K1 - California vs. Vermont

[gsebia 0]

It seems that the Calif. Ctr is smokin through the NA02's. They are half way through march and Vermont just started Febuary (according to Igors list)..

is this typical ? or, is there certain times of the year that 1 center is ahead of the other ?

Gene and Keila (Peru)

Met Feb 26 2006

Engaged November 2008

NA01 - May 1, 2009

8 trips to Peru. Just returned agian in June and returned w/ maleria

Planniing 1 more trip (Hoepfully Novenber for Interview)

[rebeccajo 14]

It comes and it goes. No rhyme or reason.

[Ovi 0]

I am hoping they pick up the pace again. I am at VSC as well and when we applied people were getting aproved around 90 to 100 days. Now it is around 140 days. Sad =(

It does not seem to have any sense to it. I think it just depends on their workload and how they prioritise stuff. Like work visa and such get done faster because they are time sensitive. K-1's are not. They don't care that it is so terrible waiting for months to be with your loved one. Unfair, I know... But .... this is life.

Best of luck to you!

[Lu & Keith 0]

I am hoping they pick up the pace again. I am at VSC as well and when we applied people were getting aproved around 90 to 100 days. Now it is around 140 days. Sad =(

It does not seem to have any sense to it. I think it just depends on their workload and how they prioritise stuff. Like work visa and such get done faster because they are time sensitive. K-1's are not. They don't care that it is so terrible waiting for months to be with your loved one. Unfair, I know... But .... this is life.

Best of luck to you!

Very true!

Edited July 13, 2009 by Lu & Keith

[SuperDuper! 230]

It comes and it goes. No rhyme or reason.

You can say that again. They REALLY processed you quickly. Does this happen that NOA2's are sometimes issued so lightning quick?

[Comboni 0]

It seems that the Calif. Ctr is smokin through the NA02's. They are half way through march and Vermont just started Febuary (according to Igors list)..

is this typical ? or, is there certain times of the year that 1 center is ahead of the other ?

Gene and Keila (Peru)

Met Feb 26 2006

Engaged November 2008

NA01 - May 1, 2009

8 trips to Peru. Just returned agian in June and returned w/ maleria

Planniing 1 more trip (Hoepfully Novenber for Interview)

Believe me I understand what you are going through.

I don't know what's going on with VSC, those guys are taking long and my fiance and I are dying inside!! We got the NOA1 on April 22.

I can't wait anymore, I'm also in Peru and he's in VA, we thought the visa was going to be granted around August but it seems like we were a little too optimistic. The last time he came was in May, and he's coming back for the interview, that would be the 9th visit.

It looks like our processing dates are very close to each other.

Any good or bad news you have, please let me know, I'm very anxious and our cases are surprinsingly similar, since ur fiancee is also in

Peru. This is my email kaycita1@gmail.com.

The best of lucks to both of you !!!

[SomedaySomehow 1]

Well even with CSC ahead of VSC right now ... VSC is statistically still pumping out quite a more approvals on a weekly average compared to CSC ... this basically tells us VSC has a higher work load I would assume ... however the average daily approvals are really close to each other ... the past 3 months CSC has slowed down ALOT ... in january and febuary it seems they made a big push to try and catch up on the backlog ( I assume hired more adjudicators are shuffled some around from VSC or something ) but now it is slowly going the opposite direction again .... heck there was some Feb timelines I remember seeing who where together here in the US within 3 months of filing ... we have been waiting that long already just for our NOA2 ... I really wish they would come up with a more efficient way for this whole process ... for starters they need to put Family type visas in front of any other visa type IMO ... work type visas should not have priority over Family / spousal / fiance visas ... but that is my opinion I guess ... anyway I will stop with my little rant here hehe

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/igor/vjdata/stats.aspx

Edited July 15, 2009 by SomedaySomehow

[Ovi 0]

"Well even with CSC ahead of VSC right now ... VSC is statistically still pumping out quite a more approvals on a weekly average compared to CSC ... this basically tells us VSC has a higher work load I would assume"

Just looking at Igor's list, VSC has about 200 more applications than CSC on file. Let's hope the vacantion time in nearing an end and they will start getting some approvals going!

[Leo&Farah 0]

What makes no sense is despite making us wait that long and knowing it's a natural thing to want to see your SO/fiance/husband, they make it nearly impossible to visit them in the states while waiting due to the filing.

It's damn near sadistic.

The fact that the papers have been filed should be proof enough that things will be done legally and no shenanigans will occur. Why on earth would someone file a K1 or K3CR-1 and then elope in US and risk a permanent ban? That's idiotic. No one with half a brain cell who set their mind to doing things the legal way would do it so if anything, the mere existence of the petition should be a guarantee the beneficiary will go back to home country and complete it.

They should allow separated couples and families to visit each other during this process after making it so long and drawn out. The way things are now is just plain cruel to human nature.

Edited July 16, 2009 by Leo&Farah

[belarus1 0]

It seems that the Calif. Ctr is smokin through the NA02's. They are half way through march and Vermont just started Febuary (according to Igors list)..

is this typical ? or, is there certain times of the year that 1 center is ahead of the other ?

Gene and Keila (Peru)

Met Feb 26 2006

Engaged November 2008

NA01 - May 1, 2009

8 trips to Peru. Just returned agian in June and returned w/ maleria

Planniing 1 more trip (Hoepfully Novenber for Interview)

yeah, csc is pumpin' em out, we're at 6+ months and still no noa2.

[NatPatBen 3]

yeah, csc is pumpin' em out, we're at 6+ months and still no noa2.

Sorry to hear that. I know how you feel as it took 6.5 months to get my NOA2. I was able to hang out in the December and January filers threads to wish them best of luck & congratulations... but I can't find it in myself to go to the February/March threads to read about people way ahead of me in the process when I filed in December.

I agree with Leo & Farah that this is a bit sadistic.