NOA2 Approval, confused with dates?

[LeesaMarie 206]

Hi everyone,

 

My NOA1 receipt date was 3rd November 2017, and VJ estimated I should have heard something last week, however, USCIS processing times say they are only on inquiries dated October 24th 2017. I can see that there are people who had gotten their NOA1 after me have now received their NOA2; is this normal, should I be concerned? I'm just hella confused and nervous right now. Fear is that it's been lost among the other petitions. 

 

Thanks anyone for your help.

 

Lisa

[TBoneTX 46,297]

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum.

[LeesaMarie 206]

Thank you! And sorry!

[jesserz 73]

You should get yours any second. I had the same anxiety. My PD is July 24 and I saw people from the same service centre getting their NOA2s with a PD of July 27...August 1...August 7... before me. It's really random and makes the heart ache, but you're that much closer! Other people around your date getting their NOA2s is a good thing!

 

I imagine in my head that there is a warehouse somewhere on the east coast of the USA filled with boxes full of files. And a bunch of workers randomly grabbing whatever is closest to them to go through. Your "box" has petitions from your date +/- 3 weeks I'd say. Really all you can do is wait. You can call them too if you like. Good luck!

[Guacamole 60]

3 minutes ago, LeesaMarie said:

Hi everyone,

 

My NOA1 receipt date was 3rd November 2017, and VJ estimated I should have heard something last week, however, USCIS processing times say they are only on inquiries dated October 24th 2017. I can see that there are people who had gotten their NOA1 after me have now received their NOA2; is this normal, should I be concerned? I'm just hella confused and nervous right now. Fear is that it's been lost among the other petitions. 

 

Thanks anyone for your help.

 

Lisa

It's normal, they don't process cases strictly in chronological order, when I was waiting for my NOA2, I'd see people with NOA1 dates at the end of the month approved before mine.

The VJ timeline estimates can be a bit off too, cause like it says, it's just an estimate based on others' approvals, but it is fairly common for it to take longer.

I understand that it is absolutely nerve-wracking but it will come soon, try to not fret so much, there are people from the October filers that haven't gotten their NOA2s either.

Once your date appears on the USCIS processing times then you can call them or send them an enquiry.  

 

[geowrian 22,338]

Yes, this is normal. While generally cases filed sooner are adjudicated sooner, there are many, many factors involved that result in petitions not being handled in a strictly first-come, first-served manner. It is not a sign of anything wrong with your petition. It could be some background check hit that needs to be investigated (common name?). It could be a slower USCIS case worker, or one who is out of the office or working on different types of cases currently. It could be verification of a document. Most of it is pretty random, though...you just have to wait it out.

 

The USCIS processing charts are usually outdated by a couple months. They are what USCIS goes by for determining if a case is outside normal processing times, but don't guarantee anything.

The VJ estimate is just that...an estimate. Nobody knows the exact processing times, especially for an individual case.

[LeesaMarie 206]

5 minutes ago, jesserz said:

You should get yours any second. I had the same anxiety. My PD is July 24 and I saw people from the same service centre getting their NOA2s with a PD of July 27...August 1...August 7... before me. It's really random and makes the heart ache, but you're that much closer! Other people around your date getting their NOA2s is a good thing!

 

I imagine in my head that there is a warehouse somewhere on the east coast of the USA filled with boxes full of files. And a bunch of workers randomly grabbing whatever is closest to them to go through. Your "box" has petitions from your date +/- 3 weeks I'd say. Really all you can do is wait. You can call them too if you like. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your own experience, I am going a bit stir crazy now. This really helps.

 

3 minutes ago, Guacamole said:

It's normal, they don't process cases strictly in chronological order, when I was waiting for my NOA2, I'd see people with NOA1 dates at the end of the month approved before mine.

The VJ timeline estimates can be a bit off too, cause like it says, it's just an estimate based on others' approvals, but it is fairly common for it to take longer.

I understand that it is absolutely nerve-wracking but it will come soon, try to not fret so much, there are people from the October filers that haven't gotten their NOA2s either.

Once your date appears on the USCIS processing times then you can call them or send them an enquiry.  

 

Thank you for letting me know this, I thought they would do it by chronological order! Since that is not the case I will clam down a bit now.

 

I really appreciate you both!

[x_driven_x 1,778]

20 minutes ago, LeesaMarie said:

Hi everyone,

 

My NOA1 receipt date was 3rd November 2017, and VJ estimated I should have heard something last week, however, USCIS processing times say they are only on inquiries dated October 24th 2017. I can see that there are people who had gotten their NOA1 after me have now received their NOA2; is this normal, should I be concerned? I'm just hella confused and nervous right now. Fear is that it's been lost among the other petitions. 

 

Thanks anyone for your help.

 

Lisa

Come join us in the November thread!  They are just picking up steam for November after a rocky start, don't worry you should be hearing an update soon! From my scans, they are about 25% through November 3rd cases (in the thread you can see a chart!) and they seem to processing beginning of the month this week.

 

 

[LeesaMarie 206]

Just now, x_driven_x said:

Come join us in the November thread!  They are just picking up steam for November after a rocky start, don't worry you should be hearing an update soon! From my scans, they are about 25% through November 3rd cases (in the thread you can see a chart!) and they seem to processing beginning of the month this week.

 

 

You are a blessing, thank you! I looked at the chart but I didn't understand it very well the first time, I've taken a second glance and I now see the approved vs unapproved part at the bottom.

 

Thanks again