Call USCIS or not?

[luvinmb 0]

Would it be a waste of my time to call USCIS and ask for an update on my case? I haven't had a single touch or anything since my NOA1. The last "touch" on my case was 08-22-06. But, I am fairly confident that was only because they were mailing my NOA1 to me. Anyways, I am not completely impatient yet, but I would like to know if there is anything going on. But, perhaps they wouldn't know anything and then I would be wasting my time.......

[Arazia 0]

A lot of times there are no touches at all before approval. Your NOA1 date is around the upper limit of where people have been getting approvals these days. Which means it's possible you could get some action soon, but they may be putting more concentration on the older applications. Really, I'd just be patient at this point. While some 8-15 apps have been approved, a vast majority of those from August haven't been yet. Once more of August is complete (maybe a few septembers sneaking in), if you still haven't gotten your NOA2, then you might consider giving them a call.

[Sweetnoodle 0]

Well my finace just called USCIS to change address,and he also ask our case approved yet , they said NOT YET ! lol.....and also they said they just now working on april case ....i just have no idea

[Arazia 0]

Well my finace just called USCIS to change address,and he also ask our case approved yet , they said NOT YET ! lol.....and also they said they just now working on april case ....i just have no idea

Yeah, if you look at the 'processing times' page and look at the estimates, it has them processing April. But as people have pointed out, that really doesn't mean much. Essentially, they update once a month or so. The date is always six months back from the update date (six months is the time limit they are supposed to be maintaining for processing time). It's just their way of covering their behinds IMHO.

[Ecalos 0]

Yup, I have the same NOA1 date of August 18th. There's a few 18th and onward dates that have been approved, but not enough to warrant calling yet.

[joeyjoey 1]

I waited about 74 days before I was "touched". Then I got an RFE and 2 weeks later, an approval.

[Alan & Sharon 0]

I called the Service Center to find out more about processing dates, timelines and such. According to the young man I spoke with, here is what to expect: The Dates posted on the USCIS website for Service Center processing times are updated once every two weeks. The last was on the 12th, so there should be an update tomorrow possible (the 26th). The Dates reflect the applications currently being procecessed for completion(approved or denied). All applications received on a particular date are boxed upon arrival after having a number issued to them, and the boxes are stacked in a holding area (warehouse). Workers are given a stack of applications to process, and as they finish their current stack, new ones are brought out and distributed. So one officer may be gung-ho and getting 50 done a week, and another may be doing 1 a week. It's a ####### shoot there. As soon as all the apps have been processed from one box, the next in line is brought out and randomly distributed. So one worker may still have applications from April on his desk, and another may be working on August. If your app requires an RFE, a reply to an inquiry, or other additional processing, it gets put in a hold bin awaiting the necessary info for completion. In the meantime, the next app is pulled and being worked on. So a LOT of things can cause an app to hang around on a desk or in the box. Mine was dated July 3rd, touched on July 6th, and has been dormant since. No RFE's nothing. No touches. So I just keep my fingers crossed that somewhere it's being looked at.

[TucsonBill 0]

Considering the notification problems USCIS has been having lately, and the speed at which some of the newer petitions have been approved, I'd call. Furthermore, some people have not gotten their hard copies in the mail even once they were approved! I don't think you'd be the first to suddenly receive an NOA2 without ever having received your NOA1...

Bill

Edited October 25, 2006 by TucsonBill