March 2021 K1 I-129F filers

[I129f49619 96]

35 minutes ago, 4thntr said:

ah, ok, thank you!

 

37 minutes ago, dalindeck said:

It was the point at which no cases beyond it (outside of some abnormalities) were being processed.

Abnormalities like the few in 65x that randomly gave me hope 😭

Edited January 26, 2022 by I129f49619

[charlottewitch 43]

4 hours ago, I129f49619 said:

 

Abnormalities like the few in 65x that randomly gave me hope 😭

I'm in the 65500-66000 radius myself, my uneducated estimate based on the chart is 35 business days until I have a chance of seeing an update 😔

Maybe March 16th or so.

[I129f49619 96]

7 minutes ago, charlottewitch said:

I'm in the 65500-66000 radius myself, my uneducated estimate based on the chart is 35 business days until I have a chance of seeing an update 😔

Maybe March 16th or so.

I hope not Charlotte I can't imagine mine and my fiance's outlook paint February and still not hearing anything back. Our hopeful plan when it originally said 6-8 months for most of 2021 was end of year then Jan, then Feb, it's a sad thought I might not see her till May maybe June that's scary. 

[dalindeck 390]

27 minutes ago, I129f49619 said:

I hope not Charlotte I can't imagine mine and my fiance's outlook paint February and still not hearing anything back. Our hopeful plan when it originally said 6-8 months for most of 2021 was end of year then Jan, then Feb, it's a sad thought I might not see her till May maybe June that's scary. 

I was living with my fiancé until October 18th and we tried to plan our life around the estimate at the time when we filed for the K-1 visa (6-8 months), which would have put us apart for maybe a month or two. Unfortunately now we still have no idea when we'll see each other again.

[Fil&Em 285]

27 minutes ago, I129f49619 said:

I hope not Charlotte I can't imagine mine and my fiance's outlook paint February and still not hearing anything back. Our hopeful plan when it originally said 6-8 months for most of 2021 was end of year then Jan, then Feb, it's a sad thought I might not see her till May maybe June that's scary. 

Completely understand. Innocent us looked into timelines on other websites and really hoped we would have the whole process done between December and February. I feel like someone really needs to update the reference websites timelines for this process. It can be very misleading and people are planning their lives based on that.

[Fil&Em 285]

2 minutes ago, dalindeck said:

I was living with my fiancé until October 18th and we tried to plan our life around the estimate at the time when we filed for the K-1 visa (6-8 months), which would have put us apart for maybe a month or two. Unfortunately now we still have no idea when we'll see each other again.

 

Similar story. We were living together outside of the US, planeed our lives based on available timelines. Each week and month that goes by extra from that is an exercise of resilience.

[I129f49619 96]

8 minutes ago, Fillipe said:

 

Similar story. We were living together outside of the US, planeed our lives based on available timelines. Each week and month that goes by extra from that is an exercise of resilience.

Straight up resilience and a test of patience but super frustrating and depressing at the same time. Like all emotions at once

[dalindeck 390]

4 minutes ago, I129f49619 said:

Straight up resilience and a test of patience but super frustrating and depressing at the same time. Like all emotions at once

It's going to make the moment that we reunite with our partners that much better

[slavaskii 886]

12 minutes ago, Fillipe said:

Completely understand. Innocent us looked into timelines on other websites and really hoped we would have the whole process done between December and February. I feel like someone really needs to update the reference websites timelines for this process. It can be very misleading and people are planning their lives based on that.

This is one of the reasons I hope the call with the Director on Friday focuses a lot on the I-129F delays. At least we're being processed right now, but so many people who don't see the VisaJourney forums are trusting what the website says and are in for a surprise soon. I completely understand/respect the delays caused by Omnicron, holidays, and staffing shortages, but now that I-129F has allowed to go 100% of its original processing time, more people need to be put on it to bring it down. I also hope whatever question gets posed to her directly addresses the real processing time, and not the estimate on the website. I don't think anyone (especially us, lol) would complain that much if it was a 9.5 instead of 8 month maximum wait time. But 12 months is really insane, especially given there's every indication it will only get worse for the filers after us. 

 

*sigh*. In any case, 48 cases done today. Looks like we may hit 250 done by the end of the week, a new record for us. Despite the original fear the 625x block was impenetrable, lots got done in it today and the 620x. Pretty much every other March group up until that point was touched as well. February also continues to process well, which is positive. One of the March FB filers saw about 100+ "updates" for January/February/March yesterday, though those do include responses to RFEs and the like. February now has >10% untouched, and while processing is still 'split' between us, March filers are definitely getting far more work done on them than ever before. 

 

Good luck tomorrow, everyone! At such pace, by the end of February, roughly 1.5k more of us or so will have approvals, leaving only 1k of us left. Let us hope speeds continue to improve so that becomes a 'high' estimate  

[dalindeck 390]

Got bored and ran some mid-day numbers on 57000 - 62500 (the wall). Here's my findings (mostly curious to see how this changes between lunch time and the end of the workday):

57000: 0
57500: 0
58000: 0
58500: 0
59000: 1 RFE
59500: 1 Approval
60000: 1 Denial, 4 RFE
60500: 0
61000: 2 RFE
61500: 1 Approval
62000: 1 RFE, 2 Approval
62500: 0

So, midday we are looking at 13 March cases touched by midday. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the later half of the day! Curious to see if they get around to another 30 or so cases

It's always interesting to me to observe how the shifts in when cases are submitted happens. It seems like the beginning of the week (after a weekend) usually submits more in the morning, whereas the latter half of the week submits more in the afternoon.

[Fk254 45]

4 minutes ago, dalindeck said:

Got bored and ran some mid-day numbers on 57000 - 62500 (the wall). Here's my findings (mostly curious to see how this changes between lunch time and the end of the workday):

57000: 0
57500: 0
58000: 0
58500: 0
59000: 1 RFE
59500: 1 Approval
60000: 1 Denial, 4 RFE
60500: 0
61000: 2 RFE
61500: 1 Approval
62000: 1 RFE, 2 Approval
62500: 0

So, midday we are looking at 13 March cases touched by midday. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the later half of the day! Curious to see if they get around to another 30 or so cases

It's always interesting to me to observe how the shifts in when cases are submitted happens. It seems like the beginning of the week (after a weekend) usually submits more in the morning, whereas the latter half of the week submits more in the afternoon.

To be honest this is really poor...very very poor...if by midday...they are still staggering around 13 cases ...

 

Then we are in a deep problem. ....

 

The backlog is going to cause some serious problem...

I pity April ,may and other months filers 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Fk254

[dalindeck 390]

1 minute ago, Fk254 said:

To be honest this is really poor...very very poor...if by midday...they are still staggering around 13 cases ...

 

Then we are in a deep ....

 

The backlog is going to cause some serious problem...

Yesterday was also really slow in the beginning (I could only find a handful of cases), but ended up being around what the average has been.

I didn't check January/February cases either, but there's a chance they are knocking out a handful of those today as well.

Edited January 27, 2022 by dalindeck

[Fil&Em 285]

I really try to be hopeful with 40/50 cases touched a day. But with 4000 cases filed only in March, if the processes/staffing do not change, there is a lot of trouble. Not sure about the amount of filing in other months. But at this pace, if there is like 5 months of an average of 4000 filers, this is the situation.

 

4000/50 = 80 days

80x22 = 3.63 months

3.63x5 = 18.18 months

 

It would take USCIS over 18 months to process 5 months of fillings.

 

I really do hope there is change coming soon. It will not affect me probably, but this is no sustainable. Either the process has to change or they really need to staff them very significantly.

[Luciana Sarah M 39]

Guys I'm getting so nervous so sad seeing people from April being approved. A girl from my country got approved from April 26

[Re Mo 36]

9 minutes ago, Luciana Sarah M said:

Guys I'm getting so nervous so sad seeing people from April being approved. A girl from my country got approved from April 26

What! Really ? 😧That makes me more disappointed & bothered by the scattered method of not processing the 129F petitions in the order received there at uscis csc🤨