I-129F November 2016 Filers

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

3 minutes ago, JimJesDuma said:

Oh I thought there might be a hack or loophole. Ok not sure how it works but will try it.

Thanks

 

Jim

 

and Speedy NOA 2 to you

I tried it and it works - just downloaded a VPN app, switched it on and now am flying through searches.  Putting together a spreadsheet with all the data I can find - so hopefully a few more figures to share later

 

Chelley

[Reboot1 170]

5 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

I tried it and it works - just downloaded a VPN app, switched it on and now am flying through searches.  Putting together a spreadsheet with all the data I can find - so hopefully a few more figures to share later

 

Chelley

That's fantastic! Thanks for putting in the work.

[Anthony and Bobby 170]

4 hours ago, Jing&Kuting said:

Hey guys.. we just received our noa 2... it was approved jan 13... woooohhooo!!!!

OMG CONGRATULATIONS! Things are definitely picking up! Hang in there everyone!!!

[Nowrya 59]

6 hours ago, JSWH said:

For those of us with 10/18 as NOA-1 date there was no good news on Friday 13, alas. No more approvals or RFE's. I am afraid that our cases are buried forever under a pile of other petitions. It's so depressing. 

How long could they be buried?? I've read stories that sometimes people have to wait 1 to 2 years for an NOA2. Is that still true? Is it that common? What the f#@% is going on with this system??? I can't even sleep. I wake up every few hours to look at the forums and search my case number. Do they just have a pile of i-129f packets that sit there that long? What is the point? Is contacting a congressmen really going to do anything at all?

 

It's odd that after an RFE you didn't get a quick approval, it seems you are at least in the system.

 

Does anyone know if I can just cancel my i-129f packet and resubmit it and pay the fee again? I honestly feel that will be months faster at this point.

[CMJuilland 485]

12 minutes ago, Nowrya said:

How long could they be buried?? I've read stories that sometimes people have to wait 1 to 2 years for an NOA2. Is that still true? Is it that common? What the f#@% is going on with this system??? I can't even sleep. I wake up every few hours to look at the forums and search my case number. Do they just have a pile of i-129f packets that sit there that long? What is the point? Is contacting a congressmen really going to do anything at all?

 

It's odd that after an RFE you didn't get a quick approval, it seems you are at least in the system.

 

Does anyone know if I can just cancel my i-129f packet and resubmit it and pay the fee again? I honestly feel that will be months faster at this point.

I understand your anger and frustration, I really do. However, I don't think that canceling your I-129F at this stage would be a good idea. First of, you would have the long wait again, and only God (and USCIS) knows how many more people filed between the time you did and now. Waiting for NOA2 is something that happens extremely rarely; it is really not as common as your post indicates it must be. Secondly, nobody can guarantee you that your wait would not be even longer this time, and that would come on top of the weeks and months you have already had so far. Finally, the fees have increased, so you would not pay another $340, but $500+ (I don't know the exact amount). 

As for contacting your congressperson, I read in a Q & A with a former USCIS adjudicator somewhere here on VJ that congressional inquiries make your case a priority under most circumstances. However, your congressperson will most likely not inquire about your case after "only" (yeah, I know...) three months as they would go by processing times posted online, and officially, USCIS is working on cases received on August 16 right now. 

I know it is cold comfort, and trust me, I hear you loud and clear, but just because USCIS started to make a move on people filing later than you did does not mean that everybody else gets pushed to the side. We filed later than you did, but I have still seen a handful of people whose petitions were received on the same date ours was or later being approved, whereas our petition hasn't even been touched anymore since it was put into the system. I'm really sorry you feel so desperate, but please try hanging in there a little longer; I think everything else would just cost you even more time, energy, and money. 

Edited January 14, 2017 by CMJuilland

[CMJuilland 485]

By the way, my fiancée and I already filed a petition, paid the fee and everything back in May, but never received an NOA1, so after calling them several times, we found out that USCIS actually lost our petition; it was nowhere to be found in the system, so we had to do it again... 

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

So this is what I spent the day doing:  (All WAC # are WAC17900...)  I have only gone as far as 9th November.  The WAC ranges are first and last that I can find - I have a few stray numbers and there is some overlap on certain dates/ranges but I have tried to count cases accurately according to date - which is why it has taken a while -  a lot of adjustments to charts etc...).  Hopefully this will provide a little help.  I think we just have to be patient.  At 30 cases a day this could take a while...  Figures correct after 13 January processing.

 

there were 978 applications in the week beginning 31st October

 

		WAC # 1st	WAC # last	approved	rejected	RFE	other	total
31-Oct		49058	49978	100	3	44	220	367
01-Nov		50660	51943	1	5	0	78	84
02-Nov		51793	53516	3	13	3	113	132
03-Nov		53118	55591	0	4	1	186	191
04-Nov		55234	62802	1	8	1	194	204
								978
07-Nov		59691	60374		11		323	334
08-Nov		60469	63418		12		132	144
09-Nov		62435	63942	1	6		117	124
				106	62	49	1363	1580

[CMJuilland 485]

2 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

So this is what I spent the day doing:  (All WAC # are WAC17900...)  I have only gone as far as 9th November.  The WAC ranges are first and last that I can find - I have a few stray numbers and there is some overlap on certain dates/ranges but I have tried to count cases accurately according to date - which is why it has taken a while -  a lot of adjustments to charts etc...).  Hopefully this will provide a little help.  I think we just have to be patient.  At 30 cases a day this could take a while...  Figures correct after 13 January processing.

 

there were 978 applications in the week beginning 31st October

 

		WAC # 1st	WAC # last	approved	rejected	RFE	other	total
31-Oct		49058	49978	100	3	44	220	367
01-Nov		50660	51943	1	5	0	78	84
02-Nov		51793	53516	3	13	3	113	132
03-Nov		53118	55591	0	4	1	186	191
04-Nov		55234	62802	1	8	1	194	204
								978
07-Nov		59691	60374		11		323	334
08-Nov		60469	63418		12		132	144
09-Nov		62435	63942	1	6		117	124
				106	62	49	1363	1580

WOW!! Thank you very very much for that chart!! 

[fishe23a 240]

51 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

So this is what I spent the day doing:  (All WAC # are WAC17900...)  I have only gone as far as 9th November.  The WAC ranges are first and last that I can find - I have a few stray numbers and there is some overlap on certain dates/ranges but I have tried to count cases accurately according to date - which is why it has taken a while -  a lot of adjustments to charts etc...).  Hopefully this will provide a little help.  I think we just have to be patient.  At 30 cases a day this could take a while...  Figures correct after 13 January processing.

 

there were 978 applications in the week beginning 31st October

 

		WAC # 1st	WAC # last	approved	rejected	RFE	other	total
31-Oct		49058	49978	100	3	44	220	367
01-Nov		50660	51943	1	5	0	78	84
02-Nov		51793	53516	3	13	3	113	132
03-Nov		53118	55591	0	4	1	186	191
04-Nov		55234	62802	1	8	1	194	204
								978
07-Nov		59691	60374		11		323	334
08-Nov		60469	63418		12		132	144
09-Nov		62435	63942	1	6		117	124
				106	62	49	1363	1580

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, this is amazing! You did so much work on this! If you are adding future days (not that you have to), I worked a lot on Nov. 14th yesterday. As far as I can tell, the first case is WAC1790069683 and the last is WAC1790070319 for 14-Nov.

Edited January 14, 2017 by fishe23a

[MapleLeaf29 247]

I have been lurking here for awhile and thought I would introduce myself.  My fiancé and I filed in mid-November and have a received date of 11/21.  Does anyone know how grad school works after entering the US?  We would really like him to start grad school after he arrives.  We were hoping he could start this fall, but with the slowdown, we're not sure if we'll be married in time.  Thanks for the wealth of information in this thread; it has really helped me get a clearer picture of how this process works.

 

-- Amy

[CmAndS 68]

7 hours ago, Jing&Kuting said:

Hey guys.. we just received our noa 2... it was approved jan 13... woooohhooo!!!!

Hey congratulations!!! This is a great news

[KimchiLumpia 315]

16 minutes ago, amybeth said:

I have been lurking here for awhile and thought I would introduce myself.  My fiancé and I filed in mid-November and have a received date of 11/21.  Does anyone know how grad school works after entering the US?  We would really like him to start grad school after he arrives.  We were hoping he could start this fall, but with the slowdown, we're not sure if we'll be married in time.  Thanks for the wealth of information in this thread; it has really helped me get a clearer picture of how this process works.

 

-- Amy

Hi Amy, there is another forum on visajourney that discusses "life after moving to the US" and other's have discussed their college/university entrance experiences.

Since every graduate school has varying admissions guidelines, I'd contact the university your fiance plans to attend and get in contact with their graduate program admissions office.  Have your fiance get copies of his college transcripts and schedule an in-person meeting with a program guidance counselor.  Program guidance counselors often work with students from other countries and will give you the most accurate information regarding the program's entrance timeframes and guidelines.

 

Good luck!

Edited January 15, 2017 by KimchiLumpia

[MapleLeaf29 247]

3 minutes ago, KimchiLumpia said:

Hi Amy, there is another forum on visajourney that discusses "life after moving to the US" and other's have discussed their college/university entrance experiences.

Since every graduate school has varying admissions guidelines, I'd contact the university your fiance plans to attend and get in contact with their graduate program admissions office.  Have your fiance get copies of his college transcripts and schedule an in-person meeting with a program guidance counselor.  Program guidance counselors often work with students from other countries and will give you the most accurate knowledge regarding the program's entrance timeframes and guidelines.

 

Good luck!

Thank you!  That is really helpful.

 

-- Amy

11/19/16    I-129F mailed to Dallas lockbox
11/21/16    I-129F received date

11/25/16    NOA1 date on hard copy notice
11/28/16    NOA1 text and e-mail; application forwarded to California
12/03/16    NOA1 hard copy arrived in the mail

Edited January 15, 2017 by amybeth

[KimchiLumpia 315]

5 minutes ago, amybeth said:

Thank you!  That is really helpful.

 

-- Amy

11/19/16    I-129F mailed to Dallas lockbox
11/21/16    I-129F received date

11/25/16    NOA1 date on hard copy notice
11/28/16    NOA1 text and e-mail; application forwarded to California
12/03/16    NOA1 hard copy arrived in the mail

No problem!  When I attended the University of Washington in Seattle, I had many friends that transferred from other countries.   If you request, the guidance counselor can also get you in contact with others from the country your fiance is moving from.  Some universities also have student associations that represent specific countries.  They may also be worth contacting as well.

 

 

[caputo 25]

1 hour ago, CMJuilland said:

 

 

1 hour ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

So this is what I spent the day doing:  (All WAC # are WAC17900...)  I have only gone as far as 9th November.  The WAC ranges are first and last that I can find - I have a few stray numbers and there is some overlap on certain dates/ranges but I have tried to count cases accurately according to date - which is why it has taken a while -  a lot of adjustments to charts etc...).  Hopefully this will provide a little help.  I think we just have to be patient.  At 30 cases a day this could take a while...  Figures correct after 13 January processing.

 

there were 978 applications in the week beginning 31st October

 

		WAC # 1st	WAC # last	approved	rejected	RFE	other	total
31-Oct		49058	49978	100	3	44	220	367
01-Nov		50660	51943	1	5	0	78	84
02-Nov		51793	53516	3	13	3	113	132
03-Nov		53118	55591	0	4	1	186	191
04-Nov		55234	62802	1	8	1	194	204
								978
07-Nov		59691	60374		11		323	334
08-Nov		60469	63418		12		132	144
09-Nov		62435	63942	1	6		117	124
				106	62	49	1363	1580

This is great stuff!  Thanks.

Is it something that is going to take  all day every time you do it?  Or, are additional times that you do it quicker somehow?