I have just finished 3 days of reviewing Internet web sites, newsgroups, chat rooms, message boards, INS and U.S. Consulate sites. I'm absolutely appauled at the amount of major errors, old information, and some really stupid suggestions found on MOST of these sites. We have been getting loads of email from non-client people having serious problems, who followed information from these sources. But they are far outnumbered by those who have serious problems .
People like to be helpful.
But most of them are old cases that won't hold up today because of the many changes. Because many people are afraid to fly, afraid of going to some foreign countries, and so many foreign ladies will do anything to get to the U.S., the amount of fraud is getting enormous. Because of this, the INS is building fraud profiles to detect fradulant cases. When they see a case that crosses into this profile, they challenge it. That causes huge, expensive delays.