Dreaded Processing Times....

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

8 minutes ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

So, my office, Phoenix, is in 79th place... "awesome." It makes sense, since I filed my AOS on April, 2017. 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports and Studies/Immigration Forms Data/Family-Based/I485_performancedata_fy2018_qtr1.pdf

 

 

There you go. The numbers make more sense once you look through this chart and see how many applications were received, approved, denied and how many were still pending at the end of the quarter. Minneapolis has over 5000 pending right now. Same for Phoenix. The fastest place, Cleveland, OH does not have that many. 

 

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

11 minutes ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

So, my office, Phoenix, is in 79th place... "awesome." It makes sense, since I filed my AOS on April, 2017. 

 

One positive side of it is that I saw a person that filed from Oakland Park, Fl, and it took her 16 months to get an interview letter. So in her case it was pretty accurate.

I couldn't edit it anymore, but I want to add: it could mean my interview letter can come in the next couple months!

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

@USC4SPOUSE, but your case seems to be going fast! It's already in the "ready to be scheduled" phase. Not that it means much, lol.

[A&H2018 146]

Those are very general statistics that said. Remember lots of family based applications could be complicated parents/siblings sort of things. 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

4 hours ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

@USC4SPOUSE, but your case seems to be going fast! It's already in the "ready to be scheduled" phase. Not that it means much, lol.

Well, it's anticlimactic, isn't it? It will sit there until the Minneapolis Field Office gets to my case. But wait, they might decide to serve additional states in addition to North Dakota, South Dakota, & 1/2 of Wisconsin. I was told that if you retain an attorney elsewhere and set your attorney's office as your safe address, then your interview will be at the field office that services that area. So I am working on that right now. 

I think they should have a checkbox that says "I am willing to travel to other field offices for my adjustment of status interview". That would certainly keep the line going. 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

4 hours ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

I couldn't edit it anymore, but I want to add: it could mean my interview letter can come in the next couple months!

I would think so! Do you have USPS informed delivery? If you don't, it might be good for you to have it. All letter sized mail is scanned and if you don't receive it, you can initiate the recovery process/investigation right from your dashboard. 

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

9 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

I would think so! Do you have USPS informed delivery? If you don't, it might be good for you to have it. All letter sized mail is scanned and if you don't receive it, you can initiate the recovery process/investigation right from your dashboard. 

Yes, I do. Someone recommended it here. I'm checking it everyday since, lol.

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

12 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

Well, it's anticlimactic, isn't it? It will sit there until the Minneapolis Field Office gets to my case. But wait, they might decide to serve additional states in addition to North Dakota, South Dakota, & 1/2 of Wisconsin. I was told that if you retain an attorney elsewhere and set your attorney's office as your safe address, then your interview will be at the field office that services that area. So I am working on that right now. 

I think they should have a checkbox that says "I am willing to travel to other field offices for my adjustment of status interview". That would certainly keep the line going. 

Interesting! Are you sure about that? 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

50 minutes ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

Interesting! Are you sure about that? 

Refugees do that. I know someone who hired an attorney in NY but lives in FL. Then, her biometrics appointment was set in NY. The I-693 letter was also sent to NY. This person ended up doing a change of address because she is in a city in FL that has faster processing times. However, the same should apply if I hire an attorney, say in Cleveland, OH or Portland, ME. I will know tomorrow. I am calling a couple of places tomorrow. I shall report back.

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

10 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

Refugees do that. I know someone who hired an attorney in NY but lives in FL. Then, her biometrics appointment was set in NY. The I-693 letter was also sent to NY. This person ended up doing a change of address because she is in a city in FL that has faster processing times. However, the same should apply if I hire an attorney, say in Cleveland, OH or Portland, ME. I will know tomorrow. I am calling a couple of places tomorrow. I shall report back.

Cool! Please tag me here or send me a PM to let me know!

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

1 hour ago, AskerBRfromAZ said:

Cool! Please tag me here or send me a PM to let me know!

Will do!

If it helps anyone strategize, here is the list in alphabetical order by 

State	City	50%	93%
AK	Anchorage	10.5	21.5
AL	Montgomery	13	25.5
AR	Fort Smith	10.5	21.5
AZ	Tucson	7.5	15
AZ	Phoenix	14	23.5
CA	San Jose	5	16.5
CA	San Bernardino	5.5	15
CA	San Diego	5.5	17.5
CA	Imperial	6.5	13
CA	Fresno	8	16.5
CA	Sacramento	9.5	14
CA	Los Angeles	10	23.5
CA	San Fernando Valley	10.5	25.5
CA	Santa Ana	10.5	16
CA	San Francisco	11.5	17
CA	Los Angeles County	12	30
CO	Denver	14.5	29
CT	Hartford	9.5	21
DC	Washington DC	10.5	18
FL	Jacksonville	6	18
FL	Tampa	6.5	17
FL	Kendall	10	18.5
FL	West Palm Beach	10.5	17.5
FL	Hialeah	11.5	21
FL	Orlando	13	19.5
FL	Fort Myers	13.5	24
FL	Oakland Park	15.5	26.5
FL	Miami	16.5	20.5
GA	Atlanta	11	29
GU	Agana	10.5	21.5
HI	Honolulu	10.5	14.5
IA	Des Moines	10	17
ID	Boise	9.5	17
IL	Chicago	11.5	32
IN	Indianapolis	5	14
KS	Wichita	8	18
KY	Louisville	7	21.5
LA	New Orleans	11	20
MA	Boston	7	18
MD	Baltimore	7.5	21.5
ME	Portland	5.5	16.5
MI	Detroit	5.5	15
MN	MINNEAPOLIS	14.5	23.5
MO	Kansas City	6	12.5
MO	Saint Louis	8.5	23.5
MT	Helena	8.5	13
NC	Raleigh	5.5	12.5
NC	Charlotte	10	18
NE	NEBRASKA,	8	22.5
NH	Manchester	5.5	11
NJ	Mount Laurel	9.5	21
NJ	Newark	11	20.5
NM	Albuquerque	8.5	21
NV	Reno	9.5	16
NV	Las Vegas	11	17.5
NY	Buffalo	5	18
NY	Albany	7.5	16.5
NY	Long Island	10	26.5
NY	Queens	12	17.5
NY	Brooklyn	13	20
OH	Cleveland	4	11.5
OH	Columbus	5	15
OH	Cincinatti	6.5	22.5
OK	Oklahoma City	8.5	17.5
PA	Pittsburgh	4.5	18.5
PA	Philadelphia	9.5	20
PR	San Juan	9	20
RI	Providence	8	16
SC	Charleston	7	25
SC	Greer	9.5	16.5
TN	Memphis	9.5	18
TX	San Antonio	9.5	17.5
TX	Harlingen	12	23
TX	Dallas	14.5	31.5
TX	El Paso	14.5	28
TX	Houston	18	29.5
UT	Salt Lake City	10.5	17
VA	Norfolk	6.5	20
VI	Charlotte Amalie	10.5	21.5
VI	Christiansted	10.5	21.5
VT	Saint Albans	11.5	27
WA	Yakima	7	14.5
WA	Spokane	8.5	20.5
WA	Seattle	11	17
WI	Milwaukee	8	13.5
WY	Casper	10.5	21.5

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The interview letter date depend on one’s PD or RD date on AOS?