miker32us

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.

I just received the NOA2 in the mail that clearly says my I-130 has been approved... However below that it says my application indicates Adjustment of Status will be in the US, therefore please contact the office nearest me...... If the person you are trying to bring into the US is not in the US, please fill out form I-824, send it to this office and send us an additional $200 and we will send the application package to NVC (where it should have been sent in the 1st place)... I called USCIS and spoke to a case officer who told me there was nothing they could do, it is a simple mistake. I explained it was their mistake and it would add weeks of processing time to my application. All he said was he was sorry. There is nothing in my application package that indicates adjustment of status will be in thr US, it clearly shows my wife's address in Taiwan.

Well for one thing with the I-130 you are already married. Perhaps the USCIS thinks this new law will prevent abusive relationships from getting to the marriage stage in the first place.

It appears the new law targets agencies such as "Russian Brides" which specifically charged American men a fee to introduce them to Russian women. They organized trips to Russia and purported to have dozens of gorgeous 20 YO (virgins) waiting on the tarmac for the Americans. By the way, the Russian government shut down this site because it was a scam.

This seems to broaden the definition, since it includes any entity which simply "facilitates communication". 224397[/snapback] In my opinion the key wording here is: "that charges fees for" Everything after that is based on this premise.

I just downloaded the new PDF and didn't have any problem, I think it uses some features of the newer versions of Acrobat, probably 7.0 and later. For all the delays this is going to cause most petitioners will just answer NO to those questions about a marriage broker. Just curious, how many people here can actually write their loved one's name in Chinese?

I assume this new form affects everyone who filed an I-129f whether it was for a K-1 or K-3 visa and that USCIS will send us RFE's for background information???? In other words, we do not have to fill out this new form and send them another check for $170.

I am curious about why a document detailing bank balances would be required by the Embassy. This is the US State Department requesting the petitioner's bank balances for the interview? If NVC has the I-864 and already approves the USC as qualified above the povery level would the Embassy still ask for bank balances? Does NVC share the I-864 data with the DOS? I noticed in the I-864 there was a place for additional information such as saving account balances but from the I-864 instructions it appeared this was only needed if your income was not high enough. For example, if a USC makes over $100,000 a year do they have to complete that part of the I-864 and document their savings account, money market accounts, etc?

Mike, I have seen several references to people calling DOS but wondered when you start? Once NVC completes all its processing and the DS-230 is entered into the system does the whole application get sent to DOS? Mike R

Here's mine..... but I think I should mention a few differences from most of the applications here. First of all, my wife is Taiwanese and has a Taiwan passport and a US visa. She has been to the US three times and returned to Taiwan each time. We included her US visa record in the CR-1 and K-3 package so her data was available to the USCIS agent. Also, on several occasions I have needed to have things processed through AIT in Taipei (which used to be the American embassy) and have found them to be extremely friendly and helpful. I have not seen any of the behavior members here mention goes on at the Chinese consulates. Our wedding documents had to be translated into English and notarized at AIT before I could apply for a TIN for my wife and this was completed in a few minutes.

David, Are you getting your P1->P2->P3->P4->P5 dates from CFL members? Could some of these delays be explained by the petitioner not sending in the requested information? Are these all waiting for an interview at a US Embassy in China or elsewhere in the Asian world? I am just trying to understand these stats better. 223818[/snapback] David, I'm a little confused also. I'm guessing that you've established some sort of criteria for determining whether or not a visa is delayed. What criteria are you using? Perhaps when a K1 petition takes longer than 14 months from submission to the interview? Or, perhaps you have established a mean for each visa type. By the way, thanks for all your hard work compiling this data. We have an incredible resource here that is unequaled by any other immigration website. 223840[/snapback] I also want to thank David for taking the time to compile all of this data. Everyone should appreciate all the time it takes to detemine how to extract, maintain and display such widely varying information.