Good thing I didn't start eating eating pizza

[tparrent]

Dear Mr. Parrent:

 

Mr. Andrew Simkin has asked us to respond to your e-mail of June 1

requesting information about the fiancée visa application of Ms. WanLing

Chen, (Case number: XXXXXX). Let me assure you that we fully

understand that delays in visa issuance are seriously complicating the lives

of applicants and of those who are waiting for their arrival.

 

We regret that the services provided by the visa specialists in the Visa

Office's Public Inquiries Division did not meet with your expectations. We

appreciate your bringing this to our attention as it is our objective to

provide courteous and helpful service to all persons requesting consular

assistance.

 

Ms. Chen's case was delayed by required security-related vetting through an

interagency clearance process. We are happy to inform you that this process

has been completed and that the Department has now conveyed to the Consulate

permission to continue processing this case. The Consulate will contact Ms.

Chen directly in the near future when it is able to schedule a visa

interview appointment for her.

 

Please note that the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou is currently handling a

very large number of immigrant and fiancée visa cases. The State Department

is committed to clearing this backlog in an expeditious process and has

already taken many steps, including providing additional staff to Guangzhou,

to help process these visa cases as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, most

of Guangzhou's resources are now devoted to processing and printing visas

for applicants who were interviewed and approved months ago. Processing of

new cases has slowed as a result. Therefore, we ask for your continued

patience in waiting for the Consulate's notification to Ms. Chen of her

interview appointment.

 

We hope this information is helpful.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kathryn Cabral

Chief

[chinadave2001]

First of all, congrats! That's awesome. I hope things go smoothly from here.

Second, " We regret that the services provided by the visa specialists in the Visa Office's Public Inquiries Division did not meet with your expectations. " I wonder what they are thinking when they write stuff like this. Aargh!!!!! maybe they used to accountants at Enron.....

anyway, congrats again on your good news.

dave

[chinadave2001]

That should be " used to be accountants..." oops!

[manhattanmoon]

Please update your signature!

[Mick]

A hearty and well-deserved congratulations. Your efforts and your patience has finally paid off. May the Force be with you.

[tparrent]

To those who are still waiting, I have no doubt that my clearance was NOT a random event. In the past week I really raised hell with everyone I could find. I also had a conversation with a reporter about the hunger strike and I think she may have called DOS with very uncomfortable questions.

 

Raise hell if you want to get to heaven.

 

Thanks to all of you who helped me behind the scenes as well as those who patiently listened to my rantings. Your day will come but ONLY IF YOU INSIST ON IT (or you happen to be blessed like ChinaRose)

[youmolide]

 

so all we have to do is threaten to kill ourselves (preferably with a reporter nearby) and then our namecheck gets cleared ...

[youmolide]

sorry .. didnt mean this as a criticism of you Mr. Parrent or you methods, just a criticism of the powers that be ...

 

I happy for you, especially since our namecheck was submitted at the same time as you ... maybe your luck will rub off on us.

 

M

[sarah36]

Congratulations, tparrent! Later on your case will surely be very smooth and I hope this event will lead the whole processings to a new stage!

 

 

Sarah:angel:

[tparrent]

Sarah,

 

Your optimism is unwarranted but welcome nonetheless

[Argyle]

Congratulations Tom!

 

I am happy to read that another who has waited so long has finally cleared the namecheck hurdle!

 

Best Wishes

[rocksplit]

great! Congratulation! Happy for you... the tone of a well written letter must help (...not starting out with CA failed to answer my questions)!

 

Well I am eating pizza and rice, noodles with veggies, chicken, fish, tofu, raw eggs with seaweed, prosciutto, hommus, taboule, baba ganoush, yoghurt, good bread, cheese, lots of fruit and even some Swiss chocolate....

 

Today I received a form from one of my senators contacted to grant authority required to intervene on my behalf with an expected response time of approximately 30 days by Dos or BCIS.

[AZwolfman]

Cangratulations, T.

Could this be an indication that the 'on hold' cases are finally about to be released?

[sarah36]

Well I am eating pizza and rice, noodles with veggies, chicken, fish, tofu, raw eggs with seaweed, prosciutto, hommus, taboule, baba ganoush, yoghurt, good bread, cheese, lots of fruit and even some Swiss chocolate....

 

ALso Congratulations for you, but just dont eat too much!

 

 

 

Sarah

[Guest Long_strider]

Good Pushing the limits on the process Tom.

 

Congrats on getting over the protracted hurdle.

 

Glad that your efforts and perhaps A.S. helpped to move this along.

 

 

Mi.