How are some cases approved so much faster than others?

[Crazy Cat 39,437]

How can some I-751s sit for a long as 3 years (No RFEs) before processing while newly-submitted cases are processed in a little as 3 months?  I think USCIS is manipulating their processing times by processing cases last in, first out....at the expense of people who submitted cases earlier.  

Anyone have a better explanation?  Local office issues?

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[OldUser 5,019]

That's what suspected for a while now.

[Jasskatten 23]

My understanding is that all the cases approved in 3 months are submitted electronically? If USCIS found that the electronically submitted applications can be approved faster (as in they can approve more applications per day) than applications submitted by mail, it would make sense for them to focus on the ones submitted electronically is all they care about is removing the back log and doesn't care about fairness.

[Crazy Cat 39,437]

1 hour ago, Jasskatten said:

My understanding is that all the cases approved in 3 months are submitted electronically? If USCIS found that the electronically submitted applications can be approved faster (as in they can approve more applications per day) than applications submitted by mail, it would make sense for them to focus on the ones submitted electronically is all they care about is removing the back log and doesn't care about fairness.

I-751s cannot be submitted online. They must be mailed to USCIS.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Jasskatten 23]

My bad, i assumed that since new filers got IOE numbers, they were e-filing. Still, my guess is the same, applications with IOE numbers are faster to process, so they are focusing on them to get rid of the backlog.

[Crazy Cat 39,437]

1 minute ago, Jasskatten said:

My bad, i assumed that since new filers got IOE numbers, they were e-filing. Still, my guess is the same, applications with IOE numbers are faster to process, so they are focusing on them to get rid of the backlog.

I don't see how processing the newest cases can possibly help get rid of a backlog.  It deceptively manipulates their numbers, but it does not help the real backlog.  It is, imo, just another government scam.

[JeanneAdil 6,231]

8 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I don't see how processing the newest cases can possibly help get rid of a backlog.  It deceptively manipulates their numbers, but it does not help the real backlog.  It is, imo, just another government scam.

If they are maniptulating numbers in this way,  it is to impress Congress that they are "doing a better  job "  and u 'all need to write Congressman/woman and let them know the real situation 

 

as the info USCIS is just a ruse to satisfy Congress and "look good" and to those of u that know the truth , USCIS doesn't "look good"

 

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-releases-new-data-on-effective-reduction-of-backlogs-support-for-humanitarian-missions-and

WASHINGTON – Today, USCIS released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 progress report (PDF, 1.08 MB) with new information demonstrating how it reduced backlogs in certain programs and supported humanitarian missions.

[Jasskatten 23]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

I don't see how processing the newest cases can possibly help get rid of a backlog.  It deceptively manipulates their numbers, but it does not help the real backlog.  It is, imo, just another government scam.

As an example (exaggerated to make it clearer). Say a center has two cases to process. The first cases to arrive would take 6 weeks to process. The second to arrive case would take 2 weeks to process.

 

First scenario, process them in the order they arrive. First case is processed in 6 weeks, second case in 8 weeks. Average wait time is 7 weeks, half the backlog gone in 6 weeks.

 

Second scenario, process the easy case first. First case is processed in 2 weeks, second in 8 weeks. Average wait time is 5 weeks, half the backlog is gone in 2 weeks.

[PVR Bound 134]

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[igoyougoduke 1,609]

5 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

How can some I-751s sit for a long as 3 years (No RFEs) before processing while newly-submitted cases are processed in a little as 3 months?  I think USCIS is manipulating their processing times by processing cases last in, first out....at the expense of people who submitted cases earlier.  

Anyone have a better explanation?  Local office issues?

 

If you think the processing times on uscsi website are real then you are too gullible . 
 

100% certified fake numbers 

[igoyougoduke 1,609]

2 hours ago, Jasskatten said:

My understanding is that all the cases approved in 3 months are submitted electronically? If USCIS found that the electronically submitted applications can be approved faster (as in they can approve more applications per day) than applications submitted by mail, it would make sense for them to focus on the ones submitted electronically is all they care about is removing the back log and doesn't care about fairness.

It mean we don’t know what the heck we are doing 

[Crazy Cat 39,437]

51 minutes ago, Jasskatten said:

As an example (exaggerated to make it clearer). Say a center has two cases to process. The first cases to arrive would take 6 weeks to process. The second to arrive case would take 2 weeks to process.

 

First scenario, process them in the order they arrive. First case is processed in 6 weeks, second case in 8 weeks. Average wait time is 7 weeks, half the backlog gone in 6 weeks.

 

Second scenario, process the easy case first. First case is processed in 2 weeks, second in 8 weeks. Average wait time is 5 weeks, half the backlog is gone in 2 weeks.

I am very capable of averaging numbers.   There is no justification for the disparity... 36+ months vs 3 months.   We all pay the same fee.  We all deserve equal consideration from USCIS.  It's a sham and a scam.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Daphne . 1,701]

It is disgusting, I agree! 
 

USCIS seems to especially LOVE people who adjusted status from a tourist visa or Esta, these seem to get approved in 1-3 months now (based on posts I’ve seen on Reddit for example). CBP and Embassies are trying everything they can to vet (and sometimes draw incorrect conclusions), but USCIS is rewarding filing for AOS with super quick approvals and ignoring the 2021 and 2022 filers. It is so wrong..

 

Personally I don’t care that my I-751 has been pending for close to 2 years now, I can work and travel, so it’s really not a big deal, but USCIS is almost ecouraging people to cheat the system and it’s sick!! 

[Jasskatten 23]

Another reason they might let all IOE numbers jump the queue is they might want to evaluate whether the new system actually is more efficient. With the wait times being so ridiculously long, it would take 2 years otherwise to get data to see if it is worth it to transfer other applications to the same system.

[Crazy Cat 39,437]

16 minutes ago, Jasskatten said:

Another reason they might let all IOE numbers jump the queue is they might want to evaluate whether the new system actually is more efficient. With the wait times being so ridiculously long, it would take 2 years otherwise to get data to see if it is worth it to transfer other applications to the same system.

What "new system"?  All I-751s are mailed.  We all pay the same fees.  There is no reason to "convert" or process new cases ahead of older cases.  This is an attempt to falsify average processing times.  

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat