10 Year Green Card Expedited

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

Just now, shell20 said:

That is true, hence me using the term majority, not everyone wants too or is able to obtain citizenship, but the people that are going for it especially with California wont see the card.   And ROC has gone through the roof, but I didn't realise it has been the past three years, I knew AOS was bad when I filed and the people that filed around the same time as I did are now suffering yet more long delays.

 

Actually, there are a fair number of older filers who waited because they didn't want to submit a bunch of evidence again... it just seems with the current processing times that more people are considering the 3 year.  

 

Yeah, it was 4 months for ROC 3 years ago.  It seems processing times on everything has increased, N-400 in our locale has gone from 6 months to over a year, and I-129fs and I-130s are also taking almost twice as long.   I'm not sure what USCIS's excuse is without the DACA one they were using a while ago.

[mindthegap 2,605]

I appreciate that my case appears to be far from normal, but I just find it baffling how one can get a CR-1 from start to finish in around four months, yet ROC as an existing permanent resident who completed all the checks required before, is so far clocking in at 2.5 years, and so far is MORE expensive than the original I-130 & CR-1 combined.

 

2 x I-751s, 2 lots of biometric fees and soon an N-400 and another biometric fee, all in the space of three years!

 

Even someone with a 'normal' I-751 waiting a year to eighteen months is no way acceptable..

 

Edited November 2, 2017 by mindthegap

[shell20 746]

4 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Actually, there are a fair number of older filers who waited because they didn't want to submit a bunch of evidence again... it just seems with the current processing times that more people are considering the 3 year.  

 

Yeah, it was 4 months for ROC 3 years ago.  It seems processing times on everything has increased, N-400 in our locale has gone from 6 months to over a year, and I-129fs and I-130s are also taking almost twice as long.   I'm not sure what USCIS's excuse is without the DACA one they were using a while ago.

A year for the N400, please tell me you are kidding?  Wow, at least they are consistent!

[shell20 746]

3 minutes ago, mindthegap said:

I appreciate that my case appears to be far from normal, but I just find it baffling how one can get a CR-1 from start to finish in around four months, yet ROC as an existing permanent resident who completed all the checks required before, is so far clocking in at 2.5 years, and so far is MORE expensive than the original I-130 & CR-1 combined.

 

2 x I-751s, 2 lots of biometric fees and soon an N-400 and another biometric fee, all in the space of three years!

 

Even someone with a 'normal' I-751 waiting a year to eighteen months is no way acceptable..

 

I totally agree with you, I use an app on my phone and it shows me so many CR-1s that have been approved months ago, but have the same date as my ROC application. How can that be when they have all the new checks and such. I guess it has to stem from the pressure they got a couple of years ago when it was on the news how long it was taking to reunite families.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

3 minutes ago, mindthegap said:

I appreciate that my case appears to be far from normal, but I just find it baffling how one can get a CR-1 from start to finish in around four months, yet ROC as an existing permanent resident who completed all the checks required before, is so far clocking in at 2.5 years, and so far is MORE expensive than the original I-130 & CR-1 combined.

 

2 x I-751s, 2 lots of biometric fees and soon an N-400 and another biometric fee, all in the space of three years!

 

Even someone with a 'normal' I-751 waiting a year to eighteen months is no way acceptable..

 

 

I often have a little laugh that my actual approved I-130 just took a single day for London to process.  That is actually how long it takes if they aren't sitting in a box.

 

1 minute ago, shell20 said:

A year for the N400, please tell me you are kidding?  Wow, at least they are consistent!

 

I think it is 14 months according to what I've seen.  That varies by local office.  Our office handles 3.5 states's petitions.

[mindthegap 2,605]

2 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

I often have a little laugh that my actual approved I-130 just took a single day for London to process.  That is actually how long it takes if they aren't sitting in a box.

 

From rusty memory, I think the original I-130 was back and approved in around a week from sending... 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

Exactly what was the rationale behind the fee increases last year? 

 

And, were any promises made about processing times? 

[shell20 746]

7 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Exactly what was the rationale behind the fee increases last year? 

 

And, were any promises made about processing times? 

What I read a few months ago and I don't know if there is any truth in it  part of the fee increase was due to them spending millions on the computer software so we could file N400 in a quickly and timely manner.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

2 minutes ago, shell20 said:

What I read a few months ago and I don't know if there is any truth in it  part of the fee increase was due to them spending millions on the computer software so we could file N400 in a quickly and timely manner.

 

1 hour ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Yeah, it was 4 months for ROC 3 years ago.  It seems processing times on everything has increased, N-400 in our locale has gone from 6 months to over a year, and I-129fs and I-130s are also taking almost twice as long.   I'm not sure what USCIS's excuse is without the DACA one they were using a while ago.

Well I guess so much for that..

[geowrian 22,338]

On 11/1/2017 at 2:16 PM, ilovethebeach310 said:

So could I file it under 'Severe financial loss to company or person'. I'm technically being hired and it could cause me to lose my career?

Not likely since them refusing to accept the documents or not hiring you based on the lack of a 10 year card would be illegal. There are exceptions for some types of positions (federal agencies, civil servants, etc.), but I don't think a city's fire station would be one of them. This is really an issue for you and the employer to work out, or to escalate it to a complaint against them.

 

19 hours ago, WeGuyGal said:

I still say waive n400 fees for i751 pending applicants. And since money talks, watch USCIS adjudicate 9-month ROCs. 

Fees went up Dec 2016 but wait times have increased. What a scam! 

That kind of policy might result in quicker ROCs, but that would come at the cost of another process being slowed down instead (I-130 for relatives, I-129Fs for fiances, N-400s in general, etc.). It would just result in shifting resources from another process to ROC...not overall faster performance (since it's a stick without a carrot).

 

26 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Exactly what was the rationale behind the fee increases last year? 

 

And, were any promises made about processing times? 

The fee hike was the first increase in 6 years, which is used to cover the increased costs of adjudication of an individual petition/application. It was not intended to speed up processing of each application or to cover a backlog...although some funds are dedicated to improving the technology and workflows, but that's always the case/goal (and looks like it mostly was focused N-400 processing).

Edited November 2, 2017 by geowrian

[lovethemidwest 28]

This is a very interesting topic for me as well. I have applied for a military position that is open to permanent residents. I let them know in advance that I am going through the removal of conditions and that was acceptable to them for me in order to apply but now that I actually have been offered the job I can not start the next steps without being able to present the new green card and as I have only been waiting for 7 months, that can take a while.....I wrote to my senator who requested an inquiry to uscis which is a start but I doubt they can really speed the process up, or can they ?

 

Apparently the military personnel that I have been in touch with will also send a letter asking for my petition to be processed faster, but I am not sure if it will change something. 

 

I feel so frustrated, as I want to serve the USA and am considered qualified to do so by the military, but just can not get the process started.

 

[shell20 746]

2 hours ago, lovethemidwest said:

This is a very interesting topic for me as well. I have applied for a military position that is open to permanent residents. I let them know in advance that I am going through the removal of conditions and that was acceptable to them for me in order to apply but now that I actually have been offered the job I can not start the next steps without being able to present the new green card and as I have only been waiting for 7 months, that can take a while.....I wrote to my senator who requested an inquiry to uscis which is a start but I doubt they can really speed the process up, or can they ?

 

Apparently the military personnel that I have been in touch with will also send a letter asking for my petition to be processed faster, but I am not sure if it will change something. 

 

I feel so frustrated, as I want to serve the USA and am considered qualified to do so by the military, but just can not get the process started.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/expedite-criteria  I don't know if you fall into this category apparently there is a military USCIS line,  they may be able to help you, it's a long shot I know but worth a call.  

Q. What are the criteria to have an application or petition expedited for military personnel?

A. USCIS reviews all expedite requests on a case-by-case basis. Some examples of situations that may qualify for expedited processing include pending military deployments or emergency or humanitarian situations. Please contact your local USCIS office or the USCIS Military Help Line at 1-877 CIS-4MIL (1‑877-247-4645) for more information.

[lovethemidwest 28]

Thank you for posting this !!! Maybe this is what they had sent already but I let them know about this as well, it can not hurt.

 

 

[shell20 746]

10 minutes ago, lovethemidwest said:

Thank you for posting this !!! Maybe this is what they had sent already but I let them know about this as well, it can not hurt.

 

 

You're welcome and good luck!