1st draft

[Joseph-1]

Mark,

 

You are not beggin her to help the interviewers again! They can help themselves!  

Hello Mr.Grinch We Love You Too.

You like helping interviewers too? Go back to smokin'.

Hang On,Ill send you some nice chinese wine.

[bobmal99]

Just a few suggestions for your letter..

 

December 30, 2002

 

 

Dear Mrs. Harty,

 

We would all like to personally thank you for what an outstanding job you have done to help clear up the visa backlog issue to this point. However, as you and many of us are aware of, there is still a major concern with lost, misplaced or just not completed name checks, for a small but anxious group of July and August interviewees.

 

Knowing this, we the undersigned are asking for your personal intervention to the standard process of resubmitting after the 90-day waiting period. As the entire August group has already waited over 180 days for their name check clearance. Once again we are asking you to please personally contact the appropriate office or offices, to find these cases and have them expedited.

 

Here is a very recent response from the consulate in Guangzhou for one of the August interviewer's:

 

Surely, we should not be asked to wait another 90-days as implied in this letter.

 

 

As you may know, the past practice concerning namechecks was that

visa-issuing posts were permitted to print an applicant's immigrant

visa if the Department of State had not responded to the namecheck

request within ten (10) business days. Beginning July 22, 2002, the

State Department initiated the change that has now become so

infamously long.

 

The IV Unit must now wait for the Department of State to respond before an applicant's visa can be issued. IV Unit staff had submitted namecheck requests in the June-July timeframe for applicants coming for interviews in August and September. Once the 6-8 week period had turned into 2+ months of waiting, the State Department initiated two changes where namechecks were concerned. The first is that the consulate had to reformat namecheck requests.

 

Now, each applicant over the age of 16 is on a separate namecheck

request; in the past, the consulate would send as many as 50 names

per request. The second change is that each namecheck request that

had not been responded to within the past 90 days had to be resent.

xxxxxxxxx's namecheck was resent November 16; the consulate, as of

this writing, still has not received the go-ahead from the State

Department to print xxxxx xxx's visa.

 

As soon as this consulate is in receipt of the approval to print xxxxxxxxx's visa, our staff will mail her a notice to come to the

consulate with her passport at her soonest convenience. She will need

to present her passport and the letter between 9am and 10am. She will

be able to pick up the visa at 4:30 the same day.

 

Regards,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou

 

 

 

 

 

Please help with the following list of August interviewers

 

Sincerly

the list

[Joseph-1]

Mark,

 

You are not beggin her to help the interviewers again! They can help themselves!  

Hello Mr.Grinch We Love You Too.

You like helping interviewers too? Go back to smokin'.

Hang On,Ill send you some nice chinese wine.

Id send you some cookies and milk but Im out of milk.

[markimwaiting]

Nix that last request. I got it from another source.

well I have it somewhere, but i cant find it.

can you give it to me?

The number is 202-647-0341 and you can call to confirm reciept at

202-647-7948.

Thanks, very much

[owenkrout]

Run with it Mark. Everybody will have a different idea of exactly how a letter should be worded. What you have is good. Then based on any answer, a decision can be made as to whether there is a need to push for a more detailed solution.

[markimwaiting]

Just a few suggestions for your letter..

 

December 30, 2002

 

 

Dear Mrs. Harty,

 

We would all like to personally thank you for what an outstanding job you have done to help clear up the visa backlog issue to this point.  However, as you and many of us are aware of, there is still a major concern with lost, misplaced or just not completed name checks, for a small but anxious group of July and August interviewees.

 

Knowing this, we the undersigned are asking for your personal intervention to the standard process of resubmitting after the 90-day waiting period. As the entire August group has already waited over 180 days for their name check clearance.  Once again we are asking you to please personally contact the appropriate office or offices, to find these cases and have them expedited.

 

Here is a very recent response from the consulate in Guangzhou for one of the August interviewer's:

 

Surely, we should not be asked to wait another 90-days as implied in this letter.

 

 

As you may know, the past practice concerning namechecks was that

visa-issuing posts were permitted to print an applicant's immigrant

visa if the Department of State had not responded to the namecheck

request within ten (10) business days. Beginning July 22, 2002, the

State Department initiated the change that has now become so

infamously long.

 

The IV Unit must now wait for the Department of State to respond before an applicant's visa can be issued. IV Unit  staff had submitted namecheck requests in the June-July timeframe for applicants coming for interviews in August and September. Once the 6-8 week period had turned into 2+ months of waiting, the State Department initiated two changes where namechecks were concerned.  The first is that the consulate had to reformat namecheck requests.

 

Now, each applicant over the age of 16 is on a separate namecheck

request; in the past, the consulate would send as many as 50 names

per request. The second change is that each namecheck request that

had not been responded to within the past 90 days had to be resent.

xxxxxxxxx's namecheck was resent November 16; the consulate, as of

this writing, still has not received the go-ahead from the State

Department to print xxxxx xxx's visa.

 

As soon as this consulate is in receipt of the approval to print xxxxxxxxx's visa, our staff will mail her a notice to come to the

consulate with her passport at her soonest convenience. She will need

to present her passport and the letter between 9am and 10am. She will

be able to pick up the visa at 4:30 the same day.

 

Regards,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou

 

 

 

 

 

Please help with the following list of August interviewers

 

Sincerly

the list

Bob, This looks great,

thank you very much for helping.

 

the names are adding up.

I will work more on the name list this weekend and keep everyone advised of the progress.