January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[MissYoko 4]

Face paints are so much fun when you're young! She does have a very expressive face

EDIT: Hello Kitty! I admit, I'm a fan...a bit of a sucker for the cutesy stuff.

Yes and she is lucky as i do face paint i have all the professional make up for that. she's always asking to do it

[BigCityDave 0]

Am I right? Is the CSC working on september and october filers about now?

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

yes they are working on September and October (especially October, from what I've seen).

[BigCityDave 0]

yes they are working on September and October (especially October, from what I've seen).

*Plugs and chugs in the calculator*

So a...that..would ...uhmm....mean December should be worked on ....ummm during.. May?

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

no-one knows, it depends how fast they go. but if they continue at the same speed, yes, you might get it in May.

[BigCityDave 0]

So just because we are at the CSC our process automatically passes the average of 6 months and becomes about 11.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Not exactly. A better way to say it would be: just because we're at CSC at that very moment (when they are late on everything because of the amount of petitions that have been sent previously), our processing time is longer than it should. but as you said, 6 months is an average which means there are shorter and longer processing times. I'm hoping for a 8 month process. Not 11.

but yes I agree, sometimes it sucks.

[BigCityDave 0]

Not exactly. A better way to say it would be: just because we're at CSC at that very moment (when they are late on everything because of the amount of petitions that have been sent previously), our processing time is longer than it should. but as you said, 6 months is an average which means there are shorter and longer processing times. I'm hoping for a 8 month process. Not 11.

but yes I agree, sometimes it sucks.

8 Months almost seems like giving the CSC some slack. Hopefully you are right though because right now me and my fiance know that we dont plan on being together until about November which is 11 more months to go.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Ouch - train fare increases are above inflation rates again (and we've been asked as a population to refuse pay rises above 2% - if we get offered one in the first place!). £76 to travel four hours on a train that I expect will be extremely crowded and pretty dirty...

[BigCityDave 0]

Ouch - train fare increases are above inflation rates again (and we've been asked as a population to refuse pay rises above 2% - if we get offered one in the first place!). £76 to travel four hours on a train that I expect will be extremely crowded and pretty dirty...

I know how that is like riding on the cheaper trains in Hungary. What has caused the inflation rates?

[BlakeandOlha 0]

8 Months almost seems like giving the CSC some slack. Hopefully you are right though because right now me and my fiance know that we dont plan on being together until about November which is 11 more months to go.

I think you'll be done long before November - if all goes well (no RFE's) you should get your approval at the end of April/early May. From there the process moves much faster, and if you get all the paperwork for the interview prepared in advance, you can start pressing for an interview sometime in Aug/Sep. The magic number I look at is the average approvals per week for I-129f filers, then it becomes simple division to figure weeks to NOA2. From there I just add NVC to embassy times from the K-1 flowchart. A lot of people don't start preparing the documents for the interview until they get the information packet from the embassy. I know that for some embassy's this information can be downloaded and the forms prepared in advance - so as soon as the packet is sent out to the foreign fiancee you can start setting your interview time. at least that's how it works in the Ukraine, I'm not sure how it works in Hungary but it's worth checking into.

I'm hoping that you'll be together by labor day.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

ouch... sounds like in France: train ticket prices increase almost every year. they always find a way to make us pay more. Try not to focus on the price of your ticket and enjoy your weekend

[BlakeandOlha 0]

ouch... sounds like in France: train ticket prices increase almost every year. they always find a way to make us pay more. Try not to focus on the price of your ticket and enjoy your weekend

At least in France you have trains worth riding. The prices of Amtrak are rediculously high (almost as high as a plane ticket in some cases) - they are rarely if ever on time if they have to go any distance at all. I love train travel in Europe but not here. We haven't got this whole train travel concept figured out yet, and I doubt we ever will.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

True, our trains are usually comfortable. Though they are not always on time (half of the time when I have to take a train it's late), but from what I heard, it's still a lot better than most of the countries...

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

ouch... sounds like in France: train ticket prices increase almost every year. they always find a way to make us pay more. Try not to focus on the price of your ticket and enjoy your weekend

At least in France you have trains worth riding. The prices of Amtrak are rediculously high (almost as high as a plane ticket in some cases) - they are rarely if ever on time if they have to go any distance at all. I love train travel in Europe but not here. We haven't got this whole train travel concept figured out yet, and I doubt we ever will.

Our rail system is crumbling, we are addicted to our cars, our cities are spread out so public transport is ineffective, and trains aren't fast or cost effective enough for most people (they prefer planes). Still, if I had time and money, I would rather travel be train...