5 marks the spot

[unlockingsky 94]

thats about correct. the tier 2 is alot more friendlier to talk and they have some reasonable judgement compared to tier 1. its like hitting a brick wall when talking to tier 1.

[PleaseDeleteAcct 7]

Today is 5 months for us. I wrote a letter to a senator a few weeks ago when we were (wrongly) told that we were "outside processing time". I followed up on Friday 6/8 and they said since we are still within the processing time they can't do anything about it and to wait and contact them in a month....

#######???

it was 4 days earlier than 5 months....

Now i don't know what to do. Should I just resend our info again in a few days to the same office? Or send the info to a diff congressman's office or just suck it up and wait a month and resend?

It makes me sick thinking about waiting ANOTHER month before even getting an answer for NOA2 and then waiting another 3 months or more in the NVC steps...

ugh... help!!!

[unlockingsky 94]

im afraid you have to suck it up... or you can go to another politician that is willing to help you. fyi, you have 2 senator and your current congressman to contact. therefore 3 politicians total.

i talked to a tier 2 and he said it takes 6 months process at uscis and 6 months at nvc - 1 year total.. is this guy misinformed?

Edited June 12, 2012 by unlockingsky

[PleaseDeleteAcct 7]

im afraid you have to suck it up... or you can go to another politician that is willing to help you. fyi, you have 2 senator and your current congressman to contact. therefore 3 politicians total.

i talked to a tier 2 and he said it takes 6 months process at uscis and 6 months at nvc - 1 year total.. is this guy misinformed?

Well it could be 6 months USCIS and 6 months NVC/Interview now...

When we applied it was about 3.5 months at VSC and 2-3 months at NVC then interview date (usually about 1 month later) totalling about 6-9 months.

Now we see that VSC is averaging more like 5-6 months and people are waiting a month or more in some cases for case numbers at NVC level. So it could be closer to 6 months at NVC instead of the 3-4ish (including interview) that it used to be.

I am going to contact my congressman in the next couple of days I think. I can't just sit around and wait anymore Esp past the 5 months.

Also I work for the government... and we just got a heads up that in the next 60 days there could be a significant amount of layoffs.

I don't understand how the gov't is laying anyone off when there is SOOOOO much work to be done that is backed up (my office included.. and OBV the service centers, etc.)

Instead of laying people off why don't they make people do the work in a timely manner, then it would be worth it to keep paying them since the work is getting done... light a fire or something so people start getting things done instead of just laying them off and causing the system to slow even more....

I just don't get it.

Edited June 12, 2012 by xxJaym

[unlockingsky 94]

Also I work for the government... and we just got a heads up that in the next 60 days there could be a significant amount of layoffs.

I don't understand how the gov't is laying anyone off when there is SOOOOO much work to be done that is backed up (my office included.. and OBV the service centers, etc.)

Instead of laying people off why don't they make people do the work in a timely manner, then it would be worth it to keep paying them since the work is getting done... light a fire or something so people start getting things done instead of just laying them off and causing the system to slow even more....

I just don't get it.

simple. contract out the jobs to a company. those company will do less for more. in the end it is just another wasteful overhead. you are refer to the recent fci taking over which cause vsc a whole bunch of problems. they aren't admitting they screwed up the project.

Edited June 12, 2012 by unlockingsky

[RobDinsmore 1]

I called today ad filed the service request. I guess that means that anyone who filed December 16th - January14th with a case at CSC and has not recieved an NOA2 can call today.

[Musashii 21]

I called today ad filed the service request. I guess that means that anyone who filed December 16th - January14th with a case at CSC and has not recieved an NOA2 can call today.

Thanks for the update. My wife called and was able to generate a Service Request today as CSC has updated their processing times. It still shows 5 months and we are past that 5 months mark with a priority date of 3 January 2012.

[RobDinsmore 1]

Thanks for the update. My wife called and was able to generate a Service Request today as CSC has updated their processing times. It still shows 5 months and we are past that 5 months mark with a priority date of 3 January 2012.

It's so frustrating for me. I am going for a 3 week visit in 2 weeks and will be too busy to deal with all the NVC #######.

What exactly does a service request do? They told me they would let me know why my case is so late in 15 days.

[unlockingsky 94]

it actually tells your officer to please finish up and not "hurry the ** up!"

[RobDinsmore 1]

it actually tells your officer to please finish up and not "hurry the ** up!"

It can't be all that urgent because my case hasn't been touched at all in the 4 business days since I filed it. So damn slow

[unlockingsky 94]

It can't be all that urgent because my case hasn't been touched at all in the 4 business days since I filed it. So damn slow

then i believe your vj timeline is incorrect because it shows your noa1 is 1/9/12

[RobDinsmore 1]

then i believe your vj timeline is incorrect because it shows your noa1 is 1/9/12

?

And it is 6/20 which is 5 months and 11 days plus I filed a service request on 6/15. Online it says my last update was 3/29.

[unlockingsky 94]

?

And it is 6/20 which is 5 months and 11 days plus I filed a service request on 6/15. Online it says my last update was 3/29.

if you filed a service request on 6/15, then you should wait for two week for them to respond. if not, you should call back and speak to a tier 2 for help.

[RobDinsmore 1]

if you filed a service request on 6/15, then you should wait for two week for them to respond. if not, you should call back and speak to a tier 2 for help.

There is a Last Updated Column when you track your case. I expect there to be a change there due to the fact that I put in the request or at the very least when someone actually looks at it. After 6 business days I was hoping for a tiny hint that the process is not completely halted.

* Note on "Last Updated" date:

Your case may have a new "Last Updated" date and you may receive an Email and/or text message notification of your case being updated, without the status of the case changing. This is due to internal USCIS processing being performed on your Case. This will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date, but may not result in a different status message.

[RobDinsmore 1]

I received a rather BS response from my service request ( note 1/1 is a federal Holiday so no cases were filed):

The status of this service request is:

USCIS electronic records indicate that your petition was filed on 1/5/2012 and is presently within current processing times. We are at present processing cases filed 1/1/2012.

The status of your case may be obtained online at https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do.

If you have any further questions, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.