of the localities where you have resided in the past five years including the United States and abroad.

So here goes, my questions:

1- does this equestion mean that they are questioning our reasons for marrying? Submit evidence to establish that your intent in marriage was to establish a life together.

I have him listed on my life insurance policy, but I left the States while we were still engaged. We don't have any joint accounts, and I'm not listed on the mortgage or the property he owns in Arkansas. He owned both pieces of property before he married me. WE have however filed our taxes as married-him in the US and me here in Canada.

2-evidence regarding courtship. I have emails we sent back and forth while we were dating. But we really don't have any other evidence. We never fought to hold onto the cards and tickets to shows, dinners, flowers as we wever dating. WE never in a million years thought we'd be doing this. But I do have a few bank account statements showing we lived together before I had to come to Canada. Re utilities- my husband and I were only dating at that point and he wouldn't have put me on the utilies.

2a-wedding ceremony I have that covered. Wedding invite and pictures of the wedding and party afterwards.

2b-shared residence. I have a few bank statements showing that I lived there before I came to Canada but that's all.

3-shared experiences- we went away on a trip to Utah while we were dating and have pictures but the itinerary is gone. I'm going to try expedia tomorrow and see if it might be on file. but that's a long shot. The only other trips we took together was after we married. What other shared experiences do we need to have?

is there any other evidence that I need. Does anyone suggest anything else I should include in my RFE packet.

Thanks

well, husband just got out from meeting with our lawyer. lawyer said yeah the consulate totally f*cked up and screwed us over for no reason. there is NO reason for us to file a 601, nor could we cause i was there legally like i tried to show her.

but there's nothing we can do now. we should've gotten our visa and been back by now, but she decided to be a ######. our lawyer is filing a complain against the consulate and her specifically, and he suggested we call our senator to see if there was something that can be done or expedited since my time here in canada in running out most likely.

this makes me so mad. i was right. they had people check and double check and triple check and quadruple check... the consulate had no legal reason to deny us. but trying to do any sort of appeal to it would be silly lawyer said since they just back each other up automatically regardless and wouldnt admit they made a mistake.

so because she was a f*ckin b*tch, my entire life is screwed.

!@%#@^%$*&^(%^&$#%

My gosh. That is terrible. Is there anyway that the case can be re-evaluated by someone else at the consulate? Has your lawyer been able to talk to a supervisor on your behave? Did your lawyer say if there's anything else you could do?

oh yeah, and she also wrote on my original birth certificate in pen. i was born in serbia/former yugoslavia, and it was hell trying to get another birth certificate since i an not serbian and yugo doesnt exist anymore, lol.

like you were saying, she was just rude. she kept saying, after we gave her documents to prove my status, that i was making up my own definitions for words, that she doesnt have time to argue with me. she kept rolling her eyes and telling me i just dont have a clue about how the law works, blah blah blah. many times when i tried sliding the documents under the window thing she would just push it back, saying it doesnt matter. she totally dismissed my 212 (which was approved by a homeland security officer, not just some person we found on the street) stating that it was "just an approval" and so what.

i hope our lawyer can just send my info all over again and go through their 7-10-days-new-documents-review-before-issuing-a-visa thing.

if not, we both decided we're just going to make other plans. we already waited years and years, we cant wait another 1 or so, plus i dont have much time here in canada.

all our eggs are in this one basket. happy easter, eh? hah

we wish you luck, and we both hope maybe others will review your case next time, and not this mean bitter woman

Yep that sounds like the one we had. I technically shouldn't have had to file a wiaver because I had a valid work visa, however one must get a NEW work visa everytime they switch jobs which I didn't do. I though it was ok to continue working on my valid work visa until it expired. So when I went to the interview I had two packets prepared. One was the packet stating that I broke no laws and under some law I shouldn't be penialized for overstay days. But she wouldn't even listen to that. So when she refused that packet I tried to give her my waiver packet. She refused that. I said to her if my visa is denied than I get to submit this. She got all pissy and said the waiver was not denied nor approved becasue my file was incomplete. She than baggered me for 10 minutes about my old passport- the one with my old work visa's and why didn't I have it. And that it was wrong to lie to an offer of the US government. It was like lady get over- yourself. That passport was destroyed by the Canadian government whe I GOT my new one. She would not believe me about the passport. Than hubby tried to talk to her and that was unsuccessful. She was a royal Bit#h. I hope she's not there if I have to go back. It's going to be really hard to swallow crow and deal with her when all I really want to do is beat the ####### out of her.

I hope you're able to get your documents accepted. This is so stupid. This whole process is stupid. People make mistakes yet they treat us all like criminals. They have no idea that they tear families apart. I really wish you luck. Our lawyer sucks so I know our case is going to take a much longer time to get finished. I have to go over my case myself cause the paralegal makes too many mistakes. I hope to get some resolution soon too. Has your lawyer tried calling Montreal and speaking with some one there? He might have better luck in connecting with the right person.

which was completely untrue, but i assume they just did not read all of my HUGE packet of documents. i was in the US from age 7 to age 20. my family came on a travelers visa (while yugoslavia was falling apart and at war). we had 1 year to file for asylum, we filed the next month (we have proof of this). the USCIS website states that while you have a pending asylum claim, whether original or appeal, you do not accrue unlawful presence. it took a veeeeery long time for them to get to our appeals.

when i was 19, i met my husband. then my family received our asylum appeal was denied by 6th circuit court on september 16, 2004. we left the US and went into canada (legally, through the ambassador bridge, and received canadian papers). on november 8, 2004, after we left and were in canada, our old lawyer said we received final papers.

my husband and i have been together for about 4 years, our 130 and 212 passed with flying colors, then we go to the consulate in montreal, and she denied me because she said i was in the US unlawfully because of section 212 a 9 b 2. our lawyer is putting together my papers for them to review again since they apparently did not look at my dates properly. we all looked at that section, and it does not apply to me.

on the denial letter itself she said stayed over 180 days, section 212 a 9 b 2. but then she gave the dates: last appeal denial september 16, 2004, left october 7, 2004.

how is that over 180 days? i was never there without a valid status, we gave documents stating so. our lawyer says it was just a mistake.

any ideas?

my husband has an interview with our lawyer on monday, and i was wondering if anyone can think of what she might've been thinking happened? she offered form 601, but i was never there illegally, so i cannot fill it out, lol

side note: she was a complete b*tch the entire time we were there, and did not even ask about our relationship at all, and dismissed my 212 approval (but took out original 212 approval letter and would not give it back)

I don't mean to high-jack your thread but the lady that you're talking about at the Montreal consulate sounds like the one who did my interview. SHE refused to take my waiver packet. She was very rude to me and my USC husband. She treated us like we were beneath her. She made us so mad because it was like she had her mind made up about our case before we even got into the interview room. Was she a little heavy set and unmarried with brown hair? Again sorry to high-jack your thread. I am sorry for what has happened to you and your case. I do find it difficult talking to any at the Consulate and USCIS because they really don't have a clue. You can argue your point with their information and they still wont listen. It was the same for me with our case-just wouldn't listen even though we had all the documentation there. I wish you all the best.

I got my letters in the mail today that my I-601 and I-212 waivers were denied through Vermont. I guess my journey is over...thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way. We are not going to appeal...2 1/2 years has been long enough.

Does this mean your husband is going to come to Canada to live? I tried going back through the posts and I can't seem to find the reason for your waiver but it's for an overstay isn't it? I don't mean to hash up bad memories. I know you've gone through a lot recently and this has been/is a really bad roller coaster ride with a denial now. However when you've had some time to decompress, have you though about possibly contacting Laurel Scott for help. Even trying to get a consult with her to see if she's able to help. I am in a similar situation-the length of time for a waiver approval so I realize what you are going through. If you'd like someone to talk to feel free to contact me. I know what this process does and the havoc it reeks. I wish you all the best.

I got my letters in the mail today that my I-601 and I-212 waivers were denied through Vermont. I guess my journey is over...thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way. We are not going to appeal...2 1/2 years has been long enough.

Oh my gosh. I am so sorry to hear your news. Is there anything I can do? I wish I could help. Is there anyway that you can wait another year and reapply?

we had a telephone consultation with Laurel Scott tonight, and she sounds terrific! I've been reading that people have been very pleased with her, but i want to ask a vulgar question: she quoted us a price of $5000 for preparation of our waiver---is that about average for lawyer services? do you get what you pay for (in other words do you get cheap service if you pay cheap money?)? and has anyone outside the US used Laurel; was it difficult having a lawyer so far away?

thanks for any input people might have!

anna

If I had known about Laurel Scott before I started this process I'd have used her. My husband and I have paid close to $12,000 for our current lawyer. And we really dislike them, as the firm has delayed our case by at least a year and we continue to have problems with them. If you have a complicated case/waiver I'd suggest going with Ms. Scott. I'm sure there are other good lawyers out there but it appears that Ms.Scott is the waiver expert.

Criminal conviction makes it more difficult although in some cases it does depend on the consulate. For example, in Ciudad Juarez a "simple" overstay with extreme hardship proven currently qualified for immediate approval (as part of their new pilot program). But if criminal charges are also part of the story, no immediate approval is available and the waiver goes into the backlog of 9-12 months for deeper analysis and review.

Like Kitkat stated, it depends on the Embassy- it seems harder to get a waiver approval for an overstay in Canada than some of the other embassy's.

Hi Everyone

Sorry it has been a while since my ls posting... Have been swamped with work, researching the 601 waivers, and I think fighting depression and fustration. I have to be honest... also it hurt too much, I had to take some time away from VJ.. I may not have posted too often but read everyday people's postings and I will say WHENEVER I did post everyone was great with their help!

I guess I never gave you guys any background on myself.... I have been a single parent for 21 years now. Have always worked two full time jobs to do my best to provide for my daughter. Well as you can imagine this took a toll on my social life because I choose putting my daughter and her needs above any personal needs for myself.. No regrets just a choice I made...Don't get me wrong, I dated here and there but only one serious relationship for 4 years... my family just thought I was too fussy... no not really unless you count being fussy over who was involved with my daughter's life.. Yes I guess I was fussy.. This and working so much men and other people like friends just didnt understand and gave up trying to hang out.. I can't blame then. Well working so much seemed to make the years go by wayyyyy to quickly. Just after putting my daughter through 4 years of college... I began dating a coworker of a mutal friend.. I had known him for about two years before we dates... Well things clicked right from the beginning and he is now my husband... We have both gone down the spouse visa journey's ups and downs, misinformation or lack of information resulting in set backs... but made it through... until...

My world came crashing down after our interview at the Montreal Embassy, we were denied due to my husband not completing 10 year ban due to overstay in the past. The consulate letter said he is not eligible for spouse visa until December 2007. My husband was upfront and honest with the officer about the ban and he told us it was definitely better that we told them then instead of them finding out after the FBI fingerprint background check. The Montreal consulate officer was VERY nice and said we could file I601 waiver and I212. Now my question... ( So sorry I got sidetracked earlier in this posting... but I guess it might be the depression, fustration, needing to talk to someone... or something... thanks for allowing me to ramble.. and thanks even more for listening) My question.. is it true there is a 30 day limit to file the I601 waiver? Today is 30 days from our denial letter and I have not even gotten in with the lawyer yet, not to mention gathering of supporting documents... Please does someone know for sure? Ihave tried for past 8 days to get through to the Montreal Embassy to find out!

Please I just dont know if I could handle this let down...

Sorry time to go get a tissue, cold glass of water, and regroup! Thank you!!!

Felicia

Felicia, if you look at my time line you'll see that I didn't file my waiver right away either. There was probably a 30- 35 day time period from our interview till the waiver was finally accepted in Montreal. I have been informed that overstay waivers are usually approved in Canada after the ban has been served. Could be wrong but that's what I've been told. Hope this helps.

if only I could spell....

This whole waiver process is stressful. I have read a few posts from others stating that they're not that anxious about the process and are living their lives as usually as they wait and I think to myself how can you not be stressed. But than again they're probably not dealing with Canada and a waiver filed here. It's stupid that we have to wait over a year to get a damn waiver approved. It's really stupid that there's a toll free number for a service center that we cannot call from Canada. #######! I'm surprised at how hard it is to get anyone to help you at the Consulate; there are some MEAN women there! I've dealt with a lot of women operators and not that many of them have been helpful or very friendly.

My husband and I are also maintaining two households. It gets to be expensive, two mortgages, two cars, phone bills etc. However, I am lucky. My husband has to fly to Canada, he’s able to visit frequently and flights here aren’t that expensive.

When we started this process, we were told 6-9 months by our very competent (yeah right) lawyer. Yeah 6 to 9 months alright my ###, it's going on three years and still nothing. And if I wasn’t as ####### retentive about calling Vermont, we would have never found out about the missing paperwork. Our case would have been denied because we failed to respond to the RFE’s and you know the rest. And there's still the possibly that we could be denied and then we'd have to file an appeal. This is absolutely ridiculous. Yeah I do have my own life here, my friends and family are near by, but I’d like to be back our home in Louisiana. I feel as though it’s time to go home. I don’t mean to complain too loudly cause I am very lucky to have my home, health, friends, family and job but I had that in the States too. I wish I had a magic wand…….

I haven't talked to anyone. My husband called once but of course they wouldn't tell him anything. My last touch was friday the 23rd, no approval as of yet. I am hoping one of these time the touch will be something of significance.

Have you tryed doing the three way call with Vermont? My husband found that the only way we got any info was if the two of us were on the line. He called and called Vermont but no one would talk to him till we did a three way. It's stupid seeing that he's filing the petiton and waiver for me. We're anxiously waiting for mail from Vermont, BUT nothing yet.

From what I've read here, we're the only ones who have a waiver petiton pending in Vermont. Have you been over to immigrate 2 us? I just can't believe it's taking this long.

Oh wow. I am so sorry that you had such a bad lawyer. Ours wasn't the greastest either, but not to that extent. Have you tried a three-way call to Vermont with you, hubby and Vermont? They may be more willing to give the information to you rather than your husband. Perhaps with the information about the wrong address and the lawyer not sending the forms in, they'd grant you a bit of an extention? It would be worth a try any way. I am truly sorry for your situation and I hope there is a way you can resolve it.

We have tried three way calling, it really depends on who we talk to, and the resulting flow of information. Sometimes people are really helpful other times they are not. All I can say is that this is a NIGHTMARE, one we were not expecting. We been told that we'd be granted an extension but who knows with the USCIS. They say one things and do another. But it's just funny how nothing has gone right with our case since the begining. Montreal is as helpful as a ####### on a boar hog! Some really bitchy people working there. So were back to waiting, our favourite game. How's your petition coming alone. Have you been able to talk to a live person? Any news about an approval? Have you been touch again?

I haven't received anything. I just keep getting touches. I'm hoping it means they are doing something, but after 3 weeks of it, I'm not so sure any more.

Application Type: I601, APPLICATION TO WAIVE EXCLUDABILITY

Current Status: Notice returned as undeliverable.

On March 1, 2007, the post office returned our last written notice on this case as undeliverable. This can have serious effects on the processing of this case. Please call 1-800-375-5283 to update the mailing address so this notice can be re-sent.

that is the most recent notice on my case. I am having serious blood pressure issues dealing with Montreal about this and Vermont. My shotty lawyer/paralegal screwed up and didn't mail the change of address form when they were suppose to( over a year ago, I might add) and this is the end result. We keep calling to get information on what is missing and to do a change of address but no such luck. As it stand right now we might get denied because this is the third and final notice that has been returned to Vermont. I am not a happy camper by any means. When hubby was finally able to reach a customer serive rep we were informed that we had 30 days from March 1st to get our missing paperwork to Vermont before we'd be denied. HOWEVER the really nice people in Vermont wont tell up what the RFE is for so...... we're fu#*ed. There's my wonderful story. If it wasn't for all my bad luck I'd have no luck at all. So keep your chin up, you're in a better place than I am. I'm sure you're approval is coming soon.

Got another touch today! Do you think that if the IO cleans his/her desk and moves it that they count it as touched?? (just kidding)

They are sending me on a roller coaster of emotions with all the touches lately!

Our I601 waiver was touched today but when we called Vermont they weren't able to tell us anything. I'll update our horror story later. Right now just wondering if you had any new with your wiaver? Have you gotten anything in the mail?

I have also been waiting in VSC since September 11. I have already called them once and was told that they are still working on cases from March 12, that every case is processed differently, and that they usually like us to allow them 180 days to process these cases.

Heina, what number are you using to call VSC? Is it 1800-375-5283

I have to edit this post to say that the number abouve cannot be called from canada. Anyone else have another contact number?