NOA1 to NOA2 Discrepancies

[anishbedi 0]

K-1 Visa

How is it possible that applications with NOA1's of august and even september have been issued NOA2's before those of NOA1's of June and July (all at the same service service center - Vermont)? Does anyone have an idea? Or are people just inputting their timeline iformation incorrectly? I'm confused. Is it country specific? I assumed they would process cases chronologically, no?

[Mononoke28 135]

It depends on the person who's handling the petition, the service center and the type of petitions they are processing. Some are faster than others, some have a bigger work load than others, some petitions are easier to process than others.

Diana

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

K-1 Visa

How is it possible that applications with NOA1's of august and even september have been issued NOA2's before those of NOA1's of June and July (all at the same service service center - Vermont)? Does anyone have an idea? Or are people just inputting their timeline iformation incorrectly? I'm confused. Is it country specific? I assumed they would process cases chronologically, no?

LOL. Sorry for laughing. You are applying logic and reason to a government operation. The cases are not "processed" chronologically, they may (or may not) be ASSIGNED chronologically but if someone's sloppy cases tied up the clerk you are assigned to or if he/she goes on vacation or gets sick, your case waits and others move along. Also VSC was short handed for a long time and many cases piled up on existing clerks, now they have hired "lots" of new people (according to my friend's wife who works there) and some of them now are completeing the training process and being assigned new cases. So, for example, if your case was piled on to an overworked clerk in Sept. and someone sends one in today and it is handed to a new hire, their case (the one sent today) can be processed much faster than yours. Incidentally, provided you give everything need with your petition, it takes about 15 minutes to adjudicate a case. Bet you didn't know that. The rest of the time you are waiting while they are on coffee break (do I sound cynical?) Really, a clean case takes about 15 minutes or less to process.

The VSC has also started a process of using "contractors" working out of their homes to process cases which have been "triaged" and determined to be "clean cases". These are given to people working at home and there is no particular demand for them to complete any particular "quota" of cases. Yours could be sitting on someones bookcase while they are out snowmobiling or something. Ice fishing has been really good lately, who knows?

My case got processed in 58 days in VSC but I submitted in March. Too warm for skiing and ice fishing, too cold for swimming, hiking, biking. I mean , in Vermont in March there really is nothing TO do except work...dammit! Oh well, it makes about as much sense as anything else.

[Old Dominion 26]

About 18 months ago, I had a good phone conversation with a USCIS staffer who acknowledged that K-1 petitions involving certain foreign nations were given a faster track in processing than those involving high fraud rates. Perhaps this explains why there seem to be discrepancies. It made good sense to me that greater scrutiny was needed where the potential for fraud was greater. Either way, they get their work done ... eventually.

[sara..... 371]

About 18 months ago, I had a good phone conversation with a USCIS staffer who acknowledged that K-1 petitions involving certain foreign nations were given a faster track in processing than those involving high fraud rates. Perhaps this explains why there seem to be discrepancies. It made good sense to me that greater scrutiny was needed where the potential for fraud was greater. Either way, they get their work done ... eventually.

really? i am still waiting

[Old Dominion 26]

About 18 months ago, I had a good phone conversation with a USCIS staffer who acknowledged that K-1 petitions involving certain foreign nations were given a faster track in processing than those involving high fraud rates. Perhaps this explains why there seem to be discrepancies. It made good sense to me that greater scrutiny was needed where the potential for fraud was greater. Either way, they get their work done ... eventually.

really? i am still waiting

Wow. That's inexcusable. What have you done to follow up? Have you contacted your US Senator?

[sara..... 371]

About 18 months ago, I had a good phone conversation with a USCIS staffer who acknowledged that K-1 petitions involving certain foreign nations were given a faster track in processing than those involving high fraud rates. Perhaps this explains why there seem to be discrepancies. It made good sense to me that greater scrutiny was needed where the potential for fraud was greater. Either way, they get their work done ... eventually.

really? i am still waiting

Wow. That's inexcusable. What have you done to follow up? Have you contacted your US Senator?

ha congressman, senators, ombudsman, what ever u can think of we have done