A tiny bit of news, and a glimmer of hope.
Last week, Husband called our MP's office and briefly outlined the issues we and the entire Nov. thru Feb. group is dealing with. Today we went to the office, and met with one of the MP's assistants... whose main job within the office is to handle immigration issues! We explained everything to her, focusing on how many people are in limbo. She's just as concerned as we all are now, and she will be contacting Ottawa to see if she can get any real info on why the computer change may have hindered so many people, and why our group is seeing hardly any movement while March is sailing through. She did say it may be a couple of weeks before she gets any answers, but I kind of expected that since she's dealing with a government office!
We will also be sending a case specific inquiry, but she warned us not to be surprised if we get the same seemingly generic response everyone else has. (Which is why I haven't sent one yet. I don't really think I'd get any better response than what's already been posted by others.) According to her, Buffalo is one of the most frustrating offices to deal with when trying to get any kind of info! Again, not surprised at all! :
So, we have at least one person working on our side now, for ALL of us. I'm hoping we get some info soon... or even better, we ALL get good news while I wait for an update from her!
(She's also intrigued by our forum here. She loves that we have a place to share info, answer questions, and generally offer support to each other, because really, who understands the frustration and confusion better than others who are going through the same things? ;D )
((Also... Sparkle, I hope you don't mind, but I showed her the spreadsheet. Having the visual was easier than trying to explain just how many of us are waiting :-[ ))
