January 2016 I-129f Filers

[anicap 58]

Question for everyone: when you got your NOA1/NOA2 e-mails, did both people get them?
Because I filled out papers for both my fiancee and me to get e-mail and text notifications, but when the NOA1 e-mail came through, he was the only one who received it, and I got my hard copy in the mail.

Just curious if this was specific to us or if it happened to others as well!

[funlek 7]

Still not heard anything. I know I just have to wait, but I am waiting not so patiently now at day 55. I know a lot of people get approved at day 50 and bellow so it's making me question if perhaps something is wrong with my petition.

I pray you receive ur approval notice soonest. I actually thought we were going to get approved around the same time. hopefully you will get the approval notice soonest.

Edited March 9, 2016 by funlek

[Sev15 20]

Question for everyone: when you got your NOA1/NOA2 e-mails, did both people get them?

Because I filled out papers for both my fiancee and me to get e-mail and text notifications, but when the NOA1 e-mail came through, he was the only one who received it, and I got my hard copy in the mail.

Just curious if this was specific to us or if it happened to others as well!

For our NOA2 my fiancé (petitioner) didn't get an email, only I did. Although he got an email for the NOA1.

[anicap 58]

Gotcha. So maybe it's just a glitch in their system and they forget to send to both sometimes.

Thanks! Glad I'm not alone.

For our NOA2 my fiancé (petitioner) didn't get an email, only I did. Although he got an email for the NOA1.

[LAS1204 6]

Honestly if he wasn't coming to stay for 9 days I'd be miserable. I can't sleep and I keep waiting up at the time they update the system every day to check (early in the morning here) It's sad I even know what time they update the system. I wish we'd applied in December now as I probably would of heard back.

Honestly I stopped coming on here for a few days because I needed a break, seeing people that applied weeks after you approved as happy as I am for them, it's making me paranoid that something is wrong with my petition.

I know how you feel! This waiting game is terrible. Out of curiosity, what time do you think they update the system? I keep checking the app about 10 times every day and I keep getting disappointed each time I see "Case Received." I know it's still early yet but seeing people get their NOA2 when they submitted their applications weeks after yours, gets your hopes up. Doesn't help that last night I dreamt we got approved today.

Edited March 9, 2016 by LAS1204

[Sev15 20]

I know how you feel! This waiting game is terrible. Out of curiosity, what time do you think they update the system? I keep checking the app about 10 times every day and I keep getting disappointed each time I see "Case Received." I know it's still early yet but seeing people get their NOA2 when they submitted their applications weeks after yours, gets your hopes up. Doesn't help that last night I dreamt we got approved today.

I was talking to my fiance on Skype just before 10pm PST when our NOA2 email arrived.

[AMZJ 61]

I know how you feel! This waiting game is terrible. Out of curiosity, what time do you think they update the system? I keep checking the app about 10 times every day and I keep getting disappointed each time I see "Case Received." I know it's still early yet but seeing people get their NOA2 when they submitted their applications weeks after yours, gets your hopes up. Doesn't help that last night I dreamt we got approved today.

They update the RFEs earlier in the day, usually around 6pm GMT and then the approvals between 3:30 and 4:30am GMT so by my fiance's time that is 1pm and 10:30-11:30pm. With out fail if I wake up at 4:30 they will have updated the system. But never with anything for me

[anicap 58]

How strange! I wonder why they come so late at night...

I was talking to my fiance on Skype just before 10pm PST when our NOA2 email arrived.

[pcke2000 39]

I got the text and email messages of NOA2 from USCIS at 10 pm CST

[pepper44 18]

I just received a text and email from them on my OLD petition stating it was being sent to DOS.. WHAT IN THE WORLD... IS GOING ON. I'm so confused.

Edited March 9, 2016 by pepper44

[HappyAndIKnowIt 24]

How strange! I wonder why they come so late at night...

They update their database for the entire work day once at the end of the day. It happens at 11pm Eastern Time.

[Tricked 33]

I got the text and email messages of NOA2 from USCIS at 10 pm CST

Congrats

[ORD_PTY 0]

They update their database for the entire work day once at the end of the day. It happens at 11pm Eastern Time.

So . . . it doesn't do me any good to check my status multiple times during the day. Check it once in the morning is good enough.

[anicap 58]

Good to know! Thanks for the info

They update their database for the entire work day once at the end of the day. It happens at 11pm Eastern Time.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Still not heard anything. I know I just have to wait, but I am waiting not so patiently now at day 55. I know a lot of people get approved at day 50 and bellow so it's making me question if perhaps something is wrong with my petition.

Same here. We are on day 56, and I'm starting to become paranoid, thinking something is wrong with the petition. There are people on this forum that say to relax, we will get a response, but it's hard when you have no idea what's going on with your petition. Is it lost? Did something come up during background checks? Do I have a slow adjudicator?? You just don't know! My fiance and I are currently a bit of a getaway if we can afford it, because this process is driving me crazy

Each case is different, you can check the current processing times for the I-129F petition, see the “Check Processing Times” page. USCIS process fiancé(e) petitions in the order they receive them but each application stands on it's own merit and therefore there are many influences that must be adjudicated. Your application and country are going to be different from someone else. Once they complete their processing, your approved petition is then forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC). The NVC will then send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or consulate, which will need time to process your fiancé(e) for a visa.

This is a game of waiting. They process over 6 million applications a year.

Just have to have patience as hard as that is to swallow. There was time that this process of application approval would take 8-9 months. When we processed our application 3 years ago it took 4-5 months. Now you are looking at 45-60 days. I wish I had your timeline and not mine.

Patience.

Also, just get the phone app and set it and leave it. Go about your daily life and forget about it. The app will do the "worrying" and will send you an alarm when it's found something. I am going through ROC now and I have the app set and I don't bother looking because I know it's going to take 5-6 months for approval and looking every day, 6-10 times is not going to speed things up.

I-Tunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uscis-case-tracker-searcher/id921827126?mt=8

Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spinachsoftware.immigration.uscis.casestatus&hl=en

Patience