October 2017 I-129 K-1 filers

[r1mario 152]

3 hours ago, Dijana99 said:

Does this mean they are moving at a more normal processing time?

I think processing times are getting stable now, instead of increasing. It is still a long wait from NOA 1 to NOA 2. But coming months have less cases and less vacations, so i'm hopefull. They do have a lot of catching up to do so i don't think processing times are going to where they were last year anytime soon.

[L and E 305]

Hello to all my fellow October filers, I've been lurking around and getting the hang of this site and all these immigration terms and how to look at the information and what not. I've done fairly well waiting, for me now its been 94 days since our case was received. But to think that we are barely halfway to our NOA2??? It kind of makes me feel sick. I haven't been able to see my man since last february... and due to work circumstances I am literally trapped here in the US until the end of June. He is trapped in Colombia, seeing as a tourist visa is just not a great option for us plus we don't want to run the risk of being denied it. I don't want to give any of these USCIS people a reason to deny us what we really want which is our forever. I think you guys can relate. Anyways, this is just to say hey. I find that if i look past the NOA 2, and look forward to an arbitrary event in say June (for me its my freedom from this work hell) the time seems to pass faster and it doesn't feel so daunting. Thanks to everyone out there who contributes, I appreciate you all very much 

 

 

But oh it's sooooooo easy to obsess over that coveted NOA2 

[ChuAni 1,191]

On 1/10/2018 at 3:36 AM, Brittani said:

I really hope so. I've definitely given up on getting married in May now I'm in love with the idea of getting married in August which I personally feel is realistic.

Ooh! That's better.

Having done some calculations, I was able to put this down;

 

NOA2 : 6 months + End April/ Early May

 

USCIS to NVC : 8 weeks (60 days) End June/Early July

 

NVC : 1/ 2weeks (7/ 14 days) Mid July

 

NVC to Embassy (DHL - 7 days) : End July

 

Schedule Interview ( 30 days) : End August / Early September

[Christy&J 837]

46 minutes ago, ChuAni said:

Ooh! That's better.

Having done some calculations, I was able to put this down;

 

NOA2 : 6 months + End April/ Early May

 

USCIS to NVC : 8 weeks (60 days) End June/Early July

 

NVC : 1/ 2weeks (7/ 14 days) Mid July

 

NVC to Embassy (DHL - 7 days) : End July

 

Schedule Interview ( 30 days) : End August / Early September

Yep...according to current situation the whole process will be 10-12 months. if I knew that I would have gone with CR1 !!! arghhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!

I wanna pull out my hairs, but then I remember I just spent almost 100 euros for hair cut and treatment ... so better not !

[EllyNelly 385]

2 minutes ago, Christy&J said:

Yep...according to current situation the whole process will be 10-12 months. if I knew that I would have gone with CR1 !!! arghhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!

I wanna pull out my hairs, but then I remember I just spent almost 100 euros for hair cut and treatment ... so better not !

This really depressed me... We wanted to do our wedding in October but now that looks grim... Should have done spousal 😔 

[Christy&J 837]

Just now, EllyNelly said:

This really depressed me... We wanted to do our wedding in October but now that looks grim... Should have done spousal 😔 

yeppers ! but seriously nothing we can do now !

 

at least they touch July now ... means they are working lol

[ChuAni 1,191]

53 minutes ago, EllyNelly said:

This really depressed me... We wanted to do our wedding in October but now that looks grim... Should have done spousal 😔 

Oh Girl! I feel you! Don't worry, we will be with our Loved Ones soon. Yeah, I mean soon!

Hang tight!

[Albert V 75]

I'm sure this is common knowledge, but it serves as confirmation of why there's so much delay...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-immigration/fewer-family-visas-approved-as-trump-toughens-vetting-of-immigrants-reuters-review-idUSKBN1ET15I

[EllyNelly 385]

6 minutes ago, Albert V said:

I'm sure this is common knowledge, but it serves as confirmation of why there's so much delay...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-immigration/fewer-family-visas-approved-as-trump-toughens-vetting-of-immigrants-reuters-review-idUSKBN1ET15I

almost to tears now.... and i have family members that want to visit for the grim october wedding as well 

[Brittani 484]

On 1/12/2018 at 3:29 AM, ChuAni said:

Ooh! That's better.

Having done some calculations, I was able to put this down;

 

NOA2 : 6 months + End April/ Early May

 

USCIS to NVC : 8 weeks (60 days) End June/Early July

 

NVC : 1/ 2weeks (7/ 14 days) Mid July

 

NVC to Embassy (DHL - 7 days) : End July

 

Schedule Interview ( 30 days) : End August / Early September

These calculations are the longest it could be. Not all approvals take 200+ days. We only see a small portion of applicants on here. I'm staying hopeful after all they have picked up the pace since the new year started which is what I said would happen all along. Be positive because being negative will just get you down.

[Dijana99 25]

59 minutes ago, Brittani said:

These calculations are the longest it could be. Not all approvals take 200+ days. We only see a small portion of applicants on here. I'm staying hopeful after all they have picked up the pace since the new year started which is what I said would happen all along. Be positive because being negative will just get you down.

Thank you for the clarification, I was starting to worry!

[Naes 12,205]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back..

To tell the truth going to see the fiancé and my future home, and coming back made me a little bit sad and more depressed than I was before I went... complicated times this is!

 

The cats are happily settled.... way too happily to tell the truth! 

They did not even check or look at the cats when we were entering through LAX (This changes depending on the state - California doesn't ask for anything from cats)

#Americancatfoodrocks 

 

I can't believe so many people from June and even May friends are still waiting for NOA2...actually no, no ... I can't believe so many people are still waiting for NVC.

 

I won't be able to give a good weekly yet, as they are not updating properly.

Which I am guessing they are not comfortable with us telling them 

"Dude you are so not doing June 1 cases"

 

So I updated all the months even under the current circumstances, 

to give an idea of how much pending case we have left.

-------

Non-updated Noa2s

However, my personal thoughts after seeing how the cases flow and update/non-update works.

I believe June virgins are actually around 1300s, and some July cases will get their approval in the upcoming week without an update.

 

NVC Wait

Right now average looks like 45+ days, you can also find list we are putting together in my signature if you want to check how that wait is going at the moment. This wait is caused because USCIS is not sending Approved petitions, it is not a wait happening at the NVC level.

-------

I will be watching the situation through this week, to have better updates, and information on how things look.

 

Monthly situation is as follows;

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Approved	946	15	13	6		1	981
Virgin (Untouched)	1884	3263	3519	3176	3770	3304	18916
Touched (RFEs,Updates)	853	135	139	129	128	67	1451
Excluded	358	383	404	287	244	205	1881
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	23229

 

For months after August,

I would say watch for when they update the website information to July 1.

Because the "as of" they'll give will show us if they will try and speed up their approvals.

We already know October 31 update is not really truth, however they did by then touched all May cases. so the real update for the next one normally should be July 1 as of December 31 (which is not exactly correct either), However I expect if they actually speed up the process they may give us a July 1 as of November 30 update!

 

*For anyone who didn't do it yet, please get informed delivery if it's available in your area.

 

Monthly Virgins + Pending per dates:

 

10/02/17	315
10/03/17	141
10/04/17	84
10/05/17	162
10/06/17	156
10/10/17	376
10/11/17	144
10/12/17	92
10/13/17	152
10/16/17	362
10/17/17	174
10/18/17	97
10/19/17	142
10/20/17	144
10/23/17	333
10/24/17	147
10/25/17	103
10/26/17	132
10/27/17	115
10/30/17	338
10/31/17	187
Total	3896

 

 

Google drive for Monthly data:

*For December cases I am gathering the info right now and will be up in a few days in this same folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1nOldX1MGHgTmZYtF64gGXNHoROGIksA0 

 

PS_I don't put this post in June, or May. Because they have a lot to deal with right now already. And there was no information that can help them at the moment. When upset and angry let's all remember that we are all in the same boat here. Good luck to all of us.

[Chris J 111]

5 hours ago, Naes said:

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back..

To tell the truth going to see the fiancé and my future home, and coming back made me a little bit sad and more depressed than I was before I went... complicated times this is!

 

The cats are happily settled.... way too happily to tell the truth! 

They did not even check or look at the cats when we were entering through LAX (This changes depending on the state - California doesn't ask for anything from cats)

#Americancatfoodrocks 

 

I can't believe so many people from June and even May friends are still waiting for NOA2...actually no, no ... I can't believe so many people are still waiting for NVC.

 

I won't be able to give a good weekly yet, as they are not updating properly.

Which I am guessing they are not comfortable with us telling them 

"Dude you are so not doing June 1 cases"

 

So I updated all the months even under the current circumstances, 

to give an idea of how much pending case we have left.

-------

Non-updated Noa2s

However, my personal thoughts after seeing how the cases flow and update/non-update works.

I believe June virgins are actually around 1300s, and some July cases will get their approval in the upcoming week without an update.

 

NVC Wait

Right now average looks like 45+ days, you can also find list we are putting together in my signature if you want to check how that wait is going at the moment. This wait is caused because USCIS is not sending Approved petitions, it is not a wait happening at the NVC level.

-------

I will be watching the situation through this week, to have better updates, and information on how things look.

 

Monthly situation is as follows;

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Approved	946	15	13	6		1	981
Virgin (Untouched)	1884	3263	3519	3176	3770	3304	18916
Touched (RFEs,Updates)	853	135	139	129	128	67	1451
Excluded	358	383	404	287	244	205	1881
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	23229

 

For months after August,

I would say watch for when they update the website information to July 1.

Because the "as of" they'll give will show us if they will try and speed up their approvals.

We already know October 31 update is not really truth, however they did by then touched all May cases. so the real update for the next one normally should be July 1 as of December 31 (which is not exactly correct either), However I expect if they actually speed up the process they may give us a July 1 as of November 30 update!

 

*For anyone who didn't do it yet, please get informed delivery if it's available in your area.

 

Monthly Virgins + Pending per dates:

 

10/02/17	315
10/03/17	141
10/04/17	84
10/05/17	162
10/06/17	156
10/10/17	376
10/11/17	144
10/12/17	92
10/13/17	152
10/16/17	362
10/17/17	174
10/18/17	97
10/19/17	142
10/20/17	144
10/23/17	333
10/24/17	147
10/25/17	103
10/26/17	132
10/27/17	115
10/30/17	338
10/31/17	187
Total	3896

 

 

Google drive for Monthly data:

*For December cases I am gathering the info right now and will be up in a few days in this same folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1nOldX1MGHgTmZYtF64gGXNHoROGIksA0 

 

PS_I don't put this post in June, or May. Because they have a lot to deal with right now already. And there was no information that can help them at the moment. When upset and angry let's all remember that we are all in the same boat here. Good luck to all of us.

Thanks for taking your time to get this done.. Us October Filers are hopefully half way there to be approved.. Day 83 here.. 

[r1mario 152]

6 hours ago, Naes said:

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back..

To tell the truth going to see the fiancé and my future home, and coming back made me a little bit sad and more depressed than I was before I went... complicated times this is!

 

The cats are happily settled.... way too happily to tell the truth! 

They did not even check or look at the cats when we were entering through LAX (This changes depending on the state - California doesn't ask for anything from cats)

#Americancatfoodrocks 

 

I can't believe so many people from June and even May friends are still waiting for NOA2...actually no, no ... I can't believe so many people are still waiting for NVC.

 

I won't be able to give a good weekly yet, as they are not updating properly.

Which I am guessing they are not comfortable with us telling them 

"Dude you are so not doing June 1 cases"

 

So I updated all the months even under the current circumstances, 

to give an idea of how much pending case we have left.

-------

Non-updated Noa2s

However, my personal thoughts after seeing how the cases flow and update/non-update works.

I believe June virgins are actually around 1300s, and some July cases will get their approval in the upcoming week without an update.

 

NVC Wait

Right now average looks like 45+ days, you can also find list we are putting together in my signature if you want to check how that wait is going at the moment. This wait is caused because USCIS is not sending Approved petitions, it is not a wait happening at the NVC level.

-------

I will be watching the situation through this week, to have better updates, and information on how things look.

 

Monthly situation is as follows;

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Approved	946	15	13	6		1	981
Virgin (Untouched)	1884	3263	3519	3176	3770	3304	18916
Touched (RFEs,Updates)	853	135	139	129	128	67	1451
Excluded	358	383	404	287	244	205	1881
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	23229

 

For months after August,

I would say watch for when they update the website information to July 1.

Because the "as of" they'll give will show us if they will try and speed up their approvals.

We already know October 31 update is not really truth, however they did by then touched all May cases. so the real update for the next one normally should be July 1 as of December 31 (which is not exactly correct either), However I expect if they actually speed up the process they may give us a July 1 as of November 30 update!

 

*For anyone who didn't do it yet, please get informed delivery if it's available in your area.

 

Monthly Virgins + Pending per dates:

 

10/02/17	315
10/03/17	141
10/04/17	84
10/05/17	162
10/06/17	156
10/10/17	376
10/11/17	144
10/12/17	92
10/13/17	152
10/16/17	362
10/17/17	174
10/18/17	97
10/19/17	142
10/20/17	144
10/23/17	333
10/24/17	147
10/25/17	103
10/26/17	132
10/27/17	115
10/30/17	338
10/31/17	187
Total	3896

 

 

Google drive for Monthly data:

*For December cases I am gathering the info right now and will be up in a few days in this same folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1nOldX1MGHgTmZYtF64gGXNHoROGIksA0 

 

PS_I don't put this post in June, or May. Because they have a lot to deal with right now already. And there was no information that can help them at the moment. When upset and angry let's all remember that we are all in the same boat here. Good luck to all of us.

Thanks for the information. Let's see if things speed up in this new year.

[Chris J 111]

3 minutes ago, r1mario said:

Thanks for the information. Let's see if things speed up in this new year.

They need to start processing 150-250 cases a day from here on out for that to happen, so we shall see...