Texas Service Center - Who has gotten a fast approval for K-1?

[sweetgal8 4]

My fiance filed the petition in February, still waiting for NOA2... Our petition is at TSC. I think we have a long way to go... probably get approval in August or September. I'll keep you guys/girls updated.

Edited June 4, 2014 by sweetgal8

[jhoanRob 2]

We are TSC filer...

look for my timeline below

[dixi27 5]

i cant believe how much service in texas is slower then one in california,people i ve talked to from my country got the noa2 in 2 months and papers in their homeland in 4 buy the 5th month they where in the states already,i got the noa1 in march 31,according to all of this theres no way i get my visa by beginning of sept,my baby is due in mid of october,i ll have to come after the baby is born,theres no point in applying for k1 then,this was supposed to be faster way,stupid ppl at the imigration centers!!!

[pinayanne27 8]

i cant believe how much service in texas is slower then one in california,people i ve talked to from my country got the noa2 in 2 months and papers in their homeland in 4 buy the 5th month they where in the states already,i got the noa1 in march 31,according to all of this theres no way i get my visa by beginning of sept,my baby is due in mid of october,i ll have to come after the baby is born,theres no point in applying for k1 then,this was supposed to be faster way,stupid ppl at the imigration centers!!!

Hello! Where are you from? So much complaints about tsc. It is unfair

[dixi27 5]

yes unfair...how can 2 same things be so different and no body cares to do something about it,i am from bosnia and herzegovina,my fiance is in us i havent seen him in 4 months...

[pinayanne27 8]

We received the hard copy of our Noa1 today. Goodluck to all of us that are being handled by tsc.

[pinayanne27 8]

Upon checking uscis site, on june 5 alien registration number was changed.

What does this mean? And how will we know the new alien registration number?

[dixi27 5]

Upon checking uscis site, on june 5 alien registration number was changed.

What does this mean? And how will we know the new alien registration number?

if u just gotten NOA1 it doesnt mean anything,it means u are in a procces of getting the NOA2,we got NOA1 but no alien reg num change,apparently sometimes u get it just before the NOA2.

[sweetgal8 4]

if u just gotten NOA1 it doesnt mean anything,it means u are in a procces of getting the NOA2,we got NOA1 but no alien reg num change,apparently sometimes u get it just before the NOA2.

Usually a week or so after you get the NOA1, you will see on the uscis site that they've assigned you an alien registration number. That's what happened to me. You do get it before NOA2, but doesn't necessarily mean your NOA2 is on the way very soon. My Alien Registration number was assigned on February 20th, and we are now June 7th... No updates yet for NOA2.

[tanak45 17]

6 months on June 18th an still no NOVA2.

[tanak45 17]

Called USICS today an was told my case was assigned to office last Thursday. Fingers crossed.

[Sekhvaruli 74]

Guys who have been waiting for 5 months and more - why don't you write to your senators to complain? They really help.

Ask your fiance/e's to write a complaint about the delay to their senators.

[Andie 147]

It has been the same situation for a long time now. We have a long complicated story, but initially when I joined VJ, CSC was always much quicker than Vermont.. 3+ years ago. The workload is obviously quite different, but it is depressing to watch if you are at Texas. The threads almost need to be separated on that basis as I continually see the pain felt by those at TSC. It is quite a different scenario. It shouldn't take so long. Once you have made a decision to spend the rest of your life with another person, if you meet the criteria, the approval should be quick. I don't have the answer.. I just feel for those that are in a similar situation.

[Texasav8r 183]

It has been the same situation for a long time now. We have a long complicated story, but initially when I joined VJ, CSC was always much quicker than Vermont.. 3+ years ago. The workload is obviously quite different, but it is depressing to watch if you are at Texas. The threads almost need to be separated on that basis as I continually see the pain felt by those at TSC. It is quite a different scenario. It shouldn't take so long. Once you have made a decision to spend the rest of your life with another person, if you meet the criteria, the approval should be quick. I don't have the answer.. I just feel for those that are in a similar situation.

Agreed. If you really think about it, all they are doing is approving or denying a 90 day visa with some additional checks regarding relationship validity. It isn't that difficult and we see that the actual time is not long when you look at the 7-55 day approvals at CSC.

There is more to this I now believe. Even with the load from VSC, there should be more approvals being pumped out by TSC. I really don't think they are looking at I-129f's and are focusing on I-130's and other immigration issues such as DACA and the so called "refugee" situation from Honduras among others.

It really sucks, but I think we are a low priority and we got the short end of the stick with TSC being assigned, by higher ups, to work on other pressing issues as they see it. CSC will slow down drastically in a few months, so those that were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time have benefited. That will change. We just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.