Why do people think that CSC and "No Interview" is better?

[Barbarella UK 0]

We had an interview and were approved swiftly - MUCH faster than had our case been sent to CSC!

I suppose it does depend on the individual case but to me, interview was preferable to joining the long line at CSC

[*julez* 124]

Sent my husband's AOS packet 3/26/08, it was transferred to CSC and the green card was approved 5/28/08. I was pretty pleased with such swift service from CSC. Plus we didn't have to take the time to gather additional evidence for an interview, or have me take time off from work to attend an interview.

[Leafgal 3]

I think the reason is some of the offices are backed up and that means that an interview could take a lot longer. And the fact of not having to gather the information together at this time is a bonus.

[mybackpages 0]

Our local office was so backlogged, that going through CSC saved used at least 6 weeks of waiting.

[pushbrk 12,876]

Our local office was so backlogged, that going through CSC saved used at least 6 weeks of waiting.

Our "local office" was 150 miles away.

[soulprovider915 4]

Our local office was so backlogged, that going through CSC saved used at least 6 weeks of waiting.

Our "local office" was 150 miles away.

I personally don't think the CSC transfer is that great. I've seen people get their interviews here in Long Island just as fast or faster.

[DanielParul 50]

My husband's getting deployed and right now is in training (basically not home till June 2009).. Just happy for the fact that I might get approved without attending an interview alone. A few weeks earlt or late doesn't matter

[jundp 191]

My husband's getting deployed and right now is in training (basically not home till June 2009).. Just happy for the fact that I might get approved without attending an interview alone. A few weeks earlt or late doesn't matter

I wish you luck in that! And I'm sorry you have to worry about your husband getting deployed at the same time

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

A) No interview nerves

B)No time off work needed to attend the interview

C) No gathering evidence

D) No stress over whether we're being approved on the day or not

E) No confiscation of our AP and EAD

[English Muffin 59]

A) No interview nerves

B)No time off work needed to attend the interview

C) No gathering evidence

D) No stress over whether we're being approved on the day or not

E) No confiscation of our AP and EAD

I couldn't have put it better myself.

[English Muffin 59]

Someone who filed a few days after me in April has just been notified of their interview date - in September. Those of us who have been transferred to CSC are likely to have been approved before then and without all the hassle of the interview itself.

[Jenn! 918]

Our local office was so backlogged, that going through CSC saved used at least 6 weeks of waiting.

Our "local office" was 150 miles away.

I personally don't think the CSC transfer is that great. I've seen people get their interviews here in Long Island just as fast or faster.

But the people whose local office is Long Island then probably wouldn't be transferred to CSC. The probability of a CSC transfer seems to be proportional to the current wait at the DO. I think it's safe to infer then that if the transfer had not occurred, the wait would likely be longer due to the backlog at the DO.

[DakotaK1 1]

We had an interview and were approved swiftly - MUCH faster than had our case been sent to CSC!

I suppose it does depend on the individual case but to me, interview was preferable to joining the long line at CSC

Same here I had an interview and was approved within 3 months only.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

(copying a response I made to another post here as it fits)

Barbarella, the speed of approval from being transferred or being interviewed is totally relative to the local office. If you are waiting for an interview at a busy, backed-up office (such as ours is in Atlanta), it is definitely faster being transferred to California for approval. Our file 'sat' waiting an interview in the Atlanta office for 14 months. Then it was transferred to California. It still took another 8 months for approval through the transfer but those who had applied at Atlanta when I did and had not been transferred were STILL waiting for interviews. In fact there is one person who posted yesterday on VJ that they just got their Atlanta interview and they filed when we did - 4 years ago in 2004. For those of us transferred, especially initially, it was definitely much faster going through California. You were just lucky that your local office is not one of the backed-up, busier ones.

Edited June 22, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Earmuffs 1]

#### CSC..

Ive been there for almost 6 months... My case has been with an immigration officer for 3 weeks now and nothing...

but Im sure the wait in Dallas is far longer..