ANNOYING...

[staceluvyou 6]

for the past five months, three weeks and couple days, i have been very patient. but now it's relly gwtting annoying seeing ppl who filed after you getting thru. i'm happy for everybody but this is really depressing.

[Casprd 167]

You're past the 5 month barrier so it is time to start calling USCIS if you haven't already. Push for a supervisor and contact your Senator and get them involved.

[Messybrownhair 251]

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

It's true, I understand your frustration. USCIS really needs to work on their flawed system.

I hope that you get it soon and remember that your time will come too

[Jimandeva 0]

I can understand your frustration.

I been waiting almost 6.5 months now...

And as you said, I am happy for those people

that filed in Nov. and Dec.. But at the same

time it is depressing seeing people that filed

two months after you getting there NOA2.

From the post I have read, they will not do much

till you are passed 6 months(the 5months + 30 days).

At that time you can do a service request or an

expedite based on "outside of normal processing time".

I am not sure what is better to do when you are

passed the 6 month period. I did a service request

today, and will wait to see what happens.

Jim,

for the past five months, three weeks and couple days, i have been very patient. but now it's relly gwtting annoying seeing ppl who filed after you getting thru. i'm happy for everybody but this is really depressing.

[baron555 934]

I've said it once I'll say it again....USCIS is actually very efficient, it normally only takes 20 minutes to approve the petition.....they really really have a 5 month or longer backlog. Why is this so hard to understand.

To reduce the wait they would have to add staff.

If you can convince your fellow voters to support the attached higher taxes they would pay for this then you are golden.

I'd venture that they could care less about your little waiting problem.

[Jimandeva 0]

I can believe you that there is really a more then 5 month backlog

and that it takes 20min to processes the papers.

But I do not think that was the point of the OP.

The real question is why they are processing petitions for Nov. and

Dec. when there is still people from Oct. and even some in Sept.

still waiting there 20min of processing time?

Jim,

I've said it once I'll say it again....USCIS is actually very efficient, it normally only takes 20 minutes to approve the petition.....they really really have a 5 month or longer backlog. Why is this so hard to understand.

To reduce the wait they would have to add staff.

If you can convince your fellow voters to support the attached higher taxes they would pay for this then you are golden.

I'd venture that they could care less about your little waiting problem.

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

hold ya head high.. i see em getting thu but dont really let it get to me.

[staceluvyou 6]

thank you all guys for your comments, but i realize i complain about my 5 months and three weeks and then there is somebody else who has been waiting six and a half months, I guess no matter what at the end of the dy, we just have to wait.i wish us all good luck.

[Julia&Joseph 8]

I don't understand the whole "higher taxes" thing. USCIS received over 10.5 million dollars last year to process K-1 visa, where did that money come from? the fee you pay to process the visa. No tax money should have been needed. When it lowered the processing fee in November it cut over 2 million dollars from its budget. If it needed to hire more workers it shouldn't have lowered the fee. When I mail a letter from New York to California it doesn't cost tax payers money, I pay the processing cost. When I renew my drivers licence it doesn't cost tax payers money, I pay the processing cost. When I applied for my passport, I payed the processing cost. What they should do is if you want a K-1 visa processed faster they should charge a higher rate, just like I did to process my passport. I paid $80 more to get it faster.

What people don't seemed to understand is that K-1 are an "expedited" visa to begin with. Yes, the K-1 visa is an expedited visa thats why you get it so fast (averaging 6-9 month). Can you imagine the wait if it was not "expedited".

[sus 70]

I don't understand the whole "higher taxes" thing. USCIS received over 10.5 million dollars last year to process K-1 visa, where did that money come from? the fee you pay to process the visa. No tax money should have been needed. When it lowered the processing fee in November it cut over 2 million dollars from its budget. If it needed to hire more workers it shouldn't have lowered the fee. When I mail a letter from New York to California it doesn't cost tax payers money, I pay the processing cost. When I renew my drivers licence it doesn't cost tax payers money, I pay the processing cost. When I applied for my passport, I payed the processing cost. What they should do is if you want a K-1 visa processed faster they should charge a higher rate, just like I did to process my passport. I paid $80 more to get it faster.

What people don't seemed to understand is that K-1 are an "expedited" visa to begin with. Yes, the K-1 visa is an expedited visa thats why you get it so fast (averaging 6-9 month). Can you imagine the wait if it was not "expedited".

So, by paying the processing cost for your license, passport, mail, etc... - you are covering the cost of the employee's salary, medical benefits, the equipment used to make the license, passport, etc..., the cost of rent / ownership of the building, the cost of utilities, gas for the vehicle to transport the documents, etc.....?

[Shorah 2]

Theres not alot you can do. I was pretty lucky and waited a little less than 5 months for mine. And I mean lucky in the sense that there are alot of people waiting longer than me, the wait hasent been easy.

It was frustrating to watch other couples who had applied months after me get the approval first but like I said theres nothing you can do about it except drive yourself crazy with it.

I was so happy and excited when I got my NOA2 but honestly the wait got even harder after that.

The closer it gets the harder it gets in my opinion.

Right now I'm less than a week away from my interview and hopefully about 3 weeks away from POE.

And let me tell you I'm freaking out!

But now theres a whole new set of things to freak out about lol.

Like figuring out my move, quitting my job, and the overwhelming sadness that comes with leaving my family.

Try not to drive yourself crazy with what is happening with other peoples cases and try to focus on your own.

Thats what I tried to do. And don't forget there is a light at the end of the tunnel and thats what you're working towards.

Good luck!!

[Julia&Joseph 8]

So, by paying the processing cost for your license, passport, mail, etc... - you are covering the cost of the employee's salary, medical benefits, the equipment used to make the license, passport, etc..., the cost of rent / ownership of the building, the cost of utilities, gas for the vehicle to transport the documents, etc.....?

You sound sceptical but the answer to your scepticism is Yes. The US post office who send mail and process US passports and each state DMV receive NO tax money to operate. The US post office took in 68 billion dollars in revenue last year. I even looked up the budget for the state of Connecticut for the year 2010 and there is no money going to the state department of motor vehicles (DMV)it operates on "fees".

[Julia&Joseph 8]

You sound sceptical but the answer to your scepticism is Yes. The US post office who send mail and process US passports and each state DMV receive NO tax money to operate. The US post office took in 68 billion dollars in revenue last year. I even looked up the budget for the state of Connecticut for the year 2010 and there is no money going to the state department of motor vehicles (DMV)it operates on "fees".

This comes from the Department of Homeland Security budget to congress for 2007.

In 2006 USCIS took in 1.649 billion dollars in "Citizen and immigrant services" fees. (Fees for K-1, K-3, green cards, fingerprinting and photograph fee etc..etc.. it took in 11 million for K-1 in 2006).USCIS executes almost all it's citizen and immigration services on the revenue it collects in fees.

Why "almost" all? because people seeking varies asylum do not pay the fee and congress foots the bill. This should close the subject on the fact that NO tax dollars are used to process K-1's.

[CBP-SRT 9]

I've said it once I'll say it again....USCIS is actually very efficient, it normally only takes 20 minutes to approve the petition.....they really really have a 5 month or longer backlog. Why is this so hard to understand.

To reduce the wait they would have to add staff.

If you can convince your fellow voters to support the attached higher taxes they would pay for this then you are golden.

I'd venture that they could care less about your little waiting problem.

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

for the past five months, three weeks and couple days, i have been very patient. but now it's relly gwtting annoying seeing ppl who filed after you getting thru. i'm happy for everybody but this is really depressing.

I understand the feeling, completely. Yet, just about when I was getting particularly desperate my petition was approved. Keep on checking the USCIS website, one of these days your happy day will come!

Best wishes!