The 2010 London Waiver List

[Andrew-Traci 5]

No, but I will send each of us a "Whiskies of the World" basket! LOL

Right on JustJ!!!! Make mine a Jack Daniel's basket and by the time I get through it I won't be feeling anything!!!

[Traci - Andrew 14]

I have just posted the following post on the USCIS Blog site "The Beacon" to the Director of USCIS and the Director of Communications

I doubt if it will do any good, but we all live in hope...

I-601 Waiver Application Timescales

Hi

I have been monitoring the USCIS I-601 Status Update PDF's since October 2009 as I am going through this process myself, however during the monitoring of these updates I have compiled a spreadsheet to make it easier for all involved to get a better idea of timescales and status than what the USCIS publish.

But if you look at the data collected over this 8 month period, you will find it interesting reading, because there are periods of time when nothing happens and other periods when they seem to be trying to beat a deadline.

The spreadsheet can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5362871/Waiver%20Timescale%20I-601.xls

Just copy this link in to your web browser and it will open up..

What this shows me is the following:

1 - An average of only 1.2 cases completed per week.

2 - End of March must be important as several updates were issued before April began.

3 - Updates are sometimes issued with the following days date.

4 - Lots of periods when no cases get completed.

5 - Updates are not regular

6 - In the last 38 days only 2 cases completed

7 - The longest period without any completions was between 24th Nov - 7th Feb which was 78 days.

8 - Some cases are reaching way beyond the 15 weeks stated with no communication regarding delays to the applicant.

If I was running a department with the sort of figures that I have pulled from this spreadsheet, heads would roll, because how can you go so long without completing cases? without any transparency the applicants are blind as to what is happening and when somthing is going to happen.

Can anyone see what is going on, as we have no way to contact this department, no phone numbers are published or email addresses for this process to get any form of information regarding the status of each application.

Thank you

Take care and have a nice weekend..

Andrew

[JustJ 0]

Awesome post, Andrew. I hope it yields some movement.

[JustJ 0]

<scrubs down thread>

ALRIGHT. New week starts tomorrow. Let's lift our spirits and hope & pray we see some APPROVALS in here!

[JustJ 0]

Heeeheee, just dropped off a beer/whisky basket in the AP thread.

I'm feelin' LUCKY this week.

[Andrew-Traci 5]

Heeeheee, just dropped off a beer/whisky basket in the AP thread.

I'm feelin' LUCKY this week.

I like your thinking!! Will one case of champagne will be enough?? Hope you're right!!

[JustJ 0]

Andrew, this may be a silly question, but is there any way to take the information in your spreadsheet and create a graph that shows the completions per week? I'm thinking that in order for me to provide it to my congressman's office, a picture might show what I would have difficulty describing. I'm betting that there will be many flat lines between the peaks, which might put it all in visual perspective for him.

Julie

[treehugger 23]

No updates today??

[Traci - Andrew 14]

Andrew, this may be a silly question, but is there any way to take the information in your spreadsheet and create a graph that shows the completions per week? I'm thinking that in order for me to provide it to my congressman's office, a picture might show what I would have difficulty describing. I'm betting that there will be many flat lines between the peaks, which might put it all in visual perspective for him.

Julie

Hi Julie

I have attached a few links to some unprotected Excel spreadsheets that show the data for New/Under Review/Completed data in 3 different ways.

Please choose which type you prefer, the data is the same but displayed in different chart types.

Chart 1 : Spreadsheet 1 (PDF Version) : PDF Chart 1

Chart 2 : Spreadsheet 2 (PDF Version) : PDF Chart 2

Chart 3 : Spreadsheet 3 (PDF Version) : PDF Chart 3

I have also made PDF files just in case it is easier than Excel for you..

Let me know what you think.

Take care

Andrew

No updates today??

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... but I doubt if they will update us now until Friday.. but hey we can still have a chat online

Take care

Andrew

[treehugger 23]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... but I doubt if they will update us now until Friday.. but hey we can still have a chat online

Take care

Andrew

I'm sure all your efforts are going to bear fruit: be it the letters, spreadsheets or graphs

Over on the AP thread two more people got their visas last week. Two more have had encouraging activity - incidentally they've been waiting the longest, one over a year and the other almost two - so we're all 'rootin' for them. Makes my 11 weeks seem rather paltry by comparison! The last time I called the DOS I didn't get much in way of good vibes Was hoping that as we approach the magical 90 day mark that my case would be resolved - happily of course!

[Andrew-Traci 5]

I'm sure all your efforts are going to bear fruit: be it the letters, spreadsheets or graphs

Over on the AP thread two more people got their visas last week. Two more have had encouraging activity - incidentally they've been waiting the longest, one over a year and the other almost two - so we're all 'rootin' for them. Makes my 11 weeks seem rather paltry by comparison! The last time I called the DOS I didn't get much in way of good vibes Was hoping that as we approach the magical 90 day mark that my case would be resolved - happily of course!

Hi Treehugger,

That is encouraging news coming from the AP side of the world... here's hoping your wait isn't too much longer. Would be nice to have similar movement on our side - Today we made six months - there are two cases older than ours, you would think USCIS would want to get us off their list - we can't be making them look to good.

Well, it's only Monday - a FULL WORK WEEK ahead of us, maybe they'll do something??

Take care everyone,

Traci

[JustJ 0]

Thanks for the links, Andrew.

Tree, good news on the AP side. Hope your approval isn't far behind.

Traci, we hit the 5 month mark today. Someone suggested that the 15 weeks doesn't start until you make it to the London list, so I guess we have a bit to go.

[Andrew-Traci 5]

Thanks for the links, Andrew.

Tree, good news on the AP side. Hope your approval isn't far behind.

Traci, we hit the 5 month mark today. Someone suggested that the 15 weeks doesn't start until you make it to the London list, so I guess we have a bit to go.

Unfortunately, at least for us, that theory went up in smoke as we have been on the list since 11/10/09. I'm hoping it was just bad timing on our part - we hit the list right before the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year holidays, so you can write off all of that time...I think you might have a better chance...

[treehugger 23]

Tree, good news on the AP side. Hope your approval isn't far behind.

Thanks Be sure to let us know how you get on with your congressman - good luck!!

[treehugger 23]

Hi Treehugger,

That is encouraging news coming from the AP side of the world... here's hoping your wait isn't too much longer. Would be nice to have similar movement on our side - Today we made six months - there are two cases older than ours, you would think USCIS would want to get us off their list - we can't be making them look to good.

Well, it's only Monday - a FULL WORK WEEK ahead of us, maybe they'll do something??

Take care everyone,

Traci

Thanks, Traci Come on lovely people dealing with London waivers...we want to see some names drop off that list!!

Yup, a whole working week, wonder what they'll manage to do in that time... Fingers crossed everybody