kerewin21

The problem at Casa right now is that, contrary to their own regulations, they seem to be sending files back without telling the petitioner or beneficiary why and without offering them a chance to refute the CO's doubts at the consular level. Even if the CO has justifiable doubts, they are supposed to express those doubts and offer an opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings. The COs at Casa are NOT doing this. They need to follow their own rules before they'll get any sympathy from me about how hard it is because there is so much fraud.
I think part of the reason you see a lot more men from these countries marrying foreign women than vice versa is because it is permitted for Muslim men to marry outside of their religion, whereas Muslim women are not permitted to do so. I think if it were otherwise it might be more even.

One of my biggest concerns about USCIS is the lack of transparency in the process. Immigration for our loved ones is a privilege that we may apply for. That doesn't give the USCIS the right to keep us entirely in the dark about the process. For those applications processed within the regular time frame, I don't see as much of an issue, but what about the thousands of applications sitting on someone's desk waiting for years for name checks to be complete? When we ask for information, all we are told is that we have to wait for more processing. There is no accountability. There are similar situations with many foreign consulates that just seem to sit on the applications for months on end and will not give out any information about why there is a delay. I think given that the USCIS and the consulates are funded by our tax dollars and the fees we pay that we have the right to more transparency and to have inquiries on our cases responded to.