Vermont Processing in 2-3 months???

[marrs 0]

My Fiance pointed out to me that ppl who filed 129F in January 2008 are now receiveing NOA2 this month (March). I would of corse like to be 1 of those lucky people.We filed December 2007!!! So anyone has any clue why or how this is happening?

I expected 6 months at least .... and now i see ppl gettin it after barely 2 months....? I'm happy for them. But I am concerned since they did file after I did.

I called USCIS and got the same old "Case Pending and our customer service department does not have any more other news about your case....,bla bla!

Can anyone clarify what is going on? I know they hired more ppl recently but still...can we catch a break too?

Advance Thanx 4 any replies!!!

[danielle46901 0]

My Fiance pointed out to me that ppl who filed 129F in January 2008 are now receiveing NOA2 this month (March). I would of corse like to be 1 of those lucky people.We filed December 2007!!! So anyone has any clue why or how this is happening?

I expected 6 months at least .... and now i see ppl gettin it after barely 2 months....? I'm happy for them. But I am concerned since they did file after I did.

I called USCIS and got the same old "Case Pending and our customer service department does not have any more other news about your case....,bla bla!

Can anyone clarify what is going on? I know they hired more ppl recently but still...can we catch a break too?

Advance Thanx 4 any replies!!!

I know it's extremely frustrating. We had to file with the California Service Center and I am now regretting living in Indiana lol I couldn't tell you why that's happening or shed any kind of light on it. I'm still new to this process myself, but I will offer you some kind of support in knowing we are all wondering what is going on at those service centers. Keep your head up!!!

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I know it's weird...Vermont is working at record pace but seems to be going completely out of order.

We got our NOA2 on Monday, we filed December 2007 as well.

There are people from well before us still waiting and people from January who have already been approved.

It's very odd....

California is quite behind, 3 months slower than Vermont.

It's frustrating and weird.

Hang in there...you are still well under the time frame of being approved. We were expecting a 6 month wait as well, I was shocked to be approved in 3.

Stay strong...your day will come!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I have this wistful hope that all of us who got put through the wringer by CSC will not forget this experience after arriving in the US, but will make a little noise - write to congresspeople, etc... as long as this disparity exists, of course; if it's all fixed by then and no noise is necessary I shall be well pleased

[leapoffaith 0]

Well, if you say so, I am those lucky ones - my fiancee filed Jan 08 and we got NO2 in less than 60 days straightaway. I guess VSC is working overtime

[Roy99 0]

Well I called and talk to the sevice center plenty of time and one was for this very same reason. I was told that if they get any type of hit on your name they have to wait for it to clear and sometime that takes a week. I did not get too many answers myself but they also said that it depends on how your paper work is presented if everything is in order and easy to find. I think sometimes they mess up your paper when they get and takes them longer to reorganise it.

[David_n_Amber 3]

CSC is the worst department in the entire US Gov't... i swear they have 1 monkey going through paperwork for the entire office.. thats the only reason why it would be so damn slowwwwwwwwww....

also, some countries are subjected to more scrutiny than others because they're known for high fraud, etc when it comes to immigrations.. and unfortunately, Philippines is one of them.

[marrs 0]

WEEELLLLL. We finallllly got that EMAIL that they sent NOA2 on APril 11 2008. Thanx 4 all the replies and tips. As for those who are still waiting....hang in there. I have a daughter that needs me, so thats kinda like double the pressure, knowwotimean?!

I suspect that our petition took a while becoz of UPS!! Well, I cant really blame them but here is the story so YOU can avoid this issue(if it is 1):

When I got ready to file the 129F I got all my papers 2gether and went to my LOCAL UPS store. When I say local, i mean that its owned and operated locally. Well they have computers,printers,xerox,folders,stickies,etc.....all i needed basically.

I spent almost an entire day in the store assembling everything, checking and doublechecking evrything from spelling to the type of paper im using.........Yea i was a little paranoid.lol!

To the Point:

I bought a POCKET-FOLDER at Walgreens the Accordion type...

Made perfect sense to me at the time since it has plenty of room and tabs to easily organize and find everything in a flash!

Ok so after hours of getting my sh.t 2gether...It was time to mail the thing.

So I am trying to fit the folder into 1 of the ENVELOPES UPS has in store.....

That doesnt work. So i ask if they hav some other sizes......Nope.

I had already spent the whole day away from work, plus I promised that I will send it that day....Now is the time!!!

So UPS told me if I want to mail it, I can use a box. No not a "square" box. I guess it is made for documents but it still is a box!

So having little choice I went 4 it.

Now I dont know if that fact has to do anything with anything, but I'm imagining my "box" coming into USCIS and since 911, boxes are not very popular................duh.

If its not that then maybe it looked kinda intimidating to whoever does the paperwork(if they didnt get rid of the box).

Like I said, I do not know if that really matters. But if u r unsure about wot material to use to send the documents......u can use my experience to make ur own decision.

We got approved despite the "Box".

The MOST important thing is that ur paperwork is complete and correct. I hijacked the store for several hours. I checked everything about 10 times and at the same time used the net to compare it to other folks stuff. Dont underestimate the power of the Net!!!!

Hope it helps. If u need pics of the things i used, let me know and i try 2 find them and post them here.

=====Lets go,NVC!!!! We r ready!!======

[Corey-Mariya 14]

WEEELLLLL. We finallllly got that EMAIL that they sent NOA2 on APril 11 2008. Thanx 4 all the replies and tips. As for those who are still waiting....hang in there. I have a daughter that needs me, so thats kinda like double the pressure, knowwotimean?!

I suspect that our petition took a while becoz of UPS!! Well, I cant really blame them but here is the story so YOU can avoid this issue(if it is 1):

When I got ready to file the 129F I got all my papers 2gether and went to my LOCAL UPS store. When I say local, i mean that its owned and operated locally. Well they have computers,printers,xerox,folders,stickies,etc.....all i needed basically.

I spent almost an entire day in the store assembling everything, checking and doublechecking evrything from spelling to the type of paper im using.........Yea i was a little paranoid.lol!

To the Point:

I bought a POCKET-FOLDER at Walgreens the Accordion type...

Made perfect sense to me at the time since it has plenty of room and tabs to easily organize and find everything in a flash!

Ok so after hours of getting my sh.t 2gether...It was time to mail the thing.

So I am trying to fit the folder into 1 of the ENVELOPES UPS has in store.....

That doesnt work. So i ask if they hav some other sizes......Nope.

I had already spent the whole day away from work, plus I promised that I will send it that day....Now is the time!!!

So UPS told me if I want to mail it, I can use a box. No not a "square" box. I guess it is made for documents but it still is a box!

So having little choice I went 4 it.

Now I dont know if that fact has to do anything with anything, but I'm imagining my "box" coming into USCIS and since 911, boxes are not very popular................duh.

If its not that then maybe it looked kinda intimidating to whoever does the paperwork(if they didnt get rid of the box).

Like I said, I do not know if that really matters. But if u r unsure about wot material to use to send the documents......u can use my experience to make ur own decision.

We got approved despite the "Box".

The MOST important thing is that ur paperwork is complete and correct. I hijacked the store for several hours. I checked everything about 10 times and at the same time used the net to compare it to other folks stuff. Dont underestimate the power of the Net!!!!

Hope it helps. If u need pics of the things i used, let me know and i try 2 find them and post them here.

=====Lets go,NVC!!!! We r ready!!======

Congradulations thats AWESOME the vermont service center is on fire!

[Muuuuah 0]

Congratulations

[william_wallace 8]

Lets hope it continues like this. Its a shame that California cant do the same. Makes you wonder if some people move to another state just so they can file at Vermont. Wonder if anyone has actually done that?

[sara..... 371]

Lets hope it continues like this. Its a shame that California cant do the same. Makes you wonder if some people move to another state just so they can file at Vermont. Wonder if anyone has actually done that?

well i dont know if they have but have sure thought about moving and asking for our case to be transfered to Vermont but knowing how csc works they would mess that up too........so is better to stay in my own state and wait for csc to finally get enough jollys putting us thru the wringer and giving us the noa2........

[45495 1]

congratulations on you approval. it's funky in what order VSC approves... absolutly no way of telling when NOA 2 will come... i'm always happy to see people who filled before us getting approved (it feels wrong to get approved so fast when other people have to wait so long).

congrats!!!

hope the rest goes fast too

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

congratulations on you approval. it's funky in what order VSC approves... absolutly no way of telling when NOA 2 will come... i'm always happy to see people who filled before us getting approved (it feels wrong to get approved so fast when other people have to wait so long).

congrats!!!

hope the rest goes fast too

First off....Congratulations on you NOA2!!!!

Secondly, I know exactly what you mean!!! I'm glad that my NOA2 was quick in coming, but I also feel that people who filed before me should have gotten their approvals first...

[Stephen n Stacie 0]

Oh How the worm has turned.....

Just be glad you are with Vermont and not California. I went through this process back in 2003. Our application was with Vermont then. It was THE SLOWEST in fact and was snowed under. At that time they started moving peoples applications from Vermont to relieve the pressure. I can only assume that ove the years they have kept doing this to the point of saturating CSC, who are now handling our case. (How come I always get in the wrong line! LOL)

As a point of interest for all of you. Be grateful that at least you know WHO is handling your case. My original application was mailed to the BCIS who then changed their name to the CIS who then finally settled on USCIS. What a total waste of time and money that was....No wonder the fees have gone up so much.

Let's all pray you get your 2nd NOA soon. Good Luck