VJ applicant percent of total applicants?

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Given the above, what are the odds that somebody at YOUR consulate or embassy is reading your posts here?

If they are, then they know of the opinion that certain of them probably ought to be hauled back to the U.S. in chains... or, better, be given a permanent lifetime Foreign Service transfer to a run-down, air-unconditioned building in some malaria-infested, crime-ridden, civilly violent fifth-world cesspool of a corrupt, brutally anti-American dictatorship. Let them further their self-prized "fraud-prevention" skills there. Many imaginably wish this kind of love & kisses upon our beloved consulate, si man.

I think some of them are grouchy because they think they already ARE stationed in a malaria-infested, crime-ridden, poverty-stricken cesspool. I can't imagine being a CO in a high fraud country is much fun. Every time they issue a visa they are probably wondering if they didn't just let another visa scammer into the US, and every time they deny one they wonder if they didn't just wreck the lives of two people in love. I'd hate to be a CO in a high fraud country. Every decision would be like Solomon trying to decide where the cleave the baby.

[thongd4me 69]

Given the above, what are the odds that somebody at YOUR consulate or embassy is reading your posts here?

If they are, then they know of the opinion that certain of them probably ought to be hauled back to the U.S. in chains... or, better, be given a permanent lifetime Foreign Service transfer to a run-down, air-unconditioned building in some malaria-infested, crime-ridden, civilly violent fifth-world cesspool of a corrupt, brutally anti-American dictatorship. Let them further their self-prized "fraud-prevention" skills there. Many imaginably wish this kind of love & kisses upon our beloved consulate, si man.

I think some of them are grouchy because they think they already ARE stationed in a malaria-infested, crime-ridden, poverty-stricken cesspool. I can't imagine being a CO in a high fraud country is much fun. Every time they issue a visa they are probably wondering if they didn't just let another visa scammer into the US, and every time they deny one they wonder if they didn't just wreck the lives of two people in love. I'd hate to be a CO in a high fraud country. Every decision would be like Solomon trying to decide where the cleave the baby.

Hey, that's New York you're talkin' about!

[FaridS 0]

The new USCIS website lets you view the number of filings on a month-by-month basis - it even breaks it down by service center. You can compare that info to Igor's List (select All Petitions) and divide to find out what percentage of your month's petitions are represented on VJ. For example, VSC received 2,458 I-129Fs in March. There are 155 March VSC timelines on VJ, which represents just over 6% of the total.

thank you all for responding....but this one was helpful. Here is the data i was able to find: (vermont)

All Other Pending Awaiting customer action Completions Receipts Month & Year

11287 377 761 1886 Oct07

11295 614 1576 1483 Nov07

10060 1132 2364 1556 Dec07

9772 1004 2634 2289 Jan08

9232 1100 3078 2713 Feb08

9428 813 3114 2932 Mar08

10354 598 1476 2083 Apr08

11766 463 1164 2662 May08

13688 496 1161 2962 Jun08

13114 572 1601 1046 Jul08

16004 536 1571 3998 Aug08

16893 612 1751 2454 Sep08

17229 638 2452 2499 Oct08

18080 631 1531 2173 Nov08

18492 613 2004 2255 Dec08

17714 819 3015 2104 Jan09

16776 1085 3228 2263 Feb09

16917 820 3174 2458 Mar09

16554 728 2780 1990 Apr09

16168 603 2759 1978 May09

15144 660 3388 2110 Jun09

14205 891 2952 1859 Jul09

according to this data, since the beginning of this year, they are processing the applications faster than they are receiving them. That is always good.

and for july 85 VJ'ers out of 1859 is right around 5%. The reason I wanted to know this was that given that the VJ'ers are statistically random samples of the total applicants it would be a good indicator of the true processing times.

If VJer's are a statistically random sample of the average applicant population, the total number of applicants is irrelevant to determining if VJ statistics are a good indicator of true processing times. Statistics accuracy is based on sample size but doesn't vary based on the fraction that the sample is of the total population. That is, a sample of 200, for instance, would give statistics with the same accuracy whether the total population was 5,000 or 1,000,000.

sure it does. are you telling me that if the total population was 5000 and VJ applicants only 5 (random applicants) that you would have a good idea of the true processing time? The higher the number of VJ applicants the higher the resolution becomes and the more accurate the result.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

Given the above, what are the odds that somebody at YOUR consulate or embassy is reading your posts here?

If they are, then they know of the opinion that certain of them probably ought to be hauled back to the U.S. in chains... or, better, be given a permanent lifetime Foreign Service transfer to a run-down, air-unconditioned building in some malaria-infested, crime-ridden, civilly violent fifth-world cesspool of a corrupt, brutally anti-American dictatorship. Let them further their self-prized "fraud-prevention" skills there. Many imaginably wish this kind of love & kisses upon our beloved consulate, si man.

I think some of them are grouchy because they think they already ARE stationed in a malaria-infested, crime-ridden, poverty-stricken cesspool. I can't imagine being a CO in a high fraud country is much fun. Every time they issue a visa they are probably wondering if they didn't just let another visa scammer into the US, and every time they deny one they wonder if they didn't just wreck the lives of two people in love. I'd hate to be a CO in a high fraud country. Every decision would be like Solomon trying to decide where the cleave the baby.

On a very similar note, you might find this blog enlightening: http://xcalling-a-spade-a-spadex.blogspot....rch/label/visas

It's written by an anonymous CO. Granted, it sounds as though he's been working nonimmigrant visas, but it gives some fascinating insight into how they gauge the people they're interviewing.

sure it does. are you telling me that if the total population was 5000 and VJ applicants only 5 (random applicants) that you would have a good idea of the true processing time? The higher the number of VJ applicants the higher the resolution becomes and the more accurate the result.

Not necessarily—as long as you have a sample size that is statistically significant and a relatively random distribution, you'll get accurate results.

[Justine+David 218]

Can someone post how they got to the statistics on the new USCIS page? I've thumbed around for a quarter of an hour but I guess I'm missing the big arrow sign : )

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

Can someone post how they got to the statistics on the new USCIS page? I've thumbed around for a quarter of an hour but I guess I'm missing the big arrow sign : )

http://dashboard.uscis.gov - the National Processing Volumes and Trends are right on the main page.

[jimnlena 8]

This was an interseting post! I have always wondered myself what percentage! Now the real curiosity, how many of those folks that do not find visa journey end up paying an attorney to do what could be done for free??? I would never of attempted a k1 without one if I did not find visa journey!! And so far I-129f no RFE!! "Knock on wood of course"