March 2015 K-1 Filers

[AH_Fury 61]

Your in the system))). Don't we all just love "hurry up and wait"

Are you able to view your status online? I'm still not able to view the status, so I called the number that it says to call and unfortunately I called after 6pm, but I checked my status over the automated system and it said the receipt number isn't in the system or something. But when I added the number to the account it created online, it shows as though it's valid and it says it was last updated on the 20th.

[Toddandcamilla 34]

Its the same with our case. Dont stress it :-) it just takes a while i suppose to put it all in their system. If you look at our timeline, its almost three weeks since receipt on NOA1, so one should think we would be able to see our case, but the fact is, its just sitting there on a desk. And as soon as someone "touches" it, you will be able to see it. Just do what i do, check 100 times a day hehe :-) Either we get an approval or we get an RFE.. But untill then theres nothing to see on our case :-) i was stressed out the first week after, thinking they lost our case or smt! But i pressume thats normal! I hope you all have a good day whereever you all are! Camilla

I cant see our case when i do Track your case on USCIS, but when i created a profile and added our reciept number its there. So i stopped worrying after that! Camilla:)

[Amhara 460]

Is there somewhere else we can check the status online or is that the "Check your Case Status Online" https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

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[AH_Fury 61]

Thanks, Camila. Phew! I was getting worried.

Amhara, I don't think so.

[Josh&Loan 0]

March filer here.. I've been reading slot here and our K1 packet arrived at the lockbox yesterday 3-24-15. Waiting for my NOA now..

[noz 3]

My fiancee received a text from USCIS today! NOA1

That was fast! We sent the package March 21, NOA1 march 26.

Hoping NOA2 won't take too long now.

[Sunya and Tim 55]

Hello Everyone, we are March filers as well. Sent package on 3/13, USPS delivered on 3/16, USCIS received 3/17, text/email NOA1 on 3/20, received hardcopy NOA1 on 3/26 that says our Notice Date was 3/19.

I also checked our case on USCIS web site and it gives the message unable to display with the number to call. Thanks to the tip in this thread I set up an account and I can see it was last updated on 3/23.

Best of luck to everyone on their journey and thanks for sharing such great information. I am not sure why but knowing this information seems to make the process a little easier.

[heatheve 40]

Hey everyone, we just filed our petition on 3/25 and it was delivered by USPS today (3/27). Waiting for our NOA1 now! Hope this will be a smooth journey for everyone here.

[TravandLhen 23]

Just received my noticed 3/27/2015 from USCIS saying my case has been accepted and it now has been routed to California Service Center.

[Amhara 460]

Since the USCIS is transferring K-1 petitions to CSC, I am wondering how that will affect our petitions. Will ours take longer to get to, since some of the incoming petitions are older than ours? I don't want to be too selfish and say that I want my petitions worked before the others that have been waiting longer, but I hope we (the March filers) aren't waiting too long because of the transfer! Either way, I am really glad that this transfer is happening!!!!

http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/workload-transfer-within-service-center-operations

[Josh&Loan 0]

I got my NOA1 today.. Only the text message and my case number is a WAC number.. From what I understand that means California

[AH_Fury 61]

Any March filers get their NOA2?

[Kyle and Linh 64]

Very interesting that some of you who are from Texas and Alabama who are non Philippines are getting shifted to California. Last year they shifted a number of TSC applications in March, April and May to California. This is a sign the "Visa Gods" are smiling on you and that all of us may see expedited approvals. The charts last year say that when they did this it make the time from NOA1 to NOA2 go to 150 days for TSC applications.

This is a good trend and please any of you who read this who apply from Southern or Eastern states please let us know if you get shifted to CSC. THIS IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US!

[Amhara 460]

A lot of us are waiting to see what the USCIS service center transfer will change the flow of cases. How many TSC cases will go (some are wondering if TSC cases will be transferred)? What months will be transferred? Will the CSC cases need to wait for the older TSC cases first or will they all be worked side by side?

I actually used my mother's address in Arizona as my mailing address (used my residential Texas address also), so our petition was sent to CSC. Some others on the transfer thread are reporting that they should have been TSC, but were sent to CSC directly - others are not getting that same treatment.

I'm glued to this site to check on the progress! No one can control what will happen, but we sure would like to get an idea of when we can get our NOA2!

[gtessier 17]

I'm glued to this site to check on the progress! No one can control what will happen, but we sure would like to get an idea of when we can get our NOA2!

No one knows and no one can predict.

Use the "Immigration Timelines" resource in the site and use the filters for CSC and ALL countries. If you have trouble doing it, use this link:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=0&op1=4&op2=d&op3=1&op4=1&op5=5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,108,110,111,208,210,211&op6=California%20Service%20Center&op66=All&op7=All&dfile=No&adv=0

By using this filter and checking NOA2's that people have reported, the most recent NOA2 are on 3/24 and 3/25 that were NOA1 on 3/3. Our NOA1 was issued on 3/10 and there are two NOA1 shown with 3/9 dates that were NOA2 on 2/20. 11 days.

It seems that if you were to look at the average of the last 10-20 NOA2 from CSC they seem to be on a 14-21 day average.

Having said this, these most recent approvals this week on 3/24 and 3/25 were only three weeks from their NOA1 on 3/3. There's no way right now to see how this purported transfer of files from TSC to CSC will affect the approval timeframes at CSC. Give it 30 days to get a better sample size and see if there is any effect.

Finally, my educated guess would be that the existing files at TSC will remain at TSC and any new files that would normally get routed to TSC will get routed to CSC unitil TSC handles its backlog. Those files would then get in the same line for processing as the files that are normally being routed to CSC. It appears that CSC is better managed and their reward for having their act together is more work.

In case any of you don't understand the mentality of the government worker, a large pile of files on your desk = job security.

Edited March 28, 2015 by gtessier