TOUCHING

[Lena and Igor 5]

I hope my feeling of euphoria is the correct emotion...our K-1 app has been touched 3 times since we received NOA-1 on December 26th. Any ideas on what the number of touches represent? Good bad or indifferent? My belief is that our documents being touched indicates activity rather that lying idle in a pile of K-1s. Thanks.

[Mike&Luda 0]

That many touches doubtlessly means someone is actively working on your application. Good Luck. When ours finally got touched, things happened in a hurry!

[mishab 1]

Good luck

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I hope my feeling of euphoria is the correct emotion...our K-1 app has been touched 3 times since we received NOA-1 on December 26th. Any ideas on what the number of touches represent? Good bad or indifferent? My belief is that our documents being touched indicates activity rather that lying idle in a pile of K-1s. Thanks.

I doubt it is anything meaningful. The files get put in boxes and all the files in the box can be scanned at once if the box is moved to another area or service center. It doesn't mean anyone even laid eyes on it. It means the box got moved. Given that they are shuffling files to different centers now, this seems to be happening more. Also since your NOA1 was less than 2 months ago and they are currently taking 5-6 months, I do not think it is anything substantial.

Knowing people that work there and how the files are handled, there just usually isn't any "activity" until they are looked at, adjudicated and approved if complete. The typical, complete, petition gets approved about 20 minutes after it is opened for the first time. The rest of the time, it waits in a box.

FWIW our file was never "touched".

[Matt :) 1]

Dont count on "touches", they mean nothing, it could be they moved your ppwrk from one folder to another. I didnt have any touches and my application was approved before people who had a few touches. Best thing to do is watch timelines of people with similar timelines and that is a good way to know when yours will be approved.

Good luck!

[baron555 934]

No...what it means is that someone has spilled coffee on it requiring them to move it to another bin. Each time they move it they scan it in and you get a touch.

Totallyno correlation between touches and anything else that happens in the universe.

Well maybe it does indicate the didn't throw it into the trash.

Be patient.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

No...what it means is that someone has spilled coffee on it requiring them to move it to another bin. Each time they move it they scan it in and you get a touch.

Totallyno correlation between touches and anything else that happens in the universe.

Well maybe it does indicate the didn't throw it into the trash.

Be patient.

Occasionally, rarely, a touch can "mean something". Sometimes a file has to have supervisor approval or judgement needs to be passed on some document or item in the file and the file gets passed to a supervisor for approval. This is what happens when you get a "touch" and a few days later you get approved. The adjudicator needed someone elses opinion. It is not, technically, "good news". It probably means you almost got an RFE.

Incidently, if you get an RFE, that means you WOULD have had an approval if everything had been complete. They do not come back to the files over and over. Typically, one person reviews it and approves it all at once (or sends an RFE). They adjudicate 20-24 files per day usually, each adjudicator.

[Lena and Igor 5]

The good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks.

Most people imagine way too much of this process. I guess it is a way to justify in their minds why it takes so long. It takes so long because most of the time your file sits in a box. It really is not a difficult process.

VSC is a "cube farm" and the adjudicators work 10 hour days (4 days per week) in their cubes with their boxes of files. They open your file (which looks identical to all the others, all the work you did was taken apart and the papers were put in one of their folders) They go through the papers you sent and, literally, check off boxes on a checklist. They put your name and SSN in the program for background checks (this is only the first of many) By the time they check off everything, your background check is done and they toss it in the "approved" box. (if all was there and your background check passed) That's it. If you wrote a 2 page letter of how you met and fell in love, the read maybe one or two sentences, checked off the box for "met within the past two years" and moved on. Unless it was REALLY good and then they read it and told about it in the lunchroom. They call them "hunny bunny visas". It is not a derogatory term.

[Brad and Vika 129]

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Have a nice day!

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[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Multiple posts removed, and Gary's computer sanitized for your protection.

Have a nice day!

VJ Moderating Team

Thank you Brad. Our very own RUB cleaner-upper. Really, I just filed on the disconnector a little and the next time I pulled the trigger, the whole dang magazine emptied! Brrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaapppppppp! Just like that! Who'da thunk it?

[slim 1,533]

3 touches means you're paying way too much attention to the processing of your case.

Go enjoy being single for a little while more. This is your last chance!

[LvivLovers 39]

I remember one of the rookie mistakes people always used to make...not sure if it's still this way today or not. They'd call the USCIS to check on their case and then get all excited because they got a touch a day or two later. Then they'd call back and check again to see what the touch was about and get another one. Some people never do realize that their case gets touched as a result of them calling and asking questions about their case.

[Brad and Vika 129]

Thank you Brad. Our very own RUB cleaner-upper. Really, I just filed on the disconnector a little and the next time I pulled the trigger, the whole dang magazine emptied! Brrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaapppppppp! Just like that! Who'da thunk it?

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