1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner

[dougyceci 0]

Welcome aboard Husker. I am an alumn of Lincoln (College of Law) so seems we have a thing or two in common. You are braver than most offering your expertise here but be assured it is appreciated as we all try to help. Hope your ride is a smooth one and good luck.

Doug

[JODO 2]

Careful everyone, she may be a spy!!

I'm a guy and the DHS has more important things to do than hang out in websites like this . Besides that the databases we used could glean more information about you than you could/would ever divoulge on VJ! Sorry, I'm not a spy.

I hope your comment was tongue in cheek

D.

[HUSKERKIEV 8]

Welcome aboard Husker. I am an alumn of Lincoln (College of Law) so seems we have a thing or two in common. You are braver than most offering your expertise here but be assured it is appreciated as we all try to help. Hope your ride is a smooth one and good luck.

Doug

Hey Doug, Thanks for the welcome. I'm a UNL Alum also - '85. I hope things go smoothly also. Having been inside the "machine" can give one 'cause to worry. Just joking

Anyway, it will be intersteing thats for sure and I do sincerely hope that I can be of help to folks.

Cheers,

Dave

[tonyeck 0]

Thanks for answering my question earlier

One more though What kind of hours do the service centers run? With so many applications I can imagine working a long 9am to 6pm day....

[Otto 83]

Welcome aboard...

I think you'll find yourself welcome here - ok, perhaps hit with a ton of questions, but welcome nonetheless.. We're all here for pretty much the same reason(s) - helping each other out through the Visa Journey and creating a place to help cope with being apart from our loved ones.

[tonyeck 0]

Welcome aboard...

I think you'll find yourself welcome here - ok, perhaps hit with a ton of questions, but welcome nonetheless.. We're all here for pretty much the same reason(s) - helping each other out through the Visa Journey and creating a place to help cope with being apart from our loved ones.

Well said

[Ta Ta 1]

Welcome to the VJ family and thank you for being so helpful best wishes for your

journey on this side of the fence.

[HUSKERKIEV 8]

Thanks for answering my question earlier

One more though What kind of hours do the service centers run? With so many applications I can imagine working a long 9am to 6pm day....

Bear in mind this was 4 years ago... It might have changed. At that time they offered a couple different options. First, if your performance was good and your were experienced enough you could apply to "work from home" or "telecommute", this was of course the favorite. This was largely brought about by a shortage of space in the building. The NSC has since moved to a brand new facility that eleviated the space crisis we faced at that time. (But I'm sure that if they elminated the work from home program the union might have had something to say about it so its a fair bet Adjudicators still have this nice option.)

Secondly there was a liberal "flex-time" schedule. Again one of the reasons was the space shortage but that wasn't it entirely. The agency was very family freindly to is employees and tried to keep people happy and make for a nice place to work. There was a lot of stress involved. Offering a flex schedule was one available option to folks.

Basically, as a CIS employee, you could work anytime from 0630 till 6PM as long as your schedule was approved by your boss and you got your 8 hours in.

Because of the amount of work, the agency also used contract services for a lot of the other various non-adjudicating type work. If I recall, the center was a 24/7 operation except for the CIS employees. A lot of the staging and processing of the work we accomplished during the day was done by the contractor at night.

I also think card production had CIS employees on the night shift back then. Hope that answers your question.Cheers.D.

[Ta Ta 1]

Funny thing I forgot to mention, today I got an email from a very good friend's friend

who used to work in the Fraud Prevention Unit at several foreign posts and that is

where our case is now.......and here you are ..... I was hoping to get some help

like that on VJ ! Maybe there are more lurking ?

[Cassie 8]

Thats one of the reasons why you might see that your application was "touched" several times ona given day but no change in status. The adjudicator began working it (touch), went to lunch (touch), came back from lunch (touch) and finished reviewing it and sent it off to be processed (touch). Its touched when it goes back into the que and etc...

Keep in mind everytime a file changes hands whether its signed out to an Adjudicator or some satff person, its gets "wanded" ino the system so they can track who specifically has the file. Each file has a scannable bar code. Sometimes you'd be working a file that has someone else working another compnent of the file or one of the family members. We would alwaystry to keep family members together and approve them at the same time.

I want this pinned!

[~Chad~ 0]

D,

yes I'm quite aware of databases, NCIC, etc. I've been a detective for 8 years, nevertheless, i was only kidding

[HUSKERKIEV 8]

D,

yes I'm quite aware of databases, NCIC, etc. I've been a detective for 8 years, nevertheless, i was only kidding

Yes, its quite amazing. Mea Culpa. I saw the emoticon after i hit reply

[~Chad~ 0]

how long did u work there? if u dont mind me asking? just curious

[David-and-Mae 15]

Welcome to VJ HUSKERKIEV! It's good to have someone who used to work with USCIS... We filed originally NSC but transferred to CSC... The waiting is tough but we're being patient!

[rea 1]

Thanks for answering my question earlier

One more though What kind of hours do the service centers run? With so many applications I can imagine working a long 9am to 6pm day....

Bear in mind this was 4 years ago... It might have changed. At that time they offered a couple different options. First, if your performance was good and your were experienced enough you could apply to "work from home" or "telecommute", this was of course the favorite. This was largely brought about by a shortage of space in the building. The NSC has since moved to a brand new facility that eleviated the space crisis we faced at that time. (But I'm sure that if they elminated the work from home program the union might have had something to say about it so its a fair bet Adjudicators still have this nice option.)

Secondly there was a liberal "flex-time" schedule. Again one of the reasons was the space shortage but that wasn't it entirely. The agency was very family freindly to is employees and tried to keep people happy and make for a nice place to work. There was a lot of stress involved. Offering a flex schedule was one available option to folks.

Basically, as a CIS employee, you could work anytime from 0630 till 6PM as long as your schedule was approved by your boss and you got your 8 hours in.

Because of the amount of work, the agency also used contract services for a lot of the other various non-adjudicating type work. If I recall, the center was a 24/7 operation except for the CIS employees. A lot of the staging and processing of the work we accomplished during the day was done by the contractor at night.

I also think card production had CIS employees on the night shift back then. Hope that answers your question.Cheers.D.

it's really good to have you here in VJ..so many things that you've clarified so far...now we realized the reason why it would take long to process a case..thanks!!

rea