They will use 6 months worth of data to determine estimated time range it takes to make a decision on the application.

thanks! thought for a moment they wee increasing waiting times

@sofie Morris is that a good thing?

I’m not the only one who is not getting the meaning…

does it mean faster?

IMO it does not affect how fast/slow things get processed. It only changes the way the processing estimate is calculated. Rather than using data from the last month only, it uses six last months’. It may change times being showned, but the real processing pace should not be affected.

it means the processing times should be more accurate - they now use 6 months of data to calculate the estimation (vs 1 month of data)

@john that makes sense

It has nothing to do with actual processing time. This change will update the estimated wait time based on more data. Those numbers are just references for us so people can plan ahead and send applications early/on time. If it took USCIS 30 days to approve the case last month, their website used to say that minimum wait is 30 days. Now, if anytime in the 6 month it took them, let’s say, 15 days to approve the case, the website will say the minimum waiting time is 15 days. Is this good or bad? I don’t know. We won’t see the most recent data but more data paints a more accurate picture

The current processing times they publish are bullshit anyway so who cares

@Rocco Forte.. exactly 💯 🤣

I wonder if they are doing that now because the wait times are getting longer. So the new processing times (based on 6 months of info) will look better (shorter) rather than just showing the average of 1 month’s info.