K-1 Visa NOA-2 Date vs. NOA-1 Date

[Bob_B 26]

 I know these petitions are supposedly handled on a "first come-first served" basis, but when I track NOA-2 acceptance dates vs. the recipients' NOA-1 dates, I see they vary quite a lot sometimes on any given day. How does one account for this? Is it based on individual caseloads handles by any particular caseworker? Mine is with the CSC, FWIW, and my NOA-1 date was 1/2/17. I'm not worried yet about mine being "lost in the system". Just curious on how someone who got their NOA-1 on, say, 1/29/17 (almost 4 weeks after mine) gets approved ahead of me?

Edited March 31, 2017 by Bob_B
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[RJandHamid 1,133]

They are only kind of handled on a "first come-first served" basis. I think it really does depend on individual caseloads and the speed/experience of each individual caseworker. Some cases take more time than others, some dates have more cases to work through than others. It's frustrating to see petitions sent later than yours being approved while we are still waiting, but it seems to be a rather common thing happening recently. They are finally now finishing up with some of the mid and late November cases, all while jumping between random December cases as well.

[Bob_B 26]

1 minute ago, RJandHamid said:

They are only kind of handled on a "first come-first served" basis. I think it really does depend on individual caseloads and the speed/experience of each individual caseworker. Some cases take more time than others, some dates have more cases to work through than others. It's frustrating to see petitions sent later than yours being approved while we are still waiting, but it seems to be a rather common thing happening recently. They are finally now finishing up with some of the mid and late November cases, all while jumping between random December cases as well.

 As well as mid- to late-January filers as well! Thanks for your insight!!

[geowrian 22,338]

Here's my attempt to explain it. haha

 

 

[A'n'L 735]

Yes, it depends on the individual CO and also the cases your CO has ahead of yours. Once the cases are registered, a CO can pick up a stack of cases. A fast CO will get through his stack faster than a slow one. A CO might get a case that requires more attention and is on top of yours in the pile. A caseworker may quit, go on vacation or sick leave. This will put his stack of cases on hold.

[Bob_B 26]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

Here's my attempt to explain it. haha

 

 

 HOW do you get your hands on this data? Is it up for query on Google's search engines? At any rate....MILLIONS of thanks for supplying it! (p.s. I'm an IT guy myself.....work on solid modeling tho). - Bob

[geowrian 22,338]

2 hours ago, Bob_B said:

 HOW do you get your hands on this data? Is it up for query on Google's search engines? At any rate....MILLIONS of thanks for supplying it! (p.s. I'm an IT guy myself.....work on solid modeling tho). - Bob

It uses the USCIS Case Tracker's website as the source. I have some scripts that I made to scan for the desired form type (I-129F), then dump that to a a CSV. Then I have another script that reads in a CSV and outputs the status of each case to a file.

[Bob_B 26]

34 minutes ago, geowrian said:

It uses the USCIS Case Tracker's website as the source. I have some scripts that I made to scan for the desired form type (I-129F), then dump that to a a CSV. Then I have another script that reads in a CSV and outputs the status of each case to a file.

 Well, it's little wonder then that you've earned so much rep on this site. To quote Gale Beoticher from Breaking Bad, "Well, sir, I doff my proverbial cap to you."