Number of cases processed hit new high!

[ChiuA 108]

30 minutes ago, New Romantics said:

Well what's interesting is that even for cases from August and September (and even earlier) there are people who still haven't responded to their RFE. I think some people just might take a long time to do on top of USCIS being slow. It is unfortunate though how they don't go in order. 

The people who got an RFE have a timeline as well, and I feel like the later you fill out ur RFE / fill the requirements the worse it kinda looks...? Like if you missed a tick and u take 2 months really makes you question a lot haha. Yeah I feel like I am assuming they'll start in the next 1-2 weeks March at this paste...welp....  It's good for everyone who is a late filler(I'm an oct filler right) but still wish everyone would be approved! TT ❤️

Edited March 25, 2023 by ChiuA

[New Romantics 188]

Just a reminder to everyone that sooner rather than later we will all be with our loved ones shopping at the local grocery store doing every day things and this will all feel like a rough dream. Keep what is important in sight and don't lose perspective. It will all be worth it in the end. The worse it feels now, the sweeter the reunion will be 🩷 stay strong everyone!!!

Edited March 25, 2023 by New Romantics

[Ok-Mix 117]

9 hours ago, New Romantics said:

Well what's interesting is that even for cases from August and September (and even earlier) there are people who still haven't responded to their RFE. I think some people just might take a long time to do on top of USCIS being slow. It is unfortunate though how they don't go in order. 

Hmm I wonder if some of those who didn't respond to their RFE were stretching it in the first place, perhaps it wasn't completely legit but they tried applying anyway but now realized they couldn't provide what was being asked... 

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

To keep things in perspective because this week was a rollercoaster with the new processing time estimate from USCIS. We are looking at our 4th straight week of processing 1,000+ cases, and 6 of the past 8 weeks they have processed at least 1,000 cases (one of the weeks was a shortened 4 day work week, and the still processed 800 cases)! There were months in 2022 where they only processed 1,200/1,300 cases for the entire month. There is a week to go for the total March numbers, and they are on pace to process ~500 more cases in March than they did in the months of May, June, and July of 2022 COMBINED. Since January, they have processed 10,854 cases! We are sitting at 213/cases a day processed in March! 

 

Yes, there is a lot we don't know about USCIS and the black hole of how they do business and why some cases are seemingly being left behind or "ghost cases", but what we do know is that since the new year they are rocking and rolling at a level that is 3-4x more than what they were doing in 2022. Keep the faith! 

[Lynxyonok 316]

22 hours ago, Saeid said:

USCIS only trying to complete around 60% of the cases for each month to meet their 2023 goal...that means whoever is lucky will be in this 60% and whoever not (like me and most of the people for end of the Dec 2021)  would left behind. They are also increasing processing time so no one try to submit case inquiry! Of course we are seeing huge improvement on numbers but, those numbers don't present everyone's case...

Sorry if mentioned earlier & a repost - but they did increase their processing time to 16.5 months now.

 

Yes, more cases appear to be touched - but quite a few of those are August, September ones... and a lot of those are denials - likely for taking too long to respond to an RFE.

 

I find it extremely puzzling that USCIS is yet to release Q12023 processing statistics. They are 3 months overdue - in the past these were available as quickly as a couple of weeks after a quarter. This is a major red flag for me.

 

But at the same time my VJ timeline keeps shortening. Go figure...

 

P.S. A fresh catch from my data mining: A 9/20/21 case got an initial RFE on 3/20/23. 18 months later. What. WAC2190138257.

Edited March 25, 2023 by Lynxyonok

[Quimat 154]

1 hour ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

To keep things in perspective because this week was a rollercoaster with the new processing time estimate from USCIS. We are looking at our 4th straight week of processing 1,000+ cases, and 6 of the past 8 weeks they have processed at least 1,000 cases (one of the weeks was a shortened 4 day work week, and the still processed 800 cases)! There were months in 2022 where they only processed 1,200/1,300 cases for the entire month. There is a week to go for the total March numbers, and they are on pace to process ~500 more cases in March than they did in the months of May, June, and July of 2022 COMBINED. Since January, they have processed 10,854 cases! We are sitting at 213/cases a day processed in March! 

 

Yes, there is a lot we don't know about USCIS and the black hole of how they do business and why some cases are seemingly being left behind or "ghost cases", but what we do know is that since the new year they are rocking and rolling at a level that is 3-4x more than what they were doing in 2022. Keep the faith! 

Definitely keeping the faith! I refuse to let ANY negative thoughts cloud my mind. This process is exhausting enough. Here’s to timely NAO2s for us all! 

[Lynxyonok 316]

On 3/24/2023 at 6:16 PM, Cheesehead22 said:

The system is broken. Richest country in world can't process immigration applications in under a year, it's embarrassing gross negligence.

In fairness, and it pains me to say this so much as it contradicts a lot of my past posts:

 

It's broken but it's working.

 

For example, try to become a citizen of Bermuda. Pro tip: Near impossible, even through marriage.

 

USCIS sucks hardcore. I'm not debating that.

 

But, unlike many other countries, it, at least, works.

 

@Lemonslice, thank You.

Edited March 26, 2023 by Lynxyonok

[Lemonslice 4,922]

7 minutes ago, Lynxyonok said:

In fairness, and it pains me to say this so much as it contradicts a lot of my past posts:

 

It's broken but it's working.

 

For example, try to become a citizen of Bermuda. Pro tip: Near impossible, even through marriage.

 

USCIS sucks hardcore. I'm not debating that.

 

But, unlike many other countries, it, at least, works.

 

@Lemonslice, thank You.

You are welcome.  Far from perfect, lots of delay, but, eventually, most people will get out of it.  

[ChiuA 108]

11 hours ago, Lynxyonok said:

Sorry if mentioned earlier & a repost - but they did increase their processing time to 16.5 months now.

 

Yes, more cases appear to be touched - but quite a few of those are August, September ones... and a lot of those are denials - likely for taking too long to respond to an RFE.

 

I find it extremely puzzling that USCIS is yet to release Q12023 processing statistics. They are 3 months overdue - in the past these were available as quickly as a couple of weeks after a quarter. This is a major red flag for me.

 

But at the same time my VJ timeline keeps shortening. Go figure...

 

P.S. A fresh catch from my data mining: A 9/20/21 case got an initial RFE on 3/20/23. 18 months later. What. WAC2190138257.

About the processing stats is what I have also been wondering about, like what is going on there. About the processing times, I do think it'll reduce mid year at the current speed to maybe 13Months, I am assuming it hit 16 months because of the 2 months last year that were still very very slow....I am more concerned about the RFE situation. If someone can wait 2 months to fill out the RFE, that is where it'll get critical if everyone is gonna do it slow, it'll delay the time overall again correct?

[AndiB 677]

On 3/25/2023 at 10:51 AM, ChiuA said:

If they keep doing that, they definitely hit their 6-8 months end of the year...for 60% 😕 but at the cost of the other 40-30% left behind being longer...I guess that's one way to hit their goal? Just not a fair one  

this won't really affect us I assume but once they get back to 'normal' times they should start processing more fairly. The issue is really the backlog, once that's mostly removed they won't have to speed ahead at 50-60% like they have been. Hopefully that comes sooner rather than later for the 30-40%.

 

It's def a temporary method though, no comfort to all of us who are in this temporary period but it won't be like this forever. I imagine sometime next yr they'll return to 'normal'

[AndiB 677]

11 hours ago, Lynxyonok said:

In fairness, and it pains me to say this so much as it contradicts a lot of my past posts:

 

It's broken but it's working.

 

For example, try to become a citizen of Bermuda. Pro tip: Near impossible, even through marriage.

 

USCIS sucks hardcore. I'm not debating that.

 

But, unlike many other countries, it, at least, works.

 

@Lemonslice, thank You.

it's def pros and cons, the US seems to have far more options than a lot of countries but is also some of the worst wait times. Real mixed bag....

[New Romantics 188]

22 minutes ago, AndiB said:

this won't really affect us I assume but once they get back to 'normal' times they should start processing more fairly. The issue is really the backlog, once that's mostly removed they won't have to speed ahead at 50-60% like they have been. Hopefully that comes sooner rather than later for the 30-40%.

 

It's def a temporary method though, no comfort to all of us who are in this temporary period but it won't be like this forever. I imagine sometime next yr they'll return to 'normal'

Do you think they will have eliminated some of the backlog and returned to normal by the time it's time to adjudicate Q1 2022 cases? (like ours)

[AndiB 677]

6 minutes ago, New Romantics said:

Do you think they will have eliminated some of the backlog and returned to normal by the time it's time to adjudicate Q1 2022 cases? (like ours)

no, they have like 50k in backlog right now and are removing about 200/week? ish?

[AndiB 677]

10 minutes ago, New Romantics said:

Do you think they will have eliminated some of the backlog and returned to normal by the time it's time to adjudicate Q1 2022 cases? (like ours)

there will always be a backlog I think? Cause they don't adjudicate instantly so maybe like 20k is the 'normal' amount? but yh still a lot to get through

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

3 minutes ago, AndiB said:

there will always be a backlog I think? Cause they don't adjudicate instantly so maybe like 20k is the 'normal' amount? but yh still a lot to get through

Yeah based on when they processed in ~4 months, the standing backlog was 17-23k.