Karen, I am just guessing but maybe the form are assigned to people in INS to work
on. Some people at work do what they have to (which is nothing as a gov emp) and some
try to excel. Just a hypothesis!!


"karen86" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    :
    : Originally posted by Harry:
    : > A lot of it does seem luck of the draw...what service center
you are
    : > using then where you are from (i.e. what consulate you will
be using).
    : > I was unlucky on the first count...TSC was WAAAAAY slow when
my
    : > sweetie filed the I-129F for me...it took 121 days and that
was fast
    : > for that period, then I was extremely lucky to be going
through
    : > London. About the "those on top" comment, believe me I wasn't
ignorant
    : > at all about how lucky I was to be going through the London embassy...in fact
    : > there wasn't a day I didn't thank God that
I wasn't
    : > using an embassy like those in Africa or India.
    : >
    : > -Harry
    :
    : I understand the inconsistencies across different service
centers and
    : different types of applications. But there are inconsistencies
even
    : within the same service center regarding the same type of
applications.
    :
    : In particular, I'm talking about the Nebraska Service Center
and I-130's
    : and I-129's. I guess there is no logic to how the INS works,
so it's
    : hopeless to try and figure out what's going on in there.
    :
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    :

"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in
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    > What do you mean cutting/pasting?

Essentially, just hitting "reply" and leaving everything that was said previously
below what you then write. I know you don't want to hear about netiquette et al, but
whilst it's generally acceptable in e-mail, it's more of an issue here when you have
to download e.g. 148 lines of text for a 1 line reply; you're really supposed to try
and keep your reply relevant and only paste what's necessary, because when you have
hundreds of people posting, it quickly mounts up.

Then again, it's not like you're the only one who does it, so I wouldn't worry about
it too much

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Targaff

"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in
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    > I don't know what happened but TSC is lickadity (sp?) split now.

Prolly Dubya's made them get their arses into gear so he can get any friends he wants
in with less trouble, given it's his back yard.

--

Targaff

Part of it could be the option settings for the program you are using to read the
newsgroup. Mine ask if I want to include the original message in my replies. I opt
for no, but that also effects my emails also, which is no problem as some of my
emails are almost conversations with multiple replies.

Jerry

Yes, I use outlook express, and just go a Ctrl + G, I changed the options....are we
happy now?

Now I can actually paste. ;O)

Let me see.......1st post:

I'm wondering if anyone thinks their nationality is effecting their processing time. From most messages I've read, it seems like most Canadians (with a few exceptions) are getting approved really quickly. I'm beginning to wonder whether the fact that mine still has not been approved has anything to do with the fact that I'm a Turkish citizen.


Last post:

Yes, I use outlook express, and just go a Ctrl + G, I changed the options....are we
happy now?

Now I can actually paste. ;O)


What am I missing here? What the hell does CTL-G have to do with the original question?

_Don H

Hey,

I'm a Canadian born citizen, and things aren't any faster than most folks. Lawyers do
not always garuntee speed, although I would say efficiency does help, they would tend
to organize things much better than most, however, if you complete the forms, take
your time and double check everything, you can be just as efficient.
Congressmen/women may help a bit to give your said service center a kick in the butt,
however, milage varies. Like other posters said too, some people have deeper and more
detailed backgrounds and require further investigation, especially if they recieve a
"hit" on an IBIS check. Cases are first come first serve, normally. Now, there COULD
be the possibility that someone is having a worker from within the INS, or otherwise,
pull strings, but that's dirty pool, which happens all the time in any situation. I
believe cases are done first in chronological order, then when separated into dates,
alphabetically done as well, not sure on this however.

-Ev

if you read all the messages....it seems that it makes a difference in that your
consulate can be fast or slow. For the INS part, no. The only difference seems to be
where you filed you papers. Again some are fast and some are slow.

If you filed at TSC or VSC and you are from UK or Canada you are in great luck. If
you are like me and filed in both NSC & MSC and work through the Moscow embassy
..........don't ask!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm SOL)

Karen,

it might help you understand how paperwork is processed within the service centers if
you read MDUdalls' long post about the California Service Center. It will give you
great insight into how the processing is done, and should explain the differences in
time frames.

- Des

    > In particular, I'm talking about the Nebraska Service Center and I-130's and
    > I-129's. I guess there is no logic to how the INS works, so it's hopeless to try
    > and figure out what's going on in there.

karen86 <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > The reason I think this is that every single time I travel, I get 'randomly
    > selected' to go through every single extra security check there is. (Even though
    > Turkey is a democratic, modern and secular country, a friend and ally of the US and
    > has the second largest troops in NATO! But nobody knows about this stuff, all they
    > know about Turkey is that it's located in the so called 'Middle East')
I recently flew from Seattle to Alaska [so not actually leaving the country] and got
stopped at three seperate security check-points at the airport - luggage opened,
searched & wiped for explosive traces; through a metal detector and shoes were
examined; then before getting on board another metal detector and shoes examined
again. Being white, English & having a green card didn't matter.

--
paul

I don't know about after 9/11, but last year when I applied for the K1 for my husband I had the same worries as yours, since my (now) husband is from Pakistan. Luckily I live in the VSC jurisdiction, so I had a 15 day approval on the I-129f. My husband had his interview and approval within 2 months of the I129f approval. The whole process took us 2 1/2 months. I was worried because Pakistan has a high fraud rate. All went smooth and easy, even as far as AOS. We had our interview (at the much feared Newark office) within 13 months of submitting our application and the green card has come in less than a month of the approval. You would think that with a country such as Pakistan if there were to be delays this would be one of those countries, but we never encountered any problems or delays.

Was it a one way ticket?

Someone explain this logic to me?? I should send my RU wife to an Arab country and
pay some sap there some money for a visa here. Lord knows they are so easy to get
there. (even though she'd never go for it) I just wish someone could explain how they
scrutinizing RU over some of its neighbors where KNOW we have problems in the past
(year) ........anyone..........anyone......?

"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Was it a one way ticket?

Yep - a large number of people were going up to Anchorage to start a vacation and
they all got stopped for extra searches. So it looks like at least SeaTac has "one
way ticket" as one of their flags to give people more attention.

--
paul

karen86 <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi everyone,
    > I'm wondering if anyone thinks their nationality is effecting their processing
    > time. From most messages I've read, it seems like most Canadians (with a few
    > exceptions) are getting approved really quickly. I'm beginning to wonder whether
    > the fact that mine still has not been approved has anything to do with the fact
    > that I'm a Turkish citizen.
    > The reason I think this is that every single time I travel, I get 'randomly
    > selected' to go through every single extra security check there is. (Even though
    > Turkey is a democratic, modern and secular country, a friend and ally of the US and
    > has the second largest troops in NATO! But nobody knows about this stuff, all they
    > know about Turkey is that it's located in the so called 'Middle East')
    > ANyway, it's a really frustrating thought, but does anyone feel the same way and
    > what are your experiences about this??
    > Thanks karen1

Please be advised that your word usage does not make sense to me, and to many
educated people in the world!! You said "Turkey" and in the same sentence you used
words such as "democratic" and "modern and secular." Unless turkey and the turkish
people recognize the genocideS of Armenians, Greeks, Jews, Kurds, and other
minorities starting mid 1850s (after Krimean war) till 1915 and further, your country
cannot be considered as such! I do not belong to any of the above mentioned ethnic
groups, but I know many people in CA who do belong to those groups. Turks came from
Altai mountaneous region of Siberia, that's north of Mongolia. They invaded and
conquered, and destroyed everything they saw (including Byzantine empire), and their
genetic makeup includes all those conqured and enslaved etc. etc. etc.

Cliff