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Ayer llame para "expedite" las aplicaciones de los hijos de mi esposa, hoy dos de las tres mustran movimiento en la pagina de USCIS...

Requested my step-children's applications to be expedited yesterday, today, two out of the three were touched...

Just got emails aknowledging my requests for expedite

No, I'm not okay with bad service. I don't agree that the service is bad. I don't think the wait is too much considering the high volume of petitions and the more demanding requirement of the citizens of this country that we are careful enough to do our best to detect fraudulent petitioners.

Well my friend, I respect your opinion but your standards and mine are different. When I call and they tell me they can't tell me what's going on, that to me is bad service.

This isn't intended to sound nationalistic by any means, but there are other countries to choose from with a lower demand if you want choices.

Truth, the other option is to be complacent and just accept anything... You are OK with getting bad service, some of us aren't. The high standards of this country are what should drive every single government office to serve citizens the proper way.

There are 1.5 million pending petitions. In August they received about 650,000.

Okay...let's use an analogy. If you own a McDonald's and you can make 50 hamburgers in an hour and you have 100 hamburger orders in an hour, would your system of hamburger making be faulty and your workers all of a sudden be lazy because the customers had to wait for their burger?

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/

You can see here that the number of outstanding petitions has been decreasing until February. And then there is a rise in the months after of petitions being filed. I know we all want to think our petition is the only type that matters, but USCIS has to adjudicate all of them. Making one person happy just makes another person disgruntled.

When we married or proposed to our SO, we got in line at McDonald's. Some people can't place their order correctly to be understood; some people take a long time to pull their change out to pay; some of us are in line with a cashier that is being trained and last but not least, there are only 4 burgers left and the person in front of you just ordered 10.

Here's the problem, if I own a burger joint and I can't fulfill my customers' needs, they walk away and go to the next one. USCIS has the luxury of not having competition, we have no option but to go to them. Evertyhing you are saying is truth, but that doesn't mean that is right.

If it was your job to adjudicate petitions, and it wasn't to answer 5,000 calls a day about a question that couldn't be answered, I doubt you would be fired.

Yes I would, I don't work for the government. Accuracy and efficiency is required in the private sector.

Okay, I suppose when you read those things it was unclear and you expected 2 weeks. Hey, I'm waiting just like everyone else. Hope you get a notice soon.

I wasn't expecting 2 weeks, I wasn't expecting 5 months, I had no expectations other that to get an approval at some point. All I am saying is that this is a process where nobody knows how long it will take, and you saying it is "clearly stated" that it will take 5 months is not accurate.

Not really. There are of 1.5 million cases pending. Do you really think there are resources available to go and look at an individual case every time somebody calls and then be able to tell with any kind of accuracy how far behind the preceding petitions it is?

If I used your excuses at work I would get fired

You paid for a service that is clearly stated to take 5 months. Is this what you expect?

Clearly stated? Where? I see references to "timeframes", "averages" and "goals" in the USCIS website. That doesn't seem like a clear statement to me. At any rate, I payed for a service and I am now beyond the "clearly stated" 5 months.

Acabo de llamar para pedir "expedite" para las aplicaciones de los hijos de mi esposa... a ver que pasa

I just called to request my step-children's applications to be expedited, we'll see how that goes...

With all due respect, the "it used to take longer" argument, at least to me, is completely pointless. A long time ago, it used to take months to travel to Europe, but that doesn't mean I will take airport delays as "acceptable".

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I just received a text message from USCIS to check the status of my petition. I did and learned that our I-129F petition has been approved.

Congratulations!!!

Thank you all for your comments.

Based on your experience, who seems to do a better job when asking for assistance with USCIS?

Thanks

why did you make this post?...Anyways, it is not ambas lenguas, it is ambos lenguas.

I sent my forms on 5/13, got NOA1 on the 24, after that no touches until we changed our address on 8/1. Now waiting to see if we get any news before the 5 month "utopia".

Hello,

I have been reading a lot on this forum, and so far this is the most cohesive website regarding immigration topics.

I am from Romania, just got married to my fiancee(US citizen)while on my B1/B2 visa. We have been together for over 4 years, and we have all the proof of a bona fide relationship, as well as I did not enter US with the intent of getting married. I entered Us(on my tourist visa) in July 15, and we got married in oct.10-2010. We just finished completing all the forms for an AOS, but we feel that maybe a lawyer should take a second look, just to make sure we are not overlooking something, that later might come back and haunt us. The problem is most lawyers would not work on a consultation basis, meaning they take a look at our papers and we pay them by the hour(as i know some people did). They all want to take the case from scratch. No offense to any lawyers out there, i respect their job, is just that we do not have the disposable income right now to spend on hiring a lawyer. So, what should we do? Has anyone been in this situation? What's the best way to go about this?

Thank you in advance for all of your time!!

I was in the exact same situation, I know all cases are different but I will say, read all the guides here on VJ. Come back and post any questions you have, there are a lot of very knowledgable people here who are willing to help you. Then check, doble check and then check again every single form and docs needed. A lawyer, in my opinion, is a good option when you have a complicated case.

Good luck!

Interesting. Should I change my name to Grg?

Sure, but you might get a RFE

2 of my I-130s were approved yesterday

NOA1: 5/13

NOA2: 10/14

Great news, congratulations!!!

Petitions are filed into a black hole. While recent historical data may be used to set an expectation, that expectation should be subject to adjustment based on whatever happens. Processing times go in unpredictable cycles. Asking "Why?" is useless.

I found the answer... If the petitioner, the beneficiary, or any of their relatives has a vowel in their first, middle or last name, the approval process could take more than the average processing time, or maybe not.

Just because you haven't seen approvals from CSC recently doesn't mean that there have not been. People forget to update timelines on VisaJourney all the time. Plus VJ represents a very small amount of the petitions going through, it is possible that the few K-1's represented here just have not been approved amongst the thousands they have.

It is a sample nontheless... You might not see it as significant, but most people check the data here to get an idea of how things are going. I am sorry, I just don't understand how some pleople can deny thing process is becoming painfully S L O W... As I said in another post (or this one, cant't remember anymore), only people who say the process hasn't slowed down are those whose applications were approved fast.

I have seen a few posts about CSC delays, the funny thing is, the only people saying the 5 month processing times is accurate are those who are getting their approvals within this time frame... I don't know the reasons, I don't know if it is fair, but if there are many people saying appovals are almost non-existent there's gotta be some truth to it.

yeah I hope so too! My timeline does say Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between October 21, 2010 and October 28, 2010*.

Soo maybe around then

I really hope so, at least I am already with my wife and we can give each other some support while we wait for the kids... Our time will come soon!