I-751 December 2016 Filers

[ApplyingforN400 126]

2 hours ago, aggie86 said:

No, I've heard arguments both for and against but ultimately I'm not willing to risk the huge application fee and possibly lose it on a technicality. I'll wait until I get my GC back and file immediately after.

How can you lose it on a technicality? Lol

 

if citinship was the end goal, you just wasted months waiting. Especially that you’re in cali, you’re looking at a year wait. 

[aggie86 4]

9 minutes ago, ApplyingforN400 said:

How can you lose it on a technicality? Lol

 

if citinship was the end goal, you just wasted months waiting. Especially that you’re in cali, you’re looking at a year wait. 

Actually staying with my husband is my end goal so no time wasted. 

[dburnt 59]

How is being with a loved one not a suitable goal.  What you describe in citizenship is really more about convenience.  Everyone is on this journey for their own reasons...how is theirs any less “suitable”than yours?  Citizenship is much less important to me than being with my spouse.

[martincook 0]

On 3/30/2018 at 10:14 AM, martincook said:

Hi there. Anybody from December filer at Vermont still waiting for approvals?

any communication received in this regard.

Is any December Vermont filer still waiting ?

[TBoneTX 43,247]

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[MadMax101 32]

Do you guys remember a discussion in this thread on the increase in pending i751 applications where someone included a graph of how they have gone up over time?

[pkie1985 6]

8 minutes ago, MadMax101 said:

Do you guys remember a discussion in this thread on the increase in pending i751 applications where someone included a graph of how they have gone up over time?

Unfortunately it's not the number of i751 applications that increased. For the last 3 years it seems like number is about the same on average. Little more or little less. What increased is the processing time. The reasons for that was DACA and refugy applications that skyrocketed and needed to be processed first ( you can check the number of their applications). Second, add USCIC mismanagement, outdated system, poor quality, lack of new hires. Which ended up in super long wait time for i751. 

[pkie1985 6]

And you can see that they are processing about 21000 applications per quarter in 2017.  It used to be 30k or even 40k before (in 2015 and 2016). They just slowed us down and either lost those resources or put them in use somewhere else

[YafaUSA 84]

1 hour ago, pkie1985 said:

Unfortunately it's not the number of i751 applications that increased. For the last 3 years it seems like number is about the same on average. Little more or little less. What increased is the processing time. The reasons for that was DACA and refugy applications that skyrocketed and needed to be processed first ( you can check the number of their applications). Second, add USCIC mismanagement, outdated system, poor quality, lack of new hires. Which ended up in super long wait time for i751. 

Thank you for sharing that information!

Like @pkie1985 said, they used to process a lot more applications every quarter but it became worst on 2017... Do you think it's because on the recent immigration views from the current administration?...

[Natonstan 129]

19 hours ago, aggie86 said:

No, I've heard arguments both for and against but ultimately I'm not willing to risk the huge application fee and possibly lose it on a technicality. I'll wait until I get my GC back and file immediately after.

 

Aggie, when did you send off your application? I noticed you don't have your timeline filled out.

[Scazy 78]

20 hours ago, aggie86 said:

No, I've heard arguments both for and against but ultimately I'm not willing to risk the huge application fee and possibly lose it on a technicality. I'll wait until I get my GC back and file immediately after.

Totally agree. 

I was just thinking your transfer might have been connected to n 400 if you filed. I guess you'll just have to wait a notice or approval letter in mail, online updates are not realy reliable 

[dburnt 59]

1 hour ago, YafaUSA said:

Thank you for sharing that information!

Like @pkie1985 said, they used to process a lot more applications every quarter but it became worst on 2017... Do you think it's because on the recent immigration views from the current administration?...

Overall, USCIS is processed slightly more in the 2017 fiscal than the 2016 fiscal (6.7 million vs 6.5 million), but clearly they have shifted focus to other types of applications (looks like employment and DACA - not unexpected given the deadline imposed last year).  From what I see on the statistics, it doesn't seem to be a distinct trend, but rather a response to the government orders.  (Just my opinion)

 

It's unfortunate for us, but at least we have status while we wait.  The applications being prioritized are for those who have none (whether you agree with it or not, isn't this the way priorities are usually set (high risk, initial status first?)  We aren't the only group down (humanitarian (i.e. refugee) claims are down as well).  I am not reading much more into it than that...the increase in DACA alone more than offsets the decrease in family-based application approvals (family based is down 180,000 from 2016, DACA is up 263,000).  DACA had a government deadline and sadly, family-based doesn't.  In addition, even with the increase in applications, they clearly don't have the resources to maintain the workload they had, let alone more.

 

What I don't understand is why there don't seem to be any government required standards in regards to processing times (of course that seems to be true for any government agency these days).If no one is held accountable for the slipping times, there is no incentive to improve.

 

The statistics are here (although first quarter 2018 seems to be late) https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-all-uscis-application-and-petition-form-types.  Use the cvs format and it will put it in an excel spreadsheet.  I've attached the comparison if you are interested

USCIS 2017 to 2016 comparative.doc

[YafaUSA 84]

Thank you @dburnt for your reply and explanation!

[frigatebird 28]

On ‎4‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 9:24 AM, aggie86 said:

Hey all! I got a written notice in the mail today that a "preliminary review of my case is complete" and it's been transferred to the USCIS office that has jurisdiction over my case...which says Nebraska?!?! I'm in California so that seems pretty weird to me. Does anyone know if that's a mistake or are they sending overflowing cases to other states? I'm in San Diego, and I know that the backlog here is pretty significant...

Hi aggie86,

That's a good movement on your case. What is your NOA?

[Val2014 30]

Is anyone getting an error message when trying to log into "my account" website for uscis?