Update - trying to contacting the ABQ office in person.
Enter Miriam Rand, social worker, homestudy doer, social justice fighter - and the last one, she's going to get some practice.
In the football parlance, she just made a brilliant effort and got some great distance and then got wacked out of bounds and the play got called back. I think that's football parlance.
The way you get to see the ABQ BCIS in person is to use infopass.gov. You cannot walk in without an appointment. People without appointments are a threat that is too big to risk. You cannot phone a live person. That would be a waste of someone's time, or perhaps a security threat to the nation. (I am being cynical. But what other reason for all these barriers?)
Miriam, God bless her, has already tried to get an appointment through InfoPass, the official channel. There is no way to know if Officer Reskimer will be in on any particular day, so it is a crap shoot anyway as I was often told that no one else could help me, I had to come another day (ie make another appointment sometime in the distant future - and try my luck again)
Oh yes, speaking of distant future, the earliest date Miriam could get on InfoPass for the ABQ BCIS:
November 2.
Postnote - DHS rules say that you can go in person and ask for the District Officer in an emergency and you are supposed to be seen. Miriam did this at the ABQ DHS and was refused. Twice.
It is nice that there is alot to see in Almaty. Mom just tipped the housekeeper in US bills to keep the clean sheets, towels, and everything coming, they have been coming wonderfully and now we are in even sweeter position for our stay here. Since we are now entering longterm relationships with the dining room people, the business center people, the bell captain, the woman at the money exchange, the bar/coffee tender, the housekeepers and the laundry people.
Our earliest exist possible is wednesday and I'm keeping my hopes, as another American said at breakfast, a man experienced in the dealings of international business and politicals, "modest".
We are learning that countries in which you can pay for services mean you can get services.
In the football parlance, she just made a brilliant effort and got some great distance and then got wacked out of bounds and the play got called back. I think that's football parlance.
The way you get to see the ABQ BCIS in person is to use infopass.gov. You cannot walk in without an appointment. People without appointments are a threat that is too big to risk. You cannot phone a live person. That would be a waste of someone's time, or perhaps a security threat to the nation. (I am being cynical. But what other reason for all these barriers?)
Miriam, God bless her, has already tried to get an appointment through InfoPass, the official channel. There is no way to know if Officer Reskimer will be in on any particular day, so it is a crap shoot anyway as I was often told that no one else could help me, I had to come another day (ie make another appointment sometime in the distant future - and try my luck again)
Oh yes, speaking of distant future, the earliest date Miriam could get on InfoPass for the ABQ BCIS:
November 2.
Postnote - DHS rules say that you can go in person and ask for the District Officer in an emergency and you are supposed to be seen. Miriam did this at the ABQ DHS and was refused. Twice.
It is nice that there is alot to see in Almaty. Mom just tipped the housekeeper in US bills to keep the clean sheets, towels, and everything coming, they have been coming wonderfully and now we are in even sweeter position for our stay here. Since we are now entering longterm relationships with the dining room people, the business center people, the bell captain, the woman at the money exchange, the bar/coffee tender, the housekeepers and the laundry people.
Our earliest exist possible is wednesday and I'm keeping my hopes, as another American said at breakfast, a man experienced in the dealings of international business and politicals, "modest".
We are learning that countries in which you can pay for services mean you can get services.
posted by Bobi @ 12:16 AM
1 Comments:
At 12:36 AM,
Bobi said…
Sounds as good as anything I'm saying. The gist of it is that all my BCIS (and other) paperwork is in order for Aigerim to get an IR3 visa: except that the BCIS Officer from ABQ needs to resend the updated fingerprint clearance with an expiration sometime not already expired.
Anything you do will be more sensible than anything I do.
We go to the Embassy in 2 hours. Mom is convinced we are Leaving Kazakhstan tonight. All of us. Aigerim on an IR3.
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