Common misconception about K1

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Jim made a point about the USCIS wanting some backlog, and I can understand that from a management and operational point of view, but clearly the backlog is far too great; our government is failing us miserably here.

There are three factors that determine the length of the backlog for a particular type of petition:

1. The number of those petitions coming in.

2. The number of adjudicators allocated to handling those petitions.

3. The average length of time it takes to process one of those petitions.

They have no control over #1, and only minimal control over #3. From a management perspective, the only thing they could make changes to in order to reduce the backlog is #2. This means they could either reassign adjudicators from other types of petitions, or hire more adjudicators. They avoid doing the latter unless it's clear that the backlog is becoming severe, and factors #1 and #2 aren't likely to get better anytime soon. This is because there are six weeks of basic training in Dallas, Texas, to become an adjudicator, followed by a one week course at the National Benefits Center in Missouri, and then another one week course at the regional service center where they will be working. These aren't seasonal workers who can be trained in an afternoon. These people must understand the relevant portions of the immigration law and the Adjudicators Field Manual. They don't invest the sort of money required for this training unless the employee is going to be a permanent hire.

I've been a member of VJ long enough to have seen the petition approval time fluctuate between less than two months to well over six months. I'm certain that this fluctuation wasn't the result of massive hiring or loss of adjudicators. They've been doing this long enough that I'm confident they can forecast their manpower requirements without risking going to either extreme in processing times.

[Rufus2012 175]

You understand the system perfectly I see. That is exactly what goes on at the service center. I will also tell you that Visa apps that are high dollar revenue like H-1B's tend to get more attention. To say that all people that work at the Service centers are overpaid lazy ( omit 4-letter word) is the opinion of an ignorant person who has no clue or understanding of what they are talking about.

Also to the other poster. As to your rights.!! You have the right to live and die, and anything else is because we follow laws and won our freedom thru blood and sacrifice. No one who is not a citizen of this great country has a "right" to enter and live here without following the laws that are in place to regulate it.

I stand by my assessment that the USCIS is a fundamentally unproductive organization which is mismanaged, and has what could be otherwise good people put in a system where there are no meaningful incentives to work efficiently or expeditiously. This hardly makes them unique, you see plenty of examples even in the private sector, the difference being that a private sector entity run this poorly will eventually find itself out of business because their customers will go elsewhere.

As for the question of rights, no one on this thread, least of all me, has questioned the notion that the government should have some say in the matter as it pertains to the admissibility of foreign nationals; the issue is the manner in which this principle is being implemented.

Edited November 19, 2011 by WaitingInSeattle

[Rufus2012 175]

There are three factors that determine the length of the backlog for a particular type of petition:

1. The number of those petitions coming in.

2. The number of adjudicators allocated to handling those petitions.

3. The average length of time it takes to process one of those petitions.

They have no control over #1, and only minimal control over #3. From a management perspective, the only thing they could make changes to in order to reduce the backlog is #2. This means they could either reassign adjudicators from other types of petitions, or hire more adjudicators. They avoid doing the latter unless it's clear that the backlog is becoming severe, and factors #1 and #2 aren't likely to get better anytime soon. This is because there are six weeks of basic training in Dallas, Texas, to become an adjudicator, followed by a one week course at the National Benefits Center in Missouri, and then another one week course at the regional service center where they will be working. These aren't seasonal workers who can be trained in an afternoon. These people must understand the relevant portions of the immigration law and the Adjudicators Field Manual. They don't invest the sort of money required for this training unless the employee is going to be a permanent hire.

I've been a member of VJ long enough to have seen the petition approval time fluctuate between less than two months to well over six months. I'm certain that this fluctuation wasn't the result of massive hiring or loss of adjudicators. They've been doing this long enough that I'm confident they can forecast their manpower requirements without risking going to either extreme in processing times.

Your analysis is correct and logical. I think where I disagree with you is in what is a reasonable backlog. 2 months is still unreasonable in my opinion, especially given that the amount of effort required to adjudicate (once you know the regulations) is less than an hour.

What's also missing here is some optimization of the process. Much of this could be handled online, it's unfortunate that we're dependent on the physical transport of sometimes irreplaceable documents for this process.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Remember, your dealing w/ federal employees who have a gravy government job and are in no hurry to expedite anything. If you dont know what I am talking about then go to your local IRS office to get your W-2's & tax returns for your I-134 or even go to your local post office, they move the same speed it there are 2 or 200 people in line.

FYI, K-1 approved today!!!!

115 days to get NOA2, less than 3 weeks to go from USCIS to NVC to Manila.

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