will things pick up in winter ?

[matt&tara 13]

looking at last years times people seemed to get their noa2 in about 3 months or les That were submitted in the winter . is this a trend every year , or am i most like going to wait the full 5 months ? i sent my package last friday

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Don't set timelines for yourself. Right now they are processing at 5 months. Bank on 5 months and if you get it earlier then that woudl be fantastic

Good luck

[Inky 1,110]

Don't forget its december and the holidays are coming.. so people will be taking vacation weeks off etc for christmas and new years.

[jkelly07 120]

your right inky also many employees are on vacation the holidays the mail gets backed up,

[thaiv 15]

The reason we get disappointed is because we expect something. So you are better off not expecting anything before 5 months.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

looking at last years times people seemed to get their noa2 in about 3 months or les That were submitted in the winter . is this a trend every year , or am i most like going to wait the full 5 months ? i sent my package last friday

Lower your expectations. By doing this, things will go as expected or, if things do go faster, you will be happy and appreciative. Expect a 5 month wait for petition's adjudication. "Hope (and prepare) for the best, while expecting (and preparing) for the worst."

Best wishes!

[matt&tara 13]

i don't have any expectations . i was just wondering if last winter was just an exception or a trend .

[moroccogirlny 100]

There's no set trend. Last year's decrease might have been due to the economy being down.

[Jun&Scheillo 6]

looking at last years times people seemed to get their noa2 in about 3 months or les That were submitted in the winter . is this a trend every year , or am i most like going to wait the full 5 months ? i sent my package last friday

What I've learned from the uscis is that it's very unpredictable. The Service Centers are actually not working on the same pace.Vermont seems to be the mother of them all and therefore carries the majority of the workload. I have confidence that Vermont can and will put an end to the TPS business soon, but more workloads may be shifted over them again from the other slow service centers.