ANY JANUARY FILERS LEFT FROM CSC

[Thomas&Cyril 0]

hi ,

i am still waiting and wondering if there is any january filers left in vj or could i be the only one left ........please csc work on my case...............i pray everynight..............does anybody have news thank u

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

[reeses16 8]

I think you're probably approved. A lot of people tht filled in January didn't get USCIS updates, email, or hard copies. You should call the National Visa Center (603-334-0700). And select the options stated that will get you to a live person. Give this person your WAC number from USCIS. My guess is you'll find that you've already been approved and the case has been forwarded to the Embassy. Be sure to ask for the new NVC case number (this is the number you will need whenever you contact the Embassy).

If your case hasn't made it to NVC, call USCIS and ask them about the status.

hi ,

i am still waiting and wondering if there is any january filers left in vj or could i be the only one left ........please csc work on my case...............i pray everynight..............does anybody have news thank u

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

[dillydally 0]

Thomas&Cyril,

I am sort of in the same boat as you...I got my NOA1 one day after you...and I am beginning to wonder what is going on...I have heard that the majority of January (if not all) filer have been approved...and a high percentage of february filers as well...if you do call USCIS please let me know if you find out any new information! I would really love to know and the waiting process is dreadful... Good luck and I will be praying for a speedy approval for you!

[Nilz07 0]

I am also in the same boat. Transferred to CSC on May 11th, a few touches since then and last touch was 23rd May. Since then not a thing. I also look at the timelines on here and most people who filed @ CSC in Jan and some in Feb are now approved. I suppose we will just have to sit and wait....

[virt 0]

I'm sure the country of the beneficiary influences how long the process takes ! Out of all the early Feb filers approved at CSC - only ones remaining is Dilly & myself with Egypt & Qatar ( even tho my wife is a Indian national ).None of the approved ones where from that region .I guess they go a step further at the CS's for certain countries......just speculating

[bszoom42 0]

According to http://warsaw-visaguide.hypermart.net/provision.htm, you are correct. Applications get divided by region the beneficiary is from.

THE PROCESS AT INS

Mail Room: Your Petition will arrive at the INS Service Center's mail room with hundreds of other Petitions.

Intake: Your Petition will be taken to an Intake Clerk from the Mail Room. This Clerk will look it over for all of the proper forms. They will not examine any paperwork, but simply take the form checklist (that they have memorized by now). For example, the checklist will say "(1) Form I-129F, yes here; (2) G-325A's, yes here, (1) Birth Certificate, yes here, etc." Your Petition could sit on the Intake Clerk's desk for days, especially if the INS Service Center is busy.

Processing: Your Petition will be sent on to the Processor from the Intake Clerk. This person assigns your case to a specific Examiner.

Examination: Your Petition will be sent on to the Examiner from the Processor. This is the actual person that inspects your Petition to verify that your relationship is valid, that you are an American Citizen and so on.

Central Processing: Once approved, your Petition moves to Central Processing, where a Divisional Director separates your Petition by region, Asian, Central America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, etc. This task is only for categorizing your Petition.

Outtake: After being classified by region, your Petition is sent to an Outtake Clerk. The Outtake Clerk assigns your Petition an "A number" depending on your region.

Distribution: After being assigned a reference number, the "A number", a Distribution Clerk will carry out any special acts, such as cabling the Embassy. The acts are a result of notes made by the Examiner, not you by you.

Information: If you call INS, you will speak to an Information Officer. This is a glorified term for "INS Secretary." The only access they have is the INS Service Center's computer network, which will not tell you anything more about your Petition's status than you hear on the INS telephone voice message. They do not interface with Examiners, who are much too busy examining than to cater to specific requests.

EXPLANATIONS

Non-sequential examinations: Approval is happening to other K-1 applicants who submitted their Petition after I did (according to the I-797 notice date). At the INS Service Center, various Petitions are randomly pulled from the files to train new Examiners. Most likely, an experienced Examiner grabbed a Petition out of the stack to train a new recruit right there at his/her desk. They then subsequently approved the Petition (lucky Petitioner!). The Petition the Examiner grabbed may have been anywhere and hence explaining why it was "out of order" or why the approval date is earlier than other Petitions with earlier I-797 notice dates. This is happening everyday, Examiners are training new recruits everyday. If your Petition was approved in a very quick timeframe, say within 10 days, it was most likely pulled for training purposes.

Request for more information: There are no rules here, just based off of the Examiner's judgement. If the Examiner requests additional information, it will delay your Petition from about 1 week to as long as 1 month, typically. Your Petition will most likely be sent to the "back of the line." Possible reasons for a request for more information include:

Your fiance(e)'s last name matches another last name of a Beneficiary from a previously fraudulent marriage. Supposedly, INS holds a list containing the names of previously fraudulent K-1 marriages.

You or your fiance(e) did not sign the I-129F or G-325A form

Examination is 15 minutes: The actual examination process typically takes 15 minutes, that's it. On to another Petition.

Priority given to most paperwork: If an influx of non-I-129F paperwork arrives at the INS Service Center, your K-1 Petition could be sitting for a very long time, until the backlog of other paperwork is examined.

K-1 decision legally set at 30 days: No, nothing legally binds the INS Service Center to process your K-1 case within 30-days. Unfortunately, the goal of within 30 day processing is stated in most of the INS Service Center guides, but may not necessarily be followed.

G-325A carbon copies: The duplicate G-325A carbon copies are not used anymore, the INS Service Center actually will throw these away. Your whole Petition will eventually be filed electronically, once the Outtake Clerk assigns it an "A number." Still, you should definitely submit your Petition with the carbon copies, but no need to worry if not every carbon copy is legible.

NSC: The Nebraska Service Center typically processes as much paperwork than all three other INS Service Centers combined. This may help to explain longer waiting times.

File cabinets: Petition paperwork is held in file cabinets before the Intake Clerk pulls it for examination.

[Harmony2 0]

I´m still waiting, too. As you can see in my time line, we got touched on the 21. and 22. of May. Until then nothing...

[rheiys 0]

hi ,

i am still waiting and wondering if there is any january filers left in vj or could i be the only one left ........please csc work on my case...............i pray everynight..............does anybody have news thank u

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

hello,

im also a january filer january 24 mailed to TSC ,february 5 CSC sent us NOA 1 after that no other notice until May 30 we recieved a letter from NVC stating they recieved our approved fiancee petition and our case will be forwarded to manila and they give us our case number MNLxxxxx.

Im wondering now where is our NOA? will i just sit and wait?

thanks

riza

[Thomas&Cyril 0]

hi ,

i am still waiting and wondering if there is any january filers left in vj or could i be the only one left ........please csc work on my case...............i pray everynight..............does anybody have news thank u

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

I called the NVC and they didnt have anything from CSC. I called CSC and they said i cant do anything to 30day after 6 months from the date NOA1.........so date looks like aug 31.........ooooo my god.......this is a crime.............

hello,

im also a january filer january 24 mailed to TSC ,february 5 CSC sent us NOA 1 after that no other notice until May 30 we recieved a letter from NVC stating they recieved our approved fiancee petition and our case will be forwarded to manila and they give us our case number MNLxxxxx.

Im wondering now where is our NOA? will i just sit and wait?

thanks

riza

[lutgardarivera 0]

hi ,

i am still waiting and wondering if there is any january filers left in vj or could i be the only one left ........please csc work on my case...............i pray everynight..............does anybody have news thank u

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

I called the NVC and they didnt have anything from CSC. I called CSC and they said i cant do anything to 30day after 6 months from the date NOA1.........so date looks like aug 31.........ooooo my god.......this is a crime.............

hello,

im also a january filer january 24 mailed to TSC ,february 5 CSC sent us NOA 1 after that no other notice until May 30 we recieved a letter from NVC stating they recieved our approved fiancee petition and our case will be forwarded to manila and they give us our case number MNLxxxxx.

Im wondering now where is our NOA? will i just sit and wait?

thanks

riza

[Nilz07 0]

I had a touch today but the status still aint changed. Come on CSC please approve soon......

[dillydally 0]

I had a touch today but the status still aint changed. Come on CSC please approve soon......

oh YAY!!! that is exciting Nilz!!! i am praying that you get your approval today or tomorrow...its about time!!! I mean for them to have not approved ur application yet is a bit odd and ridiculous....but please do inform us if you hear anything!!! and i am also patiently awaiting to hear ANYTHING (hopefully an approval inshAllah) from them since the touch yesterday (06/10/07)...GOOD LUCK!!!

[Thomas&Cyril 0]

hi to everybody

we are still waiting.......i am getting tired of calling and calling.........137 days and counting..........is there anybody out there still waiting from jan 07........i called nvc to they have no news.........i guess they are going take it to 6months and make me ask them do something about it..........sucks.........have a great day to everybody

6/28/2005 An angel sent me a message.

11/23/2006 Met in person!

11/30/2006 Engaged

01/20/2007 Mailed K1 petition to USCIS Texas.

01/21/2007 K1 packet delivered to Texas Service Center.

01/31/2007 California Service Center, NOA1.

02/02/2007 Touched

still waitng!!!!!!

[etripke 0]

According to http://warsaw-visaguide.hypermart.net/provision.htm, you are correct. Applications get divided by region the beneficiary is from.

THE PROCESS AT INS

Mail Room: Your Petition will arrive at the INS Service Center's mail room with hundreds of other Petitions.

Intake: Your Petition will be taken to an Intake Clerk from the Mail Room. This Clerk will look it over for all of the proper forms. They will not examine any paperwork, but simply take the form checklist (that they have memorized by now). For example, the checklist will say "(1) Form I-129F, yes here; (2) G-325A's, yes here, (1) Birth Certificate, yes here, etc." Your Petition could sit on the Intake Clerk's desk for days, especially if the INS Service Center is busy.

Processing: Your Petition will be sent on to the Processor from the Intake Clerk. This person assigns your case to a specific Examiner.

Examination: Your Petition will be sent on to the Examiner from the Processor. This is the actual person that inspects your Petition to verify that your relationship is valid, that you are an American Citizen and so on.

Central Processing: Once approved, your Petition moves to Central Processing, where a Divisional Director separates your Petition by region, Asian, Central America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, etc. This task is only for categorizing your Petition.

Outtake: After being classified by region, your Petition is sent to an Outtake Clerk. The Outtake Clerk assigns your Petition an "A number" depending on your region.

Distribution: After being assigned a reference number, the "A number", a Distribution Clerk will carry out any special acts, such as cabling the Embassy. The acts are a result of notes made by the Examiner, not you by you.

Information: If you call INS, you will speak to an Information Officer. This is a glorified term for "INS Secretary." The only access they have is the INS Service Center's computer network, which will not tell you anything more about your Petition's status than you hear on the INS telephone voice message. They do not interface with Examiners, who are much too busy examining than to cater to specific requests.

EXPLANATIONS

Non-sequential examinations: Approval is happening to other K-1 applicants who submitted their Petition after I did (according to the I-797 notice date). At the INS Service Center, various Petitions are randomly pulled from the files to train new Examiners. Most likely, an experienced Examiner grabbed a Petition out of the stack to train a new recruit right there at his/her desk. They then subsequently approved the Petition (lucky Petitioner!). The Petition the Examiner grabbed may have been anywhere and hence explaining why it was "out of order" or why the approval date is earlier than other Petitions with earlier I-797 notice dates. This is happening everyday, Examiners are training new recruits everyday. If your Petition was approved in a very quick timeframe, say within 10 days, it was most likely pulled for training purposes.

Request for more information: There are no rules here, just based off of the Examiner's judgement. If the Examiner requests additional information, it will delay your Petition from about 1 week to as long as 1 month, typically. Your Petition will most likely be sent to the "back of the line." Possible reasons for a request for more information include:

Your fiance(e)'s last name matches another last name of a Beneficiary from a previously fraudulent marriage. Supposedly, INS holds a list containing the names of previously fraudulent K-1 marriages.

You or your fiance(e) did not sign the I-129F or G-325A form

Examination is 15 minutes: The actual examination process typically takes 15 minutes, that's it. On to another Petition.

Priority given to most paperwork: If an influx of non-I-129F paperwork arrives at the INS Service Center, your K-1 Petition could be sitting for a very long time, until the backlog of other paperwork is examined.

K-1 decision legally set at 30 days: No, nothing legally binds the INS Service Center to process your K-1 case within 30-days. Unfortunately, the goal of within 30 day processing is stated in most of the INS Service Center guides, but may not necessarily be followed.

G-325A carbon copies: The duplicate G-325A carbon copies are not used anymore, the INS Service Center actually will throw these away. Your whole Petition will eventually be filed electronically, once the Outtake Clerk assigns it an "A number." Still, you should definitely submit your Petition with the carbon copies, but no need to worry if not every carbon copy is legible.

NSC: The Nebraska Service Center typically processes as much paperwork than all three other INS Service Centers combined. This may help to explain longer waiting times.

File cabinets: Petition paperwork is held in file cabinets before the Intake Clerk pulls it for examination.

Although that is interesting, I would like to see when they published this information. Referring to the pages of the G-325A as "Carbon Copies" makes me wonder. Huskerkiev made some great posts about the process (being a former adjudicator ...they are not called "examiners") and some of this differs from his work.

Edited June 17, 2007 by etripke

[chipsahoy 3]

hello,

im also a january filer january 24 mailed to TSC ,february 5 CSC sent us NOA 1 after that no other notice until May 30 we recieved a letter from NVC stating they recieved our approved fiancee petition and our case will be forwarded to manila and they give us our case number MNLxxxxx.

Im wondering now where is our NOA? will i just sit and wait?

thanks

riza

You might already have an schedule..Check if you got already by entering your case number here: http://203.177.135.10/ivappointment/login.asp

We do not have NOA2 also.. He just received the NVC letter. My fiance will try calling the CSC this week and we'll see if they will send out our copy..

Good luck..