letter today about 6 month delay at USCIS (across the agency?)

[sojourner99 0]

August 2013 filer here.

My wife received an interesting letter today from the USCIS stating that: 1) her case is a possible candidate for an interview waiver (good); and 2) announcing an unrelated 6 month delay (not so good). We didnt actually file any request about the status of our case so while thats a bummer, I am glad they let us know at least.

Given her case is a possible interview waivers sounds like there is no hiccups with it specifically. But the way the letter is written about the delay makes it sound like its across the board as if they are 6 months behind in general. Has anyone else gotten a similar letter?

Also for anyone that has received one like this before, do you know if their delay estimate is usually accurate?

Exact text of that part of the letter, dated Dec 13th reads:

"Due to workload factors not related to your case, USCIS anticipates a delay in completing your case. Presently, we anticipate that delay to be approximately 6 months from the date of this letter. If you do not receive a decision or another notice of action from USCIS by that date, please contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at the number below."

Edited December 21, 2013 by sojourner99

[agnesb 47]

August 2013 filer here.

My wife received an interesting letter today from the USCIS stating that: 1) her case is a possible candidate for an interview waiver (good); and 2) announcing an unrelated 6 month delay (not so good). We didnt actually file any request about the status of our case so while thats a bummer, I am glad they let us know at least.

Given her case is a possible interview waivers sounds like there is no hiccups with it specifically. But the way the letter is written about the delay makes it sound like its across the board as if they are 6 months behind in general. Has anyone else gotten a similar letter?

Also for anyone that has received one like this before, do you know if their delay estimate is usually accurate?

Exact text of that part of the letter, dated Dec 13th reads:

"Due to workload factors not related to your case, USCIS anticipates a delay in completing your case. Presently, we anticipate that delay to be approximately 6 months from the date of this letter. If you do not receive a decision or another notice of action from USCIS by that date, please contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at the number below."

This is very common. Its about 50/50 for not getting interview and unfortunately it does usually mean few months waiting with no updates etc.

[sojourner99 0]

I see. Ok well thanks for the info.

[HK12 273]

People have been receiving this letter since August, including me. It is very common, and if you search for it, you will find lots of threads on it on here. It does not mean you WILL have to wait another six months, just that you MAY. I got approved less than two months after the letter (which came out to a total wait of eight months after the NOA1).

[Peter_Pan 661]

I got two of them, lol. Still waiting.

I got two of them, lol. Still waiting.

[Sahs 10]

We just received the same letter... Fingers crossed we don't have to wait the 6 months to find out more. Actually our letter is dated 13 Dec as well!

Edited December 22, 2013 by Sahs

[sojourner99 0]

As an update we got the NOA that our i485 was approved this week, and just received the Green Card today(1-11-14), less than a month after getting that notice above. Glad the worry was necessary. Hopefully others who got this note will also be as quick.

[Kumi and Drake 14]

Just got the letter today. Glad this thread was here.

[A & Lili 1]

My wife got same letter today. We filed back in September 2013.