ATTENTION : MAY FILERS ... lets keep in touch!

[Sienna 0]

Today is 132 days of waiting... Since it is my Birthday today I am hoping for a present from the USCIS.

Happy Birthday. We have the exact same timelines. So believe me, I feel the pain and frustration of the seemingly endless wait.

I'm hoping we get some good news by the weekend. I'm sooooo ready.

[WiL and ShAi 0]

Today is 132 days of waiting... Since it is my Birthday today I am hoping for a present from the USCIS.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! ADVANCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DORA TOO!!! GOD BLESS

[Annette 0]

Today is 132 days of waiting... Since it is my Birthday today I am hoping for a present from the USCIS.

Happy Birthday. We have the exact same timelines. So believe me, I feel the pain and frustration of the seemingly endless wait.

I'm hoping we get some good news by the weekend. I'm sooooo ready.

I say a prayer ever time I open this sight and am hopeful that I will see some FANTSTIC news. Hopefully it will come very, very soon!

COME ONE USCIS!

Ever Hopeful,

Annette

happy birthday to Dora (early) and to Laurel/musicgirl (a little late). Hopefully all our NOA 2's are just around the corner!!!

Happy Birthdays!

*hugs*

Annette

Edited September 13, 2007 by Annette

[C_y_K 0]

I called CSC today. I had an excuse because we had a typo on our application and we found it really early. We mailed a correction letter 1 week after mailing the application and we just got it added to our file on August 22nd (I kept the letter and didn't call to use it as an excuse for RFE) . Well..I called 2 times today and faked stupid both times. I did the RFE trick and got through to the CSC directly. I could tell that they are really just reading right off the screen or paper a response.

I called a few times in June and got every time someone really helpful and who gave alot of information. This time natta zero zilch. I'll call again in a few weeks.

It's discouraging. She said to expect to wait 3 more months (our NOA1 is June 7) but I could tell she was just reciting from memory. I think we will be much quicker than that.

So for now folks we all just gotta hunker down I guess. They are tight lipped it appears at least to me.

[soch 2]

I have called VSC several times... and have never received a touch due to a call. I have read several posts where people say they got touched and it was because they called but i have never had that experience. Perhaps I dont know how to check for touches. Normally I log on, click "Last Updated" date.. and nothing changes. Is this how y'all check for "touches?"

[MKCT 0]

I have called VSC several times... and have never received a touch due to a call. I have read several posts where people say they got touched and it was because they called but i have never had that experience. Perhaps I dont know how to check for touches. Normally I log on, click "Last Updated" date.. and nothing changes. Is this how y'all check for "touches?"

I never got a touch either after the times I called....

And for the birthday guys....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

[Cantankerous 0]

Thank you everyone for the Birthday wishes.

I am wishing for fast approval for all of us still waiting.

[u2rsobad 0]

Happy Birthday and may your birthday wishes of an NOA2 come true! My birthday is 10-10 & I'm hoping I have something before then. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of us that are patiently (and impatiently) waiting!!

Come on CSC!!!

[Patsy and John 0]

We filed and sent our I-129F on the 9th May whilst I was in the USA. Texas recieved it on the 16th, cashe the check and then sent it to CSC (the K1 / I-129F applications are all now handled by CSC and Vermont). We registered in the USCIS website to track our progress and it says they got our I-129F on 21 May but we didn't recieve the NOA1 until 30th July! Patsy had called USCIS a few times and only got one helpful contact who said we were on track to get approved within 3 months of applying. (Aug 21st) According to the USCIS we've been TOUCHED once, on the 12th July and nothing since.

We're wondering when our "start date" is? Is it May 21st (When they say they recieved our 129F) or the 30th July (when we got the NOA1)? We found it encouraging that VisaJourney added an estimated approval date to our timeline details, based on all the members' info on here. They gave us the 18th Sept, then it was changed to 26th Sept. So the average time from receipt of 129F and approval seems to be 4 months.

London US Consulate say interviews are appointed within 75 days of them recieving the NOA2. So we're just hoping that I will get my visa in early December and be there for Christmas. It's sad that, with all the technology and info seemingly available, that all we seem to have is hope based on guesstimates..... And furthermore, if we didn't have VisaJourney we'd have to rely on the USCIS who don't seem to have one ounce of empathy or sympathy with genuine relationships.

I wanted to say all this in the hope it will help someone reading about our situation and to pin-point the grey areas of doubt.

ie *Start date (NOA1?)

*How many touches are we supposed to look for? What is the usual amount?

* What do the touches signify?

* What does the USCIS's process timeline mean? (It currently says, Now processing 13th Feb) Are these the last ones going through?

Good luck to all of you. ~ John

John,

I will try to answer some of your questions/doubts.

ie *Start date (NOA1?)

I had the same confusion myself when I started this process but thru my research and readings here on VJ, I am fairly certain that USCIS seems to process applications in the order of their RECEIPT DATE thats printed in your NOA1. Again, I have read, thats how its suppose to work. Now, as we all know USCIS, its not always first come first serve but you can relate your case in regards with the receipt date in your NOA1. The notice date in your NOA1 is when your notice was generated. Someone please chime in if I my understanding is incorrect.

*How many touches are we supposed to look for? What is the usual amount?

* What do the touches signify?

Regarding touches, there doesn't seem to be any usual amount or number. Its totally haphazard but there are certain pattern. I have seen cases on VJ where an application wasn't even "touched" once but they still got their NOA2 and vice versa, meaning there have been so many instances where even after getting a touch or touches, it wasn't adjudicated. A touch means your case is getting updated(not to be confuse with being worked on, which may be the case btw). Update in this context could be that they are filing, shuffling your case between service centers.. or being worked on to get the final approval(NOA2). For me personally, I consider a "touch" as something is happening with my case but its fair to say that if you see a touch on your case after a long time(could be a few months) then its fair to assume that your case has been assigned, which may or may not end in the final NOA2.

In regards with USCIS processing dates, to keep long story short, DONT worry too much about them. Apparently, USCIS uses that date to "convey" to its customer that thats the furtherest(sp?) (as in past) date of application that they are processing but they could be and usually are working on cases that are filed much after that date. For ex., 13th Feb, in my opinion what that means is that they have approved all the cases that were filed on 13th Feb or before.

Sorry for a lengthy post but I hope this helps.

Good Luck.

Regards

pkewl

[Patsy and John 0]

Thanks for the replies, guys. No surprises but it's good to know I was thinking on the same lines as others with experiences. As for the NOA1/receipt issue. here's what it says on the USCIS website on our page:

Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On May 21, 2007, we received this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you.....etc etc

So I hope this means that our case processing began from the 21sy May, even though Patsy didn't get the NOA1 until 30th July? It's still almost 4 months since the 21st May and my point about the "averages" is this:

Averages take into account the LONGEST and the SHORTEST times to arrive at a MIDDLE time frame. Surely the more simple and straight forward case take the SHORTEST times, which SHOULD mean our case would take less time than the average (MIDDLE)?

I'm beginning to believe that, other than that one touch, our file hasn't even been looked at, inspite of our phone calls and that neither simplicity, nor filing date/order, have any meaning either. I think I'll take my own advice that I give to Patsy...."Whatever will happen WILL happen, no matter what we do, so just be patient". But it IS so easy to feel we're doing nothing whilst feeling we NEED to be doing something. (Like selling my home etc)

John

[kingstonjamaica 3]

So we're almost at the end of onother week. Is it that CSC decided to only give approvals once per week and VSC decided they should take a break. I haven't seen any action from VSC for two weeks. Will someone PLEASE take VSC off pause. After all i had heard about VSC, I'm really dissapionted.

Things got changed in July, thought May filers would have gotten approved in June. ( to think at one piont i wish i was filing there) Thought if everything ran smoothly this whole process would have been over in 6 months. i guess that only happen if you are lucky.

We all just have to hang in there and hope for the best. This is the road we have to travel and at the end our happy SO awaits. It's a good thing we don't have to do it alone, with all of us having each others back we can do this.

Would be nice if we get good news over the weekend. Good luck guys.

[*JG* 2]

So we're almost at the end of onother week. Is it that CSC decided to only give approvals once per week and VSC decided they should take a break. I haven't seen any action from VSC for two weeks. Will someone PLEASE take VSC off pause. After all i had heard about VSC, I'm really dissapionted.

Things got changed in July, thought May filers would have gotten approved in June. ( to think at one piont i wish i was filing there) Thought if everything ran smoothly this whole process would have been over in 6 months. i guess that only happen if you are lucky.

We all just have to hang in there and hope for the best. This is the road we have to travel and at the end our happy SO awaits. It's a good thing we don't have to do it alone, with all of us having each others back we can do this.

Would be nice if we get good news over the weekend. Good luck guys.

It will happen. Just hang in there.

[afterforever 0]

Wishing a Happy Birthdays to those born this month. Hopefully all us May filers will receive a gift soon, that of an approval. Hang in there everyone!

[afterforever 0]

My K-1 packet was recieved at TSC 05/22/07 and sent to California to be processed. Received NOA-1 via snail mail. According to the website, nothing has been done with my packet since it was received 96 days ago. No touches or anything?! How much longer am I going to have to wait for something? Since my paperwork was received, the estimated processing times have changed 3 times and I am afraid they will change again before my papers are even looked at. With my luck, they will hold my paperwork for several more months and then spring an RFE on me, making the process even more unbearable!!!

Bundy

Bundy,

I think we are all in the same boat---check out the May filer threads...a few have been approved, but the majority of us are still waiting. I share the same NOA1 date as you--May 24--and it does border on the unbearable to have to wait for such a long time!! I did call my lawyer who is helping us through this process, and they are saying that I should have to wait no longer than 3 more weeks for the NOA2. So that is a little light at the end of the tunnel Hang in there...us May filers should all be getting some good news really soon!

I hope your lawyers info is factual cause my NOA1 date is three days after yours. I was also thinking that I would be approved by the end of the month. That would put me at at least 4 months since filing. Good luck to all of us

Edited September 13, 2007 by afterforever

[Sienna 0]

I have called VSC several times... and have never received a touch due to a call. I have read several posts where people say they got touched and it was because they called but i have never had that experience. Perhaps I dont know how to check for touches. Normally I log on, click "Last Updated" date.. and nothing changes. Is this how y'all check for "touches?"

Yes, that's how you check for touches. I'm not sure why you didn't get touched after a phone call. Could just be a VSC thing. I wouldn't worry tho. Touches are meaningless after phone calls. They don't change your place in line or anything. I've purposely not called for that very reason. I promised myself the next touch I get will be a GENUINE one. It's horrible second guessing whether touches are real or due to some phone call or update you've submitted.

Hang tight.