March 2021 K1 I-129F filers

[Re Mo 36]

Good morning to all , congratulations to all that received their NOA2 yesterday 👍🏽. Myself starting day 344 .....Hopefully not another day of disappointment 😒.  Really trying stay positive but it's waning. 

[Fil&Em 285]

27 minutes ago, OM&OL said:

This just keeps getting better!! 😍😍😍

Hopefully it stays that way. 

But I have a question, what do you mean when you say 137 (+123)? What is the (+123)?

Thanks so much for your efforts and congrats again. 🥳

He usually reports at lunch time. So +123 is how much more we had touched since lunchtime, which was only 14.

[Emily&Tikko 37]

8 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Thank you for delaying updating the March table until later this evening! This is truly amazing to see. I wonder what this could mean for the rest of this week? I'm honestly speechless imagining almost 700 cases potentially being done by Friday alone. That's more than 1/3 of what's left... wow, just wow. Someone was really saving the best for last today!  Good luck everyone!

are you in the 64000 group with me or a different one?! I keep checking and yesterday was the best day my group has ever had!  So hopeful for this week - I even saw some updates from Saturday Feb. 12th?  Maybe they are working overtime - either way I really hope us March 17th filers hear something this week!

[Emily&Tikko 37]

4 hours ago, Re Mo said:

Good morning to all , congratulations to all that received their NOA2 yesterday 👍🏽. Myself starting day 344 .....Hopefully not another day of disappointment 😒.  Really trying stay positive but it's waning. 

You got this!  We have all waited this long but there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel  I am speaking as many approvals into existence for this week as possible!!!

[OM&OL 49]

4 hours ago, Fillipe said:

He usually reports at lunch time. So +123 is how much more we had touched since lunchtime, which was only 14.

Thanks for explaining this 🤍

[slavaskii 886]

37 minutes ago, Emily&Tikko said:

are you in the 64000 group with me or a different one?! I keep checking and yesterday was the best day my group has ever had!  So hopeful for this week - I even saw some updates from Saturday Feb. 12th?  Maybe they are working overtime - either way I really hope us March 17th filers hear something this week!

Hello! March 17 filers are all over from 640 to 645, we seem to be pretty dispersed across both of those.  Both groups had their best days ever yesterday, so let's keep the faith up high!

 

Question: someone mentioned COVID work restrictions in California ending. Has that been confirmed? That could really explain what we saw yesterday, particularly in regard to the 'overtime' updates. In any case, will be very interesting to see how things play out - particularly, if it's a new norm to work all day and update at the last minute.

[KSVJ 216]

good luck today March friends! you're all one day closer to approvals!

[centric23 95]

36 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

Hello! March 17 filers are all over from 640 to 645, we seem to be pretty dispersed across both of those.  Both groups had their best days ever yesterday, so let's keep the faith up high!

 

Question: someone mentioned COVID work restrictions in California ending. Has that been confirmed? That could really explain what we saw yesterday, particularly in regard to the 'overtime' updates. In any case, will be very interesting to see how things play out - particularly, if it's a new norm to work all day and update at the last minute.

Yes. The statewide indoor mask mandated was lifted yesterday. Only LA county is keeping it, but the USCIS offices are in San Francisco.

[Kiana & Katarina 192]

30 minutes ago, centric23 said:

Yes. The statewide indoor mask mandated was lifted yesterday. Only LA county is keeping it, but the USCIS offices are in San Francisco.

correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the CA service center in orange county? 

[Mari_Justin 91]

15 minutes ago, centric23 said:

Yes. The statewide indoor mask mandated was lifted yesterday. Only LA county is keeping it, but the USCIS offices are in San Francisco.

Was there also some indoor capacity requirements? I don’t see the connection between lifting mask mandates and suddenly getting a ton more work done 

[Mari_Justin 91]

25 minutes ago, katiana said:

correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the CA service center in orange county? 

I see
USCIS California Service Center P.O. Box 10825. Laguna Niguel, CA 92607

[MarJhi 968]

3 minutes ago, Mari_Justin said:

Was there also some indoor capacity requirements? I don’t see the connection between lifting mask mandates and suddenly getting a ton more work done 

Who knows what the dynamic was, maybe some were working remotely, maybe they were short staffed because some didn't want to wear a mask. 

[Jude C 24]

5 minutes ago, Mari_Justin said:

Was there also some indoor capacity requirements? I don’t see the connection between lifting mask mandates and suddenly getting a ton more work done 

I work in Orange County, California. Everyone has been back to work for a while now. There hasn't been capacity limits other than the 6ft apart social distancing guidelines in a long time. California does, however, have paid sick time for COVID related absences. Also, workers are told to stay home if they are experiencing any COVID-like symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID. All of these things can reduce the number of employees working on any given day. I don't think any of these things have changed over the last couple of weeks when processing speed has slowly increased. I'm not sure what is causing the increase, but really hoping that the trend continues. 

[I129f49619 96]

I actually saw an update for, case was transferred to different office. First time seeing that one. 

[Emily&Tikko 37]

Has anyone who has gotten an approval recently been notified by text message or email?  I sent in the electronic notification form with my petition and received notification of my NOA-1 via text and email but it was very late at night so I am wondering if those notifications are delayed.  

1 minute ago, I129f49619 said:

I actually saw an update for, case was transferred to different office. First time seeing that one. 

I saw that as well and wondered what causes a transfer