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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase complete at NVC!
I don't know. The woman when I called her to find out if our case was complete just said "I have some good news for you today" and then told us our interview date had been scheduled. Maybe some embassies are different?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-29 09:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase complete at NVC!
Just called the NVC and found that our case is complete. And my interview at the London Embassy is on December 17th.

While I am over the moon that we have the interview - I am sooo worried now that I won't get my passport back in time to fly over for Christmas!!! I don't know what date to risk booking a flight for.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-29 09:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWe Have our Interview Date
Congrats!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-05 21:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats! Glad to see a fellow Oct 2007 filer moving on.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-10 15:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR-1 Visa granted
Congratulations Christine!

Those VSC stresses seem a long way behind us now!

I have my interview in London next month. I hope it is as trouble free as yours.

Best wishes for your new life in the US
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-14 16:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhy VSC is so slow?
QUOTE (charisma1 @ Nov 20 2008, 12:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you seriously believe that??

QUOTE (Cassie @ Nov 20 2008, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>



1. we on visajourney are not the only people using USCIS. We are, in fact, a mere drop in the bucket of petitioners. They may be doing a ton of work, just not on the petitions of members of VJ that we can see and track.



I do actually believe that there are many more applications being dealt with than we see on VJ and that we are just a drop in the bucket of couples going through this.

BUT....it still doesn't explain VSC's slowness over the last year. I'm sure they are working on something. I don't believe that there are loads of people sitting round in an office doing absolutely nothing - so they are working on something but they are not working on CR1/IR1s.

We waited nearly ten months at VSC before being transferred to CSC - ten months while our file sat in a pile of other files. When it got to CSC it took less than two weeks to deal with it.

Edited by lsma, 19 November 2008 - 07:23 PM.

TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-19 19:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLiterally sick because of too much expectation
It's hard not to worry even when you know it does no good - I try to distract myself by planning the move, the packing, seeing friends.

To help with the sick feelings you could spoil and pamper yourself - go get a massage, have a yoga lesson, a facial.

Every time you feel yourself start to worry take some deep breaths and think of how great it is going to feel once this is all over.

(At least that's my plan!)
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 14:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC DOESN´T BELIEVE ON THE VERACITY OF MY DOCUMENTS
What exactly is your certified copy? Is it an original document which you obtained from an official source or is it a photocopy which has been notarized?

For example in the UK you can get a certified copy of your birth certificate from the local council. It is not just a photocopy of the original 'first' birth certificate. It's an original document in itself.

I also sent my original marriage certificate in - although when I was married I was given two original certificates so I have one extra in case the NVC have lost the first one.

What did your attorney suggest?

Edited by lsma, 11 November 2008 - 02:10 PM.

TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-11 14:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC CASE COMPLETED- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Congratulations

Take a couple of days break and try to relax now - the interview date is coming - I would call on Monday to find out if I were you.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-27 07:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresnot even a touch
I'm not sure what you mean by going out of 'timeline frame'.

VSC is on Feb 26th at the moment and you look as though you filed at the end of May?

Some cases take longer than others - sometimes I think it's because you are in a big pile of other files and they take a while to get to you.

We waited for nearly ten months at VSC without a touch before we were transferred to CSC and then we were approved within 2 weeks.

I know it doesn't make it feel any better to be told to be patient - I used to hate it when we were lost in the VSC black hole - but you are still within the current processing times.

You may see people who filed after you get approved before you - we saw loads of people who filed MONTHS after us at VSC be approved before us and it's really annoying. Unfortunately that's the way the system 'works' at the moment.

I sympathise with your situation - I'm so sorry you are still waiting - I hope you'll have some good news soon.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-27 14:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresxray
Because you are CR1/IR1 you shouldn't need the x-ray again for visa purposes.

You may want to use it for medical reasons when registering with a new doctor - if they wanted to know results of past medicals for some reason.

From what I've gathered most people doing the spousal visa keep it but never need it again.

I bet most people stick it in the attic or in a drawer 'just in case'.

I'm sure some do frame it and turn it into a piece of art work just to remind them of the 'good ol' visa times'!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 10:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-230 Visits to the US
I just wrote where I was - Virginia, New York, etc
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 14:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeed Advice please!! Pay online or via mail
We paid online and it worked perfectly for us.

You have the option of priniting a receipt from the website if you later need proof of payment at the interview stage - although as you won't get to the interview stage without payment at the NVC I don't know why you would need the the proof.

Once paid it takes a couple of days at most to go to the PAID status on the website - once that has happened you can print your cover letter from the website - then print out your forms from the NVC website and send in yourself by post. You have no need at all to wait for packages to come through the mail.

We did the whole NVC process without waiting for anything through the post.

It's up to you whether you want to continue at this stage via the website yourself or whether you want to do things as your lawyer directs. It has been quicker for many people not to wait for the packages through the post.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-08 13:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresvisa fees
There shouldn't be any more visa fees but depending on your Embassy you may need to pay a delivery fee for your visa
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-07 05:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAfter entering the states on an IR-1 visa
If you stay married then 3 years. If you don't stay married she will have to wait 5 years.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-06 10:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresInterview at USEM on 12/9
Good luck!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-08 11:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMay 2008 Filer APPROVED!
Congratulations - great Christmas present!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-08 08:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresIIN
Sometimes they just won't give it - you have to keep trying until you are lucky with someone. We didn't bother after the first attempt and waited until it came in the letter through the post.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-09 09:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHassane's interview is in one hour
Best of luck!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-11 04:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFinally Aprooved for VISA
Congratulations to a fellow Vermont vet
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-12 15:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHASSANE, GOT HIS VISA
Congratulations - feels great doesn't it when it finally happens!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-11 12:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1/NOA2 spreadsheet tracking
Finally! Approved 21st August
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-08-23 22:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1/NOA2 spreadsheet tracking
Hi

Transferred to CSC from VSC on the 6th August

Thanks
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-08-10 07:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase Complete For me!!
Congratulations GoGo - at last you're getting somewhere!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-09 06:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNever thought I would be posting this :)
Yay - congratulations

TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-17 23:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresVermont Dragging?
Vermont's been really slow for over a year now - it started in Aug 2007 after there was a visa fee price rise. Thousands of applicants raced to file in July to beat the price rise and it caused a huge backlog. Then this was compounded by the work on the naturalization applications.

When we filed in Oct 2007 it took 90 days just to get our NOA1 back. It took ten months for the application to be approved - that was ten months with out any RFEs, problems etc. We seemed to be simply at the bottom of a big pile. We were transfered to California and it took the CSC less than 2 weeks to issue the approval.

It's actually going a lot faster at VSC than it was but it's still way behind CSC - who knows when they will sort out their issues. But it seems to be affecting all sorts of petitions, applications there now from K1 through to Removing conditions etc.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-22 13:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLondon Embassy
QUOTE (ScotsMajik @ Feb 20 2009, 12:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Isma, that may have been the case for you, but it was not the case for my husband, and his lawyer has raised some very serious concerns (which I will not discuss here) with the Embassy.

Thanks for the info, btw.


If you think your concerns might affect others going through the medical it might be helpful to post a review in the UK medical thread
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-20 18:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLondon Embassy
QUOTE (juni&mike @ Feb 19 2009, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScotsMajik @ Feb 19 2009, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi VJers. Just wondering if anyone knows when they are scheduling interviews at the Embassy in London? My husband's visa was approved on Feb. 5th, and he went for his medical (what a racket!) last Friday. So far, no word about a date.

Thanks for any info.



why did you say the medical was a "racket"? i am worried now!


Juni and Mike - there is a thread in the UK forum here with many detailed accounts of people's experiences at the medical - http://www.visajourn...?showtopic=8321

There's nothing to worry about. The 'racket' as far as I am concerned was the price - and the fact that there is only one approved place to go so they can charge as much as they like. But the experience itself is boring, annoying, a little instrusive but basically simple and easy to get through.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-19 19:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLondon Embassy
QUOTE (ScotsMajik @ Feb 19 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (juni&mike @ Feb 19 2009, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScotsMajik @ Feb 19 2009, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi VJers. Just wondering if anyone knows when they are scheduling interviews at the Embassy in London? My husband's visa was approved on Feb. 5th, and he went for his medical (what a racket!) last Friday. So far, no word about a date.

Thanks for any info.



why did you say the medical was a "racket"? i am worried now!


Write to me by email, and I'll detail the experience for you!!!!

QUOTE (lsma @ Feb 19 2009, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Have you gone through the NVC?

They normally schedule the interview date. I didn't book my medical until the Embassy sent me a letter confirming the date. Although I had already found out the date by ringing the NVC when I was waiting for my case to be completed.



Isma -- I'm a bit confused. He's been approved by NVC, but all of our notifications go to our lawyer in London. I would assume he lets us know the date (he's not the dodgy type). Is there another way short of calling him?


You could call the NVC directly yourself - they will know if your date has been scheduled. When I called them they told me my case had been completed the day before and told me my date. I got a letter through the post about 2 weeks later with the details for the medical and the details for the interview.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-19 19:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLondon Embassy

Have you gone through the NVC?

They normally schedule the interview date. I didn't book my medical until the Embassy sent me a letter confirming the date. Although I had already found out the date by ringing the NVC when I was waiting for my case to be completed.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-19 17:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhy is it a bad idea for the USC spouse to go to the interview?
I think this is the thread which has led to this confusion

http://www.visajourn...howtopic=181446

See third post down.

I'm not sure if this is specific to that consulate or not. But it seems very odd and I haven't heard of anyone else being told the same thing
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-27 21:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAny October Filers for NOA1 ??
QUOTE (Germanchick2502 @ Dec 2 2007, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Excuse me? There is no one who filed to VSC after July 2007 who has as of yet gotten a NOA1. No one... If you know of someone who filed after July to VERMONT SC and has gotten a NOA please post the link. I think you got this confused with some other petitions which have been worked on. But the I130s are at the end of the line at both service centers. Only CSC is already at the end of August BUT even they haven't managed any progress over the past months. So please, if you have a link proving otherwise please post it. If you don't have one then please don't get people confused or their hopes up. I do not think that they just skipped all the August/September/October filers and will now work on November and then go backwards. I know that for those of you who filed in October/November it would be great. But I don't see that happening!


I have had a look around the timelines and it does seem that for the other service centers (not Vermont) that some lucky people filing both the I-130 and I-129 forms for a K3 application have had NOA1s for both their I-129/I-130s from at least September. However I can't find anyone who is just filing CR1 yet who has got an NOA1 outside of the posted USCIS times. It's a frustrating wait isn't it? Christine - I can't wait to hear that you have your NOA1, then we'll know that Vermont is definitely moving forward.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-02 10:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAny October Filers for NOA1 ??
QUOTE (SusieK @ Dec 2 2007, 01:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Germanchick2502 @ Dec 2 2007, 03:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Not even people who filed with VSC in August have their NOA1s yet. So, I would be very surprised if anybody of the September or October filers already got their NOA1s.



HI German -

Hate to deliver the news but some have and I am perplexed as to what happened to us August filers or even early September. Sighing but calm for today - tomorrow brings another round of phone calls.

Cheers luv


I think the people with NOA1s from Oct/Nov are K1 visa applicants. I haven't seen anyone - particularly from Vermont SC - who is applying for CR1 who has their NOA1 from Oct, or even Sept/Aug.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-02 06:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion for newlyweds not living in the same country
We included the marriage cert, 3 affidavits from friends and family, wedding photos, and a list of flights over the last three years printed off from the airline website (sort of like a receipt of all the flights - we'd racked up about 25 visits between us)
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-05 11:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (lsma @ Dec 9 2007, 06:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We're not helping the visa process go faster by attacking or dismissing each other here - perhaps we can agree to disagree and leave it at that?


Or perhaps not - perhaps we can keep slugging it out here amongst ourselves - what fun!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-09 11:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
Of course there are worse things than we are experiencing now.

This may be all a bit too Pollyanna but let's remember that it's coming up to the holiday season and we are all on these boards because we are lucky enough to have found the person we want to spend the rest of our lives with. It's not nice to be apart but there are thousands of people who will be alone this Christmas because they actually don't have anyone at all.

We're not helping the visa process go faster by attacking or dismissing each other here - perhaps we can agree to disagree and leave it at that?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-09 11:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (rjp44 @ Dec 9 2007, 01:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think part of the current problem is that USCIS is under exuctive order to process all applications within 6 months. Since the 6 months doesn't start until the application is entered into the system, they simply cover their butts by not entering the huge backload as evidenced by them not cashing checks for months. There must already be additional adjudicators (perhaps even some of the same people who were entering the apps into their system) since Chicago is going to enter the apps then ship them back to the proper service center for the adjudicators to process. It will be interesting too, to see how they change the application form, because it states the revised forms and instructions will be availabe on the USCIS web site as soon as they are available.


It's so difficult to predict how this will work out at the moment, isn't it? The optimist in me thinks the Chicago move may help things move along more quickly. The pessimist is sure they are going to lose my application in transit one way or the other!!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-09 09:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Dec 8 2007, 05:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (lsma @ Dec 8 2007, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I completely disagree - the processing dates we are talking about are the receipting delay dates and that does NOT refer to the oldest case in the system. It refers to the date they have reached in their processing.

If they are being processed in date order then please explain why people who filed their 1-130 in August to Vermont have not had their case put into the system and their cheque cashed and people who have filed K1s have had them as recently as October and November?

And as we see today - they have just announced that all the 1-130s received after 29/07/07 are being shipped to Chicago - which suggests even more strongly that they were just sitting in a pile not being touched.


I believe I see the page you are referring to. Is this it?

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Receipting dates aren't the same as procssing dates. Just because you don't have a NOA doesn't mean your case isn't being kept in order.

How long on the average, in the recent past before the fee increase and receipt delays, did it take for an I130 to be adjudicated? I'm asking because I seriously do not know and I would appreciate some honest feedback on this. Has not the adjudication time for and I-130 always been longer than for a K1?

I see the message about the I130's being sent to the Chicago lockbox for data entry. This still does not imply, to me, that entire files have been sitting there ignored.

Is it possible you may start seeing NOA1 followed almost immediately by NOA2? Did that happen with the K1 backlog?


You're right that at the moment we can't prove that processing times will be longer and I do realise that a receipting delay is not the same as a processing delay. But the NOA1 and a cashed cheque indicate that processing has started on your case. There are many people who filed in Vermont whose cheques have expired as it's been over three months since they sent their application in and there has been nothing to indicate the application as entered the system. As I understand it the processing times start their countdown once the application has been entered into the system (not just when you post it)

In my case it has been two months since we sent the forms in. I won't count our processing times as starting until we have the cashed cheque (as there is nothing to indicate we are in the system). So before the delays,the USCIS stage was taking up to six months on average for similar cases to mine. Some lucky people were getting the NOA2 in 4 months or so. But I was hoping for six months for that stage. Even if it still only takes six months to get to the NVC I now have to add on the two months (and most likely more) I have already waited to that total. If the increased number of applications which has contributed to the backlog then have an implication for both processing times and so on along the journey, the overall time which should have taken 10-12 months for me could be a LOT longer.

I realise this is just specualtion but you have not waited over two months for your details to even be put into the system. Our files have not been touched since we sent them in - they are now being sent to another place because the service centers cannot cope with the current workload and back to the original point of this whole thread..........it is the CR1 I-130s which are being transfered - the other visa types are being processed already - USCIS is clearly prioritising the visa types and NOT just processing everything in date order.

Of course, I accept your point that something magical may happen and we may get NOA2s more quickly than we expect afterwards and the system will catch up with itself. But please have a little more empathy for the people posting in this thread.

Edited by lsma, 08 December 2007 - 11:14 AM.

TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-08 11:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Dec 8 2007, 06:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The processing dates mean the OLDEST cases in the system.

I think those of us who have our loved ones with us are sympathetic to you. Very much so. That is why we try so very diligently to help you see that the mess you are in right now is out of your control. I don't know - maybe that doesn't help you. I know when we were processing, if I told myself there was nothing I could do about something, I was somehow able to get past worrying. It was whenever I would lay awake in bed at night, creating monsters in my mind, that I would find myself pacing the floor and upset.

I don't know if you realize this or not, but cases are not separated by types for adjudication. Everything goes into boxes by date order. All visa types - family based and otherwise. If you don't believe me and you can't find confirmation of this elsewhere on the web, then research the posts here on VJ of the member huskerkiev, a former USCIS adjudicator. The only thing that gets pulled out and separated are the premium processing petitions.

As for petitions for naturalization, there are time limits in the INA under which these petitions are supposed to be approved. Right now, as you read in the press, USCIS is not meeting those goals and that's a VERY bad thing since they are actually breaking the law by doing so. So it is possible that file boxes will be rifled through to locate any Natz petitions that are gathering dust in boxes.

I will agree with you that the delays right now are extraordinary. I am sure they are painful. I suppose it will do me no good to tell you that I have read of worse delays as little as five years ago, and there was no 'fee increase' or anything else to blame it on.

Whatever you think of what we who have already passed through the system think or feel is of no consequence, I guess. Some of you simply believe we don't understand, we don't care or we just want to cause trouble. That couldn't be further from the truth. We have information we would like to share that we hope can help you.

That being said, from what I know to be true about the way the system operates, it's fundamentally impossible for USCIS to be targeting I-130's behind other cases. It's just not possible. They aren't that well organized!


I completely disagree - the processing dates we are talking about are the receipting delay dates and that does NOT refer to the oldest case in the system. It refers to the date they have reached in their processing.

If they are being processed in date order then please explain why people who filed their 1-130 in August to Vermont have not had their case put into the system and their cheque cashed and people who have filed K1s have had them as recently as October and November?

And as we see today - they have just announced that all the 1-130s received after 29/07/07 are being shipped to Chicago - which suggests even more strongly that they were just sitting in a pile not being touched.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-08 03:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Dec 8 2007, 12:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Delicia @ Dec 7 2007, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Dec 7 2007, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Here's what I am wondering. And it SHOULD be the crux of this entire conversation.

Do we have it factually stated somewhere, from an official source, that the processing of I130's has been halted?


Check the link titled "USCIS Processing Times Spreadsheet" on my blog. It is evident that I-130s have not been processed for some time, according to the USCIS Processing Delay updates that USCIS publishes weekly.


Delicia, do you understand what the processing times as stated by USCIS mean? The processing times mean they are processing cases AT LEAST that old.

You still haven't shown me any official word that USCIS has halted the processing time of I-130's in favor of other petitions.


Rebeccajo - What Delicia and others in our position at the moment are referring to are the current unusual delays (on top of the wait that everyone experiences) because of the huge backlog generated by thousands of people trying to beat the price rise. She's not just talking about the USCIS processing times which reflect as you correctly say "cases at least that old" but this separate delay which we check every week on a different USCIS page - receipting delays

http://www.uscis.gov...0004718190aRCRD

As you can see the I-130s are right at the bottom of the processing priority. The other visa types have been slowly advancing but the I-130s seem to be stuck miles behind the others. It appears that they are processing in some kind of order and have put the married people who are just filing for CR1s at the back of the queue. In my case at Vermont for example, the center is still only opening and data inputting info on applications for I-130s up to the end of July. It has been stuck on that date 29/07/07 for about seven weeks now! I think our cheque is going to expire before the application has even been added to the system AND THEN we all have to start the countdown which everyone else on here is used to ie we then start looking at the standard processing times on USCIS, which as you know can be six months more onwards.

It is significantly worse at the moment in terms of waiting times for those of us who filed after the middle of July than it has been for a LONG time. So can I ask those of you already almost though the system - particularly those of you with your partners by your side over the holiday season to show a little compassion on these boards to those of us with this long wait ahead of us and be understanding when people rant a little.

Thanks
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-12-07 17:51:00