I-129F November 2016 Filers

[Likeitizz 76]

On 1/31/2017 at 1:47 AM, forena99 said:

Hey everyone!  I got my text at 7:30 PST today.  We are APPROVED!!!   Wow can't believe the day has come.   

 

Wasn't paying attention to my phone until I was getting ready to turn in.  Yup. Looks like we are making more progress!  But why haven't some of you before me gotten some notice yet?  Here's to more approvals tomorrow!  Good Luck!

 

Forena99

GOD BLESS AND CONGRATZ!!!!!!

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

1 hour ago, amye said:

What's the best way to figure out how many untouched cases are before mine?

look at geowrian's spreadsheets and just add up the 'received' numbers for the dates prior to your received date on the first sheet.

 

then if you want to get even more precise go the second sheet and count the case numbers before your own on the same date that still say received

 

 

[amye 158]

3 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

look at geowrian's spreadsheets and just add up the 'received' numbers for the dates prior to your received date on the first sheet.

 

then if you want to get even more precise go the second sheet and count the case numbers before your own on the same date that still say received

 

 

thanks.  I'll get Scott the Excel master to do that for me.  

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

10 minutes ago, amye said:

thanks.  I'll get Scott the Excel master to do that for me.  

i just did it for you - 2627 i think for the dates up to 25th november (inclusive)

 

plus however many cases there are before yours on your received date

Edited February 1, 2017 by Chelleyandaaron

[amye 158]

1 minute ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

i just did it for you - 2627 i think for the dates up to 25th november (inclusive)

 

Oh!  Thank you very much!!!

[amye 158]

2 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

i just did it for you - 2627 i think for the dates up to 25th november (inclusive)

 

plus however many cases there are before yours on your received date

ok thank you.  not too many of those, i don't think.  thanks again!!

[CMJuilland 485]

I never thought I would be that happy with an RFE, but we've just got a notification that we will get one. Too bad that it will most likely just be because of one box we forgot to tick, but at least I know for sure that they're working on it now. I'll let you guys know what it was about once my fiancée gets the letter. 

 

Hopefully, everybody will be approved soon  

[MapleLeaf29 247]

3 hours ago, amye said:

What's the best way to figure out how many untouched cases are before mine?

Like Chelley, I use geowrian's spreadsheets.  I open the spreadsheet in Excel and go to the second page.  I sort the data by the "case status" column, which groups all of the cases according to their processing stage: all of the "approved" cases are together in a group, all of the "withdrawn" cases are together in a group, etc.  I delete all of the cases except the ones that say "received".  Then I re-sort the data by alphanumerically.  After that, I do a quick search for my case number and see which line it is on; that tells me how many received cases are ahead of mine.  As of last night, there were 1933 received cases before mine.  If they continue to approve about 70 cases per day, we are about five and a half weeks away from our NOA2.  However, this estimate might be a little off because I haven't factored in RFE cases; I have no idea how many previous RFE's factor into the approvals each day.  (And, of course, we are crossing our fingers that we don't end up in some kind of limbo.  We are hoping that all of the cases from the end of October that are still in limbo are approved soon!)

[MapleLeaf29 247]

1 hour ago, CMJuilland said:

I never thought I would be that happy with an RFE, but we've just got a notification that we will get one. Too bad that it will most likely just be because of one box we forgot to tick, but at least I know for sure that they're working on it now. I'll let you guys know what it was about once my fiancée gets the letter. 

 

Hopefully, everybody will be approved soon  

Sorry to hear that you got an RFE.  My colleague came in on a spousal visa, so her husband offered to look over our petition before we sent it in.  He found a little box at the bottom of a page that we had missed.  I was absolutely shocked that he found anything because I had been over the paperwork at least a dozen times.  It's amazing how easy it is to miss something.  I hope you are approved quickly!

[SeanRN 45]

Many RFE's already today. Not sure if I want one of those or not. Though at this point, any sign that our petition hasn't been misplaced, lost, burned, flushed etc would be welcomed.

[CMJuilland 485]

1 minute ago, amybeth said:

Sorry to hear that you got an RFE.  My colleague came in on a spousal visa, so her husband offered to look over our petition before we sent it in.  He found a little box at the bottom of a page that we had missed.  I was absolutely shocked that he found anything because I had been over the paperwork at least a dozen times.  It's amazing how easy it is to miss something.  I hope you are approved quickly!

Thanks Amybeth. Yeah, that was stupid - and even more so because we already sent a petition earlier last year, but it never made it into the system... So, for me, an RFE is more of a blessing than a curse as I at least know that it's actively looked at (contrary to May - October when we had nothing). 

[audacieux89 256]

28 minutes ago, amybeth said:

Sorry to hear that you got an RFE.  My colleague came in on a spousal visa, so her husband offered to look over our petition before we sent it in.  He found a little box at the bottom of a page that we had missed.  I was absolutely shocked that he found anything because I had been over the paperwork at least a dozen times.  It's amazing how easy it is to miss something.  I hope you are approved quickly!

Hi amybeth! What was that box you forgot to tick if you don't mind me asking ?

Edited February 2, 2017 by isabelleyri
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[MapleLeaf29 247]

23 minutes ago, isabelleyri said:

Hi amybeth! What was that box you forgot to tick if you don't mind me asking ?

I honestly can't remember anymore.  Sorry.   If I had our copy of the petition in front of me, I would remember, but I gave it to my fiancé already.

[mzladyq 75]

Pretty soon we should be seeing some approvals... in the mean time. I have my case number and everything. Me and my fiance are going over the ds-160. My fiance has and address but not a mail box so mail never gets recieved there. The questions asks if mailing address is the same as the Home address. Can my fiance put my address instead... if they send him something theres no way to get it. I tried to send papers before and it didnt work for that reason.

[slo 12]

6 hours ago, burhan_rethinker said:

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/uscis-data-application-and-petition-processing-times

 

Found this link online. Our waiting time might be longer comparatively, atleast for a few of us, considering the number of applications USCIS receives. 

 

There were a lot of applications since November owing to the fee hike and President elect "Trump effect". We may have to wait longer but we all surely will be united with our loved ones.

 

 

All, correct me if i am wrong, but I don't think that data in Table 1 is representative of reviews for I-129Fs, in general, or for NOA2s, in particular.  I also have not seen any data that shows there has been an uptick in filings.  I see from the USCIS FY2016 statistics that the number of I-129F filings per quarter were remarkably consistent each quarter and the highest number of applications were filed in the 3rd FY2016 quarter (April, May, June), with ~48000 of ~53000 applicants receiving approval in all of FY2016.  [Note: the federal fiscal year is from October 1 to September 30.]  So, per the FY2016 stats, there were about 4,400 filings per month or about 1100 per week or about 150 per calendar day.  So, when I see USCIS is taking some action on less than 100 cases per day, it suggests to me that they are falling further and further behind and are going to have to start processing many more cases.  However, if I understand Chelleyandaaron's recent post correctly, it indicated there are something less than 2700 cases outstanding thru November 25.  If so, this suggests there was a decrease in filings in November 2016 compared to the typical month in the preceeding FY2016, so maybe things could start moving faster.  Also, I did find it interesting in Geowrian's spreadsheet that there are so many filings rejected in November for submitting the wrong fee and these were way prior to the change in fee on December 23.  Those rejections (it appears they are not considered RFEs) suggest a large number of cases get cleared out due to basic filing mistakes and those petitioners (assuming they refile) must go to the back of the line.  Here are the FY2016 stats: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports and Studies/Immigration Forms Data/All Form Types/all_forms_performancedata_fy2016_qtr4.pdf  Good luck to everyone!