September Filers!

[Mo_Mati 2]

Hey Guys-

Long time no write! I was out of the country visiting my fiance but am now back to the same old waiting game. Anyways, the weirdest thing happened. After about a week or no internet access I checked my online case status and found that my case had been Touched on the 15th. So that was kinda weird. Not quite sure what that was about. Just thought you all might be interested, especially if anyone else had a similar situation.

Take care and keep up the patience

[mox 298]

Hey Guys-

Long time no write! I was out of the country visiting my fiance but am now back to the same old waiting game. Anyways, the weirdest thing happened. After about a week or no internet access I checked my online case status and found that my case had been Touched on the 15th. So that was kinda weird. Not quite sure what that was about. Just thought you all might be interested, especially if anyone else had a similar situation.

Take care and keep up the patience

Welcome back Mo! I had a similar situation. Touched November 16th. I suspect our files were checked out to put under the break room table so it wouldn't wobble.

[GeoStefan 0]

Hi everyone. I still didn't receive my NOA1 but I found out that they cashed my check on September 24 and my application got there September 18. Is it a good sign that the check has been cashed? maybe my NOA1 got lost or something i'm thinking...

If they cashed your check, then you have NOA1. Do you have the cashed check in hand, or can you see it online at your bank? There is a receipt number on the back that you can track your petition status with.

I sent money order not a check from my bank .... Can I track my petition status with the money order number?

[mox 298]

Hi everyone. I still didn't receive my NOA1 but I found out that they cashed my check on September 24 and my application got there September 18. Is it a good sign that the check has been cashed? maybe my NOA1 got lost or something i'm thinking...

If they cashed your check, then you have NOA1. Do you have the cashed check in hand, or can you see it online at your bank? There is a receipt number on the back that you can track your petition status with.

I sent money order not a check from my bank .... Can I track my petition status with the money order number?

How did you find out they cashed your check and received your petition if you didn't receive NOA1?

If you have your case number, then you can track it online.

[GeoStefan 0]

Hi everyone. I still didn't receive my NOA1 but I found out that they cashed my check on September 24 and my application got there September 18. Is it a good sign that the check has been cashed? maybe my NOA1 got lost or something i'm thinking...

If they cashed your check, then you have NOA1. Do you have the cashed check in hand, or can you see it online at your bank? There is a receipt number on the back that you can track your petition status with.

I sent money order not a check from my bank .... Can I track my petition status with the money order number?

How did you find out they cashed your check and received your petition if you didn't receive NOA1?

If you have your case number, then you can track it online.

well I sent a money order check and I have a receit from it... I called western union a few days ago and asked if the check was cashed and they said "yes, on September 24.." thats how I know they cashed my check... but I never received my NOA1... I guess it got lost in the mail ( it happend to me before)..

[mox 298]

well I sent a money order check and I have a receit from it... I called western union a few days ago and asked if the check was cashed and they said "yes, on September 24.." thats how I know they cashed my check... but I never received my NOA1... I guess it got lost in the mail ( it happend to me before)..

If Western Union can provide a copy of the canceled money order, there will be a receipt number printed on the back. It'll start with "WAC" followed by 10 digits. That is your receipt number.

If you don't have access to the canceled money order, then you will need to call USCIS. They may tell you that you have to wait 90 days from when you filed before they will "investigate" your case. Unfortunately you're not alone in not receiving your hard copy NOA1. It seems to be more common than should be normal.

Edited November 28, 2007 by mox

[mox 298]

Here's a little morale booster for September filers: Looks like another August filer was approved. I think the current lot of September approvals was an anomaly. Seeing that they're starting to seep into August is pretty encouraging though.

[Bobalouie 0]

Here's a little morale booster for September filers: Looks like another August filer was approved. I think the current lot of September approvals was an anomaly. Seeing that they're starting to seep into August is pretty encouraging though.

I hear ya mox, I just hope VSC will start the seepage soon as well. But it is good news that they are picking up the pace after the backlog.

[markjo 0]

Good stuff to see some progress being made.

Just thought I would jump in on this thread - we filed around teh 20th September and our NOA! notice date is September 26.

Here's hoping things keep moving along at a decent pace.

[mox 298]

Good stuff to see some progress being made.

Just thought I would jump in on this thread - we filed around teh 20th September and our NOA! notice date is September 26.

Here's hoping things keep moving along at a decent pace.

Hi markjo, and welcome to the thread! Yeah, things are really picking up. My timeline says to expect Feb 19, but I'm starting to be optimistic for mid to late January. Call me a dreamer.

[nica19 0]

had some time to kill this afternoon and started looking at the number of I-129f's filed as recorded here on VJ. It looks like things began to pick up around March of this year and peaked in July, obviously, but if you look at Sept through now and assume that VJ is a good representation of the total number of applications that USCIS gets we are at about half of the average of before the onslaught. Call me optimistic but with the additional folks hired on at USCIS and the drop in applications right after the fee hike hopefully in the end we wont really see any increase in overall processing time. well thats just me being optimistic.

[mox 298]

We just need to get those dang July filers out of the way. Shoo! Git on outa here! :)

I do think VJ is a pretty representative sample of the overall USCIS filers. If it weren't, we'd see wide swings in the data and processing times. We don't see that, so I think it's a good indication that we're a good sample size.

The fact that USCIS are starting to really bust out the July filers gives me a lot of hope that things will really start picking up soon. If current trends hold, they should cut through the August filers like butter.

[TheATeam 0]

Yeah! Did you see all those recent July filers? AWESOME! I'm SUPER excited. I realized this morning that according to the timeline we only have three months left to wait until approval, that made me excited too!

[kennyandhandan 2]

We have been trying to wait patiently just like lots of folks here. Best of luck to everybody.

[mox 298]

Yeah! Did you see all those recent July filers? AWESOME! I'm SUPER excited. I realized this morning that according to the timeline we only have three months left to wait until approval, that made me excited too!

I know I'm setting myself up for a big disappointment, but with the major influx of approvals lately I'm starting to even think that mid to late January is feasible.