WHY IS THIS YEAR TAKING SO LONG FOR NOA2?

[jackyjimenez 115]

I WAS SEEING 2015 AND 2016 AND SOME PEOPLE GOT THE NOA2 THE NEXT MONTH LIKE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, BUT THIS YEAR IS TAKING AROUND 4 OR 5 MONTHS.

I READ THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK FOR HOLIDAYS BUT HERE WE ARE. 

 

[Auds 223]

??  Last year NOA2 at Nebraska took about 5 to 8 months on average.  Texas and Potomac were faster but a very rare case got approved in one month maybe Philippines etc.  you have got your months wrong.

[geowrian 22,335]

Please be aware that typing a post in all caps is the Internet equivalent of shouting.

 

There's an ebb and flow. The I-129F's NOA2 was taking a very short time up until Q4 2016. Then a lot of petitions came in, holidays, a fee hike in Dec. 2016 (1st in 6 years), etc. Now there's a big backlog again. A couple years before that it was taking close to a year. It constantly shifts based on petitions coming in, priorities, etc.

Edited September 29, 2017 by geowrian

[jackyjimenez 115]

34 minutes ago, jackyjimenez said:

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2017 by jackyjimenez

[Delirium 114]

4 months is pretty standard for an NOA2 I feel like (in regards to a K1 visa).

[Elsalove2016 34]

I sent my k1 visa application last year and the whole approval with Interview and all tool around 7 months and that's considering that they requested more evidence or else it would had taken less time , sometimes I wonder that when uscis increases the price of an application is that for the paper work to get done sooner by their staff ? 

[LabOz 915]

13 minutes ago, Elsalove2016 said:

I sent my k1 visa application last year and the whole approval with Interview and all tool around 7 months and that's considering that they requested more evidence or else it would had taken less time , sometimes I wonder that when uscis increases the price of an application is that for the paper work to get done sooner by their staff ? 

May they work slower because they are busy spending all that extra money LOL

[LabOz 915]

52 minutes ago, Auds said:

??  Last year NOA2 at Nebraska took about 5 to 8 months on average.  Texas and Potomac were faster but a very rare case got approved in one month maybe Philippines etc.  you have got your months wrong.

This thread and this part of the forum is for Fiance Visas not for CR-1 which you are referring to. K-1's are 99.00 % processed at CSC.

[Elsalove2016 34]

3 minutes ago, LabOz said:

May they work slower because they are busy spending all that extra money LOL

Haha you never know ! But I read and article that when the applications prices go up is because suppostly they hire more people to get things done faster , but from ive been reading here it seems to me the opposite or maybe they are looking at each case more closely . 

[AJay00md 75]

I am at 191 days with no NOA2. 

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

My bf and I have been keeping a close watch on processing times as we want to file K1 in december. He is very pessimistic about it and thinks with all the new rules it will just take longer and longer. He is convinced that, now the president can't stop immigration, he will do whatever he can to discourage people to immigrate. He fears the proces will only be delayed more and more and become more expensive. 

[Scandi 3,970]

And yet it's a superfast process compared to many other countries. If I had moved my husband (then fiancé) to Sweden instead it would have taken close to 2 years. So the 9 months it took for us to get the visa (stuck at USCIS for 6 months last year) is nothing in comparsion. The US immigration is fast for us regular K-1 and CR-1 visa filers.

Edited September 29, 2017 by Scandi

[Unlockable 7,306]

3 hours ago, Scandi said:

And yet it's a superfast process compared to many other countries. If I had moved my husband (then fiancé) to Sweden instead it would have taken close to 2 years. So the 9 months it took for us to get the visa (stuck at USCIS for 6 months last year) is nothing in comparsion. The US immigration is fast for us regular K-1 and CR-1 visa filers.

^^^^ This.

 

I lurk on a few other forums that discuss immigration and I am amazed at how difficult it is to be eligible to immigrate to certain countries.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Right.  I have a friend in Australia that filed for her husband 2 years ago.  They are still waiting.  He hasn't even interviewed yet.  AND it costs alot more.

Edited September 29, 2017 by LionessDeon

[kris&me 572]

this is annual report november 2016

 

FAMILY FIRST 322,788 310,884 (-3.7%) FAMILY SECOND TOTAL 756,777 700,212 (-7.5%) 2A-Spouses/Children: 276,022 276,839 (+0.3%) 2B- Adult Sons/Daughters: 480,755 423,373 (-11.9%) FAMILY THIRD 825,991 781,810 (-5.3%) FAMILY FOURTH 2,549,718 2,466,667 (-3.3%) TOTAL 4,455,274 4,259,573 (-4.4%)

 

there are also 4,566,021 employment applications for the same time

the 2017 report will come out in November

this does not include dv lottey and tourist applications

this is from USCIS government site

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WaitingListItem.pdf

 

and this is the number of employees according to USCIS

 

We are the 19,000 government employees and contractors of USCIS working at 223 offices across the world. Achieving our goals becomes possible when the different elements of our organization are engaged and acting as partners working toward a common outcome. USCIS’ strategic goals 

 

does that help explain

this site tells how many have been approved by country and visa catergory

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/immigrant-visas/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html