Why the slowdown at CSC?

[Chamy and Gatita 3]

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

[HednJimmy 0]

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

Hi there!

Yeah, I noticed the same thing-I have been number 90 on Igor's list for at least five days. Maybe they do CSC and VSC approvals bi-weekly, as there are two VSC approvals today, but no California ones I hope they pick up the pace soon!

[Wendy+Greger 0]

I Noticed that too! My NOA1 was April 23rd so I am checking about 100 times a day, but all of a sudden, NOTHING!!!! HELP!!!!!!! I am hoping next week kids are back in school, less people are on vacation and things will pick up again??? This is T O R T U R E ! ! ! !

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

It's all random as to what shows up on Igor. VJ and Igor people are just a tiny percentage of all the petitions at the service center. I'm sure they're working and approving at the same rate, but it's probably people who don't happen to report in to VJ. (Poor souls. They don't know what they're missing).

You guys should be reading up and planning for the Embassy things. Does everybody have their Affidavit of Support filled in? Have you ordered tax transcripts from the IRS? Does the beneficiary have the long form birth certificate that shows parent's names. Have they ordered their police certificates and gotten US sized passport photos? Do they have their immunization record so they can be getting any shots needed or females can start the HPV series. They need the immunization record to take to the medical exam so things they've already had can be marked off.

Just giving you some things to take your mind off waiting and checking USCIS 20,0000 time a day. So many people get the NOA2, then have extra delays because they find out their country wants some document that takes 60 days to receive. Not all, but it's kinda disappointing after waiting all that time for the NOA 2 to find out you've got to wait on something you could have already ordered.

Good luck on a short wait. Hope you bump up Igor's at a rapid pace.

[payxibka 10,045]

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

USCIS processing times for I-129F are meaningless because the date is magically always 6 months........

[SKluvSH 0]

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

USCIS processing times for I-129F are meaningless because the date is magically always 6 months........

Weekly totals for the last year:

Week Of # of NOA2s from CSC # of NOA2s per day from CSC # of NOA2s from VSC # of NOA2s per day from VSC Weighted* # of NOA2s per day from CSC

1 2008-08-18 0 0.00 3 1.00 0.00

2 2008-08-11 11 1.57 18 2.57 0.91

3 2008-08-04 31 4.43 18 2.57 2.58

4 2008-07-28 14 2.00 17 2.43 1.16

5 2008-07-21 34 4.86 24 3.43 2.83

6 2008-07-14 43 6.14 18 2.57 3.57

7 2008-07-07 18 2.57 8 1.14 1.50

8 2008-06-30 20 2.86 5 0.71 1.66

9 2008-06-23 12 1.71 13 1.86 1.00

10 2008-06-16 9 1.29 8 1.14 0.75

11 2008-06-09 16 2.29 6 0.86 1.33

12 2008-06-02 21 3.00 10 1.43 1.75

13 2008-05-26 28 4.00 10 1.43 2.33

14 2008-05-19 5 0.71 7 1.00 0.41

This stat can be found at: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/igor/vjdata/default.aspx

This basically is interpretting that there has been a big slowdown at CSC since we are seeing approval around over 20 average per week and now its been zero for last 3 days and the weekend wont be counted as i dont think they work during those days. I hope I am not correct but they are seem to prioritizing the VSC transferred cases which in a way is unfair. I symathize for those folks but not at my cost.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

You're quoting K1 numbers and also posting in a K1 thread, but you are K3 is says.

Those figures are not the whole of CSC or VSC. They probably approve 1000 a week, but we only know about the few that happen to share their timeline on VJ. Maybe this week there aren't any VJ people getting approved but hundreds of others are. Also you will also notice that sometimes last week's numbers creep up because people didn't know they were approved. Those stats only change if a VJ member updates his timeline. Sometimes they find their approval email on a Sunday. So Igor will update it on a Sunday, even though maybe the real date was during the previous week. I'm just trying to explain that Igor's list is just an indication of things, but it's not a science to get upset over because it's not hard data from a service center.

[KimandRuss 0]

Great facts/advice fwaguy and mama Nich!

Processing times mean nothing to us here.

It's also important to note that in the past year alone the processing centers have gone through HUGE changes so statistical data is highly skewed. As Nich mentioned, VJ is just a small percentage of actual filers. There is data on this. So while we may not see approvals coming through each day, it's very likely there were quite a few that we just didn't see.

That fact alone pretty much kept me sane for the past year.

Those last 4 numbers on your WAC or EAC number are in reference to what number petition you were for that particular fiscal day of the year (not all K1's of course)...but that should give you some idea of just how many they get!

Edited August 20, 2008 by KimandRuss

[Freddy007 1]

OK answer to al of you people.

In April and May CSC has recieved 150,000 new I-129F.

Just to give you a clue that's not even 0.1% of people in VJ for those 2 months.

So we can all see a much longer waiting time :-(.

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Great facts/advice fwaguy and mama Nich!

Processing times mean nothing to us here.

It's also important to note that in the past year alone the processing centers have gone through HUGE changes so statistical data is highly skewed. As Nich mentioned, VJ is just a small percentage of actual filers. There is data on this. So while we may not see approvals coming through each day, it's very likely there were quite a few that we just didn't see.

That fact alone pretty much kept me sane for the past year.

Those last 4 numbers on your WAC or EAC number are in reference to what number petition you were for that particular fiscal day of the year (not all K1's of course)...but that should give you some idea of just how many they get!

thanks for that, i just had to check ours! doh p.s. those numbers may not mean anything, but when they remember to update it makes me feel better, cos it means theres someone alive in the office, thats doing their job. even if numerically they mean diddly squat.

[Chamy and Gatita 3]

oh, so happy to hear from all of you out there. thanks for all the good points you made. Nich-Nick, i'm definitely going to take your advice- ive been researching a little about the next steps but haven't taken any, figuring i might get too far ahead or ####### something up. i didnt realize you have to order stuff from the IRS, though. Good thing i did my taxes !!!! so can my fiance really order the police document now? i didnt ask him to just in case it has a shelf life.

also, kimandruss, congrats!!!! yay!!! i saw your updated timeline, yippee!!

kathie

auburn california

Edited August 21, 2008 by Chamy and Gatita

[daboyz 36]

OK answer to al of you people.

In April and May CSC has recieved 150,000 new I-129F.

Just to give you a clue that's not even 0.1% of people in VJ for those 2 months.

So we can all see a much longer waiting time :-(.

Where are you getting that info?

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

OK answer to al of you people.

In April and May CSC has recieved 150,000 new I-129F.

Just to give you a clue that's not even 0.1% of people in VJ for those 2 months.

So we can all see a much longer waiting time :-(.

Where are you getting that info?

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

Where do you get 150,000? Is that posted somewhere?

[Hannah+Vito 0]

OK answer to al of you people.

In April and May CSC has recieved 150,000 new I-129F.

Just to give you a clue that's not even 0.1% of people in VJ for those 2 months.

So we can all see a much longer waiting time :-(.

Where are you getting that info?

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

OK answer to al of you people.

In April and May CSC has recieved 150,000 new I-129F.

Just to give you a clue that's not even 0.1% of people in VJ for those 2 months.

So we can all see a much longer waiting time :-(.

Where are you getting that info?

Hey, am I the only one who noticed a massive grinding slowdown at CSC? arrrrgggggg!!!!! Does anyone know what is going on? Also, don't they update their processing times once a month? the uscis page is still displaying july 15 as the most recent update.

maybe i should not be checking igors list and uscis 20,000 times a day.

thanks for your input,

kathie

Where do you get 150,000? Is that posted somewhere?

thats what i was thinking especialy if kim and russes comment on the last four digits of your number being that number app of that particular day is acurate cos mine is over 50 thousand mark. on may 1st

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

oh, so happy to hear from all of you out there. thanks for all the good points you made. Nich-Nick, i'm definitely going to take your advice- ive been researching a little about the next steps but haven't taken any, figuring i might get too far ahead or ####### something up. i didnt realize you have to order stuff from the IRS, though. Good thing i did my taxes !!!! so can my fiance really order the police document now? i didnt ask him to just in case it has a shelf life.

You need to read everything you can about Equador because each country has a slightly different procedure about how they collect your documents, when you pay, when you get the medical.

First look at the top of the page in the lighter blue menu bar. Two places you need to visit are Embassy Info and Review of Embassy. There should be some specific information about Equador's procedure, and maybe even a few tips. The Reviews: Embassy will tell what happened at the interview. You'll hopefully find out if it was easy or difficult, what happened if people weren't successful the first try. Maybe they forgot a document and that will warn you to bring it.

Also read information straight from the Embassy. http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/fiancees_visas.html and see what happens there. I just looked at it and they have a way to check online to see if your Packet from them has been mailed out. That's way cool. Most of us have to call the Dept of State or the Embassy. I can tell you that a British police certificate is good for 12 months, but you should try to find out if it's also true in Equador. The VJ guidelines after your case gets to the Embassy aren't more than general information, so don't rely on them as much as what you learn straight from Equador sources.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Forgot to say above:

Tax transcripts: Use this form to order 3 years free http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf

On item 6, you want to check the box by line a.

The second page gives instructions and also where to send the request depending on your state. I also gives fax numbers for those locations. I faxed my form and had transcripts in the mail within the week. Some people order over the phone. Because transcripts are official from the IRS and verify your W2 info, that covers it all. You can also do a photocopy of your whole return, but you have to include every page and any schedules, and anything sent in with it like W2s or 1099s-- The little paper(s) you have to staple to the front that your employer mails you telling how much you earned for the whole year.

And here's another good piece of info about Equador: http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/uploads/i...ems_english.pdf

Edited August 21, 2008 by Nich-Nick