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  1. GBOS

    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

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      GBOS

      So if I get approved in 15 months, that will be June 2018, I could still become a citizen by the end of the year, if Boston continues to take about 6 months on N-400.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Honestly, I don’t believe people on VJ how they think they prepare so much evidence and they still get an RFE.  I think USCIS is reasonable when it comes to this.

       

      A lot of them who already got RFE in the mail, I am sure, submitted scatter evidence to begin with and/or filed with a divorce waiver.  I asked pointedly to a few who complained in various thread how “I gave them so much and they still asked for more,” and many of them just went quiet.

       

      Nonetheless, we are now officially entering the month I filed my I-751 last year, so we will see what is going on.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Congratulations! About time someone is working up there!

      Are you back from the UK?

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      In MA, as long as you do it at the RMV (as opposed to other non-RMV locations), it doesn’t matter if you use an old card with a letter or a new green card.  Your new license will go for 5 years until your birthday 5 years from this year (or 4 if you renew before your birthday).

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      No, but VSC did transfer about two weeks worth — files from the first 10 working days of February 2018 have been moved to another Service Center yesterday (probably Texas).

       

      So at least that will get to my piles faster.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Any word?

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      One simple fix they must do :

      1. Stop hiring parrots to work at USCIS call center.

      2. Approve the cases in a reasonable amount of time.  15-20 months for I-751 is not acceptable.  When you pay close to $1K for the case to be process.  That alone should be able to hire one adjudicator for 5 days to do everything from creating the file to approving the case.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Yes, I read the entire adjudication manual plus meeting notes by the AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) from 2016 when VSC had an open house for lawyers.

       

      Together here are some interesting things I found out:

       

      1. One supervisor oversees at least 8 adjudicators.  All decisions are signed off by both an adjudicator and his/her supervisor.

       

      2. An adjudicator can work from home if he/she has been with USCIS for at least one year.  They can take the files home and must come in to the Center at least once a week.  This concerns me with privacy stuff of our information.

       

      3. There is no phone at an adjudicator’s desk.  Only the supervisor has the phone.  (Hard labor factory?)

       

      4.  Most adjudicators leave USCIS within 1-2 years, based on the data as of 2016 (such a fast turnover, no wonder nothing gets done).

       

      5. As of 2016, there were a total of 80 adjudicators dedicated to all family-based petitions (I-751 and others).

       

      6. I-751 specifically received A LOT of complaints from the Field Offices that the Service Centers (both CSC and VSC) transferred a lot of “approvable cases” for an interview, which the Field Offices declined to interview after reviewing these cases and just approved them.  That added to processing time to the Field Offices scorecard, and they pushed back on that.  Beginning in late 2016, the manual specifically states that an adjudicator MUST attempt to resolve all questions throughout RFE first before transferring any file to the Field Offices.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Yay! I ran some case numbers this morning and saw a few EAC cases with submission date on 12/29/17 have been approved.

       

      I think they each grab a basket full of files and if our files are handled by someone who cares about their job, it is probably getting done faster.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      I didn’t get anything. My last update was fingerprint review on 5/24/2018

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      I will wait until I-751 is approved before filing for N400.  I don't want to do a combined interview; it is too much stress and nobody knows what is going to happen.  Sometimes you get a good officer, sometimes you don't.

       

      Based on the activities I see on December 2017-March 2018 forums, CSC has been ramping up its approval so much.  Some March 2018 CSC (at least 2) have already been approved this past week, so I think eventually VSC will pick up the pace.  Last year about this time, VSC was three months ahead of CSC and that is what caused all the transfer out of CSC to other centers.

       

      What is your EAC18XXX number and what is your friend's EAC18XXX number, if you know it?  Mine is EAC181225.

       

      I am following this very closely because of my curiosity of the process.  EAC18065, EAC18066, EAC18067 .. these three batches all have some approvals already.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Good Luck! UK is my favorite European destination.  I go there a few times a year.  If you are in Boston, we should stay in touch.  I am a March 2018 filer so I think my time is still quite far out for any approval.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Go

      Let me know if you are able to grab it, I hope you do.  It goes so fast all the time.

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Okay. Please be at USCIS infopass appointment page, where you search your zipcode and it shows you Boston as a local office.  When you are there, DON't click on "see available appointment" yet, until you get a message from me in the next one minute.  You ready?

       

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    emerlee85 - I just saw this post, and I want to let you know that I actually have an appointment in Boston at 7.10am on Thursday 2/7, which I may not be able to keep (and have to make a new one).  I was about to cancel it last night, but I thought I can just do it later.

     

    If you need it, we can coordinate the time, I can cancel it and you need to wait in front of the computer to grab it.  Let me know.

    1. GBOS

      GBOS

      Are you on the computer now, I can do it now

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