Why, gracias, TracyBone, si man. Repeating Jesse's quote, ideally out loud and certainly with conviction, several times a day, could be the antidote to the unfocused distraction that you, I, Mox, and we all face to varying degrees.

Definition for the Day:
Varying Degree, n. - Assuming that one has a PhD when it is really an MS. And that's no B.S. Si, man.

You're funny, si man!

And handsome, suave, debonair, irresistible, and the most modest, humble soul who ever trod the earth, bar none! Si, man.

But of course!

Thanks hon!

Today is just a down-biorhythm day for me today. All factors previously mentioned plus really crappy weather for the last week have conspired to make mox a sad panda. And you're right, I do have a beautiful woman who is patiently waiting for her opportunity to spend 5 minutes in front of a faceless bureaucrat so she can get a sticker in her passport that says she can walk to the other side of an airport and into my arms. That thought keeps me sane. Ish.

With regards to the service center who shall not be named, I really am not even asking or expecting mine to be approved with any immediacy. I'm still well within my designated waiting period, no need for me to spaz. But I do wish we could either see the service center who shall not be named processing a reasonable number of applications, or get an explanation as to why it's not happening and when we can expect it to pick up again.

Okay, operation "whiny mox" is complete. Re-commencing normal operations at this time.

Haha - we all have down days - there is no reason you shouldn't be entitled to yours!! Besides - it is dire - like I have said before - I have my NOA2 and *I* get depressed looking at the sorry state of affairs - it makes me really angry and I wish there was something we could do about it... There must be... can we rally some kind of media support or get some kind of coverage? Maybe use VJ stats as a kinda proportional representation?

I'm useless at that kinda stuff but I am sure someone can come up with some good ideas - I just kinda want to draw attention to the comparison between VSC and CSC and shame the damn government into doing something about it!!

The damn government IS the shame, Dear. And, given some of the VSC fora (plural of "forum") that I try not to read, the VSC victims are jealous of US, si man.

To Mox: Spaz, man; thou art thusly permitted. Si, man. And the weather in southeastern Tejas (Mexican spelling, soon to be official again, si man) sucks worsely, si man, and I have an out-of-town trip tomorrow that will keep me off VJ till late Sunday at earliest, si man.

I would be more inspired to take some kind of action if I thought it stood even a tiny chance of affecting change. But (IMHO) any kind of change is at least a year out. Emilio Gonzalez, the Director of USCIS, has already made it very clear (especially in the last congressional hearings on naturalization) that he does not believe there is a resource shortage at USCIS, and places most of the blame for slow (naturalization) processing times squarely on the shoulders of the FBI. Congress asked him point blank how much money he needed them to throw at his department in order to speed up all filings, and he refused their help.

Gonzalez was appointed by President Bush, and nothing short of the President firing him (not happening) or Congressional impeachment (definitely not happening) will remove him from his job. We have a full year to wait until we have a new President who will then appoint a new Director. That Director may be better or worse. As a bleeding heart liberal I'd like to think that President Obama will make a good choice, but who knows?

How?! What on earth have they got to complain about?! Ok I know and understand the difficulties and torment that arise from being without your loved one but here I am feeling sorry for fellow CSC-ers and thinking I got pretty damn lucky!! If I were with VSC, October filer, I would be seriously be feeling guilty/sorry for those still waiting for so long and still would wonder why there is such a difference in the service centres...

I don't even know what advice to give people anymore - I don't know if a K3 is quicker or slower than K1 through CSC as it has come to a standstill!!!

There's quite a number of VSC filers from June and July who are not being approved whilst Sept and Oct filers sing and dance about their good fortune (spose I would too - it's hardly their fault)
From my perspective, barely anyone is being approved at CSC which makes it slightly more tolerable seeing no action on my petition. I can't imagine how they must be feeling.

Advice I would give - VJ doesn't like it, but it doesn't involve any type of K visa.

Both centers have got problems.

Here's some interesting stats:

Zero of the last 50 VSC filers have been pre-July filers.
9 of the last 50 VSC filers have been July filers.
47 of the last 50 CSC filers have been July or previous filers.

I'm sure this only scratches the surface.

But how many are remaining for each? Because it is all well and good if VSC are processing only 9 July-ers or before but then if they only have 10 left it kinda makes sense...

Anyway - *I* don't make sense right now so I think I need sleepies

Night all!

Yeah I think that it is good we have a strong bond in the CSC/July threads as you know you aren't alone even if things seem dire - it's when you're the only one left behind that things begin to sting...

Ok - am defo off to bed now

Hmmm...I might look that up. I guess my point was that the loads should be at least somewhat in the ballpark of similar. They're not even close.


Night!

I like stats and I certainly feel better being at CSC looking at this:


VSC stats
11/73 filers in June without NOA2
27/128 filers in July without NOA2
10/38 filers in August without NOA2
19/58 filers in September without NOA2
55/75 filers in October without NOA2


CSC stats
25/137 filers in June without NOA2
54/196 filers in July without NOA2
44/47 filers in August without NOA2
50/50 filers in September without NOA2
63/63 filers in October without NOA2

Stats are flawed because I didn't include TSC and NSC but you get the picture.



Of course some may not have updated.

So here's a few stats I thought were interesting. These are the numbers (and percentages) of filers who are still waiting on NOA2.



(lower percentage is better)

I need to run off and do actual work in a minute, but the big thing that stuck out to me is that VSC are actually doing *better* on July filers than CSC, which sort of obsoletes my previous post on the subject. Where there is a precipitous dropoff in any kind of logic whatsoever is in August and going forward.

No hurry or even a need for an answer, but I wonder how many of these applications were RFE'd vs. simply not dealt with yet?

Oh and also take figures for older months with a grain of salt. Some filers disappear into marital bliss (or just plain disappear) without updating their timelines, so those percentages will never drop to zero. (Some months ago somebody posted evidence that roughly 10% of filers don't update their timelines after NOA2. Sounds about right to me.)

4 unresolved RFE's at VSC (1 July, 1 August, 2 Oct filers)
8 unresolved RFE's at CSC (2 June, 4 July, 1 Sept, 1 Oct filers)

These are for the time period 31/5 - 1/11

Agreed that some people just fail to update for one reason or another. 10% sounds about right looking at May stats

Congratulations to Wenju & Nathan!!! They just updated their timeline with a new NOA2 from CSC:


Edit: Notice that they are a late August filer!

Congrats to them. CSC *are* moving then.

More like crawling, just a little bit.

*sigh* at least it's something. Must give the August filers a little hope at least.

Congrats to Wenju & Nathan!!

Reports of CSC's demise are only very slightly exaggerated.

I HAVE my NOA2, and it still give me tight-jaw syndrome when I see these infernal things processed out of order. This comment in no way is meant to detract from the lucky couple's joy.

I'm cuttin' out for the weekend. Hopefully, when I on-log again Sunday night or on Monday, I'll hear that someone got some good Saturday news. Let's hope that my news isn't bad as of any phone calls or e-mails by Sunday, si man... Good luck to all.

Haha - I aws going to request percentages but moxie was one step ahead... of course now I feel a bit smug about the fact I was right about VSC doing better... of course that isn't a good thing so it is a tainted smugness

Great news about the August approval! Bear in mind I know there are people on the July spreadsheet who have dropped off the radar a bit too - I have scrutinised recent activity and timeline updates and adjusted the spreadsheet but there isn't much I can do for the VJ timelines - I *have* sent pms to people who need to update but...

Jeraly, don't they mention it in Packet 3? I thought I saw it in the scans.

Probably!! I only read through it once and kinda scanned over the weird form numbers as they confuse me!! I thought I-134 would jump out at me though as it is so talked about! I prolly just overlooked it

On another note, myself and weedebz (remotely via text message) have the pleasure to announce:

The Friday Night Hijack!!!

*insert big booming announcement voice here*

At approximately 7pm GMT (2pm EST) we will be hijacking a thread (quite possibly this one, the July Filers thread or the July Filers' new home in the "Moving Here..." forum) and having a good ol' red wine and natter session A fair few of us are feeling miserable, fed up and dejected and those that aren't might have their excitement and joy rub off on the rest of us!!

Check any of the above threads to see where it'll be - I'm opting for the new July Filer home as it is smaller We can always move over to the chat room on my website later - MUCH easier to have a good old gossip

Be there or be...

a squashed tomahto

Dang, I'll try to show up for at least part of it. I'm spending most of the day with auditors so I won't be around much unless something shiny distracts them. Always a possibility.

Those pesky beings are still there?! Sucks!! *hands moxie a sparkly cat toy* Try that

*bats at cat toy*
*bats at cat toy*
*bats at cat toy*

TO MY SURPRISE......TODAY WE GOT AN EMAIL CONFIRMING WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED 174 DAYS AFTER FILING. (WE ARE AUGUST FILERS - FILED ON AUGUST 3RD - NOA1 RECEIVED AUGUST 17TH).....HOOOOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY DIDNT EXPECT THIS AFTER THE DATE ON MY TIMELINE HAD MOVED 2 MONTHS FROM ORIGINAL PREDICTED DATE OF DECEMBER 9TH TO FEB 9TH.....JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK TO THE REST OF YOU GUYS RECEIVING YOUR NOA2'S.....OH AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY TOUCHES WHATSOEVER SINCE NOA1 WAS SENT.....


PS..... SORRY ABOUT CAPS BUT IM TOO EXCITED TO WRITE THIS OVER AGAIN..... .........

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: *************

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 24, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.


Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Congratulations!

Always make my day to see a case from CSC approved !!!! CONGRATULATIONS

Laurence

Congratulations. Hey, aren't you the first "Official" August filer to be approved???
YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Another August approval, congratulations!!

YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!! CSC appears to be tentatively back on the move!! HUGE gratzies!!

Congratulations!!!

Big shout out to you both!!!

MOX!!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?! WE'RE MISSING YOU IN HERE!!!!

I'm here, but only for about 15 more minutes. *sigh*

Good night folks - let's hope for more good news NOA2 wise by morning ...

Mercedes and I just watched a film called King of California which is just beautiful ... I urge you all to rent it ... still got dewy eyes here ...

R & M

Received NOA2 Today!! Almost exactly 7 months from when they received the petition.

1 RFE
1 NOID

Fvucking eh it feels like a ton of bricks have been lifted off of my shoulders.

Great news, especially since your file is one of the stragglers! Let's hope the rest of the June filers were in the same box.

Oh that is such good news!!! Huge gratzies to you!!! Not wanting to put a damper on things but don't be surprised if it takes a month for CSC to send your case to NVC - although a month is nothing compared to the wait you just had

Glad to see someone is alive in there!!

Congrats to everybody that got approved over the passed few days! Glad to finally see August Filers being approved (update your timelines asap please,it helps all!) !!!!!!
Got one question though,CSC has updated their Processing Times finally.Says July 19th,which is a great thing cause that means the backlog is damn near OVER WITH,but my question is do they g by received date or by Noa1 date?
Anyone?
Eerybdy have a great weekend and lets hope for lots of NOA 2's next week.
Oh and STP,when are you gonna do the new list?? You know I'm always the first one to ask.....but I can't help it it simply makes me and my SO feel so much better to see how we are moving up.
Thanks
Nat

The service centers go by received date.

And Igor of "Egor and Elina" fame (Thursday nights on NBC!) put together an online version of StP's list, which you can see here. Oooh, and it looks like he's been working on it and prettifying it! Nice job Igor!

(and zomg now that USCIS have updated processing times, I'm a double-digit midget at position 94 on the list. Woot! Go me! )

Ahhh the eternal question...

More fool me updating our July spreadsheet manually... *still* can't figure out why I can't freeze the panes...

I'm sorry Mox,but gor uses a different date system than STP and I got used to her lists.On her's we were 154 on 1/20/08 on Igor's we are 148 now.Ya still 6 up but somehow I don't think that we would be 148 on STP's list.......????
Ya VERY impatient here.
Nat

Well done to the recent August filers ....

Fiance Visa Joke #123,456

As you may know I bought Mercedes a little Daschund puppy for Christmas and we are bringing him to the USA when we move, he's called Vincent. We have to get him a pet passport (radies shots, etc) and I was wondering out loud, as we are getting a K-1 visa, does he need a K-9 visa? Geddit, K-9, canine??? Ok, so maybe this waiting has touched me ....