I129F April 2017 filers

[falcao79 76]

Any new NVC received updates today? I checked the timeline and only see the 2 people who were received yesterday.

[KeriAn 414]

50 minutes ago, lon552 said:

Just got notification of approval on my app for today! Best birthday present ever! And USPS played a cruel joke on me today. Sent me an Informed Delivery notification with no photo and when I checked the mail there was nothing. My sweetie is dancing on a cloud!

congrats!! And Happy earthstrong!!

Edited September 13, 2017 by KeriAn
For wishes

[Keith & Monica 986]

1 minute ago, Melodica256 said:

Hmm. Day 155 now. My fiance called USCIS and had to push hard to get a Tier 2. When he was called back, the woman told him that we need to wait until October minimum before calling again. We're both scared to call again and push it some more because they note down each time you call. Just gonna sit it out I guess. Getting worried as @Keith & Monica were the longest I'd seen from April at 156 days 

Has he contacted his US Senator yet?  If not, then he should do that.  Make sure he explains the situation to them and that you have been waiting over 5 months with no response or help from USCIS.

[Melodica256 158]

Just now, Keith & Monica said:

Has he contacted his US Senator yet?  If not, then he should do that.  Make sure he explains the situation to them and that you have been waiting over 5 months with no response or help from USCIS.

He has not, but we're scared to. They've really put fear into us to chase it any more and we're both feeling very anxious and stressed about it

[KeriAn 414]

3 minutes ago, Melodica256 said:

He has not, but we're scared to. They've really put fear into us to chase it any more and we're both feeling very anxious and stressed about it

Dont be scared.  We probably called them way more than we should and nothing bad ever happened. And knowing how many people call in there, im sure we werent the worst, lol. We even got a supervisor once.

[_Mia_ 348]

13 minutes ago, falcao79 said:

When she put in the service request she gave me a ticket number over the phone. My status stayed saying received on the website but if I logged into my account and checked case history it showed the ticket number from the service request/inquiry in the case history section(lower left).

Omg can you believe we never created an account?! lol I didn't even know we could do that. I just created it now and can see that she put the enquiry through. Thank you so much 😊😊

[spike198 506]

9 minutes ago, Keith & Monica said:

Has he contacted his US Senator yet?  If not, then he should do that.  Make sure he explains the situation to them and that you have been waiting over 5 months with no response or help from USCIS.

Unrelated question for you   Did you receive a notice the day USCIS got your response to your RFE?  I'm wondering how many days between when they received it and when you were notified that you were approved.  Thanks!

[Ian & Alma 20]

8 minutes ago, Melodica256 said:

He has not, but we're scared to. They've really put fear into us to chase it any more and we're both feeling very anxious and stressed about it

 

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter3.html

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter6.html

 

If the customer has spoken with the CSR at a Tier 1 Contact Center and has not been able to obtain a resolution, the call may be escalated to a Tier 2 Contact Center if applicable.

Tier 2 is staffed by USCIS officers with access to applicable USCIS systems. USCIS officers may also escalate callers to a supervisor when necessary. 

If a customer is unhappy with the service he or she received during a call to the National Customer Service Center (NCSC), the customer may ask to speak to a supervisor. [4] Both Tier 1 and Tier 2 customer service representatives must transfer the call to a supervisor.

 

[falcao79 76]

20 minutes ago, _Mia_ said:

Omg can you believe we never created an account?! lol I didn't even know we could do that. I just created it now and can see that she put the enquiry through. Thank you so much 😊😊

Glad to help out. It worked for me to get approved when she did it on 08/31 but I was 5.5 months waiting and 1 month behind everyone else as a march 21 noa1 and approved noa2 09/02. It might not work for you since no mays have been approved yet and your are only a little over 4 months out.

[_Mia_ 348]

5 minutes ago, falcao79 said:

Glad to help out. It worked for me to get approved when she did it on 08/31 but I was 5.5 months waiting and 1 month behind everyone else as a march 21 noa1 and approved noa2 09/02. It might not work for you since no mays have been approved yet and your are only a little over 4 months out.

Fingers crossed 😊 Our received date was 24th April which I think is what my fiancé mentioned as it will be 5 months next week. Not sure why our notice date is so late.

[Keith & Monica 986]

48 minutes ago, spike198 said:

Unrelated question for you   Did you receive a notice the day USCIS got your response to your RFE?  I'm wondering how many days between when they received it and when you were notified that you were approved.  Thanks!

We didn't get a notification, but there was a change on the website/app.  It showed that they received it the day after USPS shows it was delivered.  

 

As for approval, I did get notifications on that.  I don't know if it was from the 1145 or if it was from the website asking for electronic updates.

Edited September 13, 2017 by Keith & Monica

[lon552 437]

Please forgive my slow response. Comcast internet service is out in Jacksonville for at least a week from Hurricane Irma and my Verizon data connection is taxed for bandwidth as a result. I'm lucky if a web page doesn't take 5 minutes to load. 

 

In addition to the app notification I received an email and text from USCIS. I didn't know it because I was in the process of replacing my iPhone with limited internet (a task no person should have to endure). The funniest part of it is my daughter has been asking me for weeks what I wanted for my birthday and my only request was NOA2. So I'm fighting with the new iPhone and iTunes and decide to connect my iPad through my work phone hotspot and it comes up to my daughter congratulating me. Before I can open an app she sends me a screenshot of the approval. So she actually DID get to give me my desired birthday gift. 

[Salty2305 504]

So we are patiently (yeah right) waiting for NVC to receive our case and be assigned a case number. In the last week and a half we have:

 

• Sold our house 
• Bought a new house
• I've given notice on the house I rent here in the UK
• Got a leaving date for my job (their choice not mine!)
• NOA2 received!

It's been a very overwhelming time! Very glad to hear that we are seeing more April approvals, I really do recommend anyone still waiting to consider contacting their congress office. We still aren't sure if that was what prompted our approval or if it was just our time. Either way, it felt really nice to think we had the support of someone else to try and get news on our case. We discovered that USCIS are much more likely to give you an answer or call back from Tier 2 when you ask for an update on your congressional inquiry. Just a tip! 

 

We are hoping all being well that our POE is going to be Halloween and my son has already put his order in to Matt for a pokemon costume to go trick or treating in and sweet talked Matt's mum into taking him to Chuck E Cheese for a late birthday party! Let's just hope he can switch on that charm at our interview as well haha 

[spike198 506]

26 minutes ago, Keith & Monica said:

We didn't get a notification, but there was a change on the website/app.  It showed that they received it the day after USPS shows it was delivered.  

 

As for approval, I did get notifications on that.  I don't know if it was from the 1145 or if it was from the website asking for electronic updates.

Ahh.  got it!  So you were over two weeks.  Not that everyone is the same, but I'm just trying to gauge my wait.  tick, tock.... 

[spike198 506]

13 minutes ago, lon552 said:

Please forgive my slow response. Comcast internet service is out in Jacksonville for at least a week from Hurricane Irma and my Verizon data connection is taxed for bandwidth as a result. I'm lucky if a web page doesn't take 5 minutes to load. 

 

In addition to the app notification I received an email and text from USCIS. I didn't know it because I was in the process of replacing my iPhone with limited internet (a task no person should have to endure). The funniest part of it is my daughter has been asking me for weeks what I wanted for my birthday and my only request was NOA2. So I'm fighting with the new iPhone and iTunes and decide to connect my iPad through my work phone hotspot and it comes up to my daughter congratulating me. Before I can open an app she sends me a screenshot of the approval. So she actually DID get to give me my desired birthday gift. 

Awe... So sweet!  Other than internet issues, how are you holding up out there in North Florida?  Hope everything is ok!