Hi there,

Have there been any recent approvals out of the Texas Service Center for I-751's?

My application date is February 28, and I know the USCIS website states they are working on applications dated January 13, however I haven't seen ANY approvals out of the TSC of late...

The TSC is asleep.

We submitted ours on February 6 and still waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kee-rist. I'd mentioned yesterday that we hadn't seen anybody with an NOA later than January been approved in TSC, but thought maybe it was because those with February/March NOAs just hadn't been here for a while. Now I know that those people in the Dallas area who work for TSC have better things to do, like, for example, picking their noses and watching the grass grow. No wonder USCIS is sending I-751s from TSC to CSC. Doesn't matter how much USCIS increased the fees; TSC will always be the same. These country clowns have proven time and again that they can't cut the mustard. May their pickup trucks spontaneously explode.

This is really, really pathetic. Why didn't they just send the petitions to CSC?

Why do we have to wait - and WAIT - AND WAIT - for nothing?

Give your NOA date, if you don't hear within the next couple of weeks, then we'll know they've really fallen behind. Actually, we may know by the end of this week, when the new processing times come out. If they stay at January 13 or move up less than a month, we'll know that they've slowed down.

Wonder where all that new fee money they're getting is going?

I've projected my wait time out to about mid-November to hear something, I personally didn't expect this to be a prompt part of the process.

You should hear something soon, like James said!

Hi
I haven't heard from them since I had my biometrics in Dec 2006... Also I haven't seen any approved cases since June 19, 2007... So I don't know what's going on over TSC..!!! Whenever I call USCIS, I get the same thing..(wait for another 4 weeks then call back) FYI, I wasn't able to talk to any of the USCIS officers..!!
How can we get some info about our pending cases or how can we talk to somebody in TSC instead of talking to a computer? and is the Info pass thing on USCIS site worth to try???
What are the procedures to follow in case my case is still pending after one year eligibility to work and travel overseas? I mean is there another option or procedure to follow to extent your temporary residency and be legal???
If you guys have any info about these issues, please provide me with what you know.
I appreciate your help very much..

thx

I have been waiting since DEC 2006. TSC

nelem and sahir,

Just curious if you two went through AOS previous to removing conditions, I know some people get different visas that don't need AOS. Anyways, I was curious if you had any previous delays due to background/name checks? My husband had a delay of AOS approval due to the name check, and I was curious if that would delay approval when lifting conditions as well.

Have either of you contacted you local Senators or Congressmen? We contacted our Senator's office during our AOS process, and they helped us very much.

Hi Designermedusa,
My AOS took them one year to approve it from the day I applied. according to an immigration officer that I spoke with few months back, she said, they do namecheck when you apply for AOS, Lifting condition, and Naturalization.
I'll try to contact my congressman about my case very soon, and hopfully it wil work out.
Thank you for your suggestion

My AOS was smooth.. I mean it took me about 7 months to be approved. You maybe right about the name check process but it is still taking to long to run a background check on my name and stuff...!
In addition, I don't know if contacting local senator or congressman, it may take forever to see one of them...!!
probably, this will be my last option.

As the USCIS implies on the processing times page, if your NOA 1 date was before January 13 (as of mid-July) and you still haven't been approved, you probably have other problems with your petition (RFEs, etc.).

I beleive I sent the stuff they requested and I got my NOA1 10 days after I sent my application. I also had my BIO on time and every was fine. I remember when we first applied for K-1 at the TSC and it took us about 9 months to be approved. Now we are experiencing the exact same thing... DELAYS and more DELAYS.
I am hoping I can hear something very soon...
I do have a question: is there anyway to request another extension if the case is still pending after the one year extension is expired...? Or maybe go to local INS and stamp the passport???


Thank you again.

Somebody? Anybody?

No one has reported an approval out of TSC for two months, at least according to the timelines here. Seems like the bunch of us who filed at TSC in the months before they started transferring I-751s on July 1 have fallen into a black hole.

Ssshhhh. Don't wake the folks at the TSC.

So is there any legal procedures to follow to get information about peding cases in TSC?
It is just so slow in Texas and it doesn't make no sense that some people filed last June and July and got transport to CSC and approved after few weeks, while we filed several months ago and we are still waiting..
any suggestion?

Thank you all

nelem72

Somewhere on their website it says that they supposedly process the applications in order of receipt, thus first come first serve.
But I doubt you could build a legal case on these grounds....

Having filed early March, I hope the ordeal is over for me soon. This all is just yet another reason for me to file for naturalization next year, so I won't ever have to deal with USCIS anymore. I'm sick and tired of always being on the slow track of USCIS. While all the slow processing might not matter to most ppl, I actually depend on the actual perm.res. card for a few reasons.

good to see you tweety, I'm tracking your progress to have an idea about my own Here's hoping you hear something soon!

Wow! So it seems that the later you filed, the faster the applications are being processed, largely due to many being transferred to the CSC.

However in the case of ours from November '06 - March '07 - we are stuck, somewhere at the TSC.

My date is February 28. According to the USCIS Website they are processing applications up to Feb 13.

Do they do one a day? Okay, if I haven't heard anything in a week I am going to call.

Then I will get my senator involved...Darn,, where is John Edwards when you need him!

Well, if the processing times are correct, you should literally be hearing any day now. Be sure and let us all know!

Still nobody? After almost three months???

I don't think so. One a week perhaps.
Wouldn't want to stress them folks at the TSC too much, would you?

What the heck is going on with TSC? CSC is approving ppl at the speed of light and here i sit in TSC hell since April and no updates since May. I wish I had waited to file my paperwork until July 1st maybe I too would have been transferred to CSC.

Am I the only person that seems not to be too stressed about this? I mean, when I sent my I-751 I was expecting a minimum of a 6 month wait.

*dunno*

Nope, but it's just when you see people who filed at TSC three months after you getting transferred to CSC and approved already, well, it just ain't fair! But life isn't fair, and you're right -- I wasn't expecting approval for about six months anyway.

BTW, Cassie, you have my permission to start obsessing now, if you like, lol.

I'm interested in seeing if lovedolphins has been approved -- last week was six months from their NOA -- but he (she?) hasn't been around for over a week.

I hear ya about the CSC transfer thing, it is frustrating. I am saving my rants about it if after 6 months I hear nothing. I'll start obsessing then too

lovedolphins and some others are closing in very quickly on their 6 month dates, it definitely will be interesting to see if TSC delays them.

".....If your case is outside our current processing time
The processing times that we publish let you estimate how long it
will take us to process cases filed before yours, and then process
your case. However, every case is different and sometimes an
individual case can take longer than average.
If you don’t hear from us within the normal processing time,
check for updated processing times on our website. If your case has
a receipt number, use it to check on the status of your case at the
same time. We recommend this action on your part because our
notice may be on its way to you.
If at any point your case should become more than 30 days outside
our normal processing time, and you haven’t received a written
decision or update from us within the last 60 days, you can help us
by calling customer service and letting us know. We will research
your case, see what needs to be done to get it processed, and get
back to you with an explanation.
• The extra 30 days is to allow time for any notice from
us to reach you as we process your case....."
taken from: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/f_english.pdf

Just for anyone else jumping the six month mark soon. Looks like one has to be patient for seven months before
being able to inquire about one's case.

Has anyone ever contacted customer service? What is the number for it? - not the misinformation line, a number that actually connects you with a capable person at TSC?

Has anyone else noticed they've changed the processing times from a date to "six months"?!

Not sure what you mean by that -- the processing time currently shown (or current as of Aug. 16) is February 13. Or do you mean how the processing time has been six months for some time now, moving up in one-month increments with every monthly processing time update?

You should be due to hear any day now, no?

When you look on the USCIS site for the current processing times:
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtim...eviceCenter=TSC

Instead of Feb. 13 it now says 6 months...

I bet it will stay at 6 months until hell freezes over too. Just a cheap trick to not having to report an exact date.... - but that's just my opinion.

Wow, I had not noticed that. Although I guess in fairness, there doesn't seem to be much difference -- it could just mean that they are currently processing applications with an NOA1 date of six months before the date of the processing time update. Then again, it could mean they have a license to weasel.

Anyone got any news? Still waiting - jumped the 6 months mark as of yesterday....

Hi All,

I applied my I-751 to TSC some time in Feb and got NOA dated 02/27/2007. Today i called Customer Support to find my status and told them my application passed over 6 months period as mentioned in TSC time lines.

She said that she is going to send a request to TSC, to find whats going on. And TSC is required to respond in next 45 days.

Lets see what happens.

I have a feeling TSC suffered a meltdown in June. People with January NOA1s had gotten June approvals, then all of sudden they started transferring I-751s to CSC at the beginning of July. And nobody (at least around VJ) still at TSC from February on has been approved since.

Make that end of January: NOA1 on 1/31, biometrics appointment on 3/3, case last touched on 3/11 ~ nothing since! I just called Customer Service and was told an interview is now required for all I-751's (yeah, right...) and all they could do for now was file a service request, but the system was down so I should call back in an hour. I guess I'll give it another try tomorrow. Seeing everyone is on the same boat is comforting, but I'm still a tad nervous about it since they managed to mess up my K1 petition big time back in the days... Gotta love the TSC!

Unfortunately, what USCIS is going to tell you is that you will get a response your service request within 45 days.

You have to wonder what's going on at TSC. How can another service center (CSC) take on additional I-751s from both TSC and NSC and then approve them in as little as six weeks, while still handling its own caseload?

Yeah I know. Been there, done that! It was 3 years ago, but the USCIS hasn't changed a bit since then I see. The "response after 45 days" thing has always been standard procedure. I'm not hoping for a quick approval or anything, I know better than that. I'm just doing what the USCIS website says, and letting them know my case has been pending for more than 7 months (6 months estimated time + 30 days). As long as they approve me before April it's alright with me!

I heard the "every I751 needs an interview", too! Is there a change in procedure or are they simply misinformed?

I wouldn't wait until April to do anything -- if I were you, and I haven't heard by the end of January, I would go ahead and file for naturalization. Then if your I-751 still isn't approved 7-8 months after that, my understanding is they will in almost all cases adjudicate the I-751 petition right at the naturalization interview.

That sounds like a rumor. Although the statute ostensibly requires an interview, the pertinent administrative rule provides:

The director of the regional service center shall review the Form I–751 filed by the alien and the alien's spouse to determine whether to waive the interview required by the Act. If satisfied that the marriage was not for the purpose of evading the immigration laws, the regional service center director may waive the interview and approve the petition.

8 C.F.R. § 216.4(b)(1).

I find it hard to believe that USCIS now thinks it is impossible for a service center director (really, one of the adjudicators) to be satisfied that any petition was not for the purpose of evading the immigration laws. In fact, I believe USCIS would probably have to go through rulemaking to amend this rule if it wanted to eliminate the service center's discretion to waive interviews.

My plan exactly! That's why I'm not worried in the least.

For the record, I called them back yesterday as instructed and my call was escalated to some sort of supervisor because the operator said she wasn't allowed to start a service request (???). Anyways, I had to talk to this *really* rude lady whose only interest was ending the call as fast as she could. She kept interrupting me from the start and claiming the processing time isn't 6 months but a year, so my case will probably be adjudicated around the end of January (which is about a year after my NOA1 date). "It says it right there on your extension letter, ma'am" ~ well, yeah, too bad the USCIS website says 6 months! The extension is a completely different matter! She added she didn't see any need to request anything at this point in time, and basically hung up on me. Makes perfect sense... not! Oh well, at least it made for a good chuckle. TSC, sheesh! Now that I got to experience their customer service first hand I see why my husband would get so frustrated when he had to deal with them three years ago...

This proves they aren't even aware of their own rules, as usual. This applies to the interview thingie as well! As James said, there is no such thing as a mandatory interview for adjustment of status, unless your case is really shaky or you get selected for quality control. No need to worry about that!

... that was the supervisor being so rude?... oh my, I really start to get a bad feeling about this whole thing will they ever approve us?!

Tanja

Yep, or at least that's what the operator called her before my call was transferred. What made me cringe wasn't the fact that she was so arrogant, but her non-existent knowledge of the whole process and especially her unwillingness to listen to what I had to say. But from my (an my husband's) experience so far, that description fits about 95% of the USICS operators, so no surprises there. At least it's not like one can't work, travel or be with their SO while the application is pending, all that matters is that they approve it before the extension is up... and I'm pretty sure that will happen.

fragile, have you contacted your Senator or Congressperson yet? Wishing all the TSCers luck.

No, I haven't, nor I feel the need to do it at this point. I know I have that option, as we took advantage of it big time when we had problems with the K1 visa application back in 2004. This is a different matter though: the fact the application is still pending doesn't limit my life in any way. Heck, as James said, it won't even get in the way of the naturalization process when the time comes! I have no problem with giving the TSC more time to get to my case. In fact, I'd rather have them work on our petitions than waste time to answer an inquiry from my Senator.

Hi everyone,

I am really upset, as my NOA is dated Feb 28.

My biometrics appointment was back in March.

Does this mean that:
1) It is going to take one year to approve this application?
2) We will be called for an interview?

You know what's really disheartening is the fact that VSC seems to move along (with approvals of end of March07 cases) and even NSC seems to work with their approvals of Dec06 cases - yet TSC - nothing, nada....
It all just makes me so mad.

We mailed our application on Sept. 1, and two weeks later they still haven't even cashed our check...

A year? Who knows. Nobody knows what happened at TSC in June that apparently caused them to stop issuing I-751 approvals. All we know is that they just started shipping new ones to CSC as of July 1.

As far as the interview goes, I do not believe there is a new policy because they haven't changed the rule that gives the service center the discretion (exercised in the vast majority of cases) to waive the interview.

Consider yourself lucky. The check-cashing delay is caused by TSC sending your I-751 to CSC, which will probably approve your petition long before TSC approves the petitions of those of us who had the misfortune to file in TSC in the first six months of this year, before TSC started transferring petitions to CSC. This thread is for us TCS January-June 2007 Losers. Now get out of here before I call security.