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8 hours ago, Tonald said:

Did you receive your card yet ?

Yes, I received the card five days later.

12 minutes ago, goldenaida said:

Yeah I check that often and that's why I'm disappointed because a lot of cases before me and after me have been approved  I hope mine approves soon. 

Just to give you perspective.  We are CSC and we filed on 6/1/17 and we just barely got approved last Tuesday, after 509 days.  A ton of cases before and after me were approved.  It just took a few days longer than most but the approval came nonetheless.  You will get your approval soon enough.

After 509 days of waiting I just received confirmation that our case was approved and a card is being produced!  

Our journey was in fact a LONG one full of ups and downs.  More mentally than anything else.  Watching others before and after you getting approved and your case not being touched.  Well lo and behold the journey is about to come to an end.  Now we will just wait for the card to arrive.  Thank you baby Jesus!

6/1/2017 - Filed ROC - 6/1/2017

8/2/2018 - Received one year extension stamp at local office.

8/20/2018 - Received 18 month extension letter from USCIS which did me no good.

10-23-2018 - Email that card being produced.

Like everyone else in the forum says, be patient and your time will come to get approved.

This forum has been amazing at helping me through the process.  So for that THANK YOU!!!

I checked the case tracker app and today they approved three different cases for WAC17244 .  This means they are working on June 1, 2017 CSC cases.  Super exciting as this is my filing date.  Hopefully they work on my case soon.

45 minutes ago, Julia T said:

I guess my wait is finally over!  VSC, 435 days, no REF, no interview.

A couple minutes ago I received a text message that my case has been updated, and there it is "New Card is Being Produced" status on the USCIS website! i am so happy, i just can't believe it!

DHS website still showing no updates though!

 

good luck to all of you guys who are still waiting!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Based on the Case tracker app.  More than a dozen cases were approved for WAC 17235 and WAC 17236.  It shows that cards were picked up by USPS for delivery.  Cases are being approved but unfortunately most of those people are not part of these forums and it they are some don’t update their status.  I am WAC 17244 so I am hopeful that they will get to my case in Sept or October. 

As with everyone else, we received the 18 month extension this past weekend.  A few weeks ago, we got the extension stamp valid for 12 months and during that appointment they kept the expired green card.  This extension letter I will keep as a souvenir as it does us no good.  I saw that WAC 17230 were just approved and got their cards sent to them.  I am at 17244 so I am around the corner.  Fingers crossed.  If it takes longer, its all good as I am covered for another 12 months.

Went yesterday to get my I-551 stamp in Chatsworth, CA.  Showed up for my appt., sat down and waited about 10 mins to get called up to the window to be told that they systems were down and that I would have to come back one day later to get processed.  

Thankfully my work provides me the flexibility to do so, and I went in today.  I was the only in the entire Infopass side.  I sat there and waited about 30 minutes to get called to the window.  The staff was in a meeting so that was the reason for the delay. 

At the window I was asked about my biometrics, confirmed my address and was told that processing was still at 18-20 month wait. She gave me a year extension and kept my 2 year expired green card.  Once at the window the process took about 5 minutes. 

Easier than expected.  This forum has been great at letting me know what to expect next.  Hoping to be done with this by October.  Again, that is wishful thinking. 

1 hour ago, CharlieBrown said:

Congrats! Was it CSV or VSC?

I haven’t been approved.  I was making a point that CSC June filers are about 2 months away from getting their cases worked on. 

14 minutes ago, Amr0119 said:

Hi! There have been many more, into may and june that have been approved. That being said, the case tracker app has not really been consistently updating since around June 22, so many have been worked and approved since what is shown on there.

I forgot to mention that I was searching for CSC cases only and no VSC which I know are moving so much faster.  I didn't see any CSC cases approved past March 2017.

Checked the Case Tracker app and did various searches and the last date that has an approved case was filed on March 29th, 2017.  WAC17179xxxxx that has us 64 days away from our June filing date.  Slowly but surely we are getting there. 

I know this has been asked before, so pardon my question.  I just want to make sure that I get clarification on it one last time before trying to make an Infopass appt.

Does the 1 year extension NOA extend your residency one year from the date of the letter or one year from the expiration of your card?  My gc expired in August 2017 and I got the extension letter on June 9th of 2017.  Unsure if I should run to a local USCIS office now or wait until August.  Again,  I am only asking because I have recently heard both things.  Some are saying to get your I-551 stamp before your letter expires while others say, get it before the one year extension on the date of your card.

Any guidance is always appreciated from this forum.

3 minutes ago, Adam&Allison said:

 

Where did you find this data? Do they have it for I-485's? 

This is where the information was posted.  It does have a breakdown of all the form types.  You just have to sort it out.

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-all-uscis-application-and-petition-form-types

The applications numbers for 2018 Q1 are out and here is what I found.  Hope you find the statistics as useful as I did.  The pace on how forms are being processed are increasing.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today launched a pilot to test a redesigned processing times webpage that displays the data for all forms in an easier-to-read format and also tests a new way of collecting data and calculating the processing times for some forms.

The pilot will test four forms using a new automated methodology for calculating processing times. The four forms are:

• Form N-400, Application for Naturalization;
• Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card;
• Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status; and
• Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.

The new webpage makes it easier for anyone to see approximately how long it will take USCIS to process a form, which will help users determine when it is necessary to contact USCIS to make an inquiry if their case is outside the normal processing time.

For the four pilot forms, the information on the webpage reflects a new methodology for collecting and calculating processing times. The new methodology is automated, more accurate, and allows USCIS to post data on processing times within two weeks, compared to six weeks under the old methodology.

The updated page displays processing times in a range for each form based on the date USCIS receives it. The low end of the range for pilot forms shows the time it takes to complete 50 percent of cases, and the high end shows the time it takes to complete 93 percent of cases.  The high end for the non-pilot forms will be adjusted by 30 percent above current cycle times to reflect the time it takes to complete a majority of the cases.

Applicants, petitioners, and requestors can create an online account at uscis.gov/casestatus to track the status of their cases. They may make an “outside normal processing time” case inquiry for any cases pending longer than the time listed for the high end of the range by submitting a service request online or calling the USCIS Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283.

USCIS will continue to seek user feedback during the test phase and expand this methodology to additional forms in the future.

Take aways:

Processing Wait times are updated every 2 weeks.

17.5 months to 19 months are the CSC Wait times.  17.5 months for 50% of the cases to be processed and 19 months for 93% of the cases to be processed.   

I'm a CSC filer and I am at 10 months waiting thus far.  I hope I fall within the 17.5 months wait time.

Based on math they should start going over cases for the new month 16 months into the application process.  That is in theory.

4 hours ago, dp1987 said:

Interesting observation. I registered on both the DHS site and the USICS site. I recently replied to an RFE I received a couple of weeks ago. The DHS site acknowledged that they received my response to the RFE while USICS has status hasn't changed. 

 

So to everyone that haven't tried DHS, I would suggest you sign up since they provide more accurate and frequent updates than USICS.

 

 

How do you register on the DHS site?  I am just signed up for the USCIS site.

4 minutes ago, Jack337 said:

My case status is still 'case was received by local office on Feb 27', who else has the same?

Is there any coherent theories about why it is that way?

Share, even if it sounds crazy! At this point I want to be amused!

By the way, today is full year since USCIS got my case! Happy anniversary to me, pretty soon my I-751 wait will last longer then my marriage did! LMAO

Jack,

I find your posts very amusing.  My case still says Feb 26th for the case transfer date.  I am a June filer but I love to see how all the other months are doing.

4 minutes ago, stevesss said:

hi , approved on 2/28 and received an email 24h ago , card is being produced.

register and log in with the account , put your case under it.
mine is also updated on uscis.gov

filling n-400 currently

Are you a VSC or CSC filer? 

20 minutes ago, mrs thb said:

Jimbo09, I was thinking the same thing but then realized that we all seem to be getting the same message.  Quite a coincidence that everyone is too, if that's the case then what work will VSC and CSC be left with if they've sent all the I-751 cases to field offices.  Guess my next question is "Is there a difference between field offices and local offices?"  Perhaps this may help us understand 'at your local office'.  Fingers crossed that you're correct.

For me my Field Office is the California processing Center and my local office is Chatsworth, CA which is where we went for the biometrics portion of the process.  For some reason I have a gut feeling that this is not a glitch and we are in fact making progress on our cases.  I mean its not like we filed last month, we have been waiting for 9+ months, about time things started to move for all cases.  This process should be taking from 6-8 months normally, not 18 as it has been taking for some.  Again, i am an optimist.

Based on the massive amounts of posts on the forums, I decided to check and my case was sent to my local office as of today 2/26/18.  I read a post from a fellow applicant to where she called to see what the message meant and the Tier 2 officer told her 'congratulations, you've been approved'.  So here's hoping that all of our cases get resolved in a much speedier manner.  I wouldn't be surprised if our cases don't get resolved in the next month or so.  Before the backlog cases were taking 9 months to resolve and we are all on month #10.   Again, it might be wishful thinking but I am an optimist at heart.  Gotta keep our hope's up.

I have a question, how are the Visa Journey processing times calculated?  Yesterday I checked the processing times on VJ for I-751 and it said they were processing September 21, 2016.  Today it is September 7, 2016.  Its more confusing than the processing times given from USCIS.  Anyone know anything about this?

6 hours ago, shell20 said:

Well apparently they have now transferred some of the 1-129 non immigrant visas on  Jan 2nd 2018  from California and Vermont to Texas.  So,  in theory if the 1-821D is now at the end of processing and they have transferred the 1-129,  there is a huge chance that California will pick up speed with regards to ROC.  Watch this spot!

 

January 2, 2018

We transferred some of the following cases from the Vermont Service Center and California Service Center to the Texas Service Center:

• Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, for petitioners seeking L nonimmigrant classification

In 2016 there were 260,725 I-821D applications filed over the course of the year.  In 2017 there were 472,873 applications that were filed.  That is close to double that amount, year over year.  Out of those only 82,000+ are pending decision. It is correct to assume that the huge influx of these applications had a great impact on all other applications being processed.  If the I-129 were moved over that it will definitely expedite the process.  At the end of 2017 there were 148,173 applications still awaiting decision.  Both of those changes will improve the chances of our applications to be processed faster in 2018.  I believe the quarterly report at the end of March 2018 will really show if the process is getting faster or not.  I am hoping that it does pick up.

2 hours ago, dburnt said:

This is why I hate statistics...because they can be used to justify/prove anything.  What you haven't shown in your statistics is that the 1st quarter and part of the 2nd was prior to this administration.  Also missing is the rest of the data which shows over-all, a significant increase in the number of applications in general...500,000 more applications in this fiscal than last year.   I would hesitate to blame an administration, other than to say that they have not staffed up enough for such an increase (10 % is quite a hike overall)..  It isn't really a crawl - they've actually approved 150,000 applications more than the previous year.

The biggest take away here is primarily to see how many I-751 cases were received in 2016 and compare them to 2017.  In this case in 2016 there were 144,648 cases filed and in 2017 166,431, which is just 20,000 more.  The bigger thing is how many were actually processed in that year.  in 2016 there were a total of 8096 denied and 134,288 approved cases for a total of 142,384 total processed cases.  In 2017 there were a total of 6382 denied and 89001 approved for a total of 95,383 total processed cases.  There were 47,001 less cases processed, year over year.  Either rules are stricter or they are way under staffed.  That is what I got out of the numbers.

Applications by the numbers.  I think its important that we all have this information while we wait for our cases to be resolved.  Seems like all we can do is wait at this point...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/657569-i-751-applications-by-the-numbers/

Applications by the numbers..  I think its information that all of us need to have in mind as we wait for our applications to be reviewing and approved.

Applications by the numbers..  I think its information that all of us need to have in mind as we wait for our applications to be reviewing and approved.