Receipts Update 12/21/07..WOW...

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ProudPal

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As of December 21, 2007, USCIS has completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center
Form Number Date Received

I-130* 8/30/2007

All Other Forms Current

*All I-130s received after the indicated date have been forwarded to USCIS Chicago Lockbox for data entry.



Nebraska Service Center
Form Number Date Received

All Forms Current



Texas Service Center
Form Number Date Received

N-400 9/29/2007
All Other Forms Current



Vermont Service Center
Form Number Date Received

I-130* 7/29/2007
N-400 11/28/2007
All Other Forms Current

*All I-130s received after the indicated date have been forwarded to USCIS Chicago Lockbox for data entry.



Chicago Lockbox
Form Number Date Received

I-130 8/20/2007

All Other Forms Current



Los Angeles Lockbox
Form Number Date Received

All Forms Current

 
Texas moved like 2 months from last week..wow wow wow..
And Vermont is like 3 weeks from being current...
 
Make sure to cross middle finger over the pointing finger otherwise it deosn't work. Sorry I am bored to death.
Proudpal, you are fired. I thought you are taking about your LUD updated today as I was only reading the subject of this thread
 
Nop. I thought you are talking about your reciept. I am generaly alergic to see if you are jumping ahead of me.
 
Vorpal said:
Wow, looks like the Turtle Service Center (TSC) got a nitro boost!
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Either that, or the states covered by TCS has PRs that can't afford the new pay increase. I know $675 isn't chump change. Less applications all around = faster receipting.
 
Proudpal,

Where did you get this info from ?

I'm unable to connect to the processing times link on the uscis website.
 
LolaLi said:
Either that, or the states covered by TCS has PRs that can't afford the new pay increase. I know $675 isn't chump change. Less applications all around = faster receipting.
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Oh, I think that applies to all service centers across the board. All the people who didn't want to pay the $675 already beat the rush. I keep hearing that the number of applications received after the fee hike was about half the normal number.
 
Vorpal said:
Oh, I think that applies to all service centers across the board. All the people who didn't want to pay the $675 already beat the rush. I keep hearing that the number of applications received after the fee hike was about half the normal number.
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Is it wishful thinking then to hope that the numbers "even out" at the end of the day? If applications after Aug 2007 are half the numbers, then in the end the total of pending applications should be about the same. However, because it was July, we were at the end of CIS's fiscal year. I know they keep throwing the numbers at us, but I realized that they are only comparing month-to-month particularly from summer 2006 to summer 2007. I think if we look at the big picture and focus from one fiscal year to another, the difference might not be that much.

I also believe USCIS was too quick to issue the 16-18 month processing time without giving this some thought or analysis. Looking at how things have picked up after a 4-5 month delay is encouraging. Perhaps they should have stated that N-400 applicants - although their priority date will be upheld - should start "counting" the time line from when they get a NOA. So for us Vorpal we would say 7 months from December 2007. I don't know...maybe I am being too logical.
 
Lolai is right. Lets hope for good.
Tomorrow is Monday and post offices are open:P Let me see who is the winner?

For tomorrow...
 
LolaLi said:
Is it wishful thinking then to hope that the numbers "even out" at the end of the day? If applications after Aug 2007 are half the numbers, then in the end the total of pending applications should be about the same. However, because it was July, we were at the end of CIS's fiscal year. I know they keep throwing the numbers at us, but I realized that they are only comparing month-to-month particularly from summer 2006 to summer 2007. I think if we look at the big picture and focus from one fiscal year to another, the difference might not be that much.

I also believe USCIS was too quick to issue the 16-18 month processing time without giving this some thought or analysis. Looking at how things have picked up after a 4-5 month delay is encouraging. Perhaps they should have stated that N-400 applicants - although their priority date will be upheld - should start "counting" the time line from when they get a NOA. So for us Vorpal we would say 7 months from December 2007. I don't know...maybe I am being too logical.
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I wouldn't mind at all if we had to count our timeline from the date we received our NOAs. That would still put me on the path to citizenship prior to my wedding next September!

I completely agree with the rashness of the USCIS's decision to issue the 16-18 month timeline. How exactly would they know so quickly how long it would take to complete our applications? Someone mentioned a while ago that they could have thrown out a random timeframe to avoid lawsuits, which is definitely a possibility.
 
I've been trying to get my head around the issue LoLaLi mentions.

If we count processing time from our NOA date instead of PD, then we still have to add quite a bit to what was the average processing time before the influx in July.
How much extra time will vary with each district office.

The staff will still be dealing with a much bigger workload for at least the first half of the year. But the "bulge" is now spread out across many district offices - who are probably not staffed to deal with such an increase (unless things change and they are given more $$$$$ in their budget).

I think the average 7 month wait, as it was before the influx, might remain much the same for some lucky offices, but it might extend to a year and beyond for others.

It's uncharted territory from here on. Which is frustrating - but then, when has USCIS ever been anything else?
 
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