2nd Quick Response from Ombudsman

[glenmar 34]

All,

I emailed the Ombudsman office again, this time inquiring why November/December petitions at CSC are being processed ahead of August.

Here is my response:

"We were able to locate the issue that may have caused a few days’ worth of cases to be worked out of order. This was a result of the flood at the CSC a few weeks back. The cases in their file room were wet, and the whole file room was relocated. As a result, they didn’t have access to every case during that time. They believe they have now resolved that issue and are back on track starting today."

[glenmar 34]

I also want to mention the quote in my previous post was the exact response I got. Please feel free to make your own inquies to the Ombudsman.

[Mumu 10]

They have soooo much imagination at CSC!!!

[Lynkali 163]

I also want to mention the quote in my previous post was the exact response I got. Please feel free to make your own inquies to the Ombudsman.

I got exactly, word for word, the same response this morning, as mentioned in the other thread about the Ombudsman. Now the question is whether to believe it or not!

[storminnorman 9]

That means that the rumor that 48,000 files being damaged which was posted here a couple weeks ago may not have been a rumor. However one would think all of this was scanned in electronically upon receipt??

I think they are still being evasive and less than honest

http://wh.gov/e1uJ

[Andreea&Kevin 38]

I got exactly, word for word, the same response this morning, as mentioned in the other thread about the Ombudsman. Now the question is whether to believe it or not!

It won't take long to find out with 10% of all July and August filers here on VJ. With any kind of regular processing amount we should see 5+ approvals a day.

[Zipline 23]

VJ shows 3 total August forms processed at CSC from August on last Friday and yesterday. Maybe there is some there truth to what is being said.

All,

I emailed the Ombudsman office again, this time inquiring why November/December petitions at CSC are being processed ahead of August.

Here is my response:

"We were able to locate the issue that may have caused a few days’ worth of cases to be worked out of order. This was a result of the flood at the CSC a few weeks back. The cases in their file room were wet, and the whole file room was relocated. As a result, they didn’t have access to every case during that time. They believe they have now resolved that issue and are back on track starting today."

Maybe since you get responses from Ombudsman, you can submit my questions for me?

[Bayareaguy 156]

Maybe, but it's a little late to be saying this. Sounds more like an excuse to me.

So how long does it take for the files to "dry out"?

How exactly does a damaged file take longer to process than an I damaged one?

When they process them, are they looking at the scanned information, or flipping through the pages of your file?

Which actual date ranges were damaged, and which were not?

Unless I can get the answer to these questions, I'm going to be firmly in the "I don't believe this excuse" camp.

[Ronn63 41]

cough...cough...bullsh*t...cough...cough

[glenmar 34]

VJ shows 3 total August forms processed at CSC from August on last Friday and yesterday. Maybe there is some there truth to what is being said.

Maybe since you get responses from Ombudsman, you can submit my questions for me?

I actually believe them. The first email response I got from the ombudsman said that resources were being moved to work on the CSC K1's . One week later we see evidence that more resources are working on K1's. We know its a fact that there was a plumbing issue and we know its a fact a boat load of November/December filers have been approved. In my opinion as much as I feel it's grossly unfair, others who filed 4 months after me are getting approved ahead of me, I would much rather see the resources free up and be applied to working some CSC K1's now than let everybody wait until they can get it together with the July/August files. Once they gave us the resources it might be harder to withdraw them than if they never gave us the resources to begin with. Not having enough resources is one excuse they don't have anymore.

It remains to be seen how fast approvals of July/August will pick up....

[2far 185]

I actually believe them. The first email response I got from the ombudsman said that resources were being moved to work on the CSC K1's . One week later we see evidence that more resources are working on K1's. We know its a fact that there was a plumbing issue and we know its a fact a boat load of November/December filers have been approved. In my opinion as much as I feel it's grossly unfair, others who filed 4 months after me are getting approved ahead of me, I would much rather see the resources free up and be applied to working some CSC K1's now than let everybody wait until they can get it together with the July/August files. Once they gave us the resources it might be harder to withdraw them than if they never gave us the resources to begin with. Not having enough resources is one excuse they don't have anymore.

It remains to be seen how fast approvals of July/August will pick up....

I'm tending to believe them too. Only because it's the only source of hope I have left at this point. And all of the November/December approvals shows that they have actually put some resources on K1s and that they haven't forgotten how to process them. Although the date range they selected upsets me, I was pleased at the number of approvals per day. If they could only find the right boxes to work on, there could be a huge improvement in a short amount of time.

[dsmith13 1]

I also got the exact same reply from him. I think we all should think as positive as possible because thinking negatively just leads everyone to frustration, sadness, and pain. As glenmar said, the last time he responded to us he said that they would be realigning resources to work on I-129F visa petitions, and look, they actually did! Even though the cases were from the wrong months, the amount of approvals we have seen since April 8th is the most we have seen in a very very long time, which is a great sign that they are actually moving again. Now we can wait to see if he is right in his news that they should be "back on track starting today (April 16th)." And as a side note, after seeing how negative and pessimistic everyone has been on here because of these issues, I hope to see a whole lot of happiness and celebration once we do receive our NOA2's!

[Bugs 455]

It won't take long to find out with 10% of all July and August filers here on VJ. With any kind of regular processing amount we should see 5+ approvals a day.

Is that the pace that the CSC had before DACA?

Edited April 16, 2013 by Leon & Mylen

[ricnally 258]

I also got the exact same reply from him. I think we all should think as positive as possible because thinking negatively just leads everyone to frustration, sadness, and pain. As glenmar said, the last time he responded to us he said that they would be realigning resources to work on I-129F visa petitions, and look, they actually did! Even though the cases were from the wrong months, the amount of approvals we have seen since April 8th is the most we have seen in a very very long time, which is a great sign that they are actually moving again. Now we can wait to see if he is right in his news that they should be "back on track starting today (April 16th)." And as a side note, after seeing how negative and pessimistic everyone has been on here because of these issues, I hope to see a whole lot of happiness and celebration once we do receive our NOA2's!

I agree. this is a hopeful sign.

[arcticrobot 11]

The most important question is: was there dinking water involved in flooding or sewage water? If latter I think they don't want to process files covered in feces!