Igor's List & November NOA1 filers :)

[walran 24]

I noticed on Igor's list that 11/24 filings were being reviewed but yet when I clicked over there were no NOA1's with that date and precious few in November past mid month..

Of course the personal timeline is 100% accurate so I am very surprised to see that one day past my range I still have not seen the NOA2

Curious how many people that have filed in November have received their NOA2?

At 52 I am as impatient as a 16 year old.. If my fiancé were in Europe (10-11 hours) or Hong Kong (15 hours) then no problem, I would be on a flight once a month.. But with a 40 hour average flight/travel time I have been back for almost two months and am dying to fly over again but the time costs and travel expenses followed by huge loss in business production are prohibitive.

I am hoping that since all the data here is taken from what people here have reported that many of you or at least some of you have got your NOA2's if you filed in November.. My NOA1 was 11/23

[Gc&dl 4]

I called and got to speak to tier 2. First thing i heard was someone yelling out a name and then hung up. I called again and got transfered to tier 2 again. Put me on hold for like 5 min then said that they just received this case a month ago blah blah and they dont know if the case has been assigned to an officer blah blah blah. Keep in mind that processing times are 5 months. Call within 30 days if we dont hear anything.

Bottomline: None of them are helpful. What's frustrating is, we cannot even plan whether we should see each other again if it's gonna take forever anyway or if it will just be a complete waste of money going back and forth if we get approved sooner. ??

Anyway, im still hopeful. Love will prevail ☺️

My NOA1 is 11/23

[ClauReece 0]

Hello

We are on the same boat. NOA1 on the 11/23. Seems Califórnia service center is processing petitions from the 11/24 and our status remains the same.

Noticed also other cases where the petition was received after mine and got ( NOA2) approved already.

It can be so frustrating and stressful. I miss my fiance so much

We can't make plans for anything. Airplane tickets are expensive, work doesn't allow long absences.... weeks, months go by,and we could be spending that precious time with our loved one instead we are stressing about all this.

Anyway, positive thinking is importante at this stage. We are not alone. Must be strong.

Edited December 30, 2015 by ClauReece

[Gc&dl 4]

Hello

We are on the same boat. NOA1 on the 11/23. Seems Califórnia service center is processing petitions from the 11/24 and our status remains the same.

Noticed also other cases where the petition was received after mine and got ( NOA2) approved already.

It can be so frustrating and stressful. I miss my fiance so much

We can't make plans for anything. Airplane tickets are expensive, work doesn't allow long absences.... weeks, months go by,and we could be spending that precious time with our loved one instead we are stressing about all this.

Anyway, positive thinking is importante at this stage. We are not alone. Must be strong.

Exactly!!! Especially we don't have money to spend ?

Oh well.. still alot hopeful. Hope our NOA2s come pouring real soon.

Edited December 30, 2015 by Gc&dl

[walran 24]

I am so glad that my service center is not Texas...! I will start to include all of you in my prayers as well.. I think that anyone going through this is committed.. Probably why the US divorce rate s 63% and success rate with foreign or mail order brides is 80% according to the USCIS..

One of my friends said he had good luck with local congressman's office calling regularly to keep things moving.. Not sure what if anything they could do but maybe they would be more adroit at following up?

Patience is a virtue and it isn't about just the physical separation... My brother says "just think above the belt" which is great advice coming from a guy that has six kids, wife, and spends every night at home and takes off one weekend a month with his wife.. I find that just being able to reach out and touch her, or to see her face when we talk would be enough (for awhile). Internet in Nepal is slow and Skype/video doesn't work.. only VOIP..

We are all missing our loved ones and this just sucks but hopefully we all get good answers in days rather than weeks

God Bless all of you!

[ClauReece 0]

Exactly!!! Especially we don't have money to spend ?

Oh well.. still alot hopeful. Hope our NOA2s come pouring real soon.

So true, but we will overcome this:)

Same to you. Hope we'll hear the good news very soon.

I'm just wondering if once our petitions are appoved if our case status is updated automatically. I don't think that's the case though. Maybe it's been approved and we will only know once we receive it in the mail.

Keep us posted

I am so glad that my service center is not Texas...! I will start to include all of you in my prayers as well.. I think that anyone going through this is committed.. Probably why the US divorce rate s 63% and success rate with foreign or mail order brides is 80% according to the USCIS..

One of my friends said he had good luck with local congressman's office calling regularly to keep things moving.. Not sure what if anything they could do but maybe they would be more adroit at following up?

Patience is a virtue and it isn't about just the physical separation... My brother says "just think above the belt" which is great advice coming from a guy that has six kids, wife, and spends every night at home and takes off one weekend a month with his wife.. I find that just being able to reach out and touch her, or to see her face when we talk would be enough (for awhile). Internet in Nepal is slow and Skype/video doesn't work.. only VOIP..

We are all missing our loved ones and this just sucks but hopefully we all get good answers in days rather than weeks

God Bless all of you!

[Gc&dl 4]

So true, but we will overcome this:)

Same to you. Hope we'll hear the good news very soon.

I'm just wondering if once our petitions are appoved if our case status is updated automatically. I don't think that's the case though. Maybe it's been approved and we will only know once we receive it in the mail.

Keep us posted

It will be updated automatically and say case approved, or if they request for evidence. I asked them before and in both cases it will be updated online. ?

[ClauReece 0]

I am so glad that my service center is not Texas...! I will start to include all of you in my prayers as well.. I think that anyone going through this is committed.. Probably why the US divorce rate s 63% and success rate with foreign or mail order brides is 80% according to the USCIS..

One of my friends said he had good luck with local congressman's office calling regularly to keep things moving.. Not sure what if anything they could do but maybe they would be more adroit at following up?

Patience is a virtue and it isn't about just the physical separation... My brother says "just think above the belt" which is great advice coming from a guy that has six kids, wife, and spends every night at home and takes off one weekend a month with his wife.. I find that just being able to reach out and touch her, or to see her face when we talk would be enough (for awhile). Internet in Nepal is slow and Skype/video doesn't work.. only VOIP..

We are all missing our loved ones and this just sucks but hopefully we all get good answers in days rather than weeks

God Bless all of you!

You can say that again, Texas is really behind. Feel sorry for those who's petition went there.

Good luck to all of us We are not alone in this and that gives us some strength. At least we have someone to share our experience and that truly understands the feeling of being powerless.

Good news will come soon

[ClauReece 0]

It will be updated automatically and say case approved, or if they request for evidence. I asked them before and in both cases it will be updated online. ?

Thank you so much

We learn something new everyday

Thanks

[Wooderz 314]

Wait are you saying that you think igors list is 100% accurate? Thats the funniest thing I've heard in months.

[Wooderz 314]

Also I was unaware that USCIS publishes marriage and divorce statistics. Learn something new every day!

[ClauReece 0]

Wait are you saying that you think igors list is 100% accurate? Thats the funniest thing I've heard in months.

It's always nicer to educate people when they are presumely wrong then making fun of them. Because your comment didn't enlighten us at all.

We are all new to this at some point.

We learn along the way.

[Pennycat 880]

All that means is the one with the latest date that was approved was a 11/24 filer. Maybe whoever got a box of 11/23 files took the week between Christmas and New Year off.

You are very unlikely to come in more than a month over average, which is lightning speed when it comes to USCIS. Fretting over a day's discrepancy or imagining that you're the only person to have ever been in love with someone on the other side of the world (on a website full of such people most of whose visajourneys were double to quadruple the length of time you're looking at) is not a healthy or productive thing to out yourself through. You will hear soon. A handful of people heard 24 hours sooner. You are in a very very good and envious position right now. I'd not tempt fate in that regard.

Also, no one is at Texas right now as a direct result of a LOT of work done by people like myself and Wooderz here. So.... that wasn't luck on your side on that one.

Edited December 30, 2015 by CatherineA

[Wooderz 314]

It's always nicer to educate people when they are presumely wrong then making fun of them. Because your comment didn't enlighten us at all.

We are all new to this at some point.

We learn along the way.

You are right.

Igor's list is populated by us vj users who we all understand are subject to human error. People enter the wrong dates, the wrong filing location or service center pretty frequently. Also I there are occasionally trolls and robots posting on VJ making up data. I know of several accounts in just my year here made up of false data to try to get around being banned.

We saw this a lot several months ago, and I'm it's still happening despite suggestions by members on ways to improve the timeline, that a lot of people were putting TSC as their service center when they were just sending their petition to the texas lockbox. They didn't understand the difference between the two. That skews the data when a CSC person who was approved in 30 days says they were processed at TSC, while TSC was really at closer to 200. We knew they were errors because in late March 2015, USCIS started sending virtually (and I say virtually because I can't know for sure whether it was 100% or 99 or 98) to CSC to clear the TSC backlog.

There are other ways the data can be incorrect but basically just understanding that the data is populated by users and is not actual USCIS data explains how it is subject to a margin of error - accidentally and intentionally.

(Once I got out of TSC I never looked back so I'm sure I'm sure these things are still happening but I can't look. I still can feel my blood boil thinking about TSC now.)

Igor's list is helpful to manage your expectations, but it's not the bible, so to speak. It can't be relied on 100%. Some people get worked up when igor's shows processing one or just a few days after they filed wondering why they haven't been approved yet. It can't be relied on in that manner. It's not USCIS data and even if it was, USCIS doesn't work in a perfectly numerical order.

Edited December 30, 2015 by Wooderz

[ClauReece 0]

You are right.

Igor's list is populated by us vj users who we all understand are subject to human error. People enter the wrong dates, the wrong filing location or service center pretty frequently. Also I there are occasionally trolls and robots posting on VJ making up data. I know of several accounts in just my year here made up of false data to try to get around being banned.

We saw this a lot several months ago, and I'm it's still happening despite suggestions by members on ways to improve the timeline, that a lot of people were putting TSC as their service center when they were just sending their petition to the texas lockbox. They didn't understand the difference between the two. That skews the data when a CSC person who was approved in 30 days says they were processed at TSC, while TSC was really at closer to 200. We knew they were errors because in late March 2015, USCIS started sending virtually (and I say virtually because I can't know for sure whether it was 100% or 99 or 98) to CSC to clear the TSC backlog.

There are other ways the data can be incorrect but basically just understanding that the data is populated by users and is not actual USCIS data explains how it is subject to a margin of error - accidentally and intentionally.

(Once I got out of TSC I never looked back so I'm sure I'm sure these things are still happening but I can't look. I still can feel my blood boil thinking about TSC now.)

Igor's list is helpful to manage your expectations, but it's not the bible, so to speak. It can't be relied on 100%. Some people get worked up when igor's shows processing one or just a few days after they filed wondering why they haven't been approved yet. It can't be relied on in that manner. It's not USCIS data and even if it was, USCIS doesn't work in a perfectly numerical order.

Thank you very much for answering.

I don't follow the timeline like a bible, like you said it's not 100% accurate.

You have been through all this i believe, so you know how frustrating it is to just sit and wait. Your life is on hold, because you don't know when it's going to happen.

I believe it's just a way to vent out our frustation.

I'm still leaning how VJ works, and i truly appreciate you taking your time to explain.

Once again, thank you, that was kind of you.