***Timeline- You are doing it wrong!***

[pepper297 63]

Ok, maybe you're not. Then again, maybe you are. Or maybe you aren't doing it at all.... which is still wrong.

Have you been looking at Igor's list trying to get an idea of how long your visa will take? That data is taken from the timelines other visa journey members take the time to fill out as their quest for a visa unfolds. This site is AMAZING and offers a lot of guidance and support that you won't get anywhere else, especially from USCIS. Don't just take, give back!

When you do update your timeline there are some things you can do to, well, not screw up.

For example:

When you send in your application, please note that just because it goes to a Texas address does not mean you sent it to the Texas Service Center. It means you sent it to the Lewisville, TX lockbox where it will be sorted out and then sent to the appropriate service center. THIS IS NOT A TRANSFER. The same would apply to other lockboxes as well. This is a mistake that is easy to make if you aren't familiar with the process but it does a lot of damage to the credibility of the timelines, especially for those at the Texas Service Center.

Also, pay attention to the consulate you select. I see a lot of people that have their consulate listed as "Armenia" when they are not anywhere near there.

Lastly, just update your timeline! When you enter in your dates for RFE, NOA2, Interviews, approvals and anything else, it gives people with similar circumstances an idea of what they are in for. You know this process is daunting, frustrating, time consuming, and confusing.... wouldn't you appreciate and guidance and help other than a "general processing time estimate" that is not necessarily taking your details into account?

Unfortunately due to data entry mistakes, Igor's List has become less of a reliable resource for some of us and the time frame estimates on our own completed timelines is not accurate at all. These are great resources if we can get people to participate AND put in details correctly.

If you have questions on how to do it please ask in this thread! Somebody will gladly answer.

If you have more suggestions on how to fill out the timeline correctly so we can all make better use of these free tools VJ gives us, please add!

Edited May 4, 2014 by pepper297

[Hiroshi 宏 64]

Ok, maybe you're not. Then again, maybe you are. Or maybe you aren't doing it at all.... which is still wrong.

Have you been looking at Igor's list trying to get an idea of how long your visa will take? That data is taken from the timelines other visa journey members take the time to fill out as their quest for a visa unfolds. This site is AMAZING and offers a lot of guidance and support that you won't get anywhere else, especially from USCIS. Don't just take, give back!

When you do update your timeline there are some things you can do to, well, not screw up.

For example:

When you send in your application, please note that just because it goes to a Texas address does not mean you sent it to the Texas Service Center. It means you sent it to the Lewisville, TX lockbox where it will be sorted out and then sent to the appropriate service center. THIS IS NOT A TRANSFER. The same would apply to other lockboxes as well. This is a mistake that is easy to make if you aren't familiar with the process but it does a lot of damage to the credibility of the timelines, especially for those at the Texas Service Center.

Also, pay attention to the consulate you select. I see a lot of people that have their consulate listed as "Armenia" when they are not anywhere near there.

Unfortunately due to data entry mistakes, Igor's List has become less of a reliable resource for some of us and the time frame estimates on our own completed timelines is not accurate at all. These are great resources if we can get people to participate AND put in details correctly.

If you have questions on how to do it please ask in this thread! Somebody will gladly answer.

If you have more suggestions on how to fill out the timeline correctly so we can all make better use of these free tools VJ gives us, please add!

AMEN!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Case Filing and Progress Reports ~

[pepper297 63]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Case Filing and Progress Reports ~

Thanks! I always have so much trouble posting in the correct forum. But I did look!

[sweetswinks 400]

THANK YOU! can we please pin this?!

I submitted a request in the site update forum requesting a fix for igors list and a way to filter out csc transfers

[pepper297 63]

THANK YOU! can we please pin this?!

I submitted a request in the site update forum requesting a fix for igors list and a way to filter out csc transfers

LOL I don't know what pin means on here but it sounds like a good idea

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I remember a couple of times have talked about this on VJ and some of them whether they did not understand my explanation or they were just being a stubborn and still filled out their timelines in wrong way. For example, some of members here put NOA-1 date when the petitioner received hardcopy via mail which is incorrect since it is vary what time your mail will delivered to your home address.

The way they put the date of course contributed a lot to estimate timelines on VJ and ruined it. Though I never rely on VJ timelines but many others do. I hope admin do something about that by putting how to fill out the timeline.

Edited May 4, 2014 by Girl from Celebes

[pepper297 63]

I remember a couple of times have talked about this on VJ and some of them whether they did not understand my explanation or they were just being a stubborn and still filled out their timelines in wrong way. For example, some of members here put NOA-1 date when the petitioner received hardcopy via mail which is incorrect since it is vary what time your mail will delivered to your home address.

The way they put the date of course contributed a lot to estimate timelines on VJ and ruined it. Though I never rely on VJ timelines but many others do. I hope admin do something about that by putting how to fill out the timeline.

Another good pointer! Use the date the notices are dated.... not the date you receive it since that can vary.

[kefir10 3]

When you send in your application, please note that just because it goes to a Texas address does not mean you sent it to the Texas Service Center. It means you sent it to the Lewisville, TX lockbox where it will be sorted out and then sent to the appropriate service center. THIS IS NOT A TRANSFER. The same would apply to other lockboxes as well. This is a mistake that is easy to make if you aren't familiar with the process but it does a lot of damage to the credibility of the timelines, especially for those at the Texas Service Center.

One solution for this:

Make 2 question:

1) Where did you send your application to?

a- Lewisville, TX Lockbox

b- TSC

c- CSC

d- VSC

2) If (a), where was your case sent to? (you can come up with better wording than this)

a- TSC

b- CSC

c- VSC

3) Was your case later transferred? (I don't know how transfers work, but you can put a clarification next to it)

a- Yes

b- No

If yes, add questions..

[Ketsuban 1,034]

I remember a couple of times have talked about this on VJ and some of them whether they did not understand my explanation or they were just being a stubborn and still filled out their timelines in wrong way. For example, some of members here put NOA-1 date when the petitioner received hardcopy via mail which is incorrect since it is vary what time your mail will delivered to your home address.

The way they put the date of course contributed a lot to estimate timelines on VJ and ruined it. Though I never rely on VJ timelines but many others do. I hope admin do something about that by putting how to fill out the timeline.

You know, I was never sure if the NOA1 date is the date you get the email, or your priority date. On the October 2013 spreadsheet, we tended to go from priority date. My NOA1 email and PD date are two days apart!

[Girl from Celebes 588]

You know, I was never sure if the NOA1 date is the date you get the email, or your priority date. On the October 2013 spreadsheet, we tended to go from priority date. My NOA1 email and PD date are two days apart!

I do not follow CR-1/IR-1 forum so I have no idea how it works. As far as I remember, K-1visa filers can corrected me if I am wrong, we don't have priority date on NOA-1. But we do have NOA-1 notification on the first box. I think they left blank priority date box for K-1 visa. I need to check all my papers to be sure.

I might be wrong, 2 days apart is not really make any different if it does happen - on survey they always have margin of error and if less than 2 % it still acceptable for scientific reason-. I am talking about some people who received NOA-1 by mail one week or 2 weeks later and put it as the date of their NOA-1. I knew it because I read their signatures and compared to their timelines.

[Lilay 87]

Oh this has been told and mentioned so many times... Still no change I just stopped being sad about it and I don't look at Igor's list anymore because I see the *insert some bad word here because of being so upset* CSC filers who fill their timeline as TSC and mess the data up

PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T BE SO CARELESS AND IGNORANT :'(

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Oh this has been told and mentioned so many times... Still no change I just stopped being sad about it and I don't look at Igor's list anymore because I see the *insert some bad word here because of being so upset* CSC filers who fill their timeline as TSC and mess the data up

PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T BE SO CARELESS AND IGNORANT :'(

I understand your frustration. I mentioned about "transferred or not transferred" many times and probably many members here got tired and hated me for doing so. It is a crystal clear on notification - email, text, or NOA-1 hardcopy- where USCIS will en route the petition. It is not a rocket science to understand these things.

When a petition get transferred to another service center, USCIS will notify the petitioner about the case file. But usually transferred happens not right after acceptance which this is a problem now where some members tend to think Dallas Lockbox is same with TSC and when they received NOA-1 and read CSC listed as service center and then they thought their cases transferred to CSC.

Another thing, TSC is being slow in recent months because they also get petitions from Vermont Service Center and this is probably create backlogging cases. Vermont - from what I read and heard- is not processing K-1 visas anymore.

Edited May 5, 2014 by Girl from Celebes

[nadia&sameer 12]

Our case ended up at the wrong Embassy so we had to request a transfer from one Embassy to another setting us back a few months, but I can't see anywhere to enter that. I used the date it ended up at the correct Embassy. Is that right or should I use the date it first arrived in the other country? Either way, it skews our timeline without being able to show the amount of time it took to transfer to the correct embassy.

[ItsGonnaBeWorthIt 191]

i have an issue with my timeline keep going to Armania...if you see my email it says I make changes to my timeline everyday.. for some reason when I change it to nothing the next day it goes right back to Armania! I finally just stop changing it because it just always goes back.