some i-129f facts

[gretchen_darren 67]

then studying the applications at the service centers. K-1 visa are only 1% --- 1% of the total applications per month. Out of 500,000 applications a month, they only get 5,000. the CSC is behind by nearly 10,000 applications. VSC by 11,000, TSC, by nearly 1,000. These number grew in the last part of the year due to budget cuts. They cut people in the 1% section. K-1 visa is just another business unit to the USCIS. I understand that. But treating this section as another business unit when doing regular I-129 in 2 months. the regular I-129 is about 10% of the monthly. (and if you add up, I129, I 130, and N-400 you have 35% of the monthly applications) It is just sad we who are the 1% get treated like the 1% in a normal business.

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=2&charttype=1

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=6&charttype=1

Ot of the last 15 months, they have only approved more applications then taken on 4 months.

[James and Cynthia 70]

then studying the applications at the service centers. K-1 visa are only 1% --- 1% of the total applications per month. Out of 500,000 applications a month, they only get 5,000. the CSC is behind by nearly 10,000 applications. VSC by 11,000, TSC, by nearly 1,000. These number grew in the last part of the year due to budget cuts. They cut people in the 1% section. K-1 visa is just another business unit to the USCIS. I understand that. But treating this section as another business unit when doing regular I-129 in 2 months. the regular I-129 is about 10% of the monthly. (and if you add up, I129, I 130, and N-400 you have 35% of the monthly applications) It is just sad we who are the 1% get treated like the 1% in a normal business.

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=2&charttype=1

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=6&charttype=1

Ot of the last 15 months, they have only approved more applications then taken on 4 months.

How can budget cuts affect something that we are paying for? Shouldn't the budget come from the application fees?

-James

[max+patricia 24]

How can budget cuts affect something that we are paying for? Shouldn't the budget come from the application fees?

-James

Bingo. 99% of the funding comes directly from fees (some $2+ billion), with 1% coming from congressional appropriations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Citizenship_and_Immigration_Services#Funding