Current Processing Date at TSC as of 7/8/14

[Jon York 156]

I would strongly suggest that if you've gone past 5 months, getting your congressman or senator involved.

I filed on December 16th last year. As of June 16th, still nothing and I wasn't allowed to open a service request because they said it was within "normal" processing times. I asked them how 6 months was within 5 months and they didn't know!! But at the time they still had 5 months posted on their website.

Anyway, near the end of June I asked my congressman's office if they could send an inquiry. They did - but they sent it to the wrong place! So I called back on July 2nd and asked him what was going on. He then told me that they got back to him and told him he should have sent it to the TSC. So he overnightted it on July 2nd, TSC received it on July 3rd. And at just before midnight July 3rd, the USCIS website updated to say that not only had it been approved (that day), but that it had been shipped to the NVC!!

So it appears to me that these congressional inquiries really can push things along. We also had a little running competition in the December 2013 filers thread. Another guy and I decided to pursue different strategies to see if we could determine if one worked better than the other. He and I filed within 5 days of each other (he was 5 days after me). He contacted his congressman early in June and was approved on June 16th. I didn't contact my congressman until after he got his approval. And when my congressman finally got it to the right place, I was approved the same day they received his inquiry.

Edited July 9, 2014 by Jon York

[bayoccc 1]

Im in the same boat as all you too...but I do know reality. Congress has bigger and better things to do, not saying they are doing them but you get what i am saying. This type of visa is a privilege not a right, the USA doesn't have to do this for you nor do they have to do it in a specific time frame. They could deny you for any reason or no reason and you just deal with it. Trillions of dollars of debt here, they aren't going to hire more people just so you can be with your foreign spouce a few months earlier. Life is unfair sometimes, deal with it.

[Hiroshi 宏 64]

Im in the same boat as all you too...but I do know reality. Congress has bigger and better things to do, not saying they are doing them but you get what i am saying. This type of visa is a privilege not a right, the USA doesn't have to do this for you nor do they have to do it in a specific time frame. They could deny you for any reason or no reason and you just deal with it. Trillions of dollars of debt here, they aren't going to hire more people just so you can be with your foreign spouce a few months earlier. Life is unfair sometimes, deal with it.

Could you please fill out your timeline please

[Rob L 3,811]

Im in the same boat as all you too...but I do know reality. Congress has bigger and better things to do, not saying they are doing them but you get what i am saying. This type of visa is a privilege not a right, the USA doesn't have to do this for you nor do they have to do it in a specific time frame. They could deny you for any reason or no reason and you just deal with it. Trillions of dollars of debt here, they aren't going to hire more people just so you can be with your foreign spouce a few months earlier. Life is unfair sometimes, deal with it.

I don't mean to hijack this thread but I feel compelled to address a few of the concepts laid out here

1 True. Life is unfair and many of us are learning to "deal with it" in our own ways

2.The processing of these petitions is funded from the fees on submission and not from the people

3.The law provides for families of citizens to be reunited to them, within the framework of protection of the best interest of the nation and its citizens. A privilege supported by law is a right in my mind.

4. The law does not say that they can deny you for no reason. although getting to that reason can be difficult in some cases

5. USCIS is working hard to bring many of their processes under control but is facing a number of challenges. Providing focus on issues of importance can be done through our congressional representatives and may in fact help everyone including the front line people processing these requests

[Muñeca 2014 25]

I would strongly suggest that if you've gone past 5 months, getting your congressman or senator involved.

I filed on December 16th last year. As of June 16th, still nothing and I wasn't allowed to open a service request because they said it was within "normal" processing times. I asked them how 6 months was within 5 months and they didn't know!! But at the time they still had 5 months posted on their website.

Anyway, near the end of June I asked my congressman's office if they could send an inquiry. They did - but they sent it to the wrong place! So I called back on July 2nd and asked him what was going on. He then told me that they got back to him and told him he should have sent it to the TSC. So he overnightted it on July 2nd, TSC received it on July 3rd. And at just before midnight July 3rd, the USCIS website updated to say that not only had it been approved (that day), but that it had been shipped to the NVC!!

So it appears to me that these congressional inquiries really can push things along. We also had a little running competition in the December 2013 filers thread. Another guy and I decided to pursue different strategies to see if we could determine if one worked better than the other. He and I filed within 5 days of each other (he was 5 days after me). He contacted his congressman early in June and was approved on June 16th. I didn't contact my congressman until after he got his approval. And when my congressman finally got it to the right place, I was approved the same day they received his inquiry.

Hello Jon

I feel identify with your case.. Because my fiance is from NY...

Sorry for ask but I'd like to know if you contact congressman Schumer? If yes can you help me how can I do it?

I really appreciate any help!!!

[Jon York 156]

Hi Muñeca, Chuck Schumer is a senator, not a congressman. But you could contact him too. Although I feel like congressmen do a better job with this. But he should do a good job I guess.

Tell your fiance to check out this page: http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/office_locations.htm and pick the office that's closest to him and then just give them a call. They'll tell him what to do.

He can also go to this page, http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/, and type in his zip code and it will tell him who is congressman is (if he doesn't know). It will also give a link to his web page and he can contact him from there.

Good luck!!

[Muñeca 2014 25]

Hi Muñeca, Chuck Schumer is a senator, not a congressman. But you could contact him too. Although I feel like congressmen do a better job with this. But he should do a good job I guess.

Tell your fiance to check out this page: http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/office_locations.htm and pick the office that's closest to him and then just give them a call. They'll tell him what to do.

He can also go to this page, http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/, and type in his zip code and it will tell him who is congressman is (if he doesn't know). It will also give a link to his web page and he can contact him from there.

Good luck!!

Thank you very much Jon!!!

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Im in the same boat as all you too...but I do know reality. Congress has bigger and better things to do, not saying they are doing them but you get what i am saying. This type of visa is a privilege not a right, the USA doesn't have to do this for you nor do they have to do it in a specific time frame. They could deny you for any reason or no reason and you just deal with it. Trillions of dollars of debt here, they aren't going to hire more people just so you can be with your foreign spouce a few months earlier. Life is unfair sometimes, deal with it.

Really? So, we all should be thankful even if we're treated as a second class citizen despite us being Americans? Also, pusuit of happiness is a right, not a prilivage if you read or heard of Declaration of Indepenance.

I suggest getting your facts straight before telling other people how they should feel and act. Nobody will listen anyways, but at least people will take you more seriously.