485 Approval Logic

[longGC]

Does anyone know the funda behind 485 approval in TSC?

As far as I knew, they had strategy for last one year that, ask for FP only when the file is about to be approved. Based on that,lately I saw many approvals from 30 to 90 days after FP. (This is not a general rule but an observed pattern which could be wrong).

Then I came to know that scheduling FP is automatic and through computer. So the above logic can not be applied.

But when the person in TSC opens the file (to put the FP results) finds that this case has been pending for a long time and with good FP results why not to approve the same. ( Generally, it takes 30 to 40 days to open a file once the letter is sent , e.g. response of RFE, FP results).

So the questions are,

1. What is that TSC is looking for when they approve?

2. What is more needed in terms security clearance if FP is good?

3. If they can open a file ( after FP ) for approving second or third EAD and AP, why don't they simply approve 485?

(there is no order of approvals. Many approvals had difference in RD and ND of as much as a year)

So guys please explain to me,

What are they looking for? Or are we here to get 4th and 5th EAD and AP?

I am already into third year and applied for renewal again as TSC is taking 6 months to process APs.

Please tell us some feedback, observations, known facts, if any.

 

[arcdocs]

Well, I don't quite agree with the relationship between FP and 485 approval. My wife and I had our FP done and approved as long ago as December 2002. We were even told that our files had been assigned to an officer on 20th December 2002 and then re-assigned to another officer on 28th March 2003. However, there has been no approval yet. We are already on our 3rd EAD and 2nd AP. Frankly, there seems to be no pattern at TSC. Almost anyone can get approved at any time irrespective of whether the person filed in 2001, 2002 or even 2003.
We complain about inefficiency in our native countries but here is a prime example of inefficiency in the so called most advanced country in the world!!

 

[vili]

No micro pattern but macro one is still possible.

I am also trying to understand the processing pattern.

We may think that there is no processing pattern, but in fact that means there is no micro pattern. It is understandable in any stochastic process.

I do believe that there are some macro patterns we can figure out if we study the statistics and time distributions of those.
First of all, a file can be assigned to an officer, but it can take forever to approved. It does not mean that after the assignment the officer will work only on that file. It means only that it join some queues to this officer. He may look at it a find something missing and put aside and work on other files and the later coming files can come and sit on top of the old file .... So we can say only that if the file has been assigned it will have a better chance to be approved than the file which has not been touched.
Actually, which file turns out to be approved earlier we cannot say for sure.

To the question: why they don't approve the file when they open it for EAD and AP? I think, different officer processes EAD, AP and I-485. The hard copies of applications are definitely different. They refer to I-485 when processing EAD and AP only via database. Namely, there are different queues. Otherwise, EAD and AP cannot be processed faster than I-485.

 

[GC012002]

I guess the basic fundamental issue is there is NO clear direction to the officers on how to process I-485. The priorities keep changing, the policy keeps changing, many bulls**t memos are being distributed everyday. There's no point in trying to find out what the pattern is - because there is no pattern at all!