New processing times - is the USCIS lying?

[Ilona 0]

Kathryn41, about the only fair assumption is that you can get an entirely different view of the USCIS depending on which officer you happen to get.

I certainly hope I can tell the difference between an LIN receipt number and an alien (from outer space?) A# number, and yes, both of these numbers are not only on the front of the new green cards, but on the rear as well, just a bit more difficult to read on the rear of the card, have to hold against the light just right.

The FBI does depend on local police departments for fingerprint information in criminal cases, but are we criminals? Thought our US Constitution said something to the effect a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and these are accused persons at that. Feel like we have been treated liked terrorists or criminals with the USCIS, pointed this out both to my senator and congressman with no disagreement. All these new agencies popped up since the 70's and are getting to be like Nazi Germany. This country was not founded on those principles.

If they have to manually sync two systems, someone did the manual sync every day for the week during which there were a couple approvals each day? It doesn't make sense to me. But hey, this is USCIS...anything can happen. There is definitely inefficiency in the house and they are trying to find wild excuses for it.

I cant remember what combination was I supposed to press in order to connect right a way to USCIScust. service! Does anybody remember? I am calling them in a couple of hours to check what the heck is going on!I will post after that,but I need those numbers,please!

[initialsusa 0]

Ha, I wonder about;

onur ................06/26/06..........03/15/07......04/13/07........--/--/-- .........

9 months ahead of us with no green card yet!

Wife and daughter's passports are good for another five years, green cards for another ten, hopefully with our N-400 applications in, we will get that USA citizenship for them before that five year period ends. Then that would be history.

that's right

I recived first notice and extension at jun 26 2006 then i recived second notice same 03 15 2007 thet start to my case process .

[Sister Fracas 5]

I don't know if I was ever on this list in this thread, so I've added us.

UserName...........Date of I-751.....Date on NOA...Biometrics......Approved.....RFE, Service Request, etc.

onur ................06/26/06..........03/15/07......04/13/07........--/--/-- .........

haozi101.............11/27/06..........12/06/06......01/03/07.......09/14/07....

Bertrand.............12/19/06..........12/27/06......01/20/07.......01/29/08....

sandeepb.............12/26/06..........01/04/07......02/05/07.......03/31/08....

coloradogirl.........12/27/06..........01/04/07......01/30/07.......--/--/--.....

echostorm............12/--/06..........01/05/07......02/16/07.......--/--/--.....

cal..................--/--/--..........01/09/07......--/--/--.......04/09/08

mew5280(CAPG)........01/06/07..........01/16/07......02/15/07.......03/20/08....

jennybirgitta........01/13/07..........01/18/07......02/14/07.......--/--/--...........I-551stamp,SR,congressman,N-400

traversm.............01/14/07..........01/18/07......02/14/07.......--/--/--.....

ron&nadine...........01/07/07..........01/22/07......02/27/07.......04/11/07....

MDandZJ..............01/21/07..........01/25/07......02/14/07.......--/--/--...........I-551stamp for 12 months,senator

Ruari................--/--/--..........01/25/07......02/23/07.......04/08/08....

firebrand............--/--/--..........01/26/07......02/22/07.......03/25/08....

colonelc22...........01/13/07..........01/27/07......03/14/07.......04/08/08....

dee..................01/25/07..........01/29/07......02/20/07.......04/07/08....

danutuke.............01/29/07..........01/31/07......03/06/07.......--/--/--...........I-551stamp,Service Request,N-400

Peter T..............01/27/07..........02/01/07......03/09/07.......04/07/08....

drawbridgep..........01/11/07..........02/02/07......02/15/07.......--/--/--...........RFE

Illinois77...........01/31/07..........02/02/07......03/02/07.......04/12/08....

chus.................01/26/07..........02/03/07......02/23/07.......04/12/08....

STBM04...............01/31/07..........02/05/07......03/02/07.......04/10/08....

ives_damian..........01/31/07..........02/06/07......03/12/07.......--/--/--.....

winterpassing........02/06/07..........02/12/07......03/09/07.......04/11/08....

iansig40.............02/02/07..........02/16/07......03/23/07.......03/17/08...

Illinois.............02/19/07..........02/23/07......04/18/07.......04/22/08....

Gulskjegg............--/--/--..........03/--/07......--/--/--.......04/10/08

Tammi................02/23/07..........03/23/07......04/05/07.......04/16/08....

decharte.............02/28/07..........03/26/07......04/10/07.......04/11/08....

limeyiowa............03/13/07..........03/22/07......04/10/07.......--/--/--..........

SamFam...............03/13/07..........03/23/07......04/17/07.......--/--/--.....RFE 4/14/08

haggischamper........03/20/07..........03/23/07......04/17/07.......04/17/08....verbal approval

ace13................03/22/07..........03/27/07......04/17/07.......--/--/--.....

darren+jill..........03/23/07..........04/11/07......05/10/07.......--/--/--............

maiko................03/19/07..........03/23/07......04/18/09.......04/15/07....

NickD................03/27/07..........04/--/07......05/01/07.......04/17/08....

Lyuba................--/--/--..........04/17/07......05/07/07.......04/18/08....verbal approval at the office

Frances..............04/02/07..........05/05/07......05/24/07.......--/--/-- ....

gyuwono..............04/17/07..........04/20/07......05/18/07.......--/--/--.....

Kearinne.............04/09/07..........04/30/07......06/02/07.......--/--/--.....

zyggy ...............04/27/07..........05/01/07......06/01/07.......04/24/08....

charlie & yeng.......04/27/07..........05/01/07......06/02/07.......--/--/--......

nfytoknow ...........04/29/07......... 05/03/07......05/31/07.......--/--/--......

Kanadka..............05/12/23..........05/23/07......06/11/07.......--/--/--.....

Badgerbabe...........05/10/07..........05/24/07......06/11/07.......--/--/--.....

debeselizz...........05/24/07..........05/31/07......06/21/07.......--/--/--.....

nitty66..............05/25/07..........05/31/07......06/27/07.......--/--/--.....

sandy2000............06/--/07..........06/12/07......07/13/07.......--/--/--.....

lizmissy.............--/--/--..........06/14/07......07/12/07.......03/18/08....

laura19angel.........--/--/--..........06/15/07......07/13/07.......--/--/--.....

seaflower............06/12/07..........06/22/07......07/12/07.......--/--/--.....

pkmk.................06/18/07..........07/02/07......07/13/07.......--/--/--.....

wifiman..............06/29/07..........08/05/07......08/15/07.......08/25/07..........NSC > CSC

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[seaflower 0]

I just did a service request today for the first time, they gave me a ticket number and said an IO will look at my case on 06/08/08, the weird thing is isn't that saturday, Do you guys think that an IO will actually be looking at my case on Saturday

[honeyblonde 0]

Yes they are working weekends too. If you go to the USCIS website there is a press release there where they say their people are working tons of overtime and weekends to get caught up. They say that the naturalization applications have more than doubled in the past year so their workload is huge. They are trying to hire people but that takes time and so does training.

[Ilona 0]

I just did a service request today for the first time, they gave me a ticket number and said an IO will look at my case on 06/08/08, the weird thing is isn't that saturday, Do you guys think that an IO will actually be looking at my case on Saturday

I just filed a service request as well! I did not get to speak to an IO, but the rep. gave me a ref. number and a target date: 05/31/80-meaning that by then they will have to contact me by email or mail to let me know of the status of my case. So here goes the waiting again.... I just hope that by that time they would approve my case already-just starting my 14 month of wait!

[MDZJ 0]

I just did a service request today for the first time, they gave me a ticket number and said an IO will look at my case on 06/08/08, the weird thing is isn't that saturday, Do you guys think that an IO will actually be looking at my case on Saturday

I just filed a service request as well! I did not get to speak to an IO, but the rep. gave me a ref. number and a target date: 05/31/80-meaning that by then they will have to contact me by email or mail to let me know of the status of my case. So here goes the waiting again.... I just hope that by that time they would approve my case already-just starting my 14 month of wait!

Good luck. We are at 15 months right now. We file a service request 4/11 and still haven't heard anything. The target date was 5/11 though. The additional evidence package arrived on 4/29. So waiting ... again.

[Ilona 0]

I just did a service request today for the first time, they gave me a ticket number and said an IO will look at my case on 06/08/08, the weird thing is isn't that saturday, Do you guys think that an IO will actually be looking at my case on Saturday

I just filed a service request as well! I did not get to speak to an IO, but the rep. gave me a ref. number and a target date: 05/31/80-meaning that by then they will have to contact me by email or mail to let me know of the status of my case. So here goes the waiting again.... I just hope that by that time they would approve my case already-just starting my 14 month of wait!

Good luck. We are at 15 months right now. We file a service request 4/11 and still haven't heard anything. The target date was 5/11 though. The additional evidence package arrived on 4/29. So waiting ... again.

Did you receive an RFI or you mailed additional evidence on your own, like some other people here?

[MDZJ 0]

Did you receive an RFI or you mailed additional evidence on your own, like some other people here?

I did it voluntarily as the others seem to get their green cards quicker (as least I hope). There has been no letter from USCIS after the transfer notice. I don't know what to expect any more.

[seaflower 0]

When I did my request the customer service person that gave me the target date told me that is the date that the IO will look at my case not it should be ready by that date, I asked him twice and he repeated the reference number and said again that on 06/08/07 an IO will be looking at your case and you hear something by mail or email

[NickD 202]

Our senator was good to let us know that our application was shipped to California from Nebraska, USCIS didn't say anything about that! With that bit of information sent a letter and additional evidence to California with a brief description of how difficult it is to deal with an expired green card with non-USCIS personnel. Seemed to work. Got our new green cards just shy of 13 months.

A friend of my wife also assigned to Nebraska learned her application was lost after waiting 14 months, but got decent service after making two trips to her nearest field office some 400 miles away with copies of her application and evidence. We were concerned that our application was also lost, but our was purifying the air by gathering dust.

[coloradogirl 0]

Well, I (petitioner) just tried to do a service request for my husband (applicant) and they wouldn't help me. They said he had to call and request it. Fine, but 'my english is perfect' hubby can't even make his own doctor appts., imagine him trying to get through USCIS recording!! Actually, face to face he manages wonderfully, he still has a hard time with phone communication..... He works 6am - 3pm and I work 8am - 5pm, so it's quite difficult for us to do this together so now USCIS is 'forcing' me (too harsh?) to run home to meet him and try to get this done. I am just so fed up and frustrated with all this....

[seaflower 0]

you know this is ridiculous , It is either they approve us and send us our Green cards or they need to give us our money back, I don't want to apply for citizenship I just want my green card, we were all happy that we were transferred to CSC hoping for the best, but I don't think so , it looks like they just approved some files and then they just stopped and forgot about us, I did a service request yesterday, and I don't think it will do any thing I don't beleive any word they say

[NickD 202]

I ran into that, just replied, my signature is last on the I-751 and I am the US citizen that brought my wife here, and this is my family that I am trying to keep together. That changed the tune.

[Haggischomper 5]

Just got my email approval today after verbal approval a few weeks back, that they have ordered my card. I have updated my signature and my official VJ Timeline.

Edited May 2, 2008 by Haggischomper