February 2015 filers - Texas Service Center

[desi123 21]

TSC

[App2015 1]

Haha I wish there was a like button

[Squamish 10]

I wish there was a like button too! Thanks for posting that.

[AirConditioner515 15]

Looking at Igor's list, it looks like we got another Feb. approval.

[Sarah89 1]

Not exactly a like button, but on the right side there's a green arrow to upvote a post.

[AirConditioner515 15]

So I look through the other months earlier than us, as I usually do.

And it seems like Nov/Dec. petitioners are starting to make inquiries and request assistance from their Congress person's office. The official processing times are up to October correct?

I thought the Congress person couldn't help until the petitioner's NOA1 date reached the official processing time?

Does that mean we can making inquiries and ask for assistance form our local Congress person's office?

[ucijeepguy 3]

I was wondering the same thing myself. When I spoke to mine regarding the issue, he stated that the approvals are taking longer than expected, and the website showing processing times says longer than the 5 month duration as stated by many here.. if USCIS takes the stance that they are backed up and taking longer how do we validate that its actually supposed to be a 5 month wait, before contacting that we are outside of the "normal processing duration"

[NPM 3]

Hi NPM,

thanks for the advice The address change form is confusing me though. There are 5 rows for forms / case numbers and I can't remove the ones I don't need, plus once I select I129F the language switches to Italian (and the popup messages are in Spanish).. very odd What do I select under "In the US as a" (just below the citizenship information)? "This form is completed by the Application or Petitioner" - is that me or my fiancé?

When we filed the I129F I had entered my parents' address as my mailing address, knowing that it is not going to change in years to come, and now this is also my new address, so the USCIS already has my new address as my mailing address - the answers my fiancé got from them make it sound like the actual address of residence is not important, only the mailing address. Or am I wrong?

Hi Sarah89,

I'm glad TabeaK answered your questions. I just wanted to say that when I filed for change of address, everything remained in english and there were no pop-ups, so yes, the language changing to Italian and pop-up messages coming out on Spanish are weird indeed.. I just checked the link again and it was the same page I used to make the petition, so I don't know what's up with that.

I'm glad it's all solved now, though

We're all one day closer to the approval today!

[Pennycat 880]

I was wondering the same thing myself. When I spoke to mine regarding the issue, he stated that the approvals are taking longer than expected, and the website showing processing times says longer than the 5 month duration as stated by many here.. if USCIS takes the stance that they are backed up and taking longer how do we validate that its actually supposed to be a 5 month wait, before contacting that we are outside of the "normal processing duration"

People confuse "goal" time with "normal" time. The goal time for i-129fs is 5 months. For TSC, normal time is longer. CSC only has to report that they're within goal...not what they're actually working on.

Go here and read the "instructions for using this chart": https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

"If the field office or service center is meeting its goal for processing a form, you will find the timeframe listed in months. For example, if the office is processing Form N-400 naturalization applications in five months or less, then the chart will say "5 months." However, if the office is experiencing a processing delay, you will find the filing date of the last case that the office completed before updating the chart".

Look at CSC's report and it says "5 months"....so for i-129fs, it seems that 5 months is the goal. So even though CSC is processing in a matter of weeks, they only report that they are within goal time (3 weeks is within 5 months).

TSC is outside goal so then report the last date processed before updating the chart....that establishes "normal" time. Normal and goal isn't the same thing. You "aren't allowed" to have a congressional inquiry until you are outside "normal" time. This is meant to keep people from slipping through cracks (lost files or whatever).

The crime is that they release the reports 6 weeks late (the most recent one was posted in mid-June and the date is "as-of April 30)....and the effect is that they prevent 6 weeks worth of people from being allowed to call. Also the CSC "5 month" thing makes it seem like the difference between the centers isn't that bad. Some congressional contacts understand this, some don't. Some are more willing to try to help even if they're not "allowed", some aren't. Some know what questions to ask, how to push for answers etc others don't.

[skins4lyfe 4]

Approved on July 1st!! Pretty quick, but I think they approve apps from DR pretty quick.. But don't worry, I think that TSC is picking up pace.. I feel like most of your cases will be approved by mid August!!

[dza 46]

Approved on July 1st!! Pretty quick, but I think they approve apps from DR pretty quick.. But don't worry, I think that TSC is picking up pace.. I feel like most of your cases will be approved by mid August!!

congrats!!

how i cant wait for my approval, my noa1 26 of feb, how i cant wait and everyday i check my uscis , i am from Egypt, hopefully will get my approval soon

[skins4lyfe 4]

congrats!!

how i cant wait for my approval, my noa1 26 of feb, how i cant wait and everyday i check my uscis , i am from Egypt, hopefully will get my approval soon

Don't worry, it will come soon! I Promise!!

[dza 46]

Don't worry, it will come soon! I Promise!!

Ameen!

thank you so much, i pray you have a smooth steps until u have the visa

[dmaven 7]

Did any of you check out ImmiFairy yet? It's probably most useful to us Jan/Feb/Mar 2015 NOA1 peeps... It's helping me not go insane during this crazy long wait. I get see everyday how little work USCIS does in real-time lol...

[leisli 15]

Did any of you check out ImmiFairy yet? It's probably most useful to us Jan/Feb/Mar 2015 NOA1 peeps... It's helping me not go insane during this crazy long wait. I get see everyday how little work USCIS does in real-time lol...

I did. but they will require you to pay to see the updates

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