j and s fernandez

It can make your case only more complicated if you get married in DR while you still have something pending with USCIS. I can understand your frustration, but like gigi said do you really want to take the risk of waiting even longer to come to the US? I think it will just bring you guys more obstacles to overcome.
Try to put that anger and frustration behind so you and your fiance can come up with a realistic solution to this.
We wish the best of luck and hope you can solve this soon.

Mike Honda recently RE-introduce the Reuniting Families Act H.R. 2709 that would make spouse and family of LPR become immediate relative.
I say, it's about time!!!! The family-based immigration system for LPR is not only broken, outdated but inhumane. How do you expect overseas spouse to wait 4-5 years from aboard and not even allowing them to visit? Travel visa application (B2) for spouse with pending I130 is nearly impossible to get!
U.S. citizen's spouse doesn't have to wait for visa numbers. Even F1 or H1 visa holder can sponsor their spouse to come stay in the United States. Why can't LPR do the same? We're paying taxes just like USC! :protest:
I wholeheartedly support this Act, what I want to know is will this act be legalized? And more importantly, when will it make an impact for those F2A cases that are currently pending?

my thoughts for you is not to read posts in a forum of experiences in the US. If you want to stick to your forum readings and comment exclusively about the immigration process, then read and reply in those forums. Perhaps you do not know because you are a newbie, but the VJ community is one of support; not only about the immigration process, but also of topics related to the challenges entailed in establishing relationships long distance and with people of different countries and cultures.

Hi Everyone,
We hit 5 months of waiting for our NOA2 yesterday so I called USCIS today. They were way nicer than I expected, gave me some info that I wanted to pass on to all of you. May or may not be the truth.
The first person I spoke to was very nice but yes, clearly reading off her script. She acknowledged that my case was outside the 5 month waiting period for a reply and said she couldn't access any more information on her computer so she was going to "escalate my call". The next guy I got was not reading off a script and was also very nice. He said that what I see on the USCIS website (check your case status, etc.) actually has some fine print on the bottom that has the "last updated" date and it was currently 10/31/10 so more than likely he had more current info in his system. (Who knew?) Then he told me that USCIS (perhaps he was just referring to VSC) is currently processing K-1s that were filed on 7/10 and that mine was filed on 7/16 (my NOA1 was actually 7/21, but maybe 7/16 is when they received it???) So he said they are scheduled to give me a decision in 6 days. I told him I would be calling back in 6 days if I had no new info and he told me to please go ahead and do that but that I should have a decision in 6 days. He said he was an immigration officer.
Then I asked him about the information that is floating around that USCIS (specifically VSC) is backed up processing Temp Status Protection visas for Haitian refugees and that K-1s have been put on hold for that. He was like "where on earth did you get a story like that?" I told him someone who called USCIS was told that. He said no way would USCIS ever say or do that because the first thing that would happen in response would be that everyone who had filed before the Haitians would start complaining that things were happening out of order.
What do you all think? Anyone hear a story like this when they called USCIS? Do you think there's any truth in it?
Mari
NOA1 - 7/21 (VSC)
NOA2 - hoping for something in 6 days