VSC took 2 years to process just 10 months of Cases

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sen_gc

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Back in Feb 2002, VSC was processing April 1st 2001 cases and now in Jan 2004 they are processing Jan 31st 2002 cases,

i.e. VSC took almost 2 years to process 10 months,

Now the processing time is 24 months at VSC, but before 2 years was just around 10 months.

So after one year from now processing time will certainly increase to 30 months. One or two of Sep 2002 cases might get approved due to expiring FP, but as per scan there are still 30% Dec 2001, 35% Jan 2002, 50% Feb 2002, 65% March 2002 cases .......
 
I see the statistics in more pessimistic way. I consider that the land mark was April 2002 when the approval of Mohammad Atta came.
In April 2002, VSC was processing July cases and in May'2002 it started August cases. So, in the last 1 year 8 months, VSC has completed just 4 months if you consider November 2001 is complete.


-rajum
 
You could also say that in the year 2003 they processed 1-2 months worth of cases. I don't see why 2004 should be
any different, a year from now the processing date will
probably be 3/31/2002.
 
The only thing could speed up the I-485 processing is that another "Mohammad Atta" comes out as an adjustee of I-485 and he had not got caught becuase of USCIS had never even looked at his file, background, fingerprints reports in more than two years.
 
Originally posted by sen_gc
Back in Feb 2002, VSC was processing April 1st 2001 cases and now in Jan 2004 they are processing Jan 31st 2002 cases,

i.e. VSC took almost 2 years to process 10 months,

Now the processing time is 24 months at VSC, but before 2 years was just around 10 months.

So after one year from now processing time will certainly increase to 30 months. One or two of Sep 2002 cases might get approved due to expiring FP, but as per scan there are still 30% Dec 2001, 35% Jan 2002, 50% Feb 2002, 65% March 2002 cases .......
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This is good data. This is what we need for the lawsuit. Please back it up with more detail statistics and references.
 
Another point to note is that the number of cases were the highest in July and August followed by decreasing numbers till December 2001. From January 2002 to July 2002, there are fewer 485 cases.


-rajum
 
Re: Re: VSC took 2 years to process just 10 months of Cases

Originally posted by cinta
This is good data. This is what we need for the lawsuit. Please back it up with more detail statistics and references.
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A piece of cake.. For a single mid-Mar. '02 ND day (02-136 series). Out of the range of 136-50000 .. 136-54000 there were 88 485's. As of this week, only 30 of those have been "touched" (i.e. approved, RFE'd or transferred). 66% of cases have been on hold for nearly 2 years (I assume that most cases were filed in Feb. 02, even though the ND is in March.. It took the legacy INS a month just to acknowledge the receipt of those applications).
 
Does it make any sense with the term "touched"....the final decision matters...whether approved or rejected...

Take my case, I was issued RFE on 9/22/2003 and I replied to that RFE and INS acknowledges that they received on 10/23/2003....
Now, two and half months were over, and when I made a senatorial enquiry, it seems that USCIS replied that everything is OK...including the FP(INS received my FP on 5/22/2003 and so not expired) and simply USCIS don't have resources to process RFE...

So, I felt happy three months back that at least my case has been touched...but only to feel bad that it fell back into the same loop of waiting....


-rajum
 
Rajum

My case is similar to yours. My lawyer said that approval should be within 6 months of response to RFE. I know there are people here waiting but hopefully, if you have already waited 3 months, it should only be another 3 for you to go.

My RFE was rec'd by BCIS on 11/26/03 however my FP were done in August 2002. No 2nd FP notice...yet...
 
My RFE was received exactly six months ago (7/9/2003) and
so far there's no progress ever since except 2nd FP on 9/9
and an incorrect 3rd FP recently. Looks like everything
with these people is totally random
 
GAO report

Guys,
From the litigation thread discussion, there is a new GAO report out...

Wrt the above, the finding is scary: USCIS does not have the ability to correctly track the applications. This will be done by 2006.

It looks like the adjudicators can reach any milk crate they wished and pick an application for processing at any time. This explains all the FP failed business and other activities. Why people whose FP expired do not receive new FP notices? Why people who are approved are receiving third FP notices? Why AP applicants are receiving RFE (admitted mistake!)? Why anyone in the first place should get a second FP notice?
 
While there is a lot of chatter on this board about the imiigration officers being lazy etc. I don't think this is true. They are just busy doing something other than processing Employment based adjustments.

The recent implementation of the fingerprinting system at the border makes it clear that it's possible to improve things pretty quickly, we are just not a priority becuase we are not a threat.

I think BobXu has it right. We are at the back of the line and are forced to apply and reapply for EAD's and AP's because we are *not* criminals and *not* a threat to the country. It's perverse.

I do think that the higher ups at the INS/BCIS are incompetent. Foir example, they could easily identify the ridiculous waste of time that having fingerprints "expire" after 15 months is. This problem could be fixed by simply resending the fingerprints back to the FBI every 15 months rather than retaking them. I don't expect the guy who takes my fingerprints to point this out, it may cost him his job as his workload falls.

I find myself agreeing with George Bush that the US immigration system is not something the country can be proud of. It's a joke. Too bad his promises of reform have turned out to be empty politcal statements designed to win votes rather than a real commitment to solve problems.
 
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