November 2009 filers

[thatbritishlass 2]

Question, regarding igor's list...

People with NOA1 date's AFTER ours (i.e. Miss jess!) are ahead of us, how does that work?

*shakes fist at jess!!!!!*

lol...I'm a bit confused by that list though. It scrapes the info from vj so why is it not the same?

If you look at the trends, in Nov 2009 they had their fewest I-129F completions in a month since Dec 2008. Half as much as they had in the previous 3 months.

If you look at the national trend for all documents, they had their fewest completions since Nov 2008. It's like half the workforce disappears in Nov. Slowly recovers in Dec, and then begins to fully recover in January.

you know I'm starting to think there's such a thing as too much information!!! If I was just leaving it in the hands of the gods I think I'd feel less worried...

[Jl_n_JL 0]

It's a manual process.

Your receipt number is not a random number. Here is how to understand it...

The first 3 letters is the location it was received (EAC is Vermont)

The first 2 numbers is the Fiscal Year the document was received. (Oct 1 2009 was the beginning of 10)

The next 3 numbers is the working day within the FY that the document was received on. (Oct 1, 2009 is 001, Nov 10 is 028, Nov 23 is 036)

The last five numbers is the order that the document was received on that day. (50001 is the first document received)

So...

EAC1000150001 is the first document received at VSC in FY10.

EAC1000250001 is the first document received at VSC on the second working day.

EAC1003650001 is the first document received at VSC on Nov 23, 2009

Then to find the first I-129F of the day, you start at 50001 and work your way up until you find an I-129F. You can save that case and track it. It can be a tedious process. That is why I only looked at the first one received each day. I am tracking the first one received on 10/19, 10/23, 10/29, 11/4, and mine(11/10). Not one of them has been touched since about 4 days after their receipt.

This is really smart thank you. Using your method one could find a case which has already reached its 5 month waiting period and one could contact the VSC and ask why things have slowed down so dramatically.

[Chris P. 0]

It's a manual process.

Your receipt number is not a random number. Here is how to understand it...

The first 3 letters is the location it was received (EAC is Vermont)

The first 2 numbers is the Fiscal Year the document was received. (Oct 1 2009 was the beginning of 10)

The next 3 numbers is the working day within the FY that the document was received on. (Oct 1, 2009 is 001, Nov 10 is 028, Nov 23 is 036)

The last five numbers is the order that the document was received on that day. (50001 is the first document received)

So...

EAC1000150001 is the first document received at VSC in FY10.

EAC1000250001 is the first document received at VSC on the second working day.

EAC1003650001 is the first document received at VSC on Nov 23, 2009

Then to find the first I-129F of the day, you start at 50001 and work your way up until you find an I-129F. You can save that case and track it. It can be a tedious process. That is why I only looked at the first one received each day. I am tracking the first one received on 10/19, 10/23, 10/29, 11/4, and mine(11/10). Not one of them has been touched since about 4 days after their receipt.

Thank you... but my apologies for the ignorance... what list are you referring to when you say you are tracking case or receipt numbers... What resources do we have to see the progress on those cases? (aside from the estimated timeline provided by the VJ website and the berkeley data).

[Chris P. 0]

Oooh and I've found some figures for you all...

VSC I-129F PROCESSING FIGURES FOR NOV 2009:

Pending: 7,323

Receipts: 1,835

Completions: 2,155

My point being - they are clearly working on them just maybe not on VJ cases?? Here's hoping....

Where did you find this info? Thanks!

[T and J 2]

Thank you... but my apologies for the ignorance... what list are you referring to when you say you are tracking case or receipt numbers... What resources do we have to see the progress on those cases? (aside from the estimated timeline provided by the VJ website and the berkeley data).

I used USCIS's website to create my own list based on the first I-129F received each day from Oct 19-Nov10. I have it in Excel, and is a very small sample. Only 17 cases. I added every 4th one to my USCIS portfolio, so I can log into my account and track when they have been touched. looking just

[thatbritishlass 2]

Well guys, I've officially worried myself sick!!

Started feeling ill when I was stateside with my boy 10 days ago...and things came to a head last night when I spent 12 hours throwing up :'(

my boy reckons it's stress and is telling me to obsess a little less which is definitely not a bad idea had to cancel my birthday party though which makes me sad

anyway - some october movement yesterday, here's hoping

J (laid on a sofa feeling sorry for herself!)

[that_girl 9]

Oh Jess! You poor dear!

I hope you can reschedule a birthday party that's twice as awesome as the one you would've had... Maybe when you get here we can have a VJ party here in FL... And I hope you feel better soon!

Yeah, that little bit of late October action is certainly encouraging, isn't it? And being from the UK, it sounds like you should have a pretty easy interview. Once you've got that NOA2, there's no stopping you, lady!

[thatbritishlass 2]

Oh Jess! You poor dear!

I hope you can reschedule a birthday party that's twice as awesome as the one you would've had... Maybe when you get here we can have a VJ party here in FL... And I hope you feel better soon!

Yeah, that little bit of late October action is certainly encouraging, isn't it? And being from the UK, it sounds like you should have a pretty easy interview. Once you've got that NOA2, there's no stopping you, lady!

aw bless ya thanks! Feeling a bit better today although eating still def off the agenda

fingers crossed that once the noa2 comes it's all gonna speed up...that's what I'm hoping for and we gave ourselves plenty of time in case we came up against something exactly

like this, so here's hoping!!

[UKGirl123 24]

Ugh every second is dragging and I am trying to keep myself busy with selling all the stuff I am not taking with me but I recently lost my job and getting motivation in the morning is hard. I miss him so much and with the uncertainty of when we will be togegther next the waiting is hard.

Any suggestions on how to pass the time quickly?

I'm just a little down about it all at the moment espesh as it seems that now none of my family will be attending our wedding

Hurry up VSC!!!

[thatbritishlass 2]

Well you can tell us about the dress for a start!!

[UKGirl123 24]

I would but my fiance and I both use this account. All I can say is that it is white, princess style and gorgeous, just how I imagined I wanted it when I was looking though the magazines. Now I am just trying to tone my arms up so I don't look like a ten ton tessa in it!

I always hate coming back home after visiting him as it all seems like a huge dream. I look at the pictures of my time there and the dress and it seems so sureal. He has never been over here so I can't think to myself "oh she was sitting on my sofa last week" like he can!

[Archeon 0]

I would but my fiance and I both use this account. All I can say is that it is white, princess style and gorgeous, just how I imagined I wanted it when I was looking though the magazines. Now I am just trying to tone my arms up so I don't look like a ten ton tessa in it!

I always hate coming back home after visiting him as it all seems like a huge dream. I look at the pictures of my time there and the dress and it seems so sureal. He has never been over here so I can't think to myself "oh she was sitting on my sofa last week" like he can!

I wouldn't worry, as a december filer you will get processed before all the november ones anyway, new rule at vermont! (damn ferrets did it again!)

Arch

[UKGirl123 24]

You see I conside myself a November filler as we submitted our papers in November they just took AGES to send out the NOA1!

Edited January 25, 2010 by AngelBlu

[Archeon 0]

You see I conside myself a November filler as we submitted our papers in November they just took AGES to send out the NOA1!

Looking at your dates, that is a VERY slow processing time on their part!

Arch

[arwilson80 0]

fingers crossed that once the noa2 comes it's all gonna speed up...

Ditto to that...

Any suggestions on how to pass the time quickly?

Call him... Expensive i know but it always works for me. Already talked to my Fiancee for an hour this morning as she drove home from work (01:00 Eastern Time / 06:00 GMT) and it flew past.

I'm just a little down about it all at the moment espesh as it seems that now none of my family will be attending our wedding

That sucks... I'm not much better off though. Looks like just parents, siblings & 1 friend will be coming to mine. To be expected i guess when it's 3,500 miles away.