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Waited 10 minutes for Tier 1...asked to be transferred to a Tier 2...then waited for another 45 minutes.

The second the ISO picked up the call, the first thing he said was, "I would like to inform you that during to high call volume, we will have to have an officer call you back in the next 48-72 hours."

My mouth just dropped.

1. Will this ever actually happen?

2. Do you think that perhaps the Tier 2s could communicate with Tier 1s, so that they don't put people on hold for close to an hour, only to be told that they can't talk to you once the Tier 2s pick up?

I highly doubt that all of the last 8-9 CSC approvals were all expedites..all from the same days and time periods? How?

I'm happy for anyone that can escape the wrath of CSC as quickly as possible, but I can't say that it doesn't burn when I see people applying from the same applicant country that I am and are getting approved TODAY, with a NOA1 date of almost FOUR MONTHS after us.

I mean, #######???

i'm happy for those approved (truly happy, as no one deserves to go through torturous process) but people approved from December, when there are hundreds from July CSC, 5 months earlier, waiting? Ummmm....

Out of the last 50 couples that have been approved with NOA2s on VJ, just 8 of them have come from CSC

42:8 That's quite the ratio of slow, painful torture for all of us CSC folks.

Bayareaguy,

Yeah buddy, you're just a week behind me. But does it even matter? There are thousands of cases accumulating at the CSC with no processing progress in sight...

We're all screwed.

Slower than a pile of dogsh*t baking on a summer sidewalk.

Our 8-month "helliversary" was yesterday.

8 months and 1 day as of today, with no end in sight....

Of course, when our NOA2 comes, we need to tack on 2-3 months after the NOA2 until the interview + another month for my partner to quit her job and organize her life for the US (which of course, she can't do now because she has no idea on the timing).

This is just cruel and unusual punishment, IMO....

Azsara,

Shocking, but all-too-common. I can't speak for VSC because I'm not tracking their data, but on Igor's timeline alone there are dozens of people still waiting from July and August, and it hasn't moved in the last 3-4 months. CSC simply isn't processing anything now, other than a few random ones that pop up on the VJ timelines a few times/week.

....of waiting for NOA2 from CSC

Sent out on 8/2. NOA1 was processed on 8/6.

And here we are...8 months later...with no sign, trace, or inkling of evidence that this period of waiting is ever going to end.

This will ruin any summer plans we have of traveling or doing anything. We'll be apart.

If only we knew that filing in August was going to screw us for a year, we would have done it a bit earlier. Would've been impossible to know though.

8 months. How much longer will it be? + 2-3 months to the interview + the time my partner will need to quit her job and move her life to the US.

I know that most people are right there with me, but this just royally sucks.

August 6th, CSC, here...8 month "anniversary" is coming in two days! Sucks big time!

WELCOME TO HELL.

EegyptA,

We're right there with you, my friend. We have your same NOA1 date at CSC (August 6th) and it's time to take some action. I wrote my congressman last week, and will follow up with a senator next week. Congressman wrote me back and regurgitated the same info. that CSC has been telling us for the past 4 months. He was friendly and said he would inquire again in two weeks, but CSC is simply not processing cases any any acceptable level of speed.

We are going to hit 8 months this Saturday (the both of us) and there simply seems to be no end in sight.

Let me know how it goes for you. I actually live in California, so no doubt, the states offices are likely being inundated with complaints, casework requests, etc.

At the moment, it would help to be living in Montana or Wyoming or something.

Good luck to you! As I'm sure you realize, even at 5 months processing time, we have now been delayed by essentially 3 months...

Thanks!

Is anyone else calling B.S. on this?

Great excuse, but did it actually happen? And were they all K-1 visas?

6th August here.....

237 days for us. We are praying for April, but given that CSC has done nothing for K-1 visas in literally the last 3 months, we aren't holding our breath.

This process should be 3-4 months max. Waiting 8 months is absolutely obscene. Yet we are going to hit 8 months next Saturday.

We're past the point of frustration. We've entered a zone of utter despair.

There's still a slew of people from the last half of July that haven't been approved yet. They've been sitting on them for months and months...

luvable: some context. As of next week, my partner and I will be hitting the 8-month mark. Most people are well beyond six.

Good luck.

I did the same!

I am still waiting for my K1 visa, but my mom went for her interview last week.

They didn't ask for any docs, just ask where she will go, when and how much time she will be in US. She didn't mention my wedding neither that her daughter is moving to US soon. She said that was less than 5 min interview and got 10 years visa.

August 6th filers here. 33 weeks today, or 231 days....still waiting.

August 6th CSC filers here. 33 weeks as of today, or 231 days and counting. I wrote a letter to our congressman. The office responded and said that they had sent an inquiry on our behalf. Not sure it'll speed up this ridiculously slow and frustrating process. I was expecting a NOA2 within 5 months. We're now closing on 8 months here with no end in sight...

We're CSC August 6th filers. No end seemingly in sight. Sucks.

Greenshoots, we're CSC filers from August 6th about to hit Day 226. I hope yours is approved quickly, but I personally have no faith in the process...7-8 months is my guess.

Not exaggerating. Check Igor's timeline.

It's awesome for the VSC people getting approved in less than 6 months, but man, CSC is just killing us here....

221 days today!

This waiting is killing us!

Any approval from CSC?

Skim,

When we were at the point you were (5.5 months), that is when I started to have a freakout. But then I calmed down as I slowly realized we were going to pass Month 6 and Month 7. Chances are you'll be waiting for another few months. Most people are, especially at CSC. I've seen a few people get approved from September, but most people from late July and all of August haven't been approved yet. CSC froze for essentially 3 months and has barely shown signs of life.

Today is 220 for us. Last year at this time, CSC folks were getting approved at around 100 days. I would consider myself lucky if we heard back this month.

It's infuriating, but there's nothing we can do about it. We just have to wait.

218 days today!

6th August! Pls CSC moves!!

216 days here!!!

Still waiting