waiting time

[storminnorman 9]

hello..just want to see if others are having our experience..we filed our I129f with immigration on sept 24 2012 and are still waiting to hear..status is still in initial review...are others having the same waiting time please? thanks

[KVM 6]

I assume you already got your first Notice of Advice (NOA1), a few days after filing. Well, the waiting time until NOA2 (Approval) normally takes at least 5 months; sometimes way longer than that. You can check on the USCIS site, and the timelines here to have a better idea on average waiting times.

If you received your NOA1 in September/October, you'll get your NOA2 soon now

Edited February 16, 2013 by Mrs.Him

[Bayareaguy 156]

I assume you already got your first Notice of Advice (NOA1), a few days after filing. Well, the waiting time until NOA2 (Approval) takes normally at least 5 months; sometimes longer than that. You can check on the USCIS site, and other members' timelines here to have a better idea on average waiting times.

If you received your NOA1 in September/October, you'll get your NOA2 soon now

Ummmm, for CSC, by the way they have been processing July/august NOA1s, a september NOA1 is not likely to get their NOA2 soon.

[KVM 6]

Oh I see. I didn't know they're that much behind. I was lucky to get NOA2 exactly 5 months after NOA1 (CSC as well)!

[EegyptA 41]

there's alot of us waiting...they are far behind theres only been a handful of august filers approved, still alot of july people waiting too......i'm an august 6th K1 csc filer...still no NOA2

to the point now....when we hit 200 day mark....that only means it should be here soon, right? i would like to think so...

[storminnorman 9]

Thank you for your advice guys...Hopefully, we will get the NOA2 soon....good luck to all of us1

[storminnorman 9]

Ummmm, for CSC, by the way they have been processing July/august NOA1s, a september NOA1 is not likely to get their NOA2 soon.

My fiance just called the office and the lady told him that we might be hearing something soon about the papers...Hopefully....But we have faith though...so....hmmmm..

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You may want to look at these:

As of Nov 12, CSC had a ten month backlog http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=2&charttype=1

As of Nov 12, VSC had a nine month backlog http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=6&charttype=1

[Bayareaguy 156]

A chart I made from data as of last week. It hasn't changed much since then. What the data says is if your NOA1 was before July 18 or so, you likely already have your NOA2. If it is after, you likely don't yet. The NOA 2's are just tricking in at roughly 10% of those submitted.

Here's a look at NOA approvals (a nice chart from Andreea&Kevin)

If you want to read why, here is the thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/414397-csc-seems-take-longer-to-process/page__view__findpost__p__5976102

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[Bayareaguy 156]

My fiance just called the office and the lady told him that we might be hearing something soon about the papers...Hopefully....But we have faith though...so....hmmmm..

Here's another look at the VJ timeline data, CSC number of NOA1, NOA2 received, and as a % for the months of May 2012-september2012.

Since december 1, 2012, there have been an average of 15 NOA2's processed a month. You can see the NOA1 are coming in at a bit over 100/month.

So doing the math, and using the assumption that they will be processed in order (which they are not), by the current NOA2 approval rate of 15 per month, 80% of july filers will get their NOA2 by the end of april, 80% of august filers will get their NOA2 by the end of August, and 80% of september filers will get their NOA2 by January 2014.

So, I really do hope the NOA2 processing kicks it up a few notches. No sign of that yet.

[EegyptA 41]

it's going to take over a year to get a Noa2?????? :crying:

[Bayareaguy 156]

it's going to take over a year to get a Noa2?????? :crying:

I certainly hope not, and I would think that they will increase the NOA2 processing rate. But we'll just have to wait and see.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I certainly hope not, and I would think that they will increase the NOA2 processing rate. But we'll just have to wait and see.

Things will go from bad to worse. Federal worker furloughs begin next month.

[Alcatraz63 9]

We got our NOA2 on 13th Feb. Our NOA1 date was 21st August. How are people still waiting from July? I don't understand how the USCIS works?