Any one in Des Moines, Iowa? Why is Des Moines office is slow in processing?

[AAiowan 20]

As of today 4/11/2019, the processing time at Des Moines USCIS office is.  Why is it so?  I don't see many people in Des Moines, waiting for their I485 to be approved.  Lol

11 Months to 24.5 Months

Employment-based adjustment applications

April 08, 2017

[JFH 12,190]

Your profile says “K-1” but those statistics are for people doing employment-based AOS. This is typically longer because there are different steps involved. You are going through the marriage/family-based AOS. That’s usually quicker because they want everyone to get the conditional GC so that they have to go through ROC and pay more fees. If K-based AOS took 24 months the spouses would receive an unconditional GC and the government would lose the ROC revenue. Employment-based AOS applicants don’t go through the ROC stage.

[payxibka 10,045]

3 minutes ago, JFH said:

That’s usually quicker because they want everyone to get the conditional GC so that they have to go through ROC and pay more fees. If K-based AOS took 24 months the spouses would receive an unconditional GC and the government would lose the ROC revenue.

Do you have a memo to support this because this is not your typical bureaucratic attitude 

[Khallaf 650]

4 minutes ago, AAiowan said:

As of today 4/11/2019, the processing time at Des Moines USCIS office is.  Why is it so?  I don't see many people in Des Moines, waiting for their I485 to be approved.  Lol

11 Months to 24.5 Months

Employment-based adjustment applications

April 08, 2017

I am in Iowa, we had to go in to have biometrics done for a replacement green card from error on DHS its been over 2 weeks and still no update.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

4 hours ago, JFH said:

Your profile says “K-1” but those statistics are for people doing employment-based AOS. 

Eh; the official estimated range for family-based AOS there is about the same as employment-based. And while Des Moines seems a bit slower than average, it's not by much. Also very much doubt they manipulate the process to maximize fee revenue (or to minimize work, which going the other way would accomplish). It's just not important enough even to USCIS (which is a rounding error in the federal budget).

 

Having said that

• The official estimates are '50% done - ~90% done' ranges
• anecdotally, adjustments from K-1s are usually faster than the official estimates; it's been speculated that this is because they've already been interviewed and had security checks done once

[payxibka 10,045]

5 hours ago, Khallaf said:

I am in Iowa, we had to go in to have biometrics done for a replacement green card from error on DHS its been over 2 weeks and still no update.

Replacement card requires no involvement of the local field office