Waiting for a NOA2 from CSC for your I-129F?

[StillThePrettiest 3]

not a dumb question

but yes, we only have stats for people registered here... the only other stats I've heard are VERY rounded numbers and essentially worthless for trying to track day-to-day activities like this

when I first joined people were saying (don't know where they got their stats) that VJ represented 10% of the actual number (suspiciously round figure if you ask ME ); later last year I heard it was more like 2%

in either case, it could well be true that they're approving at a similar rate to usual and just haven't come across many VJers lately... let's hope that means a great splurge of them soon

[mox 298]

Hmmm, is that 9 approvals of people registered here? (apologies if that's a dumb question) Because if so, it could be they've just hit boxes of people not registered here and are actually working through a lot of cases.

Not sure exactly how things get calculated

Thanks in advance for explaining it to me! ~ Hannah

Correct, it's 9 VJ'ers. In the past VJ members have seemed to make up a decent representative sample such that we'd always see a pretty even flow of approvals. This leads me to believe that we have a pretty average sampling of VJ members vs the rest of the filing population. I can't remember ever seeing a time where it just outright stopped. Even when VSC slowed to a crawl they were still crawling.

I think it's more likely that for whatever reason CSC aren't updating their online case status. Even though we finally saw an update last night (presumably, since Jane & Jeff show a NOA2 date of Jan 9), I'm hoping that this is the case, and as soon as everyone starts getting their hard copies we'll see a huge influx of approvals.

[Jeraly 4]

Seems a bit odd that they wouldn't update... but then they say that sometimes they just bulk update every month or something... I read something along those lines somewhere... Oh I can't remember where

[Eli the Barrowboy 16]

Yep - fingers crossed for a huge approval rush in the next few days ... now if only I'd met a nice girl from Vermont ... lol ...

[Jeraly 4]

LMAO - yeah... that would be awesome... ah well - could say if only I met a nice guy from the UK!!!

[snowfrostedlashes 0]

Thanks for clearing that up for me

I wish my sister would meet a nice guy from anywhere... she's been dating blokes here in the UK for the last two years and not managed to stumble across anyone right for her (she seems to attract losers, wasters, posers, and commitment-phobic types). I've never really dated (married my first serious boyfriend very young and then later when I'd given up on relationships as a bad lot I ended up unexpectedly falling for my best friend), so I don't know if she's just extremely unlucky or if it really is very difficult to find someone compatible.

Anyway, hopefully by Monday we'll see a rush of updated timelines and proclaimations from happy VJ members!

[Jeraly 4]

Nah - why hope for Monday when you can hope for today!!!!

[Queen Jenn 0]

Thanks for clearing that up for me

I wish my sister would meet a nice guy from anywhere... she's been dating blokes here in the UK for the last two years and not managed to stumble across anyone right for her (she seems to attract losers, wasters, posers, and commitment-phobic types). I've never really dated (married my first serious boyfriend very young and then later when I'd given up on relationships as a bad lot I ended up unexpectedly falling for my best friend), so I don't know if she's just extremely unlucky or if it really is very difficult to find someone compatible.

Anyway, hopefully by Monday we'll see a rush of updated timelines and proclaimations from happy VJ members!

Hey, how old is your sister? One of my guy friends was just telling me he was getting back into the dating field and wondered about finding a nice English girl. Maybe we could set them up. (She'd be going through CSC, tho . . .)

[Eli the Barrowboy 16]

Well we have an extra 2 today ... well done Fabiola & Rafael and Olga & Wayne. 11 down this year and counting ... counting - very - slowly. Way to go CSC!!!!

[mox 298]

Yes, the wheels do seem to at last be turning again. Very...verrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy...slowwwwwwwly...but turning at least.

[Jeraly 4]

Ahhh - but which way?!?

[mox 298]

Ahhh - but which way?!?

Hey now, none of that!

[Jeraly 4]

Haha - yeah well - it is awful at the moment - If I were still waiting for my NOA2 or if I had just filed I would be gutted to be with CSC at the moment they are a disgrace - VSC seems to have got its act together but CSC has practically fallen off the charts!

[mox 298]

Haha - yeah well - it is awful at the moment - If I were still waiting for my NOA2 or if I had just filed I would be gutted to be with CSC at the moment they are a disgrace - VSC seems to have got its act together but CSC has practically fallen off the charts!

And ya know, it wasn't that long ago I was thinking "wow, I'm sure glad I didn't file through VSC!" Remember those days? It's a complete reversal.

[snowfrostedlashes 0]

Hey, how old is your sister? One of my guy friends was just telling me he was getting back into the dating field and wondered about finding a nice English girl. Maybe we could set them up. (She'd be going through CSC, tho . . .)

Eh, that's kind of you to suggest but I haven't had any luck trying to interest her in moving abroad under any circumstances thus far, and believe me I've suggested it in the past as an option because she lived in Amsterdam for a year in the past. She's 3 1/2 years older than me (makes her almost 33) with two children and is exceptionally pretty, slender, very outgoing, and bright... but she does have vivid red hair, several pretty tattoos, and a full-on personality (and wants to have another baby), which seems to scare some men off! Not really sure what she's looking for in a man, except that she can't stand ugly feet or smoking... *shrugs* ~ Hannah

On a more topic-related note, is there any way of finding out approximately how many cases in total that CSC processes per standard week on average? As in, do they have this information and will they disclose it if asked? I just thought that under the current circumstances of very few VJ members being dealt with so far this year, it might give us a better idea of likely timescales.

Edited January 11, 2008 by Mark and Hannah