January I-129F filers

[sabi 148]

have you guys tried e-request? is it worth a try?

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Case.do

[djricky4 67]

same here, the proposal was a complete surprise on a thanksgiving trip, and when i researched AOS from VWP at the time i thought it sounded risky, so i left, thinking i was doing the right thing and i'd be back by summer... HA! at least i've been able to work and save some more money, but then, we also had to spend $1500 on a flight for andrew to visit, when it became obvious things weren't happening quickly enough, and then there's all the retail therapy i've been doing to make up for being apart meanwhile, there's people posting on here all the time saying they're gonna just adjust status from a vwp/tourist visa, and they don't seem to have a worry in the world!

lol , maybe if we didnt talk about it and research it, we would be clear by now ha...the stats we deceiving, i though i would have had NOA2 letter before i left the US in may, i dont wanna say it but im just hoping that we dont get an RFE while she is here for the 2 weeks, that would be devastating, we wouldnt be able to reply until the middle of the month. even though we have an entire copy of the package sitting back home in a safe

[sabi 148]

have you guys tried e-request? is it worth a try?

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Case.do

ok forget it , it's only for a typographical error on the receipt... I thought it is actual online service request

[P+J 47]

I shouldn't have added up my days...I'm at 160 as of today, with no approval in sight. I think Paul's at 160 now too, as are a few others. I may have to call USCIS and beg for a service request now. This is getting ridiculous.

I'll hit 160 days tomorrow from receipt date. Looks like 1/18 receipt date is still untouched. As Sabi pointed out, 1/17 seems to be as far as they have gotten (at least consistently) but again approvals are all over the place so who knows. just hope we don't have another day today without a single approval....CSC had 6 approvals here. and we had 0...just couldn't be much worse...it will be very concerning if we see nothing again today.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Paul86

[djricky4 67]

I'll hit 160 days tomorrow from receipt date. Looks like 1/18 receipt date is still untouched. As Sabi pointed out, 1/17 seems to be as far as they have gotten (at least consistently) but again approvals are all over the place so who knows. just hope we don't have another day today without a single approval....CSC had 6 approvals here. and we had 0...just couldn't be much worse...it will be very concerning if we see nothing again today.

[sabi 148]

I'll hit 160 days tomorrow from receipt date. Looks like 1/18 receipt date is still untouched. As Sabi pointed out, 1/17 seems to be as far as they have gotten (at least consistently) but again approvals are all over the place so who knows. just hope we don't have another day today without a single approval....CSC had 6 approvals here. and we had 0...just couldn't be much worse...it will be very concerning if we see nothing again today.

I'll ask again. Is it ok to chase the congress person's office or should we (im)patiently wait for them to get back to us?

[P+J 47]

And the worst part is that next week is a guaranteed slow down with the holiday..still waiting to hear back from my Congressman too. Seems like everybody is taking a holiday. Hopefully someone can figure out what's going on...

[P+J 47]

I'll ask again. Is it ok to chase the congress person's office or should we (im)patiently wait for them to get back to us?

I don't think there's any harm in chasing it. They are here to serve their constituents and I would imagine inquiring with USCIS is not one of the most time consuming things for them to do. They deal with things probably much worse and complicated than this. Easy points for them to earn with their voters. Hoping they can get past all the noise, disinformation, and barriers that we encounter at the lower levels of service and maybe get us all some answers. I just don't understand how things can be going this way with the holiday next week. If no work is done at all on the K1s they've automatically added 14-20 days to our processing times simply through inaction...This has become worse than watching paint dry.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Paul86

[P+J 47]

I shouldn't have added up my days...I'm at 160 as of today, with no approval in sight. I think Paul's at 160 now too, as are a few others. I may have to call USCIS and beg for a service request now. This is getting ridiculous.

Let me know if there's any success because it will prove if my CSR lied or not. They explained that the computer will not accept a service request (automatically blocked with the reported processing date of 1/09). They were prepared to do it but it just won't go through no matter what they try..But I will say the service requests are pretty weak. better to go with Congressional as they apparently can find out if the petition is on a desk or not...which at least would be reassuring. I would think the average filer doesn't even explore such options as we are a very small percentage of the number of total filers...so maybe it can help in some way. especially now since we're all moving out of the 5 months processing. I think I will remove the phrase "watching paint dry" from my choice of words in the future and replace it with worse than "waiting for adjudication at VSC" to be used in all intolerably protracted situations that never seem to end.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Paul86

[Level99 1]

Honestly its likely just a compounding of little things that would normally be handled without a sweat, but they're all happening at the same time. Pure speculation of course, since none of us has any sort of contact WITHIN the VSC, but it is unbelievably hard to repress those little voices in your head trying to reason what is causing the slowdown in that black box of a service center.

H1B filing finishing up, obviously understaffed, potentially diverted to other projects with emphasized priority, being unable to disrupt the flow and divert some of the excess off to CSC, summer vacations (everyone who works at the VSC is a human being, like us, who can't work full throttle constantly without burnout so they do deserve some time off, even if we don't want to admit it because it affects the status of our own lives so significantly), and a whole slew of other things. I personally wouldn't want to bonk ANYONE there on the head because they're under enough stress as it is, I'm sure. We're in the unfortunate position of being able to see where others are, gathering definitive proof that some files go faster than others without rhyme or reason in a very sporadic fashion. We see where the CSC is processing, and their consistency in comparison to what's going on at the VSC is powerful enough to cast doubt and uncertainty on whether or not it will be this slow for a while, slow down further, or speed up, let alone WHEN it will change.

It's getting to all of us. I mean, I had a friggin' dream last night that I logged on and the NATIONAL GOAL AND AVERAGE were changed to 11 months just to match an updated VSC processing time. Talk about a nightmare, right? This morning I even considered setting up a date in my own mind for when the early Jan filers would have waited long enough without being able to open service tickets and possibly organizing a protest of some kind.

But then I had another thought. If I were one of the people at the VSC, who more likely than not do know what we're going through and how tough it is for us, and I were under tremendous strain of an oversized workload while being in a place that is understaffed...well, I'd have to start ignoring how bad it felt to stay behind and just focus on trying to make headway. I'm actually going to send a letter or email to the VSC giving encouragement, telling them that I can only guess how tough it is there right now, and that I believe they can get back on track very quickly.

We're petitioners. Besides filing service claims and calling our representatives, we have little-to-no power to intimidate or pressure them to work faster on our applications. But a little good ol' fashioned encouragement wouldn't hurt at all, methinks Negative energy is just going to breed more negative energy.

But I also may be off my rocker on the whole thing

[Nana & Dodo 1]

I'll hit 160 days tomorrow from receipt date. Looks like 1/18 receipt date is still untouched. As Sabi pointed out, 1/17 seems to be as far as they have gotten (at least consistently) but again approvals are all over the place so who knows. just hope we don't have another day today without a single approval....CSC had 6 approvals here. and we had 0...just couldn't be much worse...it will be very concerning if we see nothing again today.

Looks like CSC is a month ahead of VSC. They are processing middle February applicants, while VSC got stucked in middle January. For the first time, I wish If my application would be sent to CSC better than sad VSC. Realy guys I am writing these words with a deep sadness. When you feel that you are unable to do anything as a disable person, that hurts a lot. Your future plan is dependent on others who are not aware how serious that process is, and how people are building their future plans on it.

[ffp 2]

I feel sorry for VSC I was not happy with CSC due that it was slow. I guess a lot of people on vacation so things getting slow. I can't wait when NOA2 get to NVC. The waiting time increasing fast and building this anger inside that applications being reviewed as a lotto number.

[P+J 47]

Looks like CSC is a month ahead of VSC. They are processing middle February applicants, while VSC got stucked in middle January. For the first time, I wish If my application would be sent to CSC better than sad VSC. Realy guys I am writing these words with a deep sadness. When you feel that you are unable to do anything as a disable person, that hurts a lot. Your future plan is dependent on others who are not aware how serious that process is, and how people are building their future plans on it.

Yes. It's disappointing and there's nothing we can do about it...And I understand that they are probably in a difficult situation right now with whatever has directed attention away from K1s but completely neglecting the K1s is not going to solve anything. I had totally realistic expectations for this process, and just seeing something going on is better than nothing. My main concern is that we might go this entire week and again have so few approvals. It'll effect everyone down the line now. There will be a ripple effect to all of this. And it's just like the hole gets deeper and deeper. An approval this week or even early next week wouldn't be so bad I guess. but I want to at least see some indication that's even a possibility. The unknowns are what continue to bring us all down. After the 5 months, it's like you're just sort of hanging there over an abyss. It's a very uncomfortable place to be....And few of us have even heard back from our Congressman yet....Hope something can turn around this week. I want to believe in it.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Paul86

[sabi 148]

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[skiptex 225]

another day.. gets me closer