Touched?

[CassandraHaydar 0]

What does it mean to be touched on the timeline?

[BigCityDave 0]

What does it mean to be touched on the timeline?

That just means that they are doing something to your petition but that something is unknown.

Don't take them seriously.

[CassandraHaydar 0]

What does it mean to be touched on the timeline?

That just means that they are doing something to your petition but that something is unknown.

Don't take them seriously.

How do you know when you have been touched?

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

My official "cut & paste" answer regarding "touching"...

"Touching" is meaningless and no big deal. Some petitions get 'touched" and others never do. It only indicates someone had your petition in their hands and scanned it into on the database. Other than proving your petition is not in the trash, it is nothing to get excited over. What truly counts are NOAs (yeah!) and RFEs (Boo!)

[CassandraHaydar 0]

My official "cut & paste" answer regarding "touching"...

"Touching" is meaningless and no big deal. Some petitions get 'touched" and others never do. It only indicates someone had your petition in their hands and scanned it into on the database. Other than proving your petition is not in the trash, it is nothing to get excited over. What truly counts are NOAs (yeah!) and RFEs (Boo!)

How do you know when you have been touched?

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

Hi,

You will know when you get a "touched" when the date changes in "the last update".. For you to be able to see this, sign up to www.uscis.gov.

here's the sample of it:

Number of cases in portfolio: 2

To sort cases, click a blue column header below

Select Receipt Number E-mail Last Updated

(mm/dd/yyyy) Form # Form Title

WAC0807---- Y 3/19/2008 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

How do you know when you have been touched?

[CassandraHaydar 0]

Hi,

You will know when you get a "touched" when the date changes in "the last update".. For you to be able to see this, sign up to www.uscis.gov.

here's the sample of it:

Number of cases in portfolio: 2

To sort cases, click a blue column header below

Select Receipt Number E-mail Last Updated

(mm/dd/yyyy) Form # Form Title

WAC0807---- Y 3/19/2008 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

How do you know when you have been touched?

This is what I see. Is this what you mean? Where does it say touched? This is what it says on USCIS and it has never changed.

Receipt Number: WAC~~~~~

Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Case received and pending.

[CassandraHaydar 0]

Oh wow, I see, thanks!

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

That's nice you figured it out already.. anyway, you wont see any word "touched" there, the "last update" in VJ terms , its called "touched" when date changes "last updated"

Oh wow, I see, thanks!

[Eric-Pris 1,606]

This info was in the sticky on top:

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What is a touch?

As JEDI's defined it (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20192):

Any time your application is handled by someone at a Service Centre, the barcode is scanned, which results in an update to the "last date" for your case on the USCIS website. When the date changes, this mean that someone has physically handled or "touched" your case. There are many reasons your application may be "touched" - from simply being moved from one desk to another, to RFE's, to being approved.

There are 2 kinds of touches. There are the ones that show some kind of update, there are the ones that don't bring a new message. By logging into the account, take a look at the date that shows next to your case number. If it's changed, you've been touched.

By clicking on the case number, you get to check whether it was an update touch or not. The ones that don't show updates are connected with some kind of work done with regard to your case - it merely shows that they've taken a look at it somehow.

What? Case number? Account? Hang on, let me explain it.

How do I get to check it out?

First thing is, get your receipt number (or case number). You can find it online on the back of the check you used to pay for the filing of the application when it's been cashed. If you can't do that, wait for the NOA1 in the mail. It'll be there.

There are 3 ways to check for updates.

1. By searching online: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp - you'll just need the receipt number.

2. By logging into your account. To register on the USCIS site: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/selectusertype.jsp

3. By e-mail (once you have registered and clicked on the "E-mail on" button.

Options 1 and 3 are good if you only wish to check for status update. Option number 2 shows the mysterious touches (somebody worked on your case but we can't be sure what has been done).

Option 2 in detail:

Log into your account: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/login.jsp

It'll show a table:

Receipt Number | E-mail | Last Updated | (mm/dd/yyyy) | Form # |Form Title

Take a look at the date in the "last updated" box. Then go to "Receipt Number" and check the message. Is it different from the last update you got?

Yes: Great! You got an update that changes the status of your case.

No: Aw. They have just worked on your case...

Please note that the date on the update notices don't change. For example, if you got a message saying your petition was approved on JUNE 20, 2006, that date will never change. The ones that might change are the ones you get to see at the chart when you log into the account.

Do I really need to check the mysterious touches?

Not at all. Only obsessive people like me, for example, will do it. I find it comforting to know that someone's been working on my case

Also, you only get to check the status before your petition is fowarded to the NVC...

I hope I covered it all.

Edited April 16, 2008 by kid brooklyn

[Stephen n Stacie 0]

The whole touching thing just confuses us.......

Our I129F hasn't been touched since the 27th December (Probably got knocked under a scanner at a drunken Xmas party), although we already received our NOA2 approval.........

Stranger still one of my old accounts.."On June 20, 2005, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I131 APPLICATION FOR USCIS TRAVEL DOCUMENT. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service" was touched on the 22nd Decmeber 2007

It must have been one hell of a Party.......Or are they watchng me? LOL