Finally!

[FrankD18 3]

1 minute ago, marcusa said:

Florida has a huge amount of immigration needs. Their field offices are supposed to work more efficiently.

 

Do you have the feeling that if your mother country was a matter affecting your background things ? i know some original countries are not on their favorite list,which might cause the processing "extremely " delayed.  

 

The canadian guy next door has interview at NYC with a month after fingerprint....what?! unbelievable.....！

I'm from western Europe, with a terminal degree, a job at a big company, no record of any sort, pay my taxes (a lot) on time, and none of the other red flags...so there is absolutely nothing in my background that could cause this type of delay. One of my colleagues got an interview 3 months after applying. Same company, same field office.

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11 minutes ago, FrankD18 said:

I'm from western Europe, with a terminal degree, a job at a big company, no record of any sort, pay my taxes (a lot) on time, and none of the other red flags...so there is absolutely nothing in my background that could cause this type of delay. One of my colleagues got an interview 3 months after applying. Same company, same field office.

that sucks! terribly !

i wish people like you had any chance to cancel the application and reapply. That might be able to re-activate your case.

 

i think you just happened to the unlucky guys whose files dropped under the officer's desk for over 6 months until the janior found it out. and put it back onto  the desk.

Edited August 22, 2017 by marcusa

[marcusa 31]

12 minutes ago, FrankD18 said:

I'm from western Europe, with a terminal degree, a job at a big company, no record of any sort, pay my taxes (a lot) on time, and none of the other red flags...so there is absolutely nothing in my background that could cause this type of delay. One of my colleagues got an interview 3 months after applying. Same company, same field office.

did you paper file N400 back at the beginning ?

[FrankD18 3]

1 minute ago, marcusa said:

did you paper file N400 back at the beginning ?

I'm not sure what you mean. I filed the N400 early January 2016. It was filed only once. After that, fingerprints in February. And then it was status quo until I contacted one of my senators in May 2017. I think I called USCIS about 30 times starting October 2016. Bumped to Tier 2 maybe 10 times. And I got around 5-6 letters saying 'yeah sorry, we're a tad late'...Anyway, it's done now, and short of not being able to vote in November, and a bit of stress, my life was not affected. 

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back then, i had both my NIW I-140 approved in 2 months and EB-1A I-140 approved in 1 months, as i filed both within a week myself. 

unfortunately, my 485 petition was processed for 14 months before approval.  

That was a nightmare !!! i hate the feeling of being desperate like that...

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1 minute ago, FrankD18 said:

I'm not sure what you mean. I filed the N400 early January 2016. It was filed only once. After that, fingerprints in February. And then it was status quo until I contacted one of my senators in May 2017. I think I called USCIS about 30 times starting October 2016. Bumped to Tier 2 maybe 10 times. And I got around 5-6 letters saying 'yeah sorry, we're a tad late'...Anyway, it's done now, and short of not being able to vote in November, and a bit of stress, my life was not affected. 

i wander if filing online  vs  mailing paper form would make a difference. 

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Just now, marcusa said:

back then, i had both my NIW I-140 approved in 2 months and EB-1A I-140 approved in 1 months, as i filed both within a week myself. 

unfortunately, my 485 petition was processed for 14 months before approval.  

That was a nightmare !!! i hate the feeling of being desperate like that...

Went through EB-1A as well (as many other folks doing research I suppose). I think it was in 2008, and there was maybe 3 months total between application and receiving permanent resident status. It was incredibly quick. I suppose citizenship was longer to balance things out :-)

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50 minutes ago, marcusa said:

Do you have the feeling that if your mother country was a matter affecting your background things ? i know some original countries are not on their favorite list,which might cause the processing "extremely " delayed.  

Some countries they do more rigorous checks with, probably, so they dig a bit deeper, taking more time.  Some countries seem to move quicker in background checks because they share info with the US.  I know that Canada, UK and USA openly share customs, immigration and criminal information with each other.