I-751 January 2018

[LizB0322 28]

1 hour ago, Jessica Donahue said:

Hi everyone,

We filed in January through the CSC, and we received our 18-month extension receipt today, it's dated 8/11/18.

 

Same here! 

[Nele 11]

Filed at CSC on January 17 and received my extension letter today too! 

[CanadianGrrl 8]

We filed through CSC and also received our 18 month extension, dated 08/11/2018. 

[D.Ba 85]

And another one!

[MadMax101 32]

🤔

[amyno 2]

Hi everyone, we filed at CSC and also received our extension letter today, notice date 8/11/2018. 

[mosood 4]

Weird i have not received my extension letter yet. Filled at CSC Jan 19 😞

[MadMax101 32]

Do you online accounts note the 2nd extension letter being sent?

 

We moved since filing which is what worries me with their address change system. Our notice about finger printing went to our new address so it should be fine but it’s hard not to be concerned.

[LizB0322 28]

Did anyone else hear about this before? 😓 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

[CPanting 9]

Received my 18-month extension letter on Saturday (8/18/18) with notice date of 8/11/2018 - Filed at CSC.

 

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

1 hour ago, LizB0322 said:

Did anyone else hear about this before? 😓 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

it's old news, inaccurately and incompletely reported. 

[LizB0322 28]

6 minutes ago, Tom and SooGyeong said:

it's old news, inaccurately and incompletely reported. 

I hope so 🤞🏼.. I found it in the January 2017 forum.. some people who applied for citizenship  in there says that’s probably why the citizenship process is taking a long time and delaying the roc process.. some people who just waited for roc and didn’t apply for citizenship, got their green card approved this month, 19 months after applying 😓

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

21 minutes ago, LizB0322 said:

I hope so 🤞🏼.. I found it in the January 2017 forum.. some people who applied for citizenship  in there says that’s probably why the citizenship process is taking a long time and delaying the roc process.. some people who just waited for roc and didn’t apply for citizenship, got their green card approved this month, 19 months after applying 😓

According to what I have read, the current drag on approvals in (2017 and the first half of 2018) is primarily being caused by the interview waiver rules being curtailed/enforced on employment I-485 adjustment of status petitions. Before 2017, USCIS was allowed to waive the required interview for employment based I-485 petitions in a majority of cases. Since the beginning of 2017. USCIS is required to include the interview portion of adjudication process for All employment based I-485 petitions. That workload is being handled by the local offices, and as reflected in the number of cases (approved and denied) as posted on the USCIS website. Since the beginning of 2017, the number of petitions adjudicated quarterly has dropped by about 35 - 40%. Consequently, the number of Pending petitions that have been 'rolled forward' has continued to rise as well. My understanding is that as time passes, all petitions submitted will be having that standard applied, and that all petitions will eventually require the interview to take place. Time will tell. But as indicated in the PDF attached here, the percentages of petitions both approved and denied from quarter to quarter has remained fairly consistent. They are just not able to adjudicate as many as before, because of the interview requirements. 

Keep in mind, that the interview requirement has Always been a part of the adjudication process, as required by law. But in the last decade or so, USCIS has been allowed to 'waive' more and more of them. USCIS is also in the process of making the petition submittal process digital, such that all fields must be properly filled in and all documents scanned and attached before electronic petition can be finalized and submitted. This will greatly reduce the adjudication time, eliminate 95% of RFEs, and make the interview the keystone of adjudicating the petition. It is therefore necessary to phase in the required interview portion, prior to launching the streamlined digital petition submittal format. 

At least, that is what the accumulated information that I have dug up indicates.

Case File Progress By Quarter and Year.pdf

[MadMax101 32]

How many Cali filers are also still waiting for the 18 month letter?

[Amadia 711]

3 hours ago, LizB0322 said:

Did anyone else hear about this before? 😓 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

Yes, in MANY other threads on VJ.....don't freak out about this too much.