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Yes, it is NOA2
u guys are next shortly!
But what is next now? for I-129F fillers?
Yes, it is NOA2
u guys are next shortly!
But what is next now? for I-129F fillers?

What are you talking about?
A - I never said, it sucks to live in Slovakia, I am going to live in US just because I happened to fall in love with American.
B - I have never complained about the process just happened to mention it is slow compare to centre in Cali.
I do not really understand what is your deal here. We can talk about anything here, complain about anything. That is why the forums are for.
When you have some problem as the customer I bet you are also complaining about something, and you are mad at the person who is helping you, call that person incompetent even though that person has nothing to do with the problem. I work in hotel and if I would take everything so personal as you do, I would go crazy.
So please do not take all this personal.
We are taking all this personal because this is about us not about you.
Thank you

What are you talking about?
A - I never said, it sucks to live in Slovakia, I am going to live in US just because I happened to fall in love with American.
B - I have never complained about the process just happened to mention it is slow compare to centre in Cali.
I do not really understand what is your deal here. We can talk about anything here, complain about anything. That is why the forums are for.
When you have some problem as the customer I bet you are also complaining about something, and you are mad at the person who is helping you, call that person incompetent even though that person has nothing to do with the problem. I work in hotel and if I would take everything so personal as you do, I would go crazy.
So please do not take all this personal.
We are taking all this personal because this is about us not about you.
Thank you

Guys , relax, I was just joking. I'm not going to do that.. I just wished I filled 2 months later I did...

Guys , relax, I was just joking. I'm not going to do that.. I just wished I filled 2 months later I did...

Hi All,

There's been various information scattered over these forums in complaining to the government/agencies about the TSC backlog.

Now before we begin (as unfortunately there are some people who like to flame on forums), if you are happy with patiently waiting for the TSC to reach your application or a CSC applicant who won't support people in the TSC backlog please don't write any counter-productive messages here, they are not welcome or necessary. We should remember that this new chapter in our lives that should be a happy and exciting one that involves huge life changes and we are in it together!

Note: if you are of Filipino birth then this is not relevant to you as your case will be expedited.

This post is for people whom are in the 7-8 month and growing backlog of TSC compared to the CSC processing I-129f forms in 3 or so weeks. The effect of such a long wait for TSC has put us under financial burden (we have to pay for more flights to see our family of which, especially entering summer, is very expensive, rolling rental agreements etc), emotional stress (never knowing when you'll be together), job insecurity (knowing we'll leave but not being able to tell anyone), family stress (when things go wrong and your partner is not there, especially when there are children) and a number of other stresses.

As individuals there is very little we can do or where we would have any impact. As a community we can shout a bit louder, chance of success is still low but in my view when your family happiness is at stake and of course the "you don't know unless you try" we might as well try something/anything.

The "magic" time benchmark seems to be 5 months (6 months stated on USCIS complaint site),this being the objective service centers time in processing the I-129f. There are some statistics here showing the clear backlog of TSC for "normal" as in non-expedited I-129fs:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/536429-texas-service-center-processing-time-2015/page-6#entry7487871

The objective of all the complaints has been to raise awareness around the poor management of handling backlogs in service centers and service centers not being able to share workloads. This then causing unfairness for the visa application community into a state lottery where the service center that handles your case depends on what state the petitioner lives in. If you are unlucky and get a TSC state then you are in for a long long wait. The best we could hope for by the community raising awareness of the TSC problem is the hope it'll initiate the sharing of workloads between service centers, we can at least try to push for this mandate.

Kudos should go to Stef and Kristin whom have been putting a lot of work in the below linked posts. I wanted to collate all of this in one location for new people entering the K1 process under TSC.

What service center are you? It will say on the NOA1 the address of the Service Center, also you can put your zip in here: https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.type&OfficeLocator.office_type=SC
NOTE: The Texas lockbox where you send your I-129f does not mean you are at TSC! Check above link.

Check your case status and sign up for "touch" (when your I-129f is handled by an agent) alerts: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

You are supposed to first contact National Customer Service Center (1-800-375-5283) but you'll just get a load of blah. Then apparently if 15 days have past without appropriate response you can contact the USCIS Service Center (again, likely blah blah reply) California Service Center: csc-ncsc-followup@dhs.gov Vermont Service Center: vsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov Nebraska Service Center: ncscfollowup.nsc@dhs.gov Texas Service Center: tsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov. Then again after 21 days you can contact USCIS Headquarters Office of Service Center Operations, email: SCOPSSCATA@dhs.gov.
http://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/uscis-update-case-status-inquiries-service-centers

Fill in an online form if you are past six months (probably no harm in submitting past 5 months): https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayONPTForm.do?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=onpt

Contact CIS Ombudsman whom are "dedicated to improving the quality of citizenship and immigration services": http://www.dhs.gov/topic/cis-ombudsman
email at: cisombudsman@hq.dhs.gov
Note: a quote from them - "You must first attempt to resolve any concerns with USCIS before coming to this office."

Contact your senator, example of letters by Kristin and Stef here (and plenty others on the forums): http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/525507-november-2014-filers-texas-service-center/page-10#entry7442979
Who's your senator/representative? https://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup

Complain to Department of Homeland Security: http://www.oig.dhs.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177%3Ahotlineformnstructions-&catid=1&Itemid=133
See examples by Stef:http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/516802-k-1-october-20014-filers/page-44#entry7486304

Sign the change.org petition by Kristin: https://www.change.org/p/uscis-distribute-the-current-caseload-between-tsc-csc-vsc-and-nsc
Kristin is also following up with a news article on New York Times -http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/536174-ny-times-article-about-processing-times-need-info-by-monday/
Contribute your story on tumblr: http://helptsc.tumblr.com/by stef - email your story to helptscnow@gmail.com - either use different names or specify change them

I wish everyone and their partners good luck in your applications and thanks to the VJ community for being able to share the stress with this frustrating wait in TSC backlog. I'm sure when we look back at it, it will be a blip in history, just a painful blip of what is meant to be an exciting change for us all.

You make good point. However, it is good to network too, maybe they have another job in 2 months time, then if they like him they will call him back? It's not bad to look and no-one can stop him. If anything, he can brush up on being interviewed. So maybe waste of time for employer but not for him.

you are not really helping here with saying all this . . .

you are not really helping here with saying all this . . .

you are not really helping here with saying all this . . .