September Filers!

[mox 298]

Actually I'm not seeing any August CSC approvals. There's a lot of approvals for those who received their NOA1's in August, but if you look at their sent date, they're July filers. There are some August approvals through VSC though. Come on Cally, let's knock the dust off those August boxes!

[Norman and Dijani 0]

That maybe true, but anywhere it says august makes me happy! Plus the july filers who got their NOA1 in the beginning of august usally sent their stuff at the end of July, which is nice as well! Just trying to look on the bright side!

[mox 298]

I'm all about the bright side!

[mox 298]

Oh and not that I'm obsessively refreshing the timeline spreadsheet or anything, but I just saw the first real August approval pop up. Be ready to move out September filers, our day approaches!

[Mo_Mati 2]

Mo, click on Immigration Timelines at the top, and then "View K-1 Visas." Click on the arrow next to the NOA2 column to sort by the latest NOA2's received. That's how you can determine the latest NOA2's. If you want to only see specific service centers, go to the bototm of the page and choose the pulldown for service centers. For a correct total on CSC approvals make sure you look at Texas and Nebraska service centers too.

Thanks Mox for the clear explanation. That makes a lot more sense. but now I am wondering how you are able to see the actual sent date vs. the NOA1 date. I do not see that option (I am quite visual...and I just don't see it). So how do you know that the first "Actual August Filer" was approved? Thanks!

[mox 298]

Look at the column that says "I-129F Sent." It's the 5th column from the left. If you sorted by NOA2 date (most recent to least recent), you'll see that 6 rows down "Carina & Cameron" sent their I-129F on 8/27. You could also sort on "I-129F Sent" but that's a bit more cumbersome, you have to click through several pages.

[Brian & Kathy 0]

I was wondering if it was actually a military expediant. That's a very late august even. They'll be into a lot of august very soon though.

Brian

Actually I'm not seeing any August CSC approvals. There's a lot of approvals for those who received their NOA1's in August, but if you look at their sent date, they're July filers. There are some August approvals through VSC though. Come on Cally, let's knock the dust off those August boxes!

[Norman and Dijani 0]

My question is wouldnt it matter more when the recieved date on people's NOA1 was rather then when they sent their petition? If this is true then we are well into August. Maybe brightside again? I cant help it!

[mox 298]

Not really. I sent my petition on September 12, and it was received September 13. My NOA1 date (the date they issued the NOA1) is November 1. Some people put the NOA1 date for the NOA1 date, and some people put the received date as the NOA1 date. So we look at the sent date, because it's really the only consistent date we have.

[Norman and Dijani 0]

That does make sense

[mox 298]

And I just re-read my post and realize I said "date" about forty bajillion times. I have the vocabulary of a...of a...of...um...something that has a very limited vocabulary.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

a date, perhaps?

[mox 298]

HA! Yes!

[Bobalouie 0]

HA! Yes!

I did the same thing as you Mox. I originally had my NOA1 date in the timeline and changed it to my received date about a month ago.

[mox 298]

Thought I'd alleviate some of my waiting anxiety with some mini analysis, so here goes.

So far this week, 23 approvals, 16 of which are CSC. Not too shabby considering this should be a slow week, but instead we're roughly on course to meet last weeks totals, which were pretty danged good.

I'm a little disappointed CSC haven't dipped further into the August crates by now (still only one August approval for CSC), but it does seem that they're heading into the finish line with July with a full head of steam. I'll be surprised if we don't start seeing regular August approvals next week.

I'm still optimistic that January is going to be our month. The August and September filing base combined is half the size of all the July filers, and USCIS busted out most of July within about a month.

Hope this info makes your holidays happier!