Wow! Processing time in SF is ridiculously long!

[Imasuen Osazee]

Some field offices are already either limiting or eliminating Infopass appointments altogether. I think that will eventually help decrease processing times. I have read of people making Infopass appointments to change their address. *Go figure*.

Hey, USCFF, I sent you a message

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Hey, USCFF, I sent you a message

Didn't get it.

[keldreams]

Looks like about a year and a half wait...

Wow... with those timelines you linked below it looks like I and anyone else who filed in June/July 2018 won’t be getting our interviews scheduled until November/December 2019... geez. I guess the EAD/AP card renewal will be mandatory... bummer. I have an out of country trip planned for October 2019... fingers crossed they move a lot faster than this timeline...

The San Francisco Field Office was one of many field offices to experience a system glitch that affected the order in which USCIS scheduled interviews earlier this year.

The system stopped scheduling interviews for family based AOS cases filed in 2017; and instead, it started scheduling cases filed in 2018. Furthermore, it scheduled interviews for these family-based AOS interviews as employment-based interviews.

Folks were getting green cards within 90 days. This went on for a good 6 months. It really threw off the processing times for all the offices affected.

As you might imagine, those field offices are now catching up with cases filed in 2017.

So there you have it. The USCIS Circus - in a nutshell.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Wow... with those timelines you linked below it looks like I and anyone else who filed in June/July 2018 won’t be getting our interviews scheduled until November/December 2019... geez. I guess the EAD/AP card renewal will be mandatory... bummer. I have an out of country trip planned for October 2019... fingers crossed they move a lot faster than this timeline...

Well, on the upside, it looks like they are actually interviewing people in order of priority date. You should see my table for the Minneapolis Field Office. You tell me if it is not ridiculous that they have been interviewing PD 07-2017 since 06-2018. It looks like they randomly grabbing cases from the queue. Look at the October interviews. Seriously.... It was a range of PD 06-2017 through 12-2017. A joke.

Interview ----Priority date
**** **** **** **** **** *
06-06-18 ----07-24-17
06-28-18 ----04-17-17
**** **** **** **** ***
07-10-18 ----05-05-17
07-25-18 ----06-26-17
**** **** **** **** ***
08-01-18 ----09-27-17
08-06-18 ----05-10-17
08-08-18 ----05-22-17
08-14-18 ----05-09-17
08-23-18 ----08-04-17
**** **** **** **** ***
09-06-18 ----05-17-17
**** **** **** **** ***
10-01-18 ----06-07-17
10-01-18 ----10-01-17
10-03-18 ----06-16-17
10-09-18 ----09-18-17
10-23-18 ----12-13-17
10-25-18 ----07-11-17
10-25-18 ----07-12-17
**** **** **** **** ***
11-05-18 ----10-04-17
11-05-18 ----10-06-17
11-19-18 ----07-22-17
**** **** **** **** ***
12-13-18 ----07-17-17
12-20-18 ----07-18-17
**** **** **** **** *
01-09-19 ----09-15-17
01-30-19 ----10-18-17
01-31-19 ----10-17-17

[BluePanther]

Well, on the upside, it looks like they are actually interviewing people in order of priority date. You should see my table for the Minneapolis Field Office.

Where do you find these dates per FO? Is that published somewhere?

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Where do you find these dates per FO? Is that published somewhere?

LOL, these dates are not published anywhere. I have a profile on v1$a journey. We have a Minneapolis Filers AOS Page. So anytime anyone says they got scheduled, I just enter it on an excel sheet. I do have a profile on the other site that thou shall not speaketh T*R*@*C*K*1*T*T but I am rarely ever on there, because not that many family based folks post on that site.

I used to sort it by PD at first, but just a few days ago, I sorted it by Interview Date. That is when I realized what A CIRCUS it is. It is random. They have no way of keeping track of who is next in line. There are many posts confirming that it's random on T*R*@*C*K*1*T*T.

They will never admit to it, though. ANYWAY...

[nycfiler3]

LOL, these dates are not published anywhere. I have a profile on v1$a journey. We have a Minneapolis Filers AOS Page. So anytime anyone says they got scheduled, I just enter it on an excel sheet. I do have a profile on the other site that thou shall not speaketh T*R*@*C*K*1*T*T but I am rarely ever on there, because not that many family based folks post on that site.

I used to sort it by PD at first, but just a few days ago, I sorted it by Interview Date. That is when I realized what A CIRCUS it is. It is random. They have no way of keeping track of who is next in line. There are many posts confirming that it's random on T*R*@*C*K*1*T*T.

They will never admit to it, though. ANYWAY...

Wow seriously? It's pretty bad. OR...is it really random? Maybe they do prioritize some people based on specifics they like more but that they can't officially talk about? Like, I don't know, people that have a better education or from an ally country or with no dependents, etc. could that be it?

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Wow seriously? It's pretty bad. OR...is it really random? Maybe they do prioritize some people based on specifics they like more but that they can't officially talk about? Like, I don't know, people that have a better education or from an ally country or with no dependents, etc. could that be it?

No, that's not it. I am doctorally trained and my husband is an engineer. That's not it.
Not having dependents? I don't think that's it either, because officers earn easy productivity points for approving an AOS petition that involves children. Their background checks are really straightforward.

I do keep track of the Visa types. It seems like the Minneapolis Field Office prioritizes K-1s. That makes sense because USCIS used to waive those interviews for most applicants who filed for AOS before 04-17-17.
Other than that, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to how they select cases for interview.

[nycfiler3]

No, that's not it. I am doctorally trained and my husband is an engineer. That's not it.
Not having dependents? I don't think that's it either, because officers earn easy productivity points for approving an AOS petition that involves children. Their background checks are really straightforward.

I do keep track of the Visa types. It seems like the Minneapolis Field Office prioritizes K-1s. That makes sense because USCIS used to waive those interviews for most applicants who filed for AOS before 04-17-17.
Other than that, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to how they select cases for interview.

Wow. It's scary.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Wow. It's scary.

In other news, I read of someone with the Memphis, TN field office who filed on 11-06-18, who just got scheduled for interview. Date is 01-23-19. His attorney told him that the Field Office cleared all their backlog. (May or may not be accurate BUT the office is certainly moving fast).

[BluePanther]

They will never admit to it, though. ANYWAY...

I see... well in this case your dedication to the process and sharing information with other filers is even more impressive.
I was able to get to the T...I... site and create an account there at first, but for some reason the website does not any longer seem to load for me.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

I see... well in this case your dedication to the process and sharing information with other filers is even more impressive.
I was able to get to the T...I... site and create an account there at first, but for some reason the website does not any longer seem to load for me.

I am not necessarily digging for those dates. I jot them down as people shout out the Minneapolis Field Office scheduled their interview.

I would try a different browser. Firefox seems to work best.

[BluePanther]

I would try a different browser. Firefox seems to work best.

LOL you have solutions for everything 😀

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LOL you have solutions for everything 😀

PS Firefox works indeed 😎

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

LOL you have solutions for everything 😀

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PS Firefox works indeed 😎

Haha! Yet, I default to chrome all the time.

[BluePanther]

Haha! Yet, I default to chrome all the time.

I recommend DuckDuckGo if you are tired of all the ads and getting tracked by websites and hackers.
I guess except for T...I...