Alien Registration Number Received, But No Update 2 Months Later

[GhaleonEME 1]

Hello All,

My fiance and I applied for a I-129F in early December. I called for a status update last week and learned that my fiance received an alien registration number on December 7th. That's two days after the application was received and about three months before the day that I called for an update.

From posts on this forum, I gather that this is good news; it means that things are moving forward. But I also gather that I could have expected to hear back from the USCIS shortly after the number was assigned.

When I asked about this they told me that the application is still pending; that the California center which is processing my application is backed up and currently processing applications for July of 2012, and that it will likely be a matter of months before I hear anything about the application.

I called a few times. One person expressed that it is unusual that I have not heard back yet, another said that the case is actually still pending and that I was misinformed by their automatic notification service, yet another told me that the case is still pending and that this wait is to be expected because of the back log in the CA office. sigh....

Is it strange that my fiance received an alien registration number three months ago and that we have still not heard anything back about the next step? Is there anything I can be doing at this point to move the process forward?

Thank you for your time. This forum has been an incredible source of useful information and stress relief throughout this whole process.

Chris

Edited March 11, 2013 by GhaleonEME

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Hello All,

My fiance and I applied for a I-129F in early December. I called for a status update last week and learned that my fiance received an alien registration number on December 7th. That's two days after the application was received and about three months before the day that I called for an update.

From posts on this forum, I gather that this is good news; it means that things are moving forward. But I also gather that I could have expected to hear back from the USCIS shortly after the number was assigned.

When I asked about this they told me that the application is still pending; that the California center which is processing my application is backed up and currently processing applications for July of 2012, and that it will likely be a matter of months before I hear anything about the application.

I called a few times. One person expressed that it is unusual that I have not heard back yet, another said that the case is actually still pending and that I was misinformed by their automatic notification service, yet another told me that the case is still pending and that this wait is to be expected because of the back log in the CA office. sigh....

Is it strange that my fiance received an alien registration number three months ago and that we have still not heard anything back about the next step? Is there anything I can be doing at this point to move the process forward?

Thank you for your time. This forum has been an incredible source of useful information and stress relief throughout this whole process.

Chris

All I-129F applications receive this Alien Registration number shortly after applying. This is not a sign of anything other than the fact that they have received your application and put it in the queue. As far as when you might see some action, CSC is all but dead lately. There has been some movement, but they still have work to do in July although a few from August have gone through. You are looking at a very real possibility of anywhere from 2-5 more months depending on when California decides to start actively processing these types of applications again.

I'd like to add, that it sounds like you talked to standard operators, who are basically there to quote to you from a list of possible generic answers. Sorry there isn't better news for you. I'm a February filer, so I'm anxious to see movement there as well

Edited March 11, 2013 by UK-USA-K1

[GhaleonEME 1]

Thank you for the information.

Another quick question: is it strange that my application is being processed in California and not Ohio (where I live)?

[Ryan H 3,812]

Another quick question: is it strange that my application is being processed in California and not Ohio (where I live)?

First let's get the semantics out of the way, you did not "apply for an I-129F" and an I-129F is not an application form; the I-129F form is a petition form that is filed by a US Citizen.

Having your petition processed at the service center in California is routine. Local USCIS offices do not adjudicate I-129F petitions.

[GhaleonEME 1]

Understood. Thank you both.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Hello All,

My fiance and I applied for a I-129F in early December. I called for a status update last week and learned that my fiance received an alien registration number on December 7th. That's two days after the application was received and about three months before the day that I called for an update.

From posts on this forum, I gather that this is good news; it means that things are moving forward. But I also gather that I could have expected to hear back from the USCIS shortly after the number was assigned.

When I asked about this they told me that the application is still pending; that the California center which is processing my application is backed up and currently processing applications for July of 2012, and that it will likely be a matter of months before I hear anything about the application.

I called a few times. One person expressed that it is unusual that I have not heard back yet, another said that the case is actually still pending and that I was misinformed by their automatic notification service, yet another told me that the case is still pending and that this wait is to be expected because of the back log in the CA office. sigh....

Is it strange that my fiance received an alien registration number three months ago and that we have still not heard anything back about the next step? Is there anything I can be doing at this point to move the process forward? Be patient and wait.

Thank you for your time. This forum has been an incredible source of useful information and stress relief throughout this whole process.

Chris

It can drive you crazy if you let it!