California Service Center any signs of life?

[Ken and Inna 0]

Hello to everyone, has anyone received any information if California Service Center is making any progress they have been stuck on December 31 FOREVER. I just wonder if their information is accurate. My NOA1 was on Jan 23, 2006 and I am trying to figure out some kind of approximation of when I should or could expect NOA2...any information would be most appreciated. On a different note I think they need to redistrict these service centers, have you noticed that Vermont flies through...kind of tells me Vermont needs more work while some of the others need less which would offer a little more consistency and fairness to the process....just my opinion.

thanks,

Ken

[Himaya Ko 0]

I believe the CSC was stuck on Nov. much longer then they have been on Dec. 31. I suppose it all depends on how many petitions they receive at any given time when it come to how fast they can process them. If you check your timeline, there is an estimate down below of when your case may be adjudicated.

[hafiz 1]

i dont know if this helps but i found the following on visapro.

The right side shows the application number for that day your application was filed

[Ken and Inna 0]

Thank you...the information on what the application number is very good information that I was unaware of.

[calidreamer80 0]

Nope....still waiting. Had our first NOA on Jan 26.....its going into day 55. I'm crossing my fingers things pick up soon though. I am so ready to leave this life behind and start a new one with my fiace. Grr I hate waiting.

[thai2luv 0]

Yeah, it seemed Dec. 31st was an inaccurate date in from the time it was first posted. Many VJers with dates prior to Dec 31st, myself included, had not received our NOA2s. However, CSC has gone into high gear and most of us are now getting our NOA2s. Mine just came march 14th.

If you check out the other posts, you'll see many VJers are receiving their NOA2's from CSC.

Hello to everyone, has anyone received any information if California Service Center is making any progress they have been stuck on December 31 FOREVER. I just wonder if their information is accurate. My NOA1 was on Jan 23, 2006 and I am trying to figure out some kind of approximation of when I should or could expect NOA2...any information would be most appreciated. On a different note I think they need to redistrict these service centers, have you noticed that Vermont flies through...kind of tells me Vermont needs more work while some of the others need less which would offer a little more consistency and fairness to the process....just my opinion.

thanks,

Ken

[ronin308 0]

Hello to everyone, has anyone received any information if California Service Center is making any progress they have been stuck on December 31 FOREVER. I just wonder if their information is accurate. My NOA1 was on Jan 23, 2006 and I am trying to figure out some kind of approximation of when I should or could expect NOA2...any information would be most appreciated. On a different note I think they need to redistrict these service centers, have you noticed that Vermont flies through...kind of tells me Vermont needs more work while some of the others need less which would offer a little more consistency and fairness to the process....just my opinion.

thanks,

Ken

Unfortunately with the only exception I see of cases from Texas going to California there isn't much in the way of sharing the load. Of course this is expected of an agency that doesn't follow a first in first out rule.

Don't worry I've been waiting since July 13th.

[Ken and Inna 0]

Wow Ronin308...I am very sorry to hear about your delay! This waiting game is the pits.

[blackbettie 0]

I know how you're feeling - it drove me crazy to wait for any sign of life from the CSC while others from Vermont were getting approved in no time. But the other posters are right, though it might seem like forever, the date hasn't been on dec 31 for THAT long.

It helped me quite a bit to be on the CSC/TSC Unite! waiting list thread over on the "General Discussion" forum ( http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...topic=57&st=210 ). So I could always see if others with a NOA1 date close to mine were getting approved (or not).

Greetz,

Sandra

[jimmynug 13]

OKay I think I have it figured out. According to the California Center, they do try to follow first in, first out. However, there is a slight problem. When a clerk finishes the last application they have, they go get several more from the top. This happens with all the clerks (how many I don't know, could be 5-10-15-20). So at the end of the day, between all the clerks, they can have a wide range of dates for the applications they are working on. While one might have Dec 20-22 in their stack, another might have Dec 28-30 in their stack. When a processing date is posted, they just get the latest day that anyone is working on, not the dates of what everyone is working on. So when they posted Dec 31, someone was actually working on a Dec 31 application, but everyone else was still working on much older dates. Also, when a clerk goes on vacation, what's on their desk probably stays there until they come back. This is the only thing I can think of that would explain why there is such a wide range of dates that they work on at the same time.

Now with the above being said, it does seem like California, for the most part is starting to finish most Nov/Dec applications and are slowly starting to work their way into January. My guess is that now you will start seeing some January NOA1's getting approved along with all the leftovers from Dec. Now if there are any Nov left over, well, sorry, the clerk for that is on a leave of absence LOL.

And yes, it is bs that they don't split the applications with all the centers. That's just our govt in action, and as mad as i get over it, i don't really think i would want to change countries with anyone else.

[Ken and Inna 0]

Good concept Jimmynuq, that would make a great deal of sense. I hope you are correct about them starting in January and I agree, As many problems as this country has most others have more and I would not want to trade with them. Thanks for the insight.

[Mark Collard 0]

i think your theory is probably very accurate

ive done similar sort of work with a team of workers and thats generally what happens

[munchkins 0]

If that is what happens then those working on the I-130's must have put one hell of a lot of files on top of mine, we are now 18 days over the processing date.

11 more days will take us to the 30 days over and I think it will be time to get the congressman involved because waiting 7 months for the NOA2 is ridiculous.

[Icarus 0]

Now with the above being said, it does seem like California, for the most part is starting to finish most Nov/Dec applications and are slowly starting to work their way into January. My guess is that now you will start seeing some January NOA1's getting approved along with all the leftovers from Dec.

Jimmy, that seems pretty logical, as many offices with data entry I've worked in handle workload in the same manner. It just never occurred to me the gov't might do it the same way!

Tho, I think I'm more willing to believe you cuz that'd place me pretty much next in line!

(PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!)

[ronin308 0]

If that is what happens then those working on the I-130's must have put one hell of a lot of files on top of mine, we are now 18 days over the processing date.

11 more days will take us to the 30 days over and I think it will be time to get the congressman involved because waiting 7 months for the NOA2 is ridiculous.

I agree, I'm waiting my 60 days for the out of process and if things haven't cleared by then I'm going to be contacting my Congressman. At that point it will be over 9 months for me.

Just curious did you do a change of address or anything like that?