July 2009 Filers

[Malarie 0]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

[M and F 3]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

[Jewel-8 21]

Thanks for the words of support. Talked to our attorney and he said the same thing, that ap could mean that they are just getting our paperwork together to send off. Which is probably the case. His response was,"Eh, dont worry about it, you have me and I sue them atleast 100 times a year." Thats the main reason I hired him, he was referred to me from a friend of mine that use to work for immigration. So he is well known over there and they dont like to mess with him to much from what she told me, lol.

#()^*!!! We are in AP too. If it's not taken care of in the next week I'll be asking for that attorney's number. I am so upset right now.

[M and F 3]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

....and i should add... And hopefully some day in the near future!!! before i'm old and grey i'll get my stupid noa2!

[Resha 1]

Well called NVC friday and they told me they hadnt received it yet... So today I call again and they say they received it late friday afternoon and sent it today to Morocco.. So the usual time to get there is 2-3 days! I am so happy its moving along! I hope everyone elses getting going and we are all with our loves soon!!! MUCH LOVE FOR EVERYONE!!

[Malarie 0]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

....and i should add... And hopefully some day in the near future!!! before i'm old and grey i'll get my stupid noa2!

I have a feeling you are going to recieve your NOA2 in the mail without any touches on the online system .... That's my feeling!!!

I hope you get it soon!!! This waiting really bites!!

[M and F 3]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

....and i should add... And hopefully some day in the near future!!! before i'm old and grey i'll get my stupid noa2!

I have a feeling you are going to recieve your NOA2 in the mail without any touches on the online system .... That's my feeling!!!

I hope you get it soon!!! This waiting really bites!!

I hope soooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Malarie 0]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

....and i should add... And hopefully some day in the near future!!! before i'm old and grey i'll get my stupid noa2!

I have a feeling you are going to recieve your NOA2 in the mail without any touches on the online system .... That's my feeling!!!

I hope you get it soon!!! This waiting really bites!!

I hope soooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM DYING HERE CSC..................................... I WONDER IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A STUDY PERFORMED TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN THE VISA PROCESS END UP HAVING TO SEEK PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE (... just a little joke not meant to offend anyone!!!)

[GuardianOne 0]

Still waiting for our NOA2. I hope we can get it before Friday, since her birthday is this weekend. Bets birthday present ever.

[Malarie 0]

Still waiting for our NOA2. I hope we can get it before Friday, since her birthday is this weekend. Bets birthday present ever.

Crossing fingers for you guys!!!

[M and F 3]

I got a touch today ................ COME ON ALREADY --- THIS IS THE 3RD ...... GIVE THE APPROVAL BEFORE I PASS OUT!!!!!!

Malarie

Hopefully tonight you will get your NOA2!!!!!!!!!

....and i should add... And hopefully some day in the near future!!! before i'm old and grey i'll get my stupid noa2!

I have a feeling you are going to recieve your NOA2 in the mail without any touches on the online system .... That's my feeling!!!

I hope you get it soon!!! This waiting really bites!!

I hope soooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM DYING HERE CSC..................................... I WONDER IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A STUDY PERFORMED TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN THE VISA PROCESS END UP HAVING TO SEEK PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE (... just a little joke not meant to offend anyone!!!)

That's funny!!!! Because through this process I have been come the following:

1. Really intolerable to my family and significant other;

2. I don't know what patience means anymore;

3. I am constantly living in the future - in a state of dreaming - which pretty much is not conducive to getting stuff done in the now;

3. I have become extremely neurotic;

4. I sleep with my Blackberry in hopes that maybe USCIS will text me in the middle of night (and hopefully not a mean text);

5. I'm very anxious;

6. I drive people I don't even know crazy (Please see all prior posts);

7. And I have developed OCD patterns (specifically to vj and uscis and checking the phone a gazillion amount of times a day);

8. And I have major mood swings (one minute optimistic and one minute down right feelings of depression)

That's only a quick and brief list!

[Jewel-8 21]

IM DYING HERE CSC..................................... I WONDER IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A STUDY PERFORMED TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN THE VISA PROCESS END UP HAVING TO SEEK PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE (... just a little joke not meant to offend anyone!!!)

I'm ready for some psychological help. Marie??? Thanks!!!

Still waiting for our NOA2. I hope we can get it before Friday, since her birthday is this weekend. Bets birthday present ever.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!!

[Kurt y Dora 1]

I know it seems interminable, but all July filers who have NOT received their NOA2 are still in the USCIS's timeframe for NOA2. I know that is easy to say, since I got mine in 66 days, but I prepared myself from the beginning to not see NOA2 for 4-5 months and I was VERY pleasantly surprised to receive it earlier. Why do some get their NOA2 earlier (or later) than others? My immigration attorney, who has handled over 8000 applications had this to say:

" Another thing - even though the USCIS says that it processes all cases in order of their arrival at the Service Center, we know from long experience that this is not true. Once petitions are logged into the Service Center’s computer system, they are moved to storage rooms while they await transfer to an examiner’s desk. The petitions are sometimes pulled from the room out of sequence (simply due to poor quality controls). At other times, cases wait on an examiner’s desk while the examiner is on vacation. We created Transparent Office to address this problem. It lets you look at trends so you can get a better sense of where your case fits in within the big picture. Your case may still be pending after a case from our office was approved even though it arrived in the USCIS after yours (‘why did someone’s case get approved before mine even though mine was submitted earlier?” is the question we sometimes hear), or our case may be approved before another case in our office that arrived in the USCIS earlier than yours did (the lucky client never complains ). If your case is seriously off the trends (more than two weeks), give us a ring (we are watching these type cases anyway). If not, don’t be concerned that there is anything wrong with your case. You may just have gotten a little bit of bad luck. Divergences between the fastest times and the slowest times are rarely more than three weeks.We will advise you immediately as soon as we receive your approval notice. You will also receive a copy of the Approval Notice (Form I-797C). Please send us an email letting us know when you receive it."

But good luck anyway to everyone.

[M and F 3]

I know it seems interminable, but all July filers who have NOT received their NOA2 are still in the USCIS's timeframe for NOA2. I know that is easy to say, since I got mine in 66 days, but I prepared myself from the beginning to not see NOA2 for 4-5 months and I was VERY pleasantly surprised to receive it earlier. Why do some get their NOA2 earlier (or later) than others? My immigration attorney, who has handled over 8000 applications had this to say:

" Another thing - even though the USCIS says that it processes all cases in order of their arrival at the Service Center, we know from long experience that this is not true. Once petitions are logged into the Service Center’s computer system, they are moved to storage rooms while they await transfer to an examiner’s desk. The petitions are sometimes pulled from the room out of sequence (simply due to poor quality controls). At other times, cases wait on an examiner’s desk while the examiner is on vacation. We created Transparent Office to address this problem. It lets you look at trends so you can get a better sense of where your case fits in within the big picture. Your case may still be pending after a case from our office was approved even though it arrived in the USCIS after yours (‘why did someone’s case get approved before mine even though mine was submitted earlier?” is the question we sometimes hear), or our case may be approved before another case in our office that arrived in the USCIS earlier than yours did (the lucky client never complains ). If your case is seriously off the trends (more than two weeks), give us a ring (we are watching these type cases anyway). If not, don’t be concerned that there is anything wrong with your case. You may just have gotten a little bit of bad luck. Divergences between the fastest times and the slowest times are rarely more than three weeks.We will advise you immediately as soon as we receive your approval notice. You will also receive a copy of the Approval Notice (Form I-797C). Please send us an email letting us know when you receive it."

But good luck anyway to everyone.

Yes - USCIS website states 5 months - but that is probably just to give them room to take extra time. When most are approved in less than anticipated time and yours isn't it is a hard pill to swallow. On top of that, when stats for your beneficiary's country are not great it is also another hard pill to swallow. But thank you for your post! It helps me put things in perspective. I always thought, CSC employees spent their day at the beach It wouldn't be a bad place to spend looking through fiance apps and reading the love stories all day long!!

On another note, I wouldn't mind going to my local office and helping them organize the files in some kind of chronological order! lol.

[Kurt y Dora 1]

Another Bit of info on what happens in the "black hole" of the Service Centers. this information is from my Attorney's website where they track their clients.

"This feature of our proprietary program is the least understood by clients before filing their K-1, and the most appreciated after filing. It is completely unique among immigration law firms. To understand the feature, a little background is in order. When the USCIS receives an application, the basic data is entered into a computer, a receipt number and notice to the attorney is sent, and then the case is placed in a waiting room with hundreds or even thousands of other similar petitions waiting to be moved to an examiners desk (the examiner needs only about 10 minutes to review the case). Waiting times change over time because backlogs occur and also because K-1 examiners periodically get pulled off K-1 cases for "special projects". The USCIS does, however, periodically state the date of the most recently reviewed case. It's available on their web site. The problem with this published date arises from the fact that the USCIS pulls cases from the waiting rooms in a more or less random manner, which can make the I-129F "current date" misleading by weeks or worse. Your case may have been submitted on April 1, but the USCIS happened to pull a case that arrived in the room much sooner or later than your case. So, trends must be monitored. We do this by showing our clients all our clients' wait times (anonymously, of course) so that you can watch these very important trends and obtain far better information for predicting when your individual petition should be approved. Our clients love it! "

Case ID Submitted Approved Wait Days

11277180 02/27/09 08/04/09 158

11276414 03/06/09 08/17/09 164

11277972 03/06/09 08/16/09 163

11288616 03/06/09 08/17/09 164

11289383 03/09/09 08/23/09 167

11288440 03/18/09 08/12/09 147

1128891 03/24/09 08/19/09 148

11286493 03/26/09 08/28/09 155

11289576 04/03/09 08/14/09 133

11292798 04/07/09 08/26/09 141

11293824 04/10/09 08/20/09 132

11289953 04/14/09 09/11/09 150

11291935 04/15/09 08/21/09 128

11289903 04/17/09 08/31/09 136

11290433 05/05/09 09/11/09 129

11292964 05/05/09 09/22/09 140

11287693 05/05/09 09/16/09 134

11274162 05/14/09 09/09/09 118

11292838 05/14/09 09/08/09 117

11293662 05/14/09 09/11/09 120

11294141 05/29/09 09/08/09 102

1128865 05/29/09 09/17/09 111

11294410 05/29/09 09/15/09 109

11294220 06/15/09 09/22/09 99

11290361 06/16/09 09/24/09 100

11291136 06/19/09 09/17/09 90

11290256 06/20/09 08/27/09 68

11288853 07/06/09 09/21/09 77

11298171 07/21/09 09/28/09 69

11230596 07/30/09 09/30/09 62

11273701 07/30/09 09/28/09 60

11297526 08/10/09 09/29/09 50

11288727 08/24/09 09/25/09 32

Average: 117.36

While the long term average is 117 days, NOTE the recent history is trending to be MUCH faster!!