February fillers TSC

[SeanD 1]

Apologies to all....Friend's who applied for K-1 in May 2015 have date for September 15 interview...

I applied in March 2015 for K-1 and still waiting

They are processing Feb filers at TSC now according to Visa Journey... So If you're March then you should get processed sometime soonish...

[MADDEN 40]

Just logged on to the USCIS site and saw after 6 long long months we got our NOA2. Good luck to those Feb filers still waiting.

[SeanD 1]

Just logged on to the USCIS site and saw after 6 long long months we got our NOA2. Good luck to those Feb filers still waiting.

I still keep getting the "Your case was received on February 26th 2015" message :/ Just out of curiosity, What was the URL you used? And did you use your SRC number to check?? o.O

[Pennycat 880]

Apologies to all....Friend's who applied for K-1 in May 2015 have date for September 15 interview...

I applied in March 2015 for K-1 and still waiting

Your friends were probably handled through the California Service Center which is processing I-129fs literally anywhere between 5 and 10 times faster than Texas Service Center.

Also, everyone....there's a long-established thread for February TSC filers over thisaway: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/538619-february-2015-filers-texas-service-center/page-1

[Johnny B 0]

I wish that was true but it was out of the Texas facility because we are in New Mexico

[Pennycat 880]

I wish that was true but it was out of the Texas facility because we are in New Mexico

Your friends, though. The ones who applied in May and have an interview date in 2 weeks? They were processed through California. I can all but guarantee it.

Texas stopped taking new applications around late March/early April (it was supposed to be Match 27, but a few unlucky people accidentally got routed there until about the first week of April).

Wait--now I'm confused. What visa are you applying for and when did you file? You really should fill in your timeline.

Edited August 31, 2015 by CatherineA

[Johnny B 0]

well forgive me you can guarantee everything do you want to but it came out of the Texas facility I've checked all the paperwork I placed the phone calls I was told Texas if you need the Texas phone number that was called I can provide it I was just as upset as many others or as you on how it got through the system

[Johnny B 0]

another note if I didn't explain I work with him and my fiancee lives down the road from her in the Philippines....

[Johnny B 0]

I just started here yesterday or the day before was not sure about the timeline process.....mine was sent at the end of March there's was received on the 18th of May..they don't remember the date sent it out...I used Rapid Visa service...they used an immigration attorney in Albuquerque New Mexico.. I have not spoken to the attorney but I can not believe there with anything special he could have done other then sprayed some perfume and gave the paperwork a kiss

[Pennycat 880]

well forgive me you can guarantee everything do you want to but it came out of the Texas facility I've checked all the paperwork I placed the phone calls I was told Texas if you need the Texas phone number that was called I can provide it I was just as upset as many others or as you on how it got through the system

So you are filing a K1 visa? Your profile shows F1.

I KNOW that you said that YOU are out of Texas. Because I am able to read English. I'm not talking about you and your 6 month wait. That is 100% completely normal for Texas. Sorry, but it is. I'm talking about your friend who you said applied in May. And you want to know why they have an interview date already and you don't. Well, I'm trying to answer that question for you but you don't seem to want to hear it.

If your friend who applied in May. Unless something extremely weird is happening, he was handled through California. Do you understand the difference between a Lockbox and a Service Center? A Lockbox is where you send your application. ALL K1 filers send their application to the Dallas Lockbox. The Lockbox then routes applications to different Service Centers. Up until March 27, half of applications were routed to Texas and half to California. After March 27, all applications were routed to California. California must have more staff members, because they send applications to embassies in 2 months or less. Texas takes 6 months or more.

You told me that your friend applied in May. May is after March 27. If he somehow WAS routed to Texas, it's a huge fluke. And an absolute miracle that he got through Texas that quickly, to the point that he probably had an expedite somehow.

I see you're new here. I've been here over 6 months and have been very closely tracking the movements of the service centers for that entire period of time. You don't have to listen to me though. Ask your friend what the first three letters of his receipt number are. If they're WAC, he's out of California. If they're SRC, he's Texas.

You can also look here: This announcement that starting March 27, there would be workload changes for I-129fs. That change was that every single new case after that date was routed to California.

http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/workload-transfer-within-service-center-operations

[Pennycat 880]

I just started here yesterday or the day before was not sure about the timeline process.....mine was sent at the end of March there's was received on the 18th of May..they don't remember the date sent it out...I used Rapid Visa service...they used an immigration attorney in Albuquerque New Mexico.. I have not spoken to the attorney but I can not believe there with anything special he could have done other then sprayed some perfume and gave the paperwork a kiss

It's all about the date they filed. I know it makes no sense but because they filed after March 27, they got sent to the faster service center. Good luck for them.

Texas has a huge backlog of petitions and is averaging about 200 days from NOA1 (receipt of the case) to NOA2 (approval). California is taking an average of 30 days. This winter, it was 210 vs 21. Literally a tenfold difference. You can see the statistics collected by Visajourney here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1historical (look at Step 2-- NOA1 to NOA2. Ignore Vermont, they don't do many K1s...those are special cases).

Why USCIS let the service centers get so out of balance in the first place is anyone's guess. But that's what happened. And we all freaked out for months until someone finally listened to us and "fixed" the problem. Instead of taking those of us stuck "in line" at Texas and transferring us to California, they just stopped sending new applications to Texas. The end result is that anyone who filed after March 27, got sent to the service center where they got approved in 2 months or less, while the rest of us are still in a 7 month long line at Texas. That's life with USCIS for you.

Edited: I see from your other thread that they received your petition on March 27. Just really bad timing for you. If it had been after that date, the Lockbox would have routed you to California.

Edited August 31, 2015 by CatherineA

[Johnny B 0]

I'm currently drivingand doing this through bluetooth but their case number started with SRC the same as minemy understanding is the end of the first week of May or the middle of the second week of may....all I can say is major luck I have found no family connections he did not have major knowledge of this process that's why he hired an attorney his fiance is not high enough politically compared to my fiance to have any power here in the US and no I'm not upset with your information it's just the idea of them being before us and we introduced them and they applied after us...I'm actually going to be there the day after her interview in the Philippines to be with my fiance for two weeks sense it's been almost a year that I have seen her

[Pennycat 880]

I'm currently drivingand doing this through bluetooth but their case number started with SRC the same as minemy understanding is the end of the first week of May or the middle of the second week of may....all I can say is major luck I have found no family connections he did not have major knowledge of this process that's why he hired an attorney his fiance is not high enough politically compared to my fiance to have any power here in the US and no I'm not upset with your information it's just the idea of them being before us and we introduced them and they applied after us...I'm actually going to be there the day after her interview in the Philippines to be with my fiance for two weeks sense it's been almost a year that I have seen her

I don't know what to tell you then. It is entirely possible that he was sent to Texas--but he'd be the first one we've heard about here in 5 months. He's also be one of the first non-expedited people to get out of Texas in 4 months. But maybe his lawyer has connections and greased some wheels and jumped him ahead of all of us in line. I'd love to hear more. If anyone can expose USCIS corruption, it's us here at Visajourney.

Your fiance's political connections have nothing to do with your case. If anything, I think that being too connected in a foreign country could invite extra scrutiny, but I really don't think it matters one bit.

And yes, welcome to the club. This is life at USCIS. I've been here since months before filing my petition, and I was already an old-hand at this, helping newbies with questions about their paperwork. Some of those newbies I helped---they're already here in the US and married.

There is no such thing as fair in this process. They don't care. They "fixed" the problem, without making the "fix" fair to those of us already at TSC. And based on what you're telling me, it sounds like TSC is willing to take petitions from specific lawyers with connections and expedite them through the process ahead of the rest of us for no good reason. Honestly, this wouldn't actually surprise me. Nothing about USCIS would surprise me anymore. Seriously. But, if proven, this would be front page government corruption news and probably get more than a few people subpoenad by Congress. Unless, of course, your friend is very confused and was routed to CSC along with 99% of other post- March 27 filers. But ask him all the same. I'd love to see heads roll if they really are up to something like that.

[MADDEN 40]

I still keep getting the "Your case was received on February 26th 2015" message :/ Just out of curiosity, What was the URL you used? And did you use your SRC number to check?? o

I made an account on the USCIS page so no I didn't check case status with my SRC number but by logging in. I'm sure yours will come this week if not then by next.

[SeanD 1]

Anyone from Feb Been approved Recently? Still wating