Dreaded Processing Times....

[Californiansunset 336]

1 hour ago, Alex3344 said:

Hey can I ask where you are seeing the data points for the Los Angeles office?  I'm currently waiting for my interview to be scheduled there...  I saw a few that were around 6 months but now the other processing page time went from an average of 6.5 months to 8.5 months.

If you’re asking about the 10-24 months I quoted that is taken from the link posted by the OP. The new USCIS processing times page

[Alex3344 10]

4 hours ago, Californiansunset said:

If you’re asking about the 10-24 months I quoted that is taken from the link posted by the OP. The new USCIS processing times page

Sorry should have been more clear - I meant the 4-6 month data points you were referring to of actual people's times in getting an interview. 

[Californiansunset 336]

3 minutes ago, Alex3344 said:

Sorry should have been more clear - I meant the 4-6 month data points you were referring to of actual people's times in getting an interview. 

Oh that was just in my AOS threads from Feb and March 2017. the vast majority from LA had their interviews within 6 months. The ones that had their interview waived took a lot longer.. so i would always hope for an interview in LA 

[Creamsoda1983 7]

On 3/22/2018 at 1:17 PM, Californiansunset said:

It's so hard to believe that this is accurate... I compared the AOS processing times of my field office to Los Angeles. Most of the people from Los Angeles that were in my AOS thread including some friends received their interview within 4-6 months (with only very few exceptions). This page says 10-24 months?! That is a huge discrepancy. It's a known thing that Los Angeles City office processes the applications fairly fast. Compared to that San Diego is supposedly 6-18.5 months and thus a lot faster even though everywhere else San Diego is always around the 9-10months mark (which was accurate for my case). 

Also, that is a very broad estimate that they are giving with an entire year difference?! Could be 6 months or also 18 months????

I'd follow the data here on VJ to be honest as it always seemed the most accurate to me.... I feel like this new processing time table wants to prevent that people keep on bugging USCIS with the excuse "hey it says online that you are currently processing cases from the date XY but you received my cases two weeks prior to that date. How is that possible?"

I know I dont get it. My local office on the old website had about a 6 month processing time so pretty good. And as of February 10 my interview has been scheduled for May 1. (yay!). Went to check the processing times just for fun and they they are going back to 2016. How does it go from 6 months to over a year overnight.

[Alex3344 10]

19 hours ago, Californiansunset said:

Oh that was just in my AOS threads from Feb and March 2017. the vast majority from LA had their interviews within 6 months. The ones that had their interview waived took a lot longer.. so i would always hope for an interview in LA 

Got it, thanks.  I had no idea some people had their interviews waived.   Good to know.

[Californiansunset 336]

1 hour ago, Alex3344 said:

Got it, thanks.  I had no idea some people had their interviews waived.   Good to know.

Yes it happens sometimes. As of October only K1 visas still can have their interview waived (before also AOS from E visas could get waived). Around 50% of them still get waived. There are different reasons it can get waived. Mainly it seems to be whether your local field office is backlogged or not and whether they have already reached their quarterly number of K1 visa interview applications that they have to process at the local field office. Also depends whether your case might have any red flags. 

[shakeyy 78]

On 2018-03-23 at 6:08 PM, USC4SPOUSE said:

 

Hmm are you sure? 

 

Nebraska currently ranks 15.

 

47. San Antonio, TX

70. Dallas, TX

73. Houston, TX 

85. El Paso, TX

 

hello! where do you see this list? I'm curious with Orlando

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

1 hour ago, shakeyy said:

hello! where do you see this list? I'm curious with Orlando

I compiled the list on an Excel sheet. It's sorted by the first number of the two in the time range. (50%)

Here you go.

 

Orlando #76

State	City	50%	93%
OH	Cleveland	4	11.5
PA	Pittsburgh	4.5	18.5
CA	San Jose	5	16.5
IN	Indianapolis	5	14
NY	Buffalo	5	18
OH	Columbus	5	15
CA	San Bernardino	5.5	15
CA	San Diego	5.5	17.5
ME	Portland	5.5	16.5
MI	Detroit	5.5	15
NH	Manchester	5.5	11
NC	Raleigh	5.5	12.5
FL	Jacksonville	6	18
MO	Kansas City	6	12.5
CA	Imperial	6.5	13
FL	Tampa	6.5	17
OH	Cincinatti	6.5	22.5
VA	Norfolk	6.5	20
KY	Louisville	7	21.5
MA	Boston	7	18
SC	Charleston	7	25
WA	Yakima	7	14.5
AZ	Tucson	7.5	15
MD	Baltimore	7.5	21.5
NY	Albany	7.5	16.5
CA	Fresno	8	16.5
KS	Wichita	8	18
NE	NEBRASKA,	8	22.5
RI	Providence	8	16
WI	Milwaukee	8	13.5
MO	Saint Louis	8.5	23.5
MT	Helena	8.5	13
NM	Albuquerque	8.5	21
OK	Oklahoma City	8.5	17.5
WA	Spokane	8.5	20.5
PR	San Juan	9	20
CA	Sacramento	9.5	14
CT	Hartford	9.5	21
ID	Boise	9.5	17
NV	Reno	9.5	16
NJ	Mount Laurel	9.5	21
PA	Philadelphia	9.5	20
SC	Greer	9.5	16.5
TN	Memphis	9.5	18
TX	San Antonio	9.5	17.5
CA	Los Angeles	10	23.5
FL	Kendall	10	18.5
IA	Des Moines	10	17
NY	Long Island	10	26.5
NC	Charlotte	10	18
AK	Anchorage	10.5	21.5
AR	Fort Smith	10.5	21.5
CA	San Fernando Valley	10.5	25.5
CA	Santa Ana	10.5	16
DC	Washington DC	10.5	18
FL	West Palm Beach	10.5	17.5
GU	Agana	10.5	21.5
HI	Honolulu	10.5	14.5
UT	Salt Lake City	10.5	17
VI	Charlotte Amalie	10.5	21.5
VI	Christiansted	10.5	21.5
WY	Casper	10.5	21.5
GA	Atlanta	11	29
LA	New Orleans	11	20
NV	Las Vegas	11	17.5
NJ	Newark	11	20.5
WA	Seattle	11	17
CA	San Francisco	11.5	17
FL	Hialeah	11.5	21
IL	Chicago	11.5	32
VT	Saint Albans	11.5	27
CA	Los Angeles County	12	30
NY	Queens	12	17.5
TX	Harlingen	12	23
AL	Montgomery	13	25.5
FL	Orlando	13	19.5
NY	Brooklyn	13	20
FL	Fort Myers	13.5	24
AZ	Phoenix	14	23.5
CO	Denver	14.5	29
MN	MINNEAPOLIS	14.5	23.5
TX	Dallas	14.5	31.5
TX	El Paso	14.5	28
FL	Oakland Park	15.5	26.5
FL	Miami	16.5	20.5
TX	Houston	18	29.5

 

[itsdonealready 13]

@USC4SPOUSE Thank you for putting up a table like this! hmmm guess I can sit back a relax and pray to receive an interview notice on 400 days lol

[lms 50]

Up to 20 months for Brooklyn. Wow. Question: If you get your interview 20 months later, and let's say 21 months after getting married. Wouldn't it be better to reschedule the interview so you just hit the 2-year mark for an unconditional GC? I mean at that point EAD/AP needs to get extended already, Medical needs to be re-done and so on. Aiiiaia. I hope we don't have to wait that long, but if it does take 20 months might as well just get the unconditional one. 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2018 by lms

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

7 hours ago, lms said:

Up to 20 months for Brooklyn. Wow. Question: If you get your interview 20 months later, and let's say 21 months after getting married. Wouldn't it be better to reschedule the interview so you just hit the 2-year mark for an unconditional GC? I mean at that point EAD/AP needs to get extended already, Medical needs to be re-done and so on. Aiiiaia. I hope we don't have to wait that long, but if it does take 20 months might as well just get the unconditional one. 

 

 

Right. In some instances, at the end of the interview, the ISO has given couples the option to return on the date of their 2nd year anniversary to get their 10 year card approval. That makes absolute sense to me. If you've waited that long and are 1 month or 2 from the 2 year mark, well, it would suck to then have to wait another 2 years to file for removal of conditions. Nowadays, processing times for I-751s are way out of hand, and people end up applying for citizenship which in turn speeds up adjudication of your I-751. 

 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

16 hours ago, itsdonealready said:

@USC4SPOUSE Thank you for putting up a table like this! hmmm guess I can sit back a relax and pray to receive an interview notice on 400 days lol

Haha, you're welcome! You know, the "case inquiry date" updates every day but I have not noticed any changes on the actual processing times. I feel for you. I thought my case had gotten to the "Case is ready to be scheduled for interview" stage in an all time record of 39 days. But I just took another look at your timeline and yours got to that stage in 29 days. It's frustrating. All that effort we put into filing an error-free package - only to have to wait 14.5 months. 

[lms 50]

4 hours ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

Right. In some instances, at the end of the interview, the ISO has given couples the option to return on the date of their 2nd year anniversary to get their 10 year card approval. That makes absolute sense to me. If you've waited that long and are 1 month or 2 from the 2 year mark, well, it would suck to then have to wait another 2 years to file for removal of conditions. Nowadays, processing times for I-751s are way out of hand, and people end up applying for citizenship which in turn speeds up adjudication of your I-751. 

 

Ah interesting. I mean it would totally make sense. Would unclog the system a bit too. If you're already married in good faith for almost 2 years, might as well just make it a little less complicated for everyone.

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

7 hours ago, lms said:

Ah interesting. I mean it would totally make sense. Would unclog the system a bit too. If you're already married in good faith for almost 2 years, might as well just make it a little less complicated for everyone.

 

What they really need to do is skip EAD/AP processing and go straight to GC interviews. That way, they could re-allocate all that human-power into pre-adjudicating applications for field offices. It seems like some field offices are doing that already. Someone on another site just got her GC approved within 96 days. Washington Field Office. 

[AskerBRfromAZ 60]

On 28/04/2018 at 10:30 PM, USC4SPOUSE said:

I compiled the list on an Excel sheet. It's sorted by the first number of the two in the time range. (50%)

Here you go.

 

Orlando #76

AL	Montgomery	13	25.5
FL	Orlando	13	19.5
NY	Brooklyn	13	20
FL	Fort Myers	13.5	24
AZ	Phoenix	14	23.5
CO	Denver	14.5	29
MN	MINNEAPOLIS	14.5	23.5
TX	Dallas	14.5	31.5
TX	El Paso	14.5	28
FL	Oakland Park	15.5	26.5
FL	Miami	16.5	20.5
TX	Houston	18	29.5

 

So, my office, Phoenix, is in 79th place... "awesome." It makes sense, since I filed my AOS on April, 2017. 

 

One positive side of it is that I saw a person that filed from Oakland Park, Fl, and it took her 16 months to get an interview letter. So in her case it was pretty accurate.

Edited May 3, 2018 by AskerBRfromAZ