Fed up with the Omsbudsman calls

[beccapatel]

I decided to write this post seeing how people ask questions during the infamous omsbudsman calls.

I have been in a couple of calls in the past and have more or less decided to stay away from them. Here are some of my reasons:

Most callers come to these calls to ask questions on their own personal case and think as if Ombudsman office will solve their problem in the call. This does not happen. They are always asked to contact the office using a form if they want any answer about their own case. Even the callers waiting for their turn to ask questions do not take the clue and still continue to ask questions about their case status and get the same standard answers. This in my opinion is a waste of time and opportunity our community gets to interface with Obudsman’s office.

In the past the call topics were very different from the questions asked and people never cared to stay within the agenda. On that note, how many of us really read the Ombudsman’s 2008 report before going to the call and asked questions about the report , discussed inefficiencies in the system and asked progress on the steps being taken to improve them?

If most of the call time is wasted in individual case questions and standard responses, we will never get a chance to fix the system and help ourselves and everyone. The immigrant/non-immigrant community needs to rise above their own selfish interests and think as a community. .

Only once we start thinking like a community can we succeed. Else there will be divisions in the community. EB2s and EB3 will argue with each other.

I hope this post at least makes a difference in the next Ombudsman call.

[Suni Niva]

it is defnitely pathetic that people have not been able to make best use of Ombudsman's calls.

But we have to accept reality. In general, from what I understand, Ombudsman calls are for common man and people who participate may not be familiar with the whole immigration/us visa system. Even if someone is concerned as far as the community goes collectively, he/she may want to deal with their case on a more personal level.

I do share your feelings but I guess it takes a lot lot lot of time to organize people to stand up for collective issues and collective resolutions rather than their own individuial needs.