PEACHSTER

Vermont has always been faster from what I have seen. I just wish Nebraska would be the same.

Greg Johnson

Thanks Matthew - that cleared up a number of things.

I did not realize that 129's were also used for workers - but there it is there now
on their report (at: http://www.shusterman.com/nsc.html) . Non-immigrant workers.
Which of course makes one wonder where the 129F's are since they are not 'workers' or
H1-B and it is kind of a semi-immigrant (since the end-result would be the
immirgration of the fiancee via AOS....).

Oh well thanks for your information

-- Greg

"MDUdall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > >I think I heard someplace that the date posted on this is for all I-129
but
    > >the I-129Fs are handled differently and have a different timeframe
(anyone
    > >feel free to correct me if I am wrong).
    >
    > Greg, you probably read that in one of my prior postings. Here is a
reposting
    > of a report I published on the group on 02/15/01 concerning this matter.
    >
    > -//-
    >
    > >If I remember correctly, you wrote once that they don't distinguish between
    > >I-129's and I-129F's in part because they claim that they take about the
    > >same amount
of
    > >time. Am I right in that, and is that still the case?
    >
    > No Rob, that is not what I reported.
    >
    > I'll repost this information again, word for word, as it appears in an
AILA-NSC
    > teleconference report dated 09/13/2000.
    >
    > It was asked, "Is it possible for your processing time report to be any
more
    > specific on I-129's? For example, the processing time of an L-1 petition
is
    > considerably different than that for an H-1B. Is there any way to further
break
    > this down so that our client's expectations will be more realistic?"
    >
    > Answer: "The NSC is adjudicating all non-immigrant I-129 cases within 30
to 45
    > days, so the NSC does not see any value in breaking out timeframes for different
    > classifications for which an I-129 would be filed. The NSC will
break
    > out I-129f (fiancée) petition adjudication times".
    >
    > MDUdall again: Notice in their answer where they discuss "classifications
for
    > which an I-129 would be filed, they say I-129, NOT I-129f'. Even though
they
    > said they would start listing separate processing times for I-129f's, they
do
    > not yet appear on the NSC processing time reports. So if I am correctly
    > understanding their answer above, there IS NO listing for I-129f's on the
NSC
    > reports (not yet).
    >
    > Maybe it's time for me to write a letter to the Director urging him to
break
    > out processing times for I-129f's. I'll give this a shot, and see if I get
any
    > results.
    >
    > Best Regards, Matthew Udall Attorney http://members.aol.com/MDUdall/fiancee.htm
    > Copyright 2001 Matthew Udall
    >
    > -//-
    >
    > OK, me again. I wrote the director of the NSC for a few months, each time
a new
    > report came out, reminding them of what they said in the liaison report
and
    > asking them to please start listing separate information for I-129f. My
letters
    > never yielded results, so I eventually gave up.
    >
    > In another posting in this thread, I see someone talking about Cap and Ext I-129's.
    > I don't see those listed separately on the on the NSC reports
anymore,
    > but the Cap refers to H-1B cases that are subject to the numerical cap
each
    > year, while the Ext cases refer to H-1B extension cases.
    >
    > Regards, Matthew Udall Attorney

ruby

Has anyone heard of NSC being shutdown for 3 weeks to update system??? Therefore creating longer wait times? We filed our petition May 6th, going into the 8th week now of waiting.

PEACHSTER

I heard that too about it being shut down for 3 weeks cause of that new background check thing they started. The only thing I had heard was that they started that background check in April which would add around 30 days to your petition being processed but didnt hear anything on them shutting down. I think if that would have been the case, it would have been posted here or on Doc Steen's BB. I think someone was misinformed.