November 2022 submission

[Dil & Malar 91]

1 hour ago, Icedgem said:

Hi all, just wanted to join in with the wait with you. I submitted my docs on November 28th, so am expecting to hear something around mid January. It looks like they are taking around 6 weeks at the moment. Good luck to us all 🙏.

GOOD LUCK.  We both are on the same timeline.. it is about 45 days to DQ.  They are doing GREAT

 

[Icedgem 58]

3 minutes ago, Dil & Malar said:

GOOD LUCK.  We both are on the same timeline.. it is about 45 days to DQ.  They are doing GREAT

 

Yay, we are both waiting together again 😂. Yes they do seem to be working well, let’s hope it’s continues. Good luck 

[anna4614890 31]

Keep looking at October submissions, seems like Nvc speeds up, 42-45 days now. We responded to RFE on 10th November, hope to receive a xmass gift !

[Dewald & Brittney 46]

I submitted on Nov 2nd, so hopefully I hear back in the next 2 weeks. I will keep you all updated.

[Dil & Malar 91]

I scanned through this thread and compiled this table.  Also I was waiting to see NVC's new timeline this morning.  THEY ARE DOING GREAT.. doing review in 42 days.  They reviewed till 10/24/2022.  If the same pace is maintained.. here is what my estimate, we should start getting cheers as early as 12/13/22 Tuesday.

 

Friends	Submitted	DQ Estimate	Resubmit?	DQ Actual
@madhatter204	11/1/2022	12/13/2022
@Dewald & Brittney	11/2/2022	12/14/2022
@Vickifree	11/2/2022	12/14/2022	R
@faysalsharif	11/6/2022	12/18/2022
@anna4614890	11/10/2022	12/22/2022	R
@aerodnight	11/10/2022	12/22/2022
@Hmoobphajej	11/10/2022	12/22/2022
@Kiran kaur	11/11/2022	12/23/2022
@muzaffer28	11/12/2022	12/24/2022
@Niraj Doshi	11/17/2022	12/29/2022
@rafadreyes	11/22/2022	1/3/2023	R
@amu24	11/24/2022	1/5/2023	R
@Sarah Ro	11/26/2022	1/7/2023	R
@Icedgem	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Murse10	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Road2K1	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Dil & Malar	11/29/2022	1/10/2023

[madhatter204 36]

I submitted an optional document on 4 November (after initial submissions on 1 November). The wrong version of my Thai birth certificate was submitted to USCIS with my i-130 (i.e. my lawyers submitted the birth registration document, not the full birth certificate). My i-130 was approve with no RFE anyway, and my lawyers uploaded that "wrong" document to NVC. I caught it and corrected it but my lawyers were like, it should be OK because it's the document approved by USCIS and we didn't want to confuse them, lol. Then they uploaded my actual birth certificate with translation on the 4th as an optional doc.

 

Anyway my point is, I'll see & report back if I am approved/RFEd on a 1 November timeline or a 4 November timeline because I'm reading different things about the effect of submitting additional documents on the review timeline. 

[Dil & Malar 91]

11 minutes ago, madhatter204 said:

I submitted an optional document on 4 November (after initial submissions on 1 November). The wrong version of my Thai birth certificate was submitted to USCIS with my i-130 (i.e. my lawyers submitted the birth registration document, not the full birth certificate). My i-130 was approve with no RFE anyway, and my lawyers uploaded that "wrong" document to NVC. I caught it and corrected it but my lawyers were like, it should be OK because it's the document approved by USCIS and we didn't want to confuse them, lol. Then they uploaded my actual birth certificate with translation on the 4th as an optional doc.

 

Anyway my point is, I'll see & report back if I am approved/RFEd on a 1 November timeline or a 4 November timeline because I'm reading different things about the effect of submitting additional documents on the review timeline. 

I guess  you will be approved based on 4th Nov timeline.  Actually once you submit everything and the status shows SUBMITTED,  you cannot add any more documents.  this is what I noticed.  When they send RFE,  then they open to add more documents.  This is how I understood.  If your lawyer added a document,  then he did not submit on 1st Nov.. he did on 4th Nov.

[madhatter204 36]

Just now, Dil & Malar said:

I guess  you will be approved based on 4th Nov timeline.  Actually once you submit everything and the status shows SUBMITTED,  you cannot add any more documents.  this is what I noticed.  When they send RFE,  then they open to add more documents.  This is how I understood.  If your lawyer added a document,  then he did not submit on 1st Nov.. he did on 4th Nov.

Right, but I've been seeing some different things based on required docs vs optional docs. I thought it was possible to add optional docs at any time after submission? Seen a lot of people mention this. 

[rafadreyes 10]

16 minutes ago, madhatter204 said:

I submitted an optional document on 4 November (after initial submissions on 1 November). The wrong version of my Thai birth certificate was submitted to USCIS with my i-130 (i.e. my lawyers submitted the birth registration document, not the full birth certificate). My i-130 was approve with no RFE anyway, and my lawyers uploaded that "wrong" document to NVC. I caught it and corrected it but my lawyers were like, it should be OK because it's the document approved by USCIS and we didn't want to confuse them, lol. Then they uploaded my actual birth certificate with translation on the 4th as an optional doc.

 

Anyway my point is, I'll see & report back if I am approved/RFEd on a 1 November timeline or a 4 November timeline because I'm reading different things about the effect of submitting additional documents on the review timeline. 

Hi, so I did something similar. I submitted all the documents on Oct 10th, then I joined the discussions here and saw a lot of RFEs asking for W2s, so weeks after Oct 10th I decided to upload my W2s as additional/optional documents. I was still reviewed under Oct 10th, my understanding is you get reviewed based on the date you uploaded all required documents. In your case, I don't know how it would work in your case since it's a required document but it was uploaded as an additional document. However, there's only a 3 day difference, I'm glad you caught the mistake 

[madhatter204 36]

Just now, rafadreyes said:

Hi, so I did something similar. I submitted all the documents on Oct 10th, then I joined the discussions here and saw a lot of RFEs asking for W2s, so weeks after Oct 10th I decided to upload my W2s as additional/optional documents. I was still reviewed under Oct 10th, my understanding is you get reviewed based on the date you uploaded all required documents. In your case, I don't know how it would work in your case since it's a required document but it was uploaded as an additional document. However, there's only a 3 day difference, I'm glad you caught the mistake 

Thanks! That's exactly what I've been wondering re: optional/required/birth certificate. You're right it's ultimately just 3 days, thankfully. Nothing compared to the i-130 wait! 

[Dewald & Brittney 46]

4 hours ago, madhatter204 said:

Thanks! That's exactly what I've been wondering re: optional/required/birth certificate. You're right it's ultimately just 3 days, thankfully. Nothing compared to the i-130 wait! 

You enter the queue when you submit all the required docs as mentioned above.

 

Submitting any optional docs won't affect your place in the queue. I have been adding optional docs from Nov 2nd all the way to two days ago as stumble around the forum and try to avoid an RFE.

[Sarah Ro 7]

On 12/5/2022 at 11:31 PM, Dil & Malar said:

I scanned through this thread and compiled this table.  Also I was waiting to see NVC's new timeline this morning.  THEY ARE DOING GREAT.. doing review in 42 days.  They reviewed till 10/24/2022.  If the same pace is maintained.. here is what my estimate, we should start getting cheers as early as 12/13/22 Tuesday.

 

Friends	Submitted	DQ Estimate	Resubmit?	DQ Actual
@madhatter204	11/1/2022	12/13/2022
@Dewald & Brittney	11/2/2022	12/14/2022
@Vickifree	11/2/2022	12/14/2022	R
@faysalsharif	11/6/2022	12/18/2022
@anna4614890	11/10/2022	12/22/2022	R
@aerodnight	11/10/2022	12/22/2022
@Hmoobphajej	11/10/2022	12/22/2022
@Kiran kaur	11/11/2022	12/23/2022
@muzaffer28	11/12/2022	12/24/2022
@Niraj Doshi	11/17/2022	12/29/2022
@rafadreyes	11/22/2022	1/3/2023	R
@amu24	11/24/2022	1/5/2023	R
@Sarah Ro	11/26/2022	1/7/2023	R
@Icedgem	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Murse10	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Road2K1	11/28/2022	1/9/2023
@Dil & Malar	11/29/2022	1/10/2023

Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻

 

Do you guys think they will keep up the pace over Christmas time?

[Dil & Malar 91]

2 hours ago, Sarah Ro said:

Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻

 

Do you guys think they will keep up the pace over Christmas time?

Let's assume POSITIVELY they will keep the pace

[Hmoobphajej 13]

I'm hoping they aim to brighten a few more people's Christmas and hopefully that includes some of us.

[aerodnight 76]

Just saw November 2nd DQ on Lawfully

@madhatter204 @Dewald & Brittney @Vickifree any update from you guys?