January 2017 I-129F Filers

[SkruDe 311]

21 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

I think December filers who are still waiting are being held up for a reason by USCIS and will more than likely be receiving a RFE at this point.  It doesn't make sense they would start approving February filers while December filers are still untouched.  My guess is, they have been touched, but needed further review, and will be getting an RFE. I noticed when filers receive an RFE, it usually is finally given well after the "average" review time.  So it appears it holds everything up.  If you are way past your average review time, you'll probably get an RFE. 

 

That is just my observations.

I can't edit anymore.  But wanted to add that I just did a little research and saw some December filers getting NOA2's without an RFE.  So there is still hope.  Maybe USCIS really is backed up   But I'm sure a lot of petitions that take longer is because they got held up for addition review or something, and then the rest RFE's.

 

11 minutes ago, AkesAngel said:

Cases for January updated : 71
Approved: 33
RFEs: 36

Other: 2

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

 

Details for January (4/18/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1TklJbHg5bDZ0Qkk

 

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Rec'd Date	4/18/2017	4/17/2017	Touched Cases
3-Jan	115	117	2
4-Jan	30	32	2
5-Jan	18	23	5
6-Jan	29	32	3
9-Jan	90	109	19
10-Jan	66	66	0
11-Jan	37	37	0
12-Jan	14	19	5
13-Jan	102	114	12
17-Jan	335	347	12
18-Jan	89	93	4
19-Jan	195	195	0
20-Jan	154	154	0
23-Jan	327	333	6
24-Jan	140	141	1
25-Jan	115	115	0
26-Jan	132	132	0
27-Jan	321	321	0
30-Jan	300	300	0
31-Jan	185	185	0

 

Thank you so much for doing this.  It allows us to track the movements of the USCIS which really helps our state of mind.  Thank you!

[pardiiix 18]

29 minutes ago, AkesAngel said:

Cases for January updated : 71
Approved: 33
RFEs: 36

Other: 2

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

 

Details for January (4/18/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1TklJbHg5bDZ0Qkk

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Rec'd Date	4/18/2017	4/17/2017	Touched Cases
3-Jan	115	117	2
4-Jan	30	32	2
5-Jan	18	23	5
6-Jan	29	32	3
9-Jan	90	109	19
10-Jan	66	66	0
11-Jan	37	37	0
12-Jan	14	19	5
13-Jan	102	114	12
17-Jan	335	347	12
18-Jan	89	93	4
19-Jan	195	195	0
20-Jan	154	154	0
23-Jan	327	333	6
24-Jan	140	141	1
25-Jan	115	115	0
26-Jan	132	132	0
27-Jan	321	321	0
30-Jan	300	300	0
31-Jan	185	185	0

 

RFE rates are getting higher . USCIS officers, please be nice  

[Brian D 6]

37 minutes ago, AkesAngel said:

Cases for January updated : 71
Approved: 33
RFEs: 36

Other: 2

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

 

Details for January (4/18/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1TklJbHg5bDZ0Qkk

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Rec'd Date	4/18/2017	4/17/2017	Touched Cases
3-Jan	115	117	2
4-Jan	30	32	2
5-Jan	18	23	5
6-Jan	29	32	3
9-Jan	90	109	19
10-Jan	66	66	0
11-Jan	37	37	0
12-Jan	14	19	5
13-Jan	102	114	12
17-Jan	335	347	12
18-Jan	89	93	4
19-Jan	195	195	0
20-Jan	154	154	0
23-Jan	327	333	6
24-Jan	140	141	1
25-Jan	115	115	0
26-Jan	132	132	0
27-Jan	321	321	0
30-Jan	300	300	0
31-Jan	185	185	0

 

Thank you for doing this for us.

 

I'm Jan 20th filer. I don't know why USCIS did not touch any Jan 20th cases yet. Still waiting for NOA2. Hopefully it will coming soon.

[HazeyHaze 221]

8 minutes ago, pardiiix said:

RFE rates are getting higher . USCIS officers, please be nice  

They sure are. I wonder what the reason is... Maybe many couples used the old forms?

[HazeyHaze 221]

1 minute ago, BrianDao said:

Thank you for doing this for us.

 

I'm Jan 20th filer. I don't know why USCIS did not touch any Jan 20th cases yet. Still waiting for NOA2. Hopefully it will coming soon.

There's a lot of cases before it, that's why. There's also leftovers from December. I'm a Jan 19 filer and I think less than five cases of the same date have been touched so far. Just hang in there, your time will come.

[Special_K 90]

Just a quick dumb question, sorry if this has been explained before (couldn't find it flipping back the pages). How exactly do I read this chart? 

 

'Rec'd date' = received date ?

what do the numbers beneath the two following dates say? How many cases were submitted or received that day? 

🤔 

[SkruDe 311]

9 minutes ago, Special_K said:

Just a quick dumb question, sorry if this has been explained before (couldn't find it flipping back the pages). How exactly do I read this chart? 

 

'Rec'd date' = received date ?

what do the numbers beneath the two following dates say? How many cases were submitted or received that day? 

🤔 

 

The received date is the day the USCIS received your petition.  Not the NOA1 date, but the actual receive date that shows on the USCIS website when you look up your WAC number.

 

The second column, in this case 4/18/17(Tuesday's results since scan took place this morning) is how many cases for that receive date are still "untouched" or marked as "Case Received".

 

The third column, in this case 4/17/17 (Monday's results) is how many cases for that date are still "untouched" or marked as "Case Received".

 

So with this info, we can see for example my receive date is January 5th.  On 4/17/17 there was 23 untouched cases.  The next day on 4/18/17 there was 18 untouched cases.  Which means, on Tuesday (yesterday) the USCIS processed and either gave an Approval, RFE, or Rejection to 5 cases that were received on January 5th.

 

So, we can see, every day that the scan is so kindly posted, how many cases from each January receive date have been processed and assigned a Approval, RFE, or Rejection.... AKA "Touched".

 

Hope that makes sense

Edited April 19, 2017 by SkruDe

[Special_K 90]

6 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

 

 

 

The received date is the day the USCIS received your petition.  Not the NOA1 date, but the actual receive date that shows on the USCIS website when you look up your WAC number.

 

The second column, in this case 4/18/17(Tuesday's results since scan took place this morning) is how many cases for that receive date are still "untouched" or marked as "Case Received".

 

The third column, in this case 4/17/17 (Monday's results) is how many cases for that date are still "untouched" or marked as "Case Received".

 

So with this info, we can see for example my receive date is January 5th.  On 4/17/17 there was 23 untouched cases.  The next day on 4/18/17 there was 18 untouched cases.  Which means, on Tuesday (yesterday) the USCIS processed and either gave an Approval, RFE, or Rejection to 5 cases that were received on January 5th.

 

So, we can see, every day that the scan is so kindly posted, how many cases from each January receive date have been processed and assigned a Approval, RFE, or Rejection.... AKA "Touched".

 

Hope that makes sense

Ohhhh I see! Thank you for explaining! I see there's a loooooot of January cases still to be touched 🙈

[Phoenix314 9]

 

1 minute ago, Special_K said:

Ohhhh I see! Thank you for explaining! I see there's a loooooot of January cases still to be touched 🙈

Yes, unfortunately 

Edited April 19, 2017 by Phoenix314

[naikoo 2]

Hello All, 

First-time poster and currently an emotional wreck. I was excited to see my status was updated today 

We are currently processing K-3 Visa: 
I-130 - Sent on 01/09/2017, Arrived 01/12/2017.
NOA1 -Arrived 01/24/2017

I-129F - Sent on 01/26/2017, Arrived 01/30/2017
NOA1 - Arrived on 02/03/2017

Today I received an update on my I-129F  " Status Termination Notice Was Mailed " 

Everywhere I looked said this is bad news...but then another person about 20 pages ago said there is hope since the K3 is out of style and maybe the I-130 is being processed? Any hope? 

Thanks

[SkruDe 311]

2 minutes ago, Special_K said:

Ohhhh I see! Thank you for explaining! I see there's a loooooot of January cases still to be touched 🙈

The back end of January is VERY heavy.

I'm lucky I got mine in at the very beginning of January, but I'm still waiting for my NOA2.... 

Edited April 19, 2017 by SkruDe

[SkruDe 311]

10 minutes ago, naikoo said:

Hello All, 

First-time poster and currently an emotional wreck. I was excited to see my status was updated today 

We are currently processing K-3 Visa: 
I-130 - Sent on 01/09/2017, Arrived 01/12/2017.
NOA1 -Arrived 01/24/2017

I-129F - Sent on 01/26/2017, Arrived 01/30/2017
NOA1 - Arrived on 02/03/2017

Today I received an update on my I-129F  " Status Termination Notice Was Mailed " 

Everywhere I looked said this is bad news...but then another person about 20 pages ago said there is hope since the K3 is out of style and maybe the I-130 is being processed? Any hope? 

Thanks

The I-129F is for a Fiance Petition/Visa.

 

The I-130 is for a Spouse Petition/Visa.

 

You can't do both.  So if you are married, the Fiance petition I-129F should be terminated.

 

EDIT:  I crossed out response since I may be wrong on this. 

Edited April 19, 2017 by SkruDe

[Special_K 90]

8 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

The back end of January is VERY heavy.

I'm lucky I got mine in at the very begining of January, but I'm still waiting for my NOA2.... 

I was SO hoping for next week as my fiancé is visiting (how awesome would it be to celebrate it together!?) 

Edited April 19, 2017 by Special_K

[naikoo 2]

Just now, SkruDe said:

The I-129F is for a Fiance Petition/Visa.

 

The I-130 is for a Spouse Petition/Visa.

 

You can't do both.  So if you are married, the Fiance petition should be terminated.

 

according to uscis https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/k3-k4-visa/k-3k-4-nonimmigrant-visas
and http://www.visajourney.com/content/k3flow  for a K3 Visa (filing for a spouse), you file a i-130 and a i-129f afterwards specifying you are flying for a "K-3 spouse visa".

There is even a check box on the i-129f for this. I am just freaking out about this because I had read about it being terminated because K3 is out of style and more people are doing CR1? But I have no idea yet.

[SkruDe 311]

7 minutes ago, naikoo said:

according to uscis https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/k3-k4-visa/k-3k-4-nonimmigrant-visas
and http://www.visajourney.com/content/k3flow  for a K3 Visa (filing for a spouse), you file a i-130 and a i-129f afterwards specifying you are flying for a "K-3 spouse visa".

There is even a check box on the i-129f for this. I am just freaking out about this because I had read about it being terminated because K3 is out of style and more people are doing CR1? But I have no idea yet.

Ahh, that is interesting. I always related the I-129F to Fiance only.  So, I may be wrong.  In that case I have no idea why it would be terminated.

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, Special_K said:

I was SO hoping for next week as my fiancé is visiting (how awesome would it be to celebrate it together!?) 

I hope   I need my baby girl here with me already.  I've made 5 trips to Colombia in the past 6 months and it is starting to get very expensive

Edited April 19, 2017 by SkruDe