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I got a touch today too! I thought it was because I sent in a letter last week updating my husband's (the beneficiary's) address. I figured they didn't actually need that yet, but I just wanted to keep everything up to date and, to be honest, I really wanted to get touched again. But it looks like several others have been touched today as well, so maybe they're up to something over at TSC!

USCIS – 171 days
08.03.2010: Sent I-130 (Received at Chicago Lockbox on 08.05.2010 – Priority Date)
08.24.2010: NOA1 – Notice Date (Case transferred from CSC to TSC on 11.02.2010 and back to CSC on 02.07.2011)
02.11.2011: NOA2 – Approved! (hard copy received on 02.17.2011)

NVC – 46 days
02.26.2011: Got NVC case number from AVR (entered on 02.24.2011)
02.28.2011: Called operator to give email addresses and get IIN; emailed beneficiary's change of address and DS-3032; received instruction emails from NVC; AOS fee bill invoiced and paid
03.01.2011: AOS fee shown as "paid"
03.03.2011: DS-3032 accepted; beneficiary's address updated by NVC; IV fee bill invoiced and paid
03.07.2011: IV fee shown as "paid"; AOS and IV packets sent out together via USPS Priority Mail (delivered on 03.09.2011)
03.22.2011: AVR and operator tells us we will receive an RFE
03.26.2011: Received RFE checklist via email (asking for PCCs from China and Taiwan)
03.28.2011: Sent checklist response via USPS Priority Mail (explaining/demonstrating that PCC should not be required)
04.10.2011: AVR message says that checklist response was received on 04.08.2011; sign in failed
04.11.2011: Case completed at NVC!
04.13.2011: Interview date assigned, received Packet 4 via email
04.25.2011: NVC sent case to embassy in London

Embassy – London, United Kingdom
05.23.2011: Medical at Knightsbridge Doctors
05.31.2011: Interview - APPROVED! (301 days from filing)
06.02.2011: Visa in hand
06.07.2011: POE at SFO

Removal of Conditions

04.16.2013: Sent I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

04.18.2013: I-751 packet received at VSC (check cleared on 05.03)

05.04.2013: Received NOA1 (dated 04.19)

05.11.2013: Received biometrics appointment notice for 06.05.2013 (notice dated 05.08)

05.13.2013: Completed biometrics as a walk-in (would have been out of town for scheduled appointment)

08.21.2013: APPROVED! (Received email update that USCIS has ordered production of new card)

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April/May? Seriously, what the hell do you know? You sound like a complete a@@hole for posting here. With all due respect, I'm tired of people who got their NOA2 in 86 days but did not file until 2

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If my sister was working at DHS, I wouldn't wait 6-months then send an email to somebody at USCIS in DC. That's just me though. I'm not buying any of this tomfoolery.

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Ok so are you saying you had their petition numbers and all other info to tell to those people so they are approved faster? Sorry but total BS! Or are you saying they came here to this thread, READ i

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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When you register your case online - you case see the date that your case was last 'updated'.

USCIS California Service Center - Expedited

09-SEP-2010 : Mailed I130 Petition to Chicago Lockbox.

16-SEP-2010 : Received NOA1.

24-SEP-2010 : Expedite: service request

05-OCT-2010 : Supporting documents sent to CSC.

16-OCT-2010 : RFE received.

19-OCT-2010 : RFE response received at CSC.

22-OCT-2010 : I130 Petition APPROVED.

30-OCT-2010 : NOA2 Received in Mail

NVC - Expedited

27-OCT-2010 : Case Number Assigned

02-NOV-2010 : Expedite request emailed to NVC

10-NOV-2010 : Expedite approved - Case forwarded to Consulate

12-NOV-2010 : Medical

US Embassy - Expedited

18-NOV-2010 : Packet 3 email received.

19-NOV-2010 : Emailed DS230, DS2001

30-NOV-2010 : Interview - 9am Denied: 3 year bar (overstay) - i601 Waiver filed with expedite request

01-DEC-2010 : MP requests assistance from US Ambassador

03-DEC-2010 : Waiver transferred from USCIS to DHS

11-DEC-2010 : Waiver Receipt notification dated 07-DEC-2010

20-DEC-2010 : VISA/Waiver Approved

22-DEC-2010 : Approval letter received

24-DEC-2010 : Passport collected by courier

10-JAN-2011 : CR1 Visa Issued by IVU London

11-JAN-2011 : Passport / Visa delivered.

18-JAN-2011 : POE: EWR (Newark, New Jersey)

17-FEB-2011 : Welcome Letter Arrived

19-FEB-2011 : Green Card I-551 Arrived

I-130 Mailing to Approval (incl. waiver): 102 Days

OCT 2012 : Applied for Removal of Conditions

DEC 2012 : Received NOA1 (GC extention letter)

18-JAN-2013 : Biometrics walk in approved and completed

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Hello,

I'm new to this forum and I have a few questions that maybe you guys can help me with. I sent in my I-130 to the chicago service center in June. They recieved it on the 1st of july. I got a notification by mail on July 15th that said they had recieved my case, however the letter was sent from the California Cervice Center. Once i made my USCIS account for status update i checked it EVERYDAY and i never got a touch. Four months passed n i get a notification on the 5th of November via e-mail that my case was also transfered to Texas service center on November 1st and on the 7th i got the letter notification at home. I never got a notification that my case was sent to the CSC after i sent it to the Chicago office. Is it normal that my case hasnt been touched other then this or that i have not heard from them about my case?

Hi there - I've never seen a touch on my petition either. I've only received the NOA1 and the transfer notice.

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I got a touch today too! I thought it was because I sent in a letter last week updating my husband's (the beneficiary's) address. I figured they didn't actually need that yet, but I just wanted to keep everything up to date and, to be honest, I really wanted to get touched again. But it looks like several others have been touched today as well, so maybe they're up to something over at TSC!

I should have read my email notification more carefully. It said this:

"The I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you."

This is the same second notification that some people got last week. I'm still taking it as a good sign that they are now at least looking at our cases.

USCIS – 171 days
08.03.2010: Sent I-130 (Received at Chicago Lockbox on 08.05.2010 – Priority Date)
08.24.2010: NOA1 – Notice Date (Case transferred from CSC to TSC on 11.02.2010 and back to CSC on 02.07.2011)
02.11.2011: NOA2 – Approved! (hard copy received on 02.17.2011)

NVC – 46 days
02.26.2011: Got NVC case number from AVR (entered on 02.24.2011)
02.28.2011: Called operator to give email addresses and get IIN; emailed beneficiary's change of address and DS-3032; received instruction emails from NVC; AOS fee bill invoiced and paid
03.01.2011: AOS fee shown as "paid"
03.03.2011: DS-3032 accepted; beneficiary's address updated by NVC; IV fee bill invoiced and paid
03.07.2011: IV fee shown as "paid"; AOS and IV packets sent out together via USPS Priority Mail (delivered on 03.09.2011)
03.22.2011: AVR and operator tells us we will receive an RFE
03.26.2011: Received RFE checklist via email (asking for PCCs from China and Taiwan)
03.28.2011: Sent checklist response via USPS Priority Mail (explaining/demonstrating that PCC should not be required)
04.10.2011: AVR message says that checklist response was received on 04.08.2011; sign in failed
04.11.2011: Case completed at NVC!
04.13.2011: Interview date assigned, received Packet 4 via email
04.25.2011: NVC sent case to embassy in London

Embassy – London, United Kingdom
05.23.2011: Medical at Knightsbridge Doctors
05.31.2011: Interview - APPROVED! (301 days from filing)
06.02.2011: Visa in hand
06.07.2011: POE at SFO

Removal of Conditions

04.16.2013: Sent I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

04.18.2013: I-751 packet received at VSC (check cleared on 05.03)

05.04.2013: Received NOA1 (dated 04.19)

05.11.2013: Received biometrics appointment notice for 06.05.2013 (notice dated 05.08)

05.13.2013: Completed biometrics as a walk-in (would have been out of town for scheduled appointment)

08.21.2013: APPROVED! (Received email update that USCIS has ordered production of new card)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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Hi there - I've never seen a touch on my petition either. I've only received the NOA1 and the transfer notice.

Hello

Well, im still a little nervous but reading that there are more people that never got a single touch and got aproved made me feel better. Im trying to take that as a good thing. My friend that works for an Immigration office said that it could just be that they dont need anything from us and all paperwork is good or just that the person with our files just doesnt update everything online. But i figure that if something was wrong they would of already sent us some kind of letter...

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USCIS: I-130

Priority Date- July 1st

I-130 Hardcopy- July 15th

Transfered from CSC to TSC- November 2nd

I-130 sent to "USCIS Office"- November 24th

Touched- November 26, 28 and 29

Touched Feb. 9th

I-130 transfered back to CSC from TSC- Feb. 10th

Transfered to "USCIS" office again- Feb. 10th

Touched- Feb. 11th

APPROVED FINALLY!- FEB. 15th!

Touched- Feb. 26 and 28th

NVC: NVC

Case Number- March 2nd(automated Voice system)

NVC Invoice Number- March 3rd

All NVC fees paid- March 4th

All NVC fee transactions complete- March 7th (pretty much nxt day, except it was a weekend so we had to wait for them to go threw on Monday)

Submitted all documents- March 8th

All documents recieved and processed- March 11th

Case at NVC COMPLETE- March 17th

US Councel in Juarez:

Recieved all documents-

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Same here!

Just to clarify and so everyone is on the same page, you will not receive a notice when your file is "touched". You will only receive a notice when something substantial happens, i.e. a NOA or transfer. On the USCIS website you have to "Sign-up for Case Updates". Once you register on that you can check that and see the last time it was "touched" under the "Last Updated" section. You will not receive any sort of notification if it's "touched". No email, no text, no letter in the mail, zilch, nada. I'm sure that most people on this thread are as obsessive as me on checking the case update pretty regularly. Me to the point that my wife says I'm just torturing myself, ha ha. But hey, what are you gonna do? I wanna know we're at least making progress! Hope this clarifies any confusion.

USCIS

Married: July 16, 2010

I-30 Sent to Chicago Lock Box: August 9, 2010

Chicago Lock Box confirms receipt: August 12, 2010

NOA 1: August 26, 2010 (two weeks! Not bad!)

NOA 1: Received in mail: August 30, 2010

Transferred to TSC: November 2, 2010

Touched: November 10, 2010

Touched: November 18, 2010

Touched: November 19, 2010

Touched: November 24, 2010

NOA 2: December 23, 2010 (119 Days after NOA 1 Woot! Woot! Merry Christmas!)

TSC ships case to NVC: January 21, 2011 (#######? A MONTH TO SHIP?!)

National Visa Center

NVC Receives Case: January 28, 2011 (Received, but no NVC number assigned yet)

NVC Number Assigned: January 31, 2011 (spoke with operator, emails given, waiting for Invoice Number)

NVC Invoice received: February 1, 2011 (Paid Immediately, petitioner emailed Choice of Agent)

NVC Posted AOS fee payment: February 2, 2011

AOS packet sent to NVC: February 3, 2011

AOS packet delivered to NVC: February 4, 2011

Choice of Agent processed: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Paid: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Processed: February 10, 2011 (Barcode available online)

VI Fee barcode emailed with instructions: February 11, 2011

DS-230 Packet Sent: February 17, 2011

DS-230 Packet Received by NVC: February 22, 2011

DS-230 Packet Processed and sent to Embassy: March 9, 2011

Embassy

Interview Date: April 27, 2011

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Just to clarify and so everyone is on the same page, you will not receive a notice when your file is "touched". You will only receive a notice when something substantial happens, i.e. a NOA or transfer. On the USCIS website you have to "Sign-up for Case Updates". Once you register on that you can check that and see the last time it was "touched" under the "Last Updated" section. You will not receive any sort of notification if it's "touched". No email, no text, no letter in the mail, zilch, nada. I'm sure that most people on this thread are as obsessive as me on checking the case update pretty regularly. Me to the point that my wife says I'm just torturing myself, ha ha. But hey, what are you gonna do? I wanna know we're at least making progress! Hope this clarifies any confusion.

here's something more to torture you... ever check it so much that you wonder if maybe they might not be able to update your online status because you are busying it out? :blush:

if you gave your info (receipt #s, full name, etc) to anyone on VJ under the guise that they would "help" you through the immigration journey with his inside contacts (like his sister at USCIS) ... please contact OLUInquiries@dhs.gov, and go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact to report anything suspicious. Contact your congressman and senator's offices as well.

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here's something more to torture you... ever check it so much that you wonder if maybe they might not be able to update your online status because you are busying it out? :blush:

Well if the U.S. Government can't make a website that can handle a reload I don't know what to tell you! It's best that we keep the mind frame that the INS (USCIS, whatever!) is well funded and has the latest and most efficient technologies that will shoot our cases through in no time :whistle:

USCIS

Married: July 16, 2010

I-30 Sent to Chicago Lock Box: August 9, 2010

Chicago Lock Box confirms receipt: August 12, 2010

NOA 1: August 26, 2010 (two weeks! Not bad!)

NOA 1: Received in mail: August 30, 2010

Transferred to TSC: November 2, 2010

Touched: November 10, 2010

Touched: November 18, 2010

Touched: November 19, 2010

Touched: November 24, 2010

NOA 2: December 23, 2010 (119 Days after NOA 1 Woot! Woot! Merry Christmas!)

TSC ships case to NVC: January 21, 2011 (#######? A MONTH TO SHIP?!)

National Visa Center

NVC Receives Case: January 28, 2011 (Received, but no NVC number assigned yet)

NVC Number Assigned: January 31, 2011 (spoke with operator, emails given, waiting for Invoice Number)

NVC Invoice received: February 1, 2011 (Paid Immediately, petitioner emailed Choice of Agent)

NVC Posted AOS fee payment: February 2, 2011

AOS packet sent to NVC: February 3, 2011

AOS packet delivered to NVC: February 4, 2011

Choice of Agent processed: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Paid: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Processed: February 10, 2011 (Barcode available online)

VI Fee barcode emailed with instructions: February 11, 2011

DS-230 Packet Sent: February 17, 2011

DS-230 Packet Received by NVC: February 22, 2011

DS-230 Packet Processed and sent to Embassy: March 9, 2011

Embassy

Interview Date: April 27, 2011

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no touch for me and def. no approval, oh well...another week down toward the 5 months

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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Why Cant I see " Last Updated " Tab. Is it because I just signed up for " Sign-Up for Case Updates "

It's not really a tab. Let's take it step by step.

1. Go to USCIS.gov

2. Left hand side, under "After I File" click on the second bullet "Sign-up for Case Updates"

3. Click on "Register as an Applicant Customer"

4. Accept the terms and conditions and fill out your info.

5. Once you have done that it should take you to your account. I'm going off memory here so don't expect details here. You have to link your case to your account by entering your receipt number. This might be done during the registration process, I have a bad memory.

6. Once you are registered AND you have your case linked to your account, click on "My Profile" and that's where you will see the case table and the Last Updated section.

I freely admit that's a crappy step by step, but hey, better than nothing! :lol:

If that works out then you can keep us all updated so I'm not really "off topic". Hope that helps babaa.

USCIS

Married: July 16, 2010

I-30 Sent to Chicago Lock Box: August 9, 2010

Chicago Lock Box confirms receipt: August 12, 2010

NOA 1: August 26, 2010 (two weeks! Not bad!)

NOA 1: Received in mail: August 30, 2010

Transferred to TSC: November 2, 2010

Touched: November 10, 2010

Touched: November 18, 2010

Touched: November 19, 2010

Touched: November 24, 2010

NOA 2: December 23, 2010 (119 Days after NOA 1 Woot! Woot! Merry Christmas!)

TSC ships case to NVC: January 21, 2011 (#######? A MONTH TO SHIP?!)

National Visa Center

NVC Receives Case: January 28, 2011 (Received, but no NVC number assigned yet)

NVC Number Assigned: January 31, 2011 (spoke with operator, emails given, waiting for Invoice Number)

NVC Invoice received: February 1, 2011 (Paid Immediately, petitioner emailed Choice of Agent)

NVC Posted AOS fee payment: February 2, 2011

AOS packet sent to NVC: February 3, 2011

AOS packet delivered to NVC: February 4, 2011

Choice of Agent processed: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Paid: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Processed: February 10, 2011 (Barcode available online)

VI Fee barcode emailed with instructions: February 11, 2011

DS-230 Packet Sent: February 17, 2011

DS-230 Packet Received by NVC: February 22, 2011

DS-230 Packet Processed and sent to Embassy: March 9, 2011

Embassy

Interview Date: April 27, 2011

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