I have seen Vermont approve quite a few late november, middle december filers. I am end of February filer and thinking now they they may be able to approve mine by middle of May. What do you guys think?

i hope thats the case for all of us. there some from OCT still waiting.

There is no way to tell who gets approved when if you ask me. They dont seem to have any order in doing the approvals. There have been some Feb. and Mar. filers that are on this forum alone, imagine how many others that are not known to us because they dont use this forum. According to USCIS they are still on July 30th 2007 filers, but yet we still see so many people that are well beyond that day being approved. You never know, you might get approved before some Aug. and Sept. filers, all is possible in the hands of the mysterious USCIS.

hahaha So, USCIS is bureaucratic Las Vegas, huh

thats one way to put it

I agree 100% that you never know who will get approved when but I was saying from the point of view that Aug-Oct filers left behind have something weird going on with their file. Maybe RFE, shuffled in the queue during the lockbox change. It seems like a progress from about a month ago when nothing was getting approved in Vermont.

hey dont forget the 2 march i130 filers from iraq got approved ... rocketa and fsusome

Dido Jason&Dani, I filed 1 month before you and still nothing- it is totally crazy. I begin to think perhaps they'll never get to us but I just gotta keep on prayin something soon.
good luck to all

So VSC is LIFO (Stack) - Last In First Out and CSC is FIFO (Queue) - First In First Out

I noticed the iraq cases as well. I wonder if USCIS sorts the file by location as well so they can prioritize cases that could have humanitarian concern...or maybe the two iraq cases file for expedite?

lol- lotofpatience.
Good one

Well we can be fairly sure that not all Aug or Sept filers have RFE because we still have quite a few of those here on the forum. I wouldnt get your hopes on mid May as a Feb filer, Im hoping for this month or next month for myself and im a November filer, Even the Oct. filers are hoping for this month or next month.

I think I am going to call Ms Cleo to find out. LOL

Who's that ? Is he/she the head of Las Vegas ???

LOL ...............loto What about in the middle ppl lol.........they belong to TSFE .(They Stay For Ever) ...lol ...crazy USCIS..

infamous psychic

Mrs Cleo is a refrence to an older lady who was once seen all over the TV here as being able to read the future through the cards, she had a Jamaican accent and was at one point a topic of late night show conversations and was pretty popular until they found the people who worked for her used various scripts to read the future for people.

LOL, Sgr, you made me laugh a lot Still laughing

They may be in the tunnel, not able to get out to breath oxygen

please fill out your timeline, then look at your projected date mine today is Aug 19




please fill out your timeline, then look at your projected date mine today is Aug 19

Cool My GK increased little bit

Whats GK? If you didnt bring enough for the whole forum then you shouldnt have brought any

GK is General Knowledge

Ahhhhh well in that case i think you brought enough for the whole forum

Vermont still sucks.

I'm still waiting.

Will I get a measly NOA2 before 1 year wait?

who knows.

I'm not jumping for joy over those sloths.

good luck to every one who are waiting for their approvals.

I'd like to put an each way bet of $25 on the 10000/1 NOA2 to arrive in my inbox in 4 weeks




Don't quite know what the deal is with those 2 cases ..... but I know for a fact the 11 day one didn't apply for an expedite as I found a posting in a thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=120453 look at posting #11 at the bottom of the thread.
So, maybe you're right, they could be prioritising on location ..... a bit of a kick in the stomach there for all our military boys and girls
.... and as far as humanitarian situations are concerned, personally, I think we're ALL entitled to one of those over an H1-B filer

hohoho u should be next.. i called up and got thru VSC last week and they told me thy r on aug 19.. so u should be very soon... good luck dont wory i know the wait sucks

Have been checking out the approvals ..... is it my imagination or are VSC really moving on the November/December filers ??? ..... does this mean they're starting the speed up once again on the I-130's ???

I was looking at the threads from 2 years ago, and VSC used to approve I-130's in 2-4 weeks approximately, like they're doing with the K1's currently.

So, do I start getting excited for the coming couple of weeks, or do I still slap my $25 bet down on the 'Vegas Service Centre' roulette table and hope for the best ???

LOL ya i see the progress too isnt it amazing!! but it sucks when u see someone who filed 2 months after u.. and ur stil waitin doesnt it? im an oct filer and some ppl from oct here have heard nothing!! but its fun to see the others get the approval.. i realy do hope that they would cruch the aproval time to like they have in the past... that would be a miracle right??

Hyd, I agree, it would be a miracle. But like you, with the willy nilly approvals, as fun as it is to see others get them, I really feel as though I'm standing in line every day for my lottery ticket. I'd probably get good odds at the 'Vegas Service Centre' if I put my bet on another 6 months

KipandSarahJayne I see that our timelines are similar, so I think we should expect approvals around the same time.Did you file an I-129F also?Have you had any touches?I had a couple of touches on my I-130 a month ago but nothing since.I think that they are going by NOA1 dates, that is why approvals are so random.All Our NOA1s were in January and February and some in December that is why some who filed much after get approved before those who filed in September, October or November.NOA1 dates are so close.I know it doesn't sound right and fair but it is just my opinion.Well you never know with USCIS!

Sarah, if VSC is 'Vegas Service Center", I already hit a jackpot Now it is your turn to win the jackpot

I agree with you that us January people should hear roughly at the same time.
They could also skip us completely and decide to finish off the March filers for all we know
No, we didn't file an I-129F, as I used to have a greencard before and honestly (stupidly) thought they'd just give me my old card back ..... but also VSC seem not be approving the I-129F, so we just stuck with the I-130 and hoped it would be quick. No touches at all, and I'm getting a little paranoid about it.
I agree it looks as though they are going by NOA1 dates, in which case, so, we could be looking at approvals for January starting in a couple of weeks or so ..... fingers crossed

I'm actually laughing my head off at the new name .... you gave the idea for it last night
Loto, I've got crappy luck and actually used to live in Vegas a few years back .... but, maybe this time I may win too ..... I've got a few bits of loose coinage with fluff stuck to it in my pocket .... that's all that's left with me living in an expensive country where the exchange rate is $2 to my £1
..... you never know, my numbers may come up this time

I hope that they don't skip us,I prefer the thought that they will start approving January filers in a couple of weeks.I now realize that we filed I-129F for nothing because they are not approving it at all but at least I can hope that they will have enough mercy to start approving them.Oh mighty USCIS people have mercy on our souls and let us be with our loved ones soon!!!

Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you with the 'skipping us' comment .... I was just being a little sarcastic about their willy nilly approval process. I'm beginning to buck up hope too about an approval in the next couple of weeks or so after reading the timelines.
Jeca, I'm praying for all of us ..... because honestly, what USCIS is doing to us all is quite cruel. Hang in there guys, it's going to happen ..... it has to happen

No, you didn't upset me, I was also being sarcastic.I'm past upset, I'm really because their behavior with us mortals!You're right, it has to happen and it has to happen soon!!! Fingers crossed

Jeca,
I know what you mean by your past upset, Im so far past it, there is not a word invented for the way I feel. I know a few dirty words in Spanish, Arabic, French, Germany and Italian, Polish and Russian, but even that is too weak for what Im feeing.
I sure hope ya'll are right, that January's filers will be processed soon. I pray for all of us.
Take care, keep your chin up!.
Paris Heart

....paris.you got it right .....I guess USCIS is immune to all those words in all languages lol....may be you need to find a word that USCIS understands it better ........

I guess I better go back to kindergarten and learn the simple words, ha ha, Best of luck on your journey. Example: See petition, Approve Petition,
simple enough???? LOL
Paris Heart

I have to disagree with you on this one. VSC received our petition on Sept. 24 2007. NOA1 on Jan 4, 2008. Not a single touch since then. I have had both congressman and senator send inquiries and they were both stonewalled with the same garbage we all get. We have to sit here and watch people who filed months after we did get approved, while we get nothing. No RFE, not anything. I have asked VSC to actually have some one personally verify that our case file is there....................just get the same response, "we received your file and it is currently waiting to be processed". I am beginning to have my doubts that they even know where our file is. Regardless, wife will be here for visit in two weeks. And no I am not worried about POE, she has been here many times and never a problem, even with petition filed.


Diverdown!!

That's totally true. I filed in March and have been approved.

Have you tried writing to:

USCIS-COMPLAINT@DHS.GOV

Also, you may try to make a call to Secratary Chertoff (apparently he does not use emails: I guess he is scared to receive 3million per year from USCIS applicants...). USCIS repsonds to him, I bet he is "not aware" what a mess it is over here (on the USCIS "war front"): he is too worried about putting all his energy on building walls, which do not keep people out, by using the fees of people that should be let in a long time ago...

Or better still write/call to Mr. David Price who is the chair of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Davir Price
Beverly Pheto, Subcommittee Clerk
Room B-307 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5834

Other TX congressman in the same committee are:

Ciro Rodriguez
Chet Edwards
John Carter
Kay Granger
John Abney Culberson

These are the people that decide whether to fund this disfunctional organization. I think they have a right to know and hear from US taxpayers and citizens how US money is being wasted. Furthermore, some of them should inform Congress, texan President Bush, and the press at large what a "great" service USCIS, VSC and the DHS secratary are giving Texan families -and their country at large- when it comes to lawful immigration procedures: it is a shame that families can be kept apart for one year that easily. And here we are not talking about the illegals. I bet 90% of the applications and VJers are totally legal and honest. We would not send petitions if we wanted to immigrate illegally!

I wonder what Congress would say if the more than 150 countries in the world applied similar processing times to US spouses who want to join their beloved abroad...

If I do not see any improvement in the speed of VCS in the next 2 months and specifically an approval for ALL of us, I am going to personally call EVERY SINGLE ones of them on the Appropriations committee responsible for DHS and involve the national and international press to lobby and get clarifications of how tax money is being spent on USCIS!


Hands up for who agrees with this!


Ok, grumble mode off again.

What ticks me off big time is that USCIS makes the rules and judges then if they abide by them!
They decide (and change even backwards!) the processing dates and then say: "look, you are still within processing times, so do not bother us!"

I understand they are working hard, but are they working SMART too? Where are these computers?? Where is the new personnel paid for with tax money and fee increases?? I bet that if Microsoft or Google ran USCIS, they'd do a much better job..

Getting rid of this Director is the right thing to do. Let's hope that the one that comes will not make us miss the previous one! Hopefully when the new cat comes at the end of the month, mice will stop play and start doing some work...

The first thing the cat will be asked by me is: WHAT THE HECK is going on with K-3s at VSC?? If you want to phase them out, fine, but

a/ Inform Congress and Dept. of State: this is NOT USCIS choice only
b/ Speed up CR-1 to no more than 3 months for approval

I totally agree with you! I've tried unsuccessfully to talk to people working with USCIS to understand their process and I got nothing. I called yesterday and all I can got was some lady eading a script saying they are "on July 30" and to check the processing time online! My respond was that although her suggestions are good, they provide me no clear information as to why things are so slow and why their appears to be inconsistency in their entire process. Their online system is not informative at all. None of the information provides any clarity. I also asked how do people with more recent dates get approved faster than those who submitted earlier? All I get is is the typical "wait longer" answer!! That just ticked me off!

I agree that this organization needs an overhaul. I want to know how in the world they are spending my tax money and my processing fees to operate such an inefficient organization. I'm extremely pissed that so much hassle one has to go through to legally be with one's spouse. There are so much focus on illegal immigration that that no attention is given to the pain and suffer we go through trying to bring someone here legally!!

I'm in thorough agreement about being beyond upset ..... but Paris, I think they wouldn't even understand the simple words ..... I'd give the f***ers colourful pictures instead Sorry for my expletive .... but I think they deserve it.