CSC Just Reported Processing Times for October

[Nystu 2]

This isn't intended to sound nationalistic by any means, but there are other countries to choose from with a lower demand if you want choices.

Truth, the other option is to be complacent and just accept anything... You are OK with getting bad service, some of us aren't. The high standards of this country are what should drive every single government office to serve citizens the proper way.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

ricardo,we have been over all this a billion times,you have no idea how painful the idea of waiting over pretty much NOTHING is,when you have a loved one half around the world,i have stated this a billion times regarding you and your comments,and ill keep stating it if you keep on talking about something you have no idea about

[thelastpetitioner 218]

Truth, the other option is to be complacent and just accept anything... You are OK with getting bad service, some of us aren't. The high standards of this country are what should drive every single government office to serve citizens the proper way.

+1

if any we saw any activity from CSC regardless of the visa type,we wouldnt be upset.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

There are 1.5 million pending petitions. In August they received about 650,000.

Okay...let's use an analogy. If you own a McDonald's and you can make 50 hamburgers in an hour and you have 100 hamburger orders in an hour, would your system of hamburger making be faulty and your workers all of a sudden be lazy because the customers had to wait for their burger?

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/

You can see here that the number of outstanding petitions has been decreasing until February. And then there is a rise in the months after of petitions being filed. I know we all want to think our petition is the only type that matters, but USCIS has to adjudicate all of them. Making one person happy just makes another person disgruntled.

When we married or proposed to our SO, we got in line at McDonald's. Some people can't place their order correctly to be understood; some people take a long time to pull their change out to pay; some of us are in line with a cashier that is being trained and last but not least, there are only 4 burgers left and the person in front of you just ordered 10.

there are options to make the wait more pleasant,going through it according to numbers ,as in the person who got in the line gets the order ( in other words,going through petitions based on the exact date,these lucky draw things that they do are honestly disappointing,i am a july first filer,two people off my month on VJ have gotten their noa 2s,why?hell if i know )offering other options on the menu ( adding service centers and making choosing them optional )getting more experienced staff OR shutting the whole thing down and starting a job that doesnt take much effort,time or money

[Henykat 16]

Truth, the other option is to be complacent and just accept anything... You are OK with getting bad service, some of us aren't. The high standards of this country are what should drive every single government office to serve citizens the proper way.

No, I'm not okay with bad service. I don't agree that the service is bad. I don't think the wait is too much considering the high volume of petitions and the more demanding requirement of the citizens of this country that we are careful enough to do our best to detect fraudulent petitioners.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

ok out of curiosity,have you noticed these cycles between VSC and CSC?when one speeds up the other nearly completely shuts down?how do you justify that?

let me add this,nothing can be done,correct,voicing our opinion technically is useless,since our opinion doesnt even matter to CSC but that doesnt mean their behavior to us,people expect much more is acceptable

Edited October 21, 2010 by ygr

[Nystu 2]

No, I'm not okay with bad service. I don't agree that the service is bad. I don't think the wait is too much considering the high volume of petitions and the more demanding requirement of the citizens of this country that we are careful enough to do our best to detect fraudulent petitioners.

Well my friend, I respect your opinion but your standards and mine are different. When I call and they tell me they can't tell me what's going on, that to me is bad service.

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Nothing will change.... Guess 5 months is areally long time.

[Henykat 16]

I want my petition approved just as much as the next person. I just don't think it's practical to expect someone to be able to tell you exactly where your stack of papers are in amongst the other 650,000 stack of papers and to require that an already overburdened agency be able to do this sure won't make it more efficient. Do we want approvals or be able to be told exactly what date our petition will be adjudicated? If it requires you having to wait another 2 months because of allocating extra resources and logistical changes to allow you to know the exact date your petition will be adjudicated, would it be worth it? We are talking about thousands of envelopes stuffed with a lot of paper that have to be physically handled. These aren't messages on a forum that can be perused in an instant.

Edited October 21, 2010 by Henykat

[thelastpetitioner 218]

ANYWAYS

im freakin nervous about the interview,is it normal?

[Henykat 16]

there are options to make the wait more pleasant,going through it according to numbers ,as in the person who got in the line gets the order ( in other words,going through petitions based on the exact date,these lucky draw things that they do are honestly disappointing,i am a july first filer,two people off my month on VJ have gotten their noa 2s,why?hell if i know )offering other options on the menu ( adding service centers and making choosing them optional )getting more experienced staff OR shutting the whole thing down and starting a job that doesnt take much effort,time or money

I think part of the problem is that we can only see one very minute portion of what is taking place. Think about how much paper is involved with 650,000 petitions in one month. How can it possibly be done sequentially? I'm surprised it is even as close to sequential as it is now. To logistically be able to do this would just make your wait even longer. Can you imagine an airport with 650,000 planes operating with one gate? If there was no VJ and you didn't know about any other approvals do you think some of this dissatisfaction might not be occurring and maybe you'd be happy if you get your petition approved in 5 months? I'll be happy if mine is.

ANYWAYS

im freakin nervous about the interview,is it normal?

I'm not even going to be there and I'm nervous

[thelastpetitioner 218]

I think part of the problem is that we can only see one very minute portion of what is taking place. Think about how much paper is involved with 650,000 petitions in one month. How can it possibly be done sequentially? I'm surprised it is even as close to sequential as it is now. To logistically be able to do this would just make your wait even longer. Can you imagine an airport with 650,000 planes operating with one gate? If there was no VJ and you didn't know about any other approvals do you think some of this dissatisfaction might not be occurring and maybe you'd be happy if you get your petition approved in 5 months? I'll be happy if mine is.

i cant say the same,there are two easy options for this problem A) adding employees,which would be easy considering there are thousands of people in need of a decent job or B) adding " gates " so to speak.

its not a short term matter,it has been going on for so long,people just tend to move on after their case gets done with CSC.

I'm not even going to be there and I'm nervous

im just reading horror stories about cases getting denied or APed over slightest problems,and with me being iranian,the chances are we are going to have go through a semi long AP,now you see why every min counts for me?

[Henykat 16]

i cant say the same,there are two easy options for this problem A) adding employees,which would be easy considering there are thousands of people in need of a decent job or B) adding " gates " so to speak.

its not a short term matter,it has been going on for so long,people just tend to move on after their case gets done with CSC.

It is easy to say spend more money on employees and resources, but I would be willing to wager a lot of money that the majority of people in the USA don't want any of their tax dollars spent on more employees to offer immigration benefits and in the end what the majority of the people want is usually the thing that occurs.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

It is easy to say spend more money on employees and resources, but I would be willing to wager a lot of money that the majority of people in the USA don't want any of their tax dollars spent on more employees to offer immigration benefits and in the end what the majority of the people want is usually the thing that occurs.

well americans are known for discouraging illegal immigration,there is a price to pay for that

[JlovesA 109]

If there was no VJ and you didn't know about any other approvals do you think some of this dissatisfaction might not be occurring and maybe you'd be happy if you get your petition approved in 5 months? I'll be happy if mine is.

Bingo! I've been reading this thread and thinking to myself, if we didn't know that very often people get approved in under 5 months, people wouldn't be freaking out that it is in fact, taking 5 months. And hey, I don't like the wait either (my timeline said I'd be approved in mid-Sept) but that's just how it is. Comparing yourself to people rarely helps in any area of life.

I agree with you, Henycat. It's surprising it works as well as it does considering how many petitions they receive and how many adjudicators they have. I'm grateful it's only 5 months and that we at least have the USCIS site to check our status on. What if we had to rely on the mail? I don't even want to think about it.

And ygr, I'm not saying the process is perfect but this is how it is and you made the choice to immigrate to the USA, like it or not. If you want something changed, posting on VJ is not going to do anything.

Edited October 21, 2010 by JlovesA