USCIS Announces New Actions to Reduce Backlogs (merged)

[Dashinka 24,489]

29 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

And the I-751 is completely omitted.........thanks, Biden.

Waste of time process.

[millefleur 5,046]

11 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

there are openings for anyone interested

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/careers-at-uscis

Apparently it takes them months just to even reply to applications and interview candidates. But, by all means, people should apply because they need more staff, that is for sure.

[Dashinka 24,489]

1 hour ago, Gomast said:

About 10 years ago, my employer did the premium processing for my H1B visa and I think that it’s worth it. The USCIS Responded within 14 days with an RFE. We responded and received an approval within another 14 days. 
 

And now, I have been waiting for a decision on my I-485 since September 2019. I wish there were premium processing on marriage based GC. Or any type of processing. 

It would be very interesting if they ever extended premium processing for family based visas or AOS.  I expect that most people in that boat would do anything they could to scrape up the money to pay for it, so would anything change?

[Crazy Cat 41,837]

4 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Waste of time process.

Yep.  The I-751 needs to be eliminated......

[Verrou 1,962]

38 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yep.  The I-751 needs to be eliminated......

They won’t eliminated their money machine. No need to do anything for them beside adjudicate during n-400 *face palm*

[SalishSea 17,819]

45 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

It would be very interesting if they ever extended premium processing for family based visas or AOS.  I expect that most people in that boat would do anything they could to scrape up the money to pay for it, so would anything change?

Exactly.  Same principle as expediting.  If everyone does it, there is no net change in the queue.

[Boiler 45,468]

There are a lot of reasons why but there are systemic issues why things take so long and the process is so inefficient.

 

And there are systemic issues why nothing significant will change.

 

The system is an accumulation of changes and updates over many years and has not been fit for purpose for a very long time 

 

Think of it like a car you started with a Model T and you have changed loads of things over the years but it is still fundamentally a Model T

 

So in some respect I feel sorry for the people messing around with it on the other hand they have a life long job

 

Now if it was a car the Company making it would have gone bust a long time ago but this is the Government 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

7 hours ago, Mike E said:

And not actually deliver the service.  
 

45 days and $2500 to adjudicate and print an EAD? Something that takes an hour at most? That EAD must literally be made of gold, and the 45 days counts mining and smelting.  

Honestly I don't understand why K visa recipients and those adjusting from K visas aren't just authorized to work and issued SSNs automatically (if they didn't already have them).

 

I've never heard of an EAD application during AOS from a K-1 being denied for any reason other than paperwork errors or the underlying AOS being approved or denied before an EAD could be issued (and so rendering the application moot).

[Mike E 11,739]

21 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Honestly I don't understand why K visa recipients and those adjusting from K visas aren't just authorized to work and issued SSNs automatically (if they didn't already have them).

It used to be CBP would stamp K-1s with an EAD at POE.  

[Verrou 1,962]

59 minutes ago, Mike E said:

It used to be CBP would stamp K-1s with an EAD at POE.  

Is it the one that has died for couple years now and the last POE who gave the stamp = NYC ? 
 

they made everything more complicated now 

[millefleur 5,046]

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

I've never heard of an EAD application during AOS from a K-1 being denied for any reason other than paperwork errors or the underlying AOS being approved or denied before an EAD could be issued (and so rendering the application moot).

My guess is it's another one of those "But it creates jobs!" things where bureaucrats love to bureaucrat.

[Babu Frik 1,162]

12 hours ago, Mike E said:

Thanks for posting the article.  For those of us waiting on family based cases this won’t help  at all and arguably will make things worse as USCIS is forced to adapt to new processes.  I also don’t see what concrete changes will be done to ensure a 6 month adjudication for cases.  
 

The expansion of premium processing is welcome but doesn’t include family based cases.  
 

And nothing at all for those waiting on NVC and consular processing.  

 

It’s just another disappointment and false hope.  

how will it not help family based cases?

the USCIS portion should be a little quicker

 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

18 minutes ago, Babu Frik said:

how will it not help family based cases?

the USCIS portion should be a little quicker

 

 

You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you posted you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 
 

This is an outrage.  

 

 

Edited March 30, 2022 by Mike E

[Kurt and Kristina 72]

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you poster you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 

 

 

I agree the I-751 is missing, but for all those who loved ones are still absent, the I-129f and I-130 is still a plus.

Honestly, I can deal with a adjustment of status delay provided I could kiss my love good night, every night...

Also, I remember what Pres Regan said, (those nine words of fear), but any hope, or notice is positive.

It will still take as long as it takes, but it is nice to read.... (IMO)

LDRs suck.. but I am sure I'm not alone in this thought!

[Babu Frik 1,162]

15 minutes ago, Mike E said:

You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you posted you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 
 

This is an outrage.  

 

 

it's not the same thing.

I-130 to visa doesn't include I-751 as part of the process, and people married more than 2 years by the time they get their visa don't need it.

It would just benefit people for their initial filing with USCIS. Some are lucky and have had their adjudicated in 6-8 months, but many wait over a year.

 

it's a very small benefit for all that it covers for family based visas, but when people are waiting so long, every month counts.