Possible Ways to Overcome the Delay at TSC

[kimi3000 1]

I'm in. I'll use this as a guide and tweak to make it my own--and I'll plan to send this week. I am coming up on my 5 month mark, and I have very minimal hope that we'll receive NOA2 before September. I'm willing to try anything at this point.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

I am on board.

Could you add something about the current immigration issue.This important point to note is " people are trying to come here the right way."

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Finding any speech by a Texas politician that might seem favorable to us would be a great addition.

I will look around to find one.

[YashRadz 15]

Here we go....

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To whom it may concern (or insert addressee here),

This letter is to bring to your attention, and to seek appropriate improvement and resolution of, the growing discrepancy in processing times between the two service centers handling I129-f petitions.

As you may know, the two service centers for I129-f petitions are California and Texas. The routing of incoming petitions is dependent on the petitioner's home state.

As a petitioner living in one of the states that has been routed to the Texas Service Center, the increasing inaction seen at SRC is discouraging to say the least.

For example, as of late, California is completing those applications anywhere from 15-60 days after receipt, whereas Texas is dragging along with a minimum of 5 months and in some cases as much as 8 months.

To demonstrate further, using data from your website at http://dashboard.uscis.gov/, you'll see that California, on average, is managing to keep the number of receipts, pending petitions, and completed petitions at fairly the same level with the latest number of completed petitions at 1,948 (as of May 2014 published data).

In stark contrast is Texas, with the number of petitions pending skyrocketing, while the number of petitions completed has been decreasing for the last seven months, with the latest number of completed petitions down to just 564 (as of May 2014 published data).

I implore you to look into this discrepancy in processing times for the Texas Service Center's I-129f petitions. I encourage you to take action in resolving this matter so that all petitioners, regardless of their home state at the time of filing, are treated fairly with regards to the disparate wait times.

Sincerely,

Signed

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To everyone interested, please look over this and suggest any edits. We'll crowdsource a final letter and send to the appropriate powers that be.

Here is a link to the USCIS Leadership: http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/leadership

Looks like the most appropriate person would be David Garner, Chief, Office of Performance and Quality: http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/leadership/david-garner-chief-office-performance-and-quality

Unfortunately, no real contact information is available for any of these people that I could find. If anyone can surface some contact info, other than the generic USCIS Headquarters Office of Service Center Operations at SCOPSSCATA@dhs.gov please post that here.

Thanks! Let's get something done about this!

Thanks for getting the ball rolling! It looks pretty good to me. I have added a few more figures so that it can contrast the centers:

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To whom it may concern (or insert addressee here),

This letter is to bring to your attention, and to seek appropriate improvement and resolution of, the growing discrepancy in processing times between the two service centers handling I-129F petitions.

As you may know, the two service centers for I-129F petitions are California and Texas. The routing of incoming petitions is dependent on the petitioner's home state.

As a petitioner living in one of the states that has been routed to the Texas Service Center, the increasing inaction seen at SRC is discouraging to say the least.

For example, as of late, California is completing those applications anywhere from 15-60 days after receipt, whereas Texas is dragging along with a minimum of 5 months and in some cases as much as 8 months.

To demonstrate further, using data from your website at http://dashboard.uscis.gov/, you'll see that California, on average, is managing to keep the number of receipts, pending petitions, and completed petitions at fairly the same level with the latest number of completed petitions at 1,948 (as of May 2014 published data) with a total of 2,434 petitions pending. Thus, an efficient 80.03% of pending I-129F petitions were completed in May 2014.

In stark contrast is Texas, with the number of petitions pending skyrocketing, while the number of petitions completed has been decreasing for the last seven months, with the latest number of completed petitions down to just 564 (as of May 2014 published data) with a total of 11,342 petitions still pending. Thus, only 4.97% of pending I-129F petitions were completed in May 2014.

[insert graph of CSC versus TSC]

I implore you to look into this discrepancy in processing times for the Texas Service Center's I-129f petitions. I encourage you to take action in resolving this matter so that all petitioners, regardless of their home state at the time of filing, are treated fairly with regards to the disparate wait times.

Sincerely,

Signed

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Can anyone create an excel line graph (I'm no good at making one!) of the pending petitions and total completed each month at CSC and TSC from November 2013 until May 2014 in one graph (not two different ones). And then insert it into the letter? This will be visually contrasting to show this discrepancy. After all a picture is worth a 1000 words!

Edited July 21, 2014 by YashRadz

[Lilay 87]

Hey everyone,

Do you think we could use something like this??

http://www.change.org/guides/start-your-online-petition

[daveandmaxine 11]

Hey everyone,

Do you think we could use something like this??

http://www.change.org/guides/start-your-online-petition

Similar petitions have been tried in the past and have never reached the threshold to make anything happen. I personally think a letter to the individuals in charge from each and every one would have a greater impact.

But of course, you're welcome to start another petition and I'll be glad to sign.

Edited July 21, 2014 by daveandmaxine

[Lilay 87]

Similar petitions have been tried in the past and have never reached the threshold to make anything happen. I personally think a letter to the individuals in charge from each and every one would have a greater impact.

But of course, you're welcome to start another petition and I'll be glad to sign.

You're probably right, These petitions need thousands of people to sign to make a change in a govermental place, but I didn't think we couldn't find that much on VJ.

I'd gladly send a letter. I've seen on January TSC topic that someone sent an e-mail to the director of TSC and got a reply next day. Maybe we can do that if we can find his address instead of e-mail?

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

https://www.change.org/petitions/texas-representatives-senators-and-the-governor-texas-service-center-processing-delays-for-i-129f-petitions

[genr87 53]

I cannot find the email address of Leon Rodriguez, the only thing that pops up is his LinkedIn Account. What type of graph do you guys want I am good at excel and can do it for you. I am soo happy we are uniting to get this done. Looking over the data, California has processed more than what it has received. That's ridiculous. Something must get done.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Donald Neufeld is the associate director

This is the address i found for him

Peter Rodino Federal Building 970 Broad St

Newark, New Jersey 07102

I think another letter to Rick Perry would do since this would immigration issue is more political than anything else for them. Perry could do some "pushing".

[YashRadz 15]

I cannot find the email address of Leon Rodriguez, the only thing that pops up is his LinkedIn Account. What type of graph do you guys want I am good at excel and can do it for you. I am soo happy we are uniting to get this done. Looking over the data, California has processed more than what it has received. That's ridiculous. Something must get done.

Great! So, maybe a graph plotting this data into one chart that will have two trend lines one for TSC and one for CSC (total pending and total completed at each center from June 2013 to May 2014).

Edited July 21, 2014 by YashRadz

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Guys,

Donald Neufeld is the guy to reach.

It says on his profile that "Neufeld oversees all activities at the four USCIS service centers located in Dallas; Laguna Nigel, Calif.; Lincoln, Neb.; and Burlington, Vt."

and this is his address

Peter Rodino Federal Building 970 Broad St

Newark, New Jersey 07102

[YashRadz 15]

I cannot find the email address of Leon Rodriguez, the only thing that pops up is his LinkedIn Account. What type of graph do you guys want I am good at excel and can do it for you. I am soo happy we are uniting to get this done. Looking over the data, California has processed more than what it has received. That's ridiculous. Something must get done.

Here is the data from dashboard.uscis.gov:

Month & Year TSC Pending TSC Completions CSC Pending CSC Completions

Jun13 3253 777 7998 2103

Aug13 7553 1971 4333 3324

Sep13 7165 2934 4081 2587

Oct13 4383 3516 2141 3263

Nov13 3890 2204 1801 2499

Dec13 4658 1710 2345 1835

Jan14 5646 1465 2635 2195

Feb14 6716 1509 2648 1901

Mar14 8203 1051 4037 1400

Apr14 9629 971 2897 2732

May14 11342 564 2434 1948

Guys,

Donald Neufeld is the guy to reach.

It says on his profile that "Neufeld oversees all activities at the four USCIS service centers located in Dallas; Laguna Nigel, Calif.; Lincoln, Neb.; and Burlington, Vt."

and this is his address

Peter Rodino Federal Building 970 Broad St

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Shall we email or mail?

[lorella 65]

i'm in too! i have already received my NOA2 from TSC - but will gladly send a letter regarding the discrepancy. There should not be a 5+ month difference between the two processing centers.

Edited July 21, 2014 by lorella

[genr87 53]

How do I attach a document to VJ?

Edited July 21, 2014 by genr87