Telephone number BCIS Arlington,VA?
Aug 2nd 2003, 12:38 pm
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Re: Telephone number BCIS Arlington,VA?
Originally posted by Peter Newton
Okay - I think everyone needs to calm down here. I am sure everyone on the newsgroup appreciates the advice given my Mr Udall and others. Remember they are under no obligation to do so and potentially expose themselves to great professional risk when they give advice. So sometimes they can't give exact answers without knowing the precise merits of each individual case.
However, this does not mean the quality of advice given on the newsgroup should be anything less than professional as circumstances permit. To say that one has a list of phone numbers in front of one, but "sorry you can't use them" may well be the fact, but there is a better way of expressing this. Those of us who cannot afford / do not engage a lawyer may find this fact disturbing but it is what it is. Unfortunately emotions very often get in the way, especially when families are split up for a time. The best approach in this situation is tact and diplomacy.
Remember that Mr Udall and others are not able to change the way things are - so don't shoot the messenger. Equally though, the messenger should consider the implications of the replies he posts.
I hope this thread starts to set some expectations both ways on the forum.
Okay - I think everyone needs to calm down here. I am sure everyone on the newsgroup appreciates the advice given my Mr Udall and others. Remember they are under no obligation to do so and potentially expose themselves to great professional risk when they give advice. So sometimes they can't give exact answers without knowing the precise merits of each individual case.
However, this does not mean the quality of advice given on the newsgroup should be anything less than professional as circumstances permit. To say that one has a list of phone numbers in front of one, but "sorry you can't use them" may well be the fact, but there is a better way of expressing this. Those of us who cannot afford / do not engage a lawyer may find this fact disturbing but it is what it is. Unfortunately emotions very often get in the way, especially when families are split up for a time. The best approach in this situation is tact and diplomacy.
Remember that Mr Udall and others are not able to change the way things are - so don't shoot the messenger. Equally though, the messenger should consider the implications of the replies he posts.
I hope this thread starts to set some expectations both ways on the forum.
Hi:
We are aware of the implications. Matt didn't make clear that quite often, those phone numbers are non-public numbers which are made available by BCIS ofent with the condition that they not be made public. Also, those numbers are often collected on a one-on-one basis.
By way of another bad anology, if a guy gets a woman's phone number at a party, it is expected that he will not publicize the number.
Aug 4th 2003, 1:03 pm
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Re: Telephone number BCIS Arlington,VA?
Originally posted by Peter Newton
Remember that Mr Udall and others are not able to change the way things are - so don't shoot the messenger. Equally though, the messenger should consider the implications of the replies he posts.
Remember that Mr Udall and others are not able to change the way things are - so don't shoot the messenger. Equally though, the messenger should consider the implications of the replies he posts.
M.U.
Aug 4th 2003, 1:23 pm
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Dosta,
I had my attorney call Arlington regarding the processing of our I-212 and he was told by the information officer that I-212's were being processed in 6-8 months! Not the information that either one of us wanted to hear. Let's pray that its not really gonna take this long! I was initially under the impression that processing at a local BCIS office would be faster...just a couple of months and now I hear this news and it makes me want to cry.
-Deanna
I had my attorney call Arlington regarding the processing of our I-212 and he was told by the information officer that I-212's were being processed in 6-8 months! Not the information that either one of us wanted to hear. Let's pray that its not really gonna take this long! I was initially under the impression that processing at a local BCIS office would be faster...just a couple of months and now I hear this news and it makes me want to cry.
-Deanna
