December 2014 Filers - Texas Service Center

[TabeaK 517]

Yeah, people not understanding the difference between the Dallas lockbox and CSC. I guarantee you all of the April approvals, as well as forthcoming May and June approvals are actually at CSC.

And, what bullshit from USCIS - my case has not been expedited in any way. Our approval, 3 weeks ago (at 158 days) came out of thin air. Must have luckily fallen of a stack that was sitting on someones desk.

There clearly is no rhyme or reason to the order they approve in.

PS: Data ouside of VJ shows around 10-15% of Dec petiions are approved, and about 65% are still 'received' state - i.e. no one has touched them. The rest are somewhere in between (e.g. RFEs).

[bttmfor10i 0]

texas is working very slow December and I am still waiting for my approval

[tonkaturn 0]

Tabeak,

Thanks for your input mate, is there anyone that I can ring do you know to ask them what the hell is going on. Or should I just leave it down to my lawyer?

Thanks

[Ellie and Fron 10]

I've been having a really bad week due to problems at work, feeling homesick (my family lives in NH and I live in Mississippi), missing my fiancé, and a pile of assignments for graduate school. I was just working on my paper and saw I received an email...I logged onto gmail and saw that my case was APPROVED!!! What a wonderful way to end a horrible week. For those of you still waiting your time is coming up soon, I promise. Our NOA1 date was December 29th and my lawyer was saying "you probably won't hear anything until the end of July or early August," so I am happily surprised about the email I received tonight. Do not give up everyone!!! I have a feeling that more approvals are coming.

-Ellie and Fron

[muhkoo 12]

I've been having a really bad week due to problems at work, feeling homesick (my family lives in NH and I live in Mississippi), missing my fiancé, and a pile of assignments for graduate school. I was just working on my paper and saw I received an email...I logged onto gmail and saw that my case was APPROVED!!! What a wonderful way to end a horrible week. For those of you still waiting your time is coming up soon, I promise. Our NOA1 date was December 29th and my lawyer was saying "you probably won't hear anything until the end of July or early August," so I am happily surprised about the email I received tonight. Do not give up everyone!!! I have a feeling that more approvals are coming.

-Ellie and Fron

Our stories sound almost identical! Congrats!!!!

[waiting4areason 13]

I've been having a really bad week due to problems at work, feeling homesick (my family lives in NH and I live in Mississippi), missing my fiancé, and a pile of assignments for graduate school. I was just working on my paper and saw I received an email...I logged onto gmail and saw that my case was APPROVED!!! What a wonderful way to end a horrible week. For those of you still waiting your time is coming up soon, I promise. Our NOA1 date was December 29th and my lawyer was saying "you probably won't hear anything until the end of July or early August," so I am happily surprised about the email I received tonight. Do not give up everyone!!! I have a feeling that more approvals are coming.

-Ellie and Fron

Congratulations I am truly happy for u!

[waiting4areason 13]

I have a feeling they are working on the end of December batch those past few weeks, I wonder when they will get to Dec 1 do I can finally get my approval, after 208 days

[bttmfor10i 0]

Ellie and Fron congratulation

we continue to expect our approval

[Ellie and Fron 10]

Our stories sound almost identical! Congrats!!!!

Really? Thank you! Congrats to you as well.

I have a feeling they are working on the end of December batch those past few weeks, I wonder when they will get to Dec 1 do I can finally get my approval, after 208 days

I really hope your approval comes soon. I was surprised by mine but it does seem that they are starting to plug away on December approvals.

[KASH2011 382]

I've been having a really bad week due to problems at work, feeling homesick (my family lives in NH and I live in Mississippi), missing my fiancé, and a pile of assignments for graduate school. I was just working on my paper and saw I received an email...I logged onto gmail and saw that my case was APPROVED!!! What a wonderful way to end a horrible week. For those of you still waiting your time is coming up soon, I promise. Our NOA1 date was December 29th and my lawyer was saying "you probably won't hear anything until the end of July or early August," so I am happily surprised about the email I received tonight. Do not give up everyone!!! I have a feeling that more approvals are coming.

-Ellie and Fron

Congrats!

[Ellie and Fron 10]

Thanks Everyone!

I know what it feels like to wait and see other couples get approved left and right. I wanted to share some of the things I have done in this process that have helped me handle all of the approvals and waiting to hear back from USCIS. It’s all about self care (I’m a social worker haha) and staying sane!!

1) Don’t Give Up

Your next!! Waiting is the hardest part of this process and there were times when I felt like quitting. Although the waiting sucks and hurts I’ve come to realize that going through this process is going to bring my fiancé and I closer to together. If we can get through this process I think we will be able to get through a lot of other things that come our way in life. Don’t give up! I feel like December approvals are starting to come in more quickly now. The reason why I posted our approval status was not to brag but to give y’all hope that your next and to NOT give up.

2) Suspend All Expectations

Our case got approved when I least expected it to happen. I know a lot of couples who have gone through the K-1 process. Each case I’ve seen has been different and I learned very quickly that comparing my process to what my friends went through was not going to help. Any expectations you have for this process - put them on the back burner it will give you better piece of mind.

3) Don’t Get Online Every Day

Although this website is wonderful…I started getting online every day and became easily frustrated by all the approvals and progress made on other cases but my own. One day I realized that checking every day was not healthy and creating stress in my life. Something needed to change so I started only checkin visa journey twice a week and then finally got down to once a week. Believe me this will help bring down your stress and anxiety about waiting to hear something from USCIS.

Edited June 27, 2015 by Ellie and Fron

[waiting4areason 13]

Thanks for the advice Ellie. I've been trying to tell myself the same thing. Eventually our time will come as well. Congratulations to you again☺

[swji89 41]

Yes that is some good advice. Nich-Nick could tell I was spending too much time reading stuff on here and getting worried and was absolutely right

[juysito 0]

We just received our NOA2 finally!!! First noa1 was december 18... The notice came through tonight around 7 pm CST so apparently they are working on Saturdays. Hopefully this means everyone will get their notices in a more timely manner!!

[bttmfor10i 0]

JUYSITO congratulations