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Amotree   20

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Hey, everyone. I'm new here and apologise if any of these questions are repeats. I know I read somewhere that if the US petitioner has a very common name it could take them longer to do a background check on that person because they'd have to sift through lots of names? Would this mean the process would take a little longer, or is the time that it takes to sift through names inconsequential? 

 

Also, do marriage history, children, and the like also play roles in how long it takes to approve a petition? I am also wondering whether or not the individual petition itself is actually affected by these seemingly small additions, or if it delays the petitions that are next in line more than that petition. 

 

I know these are probably not questions that have definite answers, but I am curious as to what determines if a group of applicants are delayed or approved more quickly. Obviously, there are plenty of other underlying factors, many of which probably play even bigger roles. Feel free to chime in on those as well.  

 

Thanks for reading!

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PedroDaGr8   245

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Applicants are approved on an individual basis, not as a group. There are a wide variety of things that can speed up or slow down a case. Not all of them are related to the applicant.

 

Things out of the applicants control:

  • How busy is the center processing the visa. Do they have a huge backlog?
  • Did the case worker assigned to your case go on vacation for a bit
  • Is the case worker fast or slow
  • The number of case workers working on K1 versus other visas, etc. It takes them a bit of time to respond to changes in work loads. Which can result in huge wait times or really crazy short wait times.


Things related to the applicant that can affect the processing time:

  • The more complex the case, the more time it takes to verify details
  • Sharing names with someone that flags for further background checks
  • Divorces
  • Lacking of evidence submitted
  • Lots of moves
  • Lots of job changes. 

All of these interplay to affect how quickly or slowly the case is processed.

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AnJ Co   1,676

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11 minutes ago, Amotree said:

Hey, everyone. I'm new here and apologise if any of these questions are repeats. I know I read somewhere that if the US petitioner has a very common name it could take them longer to do a background check on that person because they'd have to sift through lots of names? Would this mean the process would take a little longer, or is the time that it takes to sift through names inconsequential? 

 

Also, do marriage history, children, and the like also play roles in how long it takes to approve a petition? I am also wondering whether or not the individual petition itself is actually affected by these seemingly small additions, or if it delays the petitions that are next in line more than that petition. 

 

I know these are probably not questions that have definite answers, but I am curious as to what determines if a group of applicants are delayed or approved more quickly. Obviously, there are plenty of other underlying factors, many of which probably play even bigger roles. Feel free to chime in on those as well.  

 

Thanks for reading!

All of your points above, I have also read that they can be a reason for a little delay in your petition being adjudicated.  Frankly, we don't know much of the rhymes and reasons for cases coming and going at different paces.  There are theories, and a lot of these you will hear in the discussion threads.

 

Take a look in the discussion thread for the July filers.  In this thread, you are going to hang out with some other filers in like circumstance and have a world of support for every kind of event that may happen in this journey.

 

Good luck to you, and remember that you need patience for this process, but you will get there.

 

 

 
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