Can they be any slower?!!!!

[OctaneGuy 0]

Well the USCIS received our petition in January and was transferred to the Los Angeles CSC in March. Yesterday they interviewed me, because my wife is living in her home country. We got the I130 approved and the examiner said he would send it to the NVC next week. But because there is a 5 year bar in place and she is in the 4th year, we are expecting the visa to be denied, and need to go through the waiver process. She was denied entry back in 2006 despite having a valid visa and passport, no criminal record, no overstays, and this was before our relationship began.

What is happening to California Service Center?! there is a week left in july and they are still not done with March filers!some are accepted,and some are just skipped seemingly....when are they even gonna start with the April filers?! our timeline keeps going further and further away,what is up with that?seriously!...they used to be faster than Vermont Service Center with a whole lot,now it's far behind(accoring to the timelines on visa journey,Vermont is processing the April 5th filer,and Turtle speed California Center is still processing March 30th filers(which i doubt is exact)...What is wrong with them?are they ever gonna speed back up?Why have they gone and maintained being so slow?!!!.....

Thanks in advance for your answers/comments,and Goodluck with your journey!

[road417king 7]

She was denied entry back in 2006 despite having a valid visa and passport, no criminal record, no overstays, and this was before our relationship began.

What was the reason for the denial of entry? That may have something to do with why it's taking so long for you now.

Just a thought.

Thanks!

Mike

[OctaneGuy 0]

Hi Mike. One of our immigration lawyer friends said that the long delay for the interview was likely triggered by the fact we showed two different addresses on the petition for me (USC) and my wife (overseas) without explanation.

The reason for denial was they claim she didn't have proper documents including an unexpired passport...which isn't true..she had a valid unexpired passport that they canceled when they denied her, and they said she was working, which she wasn't, and they couldn't prove that she was. She was living with a friend who provided her room and board while in the US. The officer put her as an asylum case which was never asked if she needed it, so they held her for a week until my wife was able to contact our immigration lawyer friend to get her out.

My wife was 36 at the time of the deportation and she had been in the US since she was 17 originally as a foreign exchange student. Her visa was good until 2015. She would buy a round trip ticket from Hong Kong (she's a HK citizen), and come to the US, and return before her 90 days was up. She never overstayed the visa, never committed a crime, and we have proof of all her entries and exits. After being released, she was escorted by officers to the boarding of the plane which she had a return flight already paid.

Her mother was gravely ill and she was taking care of her in HK, but she would return to the US often. In fact, her mom passed away while my wife was in custody, but because she was in detention, she was not permitted to make or receive phone calls. My wife speaks perfect English, yet they still treated her as a criminal.

And now that our I130 is approved, and we wait for the NVC, we are very aware that the airport could still deny her entry into the US just like they did in 2006 despite having proper documents, and this stresses us both like crazy. Once we have all the documents, she needs to end her apartment lease, move all of her belongings by boat to the US, and she's coming with her dog. Imagine if they deny her and she had to go back with nothing left for her to go to? I'm planning to fly back with her, so if the unimaginable happens, I can atleast be there for her, as she suffers from depression and this would have certainly traumatic effects on her...because of me, her depression has been kept in check but this whole immigration process has certainly affected us both!

What was the reason for the denial of entry? That may have something to do with why it's taking so long for you now.

Just a thought.

Thanks!

Mike

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I am thinking we should prtobably give up on the USA.

If it takes 2 years for us I will literally go insane. I don;'t think I can survive that.

They already have failed to put our case on the online tracking which I feel is a bad sign. NOA1 in mid may, never on the computer still. We ring and ring them, they don't care. I think they've lost our file to be honest.

I can't wait 2 yerars as I am already 35, I have a terrible fear of aging as it is and I CANNOT possibly wait til I am literally middle aged to be with my husband (who is 12 years younger.) They are denying me what small amount left of my youth I have and my libido is going to go to dust after menopause, this is too much. If we were both in our 20s maybe I could tolerate it. I get more depressed the older I get and my husband is being robbed f being yuthful and having a youthful wife - by the time we are together he'll still be young, I'll be ancient.

Will it possibly take 2 years for us?

Will gthat REALLY happen?

WHY has it happened to other people? I am terrified of this, it is mny absiolute worst nightmare, I have already waited 3 years for him and gone from my early tro mid 30s, I can't POSSIBLY be in my late 30s by time we are together! Yes it DOES matter bewcause human life is woefully short - I have used maybe 8% of the rest of my life waitring, if it'ds 5 years to have spent then this will be 12% or so of my life expectancy spent waiting.

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Ajnd before anyoner sdays "oh then you weill have 88% left then" renmember the quality years are the earliest and they get less and less of any quality the older you get til I am in my 70s, possibly in a nursing home we have no life together. Me and my husband had maybe 20 years tops of me not being decrepit and as he is a young man, to lose 3 years of that is terrible, to lose another two is unbearable.

IS there any chance of it taking 2 years and pleasse does anyone have a reason why other peoples' may have taken 2 years, is it to do with the country they come from or can this happen to anyone? Please I really need to know because if there is even the slightest cxhance of it I'm going to have to tell him to pull out of uni and come to the UK insatead. I CANNOT lose anorther 2 years of the tiny amount of quiality time I have left before I turn decrepit.

[Married2009 32]

Anyone know if the new online processing makes things go any faster?

THe online processing is for the NVC stage only. It seemed like the only reason it was faster is there was no wait time for snailmail. You scan and email all the paperwork, just have to remember to bring the originals to the interview.

[TSC Blackhole 11]

THe online processing is for the NVC stage only. It seemed like the only reason it was faster is there was no wait time for snailmail. You scan and email all the paperwork, just have to remember to bring the originals to the interview.

Thank you

After searching the site I realized that you can opt in once you're assigned a NVC number. I swear my patience is running thin and I have barely started the process...

[OBX 51]

Thank you

After searching the site I realized that you can opt in once you're assigned a NVC number. I swear my patience is running thin and I have barely started the process...

This process will test your patience for sure.

This link about EP (from the Canada forum) might help. Good luck!

Electronic Processing

[Casprd 167]

If I understand the recent events correctly, the VSC response times have only improved because they shuffled a lot of cases off to Texas so people were getting NOA2 in 3 or 4 weeks. Maybe as VSC gets caught up whty will do the same for CSC, although it won't help those of us already in the queue. Not sure why they sent off the newest cases rather than the oldest cases.

[Y&E 12]

Same thing happened to the early december filers at CSC. And they skipped over us to the late december filers, but they got to us eventually. It all seems to go very fast once CSC is finished with the case! They will get to you and probably sooner than you think!

Emma

[Timosha 7]

Well the USCIS received our petition in January and was transferred to the Los Angeles CSC in March. Yesterday they interviewed me, because my wife is living in her home country. We got the I130 approved and the examiner said he would send it to the NVC next week.

What kind of interview it was? I have never heard about interview during USCIS I-130 processing.Can anybody explain?

[OctaneGuy 0]

I met at the USCIS office and they wanted me to prove the validity of the marriage. Had to show pictures, and tell our story, and provide evidence that my wife was NOT in the USA and that the marriage was real. Took about 7 minutes and then they said "Ok there is no doubt that this is a real marriage...your I-130 is approved and we'll forward this on to the NVC next week".

Yes it's highly unusual to interview at this stage but it was what they required.

What kind of interview it was? I have never heard about interview during USCIS I-130 processing.Can anybody explain?

[OBX 51]

I met at the USCIS office and they wanted me to prove the validity of the marriage. Had to show pictures, and tell our story, and provide evidence that my wife was NOT in the USA and that the marriage was real. Took about 7 minutes and then they said "Ok there is no doubt that this is a real marriage...your I-130 is approved and we'll forward this on to the NVC next week".

Yes it's highly unusual to interview at this stage but it was what they required.

Congratulations! You certainly have had an unusual journey so far; hope things go smoothly and quickly from here on! Good luck at NVC.