DSBeijing

This is my biggest gripe. If we had 3 weeks of this kind of processing, they would process entire April and May with ease.

Let me give you a negative note Today will be a record day, there are huge number of approvals in April, it is even more than that was this Monday (i just ran the numbers). Now what is the bad news, on Monday is a Memorial day, federal holiday, so USCIS is closed and tomorrow is Fridays, and probably half of USCIS will be on holiday and will process very little cases, so I know that I will be disappointed Next week will also be terrible, because many of USCIS staff will probably have holiday.

I am tired of repeating this... I am sorry, what you wrote is simply not true. USCIS is funded solely by fees of applicants so your paid to US government to process your case, we are not getting a handout but expecting service from our government that we paid for. Also, comparison with Europe is not appropriate, because USA is of similar size and has 50 states that make the Union, you can move between the states. In Europe every country has its own immigration, and when you are not from EU member state you go trough the immigration process that is 3 times faster. Friend of mine started process of getting his fiancé from China to Germany one month after me, and they managed to finish it in 4 Months, we are waiting 12. Also it is easy to be motivated when you are sitting in EU member state that can get easy trave to USA without visa. There are couples that are from countries like Philippines, China, Bosnia or other countries that need tourist visa to do basic visits and in these countries wait for tourist visa can be Months long. In my case, I am stuck in China due to lockdowns and Covid measures and even though I have tourist visa, I cannot leave. I have not seen my fiance for over 2.5 years now, and we are 5 years in relationship and used to live together for 2,5 years, we had wedding planned for February 2020, tell me how not to get frustrated. We need to understand each other situation, and not just make blank statements how we need to be patient. For example Philippines even after they get NOA2, they have to wait months for Visa Interview, what puts their total wait to over two years.

Worst is, during Covid it was also Trump administration that supposedly hated immigrants :D, and processing was miles faster than these times under "pro immigration" democratic administration :D.

April is even worse, there is a filer in that group that has been 5 times in recept time and five time pushed back. This is utterly insane.

USCIS adjusted its processing times on their web site, times went up from 10.5 Months to 13. What is worrying is, that recept date has went to 14.5 Months. May god help us, this is insane. USCIS will definitely turn me in to Republican (never believed will be saying this) this level of incompetence from this administration is staggering