I-129F May 2017 Filers

[Meech 442]

1 hour ago, Naes said:

12/1 Midnight scan

 

Total (Shoegum+Naes) : 66

 

WAC1790317467	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790320576	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790321567	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790322003	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790324760	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790326413	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790332640	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790332904	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790340709	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790343042	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790346336	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received
WAC1790346395	12/1/2017	Your Current Status: Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received

Is it normal for them to issue so many RFEs? How are they going to catch up?

[Naes 12,205]

3 minutes ago, Meech said:

Is it normal for them to issue so many RFEs? How are they going to catch up?

I actually don't know because May is the first month we really have any data.

 

but I read an article about (although it was N400) the administration wants more scrutiny in petition stage so more rfes are sent. (I posted it somewhere here)

 

i have nooo idea how they're going to catch up..

 

i did something new though and trying to analyze it now.

 

because april looked like it still has sooooo many received cases, yet so little of them were actually touched; I looked at February and March cases, and the situation is same. However there are so little number of people left expecting noa2 without an rfe here in vj, and if anyone would take this long I'm sure most of them would already search and find a site like this and we would know.

 

so even though May looks like a huge bump now (and I know you guys are still waiting) I don't really think there's that much place for them to run around and not go to your cases. The number we are seeing is not the number they have left in their agenda. 

 

So so don't worry about catching up, but aim for the date to change in that official processing times they show. And call. If they're rude, go above. This agency is 99% funded wiht this money. If they say you're too many, that should they have that much money!

[Meech 442]

1 minute ago, Naes said:

I actually don't know because May is the first month we really have any data.

 

but I read an article about (although it was N400) the administration wants more scrutiny in petition stage so more rfes are sent. (I posted it somewhere here)

 

i have nooo idea how they're going to catch up..

 

i did something new though and trying to analyze it now.

 

because april looked like it still has sooooo many received cases, yet so little of them were actually touched; I looked at February and March cases, and the situation is same. However there are so little number of people left expecting noa2 without an rfe here in vj, and if anyone would take this long I'm sure most of them would already search and find a site like this and we would know.

 

so even though May looks like a huge bump now (and I know you guys are still waiting) I don't really think there's that much place for them to run around and not go to your cases. The number we are seeing is not the number they have left in their agenda. 

 

So so don't worry about catching up, but aim for the date to change in that official processing times they show. And call. If they're rude, go above. This agency is 99% funded wiht this money. If they say you're too many, that should they have that much money!

I really feel for people who filed in June because it's even worse for them at this moment...At this snail pace I don't even know if they'll be done with May by the end of the year, but they'll certainly say they are. 

I honestly wish there was something we could do about this  

[Naes 12,205]

21 minutes ago, Meech said:

I really feel for people who filed in June because it's even worse for them at this moment...At this snail pace I don't even know if they'll be done with May by the end of the year, but they'll certainly say they are. 

I honestly wish there was something we could do about this  

I don't know what anyone can do.

I'm not even angry with the workers in uscis, it's not their fault. But administrations and human resources (which they're also struggling) should think about a better way.

 

tier 1 is the most unnecessary part of whole this for example.

 

also if they give people legit information on what's going on they wouldn't have to go through with these stupid phone calls and save us from this anxiety.

 

Last but not least, they are doing 3 months at once now. This is to actually save a** it's obvious cause they need to report it as such. 

 

Now I'm a beneficiary, for me this is not a right(not a privilege either - don't make me start on that) but for a USC- this is a right. Right to ask for it, right to petition and get information. Right to have their family beside them! We're not living in the world of capsulets and montagues for God's sake!

Edited December 2, 2017 by Naes

[Meech 442]

11 minutes ago, Naes said:

I don't know what anyone can do.

I'm not even angry with the workers in uscis, it's not their fault. But administrations and human resources (which they're also struggling) should think about a better way.

 

tier 1 is the most unnecessary part of whole this for example.

 

also if they give people legit information on what's going on they wouldn't have to go through with these stupid phone calls and save us from this anxiety.

 

Last but not least, they are doing 3 months at once now. This is to actually save a** it's obvious cause they need to report it as such. 

 

Now I'm a beneficiary, for me this is not a right(not a privilege either - don't make me start on that) but for a USC- this is a right. Right to ask for it, right to petition and get information. Right to have their family beside them! We're not living in the world of capsulets and montagues for God's sake!

Sadly we do live in a world where money is valued more than family, as you can see...Even if a USC has the right to call they apparently don't get to the treated well either..I've said it before but I'd be able to deal with the waiting better if they were more transparent. 

[heartinKorea 175]

49 minutes ago, Meech said:

Sadly we do live in a world where money is valued more than family, as you can see...Even if a USC has the right to call they apparently don't get to the treated well either..I've said it before but I'd be able to deal with the waiting better if they were more transparent. 

Yeah I'm the USC and I can tell you that they don't view this as my right, even though it 100% is and should be. I'm sure that they hide behind reasons of "national security" in terms of keeping us in the dark, but there's no reason for this IMO. For instance even if they were more transparent about why it's taking more time between the NOA2 and NVC received, I would feel some comfort in that. 

[heartinKorea 175]

@Shoegum can you add the google spreadsheet to your signature? We only have 9 members who've filled it out, but I'm pretty sure there's more members of our thread who are waiting for their petition to reach NVC.

[Naes 12,205]

Hey everyone!

 

I am here with the weeklies of this week!

 

A really Important thing that everyone should know.

The numbers are not low, they are just spread to 3 different months at once.

 

I am going to do a overall analysis tomorrow (I don't know why but I was too sleepy this whole day)

And show you how actually the numbers are still wayyyyyy better than what we thinks is happening..

 

Add around a 10 to these numbers 

(when an rfe changes its status I only count the latest status... and yes yes I just realized I was doing it all the time...

So if I look too much in the past and an rfe for example became approved it looks like they touched less than they actually did.)

 

 

Weekly Overall

 

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
2017/11/27	15	79	33					127
2017/11/28	39	157	33	2				231
2017/11/29	27	119	39		1			186
2017/11/30	12	47	49	2		2		112
2017/12/1	20	66	62				2	150
Total	113	468	216	4	1	2	2	806

 

 

Monthly Overall

 

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
Approved	1865	1840	210	10	10	3		3938
Virgins	833	1123	3203	3293	3555	3218	3816	19041
Touched	629	1145	246	81	86	74	59	2320
Excluded	630	460	382	412	424	303	267	2878
Total	3957	4568	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	28177

[IshTre 288]

11 minutes ago, Naes said:

Hey everyone!

 

I am here with the weeklies of this week!

 

A really Important thing that everyone should know.

The numbers are not low, they are just spread to 3 different months at once.

 

I am going to do a overall analysis tomorrow (I don't know why but I was too sleepy this whole day)

And show you how actually the numbers are still wayyyyyy better than what we thinks is happening..

 

Add around a 10 to these numbers 

(when an rfe changes its status I only count the latest status... and yes yes I just realized I was doing it all the time...

So if I look too much in the past and an rfe for example became approved it looks like they touched less than they actually did.)

 

 

Weekly Overall

 

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
2017/11/27	15	79	33					127
2017/11/28	39	157	33	2				231
2017/11/29	27	119	39		1			186
2017/11/30	12	47	49	2		2		112
2017/12/1	20	66	62				2	150
Total	113	468	216	4	1	2	2	806

 

 

Monthly Overall

 

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
Approved	1865	1840	210	10	10	3		3938
Virgins	833	1123	3203	3293	3555	3218	3816	19041
Touched	629	1145	246	81	86	74	59	2320
Excluded	630	460	382	412	424	303	267	2878
Total	3957	4568	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	28177

Thanks---your work has been so helpful. They are definitely making progress---just seems like they aren't when it's your own case they don't touch or approve. For the May filers out there whose cases remain untouched--I really hope USCIS gets through the bulk of them this upcoming week. The delay on them has been brutal. It's insane that they still have that many April cases left un-touched. Get some much needed rest.

[JayMar2019 2,741]

Another week gone with no NOA2. Thought that this was the week just like the weeks before and no NOA2. Trying to fight being sad and depressed but I can't. 

 

Looking at the calendar and just did the calculations. IF I get the NOA2 this week, with the NVC now also being in a backlog and it taking 6 weeks to get a case number, my fiance won't get an interview scheduled until FEBRUARY....FREAKING FEBRUARY!!! That will make this 9 whole months from beginning to end!!!! Only 3 months shy of a year, but again that's IF I get the NOA2 this week!!!! For every week that passes is a week taken away!!!

 

As I type this, the tears fall down my face and I keep saying to myself, "I should have did the spousal visa like we originally planned to do".

 

My family and friends look at me like I'm crazy to go through something like this. I fight against them trying to prove that he isn't the stereotype that others have built up in society.  But the US government makes it damn hard to fight those stigmas. They raised the fee and the process takes longer. My tax paying money is paying for tier 1 and tier 2 to get paid to do nothing because they have a pointless job! But yet the CSC and NVC are understaffed with ill-experienced employees. Again, my tax money going to waste!!!

 

Next Friday will be my 200th day and in my heart I feel I will lose another week with no approval!!! 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2017 by Trinab80

[SHIQUILO 213]

16 hours ago, alik said:

Aaaaaaaappppproooooved!!!!!!!

Hooray!!!! 

WAC1790337007

Congratulations!!!

[IshTre 288]

33 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

Another week gone with no NOA2. Thought that this was the week just like the weeks before and no NOA2. Trying to fight being sad and depressed but I can't. 

 

Looking at the calendar and just did the calculations. IF I get the NOA2 this week, with the NVC now also being in a backlog and it taking 6 weeks to get a case number, my fiance won't get an interview scheduled until FEBRUARY....FREAKING FEBRUARY!!! That will make this 9 whole months from beginning to end!!!! Only 3 months shy of a year, but again that's IF I get the NOA2 this week!!!! For every week that passes is a week taken away!!!

 

As I type this, the tears fall down my face and I keep saying to myself, "I should have did the spousal visa like we originally planned to do".

 

My family and friends look at me like I'm crazy to go through something like this. I fight against them trying to prove that he isn't the stereotype that others have built up in society.  But the US government makes it damn hard to fight those stigmas. They raised the fee and the process takes longer. My tax paying money is paying for tier 1 and tier 2 to get paid to do nothing because they have a pointless job! But yet the CSC and NVC are understaffed with ill-experienced employees. Again, my tax money going to waste!!!

 

Next Friday will be my 200th day and in my heart I feel I will lose another week with no approval!!! 

 

 

I pray for you guys every day.  This process seems cruel. Your family and friends do not understand your love. But your love has no physical boundaries. As hard as this is--- all of this waiting (and agony) just serves as a true testament to the strength of your relationship and the bond  you two share.  When he is here with you and you exchange vows in front of  friends and family -- none of this will matter.. I completely agree with everything you have written. The stereotypes built up are infuriating. There is a light at this seemingly never ending tunnel. That light is you spending your life with your best friend. Despite how burdensome and painful this seems and despite the tears of sadness you shed today --please imagine the tears you will shed on your wedding day---tears of joy because you have made it through.  I pray that you get your approval next week. YOUR DAY IS COMING !!!

Edited December 2, 2017 by IshTre
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[SHIQUILO 213]

14 hours ago, InnocentLove said:

Finally Approved after 193 days! NOA 1 May 22nd! I'm in Haiti now,  and was able to share the good news right away.  I am so grateful to God! I pray for good news soon for everyone waiting! 

Congratulations!

[Meech 442]

34 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

Another week gone with no NOA2. Thought that this was the week just like the weeks before and no NOA2. Trying to fight being sad and depressed but I can't. 

 

Looking at the calendar and just did the calculations. IF I get the NOA2 this week, with the NVC now also being in a backlog and it taking 6 weeks to get a case number, my fiance won't get an interview scheduled until FEBRUARY....FREAKING FEBRUARY!!! That will make this 9 whole months from beginning to end!!!! Only 3 months shy of a year, but again that's IF I get the NOA2 this week!!!! For every week that passes is a week taken away!!!

 

As I type this, the tears fall down my face and I keep saying to myself, "I should have did the spousal visa like we originally planned to do".

 

My family and friends look at me like I'm crazy to go through something like this. I fight against them trying to prove that he isn't the stereotype that others have built up in society.  But the US government makes it damn hard to fight those stigmas. They raised the fee and the process takes longer. My tax paying money is paying for tier 1 and tier 2 to get paid to do nothing because they have a pointless job! But yet the CSC and NVC are understaffed with ill-experienced employees. Again, my tax money going to waste!!!

 

Next Friday will be my 200th day and in my heart I feel I will lose another week with no approval!!! 

 

 

It does feel like we were tricked sometimes when it comes to the processing times now..However there's nothing to be done about it now and I believe your time will come soon too!

It's really hard to be positive about this right now and I can tell you you're not the only one because most of us that haven't been approved feel something similar. This can't compare to what you're gonna feel once you're approved and together with your partner though! I'm sure by then it'll be behind you! 

As for the judgement from family and friends...It might seem bad but they'll have nothing to tell you once you guys are together, so just keep thinking about that! 

I really hope you get approved soon!

[smilei 381]

1 hour ago, Trinab80 said:

Another week gone with no NOA2. Thought that this was the week just like the weeks before and no NOA2. Trying to fight being sad and depressed but I can't. 

 

Looking at the calendar and just did the calculations. IF I get the NOA2 this week, with the NVC now also being in a backlog and it taking 6 weeks to get a case number, my fiance won't get an interview scheduled until FEBRUARY....FREAKING FEBRUARY!!! That will make this 9 whole months from beginning to end!!!! Only 3 months shy of a year, but again that's IF I get the NOA2 this week!!!! For every week that passes is a week taken away!!!

 

As I type this, the tears fall down my face and I keep saying to myself, "I should have did the spousal visa like we originally planned to do".

 

My family and friends look at me like I'm crazy to go through something like this. I fight against them trying to prove that he isn't the stereotype that others have built up in society.  But the US government makes it damn hard to fight those stigmas. They raised the fee and the process takes longer. My tax paying money is paying for tier 1 and tier 2 to get paid to do nothing because they have a pointless job! But yet the CSC and NVC are understaffed with ill-experienced employees. Again, my tax money going to waste!!!

 

Next Friday will be my 200th day and in my heart I feel I will lose another week with no approval!!! 

 

 

Hun, I'm so sorry about this! Even when I'm not here as often as before due to wedding preparations, my prayers are with you.