Processing Times on USCIS Website BS?

[Qcanuck 0]

Hey everyone, My wife and I filed for adjustment of status a while ago and 3 days ago I did my biometrics in New Orleans because apparently (According to my attorney) not only is the Montgomery Field Office extremely under staffed they don't even have their biometrics set up yet. I get that USCIS has an important job and I get that it must take a long time and they probably don't get everything they want or need from the government in terms of Manpower and budget ect... But C'mon? You set up an undermanned field office for interviews without any biometrics and force me to drive through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to take my finger prints and picture for 10 minutes?....Aaaaaanyyyyway. Do any of you feel the USCIS Processing times on their website are BS? It says my AOS will take 12.5 months to 23.5 months to process...Even though I'm waiting for my EAD now, These "timelines" that USCIS provide seem extremely vague and not informative at all, My attorney said Montgomery is one of the newest and slowest in the country in regards to field offices but I seriously doubt it would take me 23.5 months to get my interview. Anyone here got a ridiculous timeline and got it "early" than they said? I'd especially like to hear form the people with the Montgomery Field Office but anywhere will do.

[Andsco 89]

5 minutes ago, Qcanuck said:

Hey everyone, My wife and I filed for adjustment of status a while ago and 3 days ago I did my biometrics in New Orleans because apparently (According to my attorney) not only is the Montgomery Field Office extremely under staffed they don't even have their biometrics set up yet. I get that USCIS has an important job and I get that it must take a long time and they probably don't get everything they want or need from the government in terms of Manpower and budget ect... But C'mon? You set up an undermanned field office for interviews without any biometrics and force me to drive through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to take my finger prints and picture for 10 minutes?....Aaaaaanyyyyway. Do any of you feel the USCIS Processing times on their website are BS? It says my AOS will take 12.5 months to 23.5 months to process...Even though I'm waiting for my EAD now, These "timelines" that USCIS provide seem extremely vague and not informative at all, My attorney said Montgomery is one of the newest and slowest in the country in regards to field offices but I seriously doubt it would take me 23.5 months to get my interview. Anyone here got a ridiculous timeline and got it "early" than they said? I'd especially like to hear form the people with the Montgomery Field Office but anywhere will do.

Yep..there's people who waited up to 2 years to get the GC. In my case it's up to 17 months of waiting for the Seattle Office..

[geowrian 22,337]

If by BS you mean inaccurate, I would disagree. They are an estimate based on their current processing rates. Some people will be sooner. Some will be later. Most will fall in that range. It is odd that they recently changed to a range, and said range is so wide, though. So there's not really much info to go on there, but over 1 year and less than 2 is the current pace at most offices now. They recently removed interview waivers for people who file from a K-1, so that's a significant increase in the number of interviews necessary (and therefore time spent). Some of that estimate may be taking that into account...who knows.

[Qcanuck 0]

2 hours ago, Andsco said:

Yep..there's people who waited up to 2 years to get the GC. In my case it's up to 17 months of waiting for the Seattle Office..

My attorney told me when we filed I was looking at about 8 months for my EAD and 12 months for my green card interview, but with how slow it's going I honestly doubt it now. Just going to have to suck it up and wait. Hopefully mine is sooner rather than later.

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to progress reports from process and procedures~~

[NikLR 13,227]

12 hours ago, Qcanuck said:

My attorney told me when we filed I was looking at about 8 months for my EAD and 12 months for my green card interview, but with how slow it's going I honestly doubt it now. Just going to have to suck it up and wait. Hopefully mine is sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately your lawyer never should have given you a time frame.  6-8 months for ead is pretty accurate but 12m for gc is pushing it right now.  USCIS is self funded btw.  So only our fees go towards processing.