What's going on with VSC??

[MatthewNCarolina 73]

I have no idea why it seems VSC is slowing a bit this week, is so discouraging for all of us who are waiting! Maybe is just people isn't updating timelines? I rather prefer thinking this instead of VSC slowing down again! My VJ timeframe from approval is coming soon... let's hope and pray for everybody over here!

I like this post... Chill people..

[DiZZyLoX 114]

Best post of this thread.

agree!

[little_g 35]

This thread got ugly, glad a mod stepped in.

Anyway, the wait is agony and being in Vermont feels like a punishment compared to CSC I should know I was VT too. Hang in there and know that if all goes well your NOA2's are nearer and nearer barring any hiccups.

Also just a preparation warning for everyone... NOA2 is actually not the end but only the beginning of yet another wait and process. So be ready but get excited! Before you know it you'll be looking back at people filing in December and thinking "Yeah I remember that. Thank god it isn't me anymore!"

Your time is coming, patience and your significant other will get you though

Edited July 16, 2011 by little_g

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This thread got ugly, glad a mod stepped in.

Anyway, the wait is agony and being in Vermont feels like a punishment compared to CSC I should know I was VT too. Hang in there and know that if all goes well your NOA2's are nearer and nearer barring any hiccups.

Also just a preparation warning for everyone... NOA2 is actually not the end but only the beginning of yet another wait and process. So be ready but get excited! Before you know it you'll be looking back at peoples filing in December and thinking "Yeah I remember that. Thank god it isnt me anymore!"

Your time is coming, patience and your significant other will get you though

I agree with you! Vermont seems to be the test of everyone!

[Ban Hammer 12,842]

I agree with you! Vermont seems to be the test of everyone!

in 2006 when i went through the k-1 fiasco, csc was the slowest and everyone was envious of those who had vsc, as it was typically a 30 day wait. now things have changed in the other direction. give it another 5 years, it will probably be csc is the slow boat to china, vsc is the faster again.

whoever said patience is a virtue, he or she musta been on the k visa train too.

[Dante & Geor 36]

OMG! I think there's a lack of reading comprehension over here. I NEVER was complaining JUST ABOUT MYSELF. I just was stating the lack of approvals from VSC over here. Not just for me.

But for sure is not fair to say well I waited more so I deserve first, that's selfish. And I'm not being over here. Just hoping VSC wont slow down again.

When it rains we all get wet people!! :yes:

Edited July 16, 2011 by Dante & Geor

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in 2006 when i went through the k-1 fiasco, csc was the slowest and everyone was envious of those who had vsc, as it was typically a 30 day wait. now things have changed in the other direction. give it another 5 years, it will probably be csc is the slow boat to china, vsc is the faster again.

whoever said patience is a virtue, he or she musta been on the k visa train too.

Oh wow...so its a phase thing? Its amazing how quick CSC is pumping them out...but i read somewhere that the NVC was now the slow point coming from both CSC and VSC. I definitely got lucky there. I was at NVC, and in the embassy within a week. HOPEFULLY they all get on pace, going through this is definitely the master teacher of patience!!!

[Stuart and Thea 95]

When it rains we all get wet people!! :yes:

Beautiful sentiment! And how true it is!

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Oh wow...so its a phase thing? Its amazing how quick CSC is pumping them out...but i read somewhere that the NVC was now the slow point coming from both CSC and VSC. I definitely got lucky there. I was at NVC, and in the embassy within a week. HOPEFULLY they all get on pace, going through this is definitely the master teacher of patience!!!

Its not really a phase thing, its a total restructuring. When there were more than 2, 4 I think, service centers VSC was the envy of them all. I don't know what happened. probably somebody high up wanted that to change. It seems to have all changed since 2006 and who knows if VSC will ever be the way it was in its hey day. But still you have to remember VSC handles a huge densely populated region.

[monyfer 27]

Whoa...drama!

I was not taking a "me versus them" attitude, IMO. I was not trying to be rude to anyone. OP posted wondering why VSC was slowing down, and I stated that I hoped the fact that no recent approvals had been posted was because VSC was working on fall backlogs (i.e. my case). Since VJ represents only about 10% of filers, and almost all VJ Sept/Oct/Nov filers have been approved by now, my theory is that VSC is working on those backlogs who are not part of VJ and this is why we are not seeing the recent March filers. I simply stated that OP should not get upset about this; I pray to God that VSC IS working on cases that are backlogged, or have been abandoned, or left stuck at the bottom of a desk drawer somewhere (like mine, Charlize's, Dumb & Dumber's). I believe they are because Dumb and Dumber just got an RFE and I just got told last week my case is being approved for expedite. So, I simply stated that VSC is most likely working on older cases, like mine, which as I am sure anyone can agree, deserve to be processed ahead of March cases. Can we agree on this? GEEZ LOUISE...take a chill pill.

And to the person (I am too lazy to go back and find the direct quote) who said that waiting 1 day or 1 month or 1 year is the same pain....trust me sweetie, it most definitely is not. Waiting ten months is much, much more difficult than waiting three or four.

Edited July 16, 2011 by monyfer

[Stuart and Thea 95]

Waiting to be with the one you love when you should be together is painful. Waiting is hard. But my point is that it doesn't matter how long you wait, whether it's one day, one month or one year, we all have to wait, so we're all in this together. YOU were the one that in your first post said that you were more deserving because you've been waiting longer, when the OP hadn't said anything about her own wait. You misunderstand, and yes, you do appear to be spiteful of others that haven't had to wait as long as you have.

Is it fair that you've had a long wait? No, not at all. No one in here was saying that at all. No one was saying that they needed to be approved before you. No one was saying anything other than the fact that VSC seemed to be slowing down. You're the one that brought up the whole timeline thing.

And to repeat what the OP said again, when it's raining, we all get wet. I'm sorry you've had more rain than others, but you're not the only one here.

[hisandhers 7]

I think that perhaps people come here to share their hurt about the wait because they have an expectation that others here will understand their frustrations where our friends and families don't (for the most part) understand the difficulties we're all going through.

I'm surprised at the amount of time someone here says "What is going on... why is it taking so long... I'm frustrated" and they're met with sharp tongues and rudeness or a bit of belittling because they haven't waited the amount of time others have deemed acceptable to complain. I complain all the time to my fiance about not being together yet. I knew the wait time going into this but I still get little frustrations out because he understands and feels the same way. So do we all here. I like reading the posts about people being frustrated because it reminds me that I'm not alone in how I'm feeling.

I agree with the above comments, it's not one of us over another - long waits or not - it should be more about supporting each other, not "My wound is bigger/more important than your wound." We're all hurting here while we're in the wait.

[B_J 2,752]

I think that perhaps people come here to share their hurt about the wait because they have an expectation that others here will understand their frustrations where our friends and families don't (for the most part) understand the difficulties we're all going through.

I'm surprised at the amount of time someone here says "What is going on... why is it taking so long... I'm frustrated" and they're met with sharp tongues and rudeness or a bit of belittling because they haven't waited the amount of time others have deemed acceptable to complain. I complain all the time to my fiance about not being together yet. I knew the wait time going into this but I still get little frustrations out because he understands and feels the same way. So do we all here. I like reading the posts about people being frustrated because it reminds me that I'm not alone in how I'm feeling.

I agree with the above comments, it's not one of us over another - long waits or not - it should be more about supporting each other, not "My wound is bigger/more important than your wound." We're all hurting here while we're in the wait.

This is very true. Nobody really understands what the wait is like except those who go through it. You can try to explain what it's like to friends and family; but you have to go through it to really understand. So, this place is really the only place to find people who can relate. To everyone waiting, just hang in there; your time will come. And, for what it's worth, in 16 days it will be exactly one year since I've seen my fiancee in person. The wait is hard even after the NOA2.

[monyfer 27]

Waiting to be with the one you love when you should be together is painful. Waiting is hard. But my point is that it doesn't matter how long you wait, whether it's one day, one month or one year, we all have to wait, so we're all in this together. YOU were the one that in your first post said that you were more deserving because you've been waiting longer, when the OP hadn't said anything about her own wait. You misunderstand, and yes, you do appear to be spiteful of others that haven't had to wait as long as you have.

Is it fair that you've had a long wait? No, not at all. No one in here was saying that at all. No one was saying that they needed to be approved before you. No one was saying anything other than the fact that VSC seemed to be slowing down. You're the one that brought up the whole timeline thing.

And to repeat what the OP said again, when it's raining, we all get wet. I'm sorry you've had more rain than others, but you're not the only one here.

I think you are the one misunderstanding here. Waiting is very difficult - I was not demeaning OP's frustration at the wait. I am sure after three or four months I was definitely antsy and upset with the wait, too.

It does matter how long you wait, though. Do you really think that waiting three or four months is just as difficult as waiting almost ten? Because trust me - unless you have waited that amount of time - it isn't. You get to a point where you lose hope, you're frustrated, your life is on hold, you become depressed. At least at three or four months, you still know you are within the normal processing time and you can expect to hear something. But when that passes and months continue to pass and no one can give you a solid reason why - it is dehumanizing and painful.

I brought up the whole time line thing with a point. I said that my theory (and hope) was that VSC was slowing down because they were working on much older cases that had fallen through the cracks, and that if that was the case, I am sorry but OP would need to be patient because, the truth is that cases outside the normal processing time take priority over cases that are. Am I wrong in that?

[Stuart and Thea 95]

We have been waiting almost ten months, so I really hope they are working on my case now and that is causing the delay. I am sorry, but we deserve to be approved before any more March filers.

So, you're somehow more important or better than the March filers we're to take from that comment? I only have one word to describe someone using a statement like that, and it's spiteful. (actually only one word I can use here, the others might get me banned)

I will repeat, it's not about how long you wait, everyone gets their turn and the USCIS does not process them in the order they come in. Waiting is hard, but please stop making yourself out to be special because you've been waiting longer. It's pissing me off, and probably a ton of others on here too.

USCIS LOST my first petition. They SCREWED UP my second petition. Did I feel entitled to get my NOA2 before others did? NO, in fact, while I should have been a January filer, or a March filer, I ended up being a May filer. Did you see me bashing people who got their NOA2 before I was originall hoping for mine? NO! Did you see me telling anyone lamenting about the wait that they have no reason to complain unless their cases were screwed up like mine was? NO!

I'm sick of your poor me attitude. You're not the only one that has had problems in this process, you're not the only one that ever will. Quit thinking it makes you special because it doesn't!!!!!!!

EVERYONE WAITS. It's unfair, but that's the way it is. If you didn't know that coming in, then NEWS FOR YOU!!!!

Your long wait sucks, I hope it's over soon. But quit with the attitude, you're no better than anyone else.