Still the 18th

Well the USCIS California processing center seems to have taken the better part of a month off. At least as far as processing k1 visa requests. The second update in Janurary is out and as of the 24th they are still on the 18th of october. This Means we are 1 month in since our paper work was receieved... and no closer to having it looked at. Welcome to the world of Government paper work I suppose. Did I mention this was very frustrating ?

Lets look at the other centers. Texas (supposedly the service center for my state) dosn't have a 129f processing date at all now. Nebraska is up to November 29th... I almost wish I hadn't looked at that one. Vermont, I take it back... I really didn't want to look at Vermont. They are on December 10th. Here is hoping they just forgot to update the California number... if anyone is still supposed to be going through Texas I hope they just left it off by accident.

Some might find it interesting to read this months USCIS newsletter. They proudly... PROUDLY present a case that slipped through the cracks and that got just barely processing in time for a couples wedding. I find it very disturbing that they present this as a stellar example of the USCIS 'getting the job done'. Yes we dropped the ball.. had to have someone that worked in a differnt part of the organization make us aware of it. Oh yeah now thats what I call a real triumph. Then they hosed the completion and got someone stuck at the border waiting on paperwork they thought had been completed and finally get the couple together in the amazingly short period of time of 5 months.

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