buzy or slow

[Sveta & Ron 23]

seem i read the first quarter of the year best time to file petitions as uscis tends to slow down what are your thoughts and does anyone able answer if this is true

[didopage 337]

It seems it was, for last year at least. However for this year, I still don't see any strong decrease in the average processing time (look here http://www.visajourney.com/content/times).

Maybe the USCIS received more petitions than last year?

[L+T 71]

seem i read the first quarter of the year best time to file petitions as uscis tends to slow down what are your thoughts and does anyone able answer if this is true

See for yourself. This is 129 petitions including Awaiting customer action, Completions that month, Receipts that month. The first column is "all other" for the service center, excluding 129.

Vermont

Raw Data

All Other Pending, Awaiting customer action, Completions, Receipts, Month & Year

9237, 317, 1164, 1719, Jan10

8121, 512, 3453, 2023, Feb10

7613, 854, 3167, 2534, Mar10

9008, 468, 1689, 2093, Apr10

8304, 755, 2741, 1762, May10

5983, 1121, 4140, 1787, Jun10

5660, 884, 3019, 2014, Jul10

6099, 605, 1872, 1626, Aug10

7485, 384, 1411, 1860, Sep10

8792, 300, 1142, 2003, Oct10

9872, 216, 866, 1627, Nov10

11144, 226, 667, 1669, Dec10

11796, 416, 1350, 1852, Jan11

12101, 580, 1628, 1659, Feb11

13935, 582, 1442, 2639, Mar11

13070, 1100, 2954, 2215, Apr11

12663, 996, 2913, 2108, May11

12069, 951, 3107, 2160, Jun11

11886, 879, 2435, 1786, Jul11

11801, 1000, 2262, 1993, Aug11

10817, 1527, 2597, 1733, Sep11

12544, 1142, 908, 1831, Oct11

13567, 910, 1322, 1807, Nov11

12847, 1251, 2387, 1601, Dec11

For those in Cali, here is the USCIS data

All Other Pending, Awaiting customer action, Completions, Receipts, Month & Year

8730, 832, 1932, 1814, Jan10

6685, 1050, 3194, 2127, Feb10

6657, 767, 2863, 2491, Mar10

6704, 757, 2919, 2301, Apr10

6689, 767, 1442, 1706, May10

7077, 754, 1949, 2274, Jun10

7323, 880, 1984, 2322, Jul10

9000, 438, 971, 2134, Aug10

10303, 351, 899, 2003, Sep10

10910, 469, 1216, 1914, Oct10

9741, 772, 1847, 1661, Nov10

10199, 621, 1480, 1710, Dec10

9856, 799, 2031, 1829, Jan11

10223, 1017, 1962, 1917, Feb11

10491, 1023, 2546, 2649, Mar11

9788, 1383, 2789, 2230, Apr11

8480, 1374, 3525, 2060, May11

8105, 1025, 2861, 2003, Jun11

7309, 1076, 2741, 1753, Jul11

8329, 790, 1567, 1989, Aug11

9659, 594, 786, 1750, Sep11

10536, 545, 1040, 1817, Oct11

10767, 882, 1335, 1804, Nov11

11613, 790, 1047, 1722, Dec11

Edited April 21, 2012 by L+T

[Darnell 8,478]

I vote buzy.

[B_and_G 2]

See for yourself. This is 129 petitions including Awaiting customer action, Completions that month, Receipts that month. The first column is "all other" for the service center, excluding 129.

Could I ask where you got this data?

In both years, there seems to be a slowdown in completions in August and September. Wonder why that is.

[L+T 71]

Could I ask where you got this data?

In both years, there seems to be a slowdown in completions in August and September. Wonder why that is.

you can generate the data here:

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/

[L+T 71]

I vote buzy.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Could I ask where you got this data?

In both years, there seems to be a slowdown in completions in August and September. Wonder why that is.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's directly related to the end of the federal government's fiscal year. It runs October 1 - September 30.

[B_and_G 2]

you can generate the data here:

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/

Thanks for the info. More stats to obsess over

[Sveta & Ron 23]

maybe cause of the euro 2012 there is a spike in petitions for visas?

[L+T 71]

maybe cause of the euro 2012 there is a spike in petitions for visas?

I dont think uscis would handle the visa request to poland or ukraine. most can travel there anyway without visa.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

maybe cause of the euro 2012 there is a spike in petitions for visas?

USCIS does not handle visas to go to OTHER countries, other countries do that, nor do they handle tourist visas in any manner.

[jkb11 26]

maybe cause of the euro 2012 there is a spike in petitions for visas?

Agreed, people from Poland and Ukraine want to get as far as possible (US?) from their respective countries for Euro 2012, since our cities at that time will be completely intolerable You've found the real reason behind the USCIS massive backlog!

Cheers!

[jaycali 415]

seem i read the first quarter of the year best time to file petitions as uscis tends to slow down what are your thoughts and does anyone able answer if this is true

It has been true for past years. We won't know for a couple more months whether it holds true for 2012. My wife filed first week of February, we're hitting 3 months in a little over a week. There were signs at the end of March that we'd only have to wait 4 months, but it's slowed down again now in April so I'm assuming a 5 month wait.

California Service Center worked extremely slow September - December, but I'm not sure why.

[bigdog 376]

I vote busy also.