Immigration backlogs makes news headlines

3.5m apps?

3.5m apps in two months is a huge number. This will really hit us hard. But the Green card Priority dates for India and China are heavily backlogged again will be even more retrogressed this winter, so the processing there will be very limited. It is possible that once all receipts and FPs are issued then N-400 processing could come back to normal because the cases will be distributed to local service centers.
 
Vik Pal said:
3.5m apps in two months is a huge number. This will really hit us hard. But the Green card Priority dates for India and China are heavily backlogged again will be even more retrogressed this winter, so the processing there will be very limited. It is possible that once all receipts and FPs are issued then N-400 processing could come back to normal because the cases will be distributed to local service centers.
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My stance on this is that, they should naver have raised the fees now. How is this helping to speed up the proccess? They should have addressed fee raising once they had cleared up that namecheck backlog that has been on going for so long. Then they should have raised the fees once they have a working procedure in place for processing applications quickly.
 
frustrated_alot said:
My stance on this is that, they should naver have raised the fees now. How is this helping to speed up the proccess? They should have addressed fee raising once they had cleared up that namecheck backlog that has been on going for so long. Then they should have raised the fees once they have a working procedure in place for processing applications quickly.
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The whole name check procedure scares me to no end, and I'm not even that far into the process yet. Are there any statistical figures that illustrate the likelyhood of an applicant being stuck in name check? I heard that the more common one's name is, the higher the likelyhood of it being stuck in name check. I have a fairly uncommon Russian name, but the media has sensationalized the Russian mob to such an extent, that it's creating irrational fear of Russians. I hope that my nationality won't trigger additional rounds of checks.
 
I think they must have anticipated some major rise in volume due to fee hike but they were heavily slammed due to the July Visa Bulletin fiasco which totally shook everybody up. On top of it the fiasco happened at the same time as the fee hike. That was extremely poor timing. USCIS should try to hire more people or bring back some retired folks as contractors just as they did for passport processing.
 
Vorpal said:
The whole name check procedure scares me to no end, and I'm not even that far into the process yet. Are there any statistical figures that illustrate the likelyhood of an applicant being stuck in name check? I heard that the more common one's name is, the higher the likelyhood of it being stuck in name check. I have a fairly uncommon Russian name, but the media has sensationalized the Russian mob to such an extent, that it's creating irrational fear of Russians. I hope that my nationality won't trigger additional rounds of checks.
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No One really knows for sure, what goes on with the whole name check thing. People were thinking that it's men that get stuck but i was stuck for 2 and a half years and i am a female. I don't understand it and USCIS will not explain it very well. They just think we don't need to know cause it would jeapordize national security. in the mean time, a person that requires additional checks is left to do whatever they want, now doesn't that jeapordize international security?:eek::mad:
 
frustrated_alot said:
in the mean time, a person that requires additional checks is left to do whatever they want, now doesn't that jeapordize international security?:eek::mad:
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My thoughts exactly. If a person's name scored a hit in the FBI database, wouldn't it be much more prudent to expedite whatever name checks are necessary, in order to make sure that this person doesn't present a threat? But noooooo, that would just make way too much sense! :rolleyes:
 
Vorpal said:
My thoughts exactly. If a person's name scored a hit in the FBI database, wouldn't it be much more prudent to expedite whatever name checks are necessary, in order to make sure that this person doesn't present a threat? But noooooo, that would just make way too much sense! :rolleyes:
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Anything that makes sense to USCIS does not work. They don't get paid to think. Just sit pretty.
 
Thanks for the link Bobsmyth. I hadn't seen that article.

As you say, I doubt it will make any difference to the situation, but it's good that it's getting publicity.

I'd have to disagree with the part that says N400s got priority - they didn't. Only after all the I485s had been dealt with - which cost us about 2 months!

It'll be interesting to see how many of us (if any) get through in time for the Nov. 2008 election. I can't decide whether this was planned or not - it's one of those things you could look at both ways. It's tempting to form a conspiracy, but on the whole, and considering previous history of immigration procedures, I think incompetence and bad organisation is the more likely scenario.
 
frustrated_alot said:
Anything that makes sense to USCIS does not work. They don't get paid to think. Just sit pretty.
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Vik Pal,

Listen to what she says above. That seems to sum it up.

The interesting thing though is when I-485 (Green Card) process got stuck big time in June-July-Aug 2007, the flower campaign and intense media and writing to the USCIS (intense, intense) worked! They accepted all the I-485 reversing their decisions.

Will that work for Citizenship?
 
"Gonzalez ordered his staff to give priority to naturalizations, but some applicants will miss voting in primaries, which begin in January.

"I really want to target the elections," Gonzalez said. "I really want to get as many people out there to vote as possible."

I thought according to the USCIS website, priority WAS/IS for green card processing..
 
ProudPal said:
"Gonzalez ordered his staff to give priority to naturalizations, but some applicants will miss voting in primaries, which begin in January.

"I really want to target the elections," Gonzalez said. "I really want to get as many people out there to vote as possible."

I thought according to the USCIS website, priority WAS/IS for green card processing..
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It wouldn't be the first time that USCIS contradicts itself. ;)
 
CrossHairs said:
Vik Pal,

Listen to what she says above. That seems to sum it up.

The interesting thing though is when I-485 (Green Card) process got stuck big time in June-July-Aug 2007, the flower campaign and intense media and writing to the USCIS (intense, intense) worked! They accepted all the I-485 reversing their decisions.

Will that work for Citizenship?
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Oh I totally agree with the fact that USICS is the worst govt dept of all but I'm trying to figure out whether USCIS can really do anything if the FBI doesn't clear the namecheck on time. Wouldn't they just sleep over the case and let FBI take it's own sweet time? In that scenario shouldn't the pressure fall more over FBI to expedite?
 
USCIS is at fault because:
(1) they can choose to use other services instead of FBI to perform background checks. Which they actually do, since they use the IBIS and IDENT checks in addition to FBI (but those other checks only take minutes to days). If they need to do three checks, they should replace FBI checks with something more efficient.
(2) they can pressure the FBI more to complete the checks faster, but they don't. Notice how quickly the checks are completed when senators/congressmen/first lady gets involved.
 
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