I-129F Filers, March 2015 NOA1 date! TSC only!

[Wors 19]

감사합니다 . . .

We were approved last week, but were remaining quiet. When you are among starving people, and you are given food, it is insensitive to eat in front of them.

Too many people that I have come to think of as friends are still hoping and waiting. I am uncomfortable shouting from the mountaintops that I finally achieved that goal, while my friends continue to stew, and wait, and hope, and wait, and stew. . . .. Some are encouraged by hearing that a friend receives good news, others are not. Since I have no way of knowing everyone's personal capacity to endure, I felt that it is more merciful to remain quiet and remain among 'the waiting', and encourage those that I can.

Tom

Congratulations Tom.

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

Congratulations Tom.

Thanx! To you as well!

[ant330ci 8]

Congrats Tom, so happy for you guys

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

Congrats Tom, so happy for you guys

Thanx! I won't be happy until all of those exiled to TSC are set free....

[hampguy 9]

감사합니다 . . .

We were approved last week, but were remaining quiet. When you are among starving people, and you are given food, it is insensitive to eat in front of them.

Too many people that I have come to think of as friends are still hoping and waiting. I am uncomfortable shouting from the mountaintops that I finally achieved that goal, while my friends continue to stew, and wait, and hope, and wait, and stew. . . .. Some are encouraged by hearing that a friend receives good news, others are not. Since I have no way of knowing everyone's personal capacity to endure, I felt that it is more merciful to remain quiet and remain among 'the waiting', and encourage those that I can.

Tom

Tom,

That is a very sensitive and selfless act. It is to be respected. How do you feel about being out of the "black hole"? You must be thrilled.

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

Tom,

That is a very sensitive and selfless act. It is to be respected. How do you feel about being out of the "black hole"? You must be thrilled.

Thrilled? Hmmmmm..... no, not really. Even though TSC approval was the highest obstacle to cross, it is still not the last one. Also, I have found that time marches on. No matter the situation, time marches on, and things will change. If times seem dark, I remember that 'where there is a shadow, there must be a light'. I have been through some uncomfortable situations. They always fade into the distance as time moves forward.

As in math, in which all numbers can be either positive and negative, depending on which sign it placed before it, so in life each situation can be either positive or negative, depending on how you choose to receive it.

While waiting in the so-called 'black hole', I have met some interesting and kind-hearted people I would have never encountered if there was no backlog and no wait time. I have spend much time encouraging my fiancee, and because of those very emotional conversations, she and I are now closer than when we began this Journey. It's not, 'Is the glass half-empty or half-full'... rather, it's time to give thanks for even having a glass.

I choose to select the good and positive things from every situation, and use it to better myself, and be a better person to those around me. It gives me an increase of spirit, and that leaves more to share with those around me.

Yes, like everyone else, I may sometimes complain loudly, or stew in temporary depression at the trial I face in the moment.... but as my wise and wonderful Soogyeong said:

Life viewed up close is usually seen as a tragedy, but viewed from a distance, is often a Comedy.

So Smile Friend, and find someone next to you who does not have a smile, and give them yours...

Tom

[Unshakable Faith 493]

Thrilled? Hmmmmm..... no, not really. Even though TSC approval was the highest obstacle to cross, it is still not the last one. Also, I have found that time marches on. No matter the situation, time marches on, and things will change. If times seem dark, I remember that 'where there is a shadow, there must be a light'. I have been through some uncomfortable situations. They always fade into the distance as time moves forward.

As in math, in which all numbers can be either positive and negative, depending on which sign it placed before it, so in life each situation can be either positive or negative, depending on how you choose to receive it.

While waiting in the so-called 'black hole', I have met some interesting and kind-hearted people I would have never encountered if there was no backlog and no wait time. I have spend much time encouraging my fiancee, and because of those very emotional conversations, she and I are now closer than when we began this Journey. It's not, 'Is the glass half-empty or half-full'... rather, it's time to give thanks for even having a glass.

I choose to select the good and positive things from every situation, and use it to better myself, and be a better person to those around me. It gives me an increase of spirit, and that leaves more to share with those around me.

Yes, like everyone else, I may sometimes complain loudly, or stew in temporary depression at the trial I face in the moment.... but as my wise and wonderful Soogyeong said:

Life viewed up close is usually seen as a tragedy, but viewed from a distance, is often a Comedy.

So Smile Friend, and find someone next to you who does not have a smile, and give them yours...

Tom

You're a gem!

[mz_ 0]

have there been any approvals recently for anyone else? March 17 here, i predicted today about a month ago. my birthday is on Tuesday so that's the next day i'm hoping for...

[rms171 20]

Yes. I received my NOA2 on the 8th. I have the same NOA1 date as you.

[hampguy 9]

have there been any approvals recently for anyone else? March 17 here, i predicted today about a month ago. my birthday is on Tuesday so that's the next day i'm hoping for...

March 9 filer here and still waiting and getting increasingly frustrated.

[mz_ 0]

Yes. I received my NOA2 on the 8th. I have the same NOA1 date as you.

congrats that is good to hear. I am assuming mine is the 17th. i saw the whole thing about the received date on the USCIS website vs. the date it has listed at the very top when you punch in your case number. when i log in at the bottom left it says 3/17 but at the top it says it was received 3/23. plus my NOA1 hardcopy says 3/17 so that's what i am basing it off of.

also does anyone know 100% when using immifairy reports which date you should go by if the situation above is like mine? i think i read stick with the noa1 hardcopy date but i'm not sure.

[Tom and SooGyeong 87]

congrats that is good to hear. I am assuming mine is the 17th. i saw the whole thing about the received date on the USCIS website vs. the date it has listed at the very top when you punch in your case number. when i log in at the bottom left it says 3/17 but at the top it says it was received 3/23. plus my NOA1 hardcopy says 3/17 so that's what i am basing it off of.

also does anyone know 100% when using immifairy reports which date you should go by if the situation above is like mine? i think i read stick with the noa1 hardcopy date but i'm not sure.

Yes! As an observer of some 12,500+ files over the past months, I have been watching numbers for those who entrusted me with their full SRC case numbers, curious about the same thing. I can say definitively that even though USCIS uses your original date from your hardcopy, the one marked 'Received" in the middle of your hard copy, immifairy's mining software sometimes digs up the 'changed' number. It is a hit and miss proposition.

Edited September 11, 2015 by Tom and SooGyeong

[mz_ 0]

Yes! As an observer of some 12,500+ files over the past months, I have been watching numbers for those who entrusted me with their full SRC case numbers, curious about the same thing. I can say definitively that even though USCIS uses your original date from your hardcopy, the one marked 'Received" in the middle of your hard copy, immifairy's mining software sometimes digs up the 'changed' number. It is a hit and miss proposition.

ok thank you. i have been keep an eye on both 3/17 and 3/23 just in case. hopefully everyone comes soon. there are still a lot of February out there. i read in the other March K-1 thread someone called the uscis and they told them it would be another 3 months until they got to March. hopefully that isn't true. without giving the numbers away the slim majority of approvals each day are from march albeit a few

Edited September 11, 2015 by mz_

[rms171 20]

Tom is 100% correct. Immifairy tagged my file as 3/23, but the real NOA1 date was 3/17. This had something to do with the maintenance issues the USCIS had on its site where case updates just disappeared for over a month. I called the USCIS and elevated my question on NOA1 date to a tier 2 officer. She assured me (annoyed though) that the receipt date on the I-797C is the NOA1.

[mz_ 0]

ok so i will focus more on the immifairy reports for 3/23 then. thanks