I-129F November 2016 Filers

[amye 158]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Special IT skills? Nah. But I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you... (I hate that movie, but love these lines!)  But seriously, it's just experience...a college CS student could do this if they just had some guidance on where to look.

Awesome.  Well, as a few have already said, I'm so glad you in with us Novermbers!!!

[geowrian 22,337]

7 minutes ago, stella03_smg said:

@geowrian: So intelligent!Just wow! Good thing the dec thread was not available so you've stayed with Nov thread.haha! Seriously, thank you so much to you and to everyone who has been giving us updates.

Nah, I'm really not. It's just passion. I love building things! I've built a bunch of other things for personal use throughout the years just to push my understanding: guestbooks (WAY back), those AIM tracking status things in your profile, Keep In Touch (KIT).to anonymously send photos, chat with, and tag people you meet at conventions, and most recently (Still a WIP!!!) a tool for synchronizing watching a streaming video over the Internet. Take a wild guess where that last idea came from... hint: movie nights!

[KF & OS 109]

5 hours ago, minemar said:

Hi guys,

 

December filer here, so when do you think they will start touching the December files???... I'm kinda depressed with all this waiting... And despite the fact that I read this forum daily I think we are not moving forward with our petitions... and I get discouraged and keep thinking our petition will be approved by December this year... it feels they take longer every day... =(

 

 

Hi fellow December filer....nice to meet u. I think if USCIS keeps up the speed at which they have been on for the last two days, we could hear something at the end of Feb or somewhere in March. Anyways, welcome to the thread

[JimJesDuma 472]

22 minutes ago, stella03_smg said:

@Jim: I have already added my timeline last month i think... haha!

 

I can't see it. It says not created or not linked.

Can others see Stella's timeline?

 

Jim

[stella03_smg 7]

10 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Nah, I'm really not. It's just passion. I love building things! I've built a bunch of other things for personal use throughout the years just to push my understanding: guestbooks (WAY back), those AIM tracking status things in your profile, Keep In Touch (KIT).to anonymously send photos, chat with, and tag people you meet at conventions, and most recently (Still a WIP!!!) a tool for synchronizing watching a streaming video over the Internet. Take a wild guess where that last idea came from... hint: movie nights!

Hahahaha i can't even make a guess because i'm not familiar. I live in the mountain and i have no access to movies, just local channels.Haha! I only watch movies when my fiance visits me here in the philippines.haha!I will go now, time to handwash my clothes! :-) :-) :-) Thank you again geow!

[amye 158]

4 minutes ago, JimJesDuma said:

I can't see it. It says not created or not linked.

Can others see Stella's timeline?

 

Jim

No, I can't.

[KF & OS 109]

19 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Nah, I'm really not. It's just passion. I love building things! I've built a bunch of other things for personal use throughout the years just to push my understanding: guestbooks (WAY back), those AIM tracking status things in your profile, Keep In Touch (KIT).to anonymously send photos, chat with, and tag people you meet at conventions, and most recently (Still a WIP!!!) a tool for synchronizing watching a streaming video over the Internet. Take a wild guess where that last idea came from... hint: movie nights!

Hey Geowarian, I didnt know u filed on the same day as we did! wow. I had also tried to look for a Dec thread and none existed until by the mercies of God i landed on this one. Thank u Jim. I think month specific threads are so much needed. anyways, we filed on 12/1 and our NOA1 is 12/5.

[geowrian 22,337]

10 minutes ago, KF & OS said:

Hey Geowarian, I didnt know u filed on the same day as we did! wow. I had also tried to look for a Dec thread and none existed until by the mercies of God i landed on this one. Thank u Jim. I think month specific threads are so much needed. anyways, we filed on 12/1 and our NOA1 is 12/5.

Lucky~~~ My NOA1 notice is a whole week later! Lets trade! j/k  My receipt date was the 7th, though.

 

Yes, thank you @JimJesDuma

[geowrian 22,337]

20 minutes ago, stella03_smg said:

Hahahaha i can't even make a guess because i'm not familiar. I live in the mountain and i have no access to movies, just local channels.Haha! I only watch movies when my fiance visits me here in the philippines.haha!I will go now, time to handwash my clothes! :-) :-) :-) Thank you again geow!

Aww. It's a web app (website) where my fiance and I can watch a movie together. If one of us pauses or goes back or something, it does the same for the other. So we can call/video chat/whatever (I can add video chat in the website later) and both watch the movie together. Her connection is pretty bad, so when we tried to do movie nights in the past, I constantly ended up 10-20+ minutes ahead of her and had to go back and re-watch sections.

 

The long-term goal is getting it integrated into something like Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, etc. so you can setup viewing parties with friends. It's like how you can rent a movie and watch it with others ion the same room, but doing the same over the Internet. One person rents/buys a digital movie and then can invite friends to watch it with them online for free (so long as the person who paid for it remains in the digital room and the rental period is still valid).

[amye 158]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Aww. It's a web app (website) where my fiance and I can watch a movie together. If one of us pauses or goes back or something, it does the same for the other. So we can call/video chat/whatever (I can add video chat in the website later) and both watch the movie together. Her connection is pretty bad, so when we tried to do movie nights in the past, I constantly ended up 10-20+ minutes ahead of her and had to go back and re-watch sections.

 

The long-term goal is getting it integrated into something like Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, etc. so you can setup viewing parties with friends. It's like how you can rent a movie and watch it with others ion the same room, but doing the same over the Internet. One person rents/buys a digital movie and then can invite friends to watch it with them online for free (so long as the person who paid for it remains in the digital room and the rental period is still valid).

Whaaaaa????  Scott and I try to sync our Netflix almost every night while we are on Facetime on our laptops.  That's amazing, Geo!!

[KimchiLumpia 315]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

You'll almost definitely be approved before me, so don't worry! I filed on 12/1, with a NOA1 of 12/12. The Dec. thread didn't exist when I filed, so here I am to stay.

I'm sure I speak for everyone on this thread...thank you for writing the script that produced that spreadsheet with our K1 Visa results.  It makes the wait a bit more manageable.   Cheers! 

[Anthony and Bobby 170]

There were some approvals today too for WAC1790056500-56700 (portion of Received Date November 4, 2016). All 24 approvals were from this week and 4 were from today. I hope there's more tomorrow. T^T

 

it's nice to see movement from every date within the first week of November now. But come on they should finish 10/31 already!

 

I felt excited and a bit bummed when the case number BEFORE our Case Number got approved yesterday. Ah well. Lol

 

Thanks to @JimJesDuma, @geowrian and everyone else who're contributing to this thread! Love you all!

 

Bobby

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

2 hours ago, JimJesDuma said:

so 10 per night average = 25 more work days. 

November 7th should be cleared out by end of February including RFE's. - maybe

 

Jim

It should be sooner than that because with each day going forward there are fewer older cases to be processed - so at the moment around 75 cases are being touched per day for the most 'active' processing bracket.  So we seem to be moving forward at a rate of 75 cases per day - and there are only 510 cases in the active window ahead of November 7th. So I'd estimate - if the rate keeps up - we should be hitting the 7th in about 7 working days - and it should take around 4 days to clear - so before Valentine's day!  I am case received on the 9th - that would be a lovely Valentine's gift! (Though I estimate it'll be a few days after).  I had decided not to panic until the end of March so any movement at the moment is encouraging.  The RFEs seem to get turned around quickly so even that would be a blessing at this point.  I would think that you are right that by the end of February the RFEs should be back and approved too.  Yours MUST be doing something this week Jim... Maybe today!

 

Of course, this is all dependent on CSC not taking another sabbatical for months...

[CMJuilland 485]

Here are my stats: 

Out of the 836 cases I check daily (WAC1790044500 to WAC1790052999), there are 53 rejected, so 783 to be worked or "active cases". Out of these, there are now 342 approvals, 160 RFEs, and 281 unworked / other. Compared to yesterday, the "unworked / other" category has dropped by 46 cases. Sure, most of these were RFEs, but here are my 2 cents regarding that: as from what I remember from the Q&A with a former adjudicator and other bits and pieces of information (unfortunately, these are few and far between), RFEs are by no means as bad as "untouched / unworked". RFE-cases seem to stay pending as in open, and once the response to an RFE is received, the adjudicator responsible for the case does not have to go through the full file again; approval will happen much more quickly from here on out. As for performance reasons, adjudicators may want to approve quite a few RFE-cases in any one given day as those approvals are simple and they can easily increase their statistics in doing so. 

I am 90+% sure that we will get an RFE, and telling from recent timelines, it doesn't add too much time, maybe 2-4 weeks, especially if the reply is sent in timely manner. So, bottom line is if the segment I'm checking was worked in the same fashion as it has been in the last two days, the 281 unworked cases would be cleared in almost no time, probably under 2 weeks. Happy Friday everyone, and lots and lots of hope and energy to everyone, especially those who are starting to lose their hope. 

Edited January 27, 2017 by CMJuilland

[CMJuilland 485]

A few pages back, somebody asked about adjusting for foreign fiancé(e)s in the U.S. We're in the lucky position of not having to worry about that. I'm the beneficiary, and since I grew up with English (third mother tongue or, more accurately, native language), have completed two terms at an American university, and have been to the U.S. an estimated 20 times in my life, the only couple of things I will have to do once I arrive are getting a social security number, a driver's license, and a bank account, which will be taken care of in almost no time (okay, the driver's license largely depends on the DMV, and we all know how these people can make you wait... However, I will be used to it "thanks" to USCIS). Other than that, I already feel much more at home there than I do where I still live now.

For those of you who need to improve their English / need their fiancé(e)s to improve their English, I'm a linguist and a certified language instructor, and from experience, I can tell you that the more exposure a language learner can get, the faster they will learn the language. Mistakes and errors are crucial in learning a language, so don't worry about these too much. You may want to start off with easy situations such as the grocery store or filling out forms, smalltalk and having simple conversations with friends. Watching TV, especially shows that are already known, usually helps as well; in fact, that's what I suggested my mom do in order for her to understand my future in-laws when she comes over to attend our wedding. Her level of English is quite okay, but she's used to the British variety of English, and random talk is still hard for her to understand, especially when people speak at the speed they usually do when they hold a conversation. If you need any more advice, I'm more than happy to help. 

Edited January 27, 2017 by CMJuilland