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We just got back from Phoenix and Flagstaff. There is a great That restaraunt 1 block north of the tracks on San Francisco street in Flagstaff. We loved the Basil chicken. The owner is kind of grumpy but his food is wonderful. In Phoenix there is a Chinese Cultural Center with a wonderful seafood buffet just nother of the airport. (Please don't ask why I'm going to be in these weird assortment of cities) Las Vegas Reno Carson City Flagstaff Albuquerque Amarillo Oklahoma City Tulsa Denver Salt Lake City Sacramento Stockton I would appreciate all recommendations - you will make my life a lot better if I have some great Chinese places to take "She who would be Queen" for a great dinner. As a return payment - if anyone comes to Hawaii - I will share the secret of the $12.00 Chinese Lobster, 1 block from Waikiki. Thanks Hawaii Mike

MSC is starting the long-awaited approval process, we got approved last week after submitting the IMBRA RFE.

Good explanation of the holds on I-129F's http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19459

From Visa Journey, the only RFE received to date is for a K-1 from VSC. That petitioner has already returned the RFE. USCIS is still telling everyone who calls the 1-800 Customer Service number that K-3's will not be affected, ha ha ha!!!!

I have seen many postings concerning RFE's from NVC in which NVC is asking for notarized or original documents which were submitted as a part of the I-130 package. Does USCIS forward all documents used for the I-130 approval to NVC or does USCIS keep some? Perhaps these are cases in which the documentation gets lost along the way, perhaps it is a case in which things get filed in different folders???? If it is the responsibility of USCIS to approve or disapprove of the I-130 petition for immigration, what responsibility does NVC have which requires them to ask for certified copies, for example, divorce decrees or criminal clearances.

That is certainly great news. Any idea how you're going to verify the correction? Wait on a revised I-797? A call to NVC? Other? 225214[/snapback] The customer service representative said she would send a corrected I-797 within 30 days.

As long as you have the divorce agreement you should not have any problem. You can always pay a bit more and get a notarized copy.

I like the part in http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/telegram...grams_2927.html DHS has not requested return of K3 or K4 I-129F petitions.

These e-mails ARE for real!!!!! Within 30 minutes of sending CSC an e-mail asking them to correct their error I received an e-mail back from CSC advising me the error would be corrected. Wooo Hooo!!!!!!

I just faxed a letter to CSC and the fax went through. CSC has a fax inquiry sheet with the fax numbers on it according to the immigration application type. http://www.artistsfromabroad.org/pdf/a_blankcscfax.pdf

I notice it lists about 14 email addresses. How would you know which one to use? I wonder if those are various case workers? 225145[/snapback] I have already sent a request to 'CSC.XII.130@dhs.gov' and it bounced back. I assume these e-mail are for the ombudsman. I will try each one and then try the FAX numbers.

I did a Google search on USCIS CSC telephone numbers this morning and found this law office had posted a lot of information about the CSC including the e-mail addresses for various types of forms being processed. Has anyone used these e-mails before? For example, CSC.XII.130@dhs.gov would be used for I-130 processing questions. http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/cscdivxii.html They apparently go to the CSC Congressional liaison and ombudsmen office. CSC Organization Management Center Director, Donald Neufeld Deputy Director, Christine Poulos Assistant Center Director, Division I, Barbara Velarde Assistant Center Director, Division II, Ron Johnson Assistant Center Director, Division III, Stephen Brickett Assistant Center Director, Division IV, Joseph Hackbarth Assistant Center Director, Division V, Manuel Gomez Assistant Center Director, Division XII, Nancy Alby Divisions Division I: I-131, I-140, I-360, I-485, I-526, I-829 Division II: I-102, I-129, I-539, Premium Processing Division III: I-130, I-751 Division IV: I-765, I-821TPS, I-817, N-400, Legalization, I-90SAW Division V: I-90, Waivers, I-824, I-881 NACARA Division XII: Congressional Liaison and Ombudsman Activities

James - who is this omsbudsman and how can I get in touch with him!!!! When I spoke to NVC Friday the agent gave me a number at USCIS, 202-5144316 but I have not been able to contact anyone at this number so I do not know if it is the main number or an outdated one.

David, I have not heard anything about the I-129F, I assume it is on hold pending the distribution of RFE's for the new I-129f. I spoke to USCIS service center Thursday afternoon, 6/15 and was told by the agent to call NVC and ask them to get CSC to forward the case to NVC. The person at NVC said this is never done and there is no procedure in place for this to to be done. Friday morning I called USCIS service center again and spoke to another helpful agent and told her of all this and asked if there was a telephone number or e-mail at CSC through which I could communicate to ANYONE out there and tell them of their mistake on the I-130. This very helpful agent told he they had no way of contacting their own USCIS service center, can you imagine that!!! USCIS cannot contact their own service centers even when it is their error!!! Anyhow this agent told me my ONLY option at this point is filing the I-824 and paying the $200 processing fee which I did. It appears this is going to add up to 6 months.

You've lost me. I see there was a mistake but you don't indicate the proposed solution or reason for any extended delay. What are they suggesting you do? 224473[/snapback] The application should not be held at CSC, it should have automatically been forwarded to NVC. According to the USCIS my only option now is to pay the additional $200 and complete the I-824. Has anyone else seen anything like this.