DECEMBER 2021 1-129F K1 FILERS

[mw & rg k1 635]

On 6/8/2022 at 8:09 PM, TheProfessor said:

Greetings all!

Does anyone have the total counts for I129F applications submitted from March 2021 to December 2021, and how many are left for each month.

Assuming about 100 approvals per day, how long until they start processing/reviewing December 2021 cases.

Thanks!

hope you're finding my burndown data helpful

[mw & rg k1 635]

Apologies all,  I had the script run Friday night (hopefully successfully) even though I left with Mom on a surprise visit to my K1-Fiancée Friday AM.  Looks like my PC is locked up so don't have access to it to post the update.  If it ran, AND if the neighbor can reboot the PC, OR the PC restarts itself, then I will get the update posted eventually.

 

Again sorry all, but couldn't wait from having some time with the Fiancée in her Country (until 2023)

 

[Lynxyonok 316]

On 12/9/2022 at 1:41 AM, mw & rg k1 said:

hope you're finding my burndown data helpful

Many do.

[mw & rg k1 635]

Neighbor rebooted my PC for me at Home so posting this from Brazil (with Fiancée) 

 

Here is last Friday's opening previously unopened cases graphs.
Unfortunatly, I generally copy/paste the output of the statistics files so this was lost to me.
Maybe I need to make this an update to the script for next week).

 

 

[mw & rg k1 635]

Hard to get this to run from Brazil, but was able to get a weekly update completed.

 

For my date month (December), nothing really happening.

 

For rest of everyone,

 

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:
07/02     37       37           0               0                   0             0
07/09     15       15           0               0                   0             0
07/16     28       27           1               1                   0             0
07/23     18       15           3               2                   0             1
07/30     79       62          17              5                   1            10
08/06     33       26           7               1                   0             5
08/13     61       59           2               1                   0             1
08/20    111      81          30            22                  0             8
08/27    166    126         40             30                  0            10
09/03    181    176          5               1                   1             2
09/10    235    194         41             24                  0            15
09/17    352    264         88             43                  0            44
09/24    373    269        104            73                  3            28
10/01    488    357        131            83                  1            46
10/08    665    465        200           144                 0            53
10/15    659    631         28              22                 0             6

 

[rich rich 10]

https://youtu.be/FVBMAiTQLd0?t=826

 

Immigration lawyer advises suing to speed up progress for k1 at the 12 month mark.  But USCIS website says waiting time is 15.5 months.  Can we really sue at 12 months or is lawyer just drumming up business?

[FilledesEtoiles 336]

1 hour ago, rich rich said:

https://youtu.be/FVBMAiTQLd0?t=826

 

Immigration lawyer advises suing to speed up progress for k1 at the 12 month mark.  But USCIS website says waiting time is 15.5 months.  Can we really sue at 12 months or is lawyer just drumming up business?

Wow, that is insane! I saw someone on a FB group who did that with another lawyer, and they got approved a few weeks later, at the 12 month mark.

It's just that, like you say, processing times are way passed that mark right now for everybody ...

 

[rich rich 10]

13 minutes ago, FilledesEtoiles said:

Wow, that is insane! I saw someone on a FB group who did that with another lawyer, and they got approved a few weeks later, at the 12 month mark.

It's just that, like you say, processing times are way passed that mark right now for everybody ...

 

Really? Do you have a link? Thanks. Might be worth suing to save 3.5 months. Backlog keeps getting longer 

[FilledesEtoiles 336]

7 hours ago, rich rich said:

Really? Do you have a link? Thanks. Might be worth suing to save 3.5 months. Backlog keeps getting longer 

It was on a closed K1 group on FB. She just mentioned it, no other information. She spoke about a lawyer in Nebraska, that's all. 

It seems pretty insane to be needing to do that ...

7 hours ago, rich rich said:

 

 

[mw & rg k1 635]

Hello Fellow Visa Journey Followers.

 

Has been a challenge running my scripts from Brazil but still feeling blessed to be with my Fiancée.

We both just wish they would hurry up and get to our NOA2 (like the rest of you) so we could actually 

be together rather than just these spot times.

 

In my date group (December) there is nothing new to report (really) as  the bulk of activity seems to be in the September to October Date range.

 

 

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:
07/02    37       37         0                    0            0                0
07/09    15       13         2                    2            0                0
07/16    27       25         2                    1            0                1
07/23    15       15         0                   0             0                0
07/30    62       38         24                 19          0                5
08/06    26       22         4                   2             0                2
08/13    59       58         1                   1             0                0
08/20    81       68         13                 4             0                9
08/27    126    104       22                 17           0                4
09/03    176    147       29                 22            1               2  
09/10    194    164       30                 21           0                6
09/17    264    220       44                 35           1                5
09/24    269    211       58                 34           0                16
10/01    357    254       103               54           0                47
10/08    465    353       112               66           0                42
10/15    631    535       96                 83           0                8
10/22    679    659       20                 18           0                0

 

[mw & rg k1 635]

USCIS Has finally released its 2022 Q4 Data of all forms processed.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY2022_Q4.pdf

 

 

The unfortunate trend continues where K1 Visa's are adding 1000's to the backlog quarter after quarter ... Unfortunate for new filers 
Hopefully December (my month) will start processing early in 2023.

 

 

[mw & rg k1 635]

Weekly update ....

Nothing really happening in my December 2021 filings (2 RFEs and 1 updated file) ...

Not unusual.

 

 

As for burndown this week, only 241 cases were seen being opened (including all withdrawls)

That is a little disheartening but not unexpected as between Christmas and New Years this past week.

 

Here are the details

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:
07/23    15         15         0                0                  0              0
07/30    38         37         1                0                  1              0
08/06    22         22         0                0                  0              0
08/13    58         56         2                0                  0              2
08/20    68         63         5                0                  1              4
08/27    104      101        3               3                   0              0
09/03    147      116       31            24                  0              7
09/10    164      154       10              9                  0              0
09/17    220      205       15            14                  0              1
09/24    211      197       14             8                   0              6
10/01    254      235       19            15                  0              4
10/08    353      295       58            38                  0              19
10/15    535      469       66            42                  0              24
10/22    659      648       11             8                   0              2

 

 

[Anna Hessler 119]

26 minutes ago, mw & rg k1 said:

Weekly update ....

Nothing really happening in my December 2021 filings (2 RFEs and 1 updated file) ...

Not unusual.

 

 

As for burndown this week, only 241 cases were seen being opened (including all withdrawls)

That is a little disheartening but not unexpected as between Christmas and New Years this past week.

 

Here are the details

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:
07/23    15         15         0                0                  0              0
07/30    38         37         1                0                  1              0
08/06    22         22         0                0                  0              0
08/13    58         56         2                0                  0              2
08/20    68         63         5                0                  1              4
08/27    104      101        3               3                   0              0
09/03    147      116       31            24                  0              7
09/10    164      154       10              9                  0              0
09/17    220      205       15            14                  0              1
09/24    211      197       14             8                   0              6
10/01    254      235       19            15                  0              4
10/08    353      295       58            38                  0              19
10/15    535      469       66            42                  0              24
10/22    659      648       11             8                   0              2

 

 

Thank you! It seems like the 14 month mark is when USCIS starts SLOWLY working on the next month. So I think December filers will start seeing a slow trickle in February. Maybe 5-10 a week to start. Then the good stuff will happen in March. 

 

My partner and I just booked a two week trip to Portugal, Spain and the Canary Islands for the last two weeks of February. Hoping it'll help the time pass to have something to look forward to! Then when we get back December filers will be in the "any day now!" category finally! Thanks for the updates!

[mw & rg k1 635]

Weekly Update (Ran 1/6/2023)

Not really anything happening in my group (December 2021) still.

We had a couple of denials and termination notices but nothing really to report for December.

 

For the rest of you, 468 Case updates is a dramatic improvement over last week but still slow.

A couple of untouched cases seen as acted upon in November 2021, but sti;l quite a few cases 
untouched dating all the way back to Aug 2021.

Hopefully, we will see the pace picks up again now that we are into the new year.

 

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:
08/06    22       21           1                1                   0              0
08/13    56       53           3                0                   1              1
08/20    63       60           3                2                   0              1
08/27    101    100         1                1                   0              0
09/03    116    105         11              6                   1              4
09/10    154    112         42              22                 0             20
09/17    205    196         9                3                   3              3
09/24    197    166         31              26                 0             4
10/01    235    217         18              11                 0             6
10/08    295    202         93              62                 1             30
10/15    469    376         93              60                 0             32
10/22    648    523       125              88                 1             35
10/29    745    724         21              18                 0             2
11/05    765    762         3                  1                  0             0
11/12    652    651         1                  0                  0             0
11/19    680    679         1                  1                  0             0

 

 

[mw & rg k1 635]

Looks like it is going to be a good week for K1 Processing at USCIS

Got curious how active the USCIS has been ... and from last friday to today they have opened a good number of cases including 26 in the first week of November (20 Approvals/5 RFEs/1 Other)

Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 475

Official scan will be done Friday as usual

This is an interim scan and I have already deleted it from records just to make sure I give clean results Friday Night (as usual)
I generally try to run my official scan around 7pm PST on Friday.
That said, once we start getting into processing, it may be beneficial to run more often.  
How does a 2 times a week (Tues & Fri) or three times a week (M-W-F) feel.

Daily updates (like in other scans) are too frequent in my opinion.

Edited January 11, 2023 by mw & rg k1