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VSC left over just got transferred to Texas!!

OMG I just got a email saying " On June 21, 2013, we transferred this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) to another office for processing because they now have jurisdiction over the case. We sent you a notice of this transfer. Please follow any instructions on this notice. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???? IS IT GOING TO TAKE LONG?!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-06-21 11:35:00

Timeframe at TSC after RFE response received

I am a transfer to tsc! I received my hardcopy in mail of my rfe on july 8 and then on july 10 I sent my rfe papers to texass, then om july 19 tsc replied to me saying they received my rfe & todayyyyyyy I got noa2 approval im so happy!!! So I guess its 4 days after they receive ur rfeee that's how its working with everyone goodluck!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-07-24 00:29:00

i feel u pain i contacted everyone i could i have been waiting 5mo and i m tried of waiting want to go to sleep with my boo instead of calling before i go to bed this has to be the most awfal list thing to put people throw at some point i was ready to say forget it

Yes its really hard!!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 22:47:00

Depressed? I'm a brazilian filer and just found out that Congressman Tim Ryan is trying to ban brazilian immigration. How depressing is this? Not to mention that the bill was approved by voice vote and the final decision comes out in June. Prayers are needed.

Im really sorry to hear that !

As of 5/23/2013 at 9pm...VSC has had one approval for the day...if this is your idea of "moving" I want some of your kool-aid....

Dont forget that there are many people who might have gotten an approval that are not vj users!

this argument is really a waste of time. Complaining on here isn't going to get VSC moving again. both service centers are going to go through cycles... but I for one, having tracked their progress for the past 5 months have to say that despite the processing times at VSC I would not want to switch my petition to CSC. While Vermont is approving random petitions out of order for the most part they have been advancing month by month. At CSC the only reason Dec and Jan filers are approved at the rates they are is because Oct and Nov were skipped and were gotten back to later in an attempt to lower the processing average...they got what they wanted because their "posted" time is now the 5 month goal. CSC just a month ago was a mess and the only reason it's been put in motion again is because people voiced their frustration. If us VSC filers want to see quicker movement we need to make ourselves heard. I'll be writing my congressmen and senators this weekend and calling VSC again but we won't be listened to unless we all speak up.

We are only writing what we feel. And u have a point we should all speak up! I wrote to my senator two days ago!

I feel your pain....the waiting is almost intolerable. I keep praying......insha'Allah it will be approved soon for all of us

Inshallah it will be soon ..

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 21:06:00

I'm a July filer. Heard nothing! I'm sure they have lost our file.

Why dont you call them?

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 16:51:00

The wait is so long and can be frustrating. I rec. my NOA1 one day before you so I know how you feel. Stay positive and pray a lot, I do!

Susan

Thankss.. we'll wait together then

I understand everyone who is waiting, and thank God we have this forum to be here and share the happiness and sadness, its way easier when shared Good luck to all of us and our time will come

I hope we all get ours soon to be with our loved ones:)

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 16:13:00

Thanks for your words of encouragement Ali&Amani. It means a lot. This situation CANNOT and will not last forever. We can do this!

Yess we all can & we are always here as a family

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 15:56:00

Thank you Ali + Amani.

Ur welcome

Random 2013 cases? Almost HALF of January are approved. You are not bad mouthing CSC at all, you are being insensitive to the situation we are in and basically saying "Oh, it's not that bad". Well actually, yes, it is. The fact is, January are being approved now and some of February. Me, I am going to have to wait at LEAST another 2 months before I am able to see my fiance again. The point another member made to you in a separate topic - HOW can they NOT be related? They are two different service centers working under the same Government agency. They are not entirely separate entities, they both fall under the jurisdiction of the USCIS. We are not comparing apples and oranges, we are comparing two sides of the same coin. Different heads of a hydra. I work under one company that operates within five Area Service Centers across the country. We operate individually and the same all at once. We also transfer workload between offices and we transfer different branches of operations between offices to try and streamline our processes and to be able to deliver. This has also historically been the case with USCIS. They operate four service centers, and transfer workload between the four if necessary to balance workload and optimize their processing times. There are OBVIOUSLY going to be comparisons between CSC and VSC, as they are currently the two service centers which process I-129F petitions. If one is so obviously outprocessing the other, there are obviously going to be calls for a re-allocation of resources or an adjustment of priorities in VSC. To say that people SHOULDN'T compare is utterly ridiculous and stupid, in my honest opinion.

Also - Vermont has moved onto November while leaving a big portion of October behind, so please don't re-iterate the classically incorrect "Vermont is slow but fair" line. They are just as unfair, just slower.

This is true !

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 13:04:00

Ali&Amani -- It's been 6 months on my end and the last time I checked the website using my receipt number I was still stuck on Initial Review. I miss my fiancé so much. Our next meeting was supposed to be the day of the interview but because this is taking so very long we decided to fly to St. Lucia to spend some time together. This is getting frustrating. I feel like my life is on hold.

Dont give upp we are all in thia togetherr!! Iknow it is depressing but we have to wait because of our loved oness!!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 13:00:00

i wish you hear a good news !!!

Thank youu!! I hope soo

Hello my beautiful baby! <3 I wish they would too. Can't wait to see my baby love again http://static-forums...tyle_emoticons/
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Hope u guys see eachother soon!!

Alzaire is my fiance <3 <3

Don't lose faith. You WILL be together and one day be able to look back at this and laugh. Stay strong!!!

I will! And thank uuu

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 12:56:00

I know how you feel. I am a Nov filer and I cry almost everyday when I see people being approved that have filed after I have. I am happy for them but sad at the same time

Hopeless is a very fitting word so I suppose I feel that too but hopeful too that we will hear something soon. 7 months is fast approaching for me too and it is extremely depressing.

I hope yours will be coming soon!! Contact ur senator !

I contacted my congressman already. Now I think in contacting my senator too. This is just ridiculous while some people have been waiting past 6 months there are others being approved sooner. :/ I am not so happy but I'm trying to stay positive.

That is true!! They are all over the place, they always say they are processing October 1st filers but they are way past that date!! No one knows whats happening and its starting to get really depressing!!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-23 08:51:00

I imagine you mean California Service Center and Vermont Service Center. Either way, in this visa journey one has to have a lot of patience. As the saying goes"Alsabru ta'yab" !

Be positive and your turn will come too. Good luck.

Yes im trying too!! Thankss alot

All over the place...i guess.

They have approved ppl from november, january, etc and there is still a lot of us waiting...it would be 7 months this saturday for me.....i can totally relate to you..i am so hopeless

I hope you get yours soon!!

Im sorry ur depressed . Just stay positive im praying that u'll soon get the great news

Thankk uu !! Hopefulyy...

Just hang in there!! I know the feeling of waiting for something with no definite timeframe!! Very frustrating. But keep the faith and do not lost hope. It will arrive soon. My prayers for you on that!!

Yess its really hard!! & thankss alottt

Hang in there. You'll soon get approved.

I hope soo!! Im praying for everyone...

Same here!!!! What is going on??? It's past 6 months for us.

Try contacting your senator or congressman!!

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-22 22:54:00

This is depressing me when I see january and february filers getting approved at csc and vsc is all over!

praying...

Ali&Amani

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Lebanon

2013-05-22 22:18:00

Anyone know the date CSC is currently processing for k1?

I would suggest you click on immagration timelines then on Igor's list, Seems to be an accurate reflection of who is being approved and when. Doesn't look to encouraging for CSC filers! :angry:

Jeffrey S

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2013-02-02 23:44:00

CSC is processing Oct 5th now!

I think if you check igors list it seems to much more accurately reflect what is going on regarding CSC aprrovals. Almost nothing!! looks like they approved one VJ member this week where VSC approved over 15 looks like they are almost at a standstill.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-02-02 23:35:00

CSC has recently implemented new procedures for K1

Pretty much sums it up!! It would be different if they would provide a little communication to let us know what the hold up is and if they have a solution, but they can't even manage to update their site. What great customer service! They would never survive in the private sector!

Jeffrey S

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2013-03-18 21:10:00

USCIS California Service Center Has Reopened

They don't anticipate any delays due to closure??? Like everything is smooth sailing and right on time at CSC!!!!! :rofl:

Jeffrey S

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2013-03-27 10:23:00

contacted Mr. Neufeld, director of CSC

It might be beneficial if someone representing all the members of visa journey wrote him a well thought out letter to inquire about the slow down and to inquire as to when it will be back to normal processing times, I would think someone representing several hundred people may get his attention.

Edited by Jeffrey S, 31 March 2013 - 12:42 PM.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-03-31 12:41:00

another topic about CSC....

Great idea Jeffery S.. And the email of the USCIS director were all flooding is ....donald.w.neufeld@uscis.dhs.gov

Has anyone ever gotten a response from this guy??

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-02 23:58:00

another topic about CSC....

You are absolutely right it is rediculous that this is the way the government chooses to treat its citizens and customers I might add, but it is not in the least surprising. Hopefully eveyone invoved in this process will remember this when it comes time to vote, just remember which party is pro big governmet and vote as far opposite as possible. If these service centers were privatized it would be far less expensive and much more productive! Just my thoughts.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-02 19:50:00

Quick Response from Ombudsman (CSC)

Great, I believe they are feeling the pressure. I sent a letter to Congressman Billy Long last week, I was contacted by his office the same day, they said they would look into it and get back with me. Keep writing those letters and making those phone calls!

Edited by Jeffrey S, 02 April 2013 - 08:20 PM.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-02 20:19:00

Senator Letter

I only have one question.... Is your senator a democrat?

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-04 21:04:00

Based on all the information I have ever seen on this site TSC does not process I129F petitions.

I think he is mistakenly assuming that the I129F's went with the DACA petitions to TSC.
Now CSC has approved 9 VJ members in two days eight of which are right around December 1st, this is no coincidence they are up to no good, too many approvals at that target date also they haven't approved that many in two days in recent history.. Something is definitely up! Any ideas what can be done about it if anything?

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-10 13:30:00

July/August/September/October filers have been transferred to the Texas Service Center, that's why you are seeing the jump to November filers, hopefully those filers will start hearing something from Texas soon.

Based on all the information I have ever seen on this site TSC does not process I129F petitions.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-10 13:14:00

CSC approved 4 yesterday which is encouraging but three of the four filers were from December, wow talk about out of order that is extreme!
It is good to see signs of life from CSC though!!

What is CSC doing? seven out of the eight approvals in two days all around December 1st!! I think some of you are correct it is beginning to look like they are trying yo make their average numbers look good. If that is the case it is really low!!

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-10 11:38:00

I got my NOA2 back in March as well, and I filed mine this year in January. Basically 60 days from NOA1. I was so stoke, but my hope is slowing waning since NVC has yet to get my case files after a month. After 7 phone calls to NVC and 1 to USCIS, I was told by USCIS that my files is sitting in a mailroom in San Jose, CA even though the NOA2 clearly read that "We have sent the original visa petition to the Department of Stale National Visa Center (NVC)". The reply I got from USCIS was "yes, we approved your I-130 petition, and we WILL send it to NVC". The all capitalized "WILL" is as written in the reply. No ETA, and I was instructed to wait for NVC to contact me when they receive my file. What a major disappointment! I guess getting the NOA2 didn't really mean you jumped ahead of the line. Your order of processing is determined by the sending out of your files to NVC. There was another post the other day of a similar case on VJ who has been waiting for 45 days with no NVC case #.

Sigh...

Think about this... This agency is run by the same bureaucrats who will soon be running our healthcare system in this country! Things are looking up!

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-09 19:40:00

CSC approved 4 yesterday which is encouraging but three of the four filers were from December, wow talk about out of order that is extreme!
It is good to see signs of life from CSC though!!

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-09 11:23:00

CSC I-129F Processing Delay Calculator...

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to tell your Congressman or Senator exactly how many days you can expect your petition to be delayed according to the USCIS's own published figures on the CSC slowdown? Well, now you can!

In part of my never ending quest to get to analyze the USCIS's published data and interpret it in meaningful ways, I have created a spreadsheet that can calculate one's expected NOA2 date based on seven different hypothetical scenarios. I believe this is a very useful tool for those who are working with congressional offices, as I recommended in my previous post. Though the hypothetical scenarios are somewhat crude, they should give you a sense of why we need to fight to get the CSC back-on-track in terms of processing I-129Fs.

Directions:

1. Download the excel spreadsheet I have prepared here. (Note: this spreadsheet also includes all the data I prepared for my CSC data analysis thread)
2. Make sure it is open to the "projected delays" tab.
3. Enter the date of your NOA1 in the yellow box at the top. (Note: this will only work through NOA1s issued through December, 2012)
4. Look in awe at the potentially catastrophic effects on our petitions if this slowdown continues.

How It Works:

I've left all of my calculations plainly visible for those who are interested. But for those who do not want to reverse engineer it, the spreadsheet works as follows: It simply takes the date you input and assumes that your petition submitted on that date will be completed once all other applications still pending at the time of your submission have been completed. For each of the seven scenarios provided, it then counts down completions per day (using the USCIS's published rates through January, 2013 and then my hypothetical rates thereafter) until the app has been completed and then reports the completion dates to the top grid for your viewing pleasure.

Limitations:

1. This spreadsheet assumes that, on average, petitions will be processed serially in the order they are received. Obviously that assumption still leaves room for error with any individual petition, so the date provided is a rough estimate.
2. For simplicity's sake, this spreadsheet does not distinguish between weekends and weekdays as far as the service center's completions per day is concerned. This shouldn't drastically effect the estimated completion date, but it may slightly (+/- 2-3 days) in certain cases.
3. The estimated completion scenarios are deliberately crude. They start by assuming that the 537 completions per month rate of January 2013 continued through February and March (in truth, I suspect the February and March rates were likely even lower based on Igor's list data, but I'm using only published data for the spreadsheet). They then assume a flat rate (either the median or fast rate) begins at the specified month and continues indefinitely without change. For now, they do not try to capture the undulating nature of the processing rates over time (though I will have an updated version that does so in the near future); rather, they just provide baselines for worst-case, best-case, and middle-ground scenarios.
4. I'm not perfect and there may be errors somewhere in there. I didn't test every date myself. Please report any errors you find.
5. Note that some July filers may see that they should have been processed by now according to the worst-case scenario data. Yes, I know. That's not an error. It just means that February and March completion rates were likely much worse than we know as of yet and that even the worst case scenarios here are optimistic in a sense.

My next project will be to make some graphs that extrapolate these calculations to truly show the devastating effect of the slowdown on the expected completion dates of those who filed in the fall. So if you find any mistakes in this version, please let me know before I build upon it further.

All I can say is that you never cease to amaze me with all your fact and figures! And thank you for sharing!

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-07 16:14:00

CSC file damage is true

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is
not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
5 does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own,
is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
6 does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails;

that is truth

I agree but I love my fiance not the government!!

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-03 17:11:00

CSC file damage is true

Why would visa petitions be kept anywhere that they could be destroyed by water? It makes absolutely no sense to me. There is not one file in my office building that could be destroyed by water from a plumbing issue. Ridiculous.

I suspect from a fire supression system.

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-03 17:08:00

Workload from CSC to TSC

I think this is fantastic news for all of us waiting for CSC, obviously they realized there was a problem and have taken corrective action to get back on track!! Exciting! :thumbs:

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-03-12 18:56:00

I Cannot Believe It!!

I used an infopass to go to my local USCIS office in San Jose a few weeks ago. I waited for about half an hour, and finally had a chance to speak to a lady there. I asked her why CSC is taking so long to process, and I showed her the stats and timeline published from USCIS, but she wouldn't even listen to me. She said that CSC is working on things that are not published on the web. I asked her what they have been working on, and she said she does not know. There is one useful thing that she said that day - she has access to as much information as I do, and she can only do as much as what I can do. That almost made me cry that day. I felt so desperate because I realized that these people from the local offices and tier 1 representatives are basically hired to help those people who don't know how to use the internet. They are completely useless, and they can't help anyone. They operate like machines, and helping people is not part of the program. It is really depressing to think that our life and future are dependent on these people.

I have a name for them, I call them mindless government drones!!!

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-13 22:37:00

I Cannot Believe It!!

This is not in the least bit surprising to me, just another shining example of bloated government agency that should be dismantled and privatized! Anything the government is involved in will be completely incompetent and cost ten times as much! As you point out if they had to compete in the private sector they would be eaten alive!!

Jeffrey S

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Russia

2013-04-13 12:38:00

CSC Moving forward or backward?

Has anyone tried to figure out if CSC is moving forward towards January since they seem to be processing December, or are they going from December backwards towards July?

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-16 09:45:00

2nd Quick Response from Ombudsman

Thank you for sharing the news/email, I tend to believe it is correct, clearly the tide has turned at CSC and they are approving petitions faster than I ever expected and also sooner, now I think they will get focused on July and August where they should be! Let's hope the nightmare is over!!!!

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-16 22:26:00

A quiet Message from USCIS

It's still early on the west coast....and monitoring the WAC numbers, they are still being pumped out today.

I forgot that you had devised a way to monitor that. Awesome!! Thanks.

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-18 15:25:00

Wow this is crazy!! What happened overnight? Approvals like crazy, does anyone know the exact number so far for Friday?
It's a great problem to have when the 15 spaces provided on Igor's list isn't enough!!! I love it!

Edited by Jeffrey S, 20 April 2013 - 10:28 AM.

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-20 10:22:00

Yes, in the past there have been so few approvals that it was hard to say with any accuracy whether or not they were working on Fridays but I suspect you are correct,it seems clear now that something is going on with Fridays. Let's hope they are all over it Monday!!

However someone posted that there were 43 RFE's today, that has me confused!

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-19 23:41:00

There were also VERY few (if any) last Friday (4/12), or any Friday in recent memory. I kinda suspect they are either furloughed on Fridays (a lot of California state offices are closed on Fridays now, due to to budget issues -- admittedly this should be a Federal office so I'm not sure?) or simply assigned to deal with other casework on Fridays. I'm not panicking because I think it's relatively normal. But I sure will be watching to make sure the pace keeps up next week!

Yes, in the past there have been so few approvals that it was hard to say with any accuracy whether or not they were working on Fridays but I suspect you are correct,it seems clear now that something is going on with Fridays. Let's hope they are all over it Monday!!

Jeffrey S

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2013-04-19 23:14:00