K1 Delaying

[Bluesky7593 0]

Currently, I am on K1 process

I got NOA1 on May 2021 and now waiting NOA2 . since I found processing time keeps delaying, I really wonder what make it delayed. 

By my estimation, It should issued around October or at most December,

The reason I say about this estimation is that some couples who got NOA1 on March 2021 got NOA2 around August or September of 2021 <5~6months gap to get NOA2 from NOA1>

And I know there still many couples who still couldn't get it. 

I would understand if it issued around December, but it's way too late

and what makes us more feel bad is there are still many couples couldn't proceed even when they got NOA1 2 months earlier than us. 

 

Is there anyone who knows the reason? 

I know, knowing the reason doesn't affect timeline, but you know... 

At least it will give assurance by knowing.

 

Thank you for reading.  

[Mike E 11,740]

The pandemic created a backlog. Delta and omicron added to the backlog.  K-1s petitions are not a priority.  USCIS is not approving I-129Fs tier to embassies with large K-1 backlogs.  

[powerpuff 6,733]

~ Topic moved from K1 Process to Progress Reports ~

[dalindeck 390]

20 minutes ago, Mike E said:

The pandemic created a backlog. Delta and omicron added to the backlog.  K-1s petitions are not a priority.  USCIS is not approving I-129Fs tier to embassies with large K-1 backlogs.  

I don't believe the destination embassy has anything to do with K1 approvals, as the applications then held at NVC, not at USCIS. As an idea, there are cases being approved for beneficiaries that live in the Philippines while they currently have a 1-2 year wait to schedule an interview at their embassy.

[JeanneAdil 6,560]

from Thanksgiving (with Thrusday and Friday off ) to Christmas (Friday off) to NY"s day and another Friday off to Martin Luther King holiday on a Monday to now President's day /  all that slows things down

plus many offices making employees take unused vacation days off before the end of the year under "use it or loose it "

along with the terrible weather slowing everything down in most of the US

and sick employees (not only in immigration offices but in other government offices that USCIS needs to get info from

 

estimates are  just that---estimates but never hold your breath thinking this will be the same for all petitions and all immigration officers

 

 

 

[slavaskii 886]

34 minutes ago, Bluesky7593 said:

Currently, I am on K1 process

I got NOA1 on May 2021 and now waiting NOA2 . since I found processing time keeps delaying, I really wonder what make it delayed. 

By my estimation, It should issued around October or at most December,

The reason I say about this estimation is that some couples who got NOA1 on March 2021 got NOA2 around August or September of 2021 <5~6months gap to get NOA2 from NOA1>

And I know there still many couples who still couldn't get it. 

I would understand if it issued around December, but it's way too late

and what makes us more feel bad is there are still many couples couldn't proceed even when they got NOA1 2 months earlier than us. 

 

Is there anyone who knows the reason? 

I know, knowing the reason doesn't affect timeline, but you know... 

At least it will give assurance by knowing.

 

Thank you for reading.  

Very few people who got March 2021 NOA1s have NOA2. Less than 30% even. Some March filers will be waiting almost a year, if not more, for their NOA2. These delays compounding will clearly extend the wait even further. For reference, I'm March 17 and while March 15 approvals came this week, there are still roughly 1,000 unopened packets from March 1 until March 17. That constitutes 4 weeks of processing time, alone, to get through them all (providing they were to go in order, which they, sadly, will not). 

 

The delays are caused by USCIS forcing all I-129Fs into California and then California going into perpetual COVID lockdowns. Which are ineffective, but that's besides the point. We know that USCIS is only working at 40-50% capacity, so everyone's initial expectations should increase by at least 100%. Thus, March filers expected 6 months when they filed, and are now waiting 1 year. As I said before, this ends when either (a) USCIS sends them elsewhere to do or (b) California makes it easier for people to get back to work. Barring either of these two, there's simply no way I-129F speeds can increase... even the 200 additional officers to be hired still must be trained, meaning they won't go online until later in the year (and are unlikely to work in California, anyway).

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

2 hours ago, Bluesky7593 said:

Is there anyone who knows the reason? 

High number of incoming petitions + limited number of USCIS employees (Pandemic) + continuing backlog since early 2016 = longer processing times.

Edited February 5, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[SalishSea 17,928]

2 hours ago, dalindeck said:

I don't believe the destination embassy has anything to do with K1 approvals, as the applications then held at NVC, not at USCIS. As an idea, there are cases being approved for beneficiaries that live in the Philippines while they currently have a 1-2 year wait to schedule an interview at their embassy.

Petition approvals vs visa issuance:  two very different things.

[SalishSea 17,928]

2 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Very few people who got March 2021 NOA1s have NOA2. Less than 30% even. Some March filers will be waiting almost a year, if not more, for their NOA2. These delays compounding will clearly extend the wait even further. For reference, I'm March 17 and while March 15 approvals came this week, there are still roughly 1,000 unopened packets from March 1 until March 17. That constitutes 4 weeks of processing time, alone, to get through them all (providing they were to go in order, which they, sadly, will not). 

 

The delays are caused by USCIS forcing all I-129Fs into California and then California going into perpetual COVID lockdowns. Which are ineffective, but that's besides the point. We know that USCIS is only working at 40-50% capacity, so everyone's initial expectations should increase by at least 100%. Thus, March filers expected 6 months when they filed, and are now waiting 1 year. As I said before, this ends when either (a) USCIS sends them elsewhere to do or (b) California makes it easier for people to get back to work. Barring either of these two, there's simply no way I-129F speeds can increase... even the 200 additional officers to be hired still must be trained, meaning they won't go online until later in the year (and are unlikely to work in California, anyway).

I129f petitions have been exclusively adjudicated in California for YEARS, long before COVID.  And are you saying the state of California is prohibiting USCIS employees from going to work?  Please cite a source for that.

[slavaskii 886]

48 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

I129f petitions have been exclusively adjudicated in California for YEARS, long before COVID.  And are you saying the state of California is prohibiting USCIS employees from going to work?  Please cite a source for that.

We have been told repeatedly by USCIS that they are only working at 40-50% capacity (at CSC) due to "COVID restrictions." That could be Tier 1 just lying, as they did also give conflicting info about whether or not they were working from home, but I'm just repeating what we've actually been told. I don't recall if this was particularly addressed on the recent livestream, but they did explicitly state that part of their plan to speed up processing overall is to allow for cases to be adjudicated at other service centers. This would almost certainly include I-129F which, as you said, currently can't be sent anywhere else.

Edited February 5, 2022 by slavaskii

[Bluesky7593 0]

8 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Very few people who got March 2021 NOA1s have NOA2. Less than 30% even. Some March filers will be waiting almost a year, if not more, for their NOA2. These delays compounding will clearly extend the wait even further. For reference, I'm March 17 and while March 15 approvals came this week, there are still roughly 1,000 unopened packets from March 1 until March 17. That constitutes 4 weeks of processing time, alone, to get through them all (providing they were to go in order, which they, sadly, will not). 

 

The delays are caused by USCIS forcing all I-129Fs into California and then California going into perpetual COVID lockdowns. Which are ineffective, but that's besides the point. We know that USCIS is only working at 40-50% capacity, so everyone's initial expectations should increase by at least 100%. Thus, March filers expected 6 months when they filed, and are now waiting 1 year. As I said before, this ends when either (a) USCIS sends them elsewhere to do or (b) California makes it easier for people to get back to work. Barring either of these two, there's simply no way I-129F speeds can increase... even the 200 additional officers to be hired still must be trained, meaning they won't go online until later in the year (and are unlikely to work in California, anyway).

Thank you. 

In fact, I considered giving up K1 Process then switching it CR1. 

But it seems switching CR1 is also meaningless.  

Well... then.... no one can assure if we can get before Sunmer. 😧

[Bluesky7593 0]

9 hours ago, dalindeck said:

I don't believe the destination embassy has anything to do with K1 approvals, as the applications then held at NVC, not at USCIS. As an idea, there are cases being approved for beneficiaries that live in the Philippines while they currently have a 1-2 year wait to schedule an interview at their embassy.

Waiting 1~2 years to schedule interview ?? 

Not whole Visa process? 

That really sounds like 'U.S government want those couples break up'

[Bluesky7593 0]

9 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

from Thanksgiving (with Thrusday and Friday off ) to Christmas (Friday off) to NY"s day and another Friday off to Martin Luther King holiday on a Monday to now President's day /  all that slows things down

plus many offices making employees take unused vacation days off before the end of the year under "use it or loose it "

along with the terrible weather slowing everything down in most of the US

and sick employees (not only in immigration offices but in other government offices that USCIS needs to get info from

 

estimates are  just that---estimates but never hold your breath thinking this will be the same for all petitions and all immigration officers

 

 

 

Yeah, I expected those holiday as one of the reason It delayed. 

Thank you. 

[Redro 4,611]

2 minutes ago, Bluesky7593 said:

Waiting 1~2 years to schedule interview ?? 

Not whole Visa process? 

That really sounds like 'U.S government want those couples break up'

Which embassy will you/ the beneficiary interview? 

Some countries have bigger backlogs than others so many couples from Philippines have decided to marry and go CR1/IR1 route instead. 

[Bluesky7593 0]

9 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Very few people who got March 2021 NOA1s have NOA2. Less than 30% even. Some March filers will be waiting almost a year, if not more, for their NOA2. These delays compounding will clearly extend the wait even further. For reference, I'm March 17 and while March 15 approvals came this week, there are still roughly 1,000 unopened packets from March 1 until March 17. That constitutes 4 weeks of processing time, alone, to get through them all (providing they were to go in order, which they, sadly, will not). 

 

The delays are caused by USCIS forcing all I-129Fs into California and then California going into perpetual COVID lockdowns. Which are ineffective, but that's besides the point. We know that USCIS is only working at 40-50% capacity, so everyone's initial expectations should increase by at least 100%. Thus, March filers expected 6 months when they filed, and are now waiting 1 year. As I said before, this ends when either (a) USCIS sends them elsewhere to do or (b) California makes it easier for people to get back to work. Barring either of these two, there's simply no way I-129F speeds can increase... even the 200 additional officers to be hired still must be trained, meaning they won't go online until later in the year (and are unlikely to work in California, anyway).

Less than 30%.... well that makes me go crazy more lol 

I guess what you mentioned is real reason it keeps delaying. 

As a person who has lived in a country that has relatively fast administrative ability, I cannot understand this. But as I move... this is one I should understand and accept. 

 

Anyway I hope they can distribute those cases focused in California, and make officer back to office fully.

Thank you.