February 2017 I-129F Filers

[SugarLai 60]

My fiance called CSC again and they still not transfer the call to tier 2 and answer the exact thing as he called them for 3 times before.they just told us they are still processing Dec. files and asked us call them back after 30 days if we still haven't had response.

[TexasHeartsIndia 371]

Wow, I can't believe how many 17-Feb petitions were approved today! Congratulations to all of you!

 

So is the case tracker working now or just for some people? I saw that some received email/text notifications of their NOA2 today...

[miadugas902 5]

Hi, i am from Indonesia, so happy with this group, this is my first message here, we are february filer too, our case was sent on feb 6th got NOA 1 on feb 10th, and a few days ago my fiance just got NOA 2 and it was APPROVED on may 23rd (yayyy), hope y'all who are still waiting will get NOA 2 this week.

 

Please to keep give an update guys, all the information here is really helping.

 

I pray for all of us get smooth process until we got our visa 😇

[doggieandsam 765]

11 hours ago, TriloByte said:

Quick update. My congressman wrote back. USCIS ignored the question about the online case checker and instead gave me an update on my case. It's still in received. I didn't want to know that, but I know now. More waiting.

this is just horrible. do you think that maybe your profession (eg technology etc) could be adding an extra layer of checks that's why it is taking so long? or that maybe just being recently divorced? i dunno, just wondering why it's taking this long! i am starting to think that they do look at cases and maybe set aside the ones which need deeper analysis or further checks for "later". =(

[Me and her 279]

9 hours ago, Williamsnelson said:

 😭😭😭 my case is one in received in between those cases btw 

 

its a holiday in my country today so I'm just home obsessing over this rn... called uscis and waiting for a callback from a tier 2... any tips guys?

 

 

May I ask which tracking tool/app you are using?

[S & G 25]

4 hours ago, AcCel said:

Got NVC # today. NOA2 was 5/10/2017 so VJ forums really are a big help. Everyone saying on previous threads that about 2 - 3 weeks between NOA2 and NVC case # . 

Congratulations! I do realize it actually takes more than 2 weeks now.

My NOA2 is 5/15 and no record in NVC system yet. 

My suggestion is to call after 3 weeks instead of 2 weeks. 

[Alex2017 34]

3 hours ago, Silvia Marie said:

My fiancé just called me and woke me up, it is 3:36 am over here in Germany but he got a good reason: we are approved! 🎉

 

NOA1 2/8

NOA2 5/25

 

OMG I can't believe it I'm so relived and stressed at the same time. 😊

 

Good luck to all of you still waiting I'm pretty sure you will receive yours soon too.

Congratulations!!!!!! 

 

[Ben and Dorian 6]

Approved!!! 🎊🎉🍾

 

received date 02/14 and NOA2 05/25!

 

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting! 

[doggieandsam 765]

hi guys...so i'm running the scan now and i just noticed there were a few cases updated on 29-May...which is weird, since wasn't that memorial day holiday and they were not working?

[Angel&Eric 185]

1 hour ago, iamdegie said:

this is just horrible. do you think that maybe your profession (eg technology etc) could be adding an extra layer of checks that's why it is taking so long? or that maybe just being recently divorced? i dunno, just wondering why it's taking this long! i am starting to think that they do look at cases and maybe set aside the ones which need deeper analysis or further checks for "later". =(

I think he just drew the long straw.  My divorce was final 5 weeks before we applied and was approved in 91 days.  

 

 

I would be very surprised if profession played a big part at this point.  Even if you were a high level government employee that required extra checks i would think an rfe would be needed.  But again i dont think that is the issue.

 

 

[Angel&Eric 185]

19 minutes ago, iamdegie said:

hi guys...so i'm running the scan now and i just noticed there were a few cases updated on 29-May...which is weird, since wasn't that memorial day holiday and they were not working?

 We have seen things with future dates before.  

[amishbaby 407]

March filer here. I'm just wishing everyone luck and hope you all have your NOA2 approvals very shortly! I've noticed they are all over the place. They're approving people from December still, and I believe I still seen some activity in the November thread. It's messed up how USCIS is working out of order like this. Everyone should get their approvals in a certain order. But it seems they are working on multiple months at a time. But congratulations to all of those getting their approvals! Congrats to all of you, and to those who haven't yet, stay strong. You will see or hear something soon! <3 

Much love, peace, and happiness. 

<3

[doggieandsam 765]

31 minutes ago, Angel&Eric said:

 We have seen things with future dates before.  

i have figured out the reason for the future dates. they were cases that were touched and said something like - "we mailed a document and to let us know if by so and so date you have not received it" - the scan picked up this date because the text they used on the status update does not mention the actual touched date.

[doggieandsam 765]

**Data may still be skewed.**

 

Feb cases touched 29-30 May: 88

 

Approved: 8

RFE: 66 (5 RFEs issued on 29-May, 61 RFEs issued 30-May)

RRFER: 9

Other: 5

 

Raw data here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wWQs77fPiITnBfQmVvUVVtWjA

 

 

 

	Count	%
Total cases approved so far	101	3%
Touched but not approved etc	723	19%
Withdrawn	17	0%
Untouched	2,871	77%
Grand total	3,712	100%

 

Dates touched on 29-30 May:

02/01/2017

02/06/2017

02/13/2017

02/14/2017

02/15/2017

02/16/2017

02/17/2017

02/21/2017

02/22/2017

02/28/2017

[Dhanu and Justin 215]

Congratulations to all the approvals!!!!! Your updates give me hope. 

 

Meanwhile, we are on to day 106 and still waiting..... 😞😞😞 I wish there was another way to speed up this process. 

 

Just out of curiosity, if we apply for cr1 or that other one, does the petitioner has to live in USA or can he be here in my country while we apply and wait for the visa to come through?