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Was your application "touched" right before it was approved?

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simple_male Experienced

simple_male   1

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Just wondering, because mine arrived at VSC on 03/01/06, was touched on 03/04/06 (3 days later) and has not been touched since. That is why I wonder if it has been misplaced or lost.

A "touch" simply means someone at the USCIS looked at your case on that day. There are some whose cases were approved even without touches whereas some do experiences some touches before the approval. I don't think, your case is lost or misplaced. I hope you get the approval soon.

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I-130 Timeline with USCIS:

It took 92 days for I-130 to get approved from the filing date

NVC Process of I-130:

It took 78 days to complete the NVC process

Interview Process at The U.S. Embassy

Interview took 223 days from the I-130 filing date. Immigrant Visa was issued right after the interview

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Cygnet   0

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Our case never had a "touch". Hope you get an approval soon, newhampshire! :)

CR-1

09/16/2005 Mailed I-130 (CSC)

09/21/2005 NOA 1

02/07/2006 NOA 2 (Day 143)

02/25/2006 Petitioner receives AOS Bill in U.S. (Day 161)

02/27/2006 AOS Bill (regular USPS) and DS-3032 (Canada Post regular) are mailed out

03/21/2006 Petitioner receives I-864 package (Day 185)

03/22/2006 Beneficiary receives IV Bill and sends payment - regular mail (Day 186)

03/24/2006 Petitioner sends back I-864 (Day 188)

04/13/2006 Beneficiary receives DS-230 (Day 208)

05/10/2006 Beneficiary sends back DS-230 and docs to NVC via Fedex (Day 235)

05/19/2006 NVC issues RFE on Question # 20 on the DS-230. (Day 244)

05/29/2006 Beneficiary receives RFE and sends it off (Day 254)

06/02/2006 NVC receives RFE (Day 258)

06/16/2006 Case Complete! (Day 272)

07/07/2006 Case forwarded to Consulate in Montreal (Day 293)

08/11/2006 INTERVIEW! VISA APPROVED!

08/14/2006 Picked up visa and crossed the border.

08/25/2006 SS card arrives in the mail

09/07/2006 GC arrives in the mail.

K-3

02/01/2006 Mailed I-129F

02/07/2006 NOA1

04/14/2006 I-129F is approved!

04/24/2006 NVC forwards the application to the consulate in Montreal

05/01/2006 Packet 3 is received from consulate & is sent of 3 days later

07/07/2006 Medical

08/08/2006 INTERVIEW- cancelled bec. of CR-1

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Isabel   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Germany
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Just wondering, because mine arrived at VSC on 03/01/06, was touched on 03/04/06 (3 days later) and has not been touched since. That is why I wonder if it has been misplaced or lost.

I didnt have a touch before the approval.

I. :thumbs:

OUR TIMELINE

01/20/06...married

02/28/06...NOA1....I-130 VSC

May 2006..Medical in Frankfurt

06/14/06...I-130 approved via email [day 111]

06/19/06...NOA2....I-130 received via mail

07/10/06...talked to embassy to expedite the process

07/12/06...NVC stated case completed and sent to FRANKFURT[day 147]

07/17/06...received packet 3 from embassy

07/29/06...received packet 4

08/15/06...INTERVIEW at 7:30am- APPROVED

08/21/06...VISA received

08/23/06...Flight to US

08/23/06...I am back home

09/20/06...received greencard in mail

09/27/06...received SSC in Mail

09/23/07...our daughter was born :)

30/05/07...filed for Removal of Conditions

07/05/08...received NOA for I-751

01/07/08...college here I come :)

waiting for biometrics and Approval.....

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Yodrak   7

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newhampshire,

It's waiting its turn. And its turn is a ways off. Look at the VSC processing dates on the USCIS web site.

Yodrak

Just wondering, because mine arrived at VSC on 03/01/06, was touched on 03/04/06 (3 days later) and has not been touched since. That is why I wonder if it has been misplaced or lost.
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girl 37   7

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Mine wasn't touched right before approval. :no:

fortune: Go here and create an account. Then you can check your case online and register for email updates. (Not that you'll get any except for important things like approval of your petition, or maybe a request for additional info.) You'll know you've been "touched" when the date changes in the "Last Updated" column.

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Mine wasn't touched right before approval. :no:

fortune: Go here and create an account. Then you can check your case online and register for email updates. (Not that you'll get any except for important things like approval of your petition, or maybe a request for additional info.) You'll know you've been "touched" when the date changes in the "Last Updated" column.

Our case was touched a few weeks after it was submitted, then was not touched again.. It was just approved a few months later

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married to a montrealer   0

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Our touch turned out to mean they had mailed my husband's welcome letter! They touched it on the 22nd and then on the 24th, they told us they had mailed it on the 22nd...

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newhampshire   0

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So do touches mean anything at all? If one application can be approved with NO touches and another has lots of touches but is not approved? It seems that it's about half and half, half the people here getting touched right before their approval, and half not getting touched at all. Is the service center supposed to document each time they handle/update your case? If not, why the "update" column on the e-mail status? It seems that nothing is done with any regularity, rhyme, or reason. Sorry to sound like a party pooper, but I am so frustrated by the lack of ....

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Yodrak   7

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newhampshire,

'Touches' are the invention of the VJ community, they mean that the online status has been updated. Nothing more because, as you've noted, something of no consequence may generate an update while something of major consequence may not generate an update.

Yodrak

So do touches mean anything at all? ....
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