NOVEMBER 2020 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[hedgemaze 49]

The backdated date is the only one that matters as it's what USCIS is using. Our NOA2 wait time starts from that date. The February dates are irrelevant.

[Axlingen 6]

Anyone here seen this yet? 

Quote: "Which additional visa services are embassies/consulates beginning to provide?  

              Posts that process immigrant visa applications will prioritize Immediate Relative family members of U.S. citizens including intercountry adoptions, fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens, and certain Special Immigrant Visa applications."

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/phased-resumption-routine-visa-services.html

[MKGHH 2]

hi guys ,

my k1 application has been received by USCIS by December 4 but my notice date on the letter I got is by February 25 does any one know for the processing time which is about 6-8 months which date has been considered by USCIS for processing?

 

Thanks in advance

 

[J&D1008 376]

22 minutes ago, MKGHH said:

hi guys ,

my k1 application has been received by USCIS by December 4 but my notice date on the letter I got is by February 25 does any one know for the processing time which is about 6-8 months which date has been considered by USCIS for processing?

 

Thanks in advance

 

December 4th is the date you should put on your timeline. That’s when the updated 5.5-7.5 months begins according to us processing time

[MKGHH 2]

Thanks but I searched and realize that the notice number has been considered for processing by uscis

how did you know that

is there anywhere on uscis website mention that or did you talk to uscis staff?

 

[J&D1008 376]

6 minutes ago, MKGHH said:

Thanks but I searched and realize that the notice number has been considered for processing by uscis

how did you know that

is there anywhere on uscis website mention that or did you talk to uscis staff?

 

This delay in reciept has only happened because of the delay at the lockbox. This has never happened where the lockbox was so delayed so your search may not be current to what is going on now.  Usually you would send your case and receive your NOA1 no later than a week or two. Because of the delay at lockbox the USCIS  has stated in there newsletter dated January 6th or 8th, that this delay will not affect processing times. You can read it for yourself on there website. This delay has happened mostly from November filers and onwards. For example, those in November and December like yourself waited 3 months before receiving there actual case number but it was backdated to the date the lockbox received it. You think the processing time starts the date they send you your letter? They are already processing august filers which means another 2- 3 months until they reach November. Therefore highly unlikely from there statement and doing the math that they are using the notice date as start of processing time. 

[MKGHH 2]

10 hours ago, J&D1008 said:

This delay in reciept has only happened because of the delay at the lockbox. This has never happened where the lockbox was so delayed so your search may not be current to what is going on now.  Usually you would send your case and receive your NOA1 no later than a week or two. Because of the delay at lockbox the USCIS  has stated in there newsletter dated January 6th or 8th, that this delay will not affect processing times. You can read it for yourself on there website. This delay has happened mostly from November filers and onwards. For example, those in November and December like yourself waited 3 months before receiving there actual case number but it was backdated to the date the lockbox received it. You think the processing time starts the date they send you your letter? They are already processing august filers which means another 2- 3 months until they reach November. Therefore highly unlikely from there statement and doing the math that they are using the notice date as start of processing time. 

thanks for the message. I meant the notice date which is written on the letter we received by mail not the date they post me. normally it take few days to mail the receipt to applicants. so there is 2 dates on the letter 1 is received date and 2 is notice date. after entering my case number at lawfully which is an app to predict when my case will be processed I saw there is high chance after 22 July which means they dont start processing time which is 5.5-7.5 based on received date on the letter

[NeonParticles 126]

I see people getting their NOA2 from late August already.  Looks like we're in line for June/July!

[J&J2021 25]

1 minute ago, NeonParticles said:

I see people getting their NOA2 from late August already.  Looks like we're in line for June/July!

Yeah or sooner hopefully.

[kogu 11]

There’s a handful of I-129F from the mid November receipt date timeframe that have been approved the past couple days if scanning through some case ranges. I think these are for the WAC’s where “Notice Date” was in mid December so this is going to be an interesting test of whether the delay in the NOA1 for many folks impacts when your case gets reviewed because they might be going off the WAC number rather than the received date. 

[J&J2021 25]

5 hours ago, kogu said:

There’s a handful of I-129F from the mid November receipt date timeframe that have been approved the past couple days if scanning through some case ranges. I think these are for the WAC’s where “Notice Date” was in mid December so this is going to be an interesting test of whether the delay in the NOA1 for many folks impacts when your case gets reviewed because they might be going off the WAC number rather than the received date. 

when you say they have been approved you mean NOA2?

[J&D1008 376]

27 minutes ago, J&J2021 said:

when you say they have been approved you mean NOA2?

Yes November 12th date. I think someone counted 12 NOA-2 approvals. But I’m not sure about the theory because the WACs tend to go in order but who knows. 

[J&D1008 376]

5 hours ago, kogu said:

There’s a handful of I-129F from the mid November receipt date timeframe that have been approved the past couple days if scanning through some case ranges. I think these are for the WAC’s where “Notice Date” was in mid December so this is going to be an interesting test of whether the delay in the NOA1 for many folks impacts when your case gets reviewed because they might be going off the WAC number rather than the received date. 

WAC2190029948

WAC2190029949

WAC2190029954

WAC2190029955

WAC2190029961

WAC2190029980

WAC2190029983

WAC2190029989

WAC2190029991

WAC2190029993

WAC2190029995

WAC2190029997

WAC2190029999

WAC2190030003

WAC2190030004

WAC2190030111

WAC2190030297

WAC2190030298

WAC2190030300

WAC2190030599

These are the November 12th NOA-1 approvals. Not sure if they are going off WAC number because September WACs start with WAC209 then switches to WAC219 around September 28th. And all WACs go in order by received date.  September filers weren’t delayed at the lockbox. That started for our end of October/ November filers. Who knows what they are doing. It really just seems like someone grabbed this off the pile. Someone said in another discussion group ( I think December or January filers) that someone on the Facebook K1 group posted that they received there NOA2 and they were a November filer. No expedited case. They even took a screenshot of it. 

[kogu 11]

36 minutes ago, J&D1008 said:

WAC2190029948

WAC2190029949

WAC2190029954

WAC2190029955

WAC2190029961

WAC2190029980

WAC2190029983

WAC2190029989

WAC2190029991

WAC2190029993

WAC2190029995

WAC2190029997

WAC2190029999

WAC2190030003

WAC2190030004

WAC2190030111

WAC2190030297

WAC2190030298

WAC2190030300

WAC2190030599

These are the November 12th NOA-1 approvals. Not sure if they are going off WAC number because September WACs start with WAC209 then switches to WAC219 around September 28th. And all WACs go in order by received date.  September filers weren’t delayed at the lockbox. That started for our end of October/ November filers. Who knows what they are doing. It really just seems like someone grabbed this off the pile. Someone said in another discussion group ( I think December or January filers) that someone on the Facebook K1 group posted that they received there NOA2 and they were a November filer. No expedited case. They even took a screenshot of it. 

There were some November filers who got their NOA2 within a month in December while others who submitted on the same day got theirs in late Jan or even February. So their WAC number is 14,000 different even though the “received date” may have been the same since the WAC is based off when they processed the NOA1 (i.e. the notice date). But the good news for those who had to wait an extra month or two for the NOA1 is that it seems to be that they are truly going off the received date as the WAC numbers I was looking at were from November filers with December approvals, which fall in the range of WAC2190016800-17000. I’m assuming the WAC numbers you provided above are for people who received their NOA1 notice around Jan/Feb?

[J&D1008 376]

16 minutes ago, kogu said:

There were some November filers who got their NOA2 within a month in December while others who submitted on the same day got theirs in late Jan or even February. So their WAC number is 14,000 different even though the “received date” may have been the same since the WAC is based off when they processed the NOA1 (i.e. the notice date). But the good news for those who had to wait an extra month or two for the NOA1 is that it seems to be that they are truly going off the received date as the WAC numbers I was looking at were from November filers with December approvals, which fall in the range of WAC2190016800-17000. I’m assuming the WAC numbers you provided above are for people who received their NOA1 notice around Jan/Feb?

Ohh okay!! Yes most of these people received notices in February. But then what about the October filers. It still doesn’t make sense to skip them? And do you mean NOA-1 or NOA-2? Still we knew from USCIS that the lockbox  delay would not affect the NOA-1 and that that the notice date was irrelevant but to count the received date as the NOA-1. I filed in January and didn’t receive my notice until March. Still I knew that my NOA-1 was January not March. 

Edited April 1, 2021 by J&D1008