December 2016 Filers (merged)

[db2016 100]

It has been 146 days since our NOA1, has anyone else been waiting for longer than that for their NOA2? Any advice? @geowrian

 

[geowrian 22,337]

Just now, hy2016 said:

It has been 146 days since our NOA1, has anyone else been waiting for longer than that for their NOA2? Any advice? @geowrian

 

There's a little under 100 Nov. filers that have not received a NOA2 or RFE yet. There's a couple Oct. filers still. Given your timeline, you're close to being outside of normal processing timelines (Nov. 15th as of the end of April). At that point, you can open a case inquiry and try to see what's going on.

[Kuben&Tiffany 42]

3 minutes ago, hy2016 said:

It has been 146 days since our NOA1, has anyone else been waiting for longer than that for their NOA2? Any advice? @geowrian

 

Yep, we're at 150 days with no word about anything. I've emailed USCIS with no response. Once it passes our received date (6th) I'm going to start calling. I'm not feeling confident that it's going to make any difference one way or another, unfortunately. 

[db2016 100]

3 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

Yep, we're at 150 days with no word about anything. I've emailed USCIS with no response. Once it passes our received date (6th) I'm going to start calling. I'm not feeling confident that it's going to make any difference one way or another, unfortunately. 

yeah I called, it didn't do much unfortunately. i am so so so frustrated.

[Roger & Grace 198]

On 5/2/2017 at 6:42 AM, AlohaDestiny said:

Finally, we just got our MNL case number this morning! Total of 19days from our April12 NOA2. 

 

Now, we're somehow in control of the schedules/timeline up to the interview (given all docs and tests results go in our favor)

 

Beneficiary from the Philippines here. 

 

Aloha! 😊

 

 

 

 

Congratulations!!!! Soon us too. We just sent back the RFE it was for updated pictures and her letter.  (Simple) we just sent back for a copy they got it, so hopefully approved any day now! 

[darina 20]

15 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

Yep, we're at 150 days with no word about anything. I've emailed USCIS with no response. Once it passes our received date (6th) I'm going to start calling. I'm not feeling confident that it's going to make any difference one way or another, unfortunately. 

Have you tried filing a congressional inquiry? It is usually much more efficient than trying to get any info out of USCIS. 

[db2016 100]

2 minutes ago, darina said:

Have you tried filing a congressional inquiry? It is usually much more efficient than trying to get any info out of USCIS. 

We have a lawyer so I might ask him to do so, if not, I will definitely do so myself. We hit the 5 month park on Tuesday, if we dont hear back by then, I will file a congressional inquiry.

[Kuben&Tiffany 42]

1 minute ago, hy2016 said:

We have a lawyer so I might ask him to do so, if not, I will definitely do so myself. We hit the 5 month park on Tuesday, if we dont hear back by then, I will file a congressional inquiry.

We're in exactly the same spot. Just waiting for the "official" 5 month mark before taking serious action (our received date is 12/6). I feel like we've tried to remain rational and civil about this for a looooong time now. We've been patient, understanding that some people just end up waiting longer than others, no rhyme or reason. That patience is running out now, especially since it is becoming clearer and clearer that we have no legitimate way of getting information about the hold up.

[db2016 100]

1 minute ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

We're in exactly the same spot. Just waiting for the "official" 5 month mark before taking serious action (our received date is 12/6). I feel like we've tried to remain rational and civil about this for a looooong time now. We've been patient, understanding that some people just end up waiting longer than others, no rhyme or reason. That patience is running out now, especially since it is becoming clearer and clearer that we have no legitimate way of getting information about the hold up.

yes i totally can relate! my lawyer told us this is normal, so I dont know what else to do or who else to speak to about it. But I actually just emailed my congressman after reading @darina post to me. I will keep you posted on what his office says. I am tired of waiting. 

[Kuben&Tiffany 42]

Just now, hy2016 said:

yes i totally can relate! my lawyer told us this is normal, so I dont know what else to do or who else to speak to about it. But I actually just emailed my congressman after reading @darina post to me. I will keep you posted on what his office says. I am tired of waiting. 

Best of luck! I've heard mixed results from going the congressman route, but it's totally worth a shot!

[darina 20]

4 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

We're in exactly the same spot. Just waiting for the "official" 5 month mark before taking serious action (our received date is 12/6). I feel like we've tried to remain rational and civil about this for a looooong time now. We've been patient, understanding that some people just end up waiting longer than others, no rhyme or reason. That patience is running out now, especially since it is becoming clearer and clearer that we have no legitimate way of getting information about the hold up.

We filed our inquiry well before 5 month mark, i think it was day 120 or something like that. We got our NOA2 on 135th day. And the USCIS responded to the inquiry within 48 hours. 

[db2016 100]

2 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

Best of luck! I've heard mixed results from going the congressman route, but it's totally worth a shot!

what were the downsides of going that route?

[db2016 100]

Just now, darina said:

We filed our inquiry well before 5 month mark, i think it was day 120 or something like that. We got our NOA2 on 135th day. And the USCIS responded to the inquiry within 48 hours. 

no way! how long did it take your representative to get back to you and what did they ask for?

[darina 20]

Just now, hy2016 said:

no way! how long did it take your representative to get back to you and what did they ask for?

We sent them an email with request and then called back to make sure they received it. Then they emailed some privacy agreement paperwork for us to sign, and in a few days they contacted the USCIS. It took about a week for the office to process our request and contact the USCIS (they emailed us once they did) and then within 48 hours they received a response from the USCIS, which they forwarded to us right away. The response was: you case will be updated within the next 45 days, if it doesn't you may contact USCIS again. But our case got approved in 10 days or so. 

[AkesAngel 585]

Cases for December updated 5/3/2017: 72
Approved: 0
RFEs: 25
Other: 47

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1c1BiNzZCTHBtdEE

 

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