Meaning of "Processing Dates for Common Forms" on splash page

[rgfox 10]

Hi Folks,

I filed I-130's for my wife and stepson and received the NOA1 on June 27th 2011. Then I filed the I-129F. To preempt comments pointing out that I just filed more paperwork than necessary, because K3 visas are now converted to CR-1, yes I know that now. I was simply following the advice of an attorney I consulted at the time. I see from the visajourney home page "Processing Dates" that CSC should already be "processing" my I-130. How does this relate, statistically, to the date when I will receive our approval NOA2 (or RFE which is unlikely since I gave them mucho evidence, all apostilled and translated where necessary, etc)? Maybe there is no answer to this except the USCIS standard "5 months", and I suppose the answer also varies widely based on the application and circumstances but I thought I'd see if someone has any informed data on this.

Thanks much,

Richard

[bigdog 376]

We are in the 5th month, still waiting.

[pushbrk 12,883]

Hi Folks,

I filed I-130's for my wife and stepson and received the NOA1 on June 27th 2011. Then I filed the I-129F. To preempt comments pointing out that I just filed more paperwork than necessary, because K3 visas are now converted to CR-1, yes I know that now. I was simply following the advice of an attorney I consulted at the time. I see from the visajourney home page "Processing Dates" that CSC should already be "processing" my I-130. How does this relate, statistically, to the date when I will receive our approval NOA2 (or RFE which is unlikely since I gave them mucho evidence, all apostilled and translated where necessary, etc)? Maybe there is no answer to this except the USCIS standard "5 months", and I suppose the answer also varies widely based on the application and circumstances but I thought I'd see if someone has any informed data on this.

Thanks much,

Richard

It varies by the case and circumstance but currently most are reporting petition approvals in about four months. Some, less and a couple very fast ones lately. It's a black hole you have no choice but to wait through.

[rgfox 10]

It varies by the case and circumstance but currently most are reporting petition approvals in about four months. Some, less and a couple very fast ones lately. It's a black hole you have no choice but to wait through.

Thanks for the information. I appreciate it.

In hindsight, I should have filed for a K-1 when we got engaged back in April, and held off on the wedding until she was here. We would likely be living together right now. Ah, well.

[rgfox 10]

It seems that things have frozen at the CSC for I-129F K-3 petitions, and most IR1/CR1 petitions too. When I look at the K-3 timelines people have entered here, Rachelle & Jacob were the last ones to get their NOA-2 from CSC, their dates were :

NOA1 I-130: 2011-05-2

NOA1 I-129F: 2011-06-14

NOA2 I-129F: 2011-09-15

NOA2 I-130: 2011-09-15

Since then, no NOA2s for K-3 visas have been received; at least, none that have been entered on this site. They are, however, issuing some NOA2s for IR1 and CR1, for some people it is only taking a month or two months. For example, Su and Marvin from Malaysia had the following dates:

I-130 NOA1: 2011-06-24

I-130 NOA2: 2011-07-26

Interview: 2011-09-22

One month!

There are also large numbers of IR1/CR1 applications who have not received their NOA2 from CSC, or have not bothered to enter it here if they have.

This is incredibly frustrating and inequitable. What this tells me is that there is no method to the USCIS process, and that some people wait months longer than others. K-3 visa applications seem to be getting screwed, with much longer timelines than the lucky (and God bless) Su and Marvin, who waited only one month for their NOA2. How did that happen?

Does anyone have an inkling of what is going on? What happened to first-come, first-served? Has CSCS stopped dead in their tracks? And, I do not know where this site is getting its data for the historical processing times (http://www.visajourney.com/content/k3historical). It is showing CSC as having a 100 day time from I-129F NOA1 to NOA2, and 90 days for the I-130 NOA1 to NOA2. This not reflected in the individual data I am looking at. Certainly in my case it is not true, with a 110 day interval for the I-130 NOA2 already, and right around 95 days for the I-129F NOA2. So where is that data coming from?