Number of cases processed hit new high!

[Gary Rich 261]

15 minutes ago, AndiB said:

If anything like me a lot of internal screaming 😂

 

Uk is very strict on licences, I can do everything but reverse park so keep failing and covid backlogs so I'm just gonna take lessons and get a license there as it's cheaper/easier. May be worth getting them a couple lessons just to get comfortable?

https://ailadc.starchapter.com/downloads/News_Files/dmv_questions_final.pdf

 

 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Gary Rich

[AndiB 677]

11 minutes ago, Gary Rich said:

https://ailadc.starchapter.com/downloads/News_Files/dmv_questions_final.pdf

 

 

Useful thanks!

[AndiB 677]

15 minutes ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

I would look up what country DLs are accepted by the US, because Mexican and Canadian citizens drive in the US daily, so I would be surprised if you couldn't drive in the US with an UK DL. 

Are they residents of US though? Tourists can use their foreign licences but not residents (in Kansas). All it takes to be a resident there is having a local bank account for instance 💀

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

Just now, AndiB said:

Are they residents of US though? Tourists can use their foreign licences but not residents (in Kansas). All it takes to be a resident there is having a local bank account for instance 💀

No not at all. My future mother-in-law and lots of her family drives in the US all the time with her own car on just a tourist visa and with Mexican plates. 

[Naterson 129]

The driving class is a good idea, thanks @Bh_sarah and @AndiB. I'm also going to teach her to drive a manual transmission, because that's what my car is. That will throw another factor into the mix. Luckily she already knows the concept of a clutch from riding a motorcycle though.

Edited May 18, 2023 by Naterson

[Bh_sarah 942]

23 minutes ago, Naterson said:

The driving class is a good idea, thanks @Bh_sarah and @AndiB. I'm also going to teach her to drive a manual transmission, because that's what my car is. That will throw another factor into the mix. Luckily she already knows the concept of a clutch from riding a motorcycle though.

Oh she's way more advanced than me! I was so bad at motorcycle lessons I simply canceled the motorcycle category of my licence and got just the car one haha! I literally fell a thousand times. And manual may be tricky if she's used to automatic, but nothing that can't be learned if she is used to driving already. One of the reasons why I had a fear of driving here was the manual transmission. It would stress me out, I would get the wrong gear, the car would fail, people would start with the horn! haha automatic transmission was a blessing to me so that way I had one less stressor. But if she rides motorcycles and uses the clutches, I think she'll be just fine. But yes, classes for license holders (a even if you can find it, classes on a manual transmission) should help her ease in.

On an additional note, I feel you're already being a great support for her for trying to make her adaptation as easy as possible and taking care of every step. There's so much change involved, and sometimes things we can't even anticipate. Most of us Brazilians are great at adapting to situations, so having your help will make it all be even easier! 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Bh_sarah

[Oregonian97 48]

Y’all see the median processing time drop in the “historical processing times” page? Went from 14.5 to 14.4 month. Not huge, but it’s a trend in the right direction. It’s for the period ending April 30

 

edit: I know it’s no surprise for us but nice to see it from USCIS website 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Oregonian97

[KonBrian 1]

20 hours ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

Just did some napkin math and by mid August, USCIS should be starting my month's NOA1 dates. 

 

I'm on the same month as you and this just made my day 🥳

[Naterson 129]

Of course we don't have Friday's numbers yet, but this week has been really good. Depending on how today shakes out it may be the best week yet.

[Oregonian97 48]

15 minutes ago, Naterson said:

Of course we don't have Friday's numbers yet, but this week has been really good. Depending on how today shakes out it may be the best week yet.

If we follow other Fridays, we could be in the 1,300’s

[Naterson 129]

16 minutes ago, Oregonian97 said:

If we follow other Fridays, we could be in the 1,300’s

Absolutely.

 

The highest individual week on the chart from @Obllak is 1318, and I think we beat that this week.

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

 

3 minutes ago, Naterson said:

Absolutely.

 

The highest individual week on the chart from @Obllak is 1318, and I think we beat that this week.

 

More than likely!!! With the way USCIS has been processing cases so quickly, I also made an probability chart for when I might get my NOA2. If they keep processing 1,200-1,300/week then I am going to be a happy camper!  

[AndiB 677]

2 minutes ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

 

 

More than likely!!! With the way USCIS has been processing cases so quickly, I also made an probability chart for when I might get my NOA2. If they keep processing 1,200-1,300/week then I am going to be a happy camper!  

If anyone is wondering why they did stats at school, uscis putting it to good use 😂

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

15 minutes ago, AndiB said:

If anyone is wondering why they did stats at school, uscis putting it to good use 😂

I remember I had to take  multiple stat classes in business school and I hated my life lol, luckily I had really nice teachers

 

[Nicki s 16]

Does anyone know if they have started to clean up the older cases left behind?

im a March 11 filler - 61000 range and it’s not been touched properly for 2 weeks now, and over 100 cases left! It’s so weird! When only around 700 left for March ! So scared of getting left for months on end !