Why so few I-129F's approved in November??

[walran 24]

Looking at this graph it seemed like there was a pretty level number of applications approved right up until November and then it tapered of to a third seemingly overnight! Why would this be..?

[getmoneymegan 0]

and what about December? I really want to file tomorrow.. I've been working hard on my packet

[walran 24]

File quickly! The time really sucks and I see the "one" person that got their visa in "70 days" on Igor's list and then a "few" in 130-150 days and then there are quite a few that are 180-300 days... Seems like there are no clear timetables no matter how perfect your file or packet..

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K1 Process to K1 Progress Forum~

~Inquiry about case filing and status~

[Amhara 460]

When I look at Igor's List, it seems that the last 10 cases approved were all touched in November 2015 for CSC.

[walran 24]

I think they are almost all of them going there now aren't they..?

[Amhara 460]

I think they are almost all of them going there now aren't they..?

I think so. I haven't read about a service center reversal yet. Hopefully they keep going to CSC!

[Amhara 460]

I could be wrong, but it seems that the chart is saying that of the VJ K-1 petitions, about 25% of the November 2015 filers have been processed. If this is true, then CSC is still moving at a pretty nice clip.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Because they're still working on processing November filings

[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

Well I'm not 100% on how it works, but on the bottom of the charts it mentions NOA-1 dates.

If this chart is keeping track of when petitions with NOA-1 dates in the respective months are being approved, then some November-dated petitions are still being processed as November just ended 18 days ago.

It make sense that it's the way it's done, because it would explain why there are none in the "December" category. I know people who have gotten their NOA-2 in December, but these were for petitions with November/late October NOA-1 dates.

Does that make sense? I think I did a poor job explaining it, sorry!

Edited December 18, 2015 by MorganandMichael

[Unidentified 2,930]

Well one reason good be that there's a lot of holidays in November and December: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah etc. A lot of people take time off so that could effect the amount of cases processed.

[kris&me 572]

i would forget applying for K1 visa at this point and just marry and go for CR 1

[Unidentified 2,930]

i would forget applying for K1 visa at this point and just marry and go for CR 1

Why? Times for K1 are completely fine. Anyone who says they're not clearly haven't been on here long. You should have seen the times last year before they finally sent over files from Texas to California... Texas is trailing again but hopefully they will send some files over to the other centers again. But it isn't bad. They're just a few months behind.

[steph&max 13]

They are slowing way down due to the holidays....

Hopefully not because of the whole K1 process being reviewed due to recent events.

[Jaime & Aisha 46]

I'm Nov 2 receipt. I've pulled what I think is every K-1 petition for Nov 2. 150 total. I check every night on each one. I also have 20 petitions on my USCIS case tracker app that I watch to see movement, very little to none.

Reviews occurred for 30% of the K-1s on the dates guessed by VJ of Dec 4-7. The remaining have been touched at a very slow rate, 1-2 approvals per day, until 16 Dec when RFE have been going out 5 on 16th, 5 on 17th. I haven't seen anymore approvals for Nov 2 receipt. There are still a lot outstanding.

In our Nov forum we have a very smart guy who created a program to check daily on a specific number of K-1. He's showing 40% for Nov 2, and the rest of the days less.

So Nov has not been completed, not even close.

For Information: Igor's list does not list out all the petitions for any specific date. Those are only the ones where members have provided the information. It is does not query the USCIS database.