why some AOS fast some slow?

[pacerman 5]

Hello, I sent our AOS in may 1, USCIS still says fingerprint fee received and NBC is working on our case,in our status,, my wife received her work permit/ travel permit aug 2. NOW, My wifes friend sent in her AOS june 14, 6 weeks after ours, yesterday her friend got a uscis status update say your card is being produced!

How can this be? what do they do eenie meenie miney moe with the pile of applications or what? why do some later ones go ahead? we got no RFE or anything?

we really want to go back to the Philippines for Christmas, but things looking not good for that,, im so disappointed in this system it makes no sense.

can anyone shed some light on this flow and why things like this happen?

[p-ana 933]

If she has the AP, travel document, she should be fine to visit her home country.

It's sheer luck, depends on the field office, if you're going to have an interview, etc. it's unpredictable

[Mounat 74]

Hello, I sent our AOS in may 1, USCIS still says fingerprint fee received and NBC is working on our case,in our status,, my wife received her work permit/ travel permit aug 2. NOW, My wifes friend sent in her AOS june 14, 6 weeks after ours, yesterday her friend got a uscis status update say your card is being produced!

How can this be? what do they do eenie meenie miney moe with the pile of applications or what? why do some later ones go ahead? we got no RFE or anything?

we really want to go back to the Philippines for Christmas, but things looking not good for that,, im so disappointed in this system it makes no sense.

can anyone shed some light on this flow and why things like this happen?

As you can imagine, this depends on a number of factors some of which indeed make no sense. If you're in the same local office as your friend then I'd make an infopass appointment. Otherwise, check the USCIS processing times webpage to get an idea where your local office stands. Some cities, due to workload, are quite slow while others are fast.

If you're in a major city like Dallas or Houston, you're looking at about a year before your case is completed. Other smaller cities are adjudicating cases in six months or less.

Hang tight and it'll all be over soon.

Good luck.

[pacerman 5]

we really cant leave, if we were to go then get an interview notice and we not here,, well that be bad, and when we go we go for 3 months, not just a short time as we have a house in the province there

[pacerman 5]

And by the way, it should be the same service center for both,, which is st paul mn.. however I called uscis and got no info, she basically told me exactly whats online , I don't even know if our case is at nbc or st paul or?? no way to know and I was told they don't even know? really they don't know???

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from Fam.-based AOS to Fam.-based AOS Progress Forum~

~Inquiry about case status~

[timmons 34]

Ask for a higher level officer you will get answers.

Edited October 21, 2016 by timmons