July 2010 CR-1 filers

[skynaut 29]

Do you know where your case was routed to?

Never mind I should read more often the forums!! Vermont Service Center. I wonder based on what criteria the USCIS decides what Service Center to route the case to? anyone knows?

[skynaut 29]

Do you know where your case was routed to?

Never mind I should read more often the forums!! Vermont Service Center. I wonder based on what criteria the USCIS decides what Service Center to route the case to? anyone knows?

[LotofPatience 65]

Do you know where your case was routed to?

Glad, you got your Acceptance. I'll update our sheet tomorrow. Mine was routed to VSC since I live in NY. Also, our previous (filed in 2007 Dec) I-130 file is also with VSC.

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

Never mind I should read more often the forums!! Vermont Service Center. I wonder based on what criteria the USCIS decides what Service Center to route the case to? anyone knows?

You got it :-)

Normally, SC assignment is based on your jurisdiction. Nevertheless, there are many exceptions. So, you will come to know it when the lockbox accepts the petition and routes.

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

Updated spreadsheet attached.

Loto

[TheSahlis 10]

I was just reading the March Filers Topic and it looks like the USCIS is up to the begining of April. So if they keep the pace up looks like we have about 90 days or so.

[LotofPatience 65]

I was just reading the March Filers Topic and it looks like the USCIS is up to the begining of April. So if they keep the pace up looks like we have about 90 days or so.

That's correct TheSahlis! Other thing, it depends on the SC also. Currently CSC is bit clogged, and VSC does not have much data for projection.

Loto

[black butterfly 0]

July filer here. Finally got our NOA1 after being rejected twice because of PART C , INCOMPLETE ADDRESS though we had filled it completely. Sent the 3rd NOA1 packet July 27. Cashed the check on the 6th of August, and hubby finally received hard copy of NOA1 yesterday. Checked my status online, 4 steps ( acceptance, initial review, decision, post decision ) and my case is on the initial review. It's such an agonizing journey, no choice. It really require so much patience. Let's hope and pray for more good news to come. God Bless Us All..

[LotofPatience 65]

July filer here. Finally got our NOA1 after being rejected twice because of PART C , INCOMPLETE ADDRESS though we had filled it completely. Sent the 3rd NOA1 packet July 27. Cashed the check on the 6th of August, and hubby finally received hard copy of NOA1 yesterday. Checked my status online, 4 steps ( acceptance, initial review, decision, post decision ) and my case is on the initial review. It's such an agonizing journey, no choice. It really require so much patience. Let's hope and pray for more good news to come. God Bless Us All..

Welcome black butterfly to this thread! Glad to hear that you finally overcome NOA1 ####### :-)

Patience, Lot of :-)

[IndigoSkies 168]

What happened to April, May, and June filers' thread?

What happened to April, May, and June filers' thread?

[LotofPatience 65]

What happened to April, May, and June filers' thread?

What happened to April, May, and June filers' thread?

Good question! I think April filers joined March thread assuming they will be approved along with March guys :-)

It looks like May and June filers are sleeping :-)

Loto

[anthonyddiggs1 1]

Okay all here is my little update.

So Today I called the Customer Service Center and spoke to a lady by the name of Sharon. After I explained my situation to her and advised her that I was a former government employee, she escalated my call to an immigration officer by the name of Gonzales. Now this is the information that I was given to the delay.

1. CSC is on complete overload with I-130 petitions and they have sent out an alert to all customer service agents that anyone calling to wait an additional 20 days before starting a service request for escalation.

2. This is a myth-buster. The applications for Haitian and Chilean nationals is not affecting the process of I-130 applications. This is because USCIS has set up a completely different section to handle only those applications.

3. Immigration Officer confirmed that the online site is a piece of Junk!!!!! And should not be used as a sole purpose of checking.

4. This was interesting to hear. That they often will pull applications for quality assurance and that will slow the process down for that applicant. (LUCK OF THE DRAW FOR THAT UNLUCKY SOUL).

5. Here is another interesting fact. Immigration Officer says that the USCIS timeline does follow CSC actual processing timeline as of today. Also stated that CSC will be on overload until around October 2010.

6. He advised that anyone that has passed the 5 month mark and 20 days should start calling so a service request can be placed.

7. (Local offices) Immigration officer stated that not much can be done from a local office. All they will do is the same thing that he did for me over the phone.

8. New information. When you call the 1-800-375-5283 number. All that person does on the phone is the same thing we do, which is check the online status board . The only difference is that they can attempt to place the service request before sending to an immigration officer for escalation.

Well I am still going to make my appointment on Monday, just to see if what he told me was the gospel truth. But he did tell me that my application was updated as of July 22. Which the online status board does not show.

So I hope this gives all of you some insight to what the heck is going on with the CSC office.

[LotofPatience 65]

Wow, thanks a lot Anthony for this detailed information!

It would surely help to those who are in CSC. I also felt little clog in CSC recently with overwhelming applications received compared to VSC. Some folks' applications whose jurisdiction is under VSC also transferred to CSC. I don't know why. Luckily (may be unluckily also), mine went to VSC since our old I-130 file sits there.

Hope you will have some more updates after your Monday's visit to the local office, though they basically do not handle I-130 cases.

Good luck and hope speedy approval for you!

Loto

[IndigoSkies 168]

That info makes me sad.

[black butterfly 0]

This is really frustrating. I am starting to worry again since mine went to CSC. Anyway, I need some advice regarding my passport which is under my Maiden name while my I-130 and other forms, I used my married name. Do you think this would complicate things later on? I renewed my passport a month before we got married which was April 2010. I seems like paranoid after the rejection. I have fears that there would be another problem in our NOA2. Yeah, they sent hubby an e-mail apologizing about the rejection since they were having problems with their system. Sucks huh? Their mistakes in exchanged of a 1 month delay.

"There is no oil without squeezing the olives, no wine without pressing grapes, no fragrance without crushing the flowers, and no real joy without sorrow"