in November 2008 and December 2008 USCIS was slower then February 2008, possibly slowing downs oath scheduling
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using this US CIS official stats on N400 from Nov 2006 to last one:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=2c039c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Columns:
1) number of pending N400 applications (difference between months)
2) increase or decrease % compared to the same month in previous year,
3) Initial Receipt (IR), Approval\Oath (AO) Denial (D), =
total speed per month (approved+ denied)
2006
493,354 in Nov 2006, -8%, IR 64,665, AO 46,896, D 7608
512,186 in Dec 2006(+ 18 832), -1% IR 65,782, AO 45,945, D 5,719
2007
556,584 in Jan 2007 (+44 398), +8%, IR 95,622, AO 46,965, D 7,302
580,999 in Feb 2007 (+24 415), +15% , IR 80,105, AO 48,904 , D 7,050
645,965 in Mar 2007 (+64 966), +32% IR 118,656, AO 55,081, D 7,490
692,504 in Apr 2007 (+46 539), +43% IR 110,020, AO 59,731, D 7,385 =
67 116 average speed
743,079 in May 2007 (+50 575), +49% IR 115,175, AO 57,323, D 7,636
811,810 in Jun 2007 (+68 731), +67% IR 135,326, AO 59,406, D 7,579
877,039 in Jul 2007 (+65 229), +80% IR 129,699 (July), AO 57,223, D 7,228 =
64451 avg. speed
872,796 in Aug 2007 (-4 243), +82% IR 75,121 (
July), AO 61,863, D 8,460 =
70323 avg. speed
877,758 in Sep 2007 (+4 962), +85% IR 80,389 (
July), AO 72,143, D 8,851 =
90994 high speed (creating front backlog)
926,864 in Oct 2007 (+49 106), +92% IR 89,798 (
July), AO 48,643, D 7,989 =
56632 - low speed (processing front backlog)
1,090,498 in Nov 2007 (
+163 634), +121% IR 35,819 (-49%) (
July-Nov), AO 61,969, D 6,900 =
68 869 -avg. speed (front back log done)
1,061,189 in Dec 2007(-29 309), +107% IR 33,536 (-45%), AO 62,956 D 5,963 =
68 019 -avg.speed
2008:
1,051,186 in Jan 2008 (-10 003), +89 % IR 51,994 (-46%), AO 54,477 D 8,490 =
63,000 (-5 000) - avg. speed
1,009,297 in Feb 2008 (-41 889), +74 % IR 42,412 (-47%), AO 74,609 D 7,985 =
82 594 (
+20 000)
958,663 in Mar 2008 (-50 634), +48%, IR = 47,835 (-60%), AO 84,947 D 8,636 =
93 583 (
+10 989)
914,156 in Apr 2008 (-44 507) +31%, IR = 44,287 (-61%), AO 80,667 D 10,034 =
90 701 (-2 882). new avg. speed
816,540 in May 2008 (-97 616) +8 %, IR = 49 596 (-60%), AO 95 589 D 10 406 =
105 995 (+15 294) big speed up!
743,259 in June 2008 (-73 281) -12%, IR =45,124 (-70%), AO 102,172 (
+65%!!), D 11,909 =
114 081 (+8 086) speeding up
668,793 in July 2008 (-74 466)
-46%, IR = 50 625 (-89%), AO 113,106 (
+83%!!!), D 13,213 =
126, 319 (+ 12 238) still speeding up
587,315 in August 2008 (-81 478)
-50%, IR = 46 061 (140%), AO 124 911
(+102%), D 14 987 =
139 898 (+13 579) speeding up
480,251 in September 2008 -57%, IR = 44 576 (80%), AO 145,925, D 14 660 =
160 585 (+ 20 687) speeding up + 40% since May 08 and 2,5 times faster then Jan 08 63 K/month. Level of pending applications is
LOWER then Nov 2006 level of 493,354 ,
459,337 in October 2008, - 59%, IR = 74 855 (
+120%), AO 77,253 + D 13,755 , =
91, 008 (twice slower then September), but 30% faster then January 08 and abous same as April 08, well at least they manage to keep it lower then pre-hype level of Nov 2006.
419,148 in November 2008, - 62%, IR 30,864 (back to normal), AO 68,821 (below avg.), D=10,916 =
79, 737 (
slowing down, it's a first time speed dropped below 80K/month since Feb 2008), speed of eliminating pending cases (output/input ratio in order to finally catch up) calculated as difference between pending levels = 40K/month
379,211 in December 2008, - 64%, IR = 22,320 (-33% -
due to Lockbox) AO 64,006 + D 8,807 =
72,813 (
still slowing down, even if input is 1/3 less). Current speed of eliminating pending cases is same as previous month - 40K/ month, at this speed 380K USCIS could theoretically catch up in 9.5 months, catch up meaning to process cases as soon as they come (sounds too good for USCIS).
PS. isn't it ridiculous it still takes them 2 month to publish 1 page of statistics, that in normal computerized organizations is available any second online on demand?