Is this true?

[Mike11 0]

From what I have seen in some of the timelines and heard from several people...

Does the USCIS prioritize certain countries visas over others? Or are most delays due to the paperwork not being in order?

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

From what I have seen in some of the timelines and heard from several people...

Does the USCIS prioritize certain countries visas over others? Or are most delays due to the paperwork not being in order?

No, some countries take longer based on their consulates. The service centers process by received date only (minus some flubs). Some countries take longer than others because of marriage brokering issues, etc, but it's not a matter of prioritizing.

[Seattle2Cebu 0]

I have think they may give some countries closer scrutiny,, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, etc

and that could make the case take longer..

From what I have seen in some of the timelines and heard from several people...

Does the USCIS prioritize certain countries visas over others? Or are most delays due to the paperwork not being in order?

[YuAndDan 153]

USCIS operates on a first come first served basis. Things that slow the process is name-checks, there is no prediction to how long name checks can take.

Another factor is which center process the petition, there are only 2 that process family based petitions, California, and Vermont, California has more adjudicators, but Vermont has newer systems, so depending on case load one may be faster than the other.

[Brian & Kathy 0]

I beleive the one exception to the rule is Cuba, they get processed by the service centers early. I heard it has something to do with the consulate there, but I'm sorry I don't know the specifics of it. But I've seen many Cuba applications processed early for sure.

[Jesse and Hema 2]

They are handled in a "kinda first-come, first served" manner. I think it's a combination of:

1) Some countries get closer scrutiny, like Seattle2Cebu said

2) Name-check time variations, like YuAndDan said

3) just plain luck!! (good or bad)

[Mike11 0]

Thank you all for the answers, I'm very new to all this but thank God I found this site..LOL

Edited December 11, 2007 by Kratos

[pushbrk 12,182]

I beleive the one exception to the rule is Cuba, they get processed by the service centers early. I heard it has something to do with the consulate there, but I'm sorry I don't know the specifics of it. But I've seen many Cuba applications processed early for sure.

Not sure about the processing but there is no US Consulate in Cuba.

[AUBGER 0]

Thank you all for the answers, I very new to all this but thank God I found this site..LOL

Don't worry about Ukraine. They aren't too bad The consulate is pretty fast at appointing interviews and you get it in mail within 10 days after the interview

[AUBGER 0]

You should look here for more information about your embassy. It says you get it the same day here though Maybe what I've heard from a friend of mine was a special case

[Mike11 0]

I beleive the one exception to the rule is Cuba, they get processed by the service centers early. I heard it has something to do with the consulate there, but I'm sorry I don't know the specifics of it. But I've seen many Cuba applications processed early for sure.

Not sure about the processing but there is no US Consulate in Cuba.

Actually there is, i left Cuba in 1988 and remember going there for our interview. Don't know if that's changed though.

[Mike11 0]

You should look here for more information about your embassy. It says you get it the same day here though Maybe what I've heard from a friend of mine was a special case

Thanks kinzaza, that link was quite helpful...

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Some petitions get done early cuz they get pulled ouf of a pile for training purposes

[AUBGER 0]

Some petitions get done early cuz they get pulled ouf of a pile for training purposes

Hahahahaha Well...if it's for training I think it's better to wait

[payxibka 10,044]

I beleive the one exception to the rule is Cuba, they get processed by the service centers early. I heard it has something to do with the consulate there, but I'm sorry I don't know the specifics of it. But I've seen many Cuba applications processed early for sure.

Not sure about the processing but there is no US Consulate in Cuba.

But there is this...

http://havana.usinterestsection.gov/acs.html