February 2017 I-129F Filers

[V&B 39]

31 minutes ago, Angel&Eric said:

I received our approval letter in the mail yesterday.  I had talked to USCIS yesterday and the day before.  Each time being told that it was in received status even though the approval date was 5/10.

 

It will come!

Well i am hopefull for all of ours to get here no later than this month, waiting just drains you but hopefully it'll come soon ! ☺️

[Zari&Tony 12]

All of us here have the very rare luck for their patience and true love to be tested! All of us here will be very proud one day to tell this story to their grandchildren. It is all happening for a reason. Embrace it, do not get depressed over it.

[TriloByte 1,818]

1 hour ago, Angel&Eric said:

I received our approval letter in the mail yesterday.  I had talked to USCIS yesterday and the day before.  Each time being told that it was in received status even though the approval date was 5/10.

 

It will come!

Thanks. This gives me hope that the person I talked to was wrong when she said mine is in received. 

 

My theory for tonight for what's going on over there. You see, they have the regular workers, the ones that communicate back and forth to the phone workers and follow the rules. Then there are the workers (or should I call them PATRIOTS), who are not USCIS employees, who have infiltrated the CSC pyramid complex in order to get the job done. That's why we see mail approvals, but not online approvals. These I-129F ninjas are shuffling out approvals left and right and out of sight, so fast that nobody can see what's going on. They move in on the USCIS officer's desks like Bruce Lee and then disappear into the shadows with the cases that we figured had slipped into the abyss. Then the next thing we know, we get an approval in the mail, and nobody over there knows what happened. 

 

The California service center (seriously)...

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by dbmathis

[Angel&Eric 185]

7 minutes ago, dbmathis said:

Thanks. This gives me hope that the person I talked to was wrong when she said mine is in received. 

 

My theory for tonight for what's going on over there. You see, they have the regular workers, the ones that communicate back and forth to the phone workers and follow the rules. Then there are the workers (or should I call them PATRIOTS), who are not USCIS employees, who have infiltrated the CSC pyramid complex in order to get the job done. That's why we see mail approvals, but not online approvals. These I-129F ninjas are shuffling out approvals left and right and out of sight, so fast that nobody can see what's going on. They move in on the USCIS officer's desks like Bruse Lee and disappear into the shadows with the cases that we figured had slipped into the abyss. Then the next thing we know, we get an approval in the mail, and nobody over there knows what happened. 

 

The California service center (seriously)...

 

 

 

I think you have much more time on your hands than i do. 😀

 

My congressman's office had done an inquiry for me and reported that it was in received status after my approval date.  I believe that the frontline staff have no idea what is going on and has no real information.

 

 

[TriloByte 1,818]

1 minute ago, Angel&Eric said:

I think you have much more time on your hands than i do. 😀

 

My congressman's office had done an inquiry for me and reported that it was in received status after my approval date.  I believe that the frontline staff have no idea what is going on and has no real information.

 

 

 Yeah. My guess is that the phone workers are asked one question at their job interview, which is "Can you talk?". We call, they talk, about whatever they want.

 

I really don't have time, which is the sad part. I just finished a 12-hour shift of writing code, was looking forward to maybe spending a couple hours with my fiancee, afterward, but she is six hours ahead and could not stay awake. I have kids too, so it's a nightmare trying to juggle work, kids, and an LDR.

[Angel&Eric 185]

1 minute ago, dbmathis said:

 Yeah. My guess is that the phone workers are asked one question at their job interview, which is "Can you talk?". We call, they talk, about whatever they want.

 

I really don't have time, which is the sad part. I just finished a 12-hour shift of writing code, was looking forward to maybe spending a couple hours with my fiancee, afterward, but she is six hours ahead and could not stay awake. I have kids too, so it's a nightmare trying to juggle work, kids, and an LDR.

12 hour shift explains it all!

[doggieandsam 765]

**Some activity today but not sure if volume is enough to be able to tell if the online system is already fixed. Data may still be skewed.**

 

Feb cases updated 17-May: 34

 

Approved: 6 

RFE: 22

RRFER: 2

Others: 4

 

Raw data here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wWQs77fPiIbGw4YTRqdXduTGM

 

	Count	%
Total cases approved so far	62	2%
Touched but not approved etc	229	6%
Withdrawn	6	0%
Untouched	3,415	92%
Grand total	3,712	100%

 

Dates touched today:

02/02/2017

02/03/2017

02/06/2017

02/07/2017

02/09/2017

02/13/2017

02/16/2017

02/27/2017

[Dhanu and Justin 215]

4 minutes ago, iamdegie said:

**Some activity today but not sure if volume is enough to be able to tell if the online system is already fixed. Data may still be skewed.**

 

Feb cases updated 17-May: 34

 

Approved: 6 

RFE: 22

RRFER: 2

Others: 4

 

Raw data here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wWQs77fPiIbGw4YTRqdXduTGM

 

	Count	%
Total cases approved so far	62	2%
Touched but not approved etc	229	6%
Withdrawn	6	0%
Untouched	3,415	92%
Grand total	3,712	100%

 

Dates touched today:

02/02/2017

02/03/2017

02/06/2017

02/07/2017

02/09/2017

02/13/2017

02/16/2017

02/27/2017

Awww! When are they going to touch Feb 14th!?!? Man, this waiting is killing me.

[JayCee17 33]

32 minutes ago, D&J said:

Awww! When are they going to touch Feb 14th!?!? Man, this waiting is killing me.

They keep skipping Feb 01. The wait is stressing me out. 

[charlesisjan 39]

11 minutes ago, JayCee17 said:

They keep skipping Feb 01. The wait is stressing me out. 

They touched Feb 01 yesterday. My fingers are crossed as I'm also feb 1!

[mango123 4]

Hi, I'm posting for the first time but I have been reading through the threads. It's about the only thing that actually helps with the anxiety during this process. Anyway, I am not sure if you guys are aware of this and if this is a standard procedure or it just happened for me. So about a week ago I called USCIS, after seeing so many people get approvals or RFEs without it being changed online, and they gave me the standard it's been received message. They received my request on Feb 1st. So I asked to talk to a tier 2 officer. They had him call me back about 2 hours later and he was able to give me more details. He said on May 11 they sent out an RFE to me and I should get it by this week. So I'm still waiting to see what it will be. But the online systems and regular USCIS operators are still saying that they only received my case. I hope this helps! Can't wait until this whole process is over. 

[JayCee17 33]

3 hours ago, charlesisjan said:

They touched Feb 01 yesterday. My fingers are crossed as I'm also feb 1!

I'm happy to know this.  Thank you! I'm praying that we all hear something soon!!

[Estibaliz 3,037]

18 minutes ago, Faiza said:

Hi, I'm posting for the first time but I have been reading through the threads. It's about the only thing that actually helps with the anxiety during this process. Anyway, I am not sure if you guys are aware of this and if this is a standard procedure or it just happened for me. So about a week ago I called USCIS, after seeing so many people get approvals or RFEs without it being changed online, and they gave me the standard it's been received message. They received my request on Feb 1st. So I asked to talk to a tier 2 officer. They had him call me back about 2 hours later and he was able to give me more details. He said on May 11 they sent out an RFE to me and I should get it by this week. So I'm still waiting to see what it will be. But the online systems and regular USCIS operators are still saying that they only received my case. I hope this helps! Can't wait until this whole process is over. 

Thank you for the updated info and good luck with your RFE. Hopefully something easy to fix and approved soon

 

So now it turns out not even RFE's are being registered on the system... It seems to me USCIS might be digging its own grave. I mean, knowing the only way to get real info is calling and asking to talk to a tier 2 officer, I can easily imagine tons of frustrated people around the 100 days mark doing exactly that. So what's going to be next? USCIS denying the access to tier 2 officers and any kind of information except for the canned answers and the November being processed discourse?

 

As an April filer I'm fine being patient for now, but this whole new development is still appalling.

Edited May 18, 2017 by Estibaliz

[TriloByte 1,818]

5 hours ago, iamdegie said:

**Some activity today but not sure if volume is enough to be able to tell if the online system is already fixed. Data may still be skewed.**

 

Feb cases updated 17-May: 34

 

Approved: 6 

RFE: 22

RRFER: 2

Others: 4

 

Raw data here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wWQs77fPiIbGw4YTRqdXduTGM

 

	Count	%
Total cases approved so far	62	2%
Touched but not approved etc	229	6%
Withdrawn	6	0%
Untouched	3,415	92%
Grand total	3,712	100%

 

Dates touched today:

02/02/2017

02/03/2017

02/06/2017

02/07/2017

02/09/2017

02/13/2017

02/16/2017

02/27/2017

None of the data can be trusted at this point IMO. For the Jan. data, two weeks ago, approvals dropped and for the most part stopped. Then, periodically, we see unexplained spikes of approvals during the day, where as in the past they would happen at night. Recently, to add to it all, RFE rates dropped too and I can't tell if it's legit or if it's part of the issue we see with approvals. Regardless, it seems like for Jan. we're missing about 800 status updates online. It's why I stopped publishing data, it's just too confusing for people who aren't intimately familiar with all that's going on. 

 

At the end of the day, it's a cluster f over there and we are just going to have to ride it out.

Edited May 18, 2017 by dbmathis

[prish17 77]

2 minutes ago, dbmathis said:

None of the data can be trusted at this point IMO. For the Jan. data, two weeks ago, approvals dropped and for the most part stopped. Then, periodically, we see unexplained spikes of approvals during the day, where as in the past they would happen at night. Recently, to add to it all, RFE rates dropped too and I can't tell if it's legit or if it's part of the issue we see with approvals. Regardless, it seems like for Jan. we're missing about 800 status updates online. It's why I stopped publishing data, it's just too confusing for people who aren't intimately familiar with all that's going on. 

 

At the end of the day, it's a cluster f over there and we are just going to have to ride it out.

I totally agree with you buttttt at least this data is something (even if it is skewed any sort of movement is giving me for one hope) as opposed to seeing that tracker with "received" all the time. 

 

Ive actually deleted the app from my phone   I think I'm developing an aversion to the word "received"