The CSC I-129F Frenzy

[2far 185]

To the frustration of many, CSC started the year with "competing agency priorities" (USCIS words, not mine) and was approving I-129F petitions at record low rates. The numbers given here are taken solely from VJ members updating their timelines.

January: 18 NOA2, 4 RFE

February: 15 NOA2, 8 RFE

March: 26 NOA2, 3 RFE

April began like the previous months of 2013:

First week of April - 4 NOA2, 0 RFE

And then the CSC frenzy began! Starting slowly at first with November/December approvals, the momentum picked up quite quickly and shifted to July-September approvals:

April 8: 6 NOA2

April 9: 5 NOA2

April 10: 0 NOA2

April 11: 6 NOA2, 1 RFE

April 12: 8 NOA2, 2 RFE

April 13: 0 NOA2, 2 RFE (Saturday)

April 15: 12 NOA2

April 16: 14 NOA2, 3 RFE

April 17: 26 NOA2, 5 RFE

April 18: 26 NOA2, 7 RFE

April 19: 31 NOA2, 4 RFE

April 20: 10 NOA2 (Saturday)

This is a breakdown of the April approvals by NOA1 month:

July: 19

August: 53

September: 32

October: 1

November: 14

December: 29

It is good to see CSC clearing out their backlog. Congratulations to all that have been approved!!!

I hope this continues until they are back to a 5 month processing timeframe.

Edited April 21, 2013 by 2far

[cazzers 83]

make that 33 approvals for the date of 19 April..it is amazing how fast they are working now.

just a side note, i just checked my group and they got to my NOA1 (I'm still waiting for a decision though, hopefully soon)

[Baklava 5]

To the frustration of many, CSC started the year with "competing agency priorities" (USCIS words, not mine) and was approving I-129F petitions at record low rates. The numbers given here are taken solely from VJ members updating their timelines.

January: 18 NOA2, 4 RFE

February: 15 NOA2, 8 RFE

March: 26 NOA2, 3 RFE

April began like the previous months of 2013:

First week of April - 4 NOA2, 0 RFE

And then the CSC frenzy began! Starting slowly at first with November/December approvals, the momentum picked up quite quickly and shifted to July-September approvals:

April 8: 6 NOA2

April 9: 5 NOA2

April 10: 0 NOA2

April 11: 6 NOA2, 1 RFE

April 12: 8 NOA2, 2 RFE

April 13: 0 NOA2, 2 RFE (Saturday)

April 15: 12 NOA2

April 16: 14 NOA2, 3 RFE

April 17: 26 NOA2, 5 RFE

April 18: 26 NOA2, 7 RFE

April 19: 31 NOA2, 4 RFE

April 20: 10 NOA2 (Saturday)

This is a breakdown of the April approvals by NOA1 month:

July: 19

August: 53

September: 32

October: 1

November: 14

December: 29

It is good to see CSC clearing out their backlog. Congratulations to all that have been approved!!!

I hope this continues until they are back to a 5 month processing timeframe.

Thank you so much fo this

[liddy 10]

make that 33 approvals for the date of 19 April..it is amazing how fast they are working now.

just a side note, i just checked my group and they got to my NOA1 (I'm still waiting for a decision though, hopefully soon)

Waiting to see your name in Igor's list

[Love's JAA 100]

I wonder if this sudden flood of approvals, if it keeps up, will lead to a new backup downstream at NVC and then at the consulates. I'm not complaining, it's just a thought.

[UK-USA-K1 128]

To the frustration of many, CSC started the year with "competing agency priorities" (USCIS words, not mine) and was approving I-129F petitions at record low rates. The numbers given here are taken solely from VJ members updating their timelines.

January: 18 NOA2, 4 RFE

February: 15 NOA2, 8 RFE

March: 26 NOA2, 3 RFE

April began like the previous months of 2013:

First week of April - 4 NOA2, 0 RFE

And then the CSC frenzy began! Starting slowly at first with November/December approvals, the momentum picked up quite quickly and shifted to July-September approvals:

April 8: 6 NOA2

April 9: 5 NOA2

April 10: 0 NOA2

April 11: 6 NOA2, 1 RFE

April 12: 8 NOA2, 2 RFE

April 13: 0 NOA2, 2 RFE (Saturday)

April 15: 12 NOA2

April 16: 14 NOA2, 3 RFE

April 17: 26 NOA2, 5 RFE

April 18: 26 NOA2, 7 RFE

April 19: 31 NOA2, 4 RFE

April 20: 10 NOA2 (Saturday)

This is a breakdown of the April approvals by NOA1 month:

July: 19

August: 53

September: 32

October: 1

November: 14

December: 29

It is good to see CSC clearing out their backlog. Congratulations to all that have been approved!!!

I hope this continues until they are back to a 5 month processing timeframe.

The totals for RFE's and NOA2's is flexible, since obviously, some may take their time updating their timeline, but I do like what I have seen watching Igor's list. I really do hope they get through the backlog and get caught back up, and continue to keep caught up after that, for all our sakes and for the future filers.

I am afraid of what could happen to spouse and fiancee visa filers once the new immigration law passes (whatever it finally is) as it is likely going to include a path to citizenship and that if done wrong, could bring another large group of filings to the service centers and create another future backlog. I wrote both of my Senators and asked that they insure a better handling of this issue for the sake of all current and future filers. Nobody deserves to wait as long as many here have had to do recently due to the influx of DACA cases

[Azsara 110]

amazing thank you!

[monalisapod 0]

I've checked on my group statuses online and it seems that there are only 4 applied for I-129F, 2 of which were already approved on April 17 and 2 are still in Initial Review (that include my app). Does this mean that we will get an approval anytime now? I surely hope so!

WACxxxxxxxx23 - Approved

WACxxxxxxxx24 - Approved

WACxxxxxxxx25 - Initial Review

WACxxxxxxxx26 - Initial Review

Edited April 21, 2013 by monalisapod

[jft 12]

I am afraid of what could happen to spouse and fiancee visa filers once the new immigration law passes (whatever it finally is) as it is likely going to include a path to citizenship and that if done wrong, could bring another large group of filings to the service centers and create another future backlog. I wrote both of my Senators and asked that they insure a better handling of this issue for the sake of all current and future filers. Nobody deserves to wait as long as many here have had to do recently due to the influx of DACA cases

I believe that the implementation date for the new immigration visas is 2015 so it should hopefully not affect anyone currently waiting. I also made my Representative aware of the issues with DACA and he said that he'd work to make sure that the new immigration bill doesn't cause the same problem.

[2far 185]

just a side note, i just checked my group and they got to my NOA1 (I'm still waiting for a decision though, hopefully soon)

Cazzers, your excitement is infectious. I hope you hear something real soon

Edited April 21, 2013 by 2far

[2far 185]

I wonder if this sudden flood of approvals, if it keeps up, will lead to a new backup downstream at NVC and then at the consulates. I'm not complaining, it's just a thought.

I don't see how it couldn't slow NVC to some degree. I guess for the consulates it would depend on how many approvals for that consulate go though near the same time from both service centers. Only time will tell

[glenmar 34]

Excellent report!!! Thanks for putting it together and sharing with us. :thumbs:

[JimboSpirit 0]

I've checked on my group statuses online and it seems that there are only 4 applied for I-129F, 2 of which were already approved on April 17 and 2 are still in Initial Review (that include my app). Does this mean that we will get an approval anytime now? I surely hope so!

WACxxxxxxxx23 - Approved

WACxxxxxxxx24 - Approved

WACxxxxxxxx25 - Initial Review

WACxxxxxxxx26 - Initial Review

My group:

WACxxxxxxxx71 04/20/2013 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

WACxxxxxxxx72 04/20/2013 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

WACxxxxxxxx73 04/20/2013 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

WACxxxxxxxx74 04/17/2013 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

WACxxxxxxxx75 04/18/2013 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Unless there's an RFE I'm sure you will be approved very soon.

I'm happy to be out of the queue, got the text message at 11:30pm, decently sure I checked the website at 9pm and didn't see any updates... does anyone know if the website gets updated with further stats? Will it tell me when it was processed by the NVC or sent to the consulate? Or do you have to call to find out this info?

[2far 185]

No worries, Glenmar. I was curious for myself and once the counting was done, thought others might be curious too.

I was very happy to see your approval come through!

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I believe that the implementation date for the new immigration visas is 2015 so it should hopefully not affect anyone currently waiting. I also made my Representative aware of the issues with DACA and he said that he'd work to make sure that the new immigration bill doesn't cause the same problem.

I think that is what the bill currently says, but until it's passed into law, we won't know for sure what will be in the final bill. I am pretty sure it won't affect my application, but going through the process and watching how it's affected those filers when DACA was approved, I felt it was important to let my senators know that it's something that needs to be carefully implemented so as not to cause this type of havoc again.