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Now that this is deemed political, no one notices where it's been moved to rather than where it was where people with spouses would see how this affects their cases, how they are being affected and what they need to start doing rather than simply time pass them by...

appleblossom... Thanks for the suggestion, but we are well aware of this being told to people in general waiting for processing. The issue is to have the estimated time, move forward and then backward by a large amount. However, we have gone beyond our original estimated 80% time, but had a large amount of time added that puts us up against the 100% processing time, which doesn't normally happen. I have tracked many cases and never heard of that before. And now we have many news reports telling us that USCIS has in fact abandoned our petitions for processing to process illegals in order to parole them into the country. Someone has to do that processing, and USCIS has complained all along about their lack of staff to handle cases without the surge of illegals that have appeared particularly this year... record breaking arrivals. In fact, the illegal arrivals now outnumber the entire birthrate for the US... did you know that? Elon Musk himself posted a chart on X showing that... Thanks for the optimism, but there is a lot of information that justifies concern now.

Ozy7... Hoping for more information about what USCIS is up to. But I suspect we know! I have other news reports as well, but their file sizes are too large to post here. I empathize with anyone experiencing what appears to be unjustified delays imposed by the US Government. Myself, I'm retired, like you paid taxes, also served in the military during Vietnam era. My wife and I are senior citizens, and long delays affect us disproportionately... when we age out... that's the end for us, and we might never see each other if that were to happen. Even under normal circumstances, age is not a consideration in the immigration process. But, prioritizing illegals, supposedly for their safety and protection at the expense of US citizens and their families separated, is sickening, utterly unacceptable. The US government that did this to us has to change... we won't forget when it's time to vote. I guess that's all we can do. I have written to my Senator, no answer so far, the Office of the President of the Philippines, hoping they might bring this up with the US through their Ambassador. I've written to many media organizations, and not a single answer so far. Appears we have been cut adrift. Hopefully, some of us will compare notes and maybe someone has a good idea of something we can do to change this situation. Good luck, and start fighting like we are, I guess.

Filed an I-130 petition with USCIS 11 February 2023. Original estimated time for a decision was 10.5 months, Nebraska processing center. At one point our petition was advanced 2 months for a decision. Then when we were about to count down to 1 month for a decision suddenly 10 months was added and our estimated time to a decision was 11 months. That would put our case to the extreme 100% of cases being processed. We were never given an explanation for the change to our estimate. All the processing centers have now been combined and the estimated time for 80% of cases are set to 14 months. But, with the delay we were given about last September our estimate is well beyond the 14 months of normally processed cases for 80% of petitioners. This appears very peculiar because news reports of USCIS diverting staff to process the surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border of the US appears to coincide with the delay we suddenly had added to our petition. I'm wondering if anyone else is affected in their petitions as we have been. USCIS redirected to prioritize illegals_compressed.pdf