How backed up is USCIS right now?

[Cheburashka34 228]

6 minutes ago, Ortolan said:

You can just put NA or None. It'll be fine

I put that in every single thing I leave blank? 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

38 minutes ago, Cheburashka34 said:

I put that in every single thing I leave blank? 

The official directions say to put 'N/A' or 'none' anywhere you'd leave blank. I believe the official directions are outdated, but that's what they say.

 

In my experience, leaving fields you can't actually type data into blank (presuming you double-check to make sure anything that would enable or disable that field is correct) is fine (or at least, didn't cause any problems with the I-129F or any of Anastasia's AOS forms).

As far as I know, no VJ user has reported an RFE, NOID, or denial due to leaving a field that was actually not applicable blank on the I-129F in the ~3 years I've been reading this forum.

[Cheburashka34 228]

3 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

The official directions say to put 'N/A' or 'none' anywhere you'd leave blank. I believe the official directions are outdated, but that's what they say.

 

In my experience, leaving fields you can't actually type data into blank (presuming you double-check to make sure anything that would enable or disable that field is correct) is fine (or at least, didn't cause any problems with the I-129F or any of Anastasia's AOS forms).

As far as I know, no VJ user has reported an RFE, NOID, or denial due to leaving a field that was actually not applicable blank on the I-129F in the ~3 years I've been reading this forum.

Thank you!! It kind of worried me when I read that in the instructions

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

49 minutes ago, Cheburashka34 said:

I put that in every single thing I leave blank? 

We used N/A on some fields and left blank others, e.g."Other names used since birth", first field N/A, rest of the fields in that part, blank.  

[Cheburashka34 228]

17 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

We used N/A on some fields and left blank others, e.g."Other names used since birth", first field N/A, rest of the fields in that part, blank.  

Thank you!! And at the top it says it expires on 11/30/2020, does that mean after that they will update the form and I'd have to use a new one?

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

5 minutes ago, Cheburashka34 said:

Thank you!! And at the top it says it expires on 11/30/2020, does that mean after that they will update the form and I'd have to use a new one?

Ideally, yes, they should update the form after that date. 

I guess you decided not to file anytime soon? 

[Just Paul 4,595]

12 minutes ago, Cheburashka34 said:

Thank you!! And at the top it says it expires on 11/30/2020, does that mean after that they will update the form and I'd have to use a new one?

They could update the form at any time and only accept the new one.  The date is often misunderstood.  it the the date the the Office of Management and Budget's approval expires on the form.

 

It is up to you to verify that the form you are submitting is the correct version by going to the USCIS site a verifying which version (s) is (are) accepted.

[Cheburashka34 228]

1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

They could update the form at any time and only accept the new one.  The date is often misunderstood.  it the the date the the Office of Management and Budget's approval expires on the form.

 

It is up to you to verify that the form you are submitting is the correct version by going to the USCIS site a verifying which version (s) is (are) accepted.

Okay I understand thank you!

8 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Ideally, yes, they should update the form after that date. 

I guess you decided not to file anytime soon? 

We are thinking about doing it within the next couple of months

[LoveJonLovell 306]

Like others have said, post now! Why wait 6 months and then have a 3-7 month wait for the next step... that's potentially 13 months until you can progress... Get to your love faster... file, and good luck!