May 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[S I A N 98]

1 hour ago, Ali.. said:

Got you. 

Thanks 

Am new to here. 

Welcome!

[Etherial 277]

26/4 update

May only had 1 expedite request denied

 

27 April update

May has only 2 expedite request denials and 3 case withdrawals.

 

28 April update

May had 1 case withdrawal

 

29 April update

May has

1 expedite request approved

2 expedite requests denied

2 withdrawals

 

Google Sheet will be updated tomorrow night https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bYbU6iImqwTZCF2awJ5_IEPxH7IhON8do1YlMlhytAI/edit?usp=sharing

 

[DSBeijing 303]

Hi everyone. Interesting month behind us.

Processing rate keeps increasing (Closed cases +RFEs => red + blue on first screen shot). Aprli is first month that we have crossed over 2000 cases per month (Many cases are expedites from later months see screen shot 3), this is good, but still way below mid 2021 numbers. Also good is that April had 21 working day, so that makes that in average they have processed around 100 cases, still way below 130 requred to keep back log from growing. Sadly as it seem, that May filers will probably be waiting for 13-15 Months. And current USCIS estimation of 10-13 months will be probably adjusted very soon to reflect new wating period of of either 11-13 Months  or more realistic 12-14 Months. Only thing that we can be thankful sadly is, that we did not submit later in 2021, because if USCIS continues to process at this low rate they have, filers in September-November are looking at 17+ Months of waiting.

 

As always, first screen shot shows processing rate for month month.

Second shows how many NOA1 cases are untouched in each month. 

Third one is new, it shows how much NOA1 cases have been touched in April, as you can see lots of processing goes to later months.

 

 

Edited April 30, 2022 by DSBeijing

[Eddie Prince 0]

On 4/15/2022 at 9:07 PM, Etherial said:

March has 9.70% pending - 392 cases untouched

April has 70.79% pending - 2744 cases untouched

May has 90% pending - 2818 cases untouched

June has few approvals (81) 87.86% pending - 3340 cases untouched (last update of their file was in March 29th)

Good thing is that March is almost done and after a month has <500 cases left, they move to the next. This means they will fully work on April now.

Bad thing is that April has a very large number of cases, even at 70% pending the remaining cases is almost as many as May.

So, realistically, if they touch ~100 daily (which they arent doing for now) they need 27 days to finish April.

So most of us will be approved beginning - mid May or June

From what I’m seeing regarding the process the uscis is working three months together in one to be able to catch up with time knowing that they have really delayed supposed families even though it’s not there fault for the backlogs 

so seeing uscis go back and forth switching months in three means they are really trying to be fast enough to reach erbody accordingly depending on the filed dates and year cases were submitted 

but I also will encourage them to be able to administer at least 80 cases per working days to be able to meet up to us accordingly since we have clocked 12 months  waiting.

🙏🏾

Edited April 30, 2022 by Eddie Prince
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[Ali.. 9]

10 minutes ago, Eddie Prince said:

From what I’m seeing regarding the process the uscis is working three months together in one to be able to catch up with time knowing that they have really delayed supposed families even though it’s not there fault for the backlogs 

so seeing uscis go back and forth switching months in three means they are really trying to be fast enough to reach erbody accordingly depending on the filed dates and year cases were submitted 

but I also will encourage them to be able to administer at least 80 cases per working days to be able to meet up to us accordingly since we have clocked 12 months  waiting.

🙏🏾

 

They should hire more employees to catch up with time. 

Couples shouldn't be separate any longer in the age of technology. 

They can handle the all process in 3 months if they want. Yet who cares.. 

They are not the ones whose fellow are far away. They won't understand us for this reason. 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Ali..

[DSBeijing 303]

29 minutes ago, Eddie Prince said:

From what I’m seeing regarding the process the uscis is working three months together in one to be able to catch up with time knowing that they have really delayed supposed families even though it’s not there fault for the backlogs 

so seeing uscis go back and forth switching months in three means they are really trying to be fast enough to reach erbody accordingly depending on the filed dates and year cases were submitted 

but I also will encourage them to be able to administer at least 80 cases per working days to be able to meet up to us accordingly since we have clocked 12 months  waiting.

🙏🏾

Sadly this is not the case. USCIS is not working on 3 months simultaneously, but they are processing late March and beginning of April cases.  Also they are not catching up anything. To keep backlog from growing, they need to process at minimum 130 cases per day across all  ranges, and this is not happening, they process around 100 cases per day, thus the backlog is increasing by the day. 

 

Only way to reduce the backlog at this point, is to increase number of people reviewing cases. And if they are significantly to reduce backlog, they need to do at least double minimal processing rate (130*2 => 260). Anything else, is just drop in the bucket. 

Edited April 30, 2022 by DSBeijing

[Optimist19 775]

47 minutes ago, DSBeijing said:

Sadly this is not the case. USCIS is not working on 3 months simultaneously, but they are processing late March and beginning of April cases.  Also they are not catching up anything. To keep backlog from growing, they need to process at minimum 130 cases per day across all  ranges, and this is not happening, they process around 100 cases per day, thus the backlog is increasing by the day. 

 

Only way to reduce the backlog at this point, is to increase number of people reviewing cases. And if they are significantly to reduce backlog, they need to do at least double minimal processing rate (130*2 => 260). Anything else, is just drop in the bucket. 

I think the charts you posted are promising though, I was happy to see them! 🙏 They did increase the number of cases processed this past week, so maybe they are starting to add more resources. My hope is they are doing these same analyses and have a plan to speed things up. I don't believe USCIS will allow continuing the backlog to pile up, especially for a visa for which only US citizens can apply. 

 

Let's stay positive! I think the trends are moving in the right direction. Maybe they're trying to get closer to the 130 per day. Hopefully May will get movement soon 

[rocky95 53]

5 hours ago, Eddie Prince said:

From what I’m seeing regarding the process the uscis is working three months together in one to be able to catch up with time knowing that they have really delayed supposed families even though it’s not there fault for the backlogs 

so seeing uscis go back and forth switching months in three means they are really trying to be fast enough to reach erbody accordingly depending on the filed dates and year cases were submitted 

but I also will encourage them to be able to administer at least 80 cases per working days to be able to meet up to us accordingly since we have clocked 12 months  waiting.

🙏🏾

I think the movement seen in May has been negligible and are about the same that all other months after April (June, July, August, etc) is seeing. So UCSIS is not working on three months at a time. But I do agree with the prediction that May will see more  movement mid May, and I believe the switch of focus from April to may will happen early June. 

[DanElst 4]

May 1st and I see April still has close to 60% of cases remaining. It sucks as Im a mid-May filer, but can't see them finishing the majority of April until June time 😕 About to push my wedding date back (August 6th) which stinks. 

[Ali.. 9]

2 hours ago, DanElst said:

May 1st and I see April still has close to 60% of cases remaining. It sucks as Im a mid-May filer, but can't see them finishing the majority of April until June time 😕 About to push my wedding date back (August 6th) which stinks. 

There are cases even not processed for 2 April which require case inquiry. 

 

[Etherial 277]

30/04 - 01/05 no updates

March has 256 cases left (6.4%)

April has 2261 cases left (59.22%)

May excel file is updated (90% pending) - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bYbU6iImqwTZCF2awJ5_IEPxH7IhON8do1YlMlhytAI/edit?usp=sharing

Most of us will be approved mid May - June

So we are already on countdown

Prepare for your next steps, prepare your affidavits of support, proofs for interview, covid vaccination if you haven't had those yet (obligatory) and these month(s) will pass.

Please refrain for posting why aren't we approved and someone who filled later is (we already know they do not process in order), how frustrating this is, that you cannot wait longer.. You just make others more anxious and sad.

We are all on the same boat, we all wanna be reunited with our partner and start our lives. Brace yourselves with a little more patience, prepare, study (yes study) to know what to do after you are approved.

We are close to the goal, don't give up Stay strong

Edited May 2, 2022 by Etherial

[S I A N 98]

4 minutes ago, Etherial said:

Please refrain for posting why aren't we approved and someone who filled later is (we already know they do not process in order), how frustrating this is, that you cannot wait longer..

I literally couldn’t have said it more nicer. Thank you. 

[CJPinEcuador 396]

@DSBeijing Love the charts, thanks! 

 

And May filers, here is the chart that shows how many were "touched" (Approved or RFE) in each month of waiting after submission for March and April filers if it helps you in any way.  March had their best month in the 11th month of waiting and those of us in April are hoping to see the pattern continue and give us our best month in Month 13 of waiting (2 months longer of a wait than March's best month). We've all waited entirely too long to hear back and I hope all of us hear something back soon! 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by CJPinEcuador

[Etherial 277]

2/5 update so far

May has

1 expedite request denied

1 case approved - not expedited, previous RFE

 

April has

36 approvals

13 rfe

[EdwinShinobi 83]

On 4/29/2022 at 9:30 PM, DSBeijing said:

Hi everyone. Interesting month behind us.

Processing rate keeps increasing (Closed cases +RFEs => red + blue on first screen shot). Aprli is first month that we have crossed over 2000 cases per month (Many cases are expedites from later months see screen shot 3), this is good, but still way below mid 2021 numbers. Also good is that April had 21 working day, so that makes that in average they have processed around 100 cases, still way below 130 requred to keep back log from growing. Sadly as it seem, that May filers will probably be waiting for 13-15 Months. And current USCIS estimation of 10-13 months will be probably adjusted very soon to reflect new wating period of of either 11-13 Months  or more realistic 12-14 Months. Only thing that we can be thankful sadly is, that we did not submit later in 2021, because if USCIS continues to process at this low rate they have, filers in September-November are looking at 17+ Months of waiting.

 

As always, first screen shot shows processing rate for month month.

Second shows how many NOA1 cases are untouched in each month. 

Third one is new, it shows how much NOA1 cases have been touched in April, as you can see lots of processing goes to later months.

 

 

Man, 17 months puts September 2021 Filers at February 2023 for a possible NOA 2 response.

 

This is insane.

 

My Jehovah give patience to all those waiting.