how can you tell if it's been "touched"?

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all jokes aside about how that topic title sounded, i have kind of a dumb basic question. how can you tell if your case has been touched? i just signed up for an online account with USCIS so now i can log on and see a table with my case number in it, rather than just the general screen with "we've received your petition and it's pending" type of thing. now i can see a field that says "last updated" with a date. does that mean it was last touched on that day? or would it specifically say, "touched"? *scratching head*

also, now that i've signed up for email updates, will they tell me when it's just touched or will i only be notified for big exciting events?

Thanks all!

[YuAndDan 153]

This is asked so often that the answer is pined at the top of the K-1 forum.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=300

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all jokes aside about how that topic title sounded, i have kind of a dumb basic question. how can you tell if your case has been touched? i just signed up for an online account with USCIS so now i can log on and see a table with my case number in it, rather than just the general screen with "we've received your petition and it's pending" type of thing. now i can see a field that says "last updated" with a date. does that mean it was last touched on that day? or would it specifically say, "touched"? *scratching head*

also, now that i've signed up for email updates, will they tell me when it's just touched or will i only be notified for big exciting events?

Thanks all!

Anytime your last updated date changes it means your case was scanned or handled somehow. Might mean something might not but at least it moved. ) It doesn't say touched, that is a VJ term people use for a change in the last updated date. If the date changes even though it still says case pending. Your case has been touched. Its that simple. Yes you will receive an email saying your case has been updated. Don't go blind like the rest of us watching a date that doesn't move. Just wait for the emails. Ciao!

Edited April 17, 2008 by djaedi

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This is asked so often that the answer is pined at the top of the K-1 forum.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=300

alright, my bad...i knew i had read something about this somewhere but wasn't sure how to find it again.

SORRY! my apologies to anyone who felt exasperated and inconvenienced by being rudely and thoughtlessly subjected to a thread that had already been answered somewhere else.

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Anytime your last updated date changes it means your case was scanned or handled somehow. Might mean something might not but at least it moved. ) It doesn't say touched, that is a VJ term people use for a change in the last updated date. If the date changes even though it still says case pending. Your case has been touched. Its that simple. Yes you will receive an email saying your case has been updated. Don't go blind like the rest of us watching a date that doesn't move. Just wait for the emails. Ciao!

djaedi, thank you!! your answer also cleared up the point about the emails, which wasn't clear (at least to me) from the pinned thread. oh, and sad to say i'm already joining the ranks of the blind and obsessed. see you at the support group!