Ridiculous K1 Processing Times (Trump?)

[KrissyEkwerike 49]

Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump secretly stopped all immigration until the election was over? These processing times and quite frankly the embassies blatant disregard for people’s time just doesn’t add up to me. People are working at these embassies but are literally doing nothing. I don’t know...just seems like something he would do. Maybe I’m reaching, but we all know how he feels about immigration. 

[Crazy Cat 41,885]

No, I don't "get that feeling".  Everything is ALWAYS Trump's fault??.......For your information, the world is in the midst of a PANDEMIC...which originated outside the US!!!!!    

Edited November 11, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[KrissyEkwerike 49]

3 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

No, I don't "get that feeling".  Everything is ALWAYS Trump's fault??.......For your information, the world is in the midst of a PANDEMIC!!!!!    

A bit spicy there kitty cat lol 

[Mariam&Smith 45]

15 minutes ago, KrissyEkwerike said:

Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump secretly stopped all immigration until the election was over? These processing times and quite frankly the embassies blatant disregard for people’s time just doesn’t add up to me. People are working at these embassies but are literally doing nothing. I don’t know...just seems like something he would do. Maybe I’m reaching, but we all know how he feels about immigration. 

Make sure you blame him if you don't feel well.

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

18 minutes ago, KrissyEkwerike said:

Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump secretly stopped all immigration until the election was over? These processing times and quite frankly the embassies blatant disregard for people’s time just doesn’t add up to me. People are working at these embassies but are literally doing nothing. I don’t know...just seems like something he would do. Maybe I’m reaching, but we all know how he feels about immigration. 

i dont think Trump processes USCIS petitions. They are handled by employees at USCIS/DOS 

[J&A1234 181]

It’s a myriad of problems, including staffing, covid, overall USCIS incompetence, etc. It’s easy to point at Trump based on his anti immigration stand and just solely blame him (and believe me I detest Trump), and the EOs have affected a lot of folks, but it’s a multi faceted issue.

[Crazy Cat 41,885]

11 minutes ago, KrissyEkwerike said:

A bit spicy there kitty cat lol 

It appears you have been in the process for only 4 months........ The fun has just begun....

Edited November 11, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[SalishSea 17,835]

16 minutes ago, KrissyEkwerike said:

Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump secretly stopped all immigration until the election was over? These processing times and quite frankly the embassies blatant disregard for people’s time just doesn’t add up to me. People are working at these embassies but are literally doing nothing. I don’t know...just seems like something he would do. Maybe I’m reaching, but we all know how he feels about immigration. 

I am in no way a Trump fan (or voter), but as much as he and others would like to think he has absolute power over everything at all times, he does not.  Including over immigration.

 

The executive orders/presidential proclamations he has put in place have clearly stalled the progress of some visa categories, but as far as workflow at individual embassies, that is controlled at the local level.

 

Pandemic conditions vary by country and region, and the workflow decisions made at local outposts reflect that.

 

It really isn't fair though to say that people working at embassies are 'literally doing nothing.'  That just isn't true.   

[SalishSea 17,835]

3 minutes ago, J&A1234 said:

USCIS incompetence

Embassy workers are not USCIS.

[J&A1234 181]

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Embassy workers are not USCIS.

Yes I know 

[SalishSea 17,835]

1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

It appears you have been in the process for only 4 months........it is far, far too early to make any statements regarding delays.

LOL, I missed that.  OP, your petition isn't even close to being at the embassy, so I'm not sure why you're critiquing embassy workers.

 

Pre-COVID, our I-129F took six months to be approved.  Might as well get used to waiting.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

16 minutes ago, KrissyEkwerike said:

Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump secretly stopped all immigration until the election was over? These processing times and quite frankly the embassies blatant disregard for people’s time just doesn’t add up to me. People are working at these embassies but are literally doing nothing. I don’t know...just seems like something he would do. Maybe I’m reaching, but we all know how he feels about immigration. 

Can I share somethings with you that I learned long ago about this process?

    • "the man with the gold makes the rules"
    • it will take as long as it will take 
    • no one with any certainty can tell you when some process will be completed
    • Your sense of urgency will never be equaled to what USCIS, NVC or your embassy demonstrates
    • Your journey is not going to mirror someone else's experience - yours and theirs are not the same
    • They only promised you a YES or NO answer. Never an exact time that their decision would be completed
    • Lowering your expectations will make you a much more relaxed individual

 

We have a constitution with a bill of rights. In that document everything President Trump is doing is law of the Constitution Country of ours. There have been other Presidents who have exercised their due diligence to help protect the American public and they too have abided by that same set of laws. 

 

There is a discussion on historical wait times for the K-1 visa with current projections. You'll find that discussion here:

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/740988-k1-visa-i-129f-processing-at-csc-now-at-150-days-total-k1-timeline-now-9-months/

 

 

Adding facts to the conversation, in the first 11 months of FY2019, USCIS adjudicated 7.5 million requests for immigration benefits, naturalized 833,000 new citizens, granted lawful permanent residence to 582,000 individuals, processed more than 2.1 million employment authorization applications, verified more than forty million new hires through E-Verify, the Asylum Division received more than 105,000 credible fear cases, and USCIS met the 30,000-refugee admissions ceiling for FY 2019. I don't see where they are the embassies are demonstrating a "disregard for your time" See the extended version here:

 

Cuccinelli Announces USCIS’ FY 2019 Accomplishments and Efforts to Implement President Trump’s Goals

USCIS, like other Federal Agencies, does a tremendous amount of work, is seldom appreciated, or praised, and the scale of work they do is several orders of magnitude larger than private companies but we as the world outside, and the consultants who often have worked on small to middling projects seem to be obsessed with private enterprise as a model to emulate!

Sometimes the tallest building seems small when shrouded in clouds.  

 

The destruction of reason has seen the triumph of ignorance.  

[Cheburashka34 228]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

LOL, I missed that.  OP, your petition isn't even close to being at the embassy, so I'm not sure why you're critiquing embassy workers.

 

Pre-COVID, our I-129F took six months to be approved.  Might as well get used to waiting.

I agree with you. I've also only been waiting four months and I fully expect to wait at least four more. I actually count my blessings that my petition at least isn't stuck in limbo 

[Boiler 45,525]

K1 is an odd choice for Lagos.

[JeanneAdil 6,510]

you think before Trump this was fast?

got our visa in 2015 a year before Trump

 

(and i am not a fan of his either) but Nebraska had our CR1 10 months and then transfered it to Missouri for faster processing (another 5 months)

and to NVC where i paid fees within a week of getting the notice and  all the documents within the month and it took over 8 months for NVC to process

so,  who do i blame?  this is life and sometimes things happen fast and sometimes slow/ its just life