what does USCIS Actually do when they approve a CR1?

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I have a question. What exactly did the USCIS do for 160 days with my petition? Did they verify my marriage with the country I got married in? Did they verify my divorce? Did they call my job? What do they do with this file for over 160 days exactly... I would kind of like to know if anyone knows EXACTLY what USCIS does with a cr1? Do they look at evidence? If they do, why does your spouse have to bring MORE evidence. I am lost...

[rjp44 1]

I have a question. What exactly did the USCIS do for 160 days with my petition? Did they verify my marriage with the country I got married in? Did they verify my divorce? Did they call my job? What do they do with this file for over 160 days exactly... I would kind of like to know if anyone knows EXACTLY what USCIS does with a cr1? Do they look at evidence? If they do, why does your spouse have to bring MORE evidence. I am lost...

It is frustrating. I think most of the time USCIS has the app. it sits in a pile somewhere waiting for it's turn at processing. I'm sure they look at the forms to make sure they are complete and may run your name(s) throught the Homeland Security computers. At least once it gets to NVC you can see progress as you first get the bill for the I-864, then get the barcode sheet and the DS-3032, then a bill for the DS-230 and finally the barcode sheet for that. It seemed like each step took about a month.

[Aussiewoife 0]

Check this link out--it's under "Guides" in the Visa Journey website. It is an interview with a former USCIS employee.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...dicator-q-and-a

I have a question. What exactly did the USCIS do for 160 days with my petition? Did they verify my marriage with the country I got married in? Did they verify my divorce? Did they call my job? What do they do with this file for over 160 days exactly... I would kind of like to know if anyone knows EXACTLY what USCIS does with a cr1? Do they look at evidence? If they do, why does your spouse have to bring MORE evidence. I am lost...

[Roserick 0]

The longest part is only through USCIS..

When it gets to NVC.. Everything tend to be faster.. You get something every month..

[pushbrk 13,653]

I have a question. What exactly did the USCIS do for 160 days with my petition? Did they verify my marriage with the country I got married in? Did they verify my divorce? Did they call my job? What do they do with this file for over 160 days exactly... I would kind of like to know if anyone knows EXACTLY what USCIS does with a cr1? Do they look at evidence? If they do, why does your spouse have to bring MORE evidence. I am lost...

Your second question doesn't seem to have been addressed yet.

Your spouse brings more evidence for multiple reasons. The evidence of bona fides is to show the relationship is both bona fide and ongoing at present. Other documentation is required from the visa applicant. Remember, you are petitioning for your spouse's right to apply for a visa. The spouse's "application" carries its own documentation requirements.

As you are aware, the process takes several months. At interview, current evidence of bona fides is required, as are current police reports etc.

[desert_fox 32]

I have a question. What exactly did the USCIS do for 160 days with my petition? Did they verify my marriage with the country I got married in? Did they verify my divorce? Did they call my job? What do they do with this file for over 160 days exactly... I would kind of like to know if anyone knows EXACTLY what USCIS does with a cr1? Do they look at evidence? If they do, why does your spouse have to bring MORE evidence. I am lost...

It spent 150 days of that time sitting in a folder waiting for an ajudicator to become available. The adjudicator simply verifies that all the paperwork is IAW to law and pass legal muster. i.e. the petitioner is a USC or legally can petition, that the birth certificate is certifed, and that divorces appear to be legal and certified by the court, and that the marriage certificate is legal. If there is a question in the mind of the adjudicator, he/she sends it over to their legal dept for an opinion.

He/she also submits the name to the FBI, etc. to be run thru all the proper databases, for background clearance. This is usually done within a few working days.

After the adjudicator is satisfied that the petition is legit, he/she approves the petition; prepares a coordination sheet and sends it thru the staff offices for approval up the the proper authority for signature.

I would imagaine that an adjudicator would have to get 8 petitions or so just to keep up with the workload and the actual looking at the docs should take no more than an hour.

Then there is the admin time involved in getting the NOA out and the petition forwarded on to the state department for the real work.

This is kinda based upon the federal agencies that I have worked for for 30 years, and generally how the govt does things and how they are organized.