misterbigtoe

I am opining here having had much more that the average amount of interaction with various government agencies inclucing immigration. It is not wrong to demand service, and furthermore we should demand a very high standard of service. Of course we cannot demand outcome and I do not believe that anyone here really expected that.
You seem to be saying that whatever level of service the government deems appropriate is what we should collectively be grateful for............Sorry, but we are the ones paying the bills and we should expect a very high standard of SERVICE! We demand a return that is appropriate to our expenditure in the private sector, yet we pay far more for our government services and receive substandard service in return.
Specific to immigration, why should there be a need for expediting anyones cases? Why is there an avenue for expediting? Simply because the current system is so fundamentally flawed that there is a built in assumption of inefficiency and unnecessary delay. Among the criteria for seeking expedited handling are Humanitarian and Economic hardships. Are there any among us our family members overseas who do not view this process as a humanitarian or economic hardship? If you do not view it as a humanitarian hardship, you are in a fraudulent relationship, if you do not view it as an economic hardship, your taxes need to go up to help pay for the bloated salaries of our federal workforce.
Y'know, my family and I probably will not permanently reside in the US. We would like however to be able to travel to the US as a family unit to visit our family here. Short of an immigrant visa that can not happen because of the legal and codified assumption that every visitor to the US is an intended immigrant.. If not for my family living in the States, I would already have moved there. If you love the system so much as it is, I would be all too happy to opt out and be one less payer funding the morass of bureaucratic ineptitude that our government has morphed into.
It really is sad that some believe as you seem to that the government on a whim either "get you out of their as quickly as possible or let you rot for an eternity". Is that what we collectively now as a people are supposed to tolerate?
THAT IS NOT THE AMERICA I GREW UP BELIEVING IN

Furthermore, each and every instance of an abuse of the system as difficult or unfair as the system seems, results in incrementally clamping down with tighter and tighter regs making it increasingly difficult for those that follow. Why does anyone think the immigration regs are so difficult now? Because of the cumulative effects of small abuses over many decades.IMHO

Probably not but he does have patience which is the best medicine!

Wonderful!!!!! Glad to see some movement for you guys, hope this is the trickle that preceeds the dam bursting!

Furthermore, each and every instance of an abuse of the system as difficult or unfair as the system seems, results in incrementally clamping down with tighter and tighter regs making it increasingly difficult for those that follow. Why does anyone think the immigration regs are so difficult now? Because of the cumulative effects of small abuses over many decades.IMHO

NAB - I love it! You couldn't state it better than you did! Completely unfair organization. In fact, this all appears to me that this country still believes is the best, wealthiest, etc in the world. Gosh - I love it to death and would die for it, but just by such actions and treatment of us - HONEST citizens - causes me to believe otherwise. We are treated like worst category "citizens." That's ridiculous. And we all on this board are intimidated by it as we are at its mercy. Thanks for destroying my truly honest bona fide marriage. I suffer, my wife suffers, my family suffers. Just to be fair and act honest as this is the foundation of this country - our country we love, cherish, and are willing to die for! Another day, weekend, hour, minute, second spend without my loved one. Awesome - perfect marriage or what? :-)