CALIFORNIA PROCESSING

[EMILIA12 0]

Hi all,

I'm an august filer at CSC, and I have no clue about their processing. It should be 6 months but then again people are getting approved from September filers while CSC didn't approve August or even July filers. Do you think it have anything to do with the local USCIS office in the city you filed at ? I noticed people from small towns get approved first. Just a thought though!!! sigh!!

[myperfectflaw 11]

Hi all,

I'm an august filer at CSC, and I have no clue about their processing. It should be 6 months but then again people are getting approved from September filers while CSC didn't approve August or even July filers. Do you think it have anything to do with the local USCIS office in the city you filed at ? I noticed people from small towns get approved first. Just a thought though!!! sigh!!

I have no proof, but I think it does have a lot to do with the local office. Where I live isn't a small city, but it's not huge like LA or something either. And I'm sure my local office has a lot less immigrants coming through it than places in CA/FL/NY/etc. so I wouldn't be surprised to find out that our approval in under 3 months was because there's not as big of a pool to deal with here.

Hope you hear something soon!

[EMILIA12 0]

I have no proof, but I think it does have a lot to do with the local office. Where I live isn't a small city, but it's not huge like LA or something either. And I'm sure my local office has a lot less immigrants coming through it than places in CA/FL/NY/etc. so I wouldn't be surprised to find out that our approval in under 3 months was because there's not as big of a pool to deal with here.

Hope you hear something soon!

Thanks for your reply and congratulations on your approval. I guess there are less immigrants in Spokane than Seattle. I'm confident that local office plays a big part because most of the big cities take forever.

[myperfectflaw 11]

Thanks for your reply and congratulations on your approval. I guess there are less immigrants in Spokane than Seattle. I'm confident that local office plays a big part because most of the big cities take forever.

I wouldn't expect Seattle to be a huge immigration hot spot either, but compared to Spokane it probably sees a lot more. I just know every time I've had to go down to the courthouse to deal with USCIS stuff, the place has been absolutely dead and we've been in and out very quickly. We have a small Russian community and a Japanese school that students come over to attend (although I'm sure most of them are just on student Visas and aren't immigrating), but otherwise not a lot of immigrants that I'm aware of. So yeah, I believe your assumptions are correct and a lot rides on how inundated the local office is with cases Keep your fingers crossed that Seattle catches up quickly!

[EMILIA12 0]

I wouldn't expect Seattle to be a huge immigration hot spot either, but compared to Spokane it probably sees a lot more. I just know every time I've had to go down to the courthouse to deal with USCIS stuff, the place has been absolutely dead and we've been in and out very quickly. We have a small Russian community and a Japanese school that students come over to attend (although I'm sure most of them are just on student Visas and aren't immigrating), but otherwise not a lot of immigrants that I'm aware of. So yeah, I believe your assumptions are correct and a lot rides on how inundated the local office is with cases Keep your fingers crossed that Seattle catches up quickly!

Seattle never accepted walk ins, they even have a sign that asks walk ins to reschedule. when I went there last time for biometrics there were many people, not overwhelming though. I hope Seattle will catch up but I see July filers from Seattle that are still pending. I don't think approvals are random, it can't be because an officer is lazy. Laziness will delay the case for a week or two not months.

[Inky 1,110]

The only way it has anything to do with the local office is if you are waiting for an interview.

The papers are processed at CSC or VSC not local offices.

Local office doesn't have anything to do with faster processing.

[marie09 5]

The only way it has anything to do with the local office is if you are waiting for an interview.

The papers are processed at CSC or VSC not local offices.

Local office doesn't have anything to do with faster processing.

I agree with Inky it's the VSC & CSC that do the processing for those taht don't get interviews.

The current approval process does seem a little random. I wonder if green card expiration date comes into it at all? As this may explain why some people are getting approved so much faster perhaps if they filed late in their 90 day window. It's really nice to see people getting approved in 2/3 months, but msut be so frustrating for those that have been waiting for 6 months +...

[Chicagoguy 2 27]

I was a Calif. filer and they had to return my package to me and it was postmarked Lincoln, Nebraska. I returned it to Liguna Niguel, Calif. And then the acceptance letter came from Lincoln but the card on the same day from Calif. I have no idea what their system is.

Even with interuption is was only 9/12 until 11/25 for receipt of card.

[EMILIA12 0]

I was a Calif. filer and they had to return my package to me and it was postmarked Lincoln, Nebraska. I returned it to Liguna Niguel, Calif. And then the acceptance letter came from Lincoln but the card on the same day from Calif. I have no idea what their system is.

Even with interuption is was only 9/12 until 11/25 for receipt of card.

I still think that the local office has to do with the approval.I assume local offices are not able to produce the actual green card that's why California sends it.If you look at all cases most correspondences after NOA1 AND Biometrics are from local office except for the card . and again there is no way that an officer is too lazy that a September filer will be approved while a July filer is still pending ( believe me they would have fired the officer). And again how many of those people that got approved are from big cities?

[Steve D. 22]

Just curious, for those whom did get their file forwarded to local office, how soon did you get the appointment for interview? It's been 2 months since I received the relocation notice and still no updates on the website nor any interview appointment notices.

Or, is it a 100% guarantee that you'll get interviewed if your file gets relocated to local office?

[Chicagoguy 2 27]

I am from a big city - Chicago - but I keep getting info from Lincoln, NB. I do not even know where USCIS office is here but I am sure there is one. I have to go to Indiana for Biometrics.

Like I said, I can't figure out their system, if there is one.

[marie09 5]

I am from a big city - Chicago - but I keep getting info from Lincoln, NB. I do not even know where USCIS office is here but I am sure there is one. I have to go to Indiana for Biometrics.

Like I said, I can't figure out their system, if there is one.

Nebraska has a USCIS service center. I think people used to file I-751's directly there as there's a pinned thread saying that the NSC & TSC are no longer accepting mailed in I-751s.

Just speculating but maybe Nebraska is helping California with the I-751 case load. These processing centers handle so many different types of immigration and visa cases so who knows which each center chooses to work on first or how backed up they are. Maybe at the NSC they're all caught up and approving Sept filers whereas the cases that stayed at the CSC are taking longer as maybe they are more backed up with other cases... Or vice versa...

Just my random theory lol!

Edited December 2, 2011 by marie09

[Inky 1,110]

Nebraska has a USCIS service center. I think people used to file I-751's directly there as there's a pinned thread saying that the NSC & TSC are no longer accepting mailed in I-751s.

Just speculating but maybe Nebraska is helping California with the I-751 case load. These processing centers handle so many different types of immigration and visa cases so who knows which each center chooses to work on first or how backed up they are. Maybe at the NSC they're all caught up and approving Sept filers whereas the cases that stayed at the CSC are taking longer as maybe they are more backed up with other cases... Or vice versa...

Just my random theory lol!

NSC is dead empty except for Mexican deportation cases. NSC is the same office as the deportation center lol. It would be nice of them to help out with 751 cases again considering the office is like a ghost town...

[marie09 5]

NSC is dead empty except for Mexican deportation cases. NSC is the same office as the deportation center lol. It would be nice of them to help out with 751 cases again considering the office is like a ghost town...

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

So I guess it remains a mystery why ChicagoGuy got his acceptance letter from Nebraska.