CSC as of today for k1 visa is currently processing the current day of......

[JTB11 1,079]

sucks.

[Love's JAA 100]

No the stats as of today say "feb 5 2012" and they lady on the phone said the same thing..so I'm confused at this??

Well I don't think 7.2 months is realistic. But of course if its the wait, it's the wait. Nothing we can do but still really no need to jump from 5 months to 7, they should keep up at least the same work movement. But things can speed up later or slow down..only time will show!

Yes the data was updated on February 5th, but if you look right above the chart it says "Field Office Processing Dates for California Service Center as of: December 31, 2012". So it's more than a month old data already.

[Touch of Treble 39]

Actually, when I was going through the K1 stage, I found that the posted data on the website was never accurate. There is no rhyme or reason to how USCIS operates. You get approved when you do. So looking at the timelines, checking the USCIS website and just trying to see where you are up to the in the queue won't tell you anything to go by. Some people waited way longer than I did, others waited less, yet most of us are through. It will happen and probably the best way to make the time go faster, while you are waiting to get married, is to play games with each other, get to know each other even better, and spend as little time as possible checking the website for where they want you to think they are up to...

A watched pot NEVER boils when you think it should, and a watched K1 never gets approved in a hurry!

[lufthgiled 6]

All I can say it's not really accurate to rely on.

[Jeikun 65]

If you look at the trend data chart on their website you will see November 2012 is CSC's slowest month in 2 years (though Sep 2011 was close) for processing K-1, and December didn't get much better. No January 2013 data available when I checked last. Most months last year they processed more in a month than they received, and were shrinking backlog. Now that trend has reversed and they are processing fewer than come in in a month, so they are losing ground. Part of this, perhaps a large part seems to be the decision to process "dream act light" applications before having backlogged enough of them to allow fees to pay for additional capability. Tens of thousands of them have been approved in a very few months, and that manpower isn't coming from nowhere. Things will slow more before they speed up. I would say plan on 10 months to NOA-2 and you might be pleasantly surprised if it only takes 8.

[ChristianZane 70]

My lawyer told me it could be up to a 12months for NOA2 in 2013 as immigration reform makes its way through Congress which will end up flooding USCIS with millions of applications (up to 11 million), so I guess if we have to wait 8 months or less we may be lucky!

[Jeikun 65]

My lawyer told me it could be up to a 12months for NOA2 in 2013 as immigration reform makes its way through Congress which will end up flooding USCIS with millions of applications (up to 11 million), so I guess if we have to wait 8 months or less we may be lucky!

I wouldn't panic on that yet, because that legislation will spend months being debated and modified etc etc before it even gets put through. Your lawyer COULD be right, but it's just speculation because nobody knows what the final law will be.

[ChristianZane 70]

Yea I'm talking about when the legislation passes, K1s could take years through all the paperwork chaos that will ensue. Right now, 8-12 months doesn't look so bad.

I wouldn't panic on that yet, because that legislation will spend months being debated and modified etc etc before it even gets put through. Your lawyer COULD be right, but it's just speculation because nobody knows what the final law will be.

[JTB11 1,079]

8-12 months makes me pretty sick right now though, even if I tell myself it could be worse.

[Ismail+Cassie 36]

8-12 months makes me pretty sick right now though, even if I tell myself it could be worse.

Same here..it's so stupid I'm sorry that just 20 minutes of work is waiting 8 to 10 months to be looked at..but what can we do!

[JTB11 1,079]

that is the worst part...absolutely nothing can be done.

[-=Mai and Timmy=- 12]

were 200 days now guys hang on soon we will be okay

[Alex&Amy 28]

If you look at the historical trends on the USCIS website over the last three months all visa applications submitted, not just K-1's, have decreased compared to October/September and previous months last year, the concept of millions of visa applications flooding the one California Service Centre is not reality at present.

[Jeikun 65]

If you look at the historical trends on the USCIS website over the last three months all visa applications submitted, not just K-1's, have decreased compared to October/September and previous months last year, the concept of millions of visa applications flooding the one California Service Centre is not reality at present.

Millions, no. Tens of thousands, yes. The act allowing those currently here illegally who were brought in as children to apply for renewable 2 year permits to stay and work went into effect last September-ish. You can google it, sorry not in a position to post links atm, but close to 100,000 had been approved already last time I checked. That many approvals in that short a time period with a large portion being done at the CSC is not a zero-impact event. Those are not "in line" behind anyone. They expect as many as 500,000 applications before it's all over with (nationally, not CSC only).

[Sahs 10]

JULY 18th!,

Yep.

Way to move csc, way to move.

Updated feb 5 2013..

Can someone send me the link that points this out please?

were 200 days now guys hang on soon we will be okay

205 days for us today...