OCTOBER 2022 I-129F K1 FILERS

[mw & rg k1 636]

Jan 13 Update for 2021 filers
Huge improvement this week in opening K1 cases this week.

Total (previously untouched) cases opened :    879 - Hope they keep this up 
 

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:

Totals                                               521              7             327
08/06    21        16           5                1                0                4
08/13    53        38          15               4                0                9
08/20    60        51           9                3                0                4
08/27    100      67          33             15                0              17
09/03    105      99           6                2                0                2
09/10    112     109          3                1                1                0
09/17    196     170        26              16                1                8
09/24    166     140        26              17                0                9
10/01    217     128        89              52                1               35
10/08    202     120        82              56                0               24
10/15    376     275       101             53                0               46
10/22    523     294       229            130               1               94
10/29    724     582       142            100               3               38
11/05    762     668        94               68               0                24
11/12    651     643         8                0                  0                8
11/19    679     679         0                0                  0                0

Edited January 14, 2023 by mw & rg k1
needed to include the year

[Obllak[BANNED] 186]

On 1/14/2023 at 6:21 AM, mw & rg k1 said:

Jan 13 Update for 2021 filers
Huge improvement this week in opening K1 cases this week.

Total (previously untouched) cases opened :    879 - Hope they keep this up 
 

Week    Was:    Now:    Delta:    Approved:    Denied:    RFE:

Totals                                               521              7             327
08/06    21        16           5                1                0                4
08/13    53        38          15               4                0                9
08/20    60        51           9                3                0                4
08/27    100      67          33             15                0              17
09/03    105      99           6                2                0                2
09/10    112     109          3                1                1                0
09/17    196     170        26              16                1                8
09/24    166     140        26              17                0                9
10/01    217     128        89              52                1               35
10/08    202     120        82              56                0               24
10/15    376     275       101             53                0               46
10/22    523     294       229            130               1               94
10/29    724     582       142            100               3               38
11/05    762     668        94               68               0                24
11/12    651     643         8                0                  0                8
11/19    679     679         0                0                  0                0

Can I ask where exactly you find this data?? I am trying to find something like that without any luck

[mw & rg k1 636]

3 hours ago, Obllak said:

Can I ask where exactly you find this data?? I am trying to find something like that without any luck

This organization of data is not directly downloadable from other sources.
It is collected from public sources, saved off to a personal database to tracking purposes AND 
organized to answer a specific question.  In this case, the question attempted to be answered is 
where in 2021 is the USCIS activly working on cases. 
Once a case is opened, its identifying information is removed from the local database 

 

(custom program generated for this specific purpose)

[New Romantics 188]

Any predictions for when you guys think October filers will get our NOA2? Might be fun to look back on it as they months go by

Edited February 3, 2023 by New Romantics

[Nikobe 129]

12 minutes ago, New Romantics said:

Any predictions for when you guys think October filers will get our NOA2? Might be fun to look back on it as they months go by

I will be kind of random here but I estimate August.

[KellyAust89 9]

23 hours ago, New Romantics said:

Any predictions for when you guys think October filers will get our NOA2? Might be fun to look back on it as they months go by

I’m thinking December for our NOA2 💙

[Obllak[BANNED] 186]

On 2/3/2023 at 10:21 AM, New Romantics said:

Any predictions for when you guys think October filers will get our NOA2? Might be fun to look back on it as they months go by

If they keep up this pace in late December/early January. If they speed up even more - for 15% (which I am not surprised if if happens), I would say that AVG estimation is in beginning of December. If they speed up for 30%, AVG estimation will be in the beginning of November. Since we are currently experiencing the spike of processed cases, we still don't know what is their carrying capacity ( = limit). I hope they at least keep up this speed, or of course, better, if they increase num of cases processed. 

[New Romantics 188]

7 minutes ago, Obllak said:

If they keep up this pace in late December/early January. If they speed up even more - for 15% (which I am not surprised if if happens), I would say that AVG estimation is in beginning of December. If they speed up for 30%, AVG estimation will be in the beginning of November. Since we are currently experiencing the spike of processed cases, we still don't know what is their carrying capacity ( = limit). I hope they at least keep up this speed, or of course, better, if they increase num of cases processed. 

that would be awesome!! i really hope by this time next year i will be waiting for my interview after having finished with the nvc too. my noa1 is oct 14 2022 and im really hopeful! haha. btw your spreadsheet is phenomenal!!! i cannot thank you enough for doing it! 🙌

Edited February 9, 2023 by New Romantics

[junk 5]

On the USCIS processing times site, for K1/129-F, the avg wait time for VSC/PotomacSC is listed as 8-8.5 months now vs. 4 months (!) for NSC, but 15.5 mo for CSC. How do we find out which center is applicable to a given case?

 

I read somewhere on this forum (or elsewhere) that all K1s get processed only at CSC?

 

If so, why does the USCIS site list these avg numbers/estimates for all other processing centers for the K1/129-F category?

[junk 5]

29 minutes ago, jmayam said:

On the USCIS processing times site, for K1/129-F, the avg wait time for VSC/PotomacSC is listed as 8-8.5 months now vs. 4 months (!) for NSC, but 15.5 mo for CSC. How do we find out which center is applicable to a given case?

 

I read somewhere on this forum (or elsewhere) that all K1s get processed only at CSC?

 

If so, why does the USCIS site list these avg numbers/estimates for all other processing centers for the K1/129-F category?

Also, if it's not true that K1s get processed only at the CSC, then how can we find out which SC is a given case assigned to, based on the NOA1? 

[Nikobe 129]

27 minutes ago, jmayam said:

Also, if it's not true that K1s get processed only at the CSC, then how can we find out which SC is a given case assigned to, based on the NOA1? 

Your NOA number starts with the unique SC identifier “WAC” which stands for the CSC.

 

All K1-related I129Fs are assigned to the CSC.

[junk 5]

48 minutes ago, Nikobe said:

Your NOA number starts with the unique SC identifier “WAC” which stands for the CSC.

 

All K1-related I129Fs are assigned to the CSC.

OK. Thank you so much! That's consistent with what I suspected/read somewhere else earlier too. Thanks for the tip about how the NOA id is linked to the processing SC. 

 

But, in that case, wonder why the USCIS site (https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/) show different processing times for different SCs, for the K-1 category, instead of showing only the CSC times and/or instead of indicating on other SC pages something to the effect that 'All K-1/129-Fs are processed at the CSC only.

[Nikobe 129]

1 hour ago, jmayam said:

OK. Thank you so much! That's consistent with what I suspected/read somewhere else earlier too. Thanks for the tip about how the NOA id is linked to the processing SC. 

 

But, in that case, wonder why the USCIS site (https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/) show different processing times for different SCs, for the K-1 category, instead of showing only the CSC times and/or instead of indicating on other SC pages something to the effect that 'All K-1/129-Fs are processed at the CSC only.

They do not show different processing times for K-1 category. It is solely that the I129F is also used for K3s and K4s. For those, I129Fs are processed at all service centers.

 

Here is the page where they indicate the allocation of service centers:

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/all-forms/service-center-forms-processing

 

 

[New Romantics 188]

Is it too unrealistic to hope for an approval by November at this point? 😭

[KellyAust89 9]

18 hours ago, New Romantics said:

Is it too unrealistic to hope for an approval by November at this point? 😭

I'm hopeful 🙂