My analysis of USCIs processing delays

[Delicia 1]

WHO SAYS ITS GOING TO BE RETURNED TO CSC OR VSC ?? MAYBE THE WHOLE PROCESSING IS GOING TO BE THEIR ... YOU KNOW THEIR IS AN EASIER SOLUTION THAT THIS ........ MAIL ALL IMMIGRATION PETITION TO THE BENEFICIARY'S CONSULATE .... TREAT ALL APPLICATION LIKE A DCF ... FOR THE MONEY YOU PAY IN U.S TO HIRE 1500 EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE DELAY ...YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HIRE 2000 EMPLOYEES OVERSEAS FOR DATA ENTRY. THEY WILL WORK MUCH HARDER TO ... IN MY MIND THAT IS THE PATH THEY SHOULD TAKE ....... MY STRESS IS COMING OUT SORRY

Per USCIS:

Effective December 3, 2007, all petitioners filing stand-alone Form I-130 are encouraged to submit their petitions to the Chicago Lockbox instead of a USCIS Service Center. I-130 petitions filed with the Chicago Lockbox will be routed to, and adjudicated at, the appropriate USCIS Service Center. This routing will be based on the petitioner’s place of residence in the United States.

Petitioners who reside in AK, AZ, CA, CO, Guam, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, MT, Nebraska, NV, ND, OH, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, or WY are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130s with the Lockbox using the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 804625

Chicago, IL 60680-1029

Petitioners who reside in AL, AR, CT, DL, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OK, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, U.S. Virgin Islands, WV, or District of Columbia are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130 with the Lockbox using the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 804616

Chicago, IL 60680-1029

While the changes are effective December 3, 2007, any Form I-130 filed with the Service Center will not be rejected; it will be forwarded to the designated Chicago Lockbox. Petitioners are encouraged, however, to begin using the designated Lockbox filing address on the effective date in order to avoid processing delays. The revised form and filing instructions will be posted online as soon as they are available.

*emphasis added

Edited December 8, 2007 by Delicia

[Delicia 1]

My concerns is now that we know all the I-130s received after Aug 30 (at CSC) and July 29 (at VSC) have been shipped to Chicago for initial data input and that they will be shipped back to either CSC or VSC for processing, that:

1) the transferring of the files themselves back and forth between Chicago and the Service Centers will create additional delays just due to mail time;

2) government agencies are famous for losing stuff in the mail;

3) this backlog, once cleared, will become a backlog at NVC as well and then the real fun begins;

4) those applicants affected may get their NOA1 from Chicago (USCIS hasn't advised either way), and this is being used as a means just to placate those applicants for a short time, but the overall processing times has to go beyond the 6 months that USCIS advised that processing takes.

My revised prediction for my own file from beginning (which I am counting from the date I mailed my application to CSC) to the end is now at 1.5 years - 2 years (including Consulate interview which at my Consulate, is 4-6 months currently).

[AandLKC 1]

mabe it don't have to be shipped back ... if USCIS is up to date of technology .. they might use document scanning and Optical Character Recognition (OCR).... i highly drought technology has reached thus far unto USCIS .... so u might be right once they are entered into it might need to ship back to CSC or VSC .... man i hope to have a receipt soon ...... its holiday time and ..... its very depressing not to have my wife here ..... its evident even when i go shopping .....