Processing Centres Close??

[Nicole16 2]

Has anyone realised that they closed 1 or 2 processing centres for the K1 and moved them all to California?? The wait times were 6-8 months and now its 7-9.5 months and only California has the K1 processing times. Does anyone know if they closed them or if something happened?

[Crazy Cat 39,461]

California Service Center has been handling all (or almost all) K-1s for years.

Edited January 17, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[slavaskii 885]

8 minutes ago, Nicole16 said:

Has anyone realised that they closed 1 or 2 processing centres for the K1 and moved them all to California?? The wait times were 6-8 months and now its 7-9.5 months and only California has the K1 processing times. Does anyone know if they closed them or if something happened?

I didn't know the others closed. If that's true that's going to be really rough for later filers. I always thought Texas was the alternate, and Vermont was for 'special' cases (like those with criminal backgrounds). I-129F processing has been going up for a while now, though, the real time is 10 - 12 months; all new filers getting approved have waited over 10, as March 8th approvals are still rolling in and, with 3,000 March petitions left, this filing group won't finish anytime soon.

 

Allocate approximately a year for the NOA2 unfortunately. The processing times will be updated again shortly. 

 

Edit: Does TSC not process I-129F? 

Edited January 17, 2022 by slavaskii

[Crazy Cat 39,461]

21 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

Does TSC not process I-129F? 

Not to my knowledge......The lockbox is in Texas.....but I-129Fs are sent to California.

Edited January 17, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[JeanneAdil 6,231]

going back to 2009 when we tried for a K1 a lawyer told us California handled cases for countries that were high fraud

no idea if he knew what he was talking about but i do know they have handled K1 for more than 10 years

 

 

check the following site for USCIS offices currently closed and read the following under Field offices which says 

all offices are currently open 

post as of January 14,  2022   / except today is a Holiday

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-office-closings

[Rocio0010 5,572]

Processing times are bs anyways, so

[Nicole16 2]

1 hour ago, slavaskii said:

I didn't know the others closed. If that's true that's going to be really rough for later filers. I always thought Texas was the alternate, and Vermont was for 'special' cases (like those with criminal backgrounds). I-129F processing has been going up for a while now, though, the real time is 10 - 12 months; all new filers getting approved have waited over 10, as March 8th approvals are still rolling in and, with 3,000 March petitions left, this filing group won't finish anytime soon.

 

Allocate approximately a year for the NOA2 unfortunately. The processing times will be updated again shortly. 

 

Edit: Does TSC not process I-129F? 

As of now, TSC is only doing k3/k4. I guess the processing times aren't always accurate but they changed the estimated time ranges for k1 so now it'll take longer then expected

[Crazy Cat 39,461]

21 hours ago, Rocio0010 said:

Processing times are bs anyways, so

Exactly..... All cases are different, like the great Geowrian once said "USCIS is like a large grocery store with several checkout lanes.  Some lanes are just faster than others".

Edited January 18, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Nicole16 2]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

California Service Center has been handling all (or almost all) K-1s for years.

Maybe but I'm just not sure why the estimated time ranges changed for it to take longer now. I thought maybe the cases from texas got transferred to california so now it'll take longer. 

[Crazy Cat 39,461]

4 hours ago, Nicole16 said:

As of now, TSC is only doing k3/k4. I guess the processing times aren't always accurate but they changed the estimated time ranges for k1 so now it'll take longer then expected

K3s and K4s are virtually non-existent.   

Edited January 17, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Crazy Cat 39,461]

1 minute ago, Nicole16 said:

Maybe but I'm just not sure why the estimated time ranges changed for it to take longer now. I thought maybe the cases from texas got transferred to california so now it'll take longer. 

Processing times fluctuate up and down periodically.   Personally, I know of no K-1 cases processed by TSC.  

[Rocio0010 5,572]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Exactly..... All cases are different, like the late, great Geowrian once said "USCIS is like a large grocery store with several checkout lanes.  Some lanes are just faster than others".

And then you get all excited about one allegedly fast lane; only to find out that the check out computer broke down!

Dont get me wrong, I myself used to look at the processing times when I first applied for my AOS. But once I realized that my process was going to be done in 6 months rather than 12 months (as shown in the Pittsburgh FO processing times) I realized approval depends on so many factors that there is no point in even looking at them.

First, it depends on how strong and sound your case is. Second, it also depends on the officer you get. If they are a newbie, they have to run it through their supervisor. And it also depends on how the officer feels about your interview and your country of origin.

[powerpuff 5,951]

~ Moved from K1 forum to USCIS Service Centers as the question is about processing centers ~
 

1 hour ago, Nicole16 said:

Maybe but I'm just not sure why the estimated time ranges changed for it to take longer now. I thought maybe the cases from texas got transferred to california so now it'll take longer. 

it always fluctuates…. When I was going through K1 last year the time range changed twice. And it will always keep changing. It won’t stay the same for years and years…

[JeanneAdil 6,231]

Fluctuations depend on so many factors including # of new petitions,   # of RFE (which extend the time to process and take up the average), office to office transfers ,   Holidays,  vacations and illness of staff,  weather and mail delivery are just for a few 

 

all the above change on a day to day basis and affect the average times

 

sometime around 2009/ 2010 the California office experienced a water line break inside the office and cases were lost

offices go thru power shortages,   hurricanes , tornadoes same as homes do 

and it matters in the averages 

[Sukie 1,440]

3 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Exactly..... All cases are different, like the late, great Geowrian once said "USCIS is like a large grocery store with several checkout lanes.  Some lanes are just faster than others".

Late, great Geowrian?????  Did I miss something?