Erwin Lubin

NOA 1 Oct 22.......

Mavengirl73

be prepared to wait.....i am day 83 for my k-1 at TSC. emailed my congressman
friday and his constituent called me yesterday (monday) and said she emailed
her liason at TSC. Hope your wait is shorter than mine has been
shannon

Jana

NOA 1 - October 9

Scout

NOA 1 - Oct 10, 2002

Jomo

[email protected] (Mavengirl73) wrote in message news:...
    > be prepared to wait.....i am day 83 for my k-1 at TSC. emailed my congressman
    > friday and his constituent called me yesterday (monday) and said she emailed
    > her liason at TSC. Hope your wait is shorter than mine has been
    > shannon


TSC is very frustrating. Every time I call their automated system, I
get the same message. Tired of it now. First NOA 10/16, and still
waiting for 2nd NOA.

Jomo

mavengirl

TSC is very frustrating. Every time I call their automated system, I
get the same message. Tired of it now. First NOA 10/16, and still
waiting for 2nd NOA.

Jomo

you don't have to call that horrid number to check your status..... go here next time.. do it online and save on your phone bill and your sanity.
https://egov.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/...s/caseStat.jsp

shannonF

Jomo

mavengirl wrote in message news:...
    > TSC is very frustrating. Every time I call their automated system, I
    > get the same message. Tired of it now. First NOA 10/16, and still
    > waiting for 2nd NOA.
    >
    > Jomo
    >
    > you don't have to call that horrid number to check your status.....
    > go here next time.. do it online and save on your phone bill and
    > your sanity.
    > https://egov.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/...s/caseStat.jsp
    >
    > shannonF

I wouldn't have known this site helpful site had it not been for your
help. Thanks a million!!

Jomo

bobzy

Seems like it has been pretty well established from posts on this forum that the online status numbers are worthless. It appears that the only value of this is to see if a case is finished.

Udall just posted a recently updated list of processing times that is probably more useful:

http://members.aol.com/MDUdall/sctimes.htm

It shows that TSC is now processing 129Fs with a receipt date of 11 OCT. Just two weeks ago, TSC was showing a date of 12 SEP, so it would seem like there is some sudden activity there. From what I can gather in looking at other posts here, I am getting the idea that once the petition gets on someone's desk, it takes another month to make it through to completion. Given this expectation, my receipt date of 13 NOV probably means that the petition will probably actually start to be processed in mid-January 03, and the petition will probably be approved somewhere around mid-February 03 IF something doesn't change at TSC. (Actually, I expect an RFE a little sooner -- but at least I can predict when I will get it and just add another four weeks to the estimate.)

Nebraska is listed as just now processing petitions with a receipt date of 15 JUL -- so I feel lucky to be going through TSC. According to Udall, the numbers are reports from the service centers themselves, so are probably reasonable numbers.

bobzy

Here is an interesting experiment. I suspect that a "day 83" petition would be processed about three weeks before a "day 60" petition without any interference by a congressperson -- note that these those who posted receipt dates above should now be "in process". I suspect that calling a congressperson would make absolutely no difference at this point (with a file that has now started the process), and I think I recall Folksomethinginla making a suggestion that it could actually slow down a case since a file loses momentem by being pulled out of the system to see what it is. (Apologies if I have a faulty recollection.)

This is a point that Udall has tried to make many times -- that people claim that a congress person made things go faster when in fact, the petition was *already* in process anyhow, as would be a petition with a receipt date before mid-October at TSC. His logic makes sense to me -- and now we can compare notes to see what happens.

Troy

To everyone with NOA1 dates up to 11 Oct 02, please post your NOA2 as
soon as you receive notice so we know that the TSC is actually moving.
They jumped their processing dates by a whole month, but nobody is
getting approved. I have a feeling they simply moved them from the
mailroom to some desk where no one sits.....

mavengirl

Troy, my first NOA was dated sept24 and i still havent heard anything from TSC (i'm on day 84) thats precisely why i got congress involved. i will post as soon as i know anything. as for people saying that calling congress slows things down ???????? if they were going any slower than they are they would be going back in time at TSC.
shannon

Archie Wilson

bobzy wrote in message news:...
    > Originally posted by Mavengirl73
    > > be prepared to wait.....i am day 83 for my k-1 at TSC. emailed my
    > > congressman
    > > friday and his constituent called me yesterday (monday) and said
    > > she emailed
    > > her liason at TSC. Hope your wait is shorter than mine has been
    > > shannon
    >
    > Here is an interesting experiment. I suspect that a "day 83" petition
    > would be processed about three weeks before a "day 60" petition without
    > any interference by a congressperson -- note that these those who posted
    > receipt dates above should now be "in process". I suspect that calling
    > a congressperson would make absolutely no difference at this point (with
    > a file that has now started the process), and I think I recall
    > Folksomethinginla making a suggestion that it could actually slow down a
    > case since a file loses momentem by being pulled out of the system to
    > see what it is. (Apologies if I have a faulty recollection.)
    >
    > This is a point that Udall has tried to make many times -- that people
    > claim that a congress person made things go faster when in fact, the
    > petition was *already* in process anyhow, as would be a petition with a
    > receipt date before mid-October at TSC. His logic makes sense to me --
    > and now we can compare notes to see what happens.

Bobzy,
You and I have the same TSC timeline. Please e mail me privately.
Archie

bobzy

Archie: I'm doing the forum via the web. Can do private message if you register; I can't tell your email address otherwise.

Troy

Sadly, it appears that the TSC is not moving. Since no approvals were
issued last week, after they had moved up a month. I guess I will go
back to my corner....

Allen

Allen & Yuliya NOA 1 was 30-Sept-02.....85 days and still waiting.