V-DAY PRESS RELEASE--TSC--CORRECTED
Feb 11th 2003, 10:44 am
#16
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Contributed My Part :D
I've browsed for quite some time, but this is my first post.
I'm very anxious about the current world affairs intermingled with the recent halt of K-1 I-129F Fiancé(e) Visa Applications. I have just emailed the press release to:
NBC:
The Today Show
DateLine
NBC Nightly News
ABC:
Good Morning America
World News Tonight
Nightline
CBS:
The Early Show
CBS Evening News
48 Hours
My Local Paper:
The Florida Times Union
And for added fun:
BBC News
I don't have loads of time to spare, due to being overworked and underpaid, but I did manage to change at least one feature, and I hope that Sophisgent (& the respective, collective company of people leading this effort) doesn't mind. I changed "Fiancee" to read "Fiancé(e)" throughout the document, as not all of our better halves across the sea are female.
I also hope that my sending it to national and international news media wasn't "over the top," as my wonderful UK Fiancé would say! I just did it in hopes that *someone* out of the list would pick up the story and that it would gain enough attention to warrent some kind of coverage. Of course, competing with some of the other hot topics, I'm not sure how high this will be on the news-coverage priorities.
At any rate, he and I are not over the 90 days yet (more like 57), but you can bet we don't want to be, either. And I'll stop my rambling for now.
All my best!
Aeonii
I'm very anxious about the current world affairs intermingled with the recent halt of K-1 I-129F Fiancé(e) Visa Applications. I have just emailed the press release to:
NBC:
The Today Show
DateLine
NBC Nightly News
ABC:
Good Morning America
World News Tonight
Nightline
CBS:
The Early Show
CBS Evening News
48 Hours
My Local Paper:
The Florida Times Union
And for added fun:
BBC News
I don't have loads of time to spare, due to being overworked and underpaid, but I did manage to change at least one feature, and I hope that Sophisgent (& the respective, collective company of people leading this effort) doesn't mind. I changed "Fiancee" to read "Fiancé(e)" throughout the document, as not all of our better halves across the sea are female.
I also hope that my sending it to national and international news media wasn't "over the top," as my wonderful UK Fiancé would say! I just did it in hopes that *someone* out of the list would pick up the story and that it would gain enough attention to warrent some kind of coverage. Of course, competing with some of the other hot topics, I'm not sure how high this will be on the news-coverage priorities.
At any rate, he and I are not over the 90 days yet (more like 57), but you can bet we don't want to be, either. And I'll stop my rambling for now.
All my best!
Aeonii
Last edited by aeoniif; Feb 11th 2003 at 12:36 pm.
Feb 11th 2003, 2:06 pm
#17
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Joined: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta Georgia
Posts: 48
Re: V-DAY PRESS RELEASE--TSC--CORRECTED
Hi Everyone,
Keep emailing and faxing. Especially to the Dallas stations. We need to be televised. I am starting to see a response. Keep the heat on!!!!!
Dallas Stations:
FOX: 214-720-3263
CBS: 214-696-9011
ABC: 214-977-6585
NBC: 817-654-6325
Dallas Morning Star Newspaper: 214-977-8319
Thanks for your help and dedication!!!!!!!!
Hilary
Keep emailing and faxing. Especially to the Dallas stations. We need to be televised. I am starting to see a response. Keep the heat on!!!!!
Dallas Stations:
FOX: 214-720-3263
CBS: 214-696-9011
ABC: 214-977-6585
NBC: 817-654-6325
Dallas Morning Star Newspaper: 214-977-8319
Thanks for your help and dedication!!!!!!!!
Hilary
Feb 12th 2003, 6:11 am
#18
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Posts: n/a
Re: V-DAY PRESS RELEASE--TSC--CORRECTED
Sandy,
Glad you spoke up. I'm in the same boat with the CSC. I was on 62 days
and counting when they changed the times (receipt date was 29th of
November). After many hours of trying I managed to speak to three
different people at the INS, including one from the CSC.
The unanimous response was: "You can't pay any attention to those
numbers." So why do they publish them? You get the same numbers on the
receipt letters, on the phone system and via the website.
All three say: "If you have questions or concerns about your
application or the case status results listed above, or if you have
not received a decision or advice from the INS within the projected
processing time frame*, please contact the service center where you
submitted your application." Then you can't get through to the service
center, but 1 in 100 tries, only to be told that they can't tell you
anything.
The last person I spoke to at the CSC said she was going to have to
hang up and help someone else, after I had been on hold for 30+
minutes!
Anyway, the statement in the release that the TSC is the only center
to stop processing isn't accurate. You may want to correct it in your
final release. Anyone planning something for V-Day at the California
Service Center...?
Does anyone know what they're actually doing at the service centers
right now? Is this some homeland security garbage? Who can we, the
people, hold accountable at the polls? It's so frustrating being so
clueless as to what's going on, and so helpless to do anything about
it.
Never thought it'd be so hard to get married. Grumble... Grumble...
Eathan
sandy- pie wrote in message news:...
> hey...The california service center stopped working on their fiance
> visa's on Nov. 19th! what about our changed waiting time of 34-64 days
> to 205-235 days! they should put that in there...its just more leverage
> agianst the INS in general, meaning even more poeple are suffering.
>
> sandy
Glad you spoke up. I'm in the same boat with the CSC. I was on 62 days
and counting when they changed the times (receipt date was 29th of
November). After many hours of trying I managed to speak to three
different people at the INS, including one from the CSC.
The unanimous response was: "You can't pay any attention to those
numbers." So why do they publish them? You get the same numbers on the
receipt letters, on the phone system and via the website.
All three say: "If you have questions or concerns about your
application or the case status results listed above, or if you have
not received a decision or advice from the INS within the projected
processing time frame*, please contact the service center where you
submitted your application." Then you can't get through to the service
center, but 1 in 100 tries, only to be told that they can't tell you
anything.
The last person I spoke to at the CSC said she was going to have to
hang up and help someone else, after I had been on hold for 30+
minutes!
Anyway, the statement in the release that the TSC is the only center
to stop processing isn't accurate. You may want to correct it in your
final release. Anyone planning something for V-Day at the California
Service Center...?
Does anyone know what they're actually doing at the service centers
right now? Is this some homeland security garbage? Who can we, the
people, hold accountable at the polls? It's so frustrating being so
clueless as to what's going on, and so helpless to do anything about
it.
Never thought it'd be so hard to get married. Grumble... Grumble...
Eathan
sandy- pie wrote in message news:...
> hey...The california service center stopped working on their fiance
> visa's on Nov. 19th! what about our changed waiting time of 34-64 days
> to 205-235 days! they should put that in there...its just more leverage
> agianst the INS in general, meaning even more poeple are suffering.
>
> sandy
Feb 12th 2003, 8:06 am
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Re: V-DAY PRESS RELEASE--TSC--CORRECTED
If you do a search on this forum and others you will find that all the other service centers have begun producing approvals except for TSC - so the statement that we are the only ones with a complete cessation on processing and adjudication is in fact correct.
California, Missouri, Vermont and Nebraska have ALL produced approvals within the month of Feb.
Ange
California, Missouri, Vermont and Nebraska have ALL produced approvals within the month of Feb.
Ange
Originally posted by Eathan
Sandy,
Glad you spoke up. I'm in the same boat with the CSC. I was on 62 days
and counting when they changed the times (receipt date was 29th of
November). After many hours of trying I managed to speak to three
different people at the INS, including one from the CSC.
The unanimous response was: "You can't pay any attention to those
numbers." So why do they publish them? You get the same numbers on the
receipt letters, on the phone system and via the website.
All three say: "If you have questions or concerns about your
application or the case status results listed above, or if you have
not received a decision or advice from the INS within the projected
processing time frame*, please contact the service center where you
submitted your application." Then you can't get through to the service
center, but 1 in 100 tries, only to be told that they can't tell you
anything.
The last person I spoke to at the CSC said she was going to have to
hang up and help someone else, after I had been on hold for 30+
minutes!
Anyway, the statement in the release that the TSC is the only center
to stop processing isn't accurate. You may want to correct it in your
final release. Anyone planning something for V-Day at the California
Service Center...?
Does anyone know what they're actually doing at the service centers
right now? Is this some homeland security garbage? Who can we, the
people, hold accountable at the polls? It's so frustrating being so
clueless as to what's going on, and so helpless to do anything about
it.
Never thought it'd be so hard to get married. Grumble... Grumble...
Eathan
sandy- pie wrote in message news:...
> hey...The california service center stopped working on their fiance
> visa's on Nov. 19th! what about our changed waiting time of 34-64 days
> to 205-235 days! they should put that in there...its just more leverage
> agianst the INS in general, meaning even more poeple are suffering.
>
> sandy
Sandy,
Glad you spoke up. I'm in the same boat with the CSC. I was on 62 days
and counting when they changed the times (receipt date was 29th of
November). After many hours of trying I managed to speak to three
different people at the INS, including one from the CSC.
The unanimous response was: "You can't pay any attention to those
numbers." So why do they publish them? You get the same numbers on the
receipt letters, on the phone system and via the website.
All three say: "If you have questions or concerns about your
application or the case status results listed above, or if you have
not received a decision or advice from the INS within the projected
processing time frame*, please contact the service center where you
submitted your application." Then you can't get through to the service
center, but 1 in 100 tries, only to be told that they can't tell you
anything.
The last person I spoke to at the CSC said she was going to have to
hang up and help someone else, after I had been on hold for 30+
minutes!
Anyway, the statement in the release that the TSC is the only center
to stop processing isn't accurate. You may want to correct it in your
final release. Anyone planning something for V-Day at the California
Service Center...?
Does anyone know what they're actually doing at the service centers
right now? Is this some homeland security garbage? Who can we, the
people, hold accountable at the polls? It's so frustrating being so
clueless as to what's going on, and so helpless to do anything about
it.
Never thought it'd be so hard to get married. Grumble... Grumble...
Eathan
sandy- pie wrote in message news:...
> hey...The california service center stopped working on their fiance
> visa's on Nov. 19th! what about our changed waiting time of 34-64 days
> to 205-235 days! they should put that in there...its just more leverage
> agianst the INS in general, meaning even more poeple are suffering.
>
> sandy
Feb 12th 2003, 11:26 am
#20
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Posts: 25
Re: Contributed My Part :D
Hi:
Well... As spanish speaker and foreigner, I´m sending email to the media of the spanish speaker world agencies, and media around the whole world...
I´m not a press people, just a woman making some for her rights. If were for the properly language, maybe almost nobody could being protect their own rights; and sounds inclusive a a bit silly try to create the fake idea that we are more than people sufering emotional and economical damages for the lack job of some agencies.
For if somebody speak spanish too, here can find a copy about what I´m sending to that places:
Qué está pasando en Texas, en la INS de EEUU?
Desde hace aproximadamente 6 meses, el Servicio de Inmigraciones de EEUU está denegando el ingreso a las futuras esposas y esposos de ciudadanos Estadounidenses -Visas K1-.
Habiéndose tramitado esta clase de visa, y estando a Septiembre del 2002 considerada la demora de los mismos aproximadamente de 60 a 90 dÃas, muchas parejas esperan aún la confirmación de sus autorizaciones y sus visas más de cinco meses, siendo las familias damnificadas emocional y económicamente una cantidad importante, todos ellos ciudadanos americanos que quieren contraer legalmente nupcias con parejas extrangeras.
Lo asombroso no son las demoras, sinó que los mismos que pagan sus impuestos y el sueldo de los empleados gubernamentales y públicos y que tienen derecho a voto en ese paÃs como nativos o naturalizados legÃtimos, están siendo engañados por las autoridades, quienes han mentido incluso a los medios, cuando ante el aluvión de demandas y solicitudes, los medios se han acercado a interiorizarse del tema. El INS -servicio de Inmigraciones_ no solo ha mentido a los aspirantes, sinó también a sus abogados y a Congresistas y Senadores que han inquirido al respecto preocupados por los pedidos de auxilio que amenazan inundar sus despachos llevándolos a tratar de comunicarse a oficinas a las que contactar parece imposible, a lineas ocupadas y faxes que nadie parece recibir. Y si el asombro parece ahora enorme, agreguemos que se estarÃa afectando los derechos humanos de miles de familias por crearse, menoscabando los derechos de los mismos estadounidenses, o discriminando futuros ciudadanos, que haciendo sus tramites siempre en términos de la ley, y siendo ciudadanos elegibles, estarÃan viendose separadas de sus seres amados al mejor estilo de la Alemania Nazi.
Muchas parejas realizaran un reclamo, algunos preparándose para manifestarse el dÃa de San ValentÃn en Dallas, otros conectándose con los medios de todos los paÃses del mundo con una misma pregunta: Qué pasa en la INS?
Dejando de lado sus propios hijos, America se encarga de la seguridad de muchos paÃses extrangeros, poniendo ahora en evidencia que algo está funcionando muy mal, y que es el pueblo Norteamericano el que empieza a notar que el legendario y privilegiado lugar en el mundo que siempre aclamó su capacidad para la libertad y el padrinazgo de causas loables, está desmereciendo sus propios hijos.
Hoy, el INS miente a sus ciudadanos, los medios, abogados y a extrangeros. Hoy nos aliamos al intento de esclarecimiento de las razones existentes en este manejo carente de legalidad, para que mañana no nos encontremos con los derechos civiles de cada ciudadano, pisoteados y en las caprichosas manos de quienes forman una nación que debiese poder seguir diciendo con orgullo, que la Libertad y la Democracia son su lema.
Hoy, las comunidades de todo el mundo están siendo notificadas, medios de todo el planeta y ciudadanos de todo el mundo, poniendo en boca de la opinión pública una simple y corta sentencia: "Un paÃs que pisotea a sus hijos, malamente puede cuidar del resto."
And is NOT a profesional "idea", is my own tought, and like Human I have the right to make hear my voice... I can´t be there for obviously reasons...
but I can try to make what is possible for have the right to have my own family.
See us
Well... As spanish speaker and foreigner, I´m sending email to the media of the spanish speaker world agencies, and media around the whole world...
I´m not a press people
, just a woman making some for her rights. If were for the properly language, maybe almost nobody could being protect their own rights; and sounds inclusive a a bit silly try to create the fake idea that we are more than people sufering emotional and economical damages for the lack job of some agencies. For if somebody speak spanish too, here can find a copy about what I´m sending to that places:
Qué está pasando en Texas, en la INS de EEUU?
Desde hace aproximadamente 6 meses, el Servicio de Inmigraciones de EEUU está denegando el ingreso a las futuras esposas y esposos de ciudadanos Estadounidenses -Visas K1-.
Habiéndose tramitado esta clase de visa, y estando a Septiembre del 2002 considerada la demora de los mismos aproximadamente de 60 a 90 dÃas, muchas parejas esperan aún la confirmación de sus autorizaciones y sus visas más de cinco meses, siendo las familias damnificadas emocional y económicamente una cantidad importante, todos ellos ciudadanos americanos que quieren contraer legalmente nupcias con parejas extrangeras.
Lo asombroso no son las demoras, sinó que los mismos que pagan sus impuestos y el sueldo de los empleados gubernamentales y públicos y que tienen derecho a voto en ese paÃs como nativos o naturalizados legÃtimos, están siendo engañados por las autoridades, quienes han mentido incluso a los medios, cuando ante el aluvión de demandas y solicitudes, los medios se han acercado a interiorizarse del tema. El INS -servicio de Inmigraciones_ no solo ha mentido a los aspirantes, sinó también a sus abogados y a Congresistas y Senadores que han inquirido al respecto preocupados por los pedidos de auxilio que amenazan inundar sus despachos llevándolos a tratar de comunicarse a oficinas a las que contactar parece imposible, a lineas ocupadas y faxes que nadie parece recibir. Y si el asombro parece ahora enorme, agreguemos que se estarÃa afectando los derechos humanos de miles de familias por crearse, menoscabando los derechos de los mismos estadounidenses, o discriminando futuros ciudadanos, que haciendo sus tramites siempre en términos de la ley, y siendo ciudadanos elegibles, estarÃan viendose separadas de sus seres amados al mejor estilo de la Alemania Nazi.
Muchas parejas realizaran un reclamo, algunos preparándose para manifestarse el dÃa de San ValentÃn en Dallas, otros conectándose con los medios de todos los paÃses del mundo con una misma pregunta: Qué pasa en la INS?
Dejando de lado sus propios hijos, America se encarga de la seguridad de muchos paÃses extrangeros, poniendo ahora en evidencia que algo está funcionando muy mal, y que es el pueblo Norteamericano el que empieza a notar que el legendario y privilegiado lugar en el mundo que siempre aclamó su capacidad para la libertad y el padrinazgo de causas loables, está desmereciendo sus propios hijos.
Hoy, el INS miente a sus ciudadanos, los medios, abogados y a extrangeros. Hoy nos aliamos al intento de esclarecimiento de las razones existentes en este manejo carente de legalidad, para que mañana no nos encontremos con los derechos civiles de cada ciudadano, pisoteados y en las caprichosas manos de quienes forman una nación que debiese poder seguir diciendo con orgullo, que la Libertad y la Democracia son su lema.
Hoy, las comunidades de todo el mundo están siendo notificadas, medios de todo el planeta y ciudadanos de todo el mundo, poniendo en boca de la opinión pública una simple y corta sentencia: "Un paÃs que pisotea a sus hijos, malamente puede cuidar del resto."
And is NOT a profesional "idea", is my own tought, and like Human I have the right to make hear my voice... I can´t be there for obviously reasons...
but I can try to make what is possible for have the right to have my own family.See us
Feb 12th 2003, 12:22 pm
#21
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Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Arizona
Posts: 140
Re: V-DAY PRESS RELEASE--TSC--CORRECTED
Originally posted by Sophisgent
From: Hilary Dawson, V-Day Protest Spokesperson
Contact: 770-435-3825 Tel. or [email protected]
If Hilary isn't available:
Contact Clant M. Seay 662-289-1091 Tel. or [email protected]
Date: For Release on February 14, 2003. (Distributed to media on
February 10, 2003)
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PRESS RELEASE
VALENTINE'S DAY PROTEST--TEXAS SERVICE CENTER--INS
AMERICAN FIANCEES HELD HOSTAGE ON VALENTINE'S DAY BY GOVERNMENT
"Their work stoppage affects hundreds of American citizens who have waited for
over four months for their Fiancee Visa Applications to be approved, and there
is no word from TSC."
Dawson said the INS work stoppage has affected several thousand tax paying
American citizens living in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas who have submitted Fiancee Visa Applications to
TSC."
From: Hilary Dawson, V-Day Protest Spokesperson
Contact: 770-435-3825 Tel. or [email protected]
If Hilary isn't available:
Contact Clant M. Seay 662-289-1091 Tel. or [email protected]
Date: For Release on February 14, 2003. (Distributed to media on
February 10, 2003)
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PRESS RELEASE
VALENTINE'S DAY PROTEST--TEXAS SERVICE CENTER--INS
AMERICAN FIANCEES HELD HOSTAGE ON VALENTINE'S DAY BY GOVERNMENT
"Their work stoppage affects hundreds of American citizens who have waited for
over four months for their Fiancee Visa Applications to be approved, and there
is no word from TSC."
Dawson said the INS work stoppage has affected several thousand tax paying
American citizens living in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas who have submitted Fiancee Visa Applications to
TSC."
First you say hundred of people are effected, then you state that the stoppage has effected several thousand. Consistancy will read better and probably have more effect
Dawson explained that there are three other INS service centers in the U. S.
located in California(CSC), Vermont(VSC) and Nebraska(NSC). Dawson said
Texas Service Center(TSC) is the only one of the four INS service centers which
has stopped processing Fiancee Visa Applications.
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Curiosity got the best of me on this one...
Isn't there a Service Center is Missouri as well? Do they not process Fiancee Visas therefore should not be mentioned?
Feb 12th 2003, 12:28 pm
#22
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Posts: 25
Ops!!!
Well, are you right!!!
Thanks...
Oh, maybe sounds more autenthic???
Thanks...
Oh, maybe sounds more autenthic???
