Considering they are in St. Albans, they probably would go skiing at Jay Peak, not Stowe.

When I go to Vermont in a few weeks to visit some family, I'll have to find out where in USCIS my step-uncle's daughter is working. She has been shuffled around to various places. I know they sent her to the Tampa office a while ago to help with their backlog. I think she is back in Vermont, last I heard.

I meant to mention, in adding to what I posted above, I think I read somewhere that there are 16 adjudicators assigned to process I-751s. At 45 minutes a petition, and with each adjudicator working 40 hour weeks, 853 petitions would be processed in a single week. That means it would take them 14 weeks (or about 3 months and a week) to go through all 12,000 of the transferred petitions.

My only question is: when are they going to start? Because if A_C went to the top of the pile, or even near it, and they started right in on us two weeks ago when we were "finalized" in the system, you would think she would have heard something by now.

Thanks James for the update on the stats - your math makes perfect sense. I knew it was not unreasonable to estimate that there were thousands of TSC transfers at the VSC.

And the $64,000 question is, what's happening? Why hasn't A_C head anything?

At least with A_C's enquiry yesterday, maybe they'll realise where the TSC transfer pile is and start working on them....

Maybe she forgot to tell them she is the Queen of the TSC-VSC Losers® -- la Reina, die Königin!

Let's cheer up, the end is near.

I think in a week or two the good news will start coming in for all of us old TSC losers. Then it is party time.


No news here too, just checking in and keeping the hopes up.

Do anybody know how long do i have to wait to apply for the citizenship after the 751 ?

As I recall, you sent in your I-751 exactly a year ago, right? You can apply today. (En otras palabras, 90 dias antes el tercer aniversario de recibir tu tarjeta verde.)

You don't have to wait.

If you are still married to the US citizen who sponsored your greencard then you can file your citizenship application 90 days before the 3rd year from the date on your first (conditional) greencard.

Even if you I751 is not yet approved.

All that happens is that if the time for the citizenship interview comes around first, they transfer your i751 to your local office and will interview you for your i751 and N400 at the same time, and do them both at the same time.

In some cases where the service center is clogged up, this can even slightly expedite the i751 process by transferring everything to a less busy office.

Of course, right now, with everyone trying to get citizenship before the election - don't expect applying for citizenship to speed anything up!



Beat me to it James!

That's what I get for typing long replies!

Do i need to get i lawer to do that or i can do it myself?

Many people do it without a lawyer.

Do you have reason to believe your case is somehow complicated in a way that would require a lawyer?

i don't thinks is complicated ,what aplication do i need ?

The main form is N-400... get the form and read the instructions carefully.

Last week i sent my N-400 application, while my I-751 still pending. Filling the application is not complicated. For more information look under "General Family Based Immigration Topics --> US Citizenship General Discussion" topic. (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=114).

Lack of communication between agencies!!!!
Listen:

I went yesterday to the Social security building here in Miami Florida. Something told me to lie and I told them that I lost my SS card and I need it a replacement one (as you may remember I never took the conditions out of my social security card) well, when the clerk told me that my green card was expired I explained to him that I had a NOA with an extension, which allows me to work and travel in the US. He then told me that he could not re issue a SS Card because for the SS department the NOA IS NOT VALID!!! Yes!!! NOT VALID!!!! so, he asked me If I had a stamp on my passport and I explained to him that it was expired just like the green card, so he replied that I need it to go to immigration to get my passport stamp and then they will be able to give me a social. Despite of me telling him that I lost my social, and I needed it, and telling him that the NOA was exactly the same thing as the stamp on my passport, he refused to give me a social....
SORRY, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE THIS COUNTRY!

I know is my fault, or maybe because I did not know better and I never change my social when I should, but one of the clerk’s answers astonished me :"immigration has its own rules and we (SS DEPT) have our own" LOVELY!

Now, I wont even try to go to USCIS because my NOA expires on August and they wont stamp my passport, it will be a waist of time!

No news from USCIS today on my end. Its officially mid-March (counting the weekend) and the USCIS is busy gathering dates so that they can post the processing dates for all their centers, Vermont included.

I have a feeling that the VSC I-751 date won't move past March 1 2007 - stuck where it was for the past 2 months!

But we'll only know around March 22 what this date is...in the age of the internet, it takes 7 days to post them!

Losing hope.

No news! I see people getting approved by CSc after weeks of waiting, not even months. How come we are in this game almost a year, yet put behind Jan 08 filers? My suspicion really is that we are treated like any other TSC filer (probably due to lack of better knoweldge at VSC) and so we are in for another 5 to 7 months. If we are lucky we can expect approval by September or at the very earliest Jul/Aug!!!! Beyond mad...

I am really trying to stay optimistic about being transferred to VSC, but this is hard to see.....

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=116117&hl=

I am glad they are working and wouldnt mind if they did us concurrently.. but so far we have been ignored... probably in the same pile as fresh TSC transfers....

aye. don't get me wrong, I am glad that our fellow VSC'ers are getting approved, but I was kinda hoping for some concurrent processing as well

Frankly, I would prefer to see those who filed directly at VSC back in August/September and later wait another 3-4 months while they work on US. My guess is that if they started working on us alone on Monday morning, it would still be another two months before my wife's petition is approved, which would equal a 13 month wait overall. So it wouldn't bother me one bit if the VSC filers ended up waiting 9-10 months overall (instead of 6-7).

This is not being selfish. People in the same situation in this country are supposed to be treated equally by the government. It's a fundamental right under the Constitution. CIS has blown that proposition out of the water.

So I am NOT happy when I see people who filed at VSC back in August or September (or even October) now getting approved three weeks after we've been sitting in the VSC system. Nor, obviously, am I happy to see these CSC people get approved two months after filing. Nothing personal against any of them individually, but I have no desire to congratulate them or anything of the sort.

James, just curious. Any chance there is a possibility we accidentally haven't been processed yet or pending background checks etc or are we really at the end of the line? The only explanation for NOTHING to happen in 2 weeks seems to be this... My worst suspicions are that VSC is unaware of our "special status" aka "transfer is transfer, let them wait 7 months"...

I really don't know. Unlike the recent immediate transfers from TSC, we have TSC case numbers, so VSC would have to be aware that we are somehow "different," particularly because we all have NOA1 dates that are much older than any of the I-751 petitions that were filed directly or immediately transferred. Of course, that still wouldn't stop them from putting us at the bottom of the pile . . . .

Next week will be a month from the last touch.... I am loosing my faith.... I am so angry!!!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY PUT US BEHIND THE LIST!!!! is these people from USCIS kidding with us???? Is this a joke????

I believe we will see a mass approval from VSC just like what happened when we were transferred; a lot of us were touched at the same date.

I sympathize with you TSC ---> VSC'ers. We are still waiting for a mass transfer of NSC cases to CSC...*sigh*

mass approval sounds good but I do not see how it could happen and if it does what the holdup was. Another 2 months and it doesn't matter anymore as we will have waited through yet another line by then. I personally think 5 months at VSc are the best case scenario. Worst case is they slow down because of us when they get to the TSc files in summer and we are in for another 9 months. How come the local driver's license department and gunshop can run background checks and issue plastic in minutes, yet this takes a year?

Maybe I thinking too practical, but for the purpose of producing the “green card” itself it best to do it in bulk.

The truth is that none of us knows the truth, these are just speculations, and I am grateful because this forum gives me somehow faith and hope, I am here everyday waiting for a miracle... I am sick and tired of waiting!!! I am sick and tired of the US Immigration department.... did you guys read what happen to me last Thursday on the Social Security office???? Incredible!

We were transferred to from TSC to VSC “in order to speed up the processing” (ref.: I-797C Notice Date: Feb. 1, 2008). Give the VSC a couple of weeks and we will all be happy.

I agree. But we have given them a couple of weeks - Feb.1 - March 17.
No news. I am already gathering info. in case I get stuck with an RFE or an interview, even though I am 99.99% sure our case was rock solid when we filed over a year ago. I was reading a thread where it stated that a computer randomly selects people for a follow-up interview at the local USCIS office.

What's changed in a year:
1. 2007 tax return
2. Wife's name on my health card
3. Another vacation together
4. More photos of us together....
5. Maybe another affidavit (we already submitted 2 the first time)


Ladies and Gentleman - be prepared for another battle with the USCIS....

keep your horses fed and in the barn! I think the battle needs to wait until summer... of course we will get RFE letters since our submitted information is old. It is all our fault!!!

seriously I don’t care if they call me to an interview... of course I will be mad since I waited for so long and I do not want any more stress in my life.... but at least they will approved me right there and then!!!

No new news from us either. It is just making us very nervous. I'm sorry to ask a stupid question but what does RFE stand for. I didn't know where to look it up, but was thinking it stood for denial. I hope that isn't in our future.

request for further evidence. Does not automatically mean a denial.

Never mind! Thanks anyway to anyone who might have answered. I just found out how to look it up on the uscis website.

That will make me even angrier!!!!! Further evidence??? Meaning that we send once more the package and only GOD will know where is going to end up and in what hands!!!! I am NOT looking forward for RFE!!!! That will be a mess!!!!

Imalin, seriously, you need to relax, you're gonna burst something. Let's not worry about getting an RFE, shall we? We'll cross that bridge when/if it ever comes

I will try but... his is not easy.... I want to get rid of USCIS for a while.... but thanks anyways for the support!

I hear you and completely understand, it's a hard hard wait.

Did anyone have success with changing the Social Security Card to one without work restriction using the extension letter?

I want to try it.
Thanks,
S.

Having this forum is great just so that we aren't totally in the dark (which is exactly where USCIS is leaving us!).

I checked the processing dates for the I-751 for TSC and VSC. As of Feb 15th, TSC is at April 26th, 2007, VSC is at March 1st, 2007, and they are both marked green. Does VSC really consider finishing I-751's that are 50 weeks old to be meeting their goals (and marking it green)? I'm very curious to see that status webpage when it is updated--will the processing date move past our submission dates without us hearing anything? If it does, that would be a very bad sign.

I managed to get an immigration officer on the phone, and he told me that after the 1 year extension letter expires, we can make an appointment in a field office, and they should stamp our passport with another one year extension.

Their processing website also states, "In particular, naturalization applications filed after June 1, 2007 may take approximately 16-18 months to process." Are they serious? So when we submit an N-400, it takes a year and a half before they even look at it?

Wow. I can't imagine where they keep all these applications. They must have a file storage area bigger than walmart.

Well, still no news. I called my senator's office again. The caseworker only knew that the case had been transferred to VSC and was under review. They told her to expect to hear something at the end of the month. She expressed frustration at not being able to get an answer from USCIS, and said she had "complained to Washington." So I guess no one is getting answers.

My main fear is that they will send a notice of RFE or Interview and it will get lost in the mail. This happened to my friend......I think they should send those things certified mail or at least update the system so that you know to expect it....

The colours on the processing page don't mean anything. If you look closely, it alternates between green and yellow when the form # changes. It just happens that on both TSC and VSC pages, the I-751 form is in green

Yes, it's been very widely reported the delays in processing naturalization applications right now. Historically, they have never been prompt (usually a year that I saw), but right now, with the influx of petitions before the fee increase, it's a super long wait.

i just went through over 120 posts trying to catch up. interesting cat fight - interesting stats james.

...but, i see nothing has really changed. no approvals!! i've been waiting over a year - i wonder if i can try to sue for services not rendered yet.

Nobody has any idea what is going on. And that includes CIS. I'm pretty sure how fast or slow we are processed at VSC -- whether we are put at the top or bottom of the pile -- has been left up to Paul Novak, the director of VSC (with an assist from his deputy, Sandra Bushey).

There will be a two-minute hate this morning at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST THRUSDAY IN MIAMI FLORIDA:
Lack of communication between agencies!!!!
Listen:

I went yesterday to the Social security building here in Miami Florida. Something told me to lie and I told them that I lost my SS card and I need it a replacement one (as you may remember I never took the conditions out of my social security card) well, when the clerk told me that my green card was expired I explained to him that I had a NOA with an extension, which allows me to work and travel in the US. He then told me that he could not re issue a SS Card because for the SS department the NOA IS NOT VALID!!! Yes!!! NOT VALID!!!! so, he asked me If I had a stamp on my passport and I explained to him that it was expired just like the green card, so he replied that I need it to go to immigration to get my passport stamp and then they will be able to give me a social. Despite of me telling him that I lost my social, and I needed it, and telling him that the NOA was exactly the same thing as the stamp on my passport, he refused to give me a social....
SORRY, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE THIS COUNTRY!

I know is my fault, or maybe because I did not know better and I never change my social when I should, but one of the clerk’s answers astonished me :"immigration has its own rules and we (SS DEPT) have our own" LOVELY!

Now, I wont even try to go to USCIS because my NOA expires on August and they wont stamp my passport, it will be a waist of time!

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for your experience. That is very disturbing. Good to know though. I was planning to go there the morning of my job interview day as it is on my way. :sigh: Now I think I will be too upset if they talk like that.

I thought I read somewhere here that someone had luck changing the ssc.

Is it at least easy to get the stamp after your letter expires? I mean after one year. Also Do I need to wait till it expires or can I try a few days before?

On the bright note I still hope we all get approved this month!

expect to hear something by the end of the month? At this point that would be ebyond great!