FEBRUARY 2022 I-129F K1 FILERS

[Nitsua0895 11]

On 4/26/2023 at 7:03 AM, Bh_sarah said:

I only fully scan it after closing time, after 4 pm ET.

It was probably a system lag from either USCIS or CaseTracker.

The California processing center closes at 4pm ET? I was thinking they probably didn’t close until around 8pm ET.

[Bh_sarah 942]

33 minutes ago, Nikobe said:

Hi Sarah,

I am not sure whether you read my message. I did not write about certainty and specifically mentioned an example from past months.

I wrote that January filers are at 95% touched, which I used to instill hope to those who are still waiting. This is literally all and yes, those 5% are people, too. I know that. 😅

January has 152 (!) untouched cases after 15 months. Never forget that you should always take the USCIS estimate as a base case, which is 16.5 months of wait. Everybody who gets approval earlier than that is lucky, but those who are still waiting are in line with the normal processing time.

Oh my God!!! I'm so sorry, I replied that without having my first coffee of the day and my math didn't work! hahahaha
I see now what you meant and you are correct. I took it as you were saying all the rest would be touched in May but of course you meant the number until it got to the 95% that January now has. I apologize. I should learn to not reply anyone without not being fully awake! haha and you are right, it sucks that when we filed was 8 months and now it's 16.5, but it's unfortunately still inside the processing times given by USCIS at the moment. I just hope we don't come to a point we are even allowed to make an inquiry, that would be infuriating.

[Bh_sarah 942]

22 minutes ago, Nitsua0895 said:

The California processing center closes at 4pm ET? I was thinking they probably didn’t close until around 8pm ET.

I meant PT (actually PDT), so California time. Sorry, I do usually mix the timezone abbreviations but I was thinking California, Pacific time! 
USCIS doesn't really have their working hours officially published (not that I could find) but the Google business hours for the California Center say they work 8am to 4pm. And Google says these were updated by the business/themselves 5 weeks ago too so I consider this recent/accurate since there is no other info available.

I used to scan only after 5pm PT, then started scanning after 4pm PT seeing these hours, but I did miss some updates this week because of that, so I'm back to after 5pm PT just to be sure.

[Nitsua0895 11]

1 hour ago, Bh_sarah said:

I meant PT (actually PDT), so California time. Sorry, I do usually mix the timezone abbreviations but I was thinking California, Pacific time! 
USCIS doesn't really have their working hours officially published (not that I could find) but the Google business hours for the California Center say they work 8am to 4pm. And Google says these were updated by the business/themselves 5 weeks ago too so I consider this recent/accurate since there is no other info available.

I used to scan only after 5pm PT, then started scanning after 4pm PT seeing these hours, but I did miss some updates this week because of that, so I'm back to after 5pm PT just to be sure.

Oh I see! I’m in the central time zone so I guess I’ll wait until around 7:30pm to do the daily scan of my group on case tracker. I’ve been following your posts and I wish you luck with getting approved soon! 

[Bh_sarah 942]

19 minutes ago, Nitsua0895 said:

Oh I see! I’m in the central time zone so I guess I’ll wait until around 7:30pm to do the daily scan of my group on case tracker. I’ve been following your posts and I wish you luck with getting approved soon! 

Oh I see, I think it's safer. It's hard to know these days, usually approvals came in early, now I see RFEs coming super early, before they even open (maybe because they were updates from the day before) and most approvals only come in by the end of the day. But the system lag by scanning too early this week was a new one to me, could be CaseTracker fault as well.

And thank you! I'm glad it's being useful. I see you're from March, so hoping you and your Brazilian fiancé get an approval soon as well!

[Gary Rich 284]

36 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

Oh I see, I think it's safer. It's hard to know these days, usually approvals came in early, now I see RFEs coming super early, before they even open (maybe because they were updates from the day before) and most approvals only come in by the end of the day. But the system lag by scanning too early this week was a new one to me, could be CaseTracker fault as well.

And thank you! I'm glad it's being useful. I see you're from March, so hoping you and your Brazilian fiancé get an approval soon as well!

My RFE.. Took a week and a half.. it could have been sooner. The email i receive said i was approve on a Friday.. but it had updated in the system on that Monday

[Bh_sarah 942]

33 minutes ago, Gary Rich said:

My RFE.. Took a week and a half.. it could have been sooner. The email i receive said i was approve on a Friday.. but it had updated in the system on that Monday

Ohh, that's awesome. Even if it should've been a weekend before! They totally wasted a change of having you celebrate on a Friday night! haha
And yep, I've seen late updates, and also people that got the mail notice and are still waiting for the system to be updated. It's all a mess.

[Bh_sarah 942]

Today's numbers [April 27th, 2023]
Sorry, in a rush today but better later than never.

47500 - 2 approvals
50000 - 1 approval 
50500 - 1 RFE, 1 withdrawal
51000 - 3 approvals, 
51500 - 2 approvals
52000 - 3 approvals
52500 - 5 approvals, 2 RFEs
53500 - 1 approval, 4 RFEs
54000 - 2 RFEs
54500 - 3 approved, 1 denial
55000 - 1 RFE
55500 - 3 approvals, 1 RFE
56000 - 1 approval

Today's totals: 24 new approvals, 1 denial, 11 RFEs, 1 withdrawal

Totals so far:

1714(+24) Approved

297(+1) Denied/Rejected

588(+9) RFE/RFERs

628 Pending Cases

147(+1) Withdrawals

 

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15yTdQDjmS6ik3bPNGmThSc0jFUszsiGcXurI1hT_Jcw/edit?usp=sharing

[JLees2k 29]

It appears to be a steady 20-30 approvals each day. But seeing USCIS seemingly working around 48000-49500 is so frustrating! No changes for 3 days now for 49500 when there are only 11 left untouched 😔 

[Bh_sarah 942]

42 minutes ago, JLees2k said:

It appears to be a steady 20-30 approvals each day. But seeing USCIS seemingly working around 48000-49500 is so frustrating! No changes for 3 days now for 49500 when there are only 11 left untouched 😔 

I'm so sorry you're also going through this. I take comfort in knowing there are 80+ untouched cases in my range even though it doesn't mean anything, but I see numbers go down there while I still remain untouched and it hurts. I lost hope for April (I know today is the last say, but still...) with approvals slowing down each day. I keep thinking there are still 600 cases pending! My time will come! But then January has 150 cases untouched and there's at least 3 people that chimed in here that are in that group too just waiting. Ugh! Stay strong, we'll get there, just will take us longer  

[Bh_sarah 942]

Today's numbers [April 28th, 2023]
April is now gone, but it was good for most February filers with 1243 approvals  

See you next week!

47500 - 3 approvals

48500 - 1 RFE

49000 - 2 RFEs
49500 - 3 approvals
50500 - 1 other (case reopened)
51000 - 5 approvals
51500 - 3 approvals
52000 - 1 RFE
52500 - 2 approvals, 2 RFEs
53500 - 3 approvals, 2 RFEs
54000 - 4 approvals, 4 RFEs
54500 - 2 approvals (1 from an expedited case), 1 RFE
55500 - 6 approvals
56000 - 1 approval, 2 RFEs

Today's totals: 32 new approvals, 15 RFEs, 1 other

Totals so far:

1746(+32) Approved

297 Denied/Rejected

594(+6) RFE/RFERs

590 Pending Cases

147 Withdrawals

 

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15yTdQDjmS6ik3bPNGmThSc0jFUszsiGcXurI1hT_Jcw/edit?usp=sharing

[Bikenm 57]

On 4/28/2023 at 9:06 AM, Bh_sarah said:

I'm so sorry you're also going through this. I take comfort in knowing there are 80+ untouched cases in my range even though it doesn't mean anything, but I see numbers go down there while I still remain untouched and it hurts. I lost hope for April (I know today is the last say, but still...) with approvals slowing down each day. I keep thinking there are still 600 cases pending! My time will come! But then January has 150 cases untouched and there's at least 3 people that chimed in here that are in that group too just waiting. Ugh! Stay strong, we'll get there, just will take us longer  

I feel for you. Hopefully some positive news coming your way soon. 
Grass is not greener on NVC stage as well. Timeline has drastically increased compared to few months back. Late February and Most of March approval are waiting NVC to received their case. 

[Bh_sarah 942]

On 4/30/2023 at 9:15 AM, Bikenm said:

I feel for you. Hopefully some positive news coming your way soon. 
Grass is not greener on NVC stage as well. Timeline has drastically increased compared to few months back. Late February and Most of March approval are waiting NVC to received their case. 

Thank you for your kind words. I understand that the NVC wait is also hard, especially because you are left in the dark and trying to make inquiries until they finally assign you a number. However, I think I will wait until I go through it so I can have my final verdict, since right now, having a NOA2 and dealing with NVC sounds extremely better than seeing cases that files 2 months after you get a NOA2 and reset their waiting clocks while an approval for me to move on seems further and further away.

I hope you get a NVC number soon!

[Bh_sarah 942]

Today's numbers [May 1st, 2023]
May May be nice to us still waiting! Today wasn't the best day ever, but it's ok. I'm also counting weekend numbers.

47000 - 1 approval
47500 - 2 approvals

48500 - 2 approvals, 1 RFE

49000 - 3 approvals
49500 - 2 approvals, 1 RFE
51000 - 1 RFE, 1 other
51500 - 1 approval
52500 - 1 approval
53500 - 2 RFEs
54000 - 1 approval
54500 - 1 approval, 1 RFE
55500 - 4 approvals, 2 RFEs

Today's totals: 18 new approvals, 8 RFEs, 1 other (& minus one denial for some reason, not sure if reopened or system lag)

Totals so far:

1764(+18) Approved

296(-1)* Denied/Rejected

594 RFE/RFERs

572 Pending Cases

147 Withdrawals

 

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15yTdQDjmS6ik3bPNGmThSc0jFUszsiGcXurI1hT_Jcw/edit?usp=sharing

[Bh_sarah 942]

Today's numbers [May 2nd, 2023]
No approvals in my range this week yet. Am I going crazy? Yes. I am. 

 

48500 - 2 approvals

49000 - 3 approvals
50000 - 2 approvals
50500 - 3 approvals
51000 - 2 approvals
53500 - 4 RFEs
54000 - 1 RFE
55500 - 4 approvals, 1 RFE, 1 withdrawal

56000 - 5 approvals, 1 withdrawal 

Today's totals: 21 new approvals, 6 RFEs, 2 withdrawals (& minus another denial for some reason!)

Totals so far:

1785(+21) Approved

295(-1)* Denied/Rejected

588(-6) RFE/RFERs

555 Pending Cases

149(+2) Withdrawals

 

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15yTdQDjmS6ik3bPNGmThSc0jFUszsiGcXurI1hT_Jcw/edit?usp=sharing