January 2017 I-129F Filers

[ChristaandJosh 145]

5 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

Exactly 😅 Our case isn't complicated at all,my fiancé and I have never been married or have any kids whatsoever 😁 I do hate being so impatient 😳😳

Fingers crossed it's soon for us all. People said it was a waiting game, I didn't know the words 'waiting game' until now. 

[PR&PR 325]

14 minutes ago, ChristaandJosh said:

You're from the UK too?! 

Hi fellow British dude!

You would think our cases would be fast as the UK isn't a red flag country. I just want them to speed up a little. 😃

Lol I a from Canada and it has been huh well I stopped counting ...117 days since NOA1, 120 since received ...So yeah talk about not being a red flag country

[ChristaandJosh 145]

12 minutes ago, Bitofanerd said:

Oh stop complaining in the January filers forum about speeding things up. :P LOL

My fiancé and I have waited 118 days now.

Technically we filed in January but got our noa1 in Feb. 😉 and we are on to day 93 now. So catching up over here! Hopefully we will hear something soon. 

[GazLisa 1,168]

5 minutes ago, ChristaandJosh said:

Fingers crossed it's soon for us all. People said it was a waiting game, I didn't know the words 'waiting game' until now. 

You've been waiting 93 days 😵 Hope you hear something by end of May,beginning of June 

[Estibaliz 3,037]

31 minutes ago, smedeiros said:

so not sure if anyone will know the answer but when it comes to setting up the interview, will they work with you and give you a couple days to choose from or do they have one day you have to be there for?

thanks!

As someone has already said, this is Embassy specific. For mine (Spain), and until last year I think, they used to send you the date for interview in packet 4, but now what they do is sending you the link to a website where you can pick your date yourself at your convenience (upon availability, of course).

 

Try to see if you can find the information in your Embassy webpage. 

[Lz&Jn 23]

3 hours ago, Gary JT said:

My estimated approval date is June 15-20th lol 😂 not a chance in hell 😣😣

Mine said May1st-7th...... still waiting..

[Bitofanerd 174]

FYI... bummer

 

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/customer-service-tools-outage

 

Customer Service Tools Outage

USCIS will conduct system maintenance on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 from 9:00 p.m. – 11:59 p.m. (Eastern)

During this time, our online tools may be unavailable, including:

• Check My Case Status
• e-Request
• Change of Address Online
• Check Processing Times
• Civil Surgeon Locator
• FOIA Status Check
• Office Locator
• Forms by Mail

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[FindHerKeepHer 244]

6 minutes ago, Bitofanerd said:

FYI... bummer

 

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/customer-service-tools-outage

 

Customer Service Tools Outage

USCIS will conduct system maintenance on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 from 9:00 p.m. – 11:59 p.m. (Eastern)

During this time, our online tools may be unavailable, including:

• Check My Case Status
• e-Request
• Change of Address Online
• Check Processing Times
• Civil Surgeon Locator
• FOIA Status Check
• Office Locator
• Forms by Mail

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

This may be a good thing.... as it was said before; it's hard to believe that they are doing rfes and not doing approvals. so it's very likely that there is a delay somewhere in their process. - approval Upload portion of the system has error and they working on it? Only 10 approvals going through at a time? Could be anything lol  good luck in the morning at 1am guys! Going home, talk to babe, go to bed early and get up at 1am to check status and do some studies.

[Dublindave 52]

Just asking for my friend. He got NOA2 on the 24th of April. Anyone know how long it's taking to get to the NVC then onto Embassy currently.

[sbane12 63]

Another update everyone. I just got home from work and checked my mail box.

NOA2 Hard copy. I-797 in the mail.

Notice date: 5/05/2017

Considering the Congressmans office said it was mailed out Monday from the CSC.... holy Cow that is some fast mailing haha. 
Something else I notice is above my Fiancee's name (Beneficiary) there is now an "A" number that looks almost like a SSN above her name after the "A". Any idea what this is?

EDIT: Apparently this is her Alien Number which will be used on all forms from now on.

Edited May 10, 2017 by sbane12

[FindHerKeepHer 244]

7 minutes ago, sbane12 said:

Another update everyone. I just got home from work and checked my mail box.

NOA2 Hard copy. I-797 in the mail.

Notice date: 5/05/2017

Considering the Congressmans office said it was mailed out Monday from the CSC.... holy Cow that is some fast mailing haha. 
Something else I notice is above my Fiancee's name (Beneficiary) there is now an "A" number that looks almost like a SSN above her name after the "A". Any idea what this is?

EDIT: Apparently this is her Alien Number which will be used on all forms from now on.

🤗🤗🤗👏🏽👏🏽 did ur case status update online or on the apps?

[sbane12 63]

Just now, Williamsnelson said:

🤗🤗🤗👏🏽👏🏽 did ur case status update online or on the apps?

Nope. Still says received.

The NOA2 hard copy also says that my stuff has been forwarded to the "listed consulate" but obviously it goes to NVC first but I am assuming that means it was already mailed to NVC... maybe it will be there by this week if I got the NOA2 that fast. This is more reason for me to believe I was approved for Expedite

[FindHerKeepHer 244]

1 minute ago, sbane12 said:

Nope. Still says received.

The NOA2 hard copy also says that my stuff has been forwarded to the "listed consulate" but obviously it goes to NVC first but I am assuming that means it was already mailed to NVC... maybe it will be there by this week if I got the NOA2 that fast. This is more reason for me to believe I was approved for Expedite

Understood....

[sbane12 63]

4 minutes ago, Williamsnelson said:

Understood....

I could certainly be wrong but when I was following others timelines especially the November and December cases it seems that noa2 hard copy usually came at least a full week after approval sometimes more and NVC receive was usually 14 to 20 days after approval which is when you start calling to get NVC case number and it only stays at NVC for a few days. 

 

I think logically it is safe to assume that if you are approved for an expedite they wouldn't just send your stuff out like noa2 and NVC packet at normal speed. That would be silly otherwise why approve you for such haste in the first place

 

Edited May 10, 2017 by sbane12

[FindHerKeepHer 244]

6 minutes ago, sbane12 said:

I could certainly be wrong but when I was following others timelines especially the November and December cases it seems that noa2 hard copy usually came at least a full week after approval sometimes more and NVC receive was usually 14 to 20 days after approval which is when you start calling to get NVC case number and it only stays at NVC for a few days. 

 

I think logically it is safe to assume that if you are approved for an expedite they wouldn't just send your stuff out like noa2 and NVC packet at normal speed. That would be silly otherwise why approve you for such haste in the first place

 

Expediting could simply be pulling your file from the lot... again it's debatable