I-129F November 2016 Filers

[mzladyq 75]

64 days since my case was received.....  sad that people that filed early oct and late sept. got approved so quickly within 30 days. This is gonna be a looooooooooong month. Also my b-day is Jan 7.. my fiances is jan 9 ... i pray we get a notice by then... my mind cant rest.  

[Maagiclady 29]

On 12/30/2016 at 10:09 PM, JimJesDuma said:

Cases received by USCIS on 10/28 there are now 54 approved 1 more approval compared to the day before 12/29 leaving 32 unworked cases left for 10/28

 

Cases received by USCIS on 10/31 (ours) there are now 2 more RFE's and zero approvals for today 12/30 (final day of 2016) 

 

Welcome 2017 

 

 

 

How do you locate this information ??

[CMJuilland 485]

There is an iPhone app called Case Tracker, where you can run a search for up to 500 cases at a time based on receipt numbers and then filter the output for I129-F petitions. It's actually pretty neat, and once you play around with it for a little bit, you get the hang of it and can keep track of the progress (or, well, lack thereof) of cases received around the date yours was received. 

[mzladyq 75]

16 minutes ago, CMJuilland said:

There is an iPhone app called Case Tracker, where you can run a search for up to 500 cases at a time based on receipt numbers and then filter the output for I129-F petitions. It's actually pretty neat, and once you play around with it for a little bit, you get the hang of it and can keep track of the progress (or, well, lack thereof) of cases received around the date yours was received. 

Sadly, im an android user lol.

[mzladyq 75]

19 minutes ago, CMJuilland said:

There is an iPhone app called Case Tracker, where you can run a search for up to 500 cases at a time based on receipt numbers and then filter the output for I129-F petitions. It's actually pretty neat, and once you play around with it for a little bit, you get the hang of it and can keep track of the progress (or, well, lack thereof) of cases received around the date yours was received. 

Yay found one fro android, thanks alot!

[CMJuilland 485]

There is an app for Android as well though. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with anything else than iPhone as of yet, but I saw other people in other threads posting about it. I believe it's called USCIS case status and visa bulletin tracker, and as from what I read, you can search for what they call "nearby cases" in there as well. Maybe something to pass the time with

[Nico22 68]

if you ever want to cancel your petition. How would you do it?

[Ybhamster 122]

Nico22, at this stage in the process you would just send a letter with your request and case number to CSC. It takes a long time for a response, so most peopel wait until the embassy stage to cancel it. If you are planning on getting married before approval no need to wait, just get married, send the letter and then send your I-130 packet. 

[JimJesDuma 472]

1 hour ago, Nico22 said:

if you ever want to cancel your petition. How would you do it?

Why why why? Want to just get hitched? Hehe

 

send a letter requesting withdrawal of petition signed by petitioner along with photocopy of NOA 1.

 

If you check the USCIS app you will see others have done this and case status changed to petition withdrawn 

 

PM me if you like

 

Jim

[JimJesDuma 472]

10 hours ago, mzladyq said:

64 days since my case was received.....  sad that people that filed early oct and late sept. got approved so quickly within 30 days. This is gonna be a looooooooooong month. Also my b-day is Jan 7.. my fiances is jan 9 ... i pray we get a notice by then... my mind cant rest.  

Happy Birthday in advanced to both of you!

I know what you are both wishing for.

My fiancee's birthday is the 6th.

 

Jim

[JimJesDuma 472]

Hello November NOA 1's 

Here is an update from USCIS App.

 

Cases received 10/28 and 10/31 have had ZERO approvals  for today 1/3/2017 the first full day back to work for USCIS.

Well Igor's list has a change now. There were so many cases filed this year that it would not populate approved case list for all of the year.

Now that January is over it shows February 2016 to January 2017 so I was able to find this information.

Per VJ timelines there are 173 UNapproved petitions for November and 8 yes only 8 approvals for NOA 1 dated anytime in November.

It's going to be a long month.

 

December only had 83 Unapproved petitions. More than 100 less filers than in November.

 

Jim

See you all here tomorrow. 

[Nico22 68]

i'm not canceling my petition. Lol just a thought. i really hope this month will be our NOA2 Month.

[narakthisud 174]

22 hours ago, Anthony and Bobby said:

Big congrats @narakthisud!! It's nice to see someone from the November filers progressing. Means it's a good sign. ^^

Thank you!

 

On 1/3/2017 at 1:04 AM, Ybhamster said:

narakthisud congratulations! This is so exciting. I believe you are the first person from this group to get their interview. Correct me if I am wrong Jim.

Thanks, but the honor of being first to the interview stage belongs to @javadown2. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, he and his fiance already have their interview date!

 

On 1/3/2017 at 0:43 AM, JimJesDuma said:

Hey congrats!. Exciting times ahead.

Thanks! She just scheduled her medical exam for next Friday. It's getting real!!

[Nico22 68]

Soo, i was thinking since me and my fiance first anniversary on Feb 22nd. i was thinking to go to the Philippines for a week to surprise her. well i don't know if by that time i already have our NOA2 or not. i can visit her right, while the K1 is still on process? and let say i haven't got NOA2 by that time and then when i'm there they sent the SMS and mail. what's the next step? please let me know if you don't understand my question.

[CMJuilland 485]

3 minutes ago, Nico22 said:

Soo, i was thinking since me and my fiance first anniversary on Feb 22nd. i was thinking to go to the Philippines for a week to surprise her. well i don't know if by that time i already have our NOA2 or not. i can visit her right, while the K1 is still on process? and let say i haven't got NOA2 by that time and then when i'm there they sent the SMS and mail. what's the next step? please let me know if you don't understand my question.

As for visiting, no problem. She could even visit you if she has a valid tourist visa. And I think it's a very sweet idea to surprise her for your anniversary.

After your NOA2, it's recommended to start collecting everything necessary for the interview, i.e. Affidavit of Support (not sure if the embassy in the Philippines requires that), updated letter of intent to marry, etc. Your petition is then sent to the NVC, and most people start calling them on a regular basis to get their case# (a different one than for USCIS) shortly after they get their NOA2. Once NVC can provide you with their case#, your fiancée can start the whole process of DS-160, payment of visa fee, etc. However, it seems like there is also quite some waiting time between NOA2 and NVC these days...

Also, that's just a rough draft; I'm sure somebody who has more experience with the embassy in Manila can give much more detailed information.