Number of cases processed hit new high!

[Bh_sarah 942]

1 minute ago, AndiB said:

Look forward to your approval sarah, I hope it's not too much longer 🙏

Thank you! Seeing only 4 approvals in Feb yesterday was brutal because my hopes were truly high after 7 approvals in my range Monday super super close to me. But now seeing it was a low number all over and should be a bug makes my hope get high again that maybe I was approved and the system is just lagging.

Like I said, it's a terrible rollercoaster – and I'm already lifting up my hands euphorically to have the ride stopped so I can get out but the rollercoaster staff is ignoring me completely thinking I'm having the best of times.

[ChiuA 108]

8 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

This is perfectly put. It's all a matter of perspective to be fair. When we late 2021/early 2022 filers filed the petition, the waiting times were 6-8 months. Then we saw it go up to 10, 12, 14, 15.5 and 15.6 months, feeling hopeless. Then we started to have some hope with the data from Obllak and seeing real improvement and renewed our hopes once again... and then to get all happy they started your month before you were expecting only to be left behind and see people that filed 2-3 months after you getting approved hurts.

I always knew that things are not in order, but people from late April getting approved in less than 400 days frustrates me. It's not a pretty feeling at all. I always feared to be left behind in those 20%. I am now in the last 15% and I can't even complain too much knowing that there are people from December and January still waiting too.

It's also a matter of perspective when people say to us left behind that the "NVC waiting is even worse" (maybe to make us feel better). I can't attest to that because I am not on the NVC phase yet, but then these people can't attest to it either because they were approved in the peak of activity, they never had to see everyone passing them by and try to keep the hope every single day only to be let down at the end of it. It's been a rollercoaster and I just want to be done with this phase already. 

I hope you get approved fast and everyone else too TT ❤️ It is definitely garbo I agree that it's like this, but you got this! I don't think particulary NVC stage is bad, wondering actually if it has to do with embassies and where u are from that one, I saw someone get their NVC number 50 days in , while I see some waiting 70 days, so I wonder if that's the stage where it matters where u live, or if it's just luck too TT 

[AndiB 677]

2 minutes ago, ChiuA said:

I hope you get approved fast and everyone else too TT ❤️ It is definitely garbo I agree that it's like this, but you got this! I don't think particulary NVC stage is bad, wondering actually if it has to do with embassies and where u are from that one, I saw someone get their NVC number 50 days in , while I see some waiting 70 days, so I wonder if that's the stage where it matters where u live, or if it's just luck too TT 

Sadly very few mention their embassy when discussing nvc so it's difficult to tell. Generally I don't see people from UK waiting long so I'm guessing it trends with embassy but as all things immigration.... Could be any wait time

[ChiuA 108]

1 minute ago, AndiB said:

Sadly very few mention their embassy when discussing nvc so it's difficult to tell. Generally I don't see people from UK waiting long so I'm guessing it trends with embassy but as all things immigration.... Could be any wait time

The NVC stage seems more on where someone lives I feel like because I am in a few groups and people from January are already in America now with their fiances, while I see people from Feb still waiting on the NVC stuff (they should hear a response soon I think tho cuz 3 months is max or?) So I am srsly wondering if the embassies that are filled just gotta wait longer, I looked at Germany and it seems like average wait for appointment is 7-10 days interview lol so Im wondering if its from country to country wish we had insight on that  

[Bh_sarah 942]

2 minutes ago, ChiuA said:

I hope you get approved fast and everyone else too TT ❤️ It is definitely garbo I agree that it's like this, but you got this! I don't think particulary NVC stage is bad, wondering actually if it has to do with embassies and where u are from that one, I saw someone get their NVC number 50 days in , while I see some waiting 70 days, so I wonder if that's the stage where it matters where u live, or if it's just luck too TT 

Thank you! And yes, I wouldn't mind at all to already be counting the NVC days! haha I haven't seen anyone from my country get a number yet, even those approved late March. It seems they also are scheduling interviews in Brazil far far ahead. So I am truly worried and time is ticking. But once I am done with I-129F I feel I will be in a better state of mind.

 

1 minute ago, AndiB said:

Sadly very few mention their embassy when discussing nvc so it's difficult to tell. Generally I don't see people from UK waiting long so I'm guessing it trends with embassy but as all things immigration.... Could be any wait time

I base myself off Facebook (yep, I'm that desperate, I joined 2 of them but small groups of Jan/Feb), the WhatsApp group, and also comparing timelines here on VJ. You can get a sense of when they got their NVC number and when they have the interview scheduled. Unfortunately, it's a small quantity of people that do update their timelines or even let us know about their whole journey with complete info. 

[AndiB 677]

7 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

Thank you! And yes, I wouldn't mind at all to already be counting the NVC days! haha I haven't seen anyone from my country get a number yet, even those approved late March. It seems they also are scheduling interviews in Brazil far far ahead. So I am truly worried and time is ticking. But once I am done with I-129F I feel I will be in a better state of mind.

 

I base myself off Facebook (yep, I'm that desperate, I joined 2 of them but small groups of Jan/Feb), the WhatsApp group, and also comparing timelines here on VJ. You can get a sense of when they got their NVC number and when they have the interview scheduled. Unfortunately, it's a small quantity of people that do update their timelines or even let us know about their whole journey with complete info. 

I think once you're past it and fully settled it'll be a stressful but small chapter looking back. Just very different when you're in it 💀

 

I'm in a group for my embassy and no one seems to be waiting really long for nvc (60+). 

Honestly don't see it mentioned at all really, seems a non issue basically whereas the general groups have a lot positing about long waits.

 

Guess we'll all find out 

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

7 minutes ago, AndiB said:

I think once you're past it and fully settled it'll be a stressful but small chapter looking back. Just very different when you're in it 💀

 

I'm in a group for my embassy and no one seems to be waiting really long for nvc (60+). 

Honestly don't see it mentioned at all really, seems a non issue basically whereas the general groups have a lot positing about long waits.

 

Guess we'll all find out 

 

The best thing I have found is finding someone's timeline journey on VJ who is from your country and seeing what their timeline was, that has really helped me for what to potentially expect after NOA2. You can search by timeline and see. 

 

[ChiuA 108]

I think USCIS is trolling me right now, it always said 19th October Case Was Received, and now it says this:   

 

Can they just change dates like this? Our copy also says 19th what lol haha 

[Bh_sarah 942]

5 minutes ago, AndiB said:

I think once you're past it and fully settled it'll be a stressful but small chapter looking back. Just very different when you're in it 💀

 

I'm in a group for my embassy and no one seems to be waiting really long for nvc (60+). 

Honestly don't see it mentioned at all really, seems a non issue basically whereas the general groups have a lot positing about long waits.

 

Guess we'll all find out 

Yeah, I don't know many Jan/Feb filers from UK and Germany to give you an idea. I just searched my WhatsApp group and someone mentioned UK filers waiting 100 days from K1 to interview so that doesn't seem too bad. Like 60 days for NVC to send to embassy + 40 to get an interview date?! Or even less. But some people from other countries are now at 70 days of waiting for NVC to even receive their petition. I do feel it's all still dependant on embassy. People from Thailand and other smaller countries already got their case as "ready". I would just be glad to be in that phase, I feel 70-90 days would go way faster than what I am experiencing now haha I just want things moving!

[FromMexico W/Love 244]

1 minute ago, Bh_sarah said:

Yeah, I don't know many Jan/Feb filers from UK and Germany to give you an idea. I just searched my WhatsApp group and someone mentioned UK filers waiting 100 days from K1 to interview so that doesn't seem too bad. Like 60 days for NVC to send to embassy + 40 to get an interview date?! Or even less. But some people from other countries are now at 70 days of waiting for NVC to even receive their petition. I do feel it's all still dependant on embassy. People from Thailand and other smaller countries already got their case as "ready". I would just be glad to be in that phase, I feel 70-90 days would go way faster than what I am experiencing now haha I just want things moving!

 

From what I have seen on VJ for all countries is that 60 day NVC and 40-60 days to schedule the interview is about the norm right now. 

[AndiB 677]

14 minutes ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

 

The best thing I have found is finding someone's timeline journey on VJ who is from your country and seeing what their timeline was, that has really helped me for what to potentially expect after NOA2. You can search by timeline and see. 

 

Yeah I did, which is why I say it seems country dependent as I haven't seen any uk person have a long wait but it's difficult to conclude overall when almost no one says their embassy when you see all the posts about long nvc waits. So can't tell if it's a handful of countries or random

[AndiB 677]

13 minutes ago, ChiuA said:

I think USCIS is trolling me right now, it always said 19th October Case Was Received, and now it says this:   

 

Can they just change dates like this? Our copy also says 19th what lol haha 

Says 19th underneath though. I would always go by what's on paper you have (NOA1). The online system seems to have a mind of its own. I've seen it common to have a different date based on if you're logged in or not which is ????

[ChiuA 108]

4 minutes ago, AndiB said:

Says 19th underneath though. I would always go by what's on paper you have (NOA1). The online system seems to have a mind of its own. I've seen it common to have a different date based on if you're logged in or not which is ????

USCIS is truly something else lmao first their website sucked and then everything is a fiesta lmao haha. I def have an earlier range than u (seeing ur range on the bottom so very confusing lol) Honestly once this is all done we should meet up and eat food 😕😆 USCIS should pay us our michelin star food xd 

Edited May 10, 2023 by ChiuA

[ChiuA 108]

Just now, amin krin said:

Now it's 90 😶

Prolly bugged, Oballak trying to figure out what's going on I am assuming right now @Oballak 

[AndiB 677]

3 minutes ago, ChiuA said:

Prolly bugged, Oballak trying to figure out what's going on I am assuming right now @Oballak 

They have a note next to it that they think it's a bug but unsure currently