Substantial variability in time lags in ALL K1 steps

[Teachers 12]

From the time you send your application until the NOA1 is issued varies substantially:

0-14 days CSC 676 which is 77.6%

VSC 236 which is 84.6%.

15-21 days CSC 119 which is 13.7%

VSC 25 which is 9.0%.

22 days or more CSC 76 which is 8.8%

VSC 18 which is 6.4%.

Businesses virtually always deposit checks within 7 days. Even allowing for NSC and TSC forwarding to CSC, how can they take more than 14 days 22.5% of the time at CSC and 15.4% of the time at VSC?

The lag from P2 until the NVC sends to the Consulate also varies substantially, with CSC taking far longer than VSC.

0-14 days CSC 120 which is 39.9%

VSC 117 which is 92.8%.

Even worse, 67 of the CSC ones (22.2%) take 22 days or longer. Apparently CSC just sits on approved files for a week or two before sending them to NVC! I would like to know why they are so much slower!

Once NVC sends the files to the embassies or consulates, you'd think they would arrive within a few days. After all, DHL can circle the globe in less than a week. Unfortunately, only 78.4% make it within 7 days. Worse, about 5 % take over 2 weeks. Worst are China, Cuba, Dominican Republic the Philipines and Taiwan, each of which had one or more cases take 35 days or longer!

After the Consulate gets the package from NVC, most consulates/embassies send out the P3 within 14 days (73.4%). But the other 26.6% take more than two weeks. Special mention goes to those who take over 28 days: China, Germany, Iran, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Philippines (several), Russia, and Vietnam (several).

Here is the data, in case you want it.

Other_steps_in_the_K1_process_Sept_23_2006.doc

Tom

[aj1 1]

From the time you send your application until the NOA1 is issued varies substantially:

0-14 days CSC 676 which is 77.6%

VSC 236 which is 84.6%.

15-21 days CSC 119 which is 13.7%

VSC 25 which is 9.0%.

22 days or more CSC 76 which is 8.8%

VSC 18 which is 6.4%.

Businesses virtually always deposit checks within 7 days. Even allowing for NSC and TSC forwarding to CSC, how can they take more than 14 days 22.5% of the time at CSC and 15.4% of the time at VSC?

The lag from P2 until the NVC sends to the Consulate also varies substantially, with CSC taking far longer than VSC.

0-14 days CSC 120 which is 39.9%

VSC 117 which is 92.8%.

Even worse, 67 of the CSC ones (22.2%) take 22 days or longer. Apparently CSC just sits on approved files for a week or two before sending them to NVC! I would like to know why they are so much slower!

Once NVC sends the files to the embassies or consulates, you'd think they would arrive within a few days. After all, DHL can circle the globe in less than a week. Unfortunately, only 78.4% make it within 7 days. Worse, about 5 % take over 2 weeks. Worst are China, Cuba, Dominican Republic the Philipines and Taiwan, each of which had one or more cases take 35 days or longer!

After the Consulate gets the package from NVC, most consulates/embassies send out the P3 within 14 days (73.4%). But the other 26.6% take more than two weeks. Special mention goes to those who take over 28 days: China, Germany, Iran, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Philippines (several), Russia, and Vietnam (several).

Here is the data, in case you want it.

Other_steps_in_the_K1_process_Sept_23_2006.doc

Tom

I can believe it my fiancee is from Egypt they sent his P3 on August 31 he still has not recieved it. I don't think they sent it yet. I can't even get in touch with anyone about it through email or the phone number.

AJ1

From the time you send your application until the NOA1 is issued varies substantially:

0-14 days CSC 676 which is 77.6%

VSC 236 which is 84.6%.

15-21 days CSC 119 which is 13.7%

VSC 25 which is 9.0%.

22 days or more CSC 76 which is 8.8%

VSC 18 which is 6.4%.

Businesses virtually always deposit checks within 7 days. Even allowing for NSC and TSC forwarding to CSC, how can they take more than 14 days 22.5% of the time at CSC and 15.4% of the time at VSC?

The lag from P2 until the NVC sends to the Consulate also varies substantially, with CSC taking far longer than VSC.

0-14 days CSC 120 which is 39.9%

VSC 117 which is 92.8%.

Even worse, 67 of the CSC ones (22.2%) take 22 days or longer. Apparently CSC just sits on approved files for a week or two before sending them to NVC! I would like to know why they are so much slower!

Once NVC sends the files to the embassies or consulates, you'd think they would arrive within a few days. After all, DHL can circle the globe in less than a week. Unfortunately, only 78.4% make it within 7 days. Worse, about 5 % take over 2 weeks. Worst are China, Cuba, Dominican Republic the Philipines and Taiwan, each of which had one or more cases take 35 days or longer!

After the Consulate gets the package from NVC, most consulates/embassies send out the P3 within 14 days (73.4%). But the other 26.6% take more than two weeks. Special mention goes to those who take over 28 days: China, Germany, Iran, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Philippines (several), Russia, and Vietnam (several).

Here is the data, in case you want it.

Other_steps_in_the_K1_process_Sept_23_2006.doc

Tom

I can believe it my fiancee is from Egypt they sent his P3 on August 31 he still has not recieved it. I don't think they sent it yet. I can't even get in touch with anyone about it through email or the phone number.

AJ1

Cairo is not a good Embassy i see they also don't give accurate or correct information. So i have to add Egypt in those statistics. I really don't believe they sent anything.

AJ1

[wodengdaini 0]

CSC-NVC-Gunagzhou = wait, wait, wait.

[Teachers 12]

CSC-NVC-Gunagzhou = wait, wait, wait.

You got that right!

Tom

[zixuandavid 0]

I think part of comparing CSC to VSC is volume related and proximity; don't forget that VSC is a neighbor to NVC..so mailing is much faster as well.

[Teachers 12]

I think part of comparing CSC to VSC is volume related and proximity; don't forget that VSC is a neighbor to NVC..so mailing is much faster as well.

I agree that VSC is closer than CSC. That's why I made the first tiem grouping 14 days. I suspect mail from California can take 1-3 extra days. But if things are mailed even once a week, they should NEVER take more than 14 days to get to NVC and be entered. Also, since CSC does a higher volume, they presumably have enough cases to justify a shipment more often. This would push the two toward being closer to each other in time from NOA2 to NVC receipt.

I think both centers should strive for 100% received and processed at NVC within 14 days.

Tom