Incredibly FAST Processing

[NikLR 13,227]

it used to take years.. like 3-5 about a decade ago. Slow improvement but improvement none-the-less.

[David & Diana R 1,005]

If there is accountability, where is the evidence of it? What happens when they fail to attain their 5 month goal? As far as anyone can tell, nothing whatsoever. If there was some real accountability, I am certain we'd see things moving along at a very brisk pace. And let's not forget that they do speedy processing not just for victims of natural disasters. Look around here and you'll see they also pick out random people and approve them more quickly in order to keep their average processing time down. Most of us are now looking at nearly a year just to reach the NOA2, which is absolutely unacceptable. I also don't think their staffers sit around all day - I'm sure most are professional and diligent. But it really does not seem that the leadership of the USCIS sees the rapid and humane reunion of US citizens with their family members as any kind of priority.

While they would indeed have to hire new employees, they wouldn't need an appropriation. USCIS is almost completely funded by fees - that's right, we are paying their salaries directly. And because they are the only way to get your spouse or family to America legally, we have to shell out for it and take whatever service we get in return, no matter how poor. So all they have to do is increase the fees a bit, and then they have the budget for more employees. And I guarantee you that everyone on this board would be more than happy to pay 10% or 20% more if it meant we didn't have to endure these absurd delays.

I understand your pain. I was fortunate in that my wife arrived here just 8 months after we filed the first documents. Now just imagine your scenario, if USCIS and NVC offered an expedited service for an extra fee of 10 to 20%. Now the haves would have more and the have nots would fall even further behind. Capitalism at it's best? Oh this is getting scary. I am out of this thread.

I really wish everyone success and I pray daily that files will move and people will get approved.

Haaoli Makahiki Hou

[LoveMyTico 999]

I agree 100% but do you have any idea how long it takes for government agencies to get money appropriated, and to screen and hire new employees, etc...?

The USCIS is funded by the fees they collect. They already have the money. Seems to me they have been paid for 9-10 months of applications they haven't even processed yet. and everyday they receive more... So, it wouldn't take that long to get some temps in there.

[NikLR 13,227]

The USCIS is funded by the fees they collect. They already have the money. Seems to me they have been paid for 9-10 months of applications they haven't even processed yet. and everyday they receive more... So, it wouldn't take that long to get some temps in there.

You want temps in there adjudicating people's lives?

[LoveMyTico 999]

You want temps in there adjudicating people's lives?

and do you think they don't hire temps???

[Yassine Fatima 4]

I was lucky too , just 19 days !!! and I am from Morocco . but I think for Philippines its because of the typhoon , Maybe !!

[NikLR 13,227]

and do you think they don't hire temps???

Considering this is national security, no. USCIS part of the Department of Homeland Security. And if they do, that's the f**king issue! I know exactly how detailed they went for my husband's job and he works on electronics for the FAA. He spent an hour with the FBI. Another guy at his shop spent 4 hours.

also my case was done and gone. I'm about ready to chuck the deuces to the upper forums due to all the people who cannot seem to search out their own answers.

[LoveMyTico 999]

I was lucky too , just 19 days !!! and I am from Morocco . but I think for Philippines its because of the typhoon , Maybe !!

but don't you have to wait for a visa to become available? That could take a very long time.

[kb9 6]

My I-130 was processed in 6 days back in April 2012. Apparently they were expediting cases where the petitioners were living abroad (as my spouse was).

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

Gowan,

Come on now. Let's be reasonable. I really don't think "they" are intentionally processing any applications slower on purpose. But when there is a crisis, such as occurred in the Philippines, with over 7000 dead, perhaps more than 1 million homeless...adults and children are going without food, water, shelter and supplies I think we as Americans should step up and help. I think it's fine that Filipino's files are being expedited. Let's have a heart.

(Disclaimer, My wife is here with me now in the US. We were fortunate in that from our initial filing until the day she landed on American soil was just 8 months. But I still think I would understand if we had to wait longer so others could get out and to the US sooner.)

Hauoli Makahiki Hou

You misunderstood me but that's okay.

Regardless of the disasters (I may not be married for a Filipino but 75% of my coworkers are Filipinos), I continue to find it interesting that they can process the petitions in 19 days instead of 9 months to a year for some.

That needs to be looked at. Maybe the folks that are collecting petitions can add fact that to their fodder.

[Baub 2]

Are they expediting cases with beneficiaries in the Philippines only or abroad too?

Edited January 3, 2014 by Baub

[David & Diana R 1,005]

You misunderstood me but that's okay.

Regardless of the disasters (I may not be married for a Filipino but 75% of my coworkers are Filipinos), I continue to find it interesting that they can process the petitions in 19 days instead of 9 months to a year for some.

That needs to be looked at. Maybe the folks that are collecting petitions can add fact that to their fodder.

Gowan,

Don't get me wrong. I still love you. I believe they have always been able to process an application in maybe just a few hours, or less. The problem is and has been for a long time that they have so many applications. I mean you stack up 300-400 applications on my desk and its gonna take me a while to get to the one at the bottom. I think the reason the Philippine apps are being processed so quickly is because someone is instructing office staff to put the Philippines apps on the top of the pile and to address them ASAP. I work for the government and I have access to CJIS, NCIC, etc. I know I can conduct a background check on someone in as little as a few minutes. I do it all the time. The point being...I think the employees at USCIS and NVC are just overloaded with work right now due to several reasons but that is a whole different story.

It's great that we can agree to disagree isn't it? Another benefit of living in the USA!

God Bless you both,

David & Zoila

[Ketsuban 1,034]

and do you think they don't hire temps???

With all due respect, I would not want an unscreened, untrained and unchecked temp leafing through mine and my husband's personal details. I expect a fully vetted immigration adjudicator to do the job they are good at and paid for properly. You can't just hire some kid off the street for stuff like this.

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

With all due respect, I would not want an unscreened, untrained and unchecked temp leafing through mine and my husband's personal details. I expect a fully vetted immigration adjudicator to do the job they are good at and paid for properly. You can't just hire some kid off the street for stuff like this.

This is a tragic statement and an insult to those hardworking, trained, well educated professional temps out there in the workplace.

[NikLR 13,227]

There is a place for those temps, even at a USCIS adjudicating center but actaully adjudicating petitions is not one of those places IMHO.