Please sign my petition/ Unfair Processing

[*Snowdrop* 604]

I often wonder what the solution is to the weird load balancing issues that the different service centers have with the different petitions.

Why do they split the files up in the way they do based on geographical location? Is it so that if it needs to be sent to a local center it is easier?

Would it 'feel' fairer if all visas of a certain type went to just one center? Then you would be in the K1 center queue or the CR1 center queue?

Or if the files were all immediately digitally processed and the whole process was done online. So the adjudicating officer, no matter where they are located, just clicks a button and the case which was filed next comes up on the screen?

[*Snowdrop* 604]

The really stunning part of the process for me was our file just sat at VSC for nearly TEN MONTHS. Then they decided to get help with the backlog and we were told it was being transferred to CSC for processing.

From the file leaving VSC, arriving at CSC to approval was less than two weeks.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Or if the files were all immediately digitally processed and the whole process was done online. So the adjudicating officer, no matter where they are located, just clicks a button and the case which was filed next comes up on the screen?

That is how packets sent to a lock box are handed.

http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/directorates-and-program-offices/lockbox-intake/lockbox-intake-processing-questions-and-answers

[jamyestrella 8]

I often wonder what the solution is to the weird load balancing issues that the different service centers have with the different petitions.

Why do they split the files up in the way they do based on geographical location? Is it so that if it needs to be sent to a local center it is easier?

Would it 'feel' fairer if all visas of a certain type went to just one center? Then you would be in the K1 center queue or the CR1 center queue?

Or if the files were all immediately digitally processed and the whole process was done online. So the adjudicating officer, no matter where they are located, just clicks a button and the case which was filed next comes up on the screen?

The really stunning part of the process for me was our file just sat at VSC for nearly TEN MONTHS. Then they decided to get help with the backlog and we were told it was being transferred to CSC for processing.

From the file leaving VSC, arriving at CSC to approval was less than two weeks.

Sometimes I wonder if my case is just sitting there collecting dust. I do like the idea of doing that online thing. I wish there was a way to see more of what was going on with our packets. Like if it is taking longer because its taking long to investigate the person I wish there was a way for the person to know that. What I can't figure out is if they receive cases based on geographic location why did they send my case to Texas when I live in Massachusetts. They really need to be better organized, obviously what they have been doing all these years has not worked well.

[dhlunar 25]

I think the issue in regards to processing is certain forms are given priority over others at certain times. I recall reading an article a couple of years ago that USCIS didn't have any time to react to an executive order in regards to providing protection to some undocumented immigrants. As a result the attention of processing was shifted from I-130 to processing forms dealing with the new order. Once that died down then the attention went back to I-130. I am not saying that no I-130 were approved during the time, but there were very few officers assigned to process them.

In my opinion I think USCIS should concentrate more on processing forms for those who are not in the US before those who are. So a stand alone I-130 should have priority over a I-485 package. The reason being is a majority of benefits where the person is already in the US there is other benefits available to that person in the interim (such as EAD and AP for a I-485) until their overall petition is approved. However, for those outside of the US they have to wait until all of the government processing is done, which for my in-laws took about 16 months for filling to Embassy interview.

[B3zo_Mimo 4]

I thought that all files must be sent to the Texas center, this is at least whats mentioned on the immigration website, and when they distribute he application to different offices or at least when they assign cases to centers and give a number, its so confusing and as every one is saying i wish there is a way for us to inquire or collect info about out cases :-( we really don't wanna wait a lot, separation is killing us

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I thought that all files must be sent to the Texas center, this is at least whats mentioned on the immigration website, and when they distribute he application to different offices or at least when they assign cases to centers and give a number, its so confusing and as every one is saying i wish there is a way for us to inquire or collect info about out cases :-( we really don't wanna wait a lot, separation is killing us

The first three letters of the receipt number should tell you which service center/local office is initially adjudicating the case.

Edited January 3, 2015 by I AM NOT THAT GUY

[ElucienandShaina 12]

I feel this is completely justified. I signed the petition. I'm really happy for people who have been lucky enough to be processed in California but it is very unfair of some of us to be processed faster simply because they were sent to California. There should be a more fair process. If Texas is so far behind California a lot more petitions should be sent there so at least the processing time frame is equal. I even requested to be sent to California just on a whim and they said I couldn't request it.