USCIS Update 19 March 2013

[UK-USA-K1 128]

USCIS Site Maintenance

I see they have scheduled yet another Site Maintenance for this Sunday. The past 2 have each been scheduled for 4 hours each. This time the site is scheduled for a 12 hour outage (4 am - 4 pm ET). I keep wondering each time if they are going to update their processing times. It's been since February 5 and they haven't updated them. I'd read they update these monthly, and was hoping to see an update (even if there's not a ton of change). Anyone know if the longer maintenance window means that they will be updating the processing times, or is updating the site just as random as the rest of the process?

[B&L 19]

I don't see why they'd need that long an outage to update the processing times, it's just a case of changing dates on a table and then saving the changes, surely?

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I was thinking that when they update processing times, it may be part of something more that they do at the same time. I really haven't been in the process long enough to have any history with it. The last update happened RIGHT before I filed.

[Bayareaguy 156]

I was thinking that when they update processing times, it may be part of something more that they do at the same time. I really haven't been in the process long enough to have any history with it. The last update happened RIGHT before I filed.

Here's a site with historical data: http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?bc=8767|6740

Note, it is unprecedented for them to be so long before an update. It's been a month and 2 weeks so far since the last one.

[Ronn63 41]

Here's a site with historical data: http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?bc=8767|6740

Note, it is unprecedented for them to be so long before an update. It's been a month and 2 weeks so far since the last one.

It's actually been closer to 3 months since they updated. I don't anticipate anything after this outage either.

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Here's a site with historical data: http://www.aila.org/...px?bc=8767|6740

Note, it is unprecedented for them to be so long before an update. It's been a month and 2 weeks so far since the last one.

Thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that before. It is interesting to look through them. Seems they were doing ok through november and everything has gone downhill since then. I'm guessing they were probably a little ahead of schedule back before DACA, and as they waded through those, they creeped closer and closer to the deadline until finally surpassing it in December.

I have started to see an uptick from CSC this week though, hope they keep it up and get back on track. I feel so bad for those who have been waiting so long. I really don't think it is fair to them at all. I sure wish they had a better system in place. Something more along the lines of having so many workers dedicated per type of visa, based on how many of those visas come in. The whole thing is fee based anyway, so money shouldn't be a problem as far as that goes. Of course I'm probably over simplifying it, and we know you can't have simple and government in the same sentence without loads of irony attached

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Have you looked at the graphs page? Gives you a visual of CSC approval times. Kind of an uphill struggle you're facing right now.

Then there's the London part:

Edited March 19, 2013 by Nich-Nick

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Have you looked at the graphs page? Gives you a visual of CSC approval times. Kind of an uphill struggle you're facing right now.

Then there's the London part:

Oh yes, I have seen those, but always seem to stumble upon them accidentally, never quite sure exactly where they are

From what I've seen it's really been pretty tough the past few months or so on everyone. It had just recently started to swing the other way for VSC and am hoping for CSC to do the same, but both of them need to kick it up another notch or two and get ahead of the game.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Oh yes, I have seen those, but always seem to stumble upon them accidentally, never quite sure exactly where they are

From what I've seen it's really been pretty tough the past few months or so on everyone. It had just recently started to swing the other way for VSC and am hoping for CSC to do the same, but both of them need to kick it up another notch or two and get ahead of the game.

Find the graphs:

Menu bar- "Immigration Timelines". Click

New page, left column- "K1 Visa Timelines [stats] [Trends]". Click Trends

Terrible waits. Ours only took 50 days at VSC and I thought that was the longest wait in my life. It's the excitement of a big life change plus the total lack of controlling it that makes you a bit crazy. It's like your parents saying you will get the most fabulous Christmas present, but not telling you when Christmas is and if you make any mistakes, Christmas will be delayed. AAarrrghhhh!

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Thanks for the directions (map) to the graphs.

That is quite an apt analogy. I am a bit luckier than most in that we planned ahead a bit. of course this stoppage (or slowdown) has me concerned though as I hadn't planned for that. We wanted her to come over here sometime after August 1, so we tried to plan accordingly. I am in no "rush" before that, since she can't come before then. Of course when I planned to file in January, I needed originals when I'd thought copies would suffice so that delayed us a few weeks, but we still got to file early enough where the 5.5 month time frame would have had us getting sent to NVC in July. Of course, that was "the plan". Now it looks more like September. So once August rolls around I'll be as nerve wracked as everyone else around here I'm sure, so I keep watching the timelines and hoping they get moving sooner rather than later

[Alex&Amy 28]

It is highly unlikely they will update the K-1 data again, not until they are able to react to the influx of requests if they have moved the date beyond July 18th, mostly likely it will stay that date for the remainder of the year.

[bigdog 376]

Just a point of reference it takes less time to get an original green card than the ROC, you tell me. System needs a fix. Not to mention the long waits for K-1 now.

[Sveta & Ron 23]

Alex&Amy are you sure your petition went to csc as I am also houston and mine went to vsc just over a year ago