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Immigration Timelines - Expedites

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Matt & Rocio   28

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Chile
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First off let me say this site is wonderful and has been extremely helpful in navigating the process of obtaining a visa for my wife and step-daughter. The step-by-step guides, the forums and the timelines are extremely valuable resources to anyone who has to embark on this journey.

I check the Immigration Timelines on a daily basis. I received my NOA1 on July 27 and as is the case with many July filers I have yet to receive my NOA2 or an RFE. There has been a trend lately with CSC approving petitions from December. It's hard to tell if these petitions were expedited or if they were just picked at random to work right away as opposed to putting in in the queue. Would it be possible to add a field that indicates if you have requested an expedite and if that expedite was approved?

I have no problem with USCIS approving expedited applications ahead of me, but it is very frustrating when I continue to wait while other non-expedite petitions "win the lottery" and wait less than a month between NOA1 and NOA2. Obviously this wouldn't fix or change anything, but it would help to know how often USCIS does something like this. It's already ridiculous that we have to wait 5 months or more for someone to take 15 minutes to process our petition, but it is simply unfair that some are stuck in a long queue while others breeze through.

06/10/11 - Married

USCIS: (224 days)

07/22/11 - Mailed I-130 petitions for wife and step-daughter

07/28/11 - NOA1 for both

02/21/12 - RFE for both (received hardcopy on 2/25)

02/28/12 - Responded to RFE for both(received by CSC on 2/29)

03/02/12 - NOA2 for both(received hardcopy on 3/8)

NVC: (37 days)

03/12/12 - NVC Received both

03/21/12 - NVC case number and IIN received for both & Emailed Choice of Agent for both

03/23/12 - AOS bill invoiced & paid for both

03/26/12 - AOS bill shows paid & AOS Packets mailed for both

03/27/12 - Choice of Agent accepted for wife (sent another for step-daughter via email and express mail)

03/28/12 - Choice of Agent accepted for step-daughter & IV bill invoiced & paid for wife

03/29/12 - IV bill shows paid for wife & IV bill invoiced & paid for step-daughter

03/30/12 - IV bill shows paid for step-daughter & IV Packets mailed for both

04/04/12 - IV Packets reviewed. Checklist issued for Divorce Decree for my wife. Step-daughter's was accepted and her case closed

04/10/12 - Divorce Decree accepted after supervisor review & wife's case closed

04/16/12 - Expedite requested for both cases due to NVC error

04/18/12 - Expedite request approved for both cases and sent to Santiago Embassy

Embassy: (15 days)

04/24/12 - Embassy received both cases from NVC

04/25/12 - Wife went to Embassy for document review. Interview date assigned for both cases.

04/26/12 - Medical Exam for both. Result - approved.

05/07/12 - Interview date for both. Result - approved!

05/09/12 - Received both Visas

05/16/12 - POE Atlanta

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GandK   168

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Denmark
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I feel you pain, we are all in the same boat...

Those people who filed in december and got approved already had their cases expedited. I am 100% sure. The CSC got to August filers now, so your case is taking a bit longer than usual.

Imagine, all the cases that come in CSC got put in boxes.. Let's say 100 cases per box. Then one adjudicator is assigned to each box to handle the applications.

Some adjudicator works faster than others, some boxes might have "difficult" cases that take longer than normal.

Your case could need additional background checking or simply ended up in a "bad box"

Hang in there, it's worth the wait.

 

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