How to Use the Case Tracker App

[Bee91 78]

So, I've had the case tracker app downloaded and just have my receipt numbers entered into it. I just read in another thread you can search up to 500 cases around you. I played around with it and figured it out, but how is this information beneficial? In my case, I searched and then tried to sort by I-130 and there are no other I-130 within the 500, I'm guessing, as there were no results. Someone said something about seeing cases around yours being processed, but I'm guessing different forms are processed with different timings. So, what does this information I'm seeing actually tell me? 

 

Hopefully some of you are more knowledgeable about it than me. Thanks~

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

40 minutes ago, Bee91 said:

So, I've had the case tracker app downloaded and just have my receipt numbers entered into it. I just read in another thread you can search up to 500 cases around you. I played around with it and figured it out, but how is this information beneficial? In my case, I searched and then tried to sort by I-130 and there are no other I-130 within the 500, I'm guessing, as there were no results. Someone said something about seeing cases around yours being processed, but I'm guessing different forms are processed with different timings. So, what does this information I'm seeing actually tell me? 

 

Hopefully some of you are more knowledgeable about it than me. Thanks~

Yeah you can do that, but the information is not reliable, because it’s limited, you have no idea about expedites etc so makes it hard to actually monitor, plus case tracker isn’t very well maintained or timely in being updated.. 

 

your better off following similar timelines of VJ’ers here.. most important thing about case tracker is to turn on email and sms notifications.. as time goes on you check less frequently and it’s nice to get a surprise notification.. 

[Hilde 381]

The tracker is good bc it will send you notices even before the official uscis website emails you. Honestly, VJ has been the most reliable way to find out information.