Atlanta Transferrers

[loveyourlife 2]

Hi y'all,

Just wanted to post on my call to USCIS.... spoke to Officer Mencia who was very pleasant. He said that Atlanta does not have a set processing time as in 5 months or 6 months, but that for I-130's they are on now working on May 28.

(What does that tell you, when NBC didn't start routing stand-alones until late August at the earliest?)

Officer Mencia also said that my petition was transferred to Atlanta on October 3rd. Lol, when I called USCIS in December, a not very pleasant officer Taylor said my petition was still in Missouri, so what does that tell you? (Do ISO's know what they are talking about??)

Officer Mencia said, of course, that one of the reasons our I-130's are routed to the field offices are because we're supposed to be scheduled for an interview there, and that Atlanta should schedule the interview within 60 days of getting my file. Since they haven't done that he suggested I can either call back every 20 days to find out if there is an interview scheduled yet or find out by Infopass.

I do have an Infopass appointment already set for this Friday at 8:00am, and if anyone wants to join me, you are welcome!! Any tips, Darnell, on how to get to the I130 supervisor?

Oh, just one thing about that May 28 date... May 28th is the filing date that USCIS shows VSC is currently working I-130's. I have an EAC number. I couldn't file a e-request online a couple weeks ago because it's reading my EAC number to mean my file is in Vermont, and so since I did not file prior to May 28th, the e-request was denied. I'm wondering if Mencia maybe pulled out that May 28th date the same way?

Alright, I have to work now! Later!

I can't wait to hear what they tell you on Friday. I wish I wasn't 4 hours away and working on Friday or I would love to join you.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Hi y'all,

Just wanted to post on my call to USCIS.... spoke to Officer Mencia who was very pleasant. He said that Atlanta does not have a set processing time as in 5 months or 6 months, but that for I-130's they are on now working on May 28.

(What does that tell you, when NBC didn't start routing stand-alones until late August at the earliest?)

Officer Mencia also said that my petition was transferred to Atlanta on October 3rd. Lol, when I called USCIS in December, a not very pleasant officer Taylor said my petition was still in Missouri, so what does that tell you? (Do ISO's know what they are talking about??)

Officer Mencia said, of course, that one of the reasons our I-130's are routed to the field offices are because we're supposed to be scheduled for an interview there, and that Atlanta should schedule the interview within 60 days of getting my file. Since they haven't done that he suggested I can either call back every 20 days to find out if there is an interview scheduled yet or find out by Infopass.

I do have an Infopass appointment already set for this Friday at 8:00am, and if anyone wants to join me, you are welcome!! Any tips, Darnell, on how to get to the I130 supervisor?

Oh, just one thing about that May 28 date... May 28th is the filing date that USCIS shows VSC is currently working I-130's. I have an EAC number. I couldn't file a e-request online a couple weeks ago because it's reading my EAC number to mean my file is in Vermont, and so since I did not file prior to May 28th, the e-request was denied. I'm wondering if Mencia maybe pulled out that May 28th date the same way?

Alright, I have to work now! Later!

Sounds like you got a bit of a dipstick over there.

Keep in mind, Atlanta, DOES have SOME I-130s from prior to August.

There were petitions sent there when they DID need interviews.

But still sitting from May? Highly doubtful IMO.

[abezyo 35]

So I did a little charting from this topic to show the charts how they trend...

August - 2600

September - 3600

October - 4460 Reciepts - 1217 Completions - 528

November - 4918 Reciepts - 1039 Completions - 660

No reciepts or completeions for august and september as I forgot about posting those haha.

Thoughts?

[Treva 3]

Ok I definitely will ask those questions last time she just gave me CSC time and thats no help at all I am going to try and call today before I go to work hopefully I will get someone on the line before then. I will keep everyone updated once I know something.

Hi Arabianprincess, did you speak to a USCIS officer? I'm curious to know if they told you anything different.

Thanks,

Treva

[Treva 3]

If you write a Senator, I'd think it would be more helpful. Not real sure though.

Working on May 28 I-130s? Uhhhhhh...lol thats silly! I dont believe that at all one bit! Let us know how the infopass appointment goes though! I would love to join but im busy Friday with work! USCIS is not very helpful at all lol

Yep, the more I think about it, the more I believe he must have got that date by plugging in my receipt number (EAC # -> VSC processing date). The only way to try to understand Atlanta's true processing time is to talk to the I130 supervisor there.

[Treva 3]

I’m not an Atlanta filer but in Charleston but the May 28 date is what VSC is currently working on. That’s what hubby was quoted on when he asked for a service request on our NOID (which is outside NOID processing time). His request was denied because we have an EAC# and we are within Vermont’s processing time. Sigh…

I think hubby should go back to the Charleston office to see what's up, and bring proof of delivery with him. It doesn't seem right that reviewing the BC should take longer than the initial review.

[Treva 3]

Sounds like you got a bit of a dipstick over there.

Keep in mind, Atlanta, DOES have SOME I-130s from prior to August.

There were petitions sent there when they DID need interviews.

But still sitting from May? Highly doubtful IMO.

USCIS website shows a processing date of July 19th for I-485's in Atlanta field office. All the I-130's that Atlanta got prior to the August workload transfer, wouldn't they all have been in conjunction with I-485's?

[The Mean Lady 604]

USCIS website shows a processing date of July 19th for I-485's in Atlanta field office. All the I-130's that Atlanta got prior to the August workload transfer, wouldn't they all have been in conjunction with I-485's?

Not all I-130s that went to a local office were Adjustments of Status, though those were the majority.

I-130s sent to the field offices as stand alone petitions did so when beneficiaries had a history of overstaying or were in removal proceedings.

In general, "problem cases." Those required an interview.

Edited January 29, 2013 by KDH

[BIZ 5]

So I did a little charting from this topic to show the charts how they trend...

August - 2600

September - 3600

October - 4460 Reciepts - 1217 Completions - 528

November - 4918 Reciepts - 1039 Completions - 660

No reciepts or completeions for august and september as I forgot about posting those haha.

Thoughts?

August - 550 Receipts - Completions - 681

September - 357 Receipts - 432 Completions

The May 28th date sound silly, and cannot be correct.

[h45549 18]

Just found out my case was transferred to Atlanta Field office on Jan 4th (according to the ISO I spoke to). Is it true atlanta still hasn't processed I-130's for August?

Edited January 29, 2013 by h45549

[speedwell 224]

Just found out my case was transferred to Atlanta Field office on Jan 4th (according to the ISO I spoke to). Is it true atlanta still hasn't processed I-130's for August?

Forum members are interpreting the published charts that way. Their assumption is based on the number of cases reported received, the number of cases reported processed, and the fact that Atlanta forum members seem to not have been processed at all. I'm in Houston and we haven't been, either, as far as I can tell. Field offices have their thumbs up their... well, you know.

Edited January 29, 2013 by speedwell

[hikergirl 277]

I think hubby should go back to the Charleston office to see what's up, and bring proof of delivery with him. It doesn't seem right that reviewing the BC should take longer than the initial review.

He’s going to make a 3rd InfoPass appointment when I’m down visiting him again late Feb unless there is some movement on our cases.

When we were there a couple of weeks ago the guy at the window went back and looked at our file and said it was just waiting the Officer’s decision.

The Officer was not in the office either days that hubby went (late Dec as well).

Frustrating.

[loveyourlife 2]

Who'd you write? I wrote Senator Shelby

I sat down and wrote Senator Shelby and Senator Sessions last night! Not sure if it will help at all, but it made me feel better so I guess that's worth something. Abezyo, is there a place on the senator's website where I can submit the release form? The only option I saw was to print the forms and take them to the local senator's office. Is that what you did?

Edited January 31, 2013 by mrsaloto

[abezyo 35]

I sat down and wrote Senator Shelby and Senator Sessions last night! Not sure if it will help at all, but it made me feel better so I guess that's worth something. Abezyo, is there a place on the senator's website where I can submit the release form? The only option I saw was to print the forms and take them to the local senator's office. Is that what you did?

I didnt do the release form. I just filled what the Senators had on the way to contact them. Didnt really think of doing a release form. Cant we mail those to them? I think I will with a typed letter as Ive heard nothing from Senator Shelby. Let me know if you hear something!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

I didnt do the release form. I just filled what the Senators had on the way to contact them. Didnt really think of doing a release form. Cant we mail those to them? I think I will with a typed letter as Ive heard nothing from Senator Shelby. Let me know if you hear something!

You can do an efax at least that is what I did and it worked. You can google a couple of the different companies that do it.

I used http://faxzero.com/ and just paid the fee to send it without ads and with a cover letter.