Any February 2012 filers?

[kimmie 2]

Friendly tip - constantly refreshing the USCIS case update page does NOT get your petition approved any faster.

Thought I'd share...

Edited August 10, 2012 by kimmie

[SLMcT 5]

Friendly tip - constantly refreshing the USCIS case update page does NOT get your petition approved any faster.

Thought I'd share...

I discovered that too!

[Cori and Rob 55]

Question: How many people received their NOA2 close to the estimated time given here on VJ. Would you mind giving me your timeframe in regards to the accuracy of the estimate?

Our timeline said that we were due to be adjudicated somewhere between 7/18 and 7/23. We were adjudicated on 7/13, but got an RFE which pushed our timeline back to 8/3 to 8/8. We ended up getting the approval on 7/26. So, we were ahead of the VJ estimates at the time of the approval. Keep in mind, however, that the timelines constantly fluctuate. When I first joined VJ, our timeline was further out because CSC used to be the slowpoke. Sadly, VSC has taken that role as of late.

Thanks, everyone! I *am* happy, but there was a lot of feeling really dazed at the beginning. I had just left work at ~4:30pm, and was about to drive outside the city to buy my new sofa (i.e. the final piece of the Getting Things Ready For Aaron plan: I was just joking to him on the phone at lunchtime that the NOA2 could arrive whenever it wanted, now that I have the couch--that maybe the universe was waiting for me to be completely, TOTALLY ready), and when I got to the car I pulled out my phone to turn the ringer back on after having it on silent all day at work. There was a new text from like 2 minutes before that, and then it turned out to be USCIS saying my case had been updated. I don't have a smart phone, so cue my frantically driving to a nearby Dunkin' Donuts and then stealing some free wireless in the entryway so I could log into my account at USCIS and see what happened. And then I called Aaron, who didn't even answer the first time I called because his phone was charging in another room, and who is of course completely over the moon (although not enough that I could convince him to leave for Kampala to start working on the documents he needs right away--at midnight. Geez, why not???).

Yay!! That's a happy story! You're the starter of the February filers group, so it's nice that the leader has made it through!

Edited August 10, 2012 by Cori and Rob

[afoyoswa 178]

Hi Ermina...my petition was also received on the 24th and my number ends 7902. My NOA1 date is 2/28...is that the same for you?

Sarah

my NOA1 date is 29th and my number ends 6608

Can both of you PM me your numbers and receipt dates, and I'll add them to The Official February VSC Filer Spreadsheet Of Hope? Also include your email addresses if you'd like to see said spreadsheet.

Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about timeline vs. NOA2 date. I believe my timeline said yesterday that my case would be adjudicated between Aug. 19 and Aug. 24, if I recall correctly? But when I first filed, it said late June, then migrated to late May, then started heading backward to its position in August.

[soheil 9]

Congrats Joy :dance:

I was away yesterday, and just loaded the page and saw that everyone is saying congratulations to you I think we are all really happy to see you getting your NOA2, after all you made it possible for all of us Feb filers to know each other and support each other you're like a mother to all of us

I don't want to name, because I'm sure that I will forget some ( ), but I do really hope that rest of you my friends waiting for your approval, hear the big news any time soon

[at long last 58]

Thanks, everyone! I *am* happy, but there was a lot of feeling really dazed at the beginning. I had just left work at ~4:30pm, and was about to drive outside the city to buy my new sofa (i.e. the final piece of the Getting Things Ready For Aaron plan: I was just joking to him on the phone at lunchtime that the NOA2 could arrive whenever it wanted, now that I have the couch--that maybe the universe was waiting for me to be completely, TOTALLY ready), and when I got to the car I pulled out my phone to turn the ringer back on after having it on silent all day at work. There was a new text from like 2 minutes before that, and then it turned out to be USCIS saying my case had been updated. I don't have a smart phone, so cue my frantically driving to a nearby Dunkin' Donuts and then stealing some free wireless in the entryway so I could log into my account at USCIS and see what happened. And then I called Aaron, who didn't even answer the first time I called because his phone was charging in another room, and who is of course completely over the moon (although not enough that I could convince him to leave for Kampala to start working on the documents he needs right away--at midnight. Geez, why not???).

So, back to the matter at hand: does anyone else have receipt #s who hasn't already sent them to me? Particularly from the end of February. I'd love to have at least 50 from each of the days I'm watching!

Hi Joy our number is EAC1290469561

Received Feb 22 NOA1 Feb 24

Edited August 10, 2012 by at long last

[OrderofProtection 42]

1x NOA2 2/7

1x RFE 2/7

Not mine, they are taunting me now...

[Gavin + Heather 7]

1x NOA2 2/7

1x RFE 2/7

Not mine, they are taunting me now...

Looks like they are with that NOA2 being another one close to your number! They seem to just do the ones around you

[MARIA04 0]

Can both of you PM me your numbers and receipt dates, and I'll add them to The Official February VSC Filer Spreadsheet Of Hope? Also include your email addresses if you'd like to see said spreadsheet.

Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about timeline vs. NOA2 date. I believe my timeline said yesterday that my case would be adjudicated between Aug. 19 and Aug. 24, if I recall correctly? But when I first filed, it said late June, then migrated to late May, then started heading backward to its position in August.

Hi Joy our number is EAC1290526608

Received NOA1 Feb 29....Thanks

[MARIA04 0]

Can both of you PM me your numbers and receipt dates, and I'll add them to The Official February VSC Filer Spreadsheet Of Hope? Also include your email addresses if you'd like to see said spreadsheet.

Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about timeline vs. NOA2 date. I believe my timeline said yesterday that my case would be adjudicated between Aug. 19 and Aug. 24, if I recall correctly? But when I first filed, it said late June, then migrated to late May, then started heading backward to its position in August.

Hi Joy our number is EAC1290526608

Received NOA1 Feb 29....Thanks

[OrderofProtection 42]

1x NOA2 2/7

1x RFE 2/7

Not mine, they are taunting me now...

Updates:

3x NOA2 2/7

1x RFE 2/7

[X Factor 1,112]

Friendly tip - constantly refreshing the USCIS case update page does NOT get your petition approved any faster.

Thought I'd share...

Many of us are guilty of that

[erminaNaydin 5]

Can both of you PM me your numbers and receipt dates, and I'll add them to The Official February VSC Filer Spreadsheet Of Hope? Also include your email addresses if you'd like to see said spreadsheet.

Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about timeline vs. NOA2 date. I believe my timeline said yesterday that my case would be adjudicated between Aug. 19 and Aug. 24, if I recall correctly? But when I first filed, it said late June, then migrated to late May, then started heading backward to its position in August.

i pmed mine to you when i wrote that post.... my touch date is 29th but my receieved date is 24th

[afoyoswa 178]

Thanks for all the receipt #s, everyone! We now have a nice group of 70 petitions from Feb. 22, 24, 27, and 29, 70 in total. No activity in this group yet except on Feb. 29: 1 RFE 7/27, 1 RFE 7/26, and 1 approval 8/9.

For today, in the rest of the petitions, I spotted:

Feb. 3: 1 RFE

Feb. 7: 1 RFE, 1 approval

Feb. 8: 1 RFE

(Kind of quiet. Maybe a bunch more will pop up later? I haven't rechecked the Feb. 21 petitions since last night, either.)

[MissAAA 9]

soooo.....am I the only february 6th NoA1 filer on this thread?

Edited August 10, 2012 by MissAAA