U.S. citizen filing for a spouse

[duthraki 0]

Hi

-Can someone please explain to me why the processing time for U.S citizen is so far in 2016 , but for permanent resident is in February 2017 ?

-Our processing office is YSC (Potomac Service Center)

-We got NOA1 on February 13, 2017 and we are waiting for NOA2, 5 months of waiting and no answer yet, does anyone has an idea, thank you 

[SabRob 154]

To answer your first question: my guess is that there are more US citizens filing for their relatives so it takes longer to process these petitions. 

 

All you can do right now is wait, unfortunately. The average processing time for I-130 is about 7 months right now.

[duthraki 0]

5 minutes ago, SabRob said:

To answer your first question: my guess is that there are more US citizens filing for their relatives so it takes longer to process these petitions. 

 

All you can do right now is wait, unfortunately. The average processing time for I-130 is about 7 months right now.

Hi SabRob thank you for your answer, you mean 7 months from now to NOA2 or from NOA1 to NOA2 we already spend 5 months, and where I can check the average of processing time for my case, thank you so much for helping me I'm new member here

[SabRob 154]

Just now, duthraki said:

Hi SabRob thank you for your answer, you mean 7 months from now to NOA2 or from NOA1 to NOA2 we already spend 5 months, and where I can check the average of processing time for my case, thank you so much for helping me I'm new member here

You're very welcome. I mean 7 months from NOA1 to NOA2. There's really no way of checking, you can use the official USCIS processing times as a guideline but they're not always accurate and don't apply to all cases. Some cases get processed faster than others, it depends on which country your spouse is from and whether you get stuck in background checks or not. (some people do and it delays their case significantly)

[DILAW 94]

The answer above might be right, but here is another possible answer:  For citizens the USCIS is taking the applications seriously while for Perm. Residents they are going through them quickly and denying them.  You never know

[DILAW 94]

I am glad the lazy USCIS updated their site.  Its sad that we are in mid July and their update which was posted a couple of days ago if not yesterday is an update from May 31st.  At least give us an update up to June 30. 

So let me ask this question, if on May 31st the USCIS was working on cases submitted on Jan 2nd does this mean since its July 14th, that they could be possibly working on cases submitted on mid Feb 2017? 

 

I submitted my I-129F K3 on Feb 6th and I haven't heard anything.  But maybe the USCIS is waiting on my I-130 to go through since it takes longer

[DILAW 94]

Maybe its my bad luck, but it looks like the TSC on May31 were working on cases submitted on May 31, 2017?  They caught up with the submitted cases after they transferred my case to the local USCIS office who is telling me they will take 4 months to schedule an interview for me

[duthraki 0]

14 minutes ago, DILAW said:

The answer above might be right, but here is another possible answer:  For citizens the USCIS is taking the applications seriously while for Perm. Residents they are going through them quickly and denying them.  You never know

Yes Dilaw you're right, and the only solution we have here is waiting, this is frustrating 

[DILAW 94]

My local USCIS office employee are so rude.  I want to go there to try to speak to someone to see if they can review my case instead of waiting another 3 months to schedule an interview, but I am afraid I get to a rude officer like last time.  She was so rude for no reason

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

10 hours ago, DILAW said:

For citizens the USCIS is taking the applications seriously while for Perm. Residents they are going through them quickly and denying them.

Where did you get this information?

[Shauneg 762]

1 hour ago, missileman said:

Where did you get this information?

 

You failed to quote the part where they said "here's another possible answer." 

 

Doesn't mean it's right, they were just throwing something out there under the guise of possibility of why it's faster...

[jakelake 222]

13 hours ago, duthraki said:

Hi

-Can someone please explain to me why the processing time for U.S citizen is so far in 2016 , but for permanent resident is in February 2017 ?

-Our processing office is YSC (Potomac Service Center)

-We got NOA1 on February 13, 2017 and we are waiting for NOA2, 5 months of waiting and no answer yet, does anyone has an idea, thank you 

It is possible that that particular service center handles much more permanent resident cases than US citizen cases.

 

[USC1961 251]

4 hours ago, Shauneg said:

 

You failed to quote the part where they said "here's another possible answer." 

 

Doesn't mean it's right, they were just throwing something out there under the guise of possibility of why it's faster...

Granted, however taking a pot shot with absolutely no evidence to back it up does merit asking where the poster got the info. 

[DILAW 94]

5 hours ago, missileman said:

Where did you get this information?

Oh, that was my guess because the tsc is caught up all the sudden

[f f 725]

I'd guess more that they finished an application from December right before they asked what people are working on since it makes no sense that siblings of usc would be processed faster than spouses. especially given the decades long wait for sibling priority dates to become current.