Currently, immigrants get four different processing times reports from the following four different sources of BCIS:
Bi-Weekly Release of Each Service Center Processing Times Reports
I-797 Receipt Notices which they receive after they file a petition or application
On-line Status Check Tracking System of BCIS
800 number National Consumer Service Center
Believe it or not, each of the foregoing sources gives out a different processing times leading petitioners and applicants to the state of extreme confusion and question of credibility of all of these reports. For instance, the bi-weekly reports indicate that EB-485 has not been moving even for a single day for quite a while. However, people know that some people still get approvals of EB-485, even though it happens rarely. Besides, if one calls the 800 number, they give out a different information. The BCIS answer appears to be that the processing times constantly change and the information which people get at a given time could be different from what they see in the printed reports or information.
Now, people know that they should not be stressed out by all these confusing reports since they know by now that more or less none of these sources of information reflects the real picture of processing times at a given time. Until the BCIS fixes this seemingly a simple problem, people should take all of these current reports, either printed or oral, as broad outline of where the Service Centers' processing stand.
Bi-Weekly Release of Each Service Center Processing Times Reports
I-797 Receipt Notices which they receive after they file a petition or application
On-line Status Check Tracking System of BCIS
800 number National Consumer Service Center
Believe it or not, each of the foregoing sources gives out a different processing times leading petitioners and applicants to the state of extreme confusion and question of credibility of all of these reports. For instance, the bi-weekly reports indicate that EB-485 has not been moving even for a single day for quite a while. However, people know that some people still get approvals of EB-485, even though it happens rarely. Besides, if one calls the 800 number, they give out a different information. The BCIS answer appears to be that the processing times constantly change and the information which people get at a given time could be different from what they see in the printed reports or information.
Now, people know that they should not be stressed out by all these confusing reports since they know by now that more or less none of these sources of information reflects the real picture of processing times at a given time. Until the BCIS fixes this seemingly a simple problem, people should take all of these current reports, either printed or oral, as broad outline of where the Service Centers' processing stand.