September 2010 CSC K1

[Henykat 16]

As for the I-130 information from USCIS, my understanding is that USCIS is presenting any and all I-130s, which can be used for other family members, not just spouses. So the USCIS information includes all these applications, while the VJ stats to which I provided the link involve I-130 applications only for spouses.

There are members here filing I-130's for people other than their spouses.

[En&Em 1]

There are members here filing I-130's for people other than their spouses.

Of course there are. But the VJ statistics I linked to regarding I-130s in my previous post in this thread relate to only I-130s for spouses. My only point is that makes the statistics I was discussing different (a smaller subset) than the USCIS statistics about I-130s that Geode was discussing.

Good luck with your application(s)!

[Henykat 16]

Of course there are. But the VJ statistics I linked to regarding I-130s in my previous post in this thread relate to only I-130s for spouses. My only point is that makes the statistics I was discussing different (a smaller subset) than the USCIS statistics about I-130s that Geode was discussing.

Good luck with your application(s)!

Good luck with yours too!

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthly_filers.php?visa=3&form=2&scenter=1&option=3&sortby=2

This link references I-130's filed at CSC. Where can you refine the search to include only spouses?

[En&Em 1]

Good luck with yours too!

http://www.visajourn...tion=3&sortby=2

This link references I-130's filed at CSC. Where can you refine the search to include only spouses?

Sorry for the delay. I did not see your question in the copy of your post that was sent to my e-mail.

Anyway, my understanding (but I am no expert) is that, by definition, IR-1 and CR-1 visas are only for spouses. You might use the I-130 application for other family members, but the visa you would be requesting is a little different. The visa differs depending on the family member's relation to the applicant USC. For example:

• - IR-1: Spouse of a U.S. Citizen

• - IR-2: Unmarried Child Under 21 Years of Age of a U.S. Citizen

• - IR-3: Orphan adopted abroad by a U.S. Citizen

• - IR-4: Orphan to be adopted in the U.S. by a U.S. citizen

• - IR-5: Parent of a U.S. Citizen who is at least 21 years old

The VJ report to which I linked states it is reporting I-130 applications for IR-1/CR-1 visas.

Edited October 15, 2010 by En&Em

[Yellowhead 12]

Do we have some sort of chart for Sept 2010 CSC Filers? I notice the Vermont Service Centre has one...

[Geode 3]

Do we have some sort of chart for Sept 2010 CSC Filers? I notice the Vermont Service Centre has one...

Look for a place to change from VSC to CSC and button to click on to bring the CSC data into the chart. I assume you are looking at the Immigration Timelines charts.

Geode

[Yellowhead 12]

Look for a place to change from VSC to CSC and button to click on to bring the CSC data into the chart. I assume you are looking at the Immigration Timelines charts.

Geode

I was just looking at the following: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/274047-september-2010-k1-filers/

if you scroll down you will see a list of filers and their NOA1 dates. Just curious if CSC filers have created something similar to keep track of approvals.

[Geode 3]

I was just looking at the following: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/274047-september-2010-k1-filers/

if you scroll down you will see a list of filers and their NOA1 dates. Just curious if CSC filers have created something similar to keep track of approvals.

I have not seen one. I think you can see the same info by going to your portal page and clicking on the K1 visa link on the left. You can expand the data shown using the advanced mode and select for service center and country at the bottom.

Hope that helps you.

G

[Yellowhead 12]

I have not seen one. I think you can see the same info by going to your portal page and clicking on the K1 visa link on the left. You can expand the data shown using the advanced mode and select for service center and country at the bottom.

Hope that helps you.

G

Excellent. I did not know this portal page existed! Very helpful!

[* Kristin * 49]

A chart would be lovely.. really like to see how everyone else's case is progressing!

Do we have some sort of chart for Sept 2010 CSC Filers? I notice the Vermont Service Centre has one...

[Yellowhead 12]

A chart would be lovely.. really like to see how everyone else's case is progressing!

Check out Geode's suggestion (the result is the same)

"... I think you can see the same info by going to your portal page and clicking on the K1 visa link on the left. You can expand the data shown using the advanced mode and select for service center and country at the bottom.

Hope that helps you.

G "

Basically, select portals at the top, then look at VJ Timelines on the left, click on your type of Visa.

Then you can filter by your own service centre, and include just your country's results, or all countries. Same deal as these in forum things without the work It updates when you update your timeline on your profile page.

[En&Em 1]

Today I called the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) for a question about my i-129F application, unrelated to timelines.

Before I could ask my question, the staff member said, your application is on a "five-month hold." Although this could change, she said currently, CSC is not scheduled to start processing the application until February 2011.

She added other applications with receipts (NOA1s) from September 2010 are also on hold until February 2011. She said that the hold was necessary because of a significant backlog at CSC.

I continued to ask some questions:

- Was this unique to my application or to those of us with receipts (NOA1s) from September 2010?

- More specifically, was the hold applicable to applications from July, August, October, and November?

- How does the hold affect CSC's official goal of five months for these applications?

She said the five-month hold applied to all I-129Fs (and perhaps some others, but I did not absorb what she said about other types of applications). She explained that July 2010 applications were on hold until December 2010; August 2010 were on hold until January 2011; etc. She again stressed that this was the current information, and it could change.

With regard to the official goal of five months, she really did not say much, other than repeating that the September applications would be processed in February 2011.

I am somewhat hopeful that her information is out-of-date, for example, the transfer of marriage applications to Texas might be an indication that this supposed backlog is already well on the way to being cleared. While I am trying to remain optimistic, I was disappointed with this potential news.

Has anybody received similar information about a supposed "five-month hold" at CSC?

[En&Em 1]

Just to be clear, I know my information is somewhat disturbing, but...

I want to share information, but not cause too much stress, especially until we have more information. I have read posts about the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) giving out conflicting information in the past. Part of the reason I asked so many questions of the staff person is to be sure she was not trying to talk about the five-month goal. She clearly continued to talk about a hold, but who knows. And I think some have said that the NCSC staff does not get cutting-edge and in-depth information from the service centers.

To try to figure this out, I thought it best to compare notes with others, to see if anyone else received similar information. I am wondering if someone else has had recent contact with or without any info about a hold.