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< Back to current issue of Immigrant's Weekly Dear Editor, I am writing because of the frightening things that I have seen the State Department do in the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the first place, there is much discrimiantion at the Embassy, and while there is a high fraud rate at the post, mostly all immigrants and sponsors are treated discourteously and embarrased by the attitude of the officers. The situation with visa refusals should be taken straight to the Offices of the Inspector General, as so many irregularities are occuring at this post. I wonder if there are people out there who can relate to the situation. For example, many people who have legitimate co-sponsors with legitimate incomes are constantly refused Immigrant visas for their relatives, although they have a qualifying sponsor who meets the Minimum income guidelines established by the Affidavit of Support I-864. It is a disgrace that the United States has let this sort of discrimination occur. I would like to see the General Consul Mary Marshall address this issue. Right now this post has over 12,000 cases are backlogged due to the fact that they have been continually refused. This is a shameful situation which needs serious addressing to. I hope that there is a general complaint made to the Embassy in order to see if anything happens, becuase they must do something to address the thousands of cases that are there in limbo still waiting to be adjudicated. The situation has gotten so bad that the Embassy is refusing Documents in priorly refused cases and the process is for the petitioner to write a letter stating that he(she) has all of the documents ready and that according to I-864 Guidelines, they now qualify for an Immigrant Visa for their beneficiary and that they request a new appointment. They have not even addressed this to the general public, which has created more chaos becuase they have left all of their backlogged cases just in the air with no decision only to have the few people who call the Embassy (1-809-221-7370) for status information and then they are advised of this process. Name not provided Copyright © 1999-2002 American Immigration LLC, ILW.COM
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