When will processing times actually improve?

[Crazy Cat 41,835]

56 minutes ago, Palawan said:

Did my K1 from Philippines approved in like 30 days, my fiance was here within 4 months

Philippines was given special treatment back then due to an act of Congress (Typhoon conditions).  If PI was so fast, why was Manila the subject of several class action suits designed to speed up cases for those plaintiffs? 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Erik and Glydyl 26]

850 new applications each week and 550 at the most being processed......dont forget after that, you have to wait for an interview slot at consulate which in some places is backed up as well as much as 18 months. My fiance in philippines and I have resigned ourselves to the fact that our total process could take up to 33 to 35 months. Its horrible but its better to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. I currently squirrel away money all year to visit her for a month every april until we can get through this nightmare. She would rather wear an ankle monitor and visit a parole officer every week if it meant we could wait out the process together here rather than go 11 months each year only seeing eachother on a computer screen.

 

[Nuba 57]

As i reported above the data continue to show the posted date of 14 months continues to slip closer to 14.5 . One good trend we are seeing in recent scan data is the percentage of RFEs has dropped significantly from the historically atypical high numbers of the summer.  This will mean less revisiting of petitions and thus more time for new ones.

 

At this point to bring that number down in the next year  USCIS will need to assign a lot more adjudicators to I129F or the existing ones will need to become a lot more more efficient. This is true even if there were no new I129F petitions after today given the current backlog

[SteveInBostonI130 3,432]

6 hours ago, Palawan said:

I would have to disagree, Did my K1 back in 2015

 

Did my K1 from Philippines approved in like 30 days, my fiance was here within 4 months

 

Never had do a GreenCard interview for 2 year or 10 year.

 

My wife got her citizenship last year, seemed like it moved very quickly......

 

What are you disagreeing about?  Are you saying that immigration only takes 30 days currently?  

[Rocio0010 5,579]

9 hours ago, Palawan said:

Another dude was approved in 7 days from California Service Center, I took 30 I was at a different service centers

 

Yes, it was fast like that back in 2015, I have looked at a few others timelines from that time, it was moving quick, but that's seems to be normal for Philippines.

 

So what, my gc was approved in 6 months and recently an i751 was approved in 22 days 

[SalishSea 17,818]

5 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

What are you disagreeing about?  Are you saying that immigration only takes 30 days currently?  

The attitude is almost like anything else is a personal failing of the petitioner....

[Mike E 11,739]

My I-485 was submitted in the morning, in person, to INS, and a half hour later  I walked out with an I-551 stamp.  Spent more time finding parking.  
 

Now that I’ve won the anatomy dimension contest, let’s get back to the present. 

[Lynxyonok 316]

On 10/18/2022 at 12:42 PM, kxp said:

I know there’s another post on the front page, but unlike the many straight couples out there, a CR-1 is just not possible for us as my partner lives in Asia (blanket ban on same sex marriage). We could attempt to marry elsewhere, but it wouldn’t include my family which we both very much want. A marriage outside of the US in a lgbt-friendly country would also be very expensive for two international flights and a hotel in a place that likely has a strong currency. 
 

Anyways, since applying in May, the processing estimate has gone up from 12.5 months to 14. The statement made back in March about improving processing times doesn’t seem to be working in real time. I know that this is based on a 6 month rolling average and may go down, but does anyone know if the agency actually hired more people? Are they working overtime? Is there truly effort being made to reduce the pile? I could imagine it only getting worse, as after COVID restrictions fell, people could travel and be eligible to apply after the in-person meeting requirement was met. 
 

Someone give me a glimmer of hope, I guess?

 

I wish we could give you this glimmer, but perhaps an explanation might help.

 

I believe that we're living in times of a massive political game. USCIS is attempting to increase its funding significantly, and to do so there is a delaying game: Look, Congress, we're falling back more and more each month! Please give us money!

 

Proof? Just watch all of the Town Halls with USCIS Ombudsman. They are all about securing additional revenue.

 

And therein lies the rub. Inflation and funded USCIS or financial austerity and petitioners having to wait for decades (backlogs on some I-forms are already in excess of 34+ months, look up Baltimore, for example).

 

Who's going to blink first?

In the meantime, let's make some lemonade. By the time this is over, you're going to know so much, might as well open an Immigration practice.  

[Palawan 131]

On 10/19/2022 at 11:10 AM, Crazy Cat said:

2014???????  Come on, stop cherry picking ancient cases.      Personally, I don't, yet, see light at the end of the immigration processing tunnel.

Not cherry picking I went to the Philippine section and this was the poster I found like after 20 seconds looking.

 

Plus I did K1 back in 2007 from Philippines it was NOA2 in less than 40 days, So I have historical backing to back up my data.

 

 

[Palawan 131]

On 10/19/2022 at 8:34 PM, Rocio0010 said:

So what, my gc was approved in 6 months and recently an i751 was approved in 22 days 

Why did it take so long for your Greencard to be approved?

 

They waived both greencard interview for my wife, She only had to do biometrics once time

[Palawan 131]

On 10/19/2022 at 11:16 AM, Crazy Cat said:

Philippines was given special treatment back then due to an act of Congress (Typhoon conditions).  If PI was so fast, why was Manila the subject of several class action suits designed to speed up cases for those plaintiffs? 

I did a k1 back in 2007 from Philippine it moved at lighting speed

 

How you want to explain that one?

 

 

[Palawan 131]

On 10/19/2022 at 4:38 PM, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

What are you disagreeing about?  Are you saying that immigration only takes 30 days currently?  

Wrong again

 

You wrote " Immigration is a tiring, lengthy process.  There are no quick paths, unfortunately "

 

I found the immigration to be a quick and easy process.

 

 

[SalishSea 17,818]

13 minutes ago, Palawan said:

Why did it take so long for your Greencard to be approved?

 

They waived both greencard interview for my wife, She only had to do biometrics once time

Because clearly no one here is as virtuous or special as you!   

[SteveInBostonI130 3,432]

6 minutes ago, Palawan said:

Wrong again

 

You wrote " Immigration is a tiring, lengthy process.  There are no quick paths, unfortunately "

 

I found the immigration to be a quick and easy process.

 

 

 

Good for you.  If you have a time machine to go back to 2015, then perhaps your comments have merit.  Please comprehend what I wrote.  Words like "is" and "are" are present tense.

[Rocio0010 5,579]

36 minutes ago, Palawan said:

Why did it take so long for your Greencard to be approved?

 

They waived both greencard interview for my wife, She only had to do biometrics once time

I don't know, man, I don't know... I guess because my green card wasn't processed in super-fast, speedy Manila?

 

But anyhow, so far I have only had to do biometrics once.