I-129F Processing times - question

[bcrabb 0]

Hi all -

I've noticed that according to the USCIS California Service Center's latest update (April 18th), they are just now processing I-129F's from October, 2006.

However, from the anecdotal information on this site, it seems like most couples are approved in approximately 3 months.

Can anyone help me clarify this discrepancy? I just submitted my completed I-129F in April 2007.

[Otto 83]

What you see on the USCIS site is the oldest petition(s) they are working on (not the most recent like you'd think ). It doesn't mean what you think - they are processing petitions filed much after that. It's their way of covering their rears... Hope that clarifies it for ya...

Hi all -

I've noticed that according to the USCIS California Service Center's latest update (April 18th), they are just now processing I-129F's from October, 2006.

However, from the anecdotal information on this site, it seems like most couples are approved in approximately 3 months.

Can anyone help me clarify this discrepancy? I just submitted my completed I-129F in April 2007.

Edited April 28, 2007 by Karin und Otto

[bcrabb 0]

What you see on the USCIS site is the oldest petition(s) they are working on (not the most recent like you'd think ). It doesn't mean what you think - they are processing petitions filed much after that. It's their way of covering their rears... Hope that clarifies it for ya...

Thanks and whew!!!

I am 99% sure that I sent more than enough information to have it approved the first time...However, it seems like most people are lucky if their K-1 is issued within 6 months of filing the I-129F =(

[Otto 83]

What you see on the USCIS site is the oldest petition(s) they are working on (not the most recent like you'd think ). It doesn't mean what you think - they are processing petitions filed much after that. It's their way of covering their rears... Hope that clarifies it for ya...

Thanks and whew!!!

I am 99% sure that I sent more than enough information to have it approved the first time...However, it seems like most people are lucky if their K-1 is issued within 6 months of filing the I-129F =(

Well...the crazy things we do for love right?

[DakotaK1 1]

Go onto this website:

http://fwaguy.250free.com/K-1VisaView.htm

Somebody here on VJ is nice enough to up date this for us and is able to give us all an idea on the timeframe and how many % of a certain month have an NOA2 for example.

[ken and mintra 0]

Hi all -

I've noticed that according to the USCIS California Service Center's latest update (April 18th), they are just now processing I-129F's from October, 2006.

However, from the anecdotal information on this site, it seems like most couples are approved in approximately 3 months.

Can anyone help me clarify this discrepancy? I just submitted my completed I-129F in April 2007.

Mine and two others here that I talk to regularly got approvals almost exactly 3 months after we filed. You can also monitor my timeline as I am filing with my fiance from Thailand so that will give you a ballpark timeline once you get your paperwork sent there. Hope that helps.

[KHagen 0]

Hi all -

I've noticed that according to the USCIS California Service Center's latest update (April 18th), they are just now processing I-129F's from October, 2006.

However, from the anecdotal information on this site, it seems like most couples are approved in approximately 3 months.

Can anyone help me clarify this discrepancy? I just submitted my completed I-129F in April 2007.

bcrabb,

California is very slow in showing dates that they are processing. I know that when I got my NOV2 that their site said that they were doing I129 for June 06. If you submitted yours in April then you should receive something early to mid July, 90 to 100 days.

[beng_and_carl 0]

hi guys. i have some questions while we're filling up electronically in pdf format the forms I-129F and G-325A.

In Form I-129F, in part A, there's the box for answering the question on the country on which the petitioner was born. my fiance was born in the philippines however, the spaces in the box are not enough to include all the letters of the word PHILIPPINES. so, it's only spelled as PHILIPPINE but with a "+" sign at the right bottom part of it. This is also the same with my address as the beneficiary. The spaces in the box for my street address are not enough to fully print my whole street address. so, the last part of it also includes the "+" sign.

so, my question is, do you think it's ok for the USCIS that we print these documents and submit it to them? i don't know if it's understood already from them that the address was really long so maybe it's ok to submit that document.

though, at the second part of part B, my complete address is listed there, so they will still get my complete address.

thanks. hope you can help me.

[TracyTN 237]

hi guys. i have some questions while we're filling up electronically in pdf format the forms I-129F and G-325A.

In Form I-129F, in part A, there's the box for answering the question on the country on which the petitioner was born. my fiance was born in the philippines however, the spaces in the box are not enough to include all the letters of the word PHILIPPINES. so, it's only spelled as PHILIPPINE but with a "+" sign at the right bottom part of it. This is also the same with my address as the beneficiary. The spaces in the box for my street address are not enough to fully print my whole street address. so, the last part of it also includes the "+" sign.

so, my question is, do you think it's ok for the USCIS that we print these documents and submit it to them? i don't know if it's understood already from them that the address was really long so maybe it's ok to submit that document.

though, at the second part of part B, my complete address is listed there, so they will still get my complete address.

thanks. hope you can help me.

Your question was already answered here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=872190

[chuckycheese 0]

What you see on the USCIS site is the oldest petition(s) they are working on (not the most recent like you'd think ). It doesn't mean what you think - they are processing petitions filed much after that. It's their way of covering their rears... Hope that clarifies it for ya...

Hi all -

I've noticed that according to the USCIS California Service Center's latest update (April 18th), they are just now processing I-129F's from October, 2006.

However, from the anecdotal information on this site, it seems like most couples are approved in approximately 3 months.

Can anyone help me clarify this discrepancy? I just submitted my completed I-129F in April 2007.

HI!! It is my first time to reply so be gentle!!

I filed my I-129f on Feb 21 2007 by certified mail and they checked off the box on my certified mail the 26th of Feb. They put in system, they say, on March 1, 2007. I recieved another touch on 3-14-07. And then nothing. I call them about an issue i had (such as when is this going to be completed) and they told me from the "time the website USCIS shows until the app date. until then we don't touch it." So then, i am very mad about this because the website showed 9-13-07. that means it will be 6 months + another "6 months?" for processing our visa. So, a year will pass. I am discouraged. How do you guys know that they are being worked on?

Thanks for the help!

[CountryBoy 0]

USCIS just covering their hind sides with the dates on their website (maybe the oldest petition in the place) .. VJ timelines are based on information entered by members that are actually going thru the process ..

Good Luck