VJ processing times

[thaiv 15]

In your experience are the VJ processing times usually pretty accurate? I am planning a trip and would like to know how accurate the times are, especially between the NOA1 and NOA2. Generally speaking, should I expect what Visa Journey predicts?

[JlovesA 109]

Yes and no...sometimes they're accurate, sometimes they aren't. Initially, the timelines predicted I'd have my NOA2 the week of September 12th. Then USCIS halted all processing of I-129Fs (as far as we could tell) for about a month. VisaJourney can't predict slowdowns like that.

Your best bet is to keep an eye on the forums, mainly people who have a similar NOA1 date as you. Check Igor's List regularly (you can get to it by clicking Immigration Timelines at the top of the page) and see who's been approved recently.

[Claudia2010 1]

they are sometimes accurate i actually got my noa2 while visiting my honey it was good cause we celebrated together..i will consider leaving someone checking your mail and stuff and someone who will have access to your info just in case they request other paperwork cause my mom helped me alot..

[C and Lore 3]

I agree with Yes and No.

They are as accurate as the members who post them are. Expect variances for multiple reasons. A: because some members want to keep accurate info for their own purposes and some want to to help others and are accurate. Some members update as they remember and may not be as accurate. B: it doesn't take into account the specifics of your case and any slowdowns the government may be working with. For example if the government gets a backlog with other request types they may move some staff to clear those out, causing a backup as they try to balance out all the requests. Also groupings of holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years in roughly 1 months time will distort times for those filing close to that time.

The lesson here is. Use the estimates to see if your case is being processed in a timely fashion and move forward with contacting them if its past the normal amount of time. I wouldn't use the estimates to plan anything money related, for example travel or planning weddings. If you do its unlikely even with the help of a Congressman/woman to get on track to not have to reschedule. Others here have contacted their Senators and State Representative (House of Representatives) to help and it may fix the problem if you fell through the cracks but it wont speed you up, at best its useful to get them working on something that fell by the wayside outside of 'NORMAL' processing. Not for getting you through the process faster.