I'm so depressed :( come on vsc!!

[Alzaire 5]

I just wish they'd fix the issues and get it together. Balance things out and lessen the wait time. It's so stressful and unfair.

[QueenOfBlades 224]

I just wish they'd fix the issues and get it together. Balance things out and lessen the wait time. It's so stressful and unfair.

Hello my beautiful baby! <3 I wish they would too. Can't wait to see my baby love again

Alzaire is my fiance <3 <3

Edited May 23, 2013 by QueenOfBlades

[Ali&Amani 12]

i wish you hear a good news !!!

Thank youu!! I hope soo

Hello my beautiful baby! <3 I wish they would too. Can't wait to see my baby love again http://static-forums.visajourney.com//public/style_emoticons/

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Hope u guys see eachother soon!!

Alzaire is my fiance <3 <3

Don't lose faith. You WILL be together and one day be able to look back at this and laugh. Stay strong!!!

I will! And thank uuu

[QueenOfBlades 224]

Thank you Ali + Amani.

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Random 2013 cases? Almost HALF of January are approved. You are not bad mouthing CSC at all, you are being insensitive to the situation we are in and basically saying "Oh, it's not that bad". Well actually, yes, it is. The fact is, January are being approved now and some of February. Me, I am going to have to wait at LEAST another 2 months before I am able to see my fiance again. The point another member made to you in a separate topic - HOW can they NOT be related? They are two different service centers working under the same Government agency. They are not entirely separate entities, they both fall under the jurisdiction of the USCIS. We are not comparing apples and oranges, we are comparing two sides of the same coin. Different heads of a hydra. I work under one company that operates within five Area Service Centers across the country. We operate individually and the same all at once. We also transfer workload between offices and we transfer different branches of operations between offices to try and streamline our processes and to be able to deliver. This has also historically been the case with USCIS. They operate four service centers, and transfer workload between the four if necessary to balance workload and optimize their processing times. There are OBVIOUSLY going to be comparisons between CSC and VSC, as they are currently the two service centers which process I-129F petitions. If one is so obviously outprocessing the other, there are obviously going to be calls for a re-allocation of resources or an adjustment of priorities in VSC. To say that people SHOULDN'T compare is utterly ridiculous and stupid, in my honest opinion.

Also - Vermont has moved onto November while leaving a big portion of October behind, so please don't re-iterate the classically incorrect "Vermont is slow but fair" line. They are just as unfair, just slower.

Tha's bull. I am not being insensitive. I've said numerous times that I feel your pain, that I saw CSC go through something that was even worse just a few months ago. I also gave you helpful solutions to the problems you are having at VSC.

The reason they are NOT related is because they operate independently of one another. What either is doing has absolutely ZERO bearing on the other one. They each have their own management teams who decide what the priority is at any given time. I explained all that in the other thread if you care to actually continue to follow the topic. Comparing them may make you "feel better" but it's not doing anything to help your case whatsoever. It didn't do anything for CSC people who compared themselves against VSC which was moving quicker a few months ago, and it will do nothing to further your goal to get VSC moving faster again.

Again, I reiterate that I never said VSC was doing ok. I never said people shouldn't be upset. I offered a similar solution to what people did at CSC and that was to start a write in campaign to get your voices heard at the VSC and pressure the management of VSC to get their stuff together and get within normal processing times again. I fully expect CSC to have another slow down any time now, and I fully expect CSC people to rally to get them moving again when the time comes. And anyone who complains about how well VSC may be doing at that time will get the same responses.

Just because two units work under the same agency doesn't mean what one does has any affect on the other. BOTH VSC and CSC sent out DACA cases to Nebraska and Texas respectively, weeks apart. Both service centers went into overdrive and caught up rather quickly. CSC hasn't slowed up yet, whereas VSC did. I don't know what to tell you about that. I honestly don't, but that doesn't have anything to do with CSC, it does mean that it is likely time for a campaign to push VSC back on the tracks. Perhaps that would be a good thread to start instead of just complaining about life being unfair..

[Ali&Amani 12]

Ali&Amani -- It's been 6 months on my end and the last time I checked the website using my receipt number I was still stuck on Initial Review. I miss my fiancé so much. Our next meeting was supposed to be the day of the interview but because this is taking so very long we decided to fly to St. Lucia to spend some time together. This is getting frustrating. I feel like my life is on hold.

Dont give upp we are all in thia togetherr!! Iknow it is depressing but we have to wait because of our loved oness!!

[Ali&Amani 12]

Thank you Ali + Amani.

Ur welcome

Random 2013 cases? Almost HALF of January are approved. You are not bad mouthing CSC at all, you are being insensitive to the situation we are in and basically saying "Oh, it's not that bad". Well actually, yes, it is. The fact is, January are being approved now and some of February. Me, I am going to have to wait at LEAST another 2 months before I am able to see my fiance again. The point another member made to you in a separate topic - HOW can they NOT be related? They are two different service centers working under the same Government agency. They are not entirely separate entities, they both fall under the jurisdiction of the USCIS. We are not comparing apples and oranges, we are comparing two sides of the same coin. Different heads of a hydra. I work under one company that operates within five Area Service Centers across the country. We operate individually and the same all at once. We also transfer workload between offices and we transfer different branches of operations between offices to try and streamline our processes and to be able to deliver. This has also historically been the case with USCIS. They operate four service centers, and transfer workload between the four if necessary to balance workload and optimize their processing times. There are OBVIOUSLY going to be comparisons between CSC and VSC, as they are currently the two service centers which process I-129F petitions. If one is so obviously outprocessing the other, there are obviously going to be calls for a re-allocation of resources or an adjustment of priorities in VSC. To say that people SHOULDN'T compare is utterly ridiculous and stupid, in my honest opinion.

Also - Vermont has moved onto November while leaving a big portion of October behind, so please don't re-iterate the classically incorrect "Vermont is slow but fair" line. They are just as unfair, just slower.

This is true !

[Firegirl 0]

Most definitely. CSC stuck for months doing nothing until there was uproar and everyone contacted their senators, and that's when they kicked into action. It doesn't have any negative impact on your petition. There are also cases where the congressman's office has contacted USCIS so much that they give out the NOA2 so they stop calling.

Thanks. It's cant hurt can it. Just as well I have researched who my local congressman is. (Also proud that I think I have just figured out how to do the 'quote' thing on here )

[El&Ken 2]

YuAndQiao -- 11 Months ... It seems like my fiancé and I are heading down that road to. I get the feeling that I am going to be waiting years for this to be approved. Seems like they just jumped staright into January/February 2013. Nov/Dec got lost in the clutter. My heart is sick.

[El&Ken 2]

Thanks for your words of encouragement Ali&Amani. It means a lot. This situation CANNOT and will not last forever. We can do this!

[QueenOfBlades 224]

Thanks Ali. It is true, but I'm done with trying to discuss anything with this person as it's like flogging a dead horse. Sure, VSC and CSC have their own management teams, but no one manages those management teams, there is no overall management of USCIS and the service centers, and no monitoring of USCIS as a component of the Department of Homeland Security. Sure. Whatever. Any business with four different offices under the same parent company and no one managing/monitoring workload between the four would go out of business.

[gene&magnolia 3]

I'm absolutely disgusted by the fact that CSC are beginning on February filers and VSC still haven't finished October. How the hell is a 4 month gap fair on anyone?!

Hey, look up the numbers on uscis for the two centers on March. New released data. What you think?

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Thanks Ali. It is true, but I'm done with trying to discuss anything with this person as it's like flogging a dead horse. Sure, VSC and CSC have their own management teams, but no one manages those management teams, there is no overall management of USCIS and the service centers, and no monitoring of USCIS as a component of the Department of Homeland Security. Sure. Whatever. Any business with four different offices under the same parent company and no one managing/monitoring workload between the four would go out of business.

For god's sake, it's not a business, it's the government. If government were run like business, we wouldn't have a $16 trillion debt right now, so please stop trying to compare it to one.

You won't comprehend my point because you don't want to. My point is that BOTH service centers work on their own time structures set up by the management in place at each and they are not coordinated. If one gets overloaded, they can get files transferred to another service center and yes that's where the connection lies between service centers and the main offices, but service centers are set up to process applications. Each center is run separately because each center has a different total of varying types of cases. It's up to each individual center to decide what is prioritized and what is not.

You complain about October filers left behind at VSC and complain that CSC is on February, but CSC people make the EXACT same complaint, because there are many OCT/NOV filers there who have been passed over for the randomness of their approval process. It's very similar although they are ahead of you, they have skipped quite a few filers to be able to do those 2013 cases. None of this changes what is happening at VSC. Just like nothing that happens at VSC changes what's going on at CSC.

I understand the frustration, It's not like I didn't feel the same when I watched CSC at a near standstill. I do hope that VSC gets it's act together and gets moving again. It will eventually, but maybe, just maybe you can read a post to the end and see what I've posted here a dozen times already, and that is the fact that pressuring the SPECIFIC service center is the only way to get any action out of that Service center. It can help, and has helped in the past.

You seem to have got serious "Me" issues and can only see what you want, so do continue with that if it makes you feel better, or get proactive and actually do something to make the situation better.

[QueenOfBlades 224]

For god's sake, it's not a business, it's the government. If government were run like business, we wouldn't have a $16 trillion debt right now, so please stop trying to compare it to one.

You won't comprehend my point because you don't want to. My point is that BOTH service centers work on their own time structures set up by the management in place at each and they are not coordinated. If one gets overloaded, they can get files transferred to another service center and yes that's where the connection lies between service centers and the main offices, but service centers are set up to process applications. Each center is run separately because each center has a different total of varying types of cases. It's up to each individual center to decide what is prioritized and what is not.

You complain about October filers left behind at VSC and complain that CSC is on February, but CSC people make the EXACT same complaint, because there are many OCT/NOV filers there who have been passed over for the randomness of their approval process. It's very similar although they are ahead of you, they have skipped quite a few filers to be able to do those 2013 cases. None of this changes what is happening at VSC. Just like nothing that happens at VSC changes what's going on at CSC.

I understand the frustration, It's not like I didn't feel the same when I watched CSC at a near standstill. I do hope that VSC gets it's act together and gets moving again. It will eventually, but maybe, just maybe you can read a post to the end and see what I've posted here a dozen times already, and that is the fact that pressuring the SPECIFIC service center is the only way to get any action out of that Service center. It can help, and has helped in the past.

You seem to have got serious "Me" issues and can only see what you want, so do continue with that if it makes you feel better, or get proactive and actually do something to make the situation better.

As I said, I won't debate this with you anymore as myself and other members have had the same debate with you and it's going in one ear and out the other. I don't have issues with you, I have issues with your constant insistence that VSC "isn't that bad" and everytime a VSC filer tries to vent about the rut we're in, you come chiming in with the "Oh, well CSC is quite bad too". Bit difficult when you see tons of CSC NOA2s everyday on Igor's List, "CSC - Approved!" topics everyday and we're sitting here anticipating to wait months more while people who filed months after us get approved. Zooropa was dead right in that he said VSC filers never came booting their opinions in, being insensitive saying "Oh don't worry, it's not that bad, we're only a couple of months ahead", but as soon as the shoe's on the other foot, there is a CSC white knight brigade. There are some CSC 2012 filers still waiting who could be approved at any time. VSC has also skipped filers, and December/January filers have months left to wait. But there's only a "perceived gap". I'll tell that to the majority of those who are currently getting their NOA2s in 3/4 months when I've waited 6 months+ for mine.

Hey, look up the numbers on uscis for the two centers on March. New released data. What you think?

The overall trend data? How do you mean?

[El&Ken 2]

Thanks. It's cant hurt can it. Just as well I have researched who my local congressman is. (Also proud that I think I have just figured out how to do the 'quote' thing on here )

I just figured out how to do the quote thing to. Lol