San Fernando Valley Filers! Aug/Sep/Oct 2017

[izavox 147]

1 hour ago, KathCali said:

Yayyyy!!!!!!! This is so wonderful!!! Congratulations, you must be over the moon! So happy for you!!!! And thank you for taking the time to share it with us - you've definitely put me at more ease! So glad it all went smoothly for you  

 

7 minutes ago, Zeal said:

Congrats @izavox thanks for  sharing the experience.

Thank you guys! I think I'll only rest when I get the card in my hand hahaha... we got a letter stating we were approved but our status hasn't changed yet to 'Card Being Produced', which made me a bit worried since I've seen people here get their status changed to 'Card Being Produced' within hours of having the interview approved hahaha, but I heard from another filer here, who also had the interview yesterday and was approved, that we should expect a delay on the status update, so I'm hoping that's the case haha

 

Good luck guys and keep us posted!

[makixxiii 1]

12 hours ago, izavox said:

 

Thank you guys! I think I'll only rest when I get the card in my hand hahaha... we got a letter stating we were approved but our status hasn't changed yet to 'Card Being Produced', which made me a bit worried since I've seen people here get their status changed to 'Card Being Produced' within hours of having the interview approved hahaha, but I heard from another filer here, who also had the interview yesterday and was approved, that we should expect a delay on the status update, so I'm hoping that's the case haha

 

Good luck guys and keep us posted!

@KathCali Congratulations

i hope you can shed me some light i am an SFV filer as well i am now anxious

i filed mine 12/15/17

when is the best time to call a congressman?

how do i call him? 

i would like to know guys an approximate date of my interview kindly help me figure this out

Thank you.

 

Edited September 27, 2018 by makixxiii

[makixxiii 1]

12 hours ago, izavox said:

 

Thank you guys! I think I'll only rest when I get the card in my hand hahaha... we got a letter stating we were approved but our status hasn't changed yet to 'Card Being Produced', which made me a bit worried since I've seen people here get their status changed to 'Card Being Produced' within hours of having the interview approved hahaha, but I heard from another filer here, who also had the interview yesterday and was approved, that we should expect a delay on the status update, so I'm hoping that's the case haha

 

Good luck guys and keep us posted!

Hi Guys i am new here

can you help me get an idea on when i can receive a notice of interview?

 

my date is 12/15/17

 

thank you

[KathCali 47]

10 hours ago, makixxiii said:

@KathCali Congratulations

i hope you can shed me some light i am an SFV filer as well i am now anxious

i filed mine 12/15/17

when is the best time to call a congressman?

how do i call him? 

i would like to know guys an approximate date of my interview kindly help me figure this out

Thank you.

 

Hi @makixxiii and welcome to our group! SFV looks like they are scheduling interviews at around 11-14 months at the moment so if you filed in December I would give it until November or December before contacting your congressman 😊 you can google your area (eg. San Fernando Valley) + congressman and they will have contact info on their website 😊 good luck! This office is slowww but finally moving ! We will keep you updated so you have an idea of where it’s at 😊😊

[makixxiii 1]

3 hours ago, KathCali said:

Hi @makixxiii and welcome to our group! SFV looks like they are scheduling interviews at around 11-14 months at the moment so if you filed in December I would give it until November or December before contacting your congressman 😊 you can google your area (eg. San Fernando Valley) + congressman and they will have contact info on their website 😊 good luck! This office is slowww but finally moving ! We will keep you updated so you have an idea of where it’s at 😊😊

@KathCali Thanks for the heads up! is it always necessary to contact a congressman in order for the processing to be expedited a little bit?

 

I totally agree that this office is really slow and the processing times they are giving on the web is misleading due to it says on the top blue box 13.5-34 months

 

and then below 

the family based date says 

they are still in june 2016 processing

that cause us all this anxiety. 😨

[Naes 12,205]

44 minutes ago, makixxiii said:

@KathCali Thanks for the heads up! is it always necessary to contact a congressman in order for the processing to be expedited a little bit?

 

I totally agree that this office is really slow and the processing times they are giving on the web is misleading due to it says on the top blue box 13.5-34 months

 

and then below 

the family based date says 

they are still in june 2016 processing

that cause us all this anxiety. 😨

Hi guys! 

 

Also SFV filer (however 2018- but couldn't find any 2018 filers yet) following you guys for a while, just to get some idea of how things going on.

 

@makixxiii

Seeing your post, I wanted to quote this, cause just like other petitions went (in my case K1 - I-129f) they don't really go in an order, however there is an explanation... ok barely a vague explanation but still

 

Maybe to ease your anxiety a bit.Good luck! From what it seems in VJ it is around 11 to 13 months for most SFV filers.. so I hope you'll hear soon!

What do the processing times mean?

We now show case processing times as a range. The first number is the time it takes to complete 50% of cases (the median). The second number is the time it takes to complete 93% of cases.

For non-pilot forms, we will continue to use our old method to calculate processing times, but will add an upper limit that is generally 130% of the processing time. 

We calculate processing times by using historical data of completed cases. We cannot project how long it will take to complete a case filed today.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/more-info

[KathCali 47]

1 hour ago, makixxiii said:

@KathCali Thanks for the heads up! is it always necessary to contact a congressman in order for the processing to be expedited a little bit?

 

I totally agree that this office is really slow and the processing times they are giving on the web is misleading due to it says on the top blue box 13.5-34 months

 

and then below 

the family based date says 

they are still in june 2016 processing

that cause us all this anxiety. 😨

I don't think it's always necessary. They've scheduled a couple of interviews from this group this month without the applicants using a congressman. I just called mine because people filing after me were scheduled before me and I was fed up - so I would maybe only call them after you see that happening. I didn't want to "expedite" my case or skip the line but I also didn't want to be pushed back behind cases filed after me, which was happening and it was very frustrating. I know they don't technically have to process them in chronological order but with how long we're all waiting it'd be really nice if they did

 

The processing times online are so crazy I think to get people off their case and stop them from complaining when they take really long because it's become the norm now. Most cases seem to be completed near the lower end of those times in many offices so don't be too stressed about that!

 

Keep an eye on people who filed just before you and track your case that way - that's what I did Everyone here has been really helpful!

 

[makixxiii 1]

3 hours ago, KathCali said:

I don't think it's always necessary. They've scheduled a couple of interviews from this group this month without the applicants using a congressman. I just called mine because people filing after me were scheduled before me and I was fed up - so I would maybe only call them after you see that happening. I didn't want to "expedite" my case or skip the line but I also didn't want to be pushed back behind cases filed after me, which was happening and it was very frustrating. I know they don't technically have to process them in chronological order but with how long we're all waiting it'd be really nice if they did

 

The processing times online are so crazy I think to get people off their case and stop them from complaining when they take really long because it's become the norm now. Most cases seem to be completed near the lower end of those times in many offices so don't be too stressed about that!

 

Keep an eye on people who filed just before you and track your case that way - that's what I did Everyone here has been really helpful!

 

@KathCali Thank you for this information that you are giving good thing that there is people here who are on the same field office that we are discussing the same goals. i hope you continue to help us even after your interview. 😊

 

here i attached the latest timeline of SFV

unfortunately it now went up to 14months as the starting line

 

and the family based processing time below on this page back track from june 2016 going to march 2016. 

 

i hope as the pattern shows that our invterview goes from 11-14months wpuld also apply on my case. 

[NilovesJa 8]

My interview got finally scheduled!!:) I didn't get a letter yet or a date but my status has changed:) We also involved a congressman, I don't know though yet if we got scheduled because of him or because we we're finally in line. 

 

[izavox 147]

Super Congrats @NilovesJa !! You're probably gonna get the letter within a week and it might be around early November for you!

 

Got my status updated to 'Card Was Mailed', I now can breath a sigh of relief.  

 

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by izavox

[KathCali 47]

13 hours ago, NilovesJa said:

My interview got finally scheduled!!:) I didn't get a letter yet or a date but my status has changed:) We also involved a congressman, I don't know though yet if we got scheduled because of him or because we we're finally in line. 

 

That's great! So happy for you !!!! Congrats

 

3 hours ago, izavox said:

Super Congrats @NilovesJa !! You're probably gonna get the letter within a week and it might be around early November for you!

 

Got my status updated to 'Card Was Mailed', I now can breath a sigh of relief.  

 

 

Ahhh what a relief! How wonderful, now go celebrate!!

 

[makixxiii 1]

1 hour ago, KathCali said:

That's great! So happy for you !!!! Congrats

 

Ahhh what a relief! How wonderful, now go celebrate!!

 

Congratulations y’all! 

i hope mine is next in a few more months.

we’ve come now this far. so i guess few more months is not bad to handle. 😊

 

[NilovesJa 8]

On 9/28/2018 at 8:34 AM, izavox said:

Super Congrats @NilovesJa !! You're probably gonna get the letter within a week and it might be around early November for you!

 

Got my status updated to 'Card Was Mailed', I now can breath a sigh of relief.  

 

 

Congratulations!!🎉🥂🎉

[NilovesJa 8]

Hi guys, getting all the documents ready, they say that we have to bring the Federal Income Tax return of the most recent tax year, when we filed though we sent in the tax form 2016, will we have to bring the new one from 2017? 

[KathCali 47]

14 hours ago, NilovesJa said:

Hi guys, getting all the documents ready, they say that we have to bring the Federal Income Tax return of the most recent tax year, when we filed though we sent in the tax form 2016, will we have to bring the new one from 2017? 

Yes definitely bring the 2017 tax return - I am also bringing the w2 from 2017 just to be safe 😊