USCIS objectives - are they acceptable?

[daboyz 36]

Yeah, he was VSC. We both live in Tampa.

daboyz you are dead-on about this. I know some have seen this from other posts I have made, but, my friend who lives across town got his 129F NOA-1 back from VSC only 2 weeks before me. We helped each other with filling out the forms. My 129-F NOA 1 was 4/4. He got his NOA-2 in 58 days. Yeah, no lie-58 days. Exit interview 6 weeks later, and his fiance (wife) was in the States from Russia by late june. Me, I'm still waiting for my NOA-2. The difference? His was for a K-1, mine for a K-3.

No question VSC pops most (not all) K-1's way faster than the K-3's. Trust me, if I had to do it all over again, with what I know today, no doubt I would have gone K-1.

Not to keep beating a dead horse, but why are K-1s being approved from June and July at VSC, while people with March dates for K-3 and IR-1/CR-1 still wait. Not trying to start a marriage vs. fiance thing, but those should also be somewhat equal. Basically the worst place you can be, is married at VSC.

Was he VSC?

Don't understand why they punish people for being married. And before K-1 people start jumping all over me, all I am saying is that they should take the same amount of time. Igor's list show's they are not even close.

[notime4haterz 0]

Texans have to file with VSC. With the number of illegals here, and the number of people who are actually filing for papers legally here, we should have our own darn service center.

You know, it would make sense. Why doesn't friggen USCIS open a new service center? Obviously they need more workers...and since we pay them for our applications, I don't see why they can't afford it.

I believe that people who are married should be given priority over fiances. Sorry, but it's only fair. We've already committed ourselves into a marriage. We should be getting our applications processed faster than those who aren't even married yet.

Actually, they should just do away with K-1 altogether...either people get married overseas and bring their spouses via K-3, or get married here and file I-130's. Maybe then they'll free up some time to work on other applications.

[mkg265 2]

I agree with part of what you write, Narnia77. I do believe that K-3 should be given priority over K-1 in processing time or should be equal. My husband and I married in a town hall and received a priest's blessing because I knew he was the one for me and didn't need a three month "trial" period in the United States. Someday we are holding a "reception".

K-1 should be kept because not everyone has the same circumstances. Some people aren't sure of their love.

I must admit it aggravates me every time that a K-1 is granted that filled after me. It's super aggravating when a K-3 is granted that filled after me (I'm only July but I've seen it!).

[Cassie 8]

Yeah, he was VSC. We both live in Tampa.

daboyz you are dead-on about this. I know some have seen this from other posts I have made, but, my friend who lives across town got his 129F NOA-1 back from VSC only 2 weeks before me. We helped each other with filling out the forms. My 129-F NOA 1 was 4/4. He got his NOA-2 in 58 days. Yeah, no lie-58 days. Exit interview 6 weeks later, and his fiance (wife) was in the States from Russia by late june. Me, I'm still waiting for my NOA-2. The difference? His was for a K-1, mine for a K-3.

No question VSC pops most (not all) K-1's way faster than the K-3's. Trust me, if I had to do it all over again, with what I know today, no doubt I would have gone K-1.

Not to keep beating a dead horse, but why are K-1s being approved from June and July at VSC, while people with March dates for K-3 and IR-1/CR-1 still wait. Not trying to start a marriage vs. fiance thing, but those should also be somewhat equal. Basically the worst place you can be, is married at VSC.

Was he VSC?

Don't understand why they punish people for being married. And before K-1 people start jumping all over me, all I am saying is that they should take the same amount of time. Igor's list show's they are not even close.

I hear you, but they will never be "equal" in the processing game because they are processed completely differently. It's apples and oranges. And as much as that drives you crazy, you can't compare them because it truly will make you miserable.

[Cassie 8]

I agree with part of what you write, Narnia77. I do believe that K-3 should be given priority over K-1 in processing time or should be equal. My husband and I married in a town hall and received a priest's blessing because I knew he was the one for me and didn't need a three month "trial" period in the United States. Someday we are holding a "reception".

K-1 should be kept because not everyone has the same circumstances. Some people aren't sure of their love.

I must admit it aggravates me every time that a K-1 is granted that filled after me. It's super aggravating when a K-3 is granted that filled after me (I'm only July but I've seen it!).

Many of us K-1ers didn't need a "trial" period either. I only needed 6 days

[Ellie-and-David 38]

I agree with part of what you write, Narnia77. I do believe that K-3 should be given priority over K-1 in processing time or should be equal. My husband and I married in a town hall and received a priest's blessing because I knew he was the one for me and didn't need a three month "trial" period in the United States. Someday we are holding a "reception".

K-1 should be kept because not everyone has the same circumstances. Some people aren't sure of their love.

I must admit it aggravates me every time that a K-1 is granted that filled after me. It's super aggravating when a K-3 is granted that filled after me (I'm only July but I've seen it!).

Many of us K-1ers didn't need a "trial" period either. I only needed 6 days

I wont be having a trial period. As soon as I enter my fiance and me will get married. We have only just started this process but i can tell you that it annoys me that some K3-ers feel that they should have priority over the rest of us. It is just as easy to shop in another country and pick out some young woman and marry make her your bride as it is to go to a foreign country and pick out some young fiance - does that marriage legitimise that relationship more than mine and david's because we are yet to tie the knot? I dont think so.

Sorry, I agree marriage is the ultimate commitment, but I am not always seeing genuine loving marriages in evidence on these boards...lots of talk about what can be done about the disolution of marriage once that green card is in hand.

I love my fiancee, i am giving up a good job and family and friends to be with him. The same as everyone else has....we really thought about going the whole hog and getting married....but it makes more sense this way, we start married life together...the choice we made....

I understand your frustration....we thought long and hard about our decision to file, and i am sure over the coming months i will be feeling disolutioned and annoyed with the situation in vermont....THEN i have to deal with USCIS on the other side......and that'll take additional time, even if i will be with my husband whilst i deal with it.

Now im pretty sure THAT will be an unpopular post

[cjgator 2]

I think the big deal is that everyone's situation is different. You know, as a K-3 person, I don't necessarily feel a since of entitlement at all. My buddy who was a K-1 person had been with his gal longer than I had been with mine. If anything, I'm regretting like h*ll that I didn't go the K-1 route.

It's all good. Remember, the bad guys are at VSC. It's not a K-1 v. K-3 war.

I agree with part of what you write, Narnia77. I do believe that K-3 should be given priority over K-1 in processing time or should be equal. My husband and I married in a town hall and received a priest's blessing because I knew he was the one for me and didn't need a three month "trial" period in the United States. Someday we are holding a "reception".

K-1 should be kept because not everyone has the same circumstances. Some people aren't sure of their love.

I must admit it aggravates me every time that a K-1 is granted that filled after me. It's super aggravating when a K-3 is granted that filled after me (I'm only July but I've seen it!).

Many of us K-1ers didn't need a "trial" period either. I only needed 6 days

I wont be having a trial period. As soon as I enter my fiance and me will get married. We have only just started this process but i can tell you that it annoys me that some K3-ers feel that they should have priority over the rest of us. It is just as easy to shop in another country and pick out some young woman and marry make her your bride as it is to go to a foreign country and pick out some young fiance - does that marriage legitimise that relationship more than mine and david's because we are yet to tie the knot? I dont think so.

Sorry, I agree marriage is the ultimate commitment, but I am not always seeing genuine loving marriages in evidence on these boards...lots of talk about what can be done about the disolution of marriage once that green card is in hand.

I love my fiancee, i am giving up a good job and family and friends to be with him. The same as everyone else has....we really thought about going the whole hog and getting married....but it makes more sense this way, we start married life together...the choice we made....

I understand your frustration....we thought long and hard about our decision to file, and i am sure over the coming months i will be feeling disolutioned and annoyed with the situation in vermont....THEN i have to deal with USCIS on the other side......and that'll take additional time, even if i will be with my husband whilst i deal with it.

Now im pretty sure THAT will be an unpopular post

[andreea 0]

everyone could have picked the K3 or the K1 route. was a matter of choice. I know I didnt pick the K1 because only difference would have been the long step Id wait there and not here. is one entry visa, and I was trying to think on long term. yes, is awful not to be with my lover, the skype, the trips and the airports I hate them, but I didnt want to be trapped there until the change of status on a K1. what if something would happen home, with my family or something, and Id have to say sorry, my status didnt changed yet, I am traped on the other side of the ocean, I cant come. as I see things, is a difficult prcess for everyone. every type of visa has pluses and minuses. we pick what we think we can handle better. what I dont think is fair is that USCIS advices u to file a I129-F after the I130, as a way to be approved faster. but from what Ive seen here, seems that those who filed a I130 only had a faster process. so the problem isnt K3 against K1 or even athlets or other things Ive seen in here. problem is to be informed right at the beginning to make the right choice for yrself.

keep faith in yr luck

[xochitl 0]

I did a timeline search for people who filed at the same time I did, and several of them were approved in September. If mine had been approved in Sep. my husband wouldn't have missed the birth of our daughter. Now he's missed the first 2 months of her life. It's totally unfair, and of course, I blame VSC for the way they operate and prioritize files, not the filers themselves.

[mkg265 2]

I wasn't being argumentative but some member chose to read only sections of my post. People managed to miss the line "K-1 should be kept (referring to the post before mine) because not everyone has the same circumstances."

Meaning, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. I was defending the use of the K-1.

[andreea 0]

I am not defending nor accussing anyone. not even those people who work at VSC. I cant even be mad at them. every officer there handles daily files worthing hundreds or thousands dollars from the fees we pay. and yet, at the end of the month they go home with minimum wage I think. awful work, little paid, not many beneffits. I thik there is as much frustration in those offices as it is here. I somehow understand them not being motivated. I only blame the system.that is designed poorly. and has many gaps, and is not consistent.

[Mr.Gabs 0]

I am not defending nor accussing anyone. not even those people who work at VSC. I cant even be mad at them. every officer there handles daily files worthing hundreds or thousands dollars from the fees we pay. and yet, at the end of the month they go home with minimum wage I think. awful work, little paid, not many beneffits. I thik there is as much frustration in those offices as it is here. I somehow understand them not being motivated. I only blame the system.that is designed poorly. and has many gaps, and is not consistent.

I STRONGLY i agree with what "antiwaiting" says, is nobody fault how slow is the process and the differences in between different persons applications, yeah most of the time a few get lucky and the process goes flying. The people that work at Service Centers are getting really poor paid so that is a huge thing, if you have the staff unhappy you'll get really bad processing times. That is it.

[cjgator 2]

Sorry, but I disagree with this last quote completely. There is NO excuse for VSC to be processing the exact same petitions (K-1 v. K-1, K3 v. K3) in twice the time it takes CSC to do them. I don't care if they are low paid, they took the jobs, and they need to do them at least as well as their counterparts in California, which they are obviously not. And, if they can't do them as quickly, they at least owe the US taxpaying petitioners who also paid a fee for the processing, a straight story about where their application is in the process - not providing web after web after web of mis-information and LOUSY customer service. And, by the way, percisely how do you know what the VSC employees make? They have a union, so chances are they're probably over-paid. VSC and CSC serve close to the same population in terms of the number of states they cover, there is no excuse for such the huge time differential between CSC and VSC.

I am not defending nor accussing anyone. not even those people who work at VSC. I cant even be mad at them. every officer there handles daily files worthing hundreds or thousands dollars from the fees we pay. and yet, at the end of the month they go home with minimum wage I think. awful work, little paid, not many beneffits. I thik there is as much frustration in those offices as it is here. I somehow understand them not being motivated. I only blame the system.that is designed poorly. and has many gaps, and is not consistent.

I STRONGLY i agree with what "antiwaiting" says, is nobody fault how slow is the process and the differences in between different persons applications, yeah most of the time a few get lucky and the process goes flying. The people that work at Service Centers are getting really poor paid so that is a huge thing, if you have the staff unhappy you'll get really bad processing times. That is it.

[cjgator 2]

Sorry about typo - "precisely"

Sorry, but I disagree with this last quote completely. There is NO excuse for VSC to be processing the exact same petitions (K-1 v. K-1, K3 v. K3) in twice the time it takes CSC to do them. I don't care if they are low paid, they took the jobs, and they need to do them at least as well as their counterparts in California, which they are obviously not. And, if they can't do them as quickly, they at least owe the US taxpaying petitioners who also paid a fee for the processing, a straight story about where their application is in the process - not providing web after web after web of mis-information and LOUSY customer service. And, by the way, percisely how do you know what the VSC employees make? They have a union, so chances are they're probably over-paid. VSC and CSC serve close to the same population in terms of the number of states they cover, there is no excuse for such the huge time differential between CSC and VSC.

I am not defending nor accussing anyone. not even those people who work at VSC. I cant even be mad at them. every officer there handles daily files worthing hundreds or thousands dollars from the fees we pay. and yet, at the end of the month they go home with minimum wage I think. awful work, little paid, not many beneffits. I thik there is as much frustration in those offices as it is here. I somehow understand them not being motivated. I only blame the system.that is designed poorly. and has many gaps, and is not consistent.

I STRONGLY i agree with what "antiwaiting" says, is nobody fault how slow is the process and the differences in between different persons applications, yeah most of the time a few get lucky and the process goes flying. The people that work at Service Centers are getting really poor paid so that is a huge thing, if you have the staff unhappy you'll get really bad processing times. That is it.

[Ellie-and-David 38]

I wasn't being argumentative but some member chose to read only sections of my post. People managed to miss the line "K-1 should be kept (referring to the post before mine) because not everyone has the same circumstances."

Meaning, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. I was defending the use of the K-1.

Sorry mkg, I should be more careful with my quoting, i did understand what you said. I was responding to the poster who said as a K1 she didnt wait and you were included within her reply.

The bulk of my post was aimed at the person before you, who believed the K1 should be done away with a full priority given to married couples, which was something that I was countering.

At the end of the day, i try not to blame the man on the ground for the way the system works. VSC is run by bureaucrats and it is the responsibility of these people to ensure that our petitions are processed at a time equal to CSC. It is their responsibility to ensure staff productivity.

It is completely unacceptable that the same job can be done in half the time and that you are subject to what boils down to being a zipcode lottery.....

I am no where near far enough into the process to have any real experience of the issues others are experiencing, but my heart goes out to anyone who has to be apart from the one they love....especially when that relationship is genuine and the thought of being without our partners drives us to the lengths we are having to undertake to be with them.