Dreaded Processing Times....

[bad4tatt 168]

I just saw on the USCIS site that they are displaying processing times differently. If you weren't depressed now you soon will be when you look at the backlog.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

and this is just the first step of the process not the whole processing time 

looks like Texas is still the best and Nebraska is still hellbraska

[Californiansunset 332]

22 minutes ago, bad4tatt said:

I just saw on the USCIS site that they are displaying processing times differently. If you weren't depressed now you soon will be when you look at the backlog.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

It's so hard to believe that this is accurate... I compared the AOS processing times of my field office to Los Angeles. Most of the people from Los Angeles that were in my AOS thread including some friends received their interview within 4-6 months (with only very few exceptions). This page says 10-24 months?! That is a huge discrepancy. It's a known thing that Los Angeles City office processes the applications fairly fast. Compared to that San Diego is supposedly 6-18.5 months and thus a lot faster even though everywhere else San Diego is always around the 9-10months mark (which was accurate for my case). 

Also, that is a very broad estimate that they are giving with an entire year difference?! Could be 6 months or also 18 months????

I'd follow the data here on VJ to be honest as it always seemed the most accurate to me.... I feel like this new processing time table wants to prevent that people keep on bugging USCIS with the excuse "hey it says online that you are currently processing cases from the date XY but you received my cases two weeks prior to that date. How is that possible?"

[MelandJason 60]

33 minutes ago, MelandJason said:

https://www.oversight.gov/report/dhs/uscis-has-unclear-website-information-and-unrealistic-time-goals-adjudicating-green-card

 

I think all the changes might be with this 

Hello  I found today with this new info that my field office (one of the most slow in the country) now the process time for AOS is from 15 to 25.5 months!! And EAD is taking around 5 to 6 months (we knew this one) and they are working in Octuber 2017, but as we know in eaxh office are people that work more fast that the others... And I also think that is because they dont want more phonecalls hahahaha I still in shock... For now just want my EAD and for the interview I can wait 

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

21 hours ago, Californiansunset said:

. I feel like this new processing time table wants to prevent that people keep on bugging USCIS with the excuse "hey it says online that you are currently processing cases from the date XY but you received my cases two weeks prior to that date. How is that possible?"

Yeah, that's probably the case. But it's a new system, so maybe they are being very generous in their processing times for now. 

[Californiansunset 332]

53 minutes ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

Yeah, that's probably the case. But it's a new system, so maybe they are being very generous in their processing times for now. 

For sure! Also in the thread you opened one of the people who posted confirmed what I wrote yesterday. His local office is Los Angeles and he had his AOS interview after 5 months. These new processing estimates are just soooo far off (10-24months for L.A.). I don't know which data USCIS is using to display these numbers but they are poorly chosen. 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

On 3/22/2018 at 4:03 PM, adil-rafa said:

and this is just the first step of the process not the whole processing time 

looks like Texas is still the best and Nebraska is still hellbraska

 

Hmm are you sure? 

 

Nebraska currently ranks 15.

 

47. San Antonio, TX

70. Dallas, TX

73. Houston, TX 

85. El Paso, TX

 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

3 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

 

Hmm are you sure? 

 

Nebraska currently ranks 15.

 

47. San Antonio, TX

70. Dallas, TX

73. Houston, TX 

85. El Paso, TX

 

Nebraska transfers cases like ours (there 9 months and then transfered to Missouri for faster processing (another 6 months) so yeah,  they can fudge the numbers but doesn't make them good  / jsut makes it look like they did ours in 9 months

Edited March 23, 2018 by adil-rafa

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

12 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

Nebraska transfers cases like ours (there 9 months and then transfered to Missouri for faster processing (another 6 months) so yeah,  they can fudge the numbers but doesn't make them good  / jsut makes it look like they did ours in 9 months

Gotcha. Well, apparently, the place to be is Cleveland, OH. 4.5 months per the new processing times tool. People are reporting getting the interview and green card before EAD/AP.

[Californiansunset 332]

24 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

 

Hmm are you sure? 

 

Nebraska currently ranks 15.

 

47. San Antonio, TX

70. Dallas, TX

73. Houston, TX 

85. El Paso, TX

 

??? You can't compare Service Centers with field offices... Nebraska is a service center for different cases such as CR1. It can also be a field office for in country AOS applications, but then you are looking at different processing times because you are choosing a different application.  The service center Nebraska is indeed Hellbraska if you are sitting there filing Cr1 or IR1 applications, but not if you do AOS. The rest you are comparing it to are field offices. 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

13 minutes ago, Californiansunset said:

??? You can't compare Service Centers with field offices... Nebraska is a service center for different cases such as CR1. It can also be a field office for in country AOS applications, but then you are looking at different processing times because you are choosing a different application.  The service center Nebraska is indeed Hellbraska if you are sitting there filing Cr1 or IR1 applications, but not if you do AOS. The rest you are comparing it to are field offices. 

 

You know, I landed on this side of the map by mistake. I did not read the entire thread and did not realize you were discussing service centers. Thank you for clarifying that.. 

[Californiansunset 332]

1 minute ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

You know, I landed on this side of the map by mistake. I did not read the entire thread and did not realize you were discussing service centers. Thank you for clarifying that.. 

The person you quoted was talking about service centers. I, personally, just made the example with field offices saying that I don't think these times correct looking at the field office processing times. It's a mix of both in this thread just not a good idea to compare processing times of service centers with normal field offices.

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

1 minute ago, Californiansunset said:

The person you quoted was talking about service centers. I, personally, just made the example with field offices saying that I don't think these times correct looking at the field office processing times. It's a mix of both in this thread just not a good idea to compare processing times of service centers with normal field offices.

If you read original entry, I compared TX field offices vs the Nebraska field office. Apples to apples. I did not compare service centers to field offices. I jumped on the conversation mid-thread and assumed they were discussing field offices. That's it. 

[Sunnyland 639]

On 3/22/2018 at 4:45 PM, bad4tatt said:

I just saw on the USCIS site that they are displaying processing times differently. If you weren't depressed now you soon will be when you look at the backlog.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

 

Thank you for breaking my bubble Mr!   I was having some hope I would hear some news this month or April for my N400 from my local office. Now I see they are wayyy backlogged even more than before. According to their new system I should be waiting 2 more months or until the end of 2018. #######! It's not accurate at all. Thanks God we can all vent here. 

[Alex3344 10]

On 3/22/2018 at 2:17 PM, Californiansunset said:

It's so hard to believe that this is accurate... I compared the AOS processing times of my field office to Los Angeles. Most of the people from Los Angeles that were in my AOS thread including some friends received their interview within 4-6 months (with only very few exceptions). This page says 10-24 months?! That is a huge discrepancy. It's a known thing that Los Angeles City office processes the applications fairly fast. Compared to that San Diego is supposedly 6-18.5 months and thus a lot faster even though everywhere else San Diego is always around the 9-10months mark (which was accurate for my case). 

Also, that is a very broad estimate that they are giving with an entire year difference?! Could be 6 months or also 18 months????

I'd follow the data here on VJ to be honest as it always seemed the most accurate to me.... I feel like this new processing time table wants to prevent that people keep on bugging USCIS with the excuse "hey it says online that you are currently processing cases from the date XY but you received my cases two weeks prior to that date. How is that possible?"

Hey can I ask where you are seeing the data points for the Los Angeles office?  I'm currently waiting for my interview to be scheduled there...  I saw a few that were around 6 months but now the other processing page time went from an average of 6.5 months to 8.5 months.