I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

[fishe23a 240]

13 minutes ago, Strumf said:

Do you think they skip cases? I've seen cases getting the second letter after ours, which makes me think if they are even going by "first come, first serve" as they say.

 

 

Please scroll back through this forum; the answers to the vast majority of questions that people ask can be found there (though I know that it's difficult to fathom scrolling through 50 pages).

 

The USCIS processes a range of dates at once; they don't simply go in numerical case order. This is because each person handling the cases works on a stack of cases at a time, there are many, many workers, and while they work in general chronological order, there is usually a couple-week range of dates they are working at any given time. If you follow this forum, you'll see that @geowrian posts nightly (on weeknights) with a drop-down data table showing the number of cases touched, approved, or given an RFE that day, as well as a data essentially showing the number of cases worked on by USCIS receipt date for the several week period he is tracking. He also includes a link to his Google drive spreadsheet, which is massive and quite comprehensive. Check for his posts every night around 8-830 PM PST / 11-1130 PM EST. 

Edited February 28, 2017 by fishe23a

[geowrian 22,338]

23 minutes ago, Strumf said:

Do you think they skip cases? I've seen cases getting the second letter after ours, which makes me think if they are even going by "first come, first serve" as they say.

I wouldn't exactly say "skip". There is definitely as progression from day to day, week to week. More likely, people pick from a big set of cases...some can be worked on right away and are simple, and others may take a while for some reason. If they went ion a strictly first come, first serve manner, I think it would cause a bunch of hold-ups while they go through a large set of more complex cases...whereas they are tryiong to get through as many as possible form day to day (as they are graded/judged on those types of metrics).

22 minutes ago, visamountain said:

Commenting on the numbers question for cases.  Made a random discovery a while back, when I accidently switched 2 of my numbers when looking it up.  It will show you the results of that case.  So IF you have the time in the day, you could essentially sit there and play with the numbers to find how far back cases are being approved and how close they are to your number....or you can just keep watching VJ  

 

That's essentially how the apps and my scripts work. The numbers are sequential, so I just go through every possible number (in order) to find the I-129Fs. Then I only scan those from then onward.

[Tammie & Daniel 9]

2 hours ago, Adriana&Marko said:

Can someone please get back to me do the last 5 numbers of receipt number mean anything ?

Hi everyone, The number is actually a long code, signifying where, when, and what number case you were to apply that day.

Example receipt number:

WAC 11 012 50960

Service Center (WAC 11 012 50960)
Fiscal year Year (WAC 11 012 50960) Computer Workday (WAC 11 012 50960)
The third set of digits indicates the computer workday that the case was opened (excludes most weekends and holidays). Case Number (WAC 11 012 50960)The final set of five digits is the case number in the order it arrived in that day. 

Hope this helps!

Tammie

[Ray&Ash 271]

5 minutes ago, Tammie & Daniel said:

Hi everyone, The number is actually a long code, signifying where, when, and what number case you were to apply that day.

Example receipt number:

WAC 11 012 50960

Service Center (WAC 11 012 50960)
Fiscal year Year (WAC 11 012 50960) Computer Workday (WAC 11 012 50960)
The third set of digits indicates the computer workday that the case was opened (excludes most weekends and holidays). Case Number (WAC 11 012 50960)The final set of five digits is the case number in the order it arrived in that day. 

Hope this helps!

Tammie

This is what most of the forums say but i dont think the concept of workday is correct. For me that number is 901. 

I wonder how there are 901 computer workdays excluding weekends and holidays, in a year of 365 days?! 

Unless, it means the number of central computer day for all computers in a centre go sequentially (different series for CSC, TSC, VSC etc) . But this number can max be 999. 

Its a lil confusing. any thoughts @geowrian? 

[Adriana&Marko 58]

11 minutes ago, Tammie & Daniel said:

Hi everyone, The number is actually a long code, signifying where, when, and what number case you were to apply that day.

Example receipt number:

WAC 11 012 50960

Service Center (WAC 11 012 50960)
Fiscal year Year (WAC 11 012 50960) Computer Workday (WAC 11 012 50960)
The third set of digits indicates the computer workday that the case was opened (excludes most weekends and holidays). Case Number (WAC 11 012 50960)The final set of five digits is the case number in the order it arrived in that day. 

Hope this helps!

Tammie

Thank you for your help!

[Ray&Ash 271]

I have a question related to K1 beneficiaries in India. (or if anyone else knows about this ) 

Can anyone please confirm if we can schedule the medical exam or interview at embassy in India after we receive the NVC case number by calling the center, or beneficiary needs to wait till the file reaches the embassy? 

 

Thanks  

 

P.S. 73 days and counting 

 

[geowrian 22,338]

***Today's comprehensive update***
Date: 2/27/2017
Scan ran: 10:32 PM EST
Scan finished: 11:26 PM EST
Records: 4000

 

Cases updated today: 105
Approved: 80
RFEs: 16
Other: 9

 

Today's Data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2dDNuOUFJVERPaVE

 

All data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1B_oR3Imoi-dVhQSG02YkFhVjg
MS Access Database: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2WndWWDFpM2gxVm8

 

*Keep in mind I'm only counting WACs from WAC1790048000 onward. Records untouched prior to this are not included.*

 

Spoiler

	27-Feb	24-Feb	# Touched
10/20/2016	1	1	0
10/31/2016	7	7	0
11/1/2016	6	6	0
11/2/2016	5	5	0
11/3/2016	29	29	0
11/4/2016	5	5	0
11/7/2016	16	19	3
11/8/2016	5	5	0
11/9/2016	14	15	1
11/10/2016	12	13	1
11/14/2016	56	60	4
11/15/2016	21	22	1
11/16/2016	26	29	3
11/17/2016	46	54	8
11/18/2016			0
11/21/2016	121	134	13
11/22/2016	73	73	0
11/23/2016	61	64	3
11/25/2016	60	64	4
11/28/2016	135	151	16
11/29/2016	57	73	16
11/30/2016	49	58	9
12/1/2016	84	84	0
12/2/2016	105	107	2
12/5/2016	332	329	-3
12/6/2016	217	212	-5
12/7/2016	110	108	-2
12/8/2016	224		-224
12/9/2016	131		-131
12/12/2016	381		-381
12/13/2016	144		-144
12/14/2016	121		-121

 

NOTE: I removed "final status" cases (Approved, Rejected, Denied, etc.) from my list today. I also added a little over 1,100 Dec. filers. As such, the  unworked cases table above will have funky numbers...there's more unworked cases today than yesterday since I added so many new cases.

 

 

[geowrian 22,338]

47 minutes ago, Tammie & Daniel said:

Hi everyone, The number is actually a long code, signifying where, when, and what number case you were to apply that day.

Example receipt number:

WAC 11 012 50960

Service Center (WAC 11 012 50960)
Fiscal year Year (WAC 11 012 50960) Computer Workday (WAC 11 012 50960)
The third set of digits indicates the computer workday that the case was opened (excludes most weekends and holidays). Case Number (WAC 11 012 50960)The final set of five digits is the case number in the order it arrived in that day. 

Hope this helps!

Tammie

This doesn't apply to most forms at USCIS now. they are just sequential after the FY portion.

[Nina241 29]

BTW my case got approved 5 days ago on the 22nd of february and I recieved the hard copy of the NOA2 in the mail today

[llaz 232]

Anyone know how nov 3rd people can maybe start making some noise to get our files looked at? Right now we've been sitting at the most files just hanging out for quite some time, with uscis working on max 2 a day, most days working on 0! 

 

117 days & counting at this point... ??

[Quiinng 37]

Hello

so how many days after got approved we should call to NVC to get case number?

- i see a lots of case fail in interview because the consular don't trust their relationship and they need more proofs as family tree, timeline, marriage commitment...! I think our case have been decided fail or not in the first step maybe, and interview just face to face but the result is not change! Is that true?

[Quiinng 37]

3 hours ago, llaz said:

Anyone know how nov 3rd people can maybe start making some noise to get our files looked at? Right now we've been sitting at the most files just hanging out for quite some time, with uscis working on max 2 a day, most days working on 0! 

 

117 days & counting at this point... ??

Are you waiting for approve from them?

you should call them to ask about your case! They were told me that i should call them if my case have waiting 120ddays 

[visamountain 73]

It looks like from my case that WAC is your service center 17 is the year and the next 3 are the numbers of the first date listed where everyone looks to see when their case was touched (but with day then month), because mine is 901 and January 9th is my last touched.  After that I think it's probably just sequential.  Does that sound right @geowrian?

[Jing&Kuting 137]

Hi Guys, 

 

Update  My interview was last 02/23 and my visa got issued 02/24.. and just today I have my visa delivered.  

 

According to my research visa gets delivered faster if you choose to pick them up in the 2go center in mall of asia.  

must be true. Hope this helps.:)

 

Goodluck to everyone. 

 

Kuting 

[llaz 232]

4 hours ago, Quiinng said:

Are you waiting for approve from them?

you should call them to ask about your case! They were told me that i should call them if my case have waiting 120ddays 

Yes still at noa1 waiting for noa2. I called Friday she said I was still in normal processing time because they are working on Sept 16th cases. Did you talk to just the first person when you called or did your call get directed to a tier 2 officer that told you to call after 120 days?