Tomalley

10 minutes ago, Jason and May said:

I'm sorry for the member who has been laughing at your posts. Most of the contributors who comment here regularly are i) very knowledgable and ii) very kind. Even the ones who are pretty blunt...they are just being kind by sharing their knowledge and giving you information. It doesn't mean they aren't empathetic to your situation. 

 

I feel your frustration. I've been tracking adjudication times for the Nebraska Service Center for spousal visa petitions, and I've seen a few cases submitted around the time as ours or even after, and they have their NOA 2 already. It is very frustrating. But, as others have said, while we are supposed to be queued by date of receipt, everyone's case is different. Some of those petitioners filed expedite requests and were approved; others...I don't know why they were adjudicated ahead of us. Our projected wait time for potential adjudication has just jumped from 4 months to 6 months now. I don't know why. 

 

It's frustrating, but there is very little we can do about it, at least until after that initial wait time has passed. And even then, it's just a game of cat and mouse, move and wait. 

 

Patience is key. Not allowing the mind games of waiting and wondering to mess with you is key. Maintaining hope...is key. 

 

One day it will all come together. Maybe not as quickly as we would like. But one day. It's a process. And until we have pretty clear and convincing evidence that some egregious error has occurred, we just wait in queue. If we end up too far past the generalized 12 month wait period, we'll start inquiring. 

 

Best of luck on your journey, my friend. 

Hi, I already got my citizenship. Some of them I don’t think are very friendly or kind but whatever. People can be rude sometimes online because there is no consequences and I don’t like that. Also I was just asking for help originally and didn’t expect to get all these unfriendly comments. I don’t care now. My journey with USCIS is over. Good luck to you. 

Hi, everyone. Just an update about my situation. I passed my combo interview and took my oath ceremony last week. So finally my USCIS journey is over. I know lots of you told me to wait patiently but I did push every way I can and somehow magic happened. I got my interview letter very soon after I pushed my senator office a couple times and finished my interview. Now I am an American citizen.  If you don’t care waiting, it is fine. But I rather to get it finished soon than later especially I have waited a long time. Good luck to everyone! 

7 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You don't know. And nobody here knows. But with pending I-751 you always assume and hope it's a combo interview. Bring your spouse and evidence to the interview. Yes, this happens. You can pass N-400 but get welcomed with "decision cannot be made" because of pending I-751. You'd have to wait for I-751 to get approved before N-400 is approved. It can take hours, days, weeks or months. Each case is unique.

I don’t understand why they won’t do a combo interview? That is a shame that if I pass n400 and then I have to wait for i751 and don’t know how long it will be. 

8 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Yes, it's a letter HR or your boss can give you. It should say your name, when you started working at the company, your job title, annual salary or hourly wages. Don't know if USCIS want it from you or your spouse. I'd get both just in case.

Already answered in your own thread:

 

 

I got n400 interview letter but my i751 status is saying fingerprint was taken. How do I know it is a combo interview? What if I passed the n400 interview but i751 still pending. Will that affect anything?

Omg! I sent an email to my Senator and asked why people behind me already got their interview. And today I got my interview scheduled! I can’t believe it!!!

3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

LIN is Nebraska, also very slow.

 

I guess I just realize that there will always be people who applied after me who are approved first, and that we will very likely get approved before people who applied before us.

 

Like life, it isn’t linear, or “fair.”   I have other  things to occupy my time and mental energy with.   Good luck.

I have a full time job and other things in my life too. But I definitely want to finish my USCIS process. It has been so many years. And it is so much longer than I expected. I know it is not fair, but it shouldn’t ridiculously unfair. Good luck to you too. 

9 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

On the contrary:  many of us have been or are currently waiting in the queues.  

Husband waited 14 months just for AOS (Seattle field office is amongst the slowest), and now we are 15 months into ROC.   Our case is at LIN, so we don’t expect anything for another 6 months or so.    

 

Haven’t even applied for naturalization yet.   Really don’t see the urgency to do that.

Huh?   How am I being unfriendly?

Honestly, I also waited 14 month for AOS. And over  22 months for ROC. I know it is not a competition. But it is almost 2 years and nothing happened . It is very frustrating. They just keep extending form 18 months, 24 months, and 48 months now. It is being ridiculous. 

5 minutes ago, discoverusa said:

What is the rush? Are you hoping to start sponsorship for some family members?

 

I also simply just want to end my journey with USCIS. And don’t want to deal with them anymore. 

4 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

Because your case landed in the hands of different officers. 
Im a teacher. This is exactly like me saying “I don’t understand why if these two students are in the same class, one of them got an A in their test and the other one got a B-“.

In my example, my students are USCIS officers.

 

My ROC is at LIN, like I said, sitting for 14 months. I know of one person, same center, filed 4 months later and got approved in 22 days. I doubt whether me complaining about my case and how unfair everything is will do anything.

Everyone is getting those letters sooner or later 

Hi, I don’t know which office is Lin. My case was sent to potomac office and it is a very slow office. And it is not just one person who applied later than me got approved earlier. It is multiple people. As I said, maybe complaining won’t help but I definitely want to voice my frustration to USCIS. Also aren’t you curious  why people who applied later than you got approved earlier?  I think it’s unfair. 

4 minutes ago, discoverusa said:

What is the rush? Are you hoping to start sponsorship for some family members?

 

I want to vote. 

6 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Regarding the non-linear processing of cases, we can explain it to you, but we cannot understand it for you.

 

USCIS is bound by laws to investigate potential immigrant/citizens’ backgrounds, rather than taking “I didn’t do any crimes” at face value.   Go figure.

Good to see so many unfriendly people here. It is interesting. Good luck on your cases and hope you never get angry and frustrated.

Just now, Olly_ said:

 

You're being ridiculous.

 

My husband and I applied for citizenship within 15 minutes of each other, I had my interview in January and became a citizen the same day, he has only just got his interview for mid April - 2.5 months behind me. It is what it is, complaining won't get you anywhere!

I found your being very unfriendly and nasty. 

5 minutes ago, jackiegringa said:

I understand your frustration however processing times are shown to be used as a guideline. "80% of cases are processed within" is the key phrase. Uscis doesn't always follow a first in /first out with cases and people that applied later than you might be approved before you. That's just how it is. You are still within the processing time, right?

 

If your case is unlucky and you get to be on of the 20% of cases that are over the stated processing times there's a better chance of you getting help by complaining to USCIS, your representative or ombudsman. Before you hit 15.5 months, as others have stated here, it's very unlikely that your case will move forward because of your complain although you are free to try. Good luck!

I just got the extension letter for 48 month of ROC. I don’t know is it because I wrote to my senators or I called USCIS. Maybe something helped. In the notice, USCIS said that they are working on cases that were filed before my case, which indicated that they should work on the cases based on the time they received.

I am surprised to see many people here discouraging me honestly. Maybe you guys are lucky and got your citizenship very early, so nothing to complain. 
 

But it doesn’t matter, I will do what I can do for fight for myself. Even it didn’t work, at least I tried. I encourage other unlucky ones like me to do something too. Maybe the system will be fixed one day, who knows. 

3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Obviously they check to see if any crimes or nefarious activity have occurred during the long interim from K-1/AOS.

But I didn’t do any crimes and what I don’t understand is why people behind me 2 months already got their citizenship couple months before me. Just doesn’t make sense. 

Just now, Jorgedig said:

You writing an email will not fix anything.  If it makes you feel better though, do it.

 

Good luck with the rest of your process.

Yeah it does make me feel better to voice myself and let the director know. 

18 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Everyone you complain to will refer you to this below.  I see no justification for intervention, but I wish you luck in the future.

 

Hi, thank you. But again people in Orlando applied later than me got their interview and citizenship so this process time is not accurate.

I will try different approach to complain. Maybe it won’t really help but I want to let the system know that it is an unfair system and they should fix it. My husband and I decide to write to the director of USCIS. Maybe also ask an immigration lawyer friend for help.  The director of USCIS should know how unfair the system is and as a federal agency, it is not right. Especially we are paying thousands of dollars and this is simply not right. I also will contact my senators and congressmen again for help and I want to know why my cases are not moving especial people behind me already got their interviews and citizenship. 
 

16 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

Gotcha. Sorry. 
 

whats the local field office for your N400?

Orlando 

1 minute ago, Rocio0010 said:

Wait, something doesn’t add up here… I was looking into your post history and apparently, you applied for N400 and had your interview in July 2019… that’s not 10 months from July 2019 til now…

and how on Earth is it that your ROC has been pending for 22 months and you applied for N400 in 2019?

 

For reference:

 

Hi, I had my i485 interview on July 2019. I applied i751 in May 2021. And applied N400 in 2022 May. 

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Thank you. I appreciate your help! 

3 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

This is not a competition of whose case is taking longer, but 22 months is not that long considering they are now taking up to 48 months to process cases. In fact, @Crazy Cat’s wife’s ROC took 44 months and I suspect it finally got looked at because she filed for N400. 
What I’m saying is, I doubt complaining will help and in fact, I’m sure they get at least a thousand complaints a day from different people in different parts of the world. And no, I can guarantee you they are not going to say “Oh, Tomalley has complained a lot, he’s obviously frustrated that we are approving newer cases first, let’s go and look at his case so he feels better”. No, unfortunately it doesn’t work like that. 
And yes, I do feel your frustration about the long wait because frankly, my case should take two hours at most to be approved. But I also feel that I was very lucky because my green card got approved without an interview (back in the day that was not the rule!) and in six months. So I feel that I’ve already been lucky and actually, it’s not like being a citizen is going to pose much of a difference for me.

 

So again, complaining will not work. Suing them will. However, suing them does not guarantee that you will be approved. It just guarantees that they will work with what they have. Have you thought that maybe your background checks are getting longer, and that by forcing their hand you’re getting into a denial?

Personally, I think my case is very simple and easy. when I had my green card interview, the officer told me it was an easy case and she didn’t even ask me any questions but only what is your name, DOB, etc. I don’t understand what you mean by background check? Since they already checked me many times before when I applied for K1 and I-485.

4 minutes ago, PeachesMagee said:

Unfortunately, there is no way to determine who is approved/processed before anyone else.

If you don't like that other people are approved before you, there'll be others who are upset that you were approved before them.

While you may not like what others are telling you, they're right.

I am a super boring person, and have a very boring FBI check, I'm sure. I was approved within a year.

Others may not be as boring as me, and require more background checks, or investigation....who knows.

I just think some of the comments are not very friendly. I am just simply asking some ways to complain USCIS and I think I have a legit complaint. I called USCIS and they told me my cases were just waiting for my local office to schedule the interview. If that is the case, I don’t understand why people who applied after me got the interview before me. If they are investigating my case, at least they should tell me what is going on with my cases. Maybe it is online and anonymous, people can just be mean to others without any consequences.
 

I won’t reply to nasty and unfriendly comments anymore. It is not healthy. 

12 minutes ago, Timona said:

 

Withdraw your application. Easy. It's not a must one becomes a USC. 

 

I found you very hilarious. Why would I withdraw my application? I am frustrating because it takes so long to be a USC. If I don’t care to be a USC, why would I spend the money and time to do this. I am trying to finish my application. I don’t understand why you are saying that. It is not very nice honestly 

17 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

My ROC has been comfortably sleeping at LIN for close to 14 months now. Maybe you’re rich and have the money to spare, but really being a

citizen and being a resident are not very different 

My ROC has been 22 months 

3 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Immigration is unfair. Life in general is unfair.

You can try opening a case inquiry whenever your case is out of usual processing times. Good luck!

I know it is unfair but I don’t want to tolerate this BS. That is why I am trying to do something to make it less unfair. At least I should do something and try. 

18 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Your case has nothing to do with anyone else’s.   You can complain fill the cows come home, but it won’t make the wait time shorter.

 

If you have a spare $5-7k to file a writ of mandamus, you could potentially speed things up that way.

 

If you’re “within normal processing time,” it’s just more waiting.

It is very disappointing that they processed people who applied later than me and my cases are still no movement. I think it is extremely unfair. I will try different ways to complain and push them if I can.