noblehero

Congratulations and God bless.

Pat

No. Its surprising bcz thats the my nick name and my family calls me by this name so i was very surprised that ooops someone knows me personaly.

Hey gugu, what will be the prize for LuzyC? She guessed ur name! And your name starts with "R" also like Rapunzel....

RAGU-STILTSKIN?

Here is a quote I found on migrationinformation.org:

The number of new arrivals remained relatively stable at about 400,000 annually between 1986 and 2005.

Although the number of adjustments has greatly varied between 1986 and 2005, the number of new arrivals has remained relatively stable at about 400,000 per year (see Figure 1). Processing problems with adjustments and backlogs at the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the current USCIS are primarily responsible for wide fluctuations in the total numbers.

At the end of 2005, about 900,000 adjustment-of-status applications were pending a decision. Thus, users should be cautious in interpreting LPR admission data.

Think for a minute. Has anyone seen a CSC response such as this?

They cannot say approved yet, or give the BS party line, because that ain't gonna fly now. Mark my words, barring problems with the case, Kit will be approved in a matter of days.

I like your thinking and I know this response is better than "the file has been placed in line for processing". But that "in transit" ####### makes me think it will still be some time.

Why couldn't they say it was "in the stupid adjudicator's sweaty hands and he's trying not to spill his dunkin donut's coffe on it"?

I think William is right. Just a hunch, but we'll see.

The more time the spend communicating or answering questions, the less time and people they have to work on the actual cases themselves.

This process is NOT for the impatient or those who expect constant feedback.

Just do what they tell you on the airlines... sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!

Hey roiaggie! Bring that little butt over hear and I'll give it a paddling!

I'll tell you one thing, there are one heck of a lot more taxpayers than there are visa applicants, but they sure as heII get the taxes collected efficiently.

127 days.

Comical...... in a sad way.

I like your name...it reminds me of the Dixie Chicks.

Can you imagine the poor soul who was given the task of updating the timelines?? Ha. (thats got to be a high turnover position)

This is a great site and I've been playing around reading things forever but now I have a question...I am an American and my fiancee is British. We are expecting a baby in March and want to live permanently in the USA. He's currently in the UK and we're thinking that the K-1 visa is the best way to bring him over. The problem is that it can take a long time and we want him to be here for the birth and preferably a little before and after. My question is this: if we apply now can he travel over here in and around March to be with me? I know he'll have to go back for the interview and to process the rest of the visa stuff, but is it possible for him to still come visit? an alternative for us was the illegal thing of him just coming over as a tourist and us getting married but then I was afraid when we tried to apply for the spousal visa they would deport him. I am going back to the UK in September until December and although we've only been apart for a few weeks (I had to see my US obgyn) we're both already hating that he is missing out on some of the pregnancy. There's no way I would want him to miss the birth. Anyone got any ideas?

I think you should do everything legally. If you start now, you will probably have a fiancee visa by March. And since he is a Brit, it is easy for him to come visit in the meantime.

Okay children,

Take your sides...

but just be sure you choose the right one. Your souls are at stake.

I hate to bring up the obvious, but could it be that before we complain about CSC people being slackers, we should look at ourselves?

No wonder so many American companies are looking to outsource.

Gary, Thank you ever so much!!!!!

This gives an absolutely clear picture of where we stand. This has got to be very encouraging for someone left in mid March who now knows there are others right there beside him. This helps us all not to lose hope.

I wish there was some way we could all pitch in to help you keep it updated.

Your welcome. It's good therapy for me while I wait. It also gives me a chance to re-learn my HTML skills. I will update each week on saturday/sunday so we can see the weeks progress. I will keep the old MSWord files and make them available so we can compare them. It might be interesting to see if they stay on a random course or start concentrating on the older petitions.

Well one thing that stands out right away-there are virtually no August NOA2s for June or July people. Ulings chart, which is sorted by NOA2 date shows that the "gold rush" ended on July 31. (No offence June or July people, but it appears that the days of line jumping may be over.)

I also notice that adding the other two service centers, the percetages are virtually the same as with CSC alone.

Hold overs March: 62/128 April: 48/96 May: 54/100

Hey, I'm feeling a little better. We may still be stuck in a cave, but at least somebody turned the light on!

Since I had some people ask me where they were on my list I re-did it to include the TSC and NSC. I also expanded the timeline to include everyone with NOA1 dates from March 6 to today. The new list is also available for download from the web site. Let me know here if you have any problem.

The sites address is:

http://gary.cornelius.home.insightbb.com/

No problems. Dang! This is freakin awsome!!!

Gary, Thank you ever so much!!!!!

This gives an absolutely clear picture of where we stand. This has got to be very encouraging for someone left in mid March who now knows there are others right there beside him. This helps us all not to lose hope.

I wish there was some way we could all pitch in to help you keep it updated.

Simply put, CSC is a disgrace to Law-abiding Tax Payers. The one time we ask for something of our government and they fail us miserably. I wish we had control of their lives to let them see what it's like.

Hhahhaha! Ain't that the truth! It's like paying an insurance premium for decades, then when you finally have a claim, they act like you're some kind of freak.

Does anybody here know how many K-1 petitions CSC receives per month?

I think we were figuring that VJ represented about 5-7% of all petitioners. So if thats accurate, you can look on the timeline to see how many new ones VJ gets in a month and mutliply. (I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that its about 25 a week, which is how many they were approving.)

I think the way you package and present your application determines how fast you recieve you NOA2. Plus any other evidences. These guys at USCIS are kinda lazy, so if your application is muddled up and messy expect these government workers to throw your application to the back of the line. That's another long wait just because some government worker is having a bad day and does not want to use their initiative to sort things out.

Doesn't hold up. I paid an attorney to make mine so clean you could eat off it. I've got an NOA1 in April.

Unfricking believable. I about lost my mind when I saw they are now processing OLDER petitions than the March 6th (which was the IMBRA effective date, even though it was signed January 5th!)

I honestly can't believe the incompetence with USCIS. I had a friend who had to get a handwritten (no letterhead) letter to work. It looks like that place is run by a bunch of three year olds, and even then I think it migth be better. What annoys me EVEN more is the fact that files just sit there literally for months and no processing takes place on them. Oh, ya and the fact the imbra form COULD have been posted back in january or february so they didn't have to send out 10,000 letters for those waiting.

How the hell will we ever legalize 15 million+ people when they can't get SIMPLE forms right. Good Lord! We are now going to file for me in her home country as well, and we will see how fast their process goes (usually less than 1 month).

I honestly give up. No more waiting for this person, this is complete incompetence.

This is big government at it's finest. In my fiancee's country, they have a solution for this #######. Its the honorarium system. You pay somebody, you get the approval.

What about answers to the RFE questions? Could it be that most of the hold overs answered yes to the question of meeting through a marriage agency?

Doubt it. I didn't answer yes.

...just playing the devil's advocate. It does seem that there is no getting around the fact that this sh*t is utterly random.

Doth Sucketh!

Nice theory but it also does not hold up. My IMBRA RFE was in the first batch. The got it on July 6. I have seen people with IMBRA RFE's much later than mine get approved. I thought about putting in the RFE data but it was just as random as the NOA1 dates. Since they USED to go by NOA1 dates as the standard for processing orders I just left it out. It only confused things.

What about answers to the RFE questions? Could it be that most of the hold overs answered yes to the question of meeting through a marriage agency?

Gary

Thanks so much for posting this. It really gives us some solid data from which we can theorize.

So here are my theories.

My first thought is this. The RFE's de-sorted the applications. And, in order to be fair, applications would have to be resorted. But the powers that be probably rationalized thus: Since there are no doubt a number of early NOA1's who for whatever reason were late getting the RFE back, somebody made a decision that re-sorting would be a logistical nightmare for them. So they decided to let the chips fall where they may (or June, March or April, if you will). (except July and August are put behind in line behind the March through June lump.)

Now, as to why the approvals are slowing. I think I've heard murmerings that the NVC is swamped, so they must have told the Centers to slow down? (Say it ain't so!!)

GOD HELP US ALL!!

Definately NOT underfunded. The received extra money this year to hit their goal of 6 months or less in processing times. ALSO keep in mind they took in 1.3 (?) BILLION dollars in fees. BILLION! For 1 billion, I would run this m***f** and have all applications approved in 4 months or less. Oh ya, and it woudl be mostly automated!

YOU'RE HIRED

To make up for being snarky, I just went and pulled out my copy of the I-130 and sure enought the black line box that surround the form starts at 1" from the top. Plenty of room at the top for the acco fastner.

Is it just me, or are there others here learning new words: "acco" and "snarky"?

(I've always said this group was educational )

I Started this miserable thread. I am saddened to see so many victims over 100 days now.

I can only hope that CSC can see this and realizes the disparity in this process.

You all over 100 are in my thoughts and prayers daily.

Good luck Guys!!!

Thanks William...

we'll need it.

Welcome aboard and bon voyage!

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