Immigration Petition Thread

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[Lynxyonok 316]

https://www.change.org/p/reduce-uscis-application-processing-times-inefficiencies

 

Because why not?

[MonkeyDan 27]

Probably won't help much, but doesn't hurt to at least try.  I saw this on a Facebook group that I belong to.  

 

https://chng.it/jj8VxcXyW9

[Crazy Cat 41,806]

Waste of time, imo.  But, if it makes a person feel better, go for it. 

 

Please fill in your timeline.

Edited December 16, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[hyperborean.j 3]

Hello, 

 

I think it would be a good idea for us all to support these petitions on Change.org: 

 

https://www.change.org/p/speed-up-the-uscis-k1-fiance-visa-processing-time

 

https://www.change.org/p/reduce-uscis-application-processing-times-inefficiencies

[Dashinka 24,478]

While I understand the frustrations involved, it seems a lot of folks at USCIS are engaged in dealing with other priorities.  Maybe a better petition would be to force USCIS to prioritize paying customers.

[hyperborean.j 3]

3 hours ago, Dashinka said:

While I understand the frustrations involved, it seems a lot of folks at USCIS are engaged in dealing with other priorities.  Maybe a better petition would be to force USCIS to prioritize paying customers.

You can always start your own petition if you think you have a good idea. 

[Mike E 11,739]

USCIS is fee based.  
 

USCIS attempted to raise fees years ago.  
 

The courts struck these fee hikes down. 
 

https://www.basseylaw.com/citizenship/court-strikes-down-attempt-to-raise-naturalization-fees/

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aGyZNwlMAY32yjbEb_YY_QREID6rEiGq/view?usp=drivesdk
 

Since then the CPI has risen 14 percent. ( https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=100&year1=202010&year2=202211 )

 

 The people who work at USCIS are seeing higher costs to live just like you and me.  The people who lease the buildings USCIS occupied are seeing higher costs to live just like you and me. The utilizes providing power and water to USCIS are seeing higher costs just like you and me.  

 

USCIS’s costs are thus increasing while its revenues per case are flat.  The only way USCIS can operate without going out of business is to lengthen the case times or find efficiencies. I agree it could do more of the latter but there are limits.  
 

If you want better service, it states with (albeit doesn’t end with) higher fees.  
 

Until people stop filing suit against fee hikes, nothing will change.  And anyone can sue and find judges (who aren’t impacted by inflation because their salaries just go up and up and up) to block fee hikes.  So the prospect of increasing the  supply of USCIS  services  is hopeless.
 

Help yourself by

* abandoning your I-129F

* get married virtually 

* meet in person

* file I-130

*  time the medical so that you can enter after the 2 year anniversary of your marriage.

 

You will thus avoid I-485, I-765, I-131, and I-751 and end to end triple the speed to get a 10 year green card at a third of the cost.  
 

If you already have a 10 year green card, help yourself by abandoning your I-90 and file N-400 instead. You will never have to deal with USCIS again and you can watch this organization slowly implode.  

[Ban Hammer 13,326]

related topic merged.

[Kyleandandrea 16]

7 hours ago, Mike E said:

USCIS is fee based.  
 

USCIS attempted to raise fees years ago.  
 

The courts struck these fee hikes down. 
 

https://www.basseylaw.com/citizenship/court-strikes-down-attempt-to-raise-naturalization-fees/

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aGyZNwlMAY32yjbEb_YY_QREID6rEiGq/view?usp=drivesdk
 

Since then the CPI has risen 14 percent. ( https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=100&year1=202010&year2=202211 )

 

 The people who work at USCIS are seeing higher costs to live just like you and me.  The people who lease the buildings USCIS occupied are seeing higher costs to live just like you and me. The utilizes providing power and water to USCIS are seeing higher costs just like you and me.  

 

USCIS’s costs are thus increasing while its revenues per case are flat.  The only way USCIS can operate without going out of business is to lengthen the case times or find efficiencies. I agree it could do more of the latter but there are limits.  
 

If you want better service, it states with (albeit doesn’t end with) higher fees.  
 

Until people stop filing suit against fee hikes, nothing will change.  And anyone can sue and find judges (who aren’t impacted by inflation because their salaries just go up and up and up) to block fee hikes.  So the prospect of increasing the  supply of USCIS  services  is hopeless.
 

Help yourself by

* abandoning your I-129F

* get married virtually 

* meet in person

* file I-130

*  time the medical so that you can enter after the 2 year anniversary of your marriage.

 

You will thus avoid I-485, I-765, I-131, and I-751 and end to end triple the speed to get a 10 year green card at a third of the cost.  
 

If you already have a 10 year green card, help yourself by abandoning your I-90 and file N-400 instead. You will never have to deal with USCIS again and you can watch this organization slowly implode.  

Doesn't really make sense you could hire two attorneys at 350 per hour to process the K1 and still save money. They only take 40 mins to complete on average. Its just the government being inefficient, raising the fees will only cause more waste, its not a money issue its a government issue. They could double the USCIS budget and they would still take just as long to process.  

[Dashinka 24,478]

30 minutes ago, Kyleandandrea said:

Doesn't really make sense you could hire two attorneys at 350 per hour to process the K1 and still save money. They only take 40 mins to complete on average. Its just the government being inefficient, raising the fees will only cause more waste, its not a money issue its a government issue. They could double the USCIS budget and they would still take just as long to process.  

Government bureaucracy by definition is inefficient.

[Mike E 11,739]

2 hours ago, Kyleandandrea said:

Doesn't really make sense you could hire two attorneys at 350 per hour to process the K1 and still save money. They only take 40 mins to complete on average.

40 minutes total on average to process an I-129F, DS-160, medical, and interview? Nope.  
 

I will concede 2 staff hours to process a simple K-1 from I-129F to visa issuance. 
 

But some K-1s take 2 or more years to process due to security de-risking. If 99 percent take 2 hours  and 1 percent take 200 person hours then that is: 

 

300 * (2 * 99 + 200) / 100

= $1194 on average per K-1
 

There is no majority support among voters for watering down the security checks. Trust without verify ended after 9/11.  The majority of voters think this process should be difficult.  
 

Fwiw (nothing) I don’t agree with that majority of voters, and fwiw (less than nothing) most of my political views are  extreme right wing. I think the process should be streamlined for simple cases with clean documents and would like to see an “EZ” version of every form to address those cases.  
 

I also think it is time to retire K visas.  This would streamline the process.  They no longer serve any purpose in 99 percent of the cases and the 1 percent (K-1 with K-2s aged 18-20)  could be addressed with a legislative tweak that grants derivatives to stepchildren  under age 21, provided the couple married after the stepchild of a citizen reached age 18.  

[Dashinka 24,478]

4 hours ago, Mike E said:

40 minutes total on average to process an I-129F, DS-160, medical, and interview? Nope.  
 

I will concede 2 staff hours to process a simple K-1 from I-129F to visa issuance. 
 

But some K-1s take 2 or more years to process due to security de-risking. If 99 percent take 2 hours  and 1 percent take 200 person hours then that is: 

 

300 * (2 * 99 + 200) / 100

= $1194 on average per K-1
 

There is no majority support among voters for watering down the security checks. Trust without verify ended after 9/11.  The majority of voters think this process should be difficult.  
 

Fwiw (nothing) I don’t agree with that majority of voters, and fwiw (less than nothing) most of my political views are  extreme right wing. I think the process should be streamlined for simple cases with clean documents and would like to see an “EZ” version of every form to address those cases.  
 

I also think it is time to retire K visas.  This would streamline the process.  They no longer serve any purpose in 99 percent of the cases and the 1 percent (K-1 with K-2s aged 18-20)  could be addressed with a legislative tweak that grants derivatives to stepchildren  under age 21, provided the couple married after the stepchild of a citizen reached age 18.  

I agree, the K1 is becoming more and more of an anachronism particularly with the Online/Utah Zoom marriage option now.  The Spousal Visa is far superior.