January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[B'sA 0]

The timelines are kinda weird right now. We've had no approvals, yet my anticipated adjudication date has continued to move up. Now I'm at July 2 where yesterday I was at July 4. Go figure. Anyway, if last year is a guide (optimistically stated) this will be the last slow week of the spring holiday season. Next week we shoudl see a significant increase in the number of approvals - this should continue through to the memorial day weekend. According to Igor's list the first January filers are about to crack the 100 mark - which is when I've seen approvals start. The big target is 70 after which I've seen approvals becoming frequent. On occasion the CSC has been able to string together some 30 - 40 approval weeks. So...... even though the slow pace we are seeing right now is depressing, I truely think this is the dark before the dawn.

About the timelines i've been wondering too, and it's still a mistery to me who makes those anyway?

And about the rest...God hear your word! Amin...

[B'sA 0]

Thanks BlakeandOlha! Here's to May being OUR MONTH!!!!!!

Yeah,BlakeandOlha, i worship your posts!!!

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Thanks BlakeandOlha! Here's to May being OUR MONTH!!!!!!

Yeah,BlakeandOlha, i worship your posts!!!

It's good to see people staying positive - lets just send some of that energy over to the CSC.

[B'sA 0]

lets just send some of that energy over to the CSC.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

About the timelines i've been wondering too, and it's still a mistery to me who makes those anyway?

And about the rest...God hear your word! Amin...

It's a calulated average based on how long it has taken current K-1 filers to get approval. So, if a number of July filers get approved it will actually increase the expected adjudication date, but if the CSC skips remaining November filers and starts in on December, then your date will come down quite a bit. We had one person a couple weeks back enter her timeline information incorrectly to say it took something like 2 years for her approval - everyone's expected adjudication date increased by a couple of weeks overnight - freaking everyone, including me. So, when looking at timelines, Igor's list and others, just see them as a tool to guage some progress, not as a true indicator of what's really going on. Really, it is more important to take a positive but realistic view than to hope for miracles from the CSC. That being said, my understanding of the trends and history indicates that we should see some action coming out of the CSC soon.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

I'm crossing my fingers then! (not easy to type! )

Cecile, try your toes too -

And whoever's cutting in line, stop it, I hate moving backward.

[B'sA 0]

We had one person a couple weeks back enter her timeline information incorrectly to say it took something like 2 years for her approval - everyone's expected adjudication date increased by a couple of weeks overnight - freaking everyone, including me.

hm...

i saw another funny one:

vina & les introduced the NOA2 date as 2008-04-08 on 2008-04-03

it hapens...

[BlakeandOlha 0]

We had one person a couple weeks back enter her timeline information incorrectly to say it took something like 2 years for her approval - everyone's expected adjudication date increased by a couple of weeks overnight - freaking everyone, including me.

hm...

i saw another funny one:

vina & les introduced the NOA2 date as 2008-04-08 on 2008-04-03

it hapens...

it happens... another one that scews the stats is the people that join and enter their timelines but then go on to other endeavors and never update their timelines - so they just sit on Igor's list until they are kicked off the list by the CSC updating the month they are "currently processing." Every time the service center updates its timeline a good number of Igor's folk drop away.

[sunnybear 0]

Grrr yeah I moved down 5 or spaces on Igors list in past couple of days too dang it haha! I wanna be moving uppppp! But also in good news my supposed adjuicated date has been moving up at least

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

yeah that made me angry when I checked Igor's list yesterday evening. I hadn't checked for 2 days and there was nothing new!! I hope dbears's theory is right (website not being updated, people get NOA2 by snail mail later, and that's why we don't see the approvals)

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Good morning (well, afternoon now) people!

I'm with Blake - I really do hope that CSC follows the trend of last year and picks up after this week.

[B'sA 0]

90 days since filing is when you start checking the USCIS website a little more often (like 3 times a week instead of 1 or 2)

make that 7 times... i know it sounds kinda desperate, but this is how bad i wanna be with my baby!

[MissYoko 4]

Good morning (well, afternoon now) people!

I'm with Blake - I really do hope that CSC follows the trend of last year and picks up after this week.

Good morning !!!

Oh yes i hope so too, it will makes all of us feeling better.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

There has been approvals! Some July filers were approved on the 28th of March and just updated their timeline. And also a couple who filed at the end of November was approved last week.

[sunnybear 0]

There has been approvals! Some July filers were approved on the 28th of March and just updated their timeline. And also a couple who filed at the end of November was approved last week.

HOORAY to the late March early April approvals! Let's hope mid-April brings us A LOT more approvals!!!! So missing my man lately well guess it never has gone away but yes some days def seem worse than others without him and lately has been those harder days! Think it is knowing we won't be together for his birthday, my daughters birthday, or my birthday that is a real kicker to us lately since we have April, May, June birthdays