I-129F February 2018 Filer

[dkmfan85 832]

4 hours ago, Jennifer W said:

Hello everyone!

 

Hope I am welcome to post here. I mailed our petition February 15th.

 

Today is 62 days from when they received it.

Two months down! 

Yep, you found the right place! Welcome to the club and enjoy your stay! It's pretty quiet here for now while we sit and wait our turn. There's more action in the Sept/Oct 2017 filer threads if you'd like to see how things go post NOA2.

[Jacobson 42]

I'm also a February filier. Fingers crossed. But how long do we wait guys? I heard that January to March filiers get quicker approvals. 

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

3 minutes ago, Jacobson Francis said:

I'm also a February filier. Fingers crossed. But how long do we wait guys? I heard that January to March filiers get quicker approvals. 

Expect 6 to 10 months. Still people from may and June 2017 waiting

[Jacobson 42]

Hi house, I have been bothered by the photo I submitted to USCIS. Can passport photo have a negative effect on the application?  Actually, the photo was a bit bigger and my fiancee trimmed it. 

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

5 minutes ago, Jacobson Francis said:

Hi house, I have been bothered by the photo I submitted to USCIS. Can passport photo have a negative effect on the application?  Actually, the photo was a bit bigger and my fiancee trimmed it. 

Which photo would u be speaking of? The passport style photo must be 2" x2". Can't be smaller or bigger. 

[dkmfan85 832]

7 hours ago, Jacobson Francis said:

Hi house, I have been bothered by the photo I submitted to USCIS. Can passport photo have a negative effect on the application?  Actually, the photo was a bit bigger and my fiancee trimmed it. 

It could possibly result in an RFE if it doesn't fit within the guidelines specified. It's safest to either have passport photos taken at a photo shop or an online tool such as https://www.idphoto4you.com/ if you have a good quality printer.

Edited April 20, 2018 by dkmfan85

[Jacobson 42]

7 hours ago, BJ & Christine said:

Which photo would u be speaking of? The passport style photo must be 2" x2". Can't be smaller or bigger. 

Yes, 2x2

 

[Jacobson 42]

13 minutes ago, dkmfan85 said:

It could possibly result in an RFE if it doesn't fit within the guidelines specified. It's safest to either have passport photos taken at a photo shop or an online tool such as https://www.idphoto4you.com/ if you have a good quality printer.

Oh, OK.... If its RFE thats good but attracts extra weeks

[Juliette2784 130]

2 minutes ago, Jacobson Francis said:

Oh, OK.... If its RFE thats good but attracts extra weeks

Yeah about two to three weeks

[Jacobson 42]

1 minute ago, Juliette2784 said:

Yeah about two to three weeks

Thanks

 

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

5 minutes ago, Juliette2784 said:

Yeah about two to three weeks

If ur lucky it's 2 to 3 weeks. Seen some that have been waiting nearly 2 months. If u call they tell u it can take up to 60 days for them to respond once they recieve rfe.

[Naes 12,205]

Hello Everyone!

 

Finally finished with January to March! And cleaned it up and everything  

 

I will lastly try to wrap up April before I leave for Turkey in May!

 

So here goes recent numbers first :

 

 Please note that days with little to no approval update has Silent NOA2s. 

Lately most silent noa2s are updated ONLY on the new website.

Please check for personal status updates on both websites; new website usually has backdated updates to the previous day around 4am-6am PST the next day! 

Old website, same info as apps: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

New website need to log in: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov

 

Weekly Overall - all movement

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
04/16/18	9	19	31	84	71	214
04/17/18	2	8	23	25	51	109
04/18/18	17	22	39	51	118	247
04/19/18	20	23	31	66	181	321
04/20/18	4	5	3	5	15	32
Total	52	77	127	231	436	923

 

 

Weekly Overall - Approvals Only

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
04/16/18	7	6	12	38	47	110
04/18/18	12	9	29	23	79	152
04/19/18	14	12	18	34	102	180
04/20/18	1					1
Total	34	27	59	95	228	443

 

 

Monthly Situation:

 

 For newcomers: 

   Excluded are the cases nobody needs to think about here. (Rejected at the beginning)

   Approvals on non-active months are 99% expedite cases (yes we do have a weird happening in November for only cases on November 16... don't know why, don't know how...unless you want to believe you'll be that 1 out of 4000 and get disappointed I would suggest going with the obvious logic)

   Touched means the case is no longer has the "case received" status..something updated like name or birthdate or address, or got an rfe.... 

   Virgin are cases that are "never been touched" (and yes it is all about Like a Virgin cause it still rings in my head) so simply "case received". But I got so tired of seeing case received on the website... I am not using that! 

   Cases that looks "Virgin" in previous months other than Active

    Not all cases get updated on the old site, this number (same as "Case tracker app" numbers) will only show those. June had plenty of cases that got Silent NOA2s and we are still having them highly. I suggest cutting at least 30-40% of Virgin cases to guess real numbers. However, this does not mean nobody is waiting from these months, Even just on VJ we have friends still waiting from June. 

  Every case is different and not all cases with the same date will be adjudicated at once.

 

  Monthly Numbers:

 

Active Month : October

Last date touched : October 26th (Received date)

Expected November start : April 26 - 27  

* December cases are not total due to validation errors. I would expect an extra 200-300 cases on the month. 

   This is also the reason why December cases are not up to date. If your case had validation error and it resolved please let me know.

 

	Approved	Virgin	Excluded	Touched	Total
June 17	1906	829	443	863	4041
July 17	1541	1055	427	773	3796
Aug 17	1538	1308	450	779	4075
Sep 17	1304	1212	326	756	3598
Oct 17	797	2544	281	520	4142
Nov 17	19	3235	227	96	3577
Dec 17		3297	184	28	3509
Jan 18	1	3314	176	81	3572
Feb 18	5	3527	184	92	3808
Mar 18	1	4015	293	63	4372
Total	7112	24336	2991	4051	38490

 

 

 

February Cases Per Dates :

 

[Gabgab8 17]

Hello everyone!! I've been a spectator for the last couple months and joined for this thread. My fiance and I received our noa1 Feb 14. Not sure if it makes a difference regarding speediness but our application is at the California center.. currently from the looks of it, it seems like we won't be hearing anything back until August - September -right?

[Naes 12,205]

3 minutes ago, Gabgab8 said:

Hello everyone!! I've been a spectator for the last couple months and joined for this thread. My fiance and I received our noa1 Feb 14. Not sure if it makes a difference regarding speediness but our application is at the California center.. currently from the looks of it, it seems like we won't be hearing anything back until August - September -right?

Hi

all k1 I-129f petitions go to California

if you create a vj timeline on your profile it will give you an estimate. Current averages goes between 175-190 days mostly and up. Good luck

[KeRViv 59]

1 hour ago, Naes said:

Hello Everyone!

 

Finally finished with January to March! And cleaned it up and everything  

 

I will lastly try to wrap up April before I leave for Turkey in May!

 

So here goes recent numbers first :

 

 Please note that days with little to no approval update has Silent NOA2s. 

Lately most silent noa2s are updated ONLY on the new website.

Please check for personal status updates on both websites; new website usually has backdated updates to the previous day around 4am-6am PST the next day! 

Old website, same info as apps: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

New website need to log in: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov

 

Weekly Overall - all movement

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
04/16/18	9	19	31	84	71	214
04/17/18	2	8	23	25	51	109
04/18/18	17	22	39	51	118	247
04/19/18	20	23	31	66	181	321
04/20/18	4	5	3	5	15	32
Total	52	77	127	231	436	923

 

 

Weekly Overall - Approvals Only

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Total
04/16/18	7	6	12	38	47	110
04/18/18	12	9	29	23	79	152
04/19/18	14	12	18	34	102	180
04/20/18	1					1
Total	34	27	59	95	228	443

 

 

Monthly Situation:

 

 For newcomers: 

   Excluded are the cases nobody needs to think about here. (Rejected at the beginning)

   Approvals on non-active months are 99% expedite cases (yes we do have a weird happening in November for only cases on November 16... don't know why, don't know how...unless you want to believe you'll be that 1 out of 4000 and get disappointed I would suggest going with the obvious logic)

   Touched means the case is no longer has the "case received" status..something updated like name or birthdate or address, or got an rfe.... 

   Virgin are cases that are "never been touched" (and yes it is all about Like a Virgin cause it still rings in my head) so simply "case received". But I got so tired of seeing case received on the website... I am not using that! 

   Cases that looks "Virgin" in previous months other than Active

    Not all cases get updated on the old site, this number (same as "Case tracker app" numbers) will only show those. June had plenty of cases that got Silent NOA2s and we are still having them highly. I suggest cutting at least 30-40% of Virgin cases to guess real numbers. However, this does not mean nobody is waiting from these months, Even just on VJ we have friends still waiting from June. 

  Every case is different and not all cases with the same date will be adjudicated at once.

 

  Monthly Numbers:

 

Active Month : October

Last date touched : October 26th (Received date)

Expected November start : April 26 - 27  

* December cases are not total due to validation errors. I would expect an extra 200-300 cases on the month. 

   This is also the reason why December cases are not up to date. If your case had validation error and it resolved please let me know.

 

	Approved	Virgin	Excluded	Touched	Total
June 17	1906	829	443	863	4041
July 17	1541	1055	427	773	3796
Aug 17	1538	1308	450	779	4075
Sep 17	1304	1212	326	756	3598
Oct 17	797	2544	281	520	4142
Nov 17	19	3235	227	96	3577
Dec 17		3297	184	28	3509
Jan 18	1	3314	176	81	3572
Feb 18	5	3527	184	92	3808
Mar 18	1	4015	293	63	4372
Total	7112	24336	2991	4051	38490

 

 

 

February Cases Per Dates :

 

Thanks a lot @Naes for your effort in putting all these together. God bless 🙏