Interview Waver Consideration & 6 Months??

[Sahs 10]

Hi VJ Members,

We recently received a letter from the USCIS advising us that, "Your case has been identified as a potential interview wavier". That's great an all, but it continues to say that, "Do to delays not associated with your case, we estimate the delay to be approximately 6 months from the date of this letter"!!! That an awfully long delay, don't you all think? :/

All the best over Christmas and New Year to you everyone!

Best regards,

Sahs

[Pitaya 2,577]

Sounds like the same message as with this thread from yesterday:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/471689-letter-today-about-6-month-delay-at-uscis-across-the-agency/

Can you say.... the tsunami-like after-effects of DACA and other immigration activities? There were over 573,000 DACA petitions received as of 8/12/13 !!

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/DACA/daca-13-8-15.pdf

The whole system is awash with system overload, look at the USCIS Service Centers workload-shifting, NVC delays.....

Sounds like you may get an interview waiver. The question is when?????

[Sahs 10]

You're absolutely right! Thanks for pointing out that thread to me. I'll review it and comment it I can add anything.

Unbelievable the amount of DACA cases filed!

Thanks,

Sahs

[Lynkali 163]

They've been sending out those notices since August at least, possibly even earlier. Although I agree that it MIGHT be DACA-related overload, it's also just pretty standard USCIS delaying tactics. At least they have the courtesy of telling us this time, rather than posting misleading info on their processing date pages. It's also nothing as bad as the delays for CR-1s at the moment, small blessing anyway.

Anyway, yes, tons and tons and tons of people have gotten that letter. I'm fully expecting one for ourselves within a few weeks, unless we're one of the very lucky ones who doesn't get it. Prepare for a nice long wait.

[Pitaya 2,577]

No matter the ultimate cause, with the likely protracted AOS processing times this is another good reason for folks who are preparing their AOS applications to concurrently submit their EAD/AP (I-765/I-131) applications.