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fbanna79

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I am wondering if some immigration officer read posts on this forum. This forum is open to anyone and I won't be surprised if some immigration officers open it once a while to see what is going on.

I am wondering about it since people seem to give details on their timeline (Date sent, date received and issue associated with it), Those information can be tracked by IOs very easily eventhough our identity is hidden.

Off course, don't tell me this is a violation of privacy. You have no way to prove that the IO based his judgement on what he read on the forum.

Any thoughts ? :confused::confused::confused:
 
Personally i am not worried if any IOs check these forums. I doubt they will find anything offensive because the admins & moderators of these forums try to keep it as clean as possible. I can imagine an IO getting a laugh after reading some threads here.
If at the interview they held something i said in here against me in a heart beat i will say fbanna79 made me do it :D jk
 
I very much doubt that an IO is going to come clean and identify himself/herself. So, I guess the only purpose of your post is to frighten people into not speaking freely and sharing details. That's my thought. Yes, there is always a risk, anything we say or do might turn against us at some time. What is legal and fine now, could be lethal against us if a regime would turn totalitarian. Many right wing and left wing people in the world have perished after revolutions, the French royalty after the French revolution, leftist people in Chile after the Chilean coup de etat. However, what life is worth living if we cannot freely share our cases in a forum like this. I would hope that a wise judge would strike any evidence gather from this forum as not admissible :)
 
fbanna79 said:
I am wondering if some immigration officer read posts on this forum. This forum is open to anyone and I won't be surprised if some immigration officers open it once a while to see what is going on.

I am wondering about it since people seem to give details on their timeline (Date sent, date received and issue associated with it), Those information can be tracked by IOs very easily eventhough our identity is hidden.

Off course, don't tell me this is a violation of privacy. You have no way to prove that the IO based his judgement on what he read on the forum.

Any thoughts ? :confused::confused::confused:
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You worry too much!
 
I actually hope many IOs follow this forum..they many learn something useful of the process we have to go through and they would be able to share their side of the story as well.
 
I wish USCIS management would read these forums. They seems to be out of touch regarding how much pain the USCIS inefficiency inflicts on people all over the world.
 
lazycis said:
I wish USCIS management would read these forums. They seems to be out of touch regarding how much pain the USCIS inefficiency inflicts on people all over the world.
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Even if they read this forum, I highly doubt they'd care about our suffering.
 
fbanna79 said:
I am wondering if some immigration officer read posts on this forum. This forum is open to anyone and I won't be surprised if some immigration officers open it once a while to see what is going on.

I am wondering about it since people seem to give details on their timeline (Date sent, date received and issue associated with it), Those information can be tracked by IOs very easily eventhough our identity is hidden.

Off course, don't tell me this is a violation of privacy. You have no way to prove that the IO based his judgement on what he read on the forum.

Any thoughts ? :confused::confused::confused:
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I, too, thought about it. The thing is that this forum is an immense help to all immigrants (at least for me); better than any imm. lawyer. I don't see anything wrong in people sharing their experience. From the many threads I read, I could not find anything that could be referred to as an illegal advice of how to stay in US. To my knowledge, the congress failed to adopt a clear approach toward the immigration matter. So, why in the world an IO would use this forum as a source of information :confused: Those people are not stupid and they see hundreds of cases every day. So, I think they see it all and don't really need to come to a forum to learn what people are doing.
 
A few months ago, I recall seeing a thread that had a link to an article that mentioned that the FBI occasionally monitors this forum, as well as other forums dealing with immigration.
 
Personally I don't think it is individual IO's fault that there are so many delays and mismanaged cases. I think the whole system is broken. Look at other govt. branches like the IRS....they receive a lot more letters than USCIS, and imagine if they were taking 6 to 8 months just to open a letter, and 4 to 6 years to give you your refund back. They work in a timely fashion cause they have kept their organization updated.

USCIS still works in 1960's fashion....paper files. They use computers just to update what they did on paper. USCIS also has highest fees they charge per service than any other branch of the government. They have no incentive to streamline their operation, or make it more efficient. They need to hire a strategy firm like McKinsey to streamline their operation. My naturalization has been delayed because their system does not have an efficient way of handling cases when people move cities while the case is pending. I got a letter for second interview, and the IO at the second interview told me that there was no need for them to call me for a second interview. My interview was at 10:30AM and they took me in at about 1:00PM. IO apologized for the delay...ask me if I was hungry...and even offered me his Granola Bar. I politely declined. People are nice...but their system is broken. To date on top of the money spent on the application, I've spend money on multiple flights to my previous city for Finger Printing, and Interview. I see an end in site on my journey through INS/USCIS after arriving in United States in 1992 as a F1 Student.


My time line
09/7/2007 N400 (TSC) mailed
09/17/2007 Priority Date
12/20/2007 Moved cities (Houston to Dallas)
12/20/2007 Check Cashed
12/25/2007 Filed AR11 online and called for address change
01/28/2008 Received FP Notice at Dallas address (FP Scheduled in Houston on 2/5/08)
01/31/2008 Received N400 reciept at Dallas address
02/05/2008 Fly to Houston, FP done in Houston
03/17/2008 Received Interview Notice (Interview in Houston on 4/2/2008)
04/02/2008 Fly to Houston, passed test, IO said he has to transfer the case to Dallas DO.
08/04/2008 Received 2nd Interview Notice (Interview in Dallas on 8/12/2008)
08/12/2008 Interview in Dallas, lasted 5 mins, IO said approved, expect Oath Letter in the mail within 90 days
09/04/2008 Oath Letter Received, Scheduled for 9/17/2008
 
Harvydonald, you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. The government has made USCIS a self-funded agency, with its funds coming (almost) entirely from revenue generated by application fees. As you've said, there are no incentives for this agency to streamline and speed up the process. Since the fees are collected up front, why should the USCIS bother with speedy processing? They already have our money and, since there's no one who will listen to and act on our complaints, the USCIS will process our applications in the fashin that they see fit.

Another very plausible reason for USCIS's lack of efficiency and mismanagement is the fact that their services mainly apply to immigrants. As non-citizens, we are lucky to get any service at all. Have you ever heard of a company being prevented from offering a position to a potential employee because their background check has been pending for several years? Despite the fact that this is more FBI's fault than USCIS's, both agencies work in conjunction. It's clearly the responsibility of USCIS to work with the FBI to make sure that background checks are performed in a timely manner. While it certainly looks like the plan to eliminate the name check backlog is under way, it was only implemented after countless immigrants filed WOM lawsuits.

Also, let's not forget the ludicrous processing time variances among different DOs. Compare your timeline with mine. For the most part, they are just about identical. However, your case was delayed by relocating to a different city, with your initial interview taking place 4.5 months prior to mine. The only difference is that my timeline represents "normal" processing for NYC. If a DO is heavily backlogged, why not transfer some applications to another DO with less work load?
 
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It's not FBI's fault that CIS asked them to do name checks with reference files and resent them 4m old name checks to redo. This despite the fact that there is nothing in the law that requires them to do tha kind of check. I am not even sure if they do that level of a check when you apply for a govt job. It's just bureaucratic CYA. To save one guy's job should they ever approve someone of questionable background, they decided to make the lives of thousands miserable. On the other hand, the FBI has known of this for 5 years and did nothing until the lawsuits started vs. CIS. And all the while they squirmed to get out of lawsuits - they even tried to get rid of 1447(b) through Congress. As for the different DOs, I don't think you're going to solve that easily - there is obviously more demand in NYC than in Montana.
 
choppy said:
It's not FBI's fault that CIS asked them to do name checks with reference files and resent them 4m old name checks to redo. This despite the fact that there is nothing in the law that requires them to do tha kind of check. I am not even sure if they do that level of a check when you apply for a govt job. It's just bureaucratic CYA. To save one guy's job should they ever approve someone of questionable background, they decided to make the lives of thousands miserable. On the other hand, the FBI has known of this for 5 years and did nothing until the lawsuits started vs. CIS. And all the while they squirmed to get out of lawsuits - they even tried to get rid of 1447(b) through Congress.
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Agreed. I fail to see how a hit in a reference file will affect one's eligibility for citizenship. How exactly does being a witness to a crime or a victim of a crime relate to naturalization?

choppy said:
As for the different DOs, I don't think you're going to solve that easily - there is obviously more demand in NYC than in Montana.
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But there's also far less demand in Newark (right across the river from NYC) and Cherry Hill, NJ (about 90 miles away from NYC) than in NYC. Why not implement the same level loading technique that LA and Santa Ana have been using? It's really not that difficult.
 
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