I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

[geowrian 22,338]

8 minutes ago, MrKDBrown said:

From Tagaytay this past weekend.

Sky ranch? Awwww~ I visited there with my fiancee when I first met her. <3 Adorable!

[amye 158]

19 minutes ago, thatsmygsp said:

I was an examiner for the US Patent Office. I wonder if the folk examining our applications at USCIS go through a similar process like I did at the patent office. In the old days, the US Patent office had paper applications like USCIS has now. When an examiner requested applications to work on, we would physically receive 10 or maybe 20 applications on our desk at a time. The examiners would review the applications one at at time,  but we would do the easy ones first, because we were working on a production schedule, and not by the hour. The easy ones were worth as much as a hard one, and its human nature to do the easy ones first. And lets say an examiner ordered 20 applications to work on, but then went on a short vacation, was out sick, was out for any reason really - an application might sit in his/her office for days, maybe weeks longer than other applications with the same filing date that are being worked by examiners who are actually at work those days. Reviewing geo's graph, it seems something similar might be happening at USCIS. Not trying to knock the process. Just trying to understand. Those who know, please correct me

 

And does anyone know if the USCIS examiners work on production? IMPORTANT question! 

 

There was a comment in the old thread about the adjudicators getting audited once a week and it sounds as if its something similar to your US patent situation.

[Ray&Ash 271]

1 hour ago, CmAndS said:

Guys. It's my birthday today and i was hoping to get approved. I took a nap at work after lunch and when i woke up, i checked my app, it says approved. I couldn't believe it. I checked the other app and USCIS website too. I'm so happy. ???

You just got the best birthday gift ever!!!!! 

Happy Birthday and many congratulations!  

1 hour ago, CmAndS said:

Guys. It's my birthday today and i was hoping to get approved. I took a nap at work after lunch and when i woke up, i checked my app, it says approved. I couldn't believe it. I checked the other app and USCIS website too. I'm so happy. ???

You just got the best birthday gift ever!!!!! 

Happy Birthday and many congratulations!  

[Klitt3rJ 22]

Hey everybody! I'm from the January thread and this thread has been keeping me sane as far as waiting. ? I hope by next week they will be starting Dec filers and then the countdown for January will really be on! ? Good luck to those still waiting and congratulations to those who have gotten their approval already! ?

[shanakog 26]

12 hours ago, amye said:

Why can't you just go for the festival without the Visa?

Hey amye! I don't have any type of US visa at the moment, and since the festival is relatively close to the date I expect to have my interview (by May or June) it wouldn't be worth the hassle / money to make another trip

[amye 158]

2 minutes ago, shanakog said:

Hey amye! I don't have any type of US visa at the moment, and since the festival is relatively close to the date I expect to have my interview (by May or June) it wouldn't be worth the hassle / money to make another trip

the interview for your k1 visa?

[shanakog 26]

10 hours ago, pe8ches said:

Expediting isn't a guarantee.  We attempted a medical expedite due to my partner having stage IV cancer with no success, although some people have been successful with framing a week's missed pay due to wedding plans as financial hardship.

Wow... I can't believe they would deny this kind of expedite request. That sounds like a very legitimate medical concern to me.  I guess it depends on luck too.

[shanakog 26]

Just now, amye said:

the interview for your k1 visa?

Yes for k1. Unless I am able to make it to the festival with my k1 visa I probably won't be attending.

[amye 158]

Just now, shanakog said:

Yes for k1. Unless I am able to make it to the festival with my k1 visa I probably won't be attending.

isn't the interview in your own country?

[shanakog 26]

Just now, amye said:

isn't the interview in your own country?

Yeah, I mean that I should get my k1 visa shortly after my interview. So unless I can travel my k1 to the festival (happening in early April), I won't bother to get an extra tourist or business visa beforehand.

[amye 158]

1 minute ago, shanakog said:

Yeah, I mean that I should get my k1 visa shortly after my interview. So unless I can travel my k1 to the festival (happening in early April), I won't bother to get an extra tourist or business visa beforehand.

Ahhh okay.  I understand.  Yeah, that sounds like it might be tight.

[pe8ches 48]

6 minutes ago, shanakog said:

Wow... I can't believe they would deny this kind of expedite request. That sounds like a very legitimate medical concern to me.  I guess it depends on luck too.

Yeah, it's a mystery and we haven't been able to find out why.  On the bright side, we thought that without expediting we were in for at least another six month wait.  It was such a huge relief to come across this thread last week and find out it could be any day now  

[Ray&Ash 271]

3 minutes ago, pe8ches said:

Yeah, it's a mystery and we haven't been able to find out why.  On the bright side, we thought that without expediting we were in for at least another six month wait.  It was such a huge relief to come across this thread last week and find out it could be any day now  

All the best to you! your timeline says your should get it between 20-28 Feb...So yes anytime soon..  

 

 

[shanakog 26]

38 minutes ago, pe8ches said:

Yeah, it's a mystery and we haven't been able to find out why.  On the bright side, we thought that without expediting we were in for at least another six month wait.  It was such a huge relief to come across this thread last week and find out it could be any day now  

Ahh yes. I really hope you'll get approved soon! Seems like they're picking up speed (ish) now.

[NatO23 235]

5 hours ago, geowrian said:

I'd consider myself a "earlier" Dec filer, actually. I sent my I-129F on Dec. 1 and it arrived 2 business days later.

 

Moving forward...I'm debating stripping out all the "approved" cases from my list soon. That way I can add in the last few hundred Dec. filers. I was keeping them in there for historical purposes and sometimes (very rarely), they are revoked or withdrawn after approval. Thoughts?

Hey Geo. Once again, thanks for all your hard work on this. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that we really appreciate you! My thoughts on your idea to strip out 'approved' cases is that its a good one. I think the occurrence of 'revoked' cases is so low, that it would be more useful to see how the rest of December is moving along. Just my opinion though, I realise others may have a different one