How are some cases approved so much faster than others?

[Crazy Cat 41,813]

6 minutes ago, Jasskatten said:

New cases are assigned IOE numbers, and are getting notifications through their online account.

Everyone gets notifications through online accounts.  As I said, there is no valid reason to convert new cases to IOE before old cases are processed.  Are we not all equal under the law?

Yes, something has changed.  USCIS is processing last in, first out.  That is unethical at best...possibly worse.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Jasskatten 23]

This post talks about the new system. 

[Crazy Cat 41,813]

19 minutes ago, Jasskatten said:

This post talks about the new system.

Bottom line is that USSCIS is giving preferential treatment to new cases while others wait in a pile.  There is no reason they could not have started this "new program" using cases already in the queue for YEARS!!!  There is no way to justify this.

 

My rant is finished.  I hope you, all, are soon out from under the thumb of USCIS.  It is a great feeling.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[SalishSea 17,802]

7 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

How can some I-751s sit for a long as 3 years (No RFEs) before processing while newly-submitted cases are processed in a little as 3 months?  I think USCIS is manipulating their processing times by processing cases last in, first out....at the expense of people who submitted cases earlier.  

Anyone have a better explanation?  Local office issues?

 

I was just thinking about this, and the only plausible explanation I can find is exactly that- outlier record-fast approvals can positively skew the overall performance data while retaining the backlog that supports large fee increases.

[Jasskatten 23]

29 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Bottom line is that USSCIS is giving preferential treatment to new cases while others wait in a pile.  There is no reason they could not have started this "new program" using cases already in the queue for YEARS!!!  There is no way to justify this.

 

My rant is finished.  I hope you, all, are soon out from under the thumb of USCIS.  It is a great feeling.

I do not disagree with anything of this. 👍

[Redro 4,611]

55 minutes ago, Jasskatten said:

New cases are assigned IOE numbers, and are getting notifications through their online account. Don't know much about it, but something has changed about how i-751s are processed.

Even I-130s that are mailed in are receiving IOE numbers. I'm assuming going forward all cases will receive IOE numbers masking the true location of a case... 

I don't think anything has changed with how I-751s are processed. They all arrive to the lockbox, get scanned into the system and then someone works on them when they work on them. 

The processing times have always varied case to case for no rhyme or reason. 

[Jasskatten 23]

12 minutes ago, Redro said:

Even I-130s that are mailed in are receiving IOE numbers. I'm assuming going forward all cases will receive IOE numbers masking the true location of a case... 

I don't think anything has changed with how I-751s are processed. They all arrive to the lockbox, get scanned into the system and then someone works on them when they work on them. 

The processing times have always varied case to case for no rhyme or reason. 

 I don't think they were scanned before they started doing IOE numbers though. They used to send the actual stack of papers around, and if an officer wanted to work on a case, they needed that case to be physically sent to them. 

[Fe.Ta 874]

Meanwhile, September 2022 filers here, we can't even get information on biometrics. LOL

*Sigh*  Just like @Daphne . said, it doesn't prevent us from living our lives.  But, it is definitely annoying that they are "serving" people this way.  In reality, they aren't, they are just manipulating the numbers to "look good" (like you said).  While it doesn't stop us from living our lives, just not having that hovering over us every now and then would be nice.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Fe.Ta
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[Fe.Ta 874]

1 minute ago, Jasskatten said:

 I don't think they were scanned before they started doing IOE numbers though. They used to send the actual stack of papers around, and if an officer wanted to work on a case, they needed that case to be physically sent to them. 

I think what @Crazy Cat is arguing is the fact that they should not be doing the LIFO approach (last in, first out).  If they are changing things like scanning them or whatever, they should have started with the stacks of papers that are already there or whatever they are doing now - NOT the other way around.

They are not trying to help us, they are trying to help themselves to appear as if their numbers are better than they are and they are not REAL numbers.

[Fe.Ta 874]

If it weren't that it would raise a red flag, and issues overall obviously, I would withdraw the 751 and re-submit.  Haha  Just cheat the system like they cheat us.

[Crazy Cat 41,813]

16 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:

I think what @Crazy Cat is arguing is the fact that they should not be doing the LIFO approach (last in, first out).  If they are changing things like scanning them or whatever, they should have started with the stacks of papers that are already there or whatever they are doing now - NOT the other way around.

Well said...😃

[Adventine 3,196]

My theory, based on experience working with huge government bureaucracies, is that they decided that only filings received after XXX date would be processed using their newer system. Any other unfinished cases received before XXX date would continue to be processed using the older system. A kind of reverse or negative grandfathering. I'm sure nobody considered how this decision would antagonize people who were unlucky enough to need to file during the transition between systems.

[igoyougoduke 1,653]

5 hours ago, Daphne . said:

It is disgusting, I agree! 
 

USCIS seems to especially LOVE people who adjusted status from a tourist visa or Esta, these seem to get approved in 1-3 months now (based on posts I’ve seen on Reddit for example). CBP and Embassies are trying everything they can to vet (and sometimes draw incorrect conclusions), but USCIS is rewarding filing for AOS with super quick approvals and ignoring the 2021 and 2022 filers. It is so wrong..

 

Personally I don’t care that my I-751 has been pending for close to 2 years now, I can work and travel, so it’s really not a big deal, but USCIS is almost ecouraging people to cheat the system and it’s sick!! 

Wow 2+ years is a long time. Have you not filed naturalization . Usually for most folks that kicks the 751 decision . I would consider a mandamus considering 2+ years is a long time without a decision 

[Daphne . 1,852]

18 minutes ago, igoyougoduke said:

Wow 2+ years is a long time. Have you not filed naturalization . Usually for most folks that kicks the 751 decision . I would consider a mandamus considering 2+ years is a long time without a decision 

They can take as long as they want, as long as they keep sending me extension letters if needed! 😅 

 

I am not interested in naturalizing. 

[Cathi 5,746]

I've been on this site for 11 years and nothing about USCIS and it's processing times have been predictable or made any sense whatsoever. Just when you think you have it figured out, something changes for no apparent reason, without explanation. Trying to figure it all out will drive you crazy. My husband and I had a very simple journey, from submitting his I-130, up to including naturalization, never so much as even having an RFE at any stage. And we had some major so-called "red flags". At the same time, others who started when we did, who had no red flags took months and in many cases, years longer.