I don't understand this process

[burundilove 0]

I hope someone can shed light to this. I don't understand how the service centers process the files that come in. I don't get how at the same service center you can have cases that have later NOA1 dates get their NOA2 sooner than the ones that had earlier NOA1 dates. Especially if all things were equal like no expedited service was chosen and no RFE's came up. Aren't they reviewed in the order they came in? Are they placed in a giant bin and then just arbitrarily grabbed? I can understand if a case is not complete or an RFE comes up but when all things are equal why inst there a direct correspondence to the NOA1 and NOA2 dates of every case?

[LeftCoastLady 441]

While it's a few years old, this adjudicator Q&A does help shed light on the process: http://www.visajourney.com/content/adjudicator-q-and-a

[Inky 1,110]

Not every single person can work as fast as someone else. Some are able to work faster, some cases go through faster because the checks didn't take long.

[pddp 240]

Who said it was a fair and equal process to begin with?

[geek and geekette 5]

While it's a few years old, this adjudicator Q&A does help shed light on the process: http://www.visajourney.com/content/adjudicator-q-and-a

My questions is how are people with NOA1 in Jan/March getting thier NOA2 before people in Dec, all from CSC????

[P+J 47]

It's possible that for some reason a bin or file containing a number of these petitions somehow managed to receive attention before those containing December petitions. It's definitely an imperfect process and anomalies have and will continue to happen.