Well, it's roughly 4 months and I'm beginning to think that my paperwork is lost in the shuffle. Just needed to vent about my frustration with CSC. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat.

Giovanni,
Yeah, don't worry you are not alone.. As i am still seeing mid 2007 filers who are still waiting for NOA2 (APPROVAL).
More patience to come..
-Shape

I get that nagging feeling too that my paper work has just been lost. Nothing to do but wait. I've read many times that it is very unlikely that it is lost. CSC is just that slow. I know that probably doesn't make you feel better. But we are all in this together!

As long as you have an NOA1 in your hand they have it. Just imagine all the dust on your file.

Dude, don't worry. It took me four months to get my NOA2. CSC takes a LOT longer than VSC, which is bs in my opinion and isn't fair, but yea it sucks and that's the way it is. Some people wait longer for four months for their NOA 2 so don't worry they didn't lose your paperwork, or at least you dont need to worry about that for awhile. You couild get your NOA 2 in like a week or you could get it in 2 months, just depends.

Good luck to you, and i think you'll get it soon

yes, indeed!

CSC is sucks sucks and sucks ...I do not check my status anymore ..I am tired of it ..just wait and see but I am thinking that december filers is gonna get it this month or in may ..just pray and pray ..

Thanks to all for the responses. My fiance and I will just have to wait it out! He, in Italy...and me, here in the US. I guess there are worst things in this world.

Best to all....

La

Yup waiting here too we hit our 3 month waiting mark this week! ACKKKKK SUCKS since we have not seen each other since May 2007!

You guys are MUCH more patient than me...four months, and I become a raving lunatic....

I don't think many of us are much patient... we just have to wait and sit it through, there is not much else we can do... we can make ourselves go crazy (and basically we do go a bit crazy over it) but yeah, that will only make things worse for us so we try to keep our cool.

Look at my timeline its gonna our 6 months on may 1 and still waiting..
I know its hard to be patient but thats all we have to do.
Seems like CSC stop giving approvals for k1 this month uhh?i've seen only few.

Patient? Who's patient? I sure as heck am not! This is seriously one of the hardest things I think I will ever do in my life. And getting close to wrapping up another week with single digit NOA2's coming out of the CSC makes everyday seems a little harder.

HOWEVER, like so many others have posted, I try to find ways to be distracted. I have been working on some home improvement projects, have been cleaning and organizing the house, working to earn some extra money for the wedding, and of course, working out a little more, and focusing on getting in great shape for the next time I get to see my man. I don't look at Igor's stats for the VSC anymore, it just turns my stomach. Instead, I just keep a little tally of the number of days I have waited, and even though i keep getting further and further AWAY from #1 on Igor's list, my little tally of days waited gets bigger everyday, which helps me remember I am getting closer each and every day to seeing my future husband.

Stay strong everyone, it will happen. It will happen. It will happen... right? Sheesh, this sucks. I mean, yes, IT WILL HAPPEN.

California SLOW Center is sucks! Got my NOA1 Dec 10, and until now no NOA2.....i dont check uscis site anymore cuz i just always see my paper is pending and makes me feel more upset...... I guess, i better wait til end of month or May.............Goodluck to us.......

We have little choice in the matter, really. I don't think we're any more patient than anyone else. I admit it can be very hard sometimes to sympathise with people who complain of a two or three month wait, but I just have to remind myself that people who have been waiting a lot longer are often very gracious and to take cues from them.

*nods* Once people hit the six-month mark I really start feeling for them, but until then I think people need to be patient. Obviously that is more difficult in cases where there is illness in the family or a pregnancy in progress, but even so... I think that getting stressed only hurts you in the long-run, so I think people need to be as calm as possible and focus on productive things that they can do like ensuring they are prepared for the stages following NOA2 so as to avoid further delay.

This is difficult though, especially when your significant other is feeling very down and anxious about the wait, but I too am taking my cues from the more patient members and am resolved to remain positive until I have reason to feel otherwise (e.g. if I become one of the unlucky ones that goes over six months).

hey everyone ..
anyone has got any idea what is happening at CSC these days because I have not seen anyone getting aproved last 2 weeks ..are you they all on vacation or what?

Obviously, they have reduced the number of people processing K1's. Why this is happening is not known. At the current rate, I'm expecting at least a 12 month wait for my NOA2.

I mentioned in a previous thread that we should pool together and put a little pressure on the CSC. But, the members here remind me of the 3 monkey's.... see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. They don't want the stress involved in contacting the USCIS. Better to just close their eyes and wait.

Tomorrow, I have the day off. I'm planning to call the USCIS and try to find out what is happening. I'll start at the bottom of the ranks and speak with the Customer Service Rep. If I get stonewalled by them, I'll try to talk to a supervisor and then a manager. I expect this will not be easy, but I think I have the right to know what is happening. The USCIS is there to perform a service for us... the taxpayers who pay their salaries.

Steve

We aren't patient by choice. We wait because it's the only thing we can do.

im sorry guys my patients is gone finished lol.........csc is the worst swear word in the world as far as im concerned

I'm guessing their pushing the H's thru and have pulled people off K1's for a month or two.

me, too. i am hoping that this means they'll push Ks through at some point, too.

Someone posted a theory in my Wake Up CSC thread that it has more to do with the website problems. It generally takes two-three weeks for people to get NOA2s in the mail. We started hearing about the USCIS website going on the fritz about the same time that the numbers suddenly dropped, that was about two or three weeks ago. So, in theory, if the USCIS website stopped being updated that would mean that people won't know that they were approved until the NOA2 arrives, which as previously stated, could take two-three weeks. Hopefully *crosses fingers* we'll start seeing a sudden increase in approvals in the next week as all of those theoretical NOA2s that have been done since the website went down arrive via snail-mail.

I'm keeping my hopes up because otherwise I'll go crazy...er.

oooh! i like this theory!!!

and i am with you in the crazy...er boat!

last time i talked to them they said give it another month.......NOOOOOOOOOO.........but u know they got us what can we do if they say another month not a lot we can do about it.....sad very sad

I admit the system is very frustrating and unfair!!! Sara called yesterday and was told 1 month....My SO called yesterday and was told a few days and to call back in 1 week if nothing. Sara filed 2 months before me ....so where is the logic ??????? Do they just make up replies as they go ?? Is there any truth in what they say ?? i really wonder

well as for ur case and mine.........i think they are just about ready to finish the processing of it and hand out the noa2........but they never gonna tell us ..........so it is up to the person that answers what time frame they give us to call back......i really wish just once we could get someone that would really tell us what is going on.......did they forget us or misplace us in a box when all those applications came flying in last year and they just trying to cover their mmmm butts lol......ours are k1 visa dont take a rocket scientist to look yep they met with in the last two years yep they have pics yep they have proof of the meeting and yep they are both legally free to marry and yep the petitioner is usa citizen theres their passport copy to prove it........i think even my 14 year old brother could do that...........sorry im ticked off today at csc

"Tomorrow, I have the day off. I'm planning to call the USCIS and try to find out what is happening. I'll start at the bottom of the ranks and speak with the Customer Service Rep. If I get stonewalled by them, I'll try to talk to a supervisor and then a manager. I expect this will not be easy, but I think I have the right to know what is happening. The USCIS is there to perform a service for us... the taxpayers who pay their salaries.

Steve "


^I wish you luck Steve. I've tried to speak with someone other than the customer reps when I call and was told , no I can't speak to an officer, they're "adjudicating". I have waited almost 6 months since filing, was sent an RFE for a paper I already sent , waited almost 3 weeks for them to post my received RFE to my case and resume processing, and was told on Tuesday it could be another 30-45 days for them to make a decision. What? unbelieveable! I assumed if they send an RFE the case has pretty much been looked at and they are missing one last bit before approval....30-45 days more? I am soooo mad...but feel like I am forced to do nothing, because nothing can be done....

...as for the theory that the CSC website isn't being updated....my update for receipt of RFE was added on April 9 and I was touched on the 16th because of a phone call....

Debby,

I agree with you and i do think that status are still getting updated .....hopefuuly you will not have to wait much longer

impatiently waiting for noa2. more than 4 months already

This is probably the worst time of year and year for K1s. We are hit by:

1. H1-B April 1st onslaught - 165000 applications for 85000 slots
2. Election 2008 Naturalization Pressures - need to have those citizens to vote for Obama/Hillary
3. Gonzalez Stepping Down - when the cats away, the government workers slack off

Its a Triple Whammy...even the VSC is hit.

The only hope there is is that whoever replaces Gonzalez wants to impress and kicks someones butt.

Maybe we should pick a campaign (doesn't matter which one, as long as it's all to the SAME one) and send them a petition and letters promising that all of the USCs will vote for them, but ONLY if they get CSC caught up with VSC by the end of July.

Like someone else also said.. what about the K visa petitionares votes? They don't want them? lol

The USCIS director is appointed by the President, so I'm not sure I understand the reasoning that they pushing for Democratic votes.

You are correct, Igor's stats show a slow down at the VCS also. Could be they've shifted personal to process other types of applications and they will be shifted back to K1 and K3's later.

Not enough of a voting block to matter to them, there were only 33,190 K1s issued last year.

http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/FY07Annual...rtTableXVIB.pdf

See near top of page 2.

And I was being sarcastic about the Obama/Hillary thing. I'm sure that there is a ton of pressure to push through as many naturalizations as possible in order to allow these people to vote this year, whichever way they vote. Our fiances cant vote, so its lower priority. My point on the director is that, when the boss is out, the workers tend to slack as well. Plus, they will just say - well these delays will help test the strength of the relationships, a further test that they are "real". Course if the director really is appointed by the President (although he works for Chertoff) then thats a 4th reason, Bush may not wish to appoint anyone so close to an election, and they might throw in an "interim" director, who will see no benefit in kicking butt.

-D