She is right - not only should you have had the biometrics done ages ago, but your case is actually over 30 days outside processing times on the USCIS website so you can actually call them right now to ask whats up with that. they might have sent an RFE that you never received or something but in any case I would get on the phone right now as well as schedule the infopass appointment.

I think I put "You need Service on a case that has already been filed". If not it was "need information or other services". You'll be ok.

and one more thing to all of you guys recently approved: at what time you received your emails?????? Thanks!!!!
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Our e-mail approval arrived at 3.15pm the day it was approved. We also received exactly the same e-mail at 6.15am the next day.

What happened to ....
Well congrats to the newly approved members...

I'll keep on waiting with Imailin...

This sux

I definitely put "You are a new Permanent Resident and have not yet received your Permanent Resident Card" and got the appointment that way. I believe everything else leads up a blind alley.

I just chekd status online at 7:44 AM CST and it says.... Card Production Ordered...............


WOW... THIS IS AN AMAZING FEELING.......... I'VE GOT BUTTERFLIES GOING THROUGH MY STOMACHE.....

Thank you all for your support, Hopefully will get the card in mail soon!!!!!!

Congrats! its happy to hear somebody out of this waiting game

Hi guys,

Thanks for the advice. We actually called and they did not have any answers as to why its taken so long!! No RFEs were issued, nor did we miss any mail from them. We knew it was outside the processing date by looking on the website. They said they would contact VSC and we should hear from them soon.. who knows?!

Thanks!

I dunno, James, I got through ok checking off what I did. *shrug*


Congrats lomeshp!!

It's nice to see some movement at VSC this week -- three approvals already this week -- I'm very hopeful for the rest of the Loser List!

awesome!! congrats!!! but did you received the email yet??? or the website from USCIS says that????

Thanks imailin. I got an email as well as the status is updated on the USCIS website.

congrats! hopefully they will clean it all up now. How come the early 2-26 are screwed yet again????

baunzerbrudi:

I am sorry but I have to inform you that WE ARE DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION NOT WITH A COMPETENT OFFICE. I am afraid I had to let you know the truth…. The system sucks and anything in order will surprise me. I would think there is anthrax outbreak or same weird stuff like that if they would finally work in an organized order…
lets just hope for approvals by July 4th... and lets just hope that they at least keep 1 approval per open working day (which for us is only fridays, mondays and tuesdays)

thanks for the info... at what time you got it?????? I like to know this so I keep my hopes up 24 hours at day on fridays, mondays and tuesday... like someone before said :after my approval I am going to need same profesional help, this is damaging" LOL!

I received an email from them exactly at 7:00AM CST.

I am sure you guys will be approved within a week! Will keep on praying

Ailin, I keep thinking that as soon as you get your approval, the shock of it all will send you into labor. How much longer until you have your baby?

I am 29 weeks today exactly.... too many emotions for my pregnancy.... where is my approval??? I am making an infopass today... hopefully I will received something before it so I don’t have to go. Something is for sure as soon as I get the stamp I will go to the Social Security dep to get my new Social.... (something good out of all this inconvenience)

By the way Staashi I love the Mafalda little cartoon.... she is funny! and realistic...

OK! so I just did the Infopass I am going on Wednesday July 2... YES you heard correctly! next Wednesday... You think I will have a surprise by July 4th.,..???? mmmmmmmmm... will see....
I also wrote letters to the Senators, but I have not sent them yet... I don’t know ... I feel like if they are not going to resolve anything.. I may wait until after my appointment to sent them out....

Of cource we will have good news by July 4. The Senator can only help if you are outside the process time (I have tried that already).

i really dont get it...

what takes them so long ? people get their approval in 3 months in california..

should we all move to CA to get approval quick or what ?

Congrats Lomeshp.


Boy do I feel like a loser amongst loser once again.

tell me about it. I just realized my Noa is not 5-19 but 5-16 2007. So they even had an extra 3 days. Why are they skipping May filers and why on earth has it been 1 year, 1 month, 1 week and a few days?

like I said before... we are dealing with the most incompetent agent of the entire United States.... yes!! That is right!!!! any improvement of organization will shocked me to death!!!!!
I keep thinking when but WHEN WHEN is going to be the day I open an email with an aproval and I can post it in here like everyone else??? WHEN?????????????????

I feel like we were forced to order and paid for service without any deliver deadline, of course they do not need to rush. That’s not any good ethic behavior.

We should start another club... THE old TSC-VSC loser's loser club!

Geez!

well... they owe us is all I have to say!

well, let´s hope for Friday being a good day. One day the list hopefully comes to a close! Can only be days or weeks but who knows. One more week and the "cutoff date" for the last TSC remainers is one year. Surely they will start working now (hope)

I wake up every day feeling like it's Christmas and there is going to be a surprise for me today.... but Santa Claus never comes!!!!!

Well, hopefully it will all happen sooner rather than later. And yes, I love Mafalda...when I saw that cartoon I thought it was perfect for immigration.

Once more Friday has come... and not signs on my email.... Sigh!

This guy trylly believes that we are all stupid here!!! read what the director of USCIS put on the website and what I answer
Processing Questions

I’ve been reading—absorbing the more than 400 comments you left from my last Journal entry. You’ve asked many questions—mostly about our processing times, wait times for visa approvals, and how we’re responding to the record number of applications we received last year.

But most of all, you want to know when USCIS will complete your case. Let me try to address some of your concerns.

After visiting local USCIS offices around the country and reviewing our current production statistics, I am confident USCIS will beat our projected 13- to 15-month processing estimate for completing naturalization applications filed after June 1, 2007—while we continue to improve processing times for other applications and petitions. Next month, we will provide you with a detailed report with updated processing times for all USCIS offices.

Our employees are hard at work every day, including evenings and weekends, processing files and interviewing applicants. The results of their efforts show tremendous productivity. I am optimistic that USCIS will exceed our goal of completing more than 1 million naturalization applications this fiscal year, which ends September 30, compared to last year’s 748,000 naturalization cases. And so far, applications received have been lower than normal this year. If that continues, we’ll bring processing times down further than we projected.

Many of you also asked about the processing times displayed at www.uscis.gov, and why the dates sometimes go backward rather than forward. We estimate those dates based on a formula that calculates, among other things, the number of cases received within a defined period, how many cases we’ve completed during that time period, and how many cases remain in process that our beyond our established processing time goals. Sometimes the flow of cases received and completed changes during a specific period in a way that shifts the date backwards. The processing timeframes shown on our webpage reflect applications just completed. So the page is only a tool for customers to estimate our current processing times.

In addition, the average processing times posted on our website do not take into account the many issues that may arise when a particular case is under review. For example, sometimes a USCIS officer may need to ask for additional information before a final decision can be made. If your case has been delayed beyond our posted processing times and you have not been asked for additional information, we encourage you to call our customer service line at 1-800-375-5283 to inquire about the status of your case.

Some of you also asked about the long wait for employment-based visas. The law limits how many people can immigrate in these employment based preference categories each year. That determines how many cases we can complete and often establishes how many new cases we can accept. To complicate matters, demand often far exceeds that supply. To assist applicants who are awaiting those visas, we will soon begin to issue Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) that are valid for 2 years for certain applicants who filed an application to adjust their status to permanent resident but are still awaiting an immigrant visa number.

Others have asked why petitions for their relatives take so long to process. Usually, it’s because an immigrant visa simply isn’t available. More than 1 million petitions to sponsor a relative are still awaiting visas. USCIS must manage our work based on the number of visas allowed by law. To change that, Congress would have to amend the law. No USCIS employee wants to keep a family apart or withhold proof of eligibility to work, but we must work within the requirements set by law.

Our current immigration system challenges us with backlogs on a regular basis. During the past fiscal year, we’ve begun to make improvements that will permanently eliminate future backlogs, including hiring additional employees, instituting new business processes and technology, and creating a new employee culture focused on professional training and development.

Will we succeed overnight? No. Making these changes—the right way—will take longer than my tenure as Acting Director. Nonetheless, we’re committed to making them sooner rather than later.

Thanks for taking time to read this entry.

Jonathan “Jock” Scharfen
Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Labels: immigration, USCIS


Answer:
HI, I have been waiting for my I751 for over a year already. A process that should take a few months (and actually does in California Service Center) took for me in Texas Service Center 7 months and then my case was transfer to "accelerate things" to Vermont Service Center where is been there for the last 6 months or so.... We are still waiting. The social Security department wont replace my Social Security card because my green card is expired and for them the Notice Extension of 1 year that USCIS send me back on July 2007 is not VALID! Well... there is lack of communication between government agencies... we are disappointed with the treat that USCIS has given us by phone and by person. When call to see what is going on officers on the hotline don’t do more than treat people disrespectfully... I would like same resolutions.

Many of you also asked about the processing times displayed at www.uscis.gov, and why the dates sometimes go backward rather than forward. We estimate those dates based on a formula that calculates, among other things, the number of cases received within a defined period, how many cases we’ve completed during that time period, and how many cases remain in process that our beyond our established processing time goals. Sometimes the flow of cases received and completed changes during a specific period in a way that shifts the date backwards. The processing timeframes shown on our webpage reflect applications just completed. So the page is only a tool for customers to estimate our current processing times.




What the $%^&? Give me a frikin' break!!! I don't think he himself even knows what this paragraph is supposed to mean.



Another day of disappointment..... And another weekend of heavy drinking is in order.... LOL






[quote name='imailin' date='Jun 27 2008, 10:23 AM' post='1968077']
This guy trylly believes that we are all stupid here!!! read what the director of USCIS put on the website and what I answer

Well if has to be either today or tomorrow otherwise I wont expect anything until next monday... On wed I have my infopass....

Is there anything left to say? Almost another week without much action, holiday coming up... will this really ever end? Tomorrow is July. I filed in May. At CSC May 08 would be approved now-

update....

Received card in mail!


Hang in there guys, I am sure there will be fireworks this week!!!!

Yes that's the only action/happening we can be sure about this week

Sometimes (mostly all the times) I feel that my day will never come... that I am the most unlucky person in this world! or maybe someone is playing a joke with me!!! I open my email everyday hoping and at the same time before opening it I already know I have nothing but junk mail or credit cards statements....
I am getting sick and frustrated,,,, on Wednesday I have my infopass appointment and I am even afraid of asking the people over there… last time when I went back on September (just to try for an stamp which they refuse to give me) the lady was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rude, that scared the hell out of me… I remember asking her when more or less I could expect my approval and I clearly remember her saying in a very rude manner (diminishing me and treating me like garbage) that I751 takes always longer than one or two years… and then she just turn away and did not want to talk with me anymore…
I dont really expect anything tomorrow less on the weekend... sorry but today I am pessimist

You know I am sick of this whole thing, my NOA is expiring soon and I don't want to deal with that whole Infopass bull to get the stamp.

Has anyone read anything (on USCIS website or something like that) that says you have to get that stupid stamp?

I'm not planning on travelling anytime soon and I have a hard time believing sirens are going to start going off if I don't get the frikin' stamp. It's not my fault they are taking so long! If for some reason it made you an illegal to not be without the stamp you would think they would tell people on the NOA what to do if they aren't approved in a year....



SICK of the BULL !!!!

10-year GC arrived today.

My wife's residency have been approved

UserName............NOA1 Date.......Biometrics......Last Touch......Approved......Card Recvd
A_C.................02/21/07........03/15/07........02/25/08........04/01/08......04/08/08*
Cdn_in_Texas........02/27/07........03/31/07........02/25/08........--/--/--......--/--/-- (RFE)
yanx................02/27/07........03/??/07........04/10/08........04/14/08......04/19/08
dallaschic..........02/28/07........03/15/07........02/25/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
ihateemo............03/03/07........04/??/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08
runeasy.............03/06/07........03/29/07........02/25/08........03/28/08......04/05/08*
mvn910..............03/06/07........05/12/08........02/22/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
tweety..............03/09/07........04/06/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08
junglee069..........03/13/07........04/14/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/15/08*
Abygail.............03/14/07........04/19/07........02/25/08........04/14/08......04/21/08*
kc1974..............03/16/07........04/25/07........02/25/08........04/14/08......04/21/08
burs................03/19/07........04/12/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08*
Gaston..............03/19/07........04/17/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/18/08
moben...............03/20/07........03/28/07........02/25/08........04/04/08......04/11/08
Tushar..............03/20/07........??/??/07........02/25/08........04/22/08......05/01/08
kn687...............03/21/07........03/29/07........02/25/08........04/10/08......04/17/08
kalstravels.........03/23/07........04/20/07........02/25/08........04/18/08......04/25/08
jsouthwick..........03/30/07........??/??/07........02/25/08........04/15/08......04/21/08
us1415..............04/18/07........05/12/07........02/25/08........03/31/08......04/07/08
utopiacowboy........04/19/07........05/??/07........02/25/08........03/31/08......04/07/08
Ara4................04/19/07........04/15/08........04/16/08........05/05/08......05/10/08
licianne............04/20/07........04/25/07........02/25/08........04/25/08......05/01/08
James...............04/20/07........05/31/07........02/25/08........05/16/08......05/23/08
Yashar..............04/24/07........05/31/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/15/08*
Angel7422...........04/25/07........05/24/07........02/25/08........04/07/08......04/14/08
gatorlink...........04/26/07........05/29/07........02/25/08........03/25/08......03/31/08
smartie.............05/03/07........06/09/07........02/25/08........06/02/08......06/09/08
Tong Yan............05/03/07........06/09/07........02/01/08 .......05/20/08......05/27/08
maunzebaer..........05/07/07........07/03/07........02/25/08........06/10/08......06/17/08
Cassie..............05/09/07........06/04/07........02/26/08........06/09/08......06/16/08
baunzerbrudi........05/19/07........06/14/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
rhenryv.............05/30/07........06/18/07........02/26/08........06/27/08......--/--/--
Pici0274............05/30/07........07/05/07........02/26/08........05/15/08......05/22/08
BBAN................05/31/07........07/07/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
imailin.............06/07/07........08/??/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
emmysphere..........06/10/07........07/05/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
lomeshp.............06/10/07........07/17/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
Mr. Big Dog.........06/19/07........08/30/07........04/02/08........06/23/08......--/--/--
x743................06/20/07........07/19/07........04/17/08........06/23/08......--/--/--
nelson77............06/22/07........07/19/07........04/10/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
kmineo..............06/??/07........07/??/07........04/09/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
Muergana............06/25/07........07/??/07........03/21/08........--/--/--......--/--/--

Congrats! A fellow (if late) May filer!

Updating lomeshp's approval/receipt and Big Dog's receipt.

Amazing how the NSC people were bulk transferred to CSC two months after us and all approved within a month, while VSC has now taken five months and counting to approve the TSC bulk transfers . . . .

UserName............NOA1 Date.......Biometrics......Last Touch......Approved......Card Recvd
A_C.................02/21/07........03/15/07........02/25/08........04/01/08......04/08/08*
Cdn_in_Texas........02/27/07........03/31/07........02/25/08........--/--/--......--/--/-- (RFE)
yanx................02/27/07........03/??/07........04/10/08........04/14/08......04/19/08
dallaschic..........02/28/07........03/15/07........02/25/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
ihateemo............03/03/07........04/??/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08
runeasy.............03/06/07........03/29/07........02/25/08........03/28/08......04/05/08*
mvn910..............03/06/07........05/12/08........02/22/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
tweety..............03/09/07........04/06/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08
junglee069..........03/13/07........04/14/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/15/08*
Abygail.............03/14/07........04/19/07........02/25/08........04/14/08......04/21/08*
kc1974..............03/16/07........04/25/07........02/25/08........04/14/08......04/21/08
burs................03/19/07........04/12/07........02/25/08........04/11/08......04/18/08*
Gaston..............03/19/07........04/17/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/18/08
moben...............03/20/07........03/28/07........02/25/08........04/04/08......04/11/08
Tushar..............03/20/07........??/??/07........02/25/08........04/22/08......05/01/08
kn687...............03/21/07........03/29/07........02/25/08........04/10/08......04/17/08
kalstravels.........03/23/07........04/20/07........02/25/08........04/18/08......04/25/08
jsouthwick..........03/30/07........??/??/07........02/25/08........04/15/08......04/21/08
us1415..............04/18/07........05/12/07........02/25/08........03/31/08......04/07/08
utopiacowboy........04/19/07........05/??/07........02/25/08........03/31/08......04/07/08
Ara4................04/19/07........04/15/08........04/16/08........05/05/08......05/10/08
licianne............04/20/07........04/25/07........02/25/08........04/25/08......05/01/08
James...............04/20/07........05/31/07........02/25/08........05/16/08......05/23/08
Yashar..............04/24/07........05/31/07........02/25/08........04/08/08......04/15/08*
Angel7422...........04/25/07........05/24/07........02/25/08........04/07/08......04/14/08
gatorlink...........04/26/07........05/29/07........02/25/08........03/25/08......03/31/08
smartie.............05/03/07........06/09/07........02/25/08........06/02/08......06/09/08
Tong Yan............05/03/07........06/09/07........02/01/08 .......05/20/08......05/27/08
maunzebaer..........05/07/07........07/03/07........02/25/08........06/10/08......06/17/08
Cassie..............05/09/07........06/04/07........02/26/08........06/09/08......06/16/08
baunzerbrudi........05/19/07........06/14/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
rhenryv.............05/30/07........06/18/07........02/26/08........06/27/08......--/--/--
Pici0274............05/30/07........07/05/07........02/26/08........05/15/08......05/22/08
BBAN................05/31/07........07/07/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
imailin.............06/07/07........08/??/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
emmysphere..........06/10/07........07/05/07........02/26/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
lomeshp.............06/10/07........07/17/07........02/26/08........06/25/08......06/30/08
Mr. Big Dog.........06/19/07........08/30/07........04/02/08........06/23/08......06/30/08
x743................06/20/07........07/19/07........04/17/08........06/23/08......--/--/--
nelson77............06/22/07........07/19/07........04/10/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
kmineo..............06/??/07........07/??/07........04/09/08........--/--/--......--/--/--
Muergana............06/25/07........07/??/07........03/21/08........--/--/--......--/--/--

At least VSc is working. Of course without order or predictable approval time frames. I wonder why I was skipped and if this means I will have to wait even longer or if they just go around randomly (within the 2-26 bunch).

well today is Tuesday and it look like I would have to go tomorrow to the end of the world, miss work for the entire morning and wait to see what this stupid people from immigration will tell me. I don’t expect anything like I say for the entire week..... I should not even look at my email.... but is stronger than me.... I hate this felling!

Maybe you are lucky. I am going strong, soon seeing the 14 month mark. No way to say if we re all done within a week or if it takes another 3 months. I remember back in February I predicted June or July as the worst scenario. We are there now and not completely done...

Muergana-

I am pretty sure that you don't need the stamp, it is only for travel purposes or other times when you need to easily prove that you are still legal. We were told by one USCIS employee that you didn't have to have it for traveling as the POE officer could find it on the computer. Don't know if I really want to risk that, but the point is all it is, is a stamp on a piece a paper stating that it is still in the system. If you don't have it it doesn't mean your GC expired. Just like if you lose your passport it doesn't mean you are not a citizen. I would actually think they would prefer people not going in and getting the stamp unless it is needed for travel or a job or something similar. Lightens there load.

Anyway sick of the process too, however our citizenship app seems like it is going quickly. Thinking that it will beat the i-751 process.

where is my approval?

:whistle:Ditto....

Baunzer... I admire your patience.

"One day my card will come, one day..."

During June we had 7 approvals. During the first week of June we had 1. During the second week we had 2
During the third week we had none
During the fourth week we had 4 approvals.

So, If they keep going at this rate, we should all get approved by the end of July, there are only 7 people left on the list, 2 from May and the rest from June.
baunzerbrudi........05/19/07........06/14/07........02/26/08
BBAN................05/31/07........07/07/07........02/26/08
imailin.............06/07/07........08/??/07........02/26/08
emmysphere..........06/10/07........07/05/07........02/26/08
nelson77............06/22/07........07/19/07........04/10/08
kmineo..............06/??/07........07/??/07........04/09/08
Muergana............06/25/07........07/??/07........03/21/08

But for what I see this week will get lost just like the third week of June (did we had any holidays during that week?) Hopefully they come back from the long weekend wanting to work a little bit .

BBAN:

well, since you show me how I can look at same other cases I have been....

my NOA ends with number 16... about a week or so I checked and I told you that the only number before or after me approved was 15 on June 14. well I checked same of the numbers today and I discovered that, number 14 was approved today July 1. Number 09, was approved yesterday June 30. Number 19 was approved June 24. Number 23 was approved yesterday June 30. Number 25 was approved today July 1.

At least some kind of movement... Lucky this people....