RoB1833

Here's another one.

Filed our I-130 in March 2003, I came over on a K-3 visa 2 years ago. I-130 was transferred from Texas to Nebraska to Newark to speed up processing.

Filed for AOS, moved from NC to Ma and was told to make an infopass appointment to ensure the change of address happened. Did that in January this year and was basically told to go away, everything had already been transferred to Boston.

Had my AOS interview about a month ago and couldn't be approved as the I-130 was still in Newark. Was told they would order it straight away and have heard nothing since, the on-line status hasn't even changed on it. Will now porbably have to go back to Boston, wait for another 3 hours to hear more bullshit.

BritGuyTN

NOt just him - me too!!! and a friend of mine who just moved to boston...

ImHere

Actually the "you" was a general "you" as in everyone me included. We have just spent 4 hours trying to coerce our health insurance company into managing to send us a bill for how much we owe for some minor treatment 2 months ago and they are singularly unable to do this. Dont ask me why. So we shall get a nasty letter from the hospital demanding payment for a bill the insurance company cant issue to us due to incompetence. And the hospital will probably get cross and threaten legal action even though we try to explan we cant pay it since we have no idea how much it is until the insurance company issue the bill. Which they cant. Will the insurance co and hospital talk to each other to sort this out? No of course not because that would be the competent solution. Instead they will both get nasty with us and demand we do something even though we cant until they do their something. And so it will go on. Meanwhile my UK bank manages to carry out requests and transactions I ask of them quickly and efficiently even though I am not resident there. And Americans complain about UK customer service. Ho Hum.

fatbrit

Watch your credit report closely...

ImHere

Oh we are, we are.

tony126

It took 33 months to get my AOS. As we know it is then 3 years- 90 days before you can apply for Naturalisation(Nov12-2007) and at the moment the waiting time for that interview is running at is 2 years & $350. Probably the short cut is change my name to Miguel Sanchez. I might get there quicker and cheaper. Very very frustrating.

ImHere

2.5 years to process our GC's while we were sat in the UK waiting. Not bad considering the huge shortage of nurses.

NJ_Dave

Depends. Do you have any experience in the fast-food industry?

Bob

I know how you feel...I still don't have my *****ing greencard...still waiting on the name check...which was in the works last Jan...had AOS interview last march...hmmmm....

NC Penguin

Well that really sucks!

I can't believe that if you turn down all three suggested appointments you'll end up with an appointment next year though...

I'm doing the N-400 and I think my office is slower than a snail's corpse, compared to other offices...



NC Penguin

Ray

I really don't understand why anybody think a dept of the US civil service is any worse that Civil servants in the UK... I can think of hundred of UK cases that are even worse... people have even tried to commit suicide outside Lunar house in Croydon (UK Immigration )
Roll with punches... its all you can do ... it all gets there in the end ..

mrcusa

Because if you want to take your wife / husband to the UK, approval is 7 days, and if all is in order it can be done as quickly as the same day.

fatbrit

Simple: USC and UKC marry in Spain.
If they want to live in the UK, paperwork takes a week or so for them both to go. If something goes wrong, there are many working channels to get things moving.
If they want to live in the US, paperwork takes 6 months minimum for them both to go. If something goes wrong, it's your freakin problem.

snowbunny

It's easier to immigrate to the UK vs the US no matter what category you fall into. This is due to the law and not just the bureaucrats processing applications.

I agree that the USCIS process is hell. I wish it weren't that way. Even with a perfectly functional processing system, there are so many hurdles that it would be a frustration.

fatbrit

Agreed about the law being more complicated but I fail to see why any process at USCIS should take more than 30 days, I'm afraid. When I broached this in Marriage, it was poo-pooed! If they can't discover that you're a terrorist/criminal/Nazi party member/child molester/bigamist/whatever in 30 days, they ain't going to discover it in a year or two! They sit on stuff for ever and there is absolutely no accountability. Would be sad for a banana republic; for the so-called superpower it's just another sign that the sun is setting.