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10 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

 a few cases that show name updated as of yesterday (weird) and... guess what? An approval for April 4th received date. So yep, I think they are moving slowly, since working March cases at the same time, but still moving

 

I just saw this approval too! I'm shocked it actually shows on the tracker.

If your case was received on April 4th get checking! 

So good to see approvals finally 

1 hour ago, PancakeAnnie said:

Has anyone been approved today? 

 

So many people with received date April 3rd got their NOA2 already /my date/ and we still don't have a letter. :/

As far as i'm aware, no. Hold on in there, im sure yours is coming soon and may even be in the mail

The case tracker is not updating for NOA2 (we think) and hard copies of NOA2 won't have been sent out over the weekend. The NOA2's we heard of yesterday were mailed last week and ones mailed yesterday won't be received for a few days. So we should expect a couple of quiet days mid-week to account for the weekend break.

On 04/08/2017 at 0:58 PM, Estibaliz said:

Err, nope. Sorry if I didn't explain well. Cases are ordered by the number in the Excel we have for April cases. I was talking about the position in that list. This was the link to the list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C9ooCSdiBh2W7HG-2aogdXG7P-FkXMa0asKzAkRnBP4/edit?usp=drivesdk

 

Well, of course USCIS doesn't work exactly by order, but maybe kind of... Who knows

@CE and JR here is the post with the document

2 minutes ago, CE and JR said:

Using the Iphone app how do you scans without placing the case number? I understand how you scan by dates or so???

Unfortunately you can't scan directly by dates. However, if you have your WAC number you can scan 500 cases around your number.

By adjusting the WAC number you can then scan cases around another date.
For example: WAC1790265007 is a case with recieved date of 3/27.

There is a document that was posted on here quite a while ago by @Estibaliz that showed WAC numbers and their respective received dates. You can use this document to find a case number for a given date and then scan cases around this date.
Hope this helps

Just now, Alice L said:

can you share the link of case tracker?

I don't have a link since it's an app. It's the iPhone 'USCIS case tracker' from the Apple App Store 

I see lots of RFEs this morning on the case tracker from yesterday for received date 30/31 March. Those will have April NOA1 I assume 

Just now, etteniMTtocs said:

Nope. There case was not expedited. Remember the very first one who received approval in April, way back in June? They have the same NOA1.

Wow, Lucky! Im happy for them. I hope the NOA2 flood gates are open. Especially for those March filers still waiting

3 minutes ago, bjd said:

Just checked mailbox.. Notice type: Approval Notice!  Woohoo!  Stay patient April filers.. yours is coming!!

Congrats!!

9 minutes ago, etteniMTtocs said:

I just want to share, one friend from GC in FB posted her timeline, Monday morning (Philippine time 8/7)

4/7   - packet I129F sent

4/14 - received date NOA1

4/19 - hardccopy NOA1

7/13 RFE Noticed (thru Apps)

7/17 RFE hard copy (incomplete set of marriage termination)

7/21 RFE evidence sent

7/24 RFE received

Aug____???(NOA2 where are you?)

 

Monday evening (Philippine time 8/7)

Her fiance called her and sent her the hard copy of NOA2 approved 08/02/2017.

 

Aprilites we are moving!

Wow, do you know if this case was expedited? It just seems so far ahead of the other approvals

11 minutes ago, rachelmds said:

Hi all!

After months of checking VJ's forum I finally decided to create an account

 

I'm also an April filer - I-129F was received on April 7, and I received my NOA1 one week later... Now fingers crossed for my NOA2, which I hope arrives soon.

Next week it will be 9 years since my fiancée and I started dating, and I'm really hoping he can move here by his birthday in October! Wishful thinking lol

Welcome! If you could fill out your timeline so we can follow your journey that would be great!

4 minutes ago, Tatiana&D.S. said:

Here all vaccinations that you must  have for application for a green card.. if you do not get any necessary vaccinations before the interview, so then in the US it will be more expensive ... on the medical exams you will get filled  form , with  all your tests, X-ray, height, weight,  vaccinations  ... ask also to make a photocopy of this form, ...
  Then after the marriage, when in the US you will file a petition to change the status, an American doctor will transfer  all records to his form, which contains and table 1

 

In short, you need to have vaccinations, then go through medical exams before the interview, and then in the US to present all this for filing a petition on the green card

Ok thank you, I dont think I will need to get any additional vaccinations before the medical . I work in a 'high risk' job and get them all free through the NHS here in the UK.

2 hours ago, Tatiana&D.S. said:

Im quite confused at this... is this something that will be filled out for me at the medical exam or something that I need to fill out myself before the medical exam using my vaccination history?
Thanks

Just now, Salty2305 said:

I am indeed, I'm from Cornwall and moving to Winston-Salem. 

 

How about you?

 

I'm from Lancashire and will be moving to Fayetteville (Fort Bragg Military base). I'll be sure to follow your timeline! Hope everything goes smoothly

I've finally got around to looking at what documents i'll need to gather. I've left the affadavit of support down to my fiance for now to begin working on. Besides getting copies of my birth certificate, passport photos, vaccination history and police certificate is there anything else I need to gather? The first step on the London Embassy page says form DS-160. Can I do this now? I just tried and it appears to let me begin filling it out.

38 minutes ago, Salty2305 said:

Who else is excited for the start of a new week? Hopefully it should mean lots more NOA2s for us April filers! 

 

 

Matt and I are in the process of buying a new house at the moment just to add the growing list of planning a wedding, homeschooling my son, gathering our visa documents and selling all of my stuff! I guess it's true that a woman's work is never done!

Definitely excited for the new week!
Nice to see someone else moving to NC ( I assume). And from the UK too

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Correct. The CO can recommend an approval, but a visa is not actually approved until AP is completed (at which point it will show "Issued" on CEAC).

That's pretty misleading for people then. Since probably 90% of people are told at the interview that their visa is approved 

2 hours ago, Scandi said:

You can end up in Administrative Processing for months after the interview. Everyone goes through AP after the interview but often it's just for a few hours or a few days.

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

That's not how it works. There is a background check at USCIS before approving the I-129F. There's additional checks after the interview (as part of the AP that everybody goes through) before the visa is actually approved.

So when you are at the interview and the officer says 'congratulations, your visa is approved' the visa is not actually approved?

2 hours ago, Hq1987 said:

 

Not true. If that's the case with background checks then why is there Administrative Processing?

The AP is surely done before you are called to the window. 

If you thought I was referring to USCIS, I wasn't. Please see my other posts as nowhere did I mention USCIS. 

3 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

I don't know, it seems to me that could be old information, hence me asking. I just hate false expectations, but I'm hoping for the best, just confirming

In any case, we know they are working on April because we saw RFE'S, so no difference.

Rest well and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Actually I just had renewed hope reading a post on the March filers page. She said the NOA2 had received and NOA2 date. And she stated that the received date on NOA2 is her actual received date. So i think we are good. And the celebrations continue

3 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

So when you check USCIS website it still says "On April 3rd we received..."?

Lol, I'm being paranoid with the received date because I remember reading that the Receipt date showed in NOA2 is the Notice date in NOA1, and as you probably have noticed already that makes a big difference here. Sorry for being too persistent and annoying

Oh, my heart just sank reading this. Sometimes I think knowing too much is making me stress more. Time for sleep I think. Lets hope and pray that next week is a good week.

Enjoy your weekend everyone

Just now, Chris2870 said:

Obviously they are going by received date not NOA1 date. Probably why every app only lists received.

Yes! This is why I am so happy that the received date was April, since a lot of early April NOA1 are actually March received. They have officially moved into April territory

Just now, pfcnr said:

Sorry, I was referring to the original notice of action 1 that you recieved in April. But this confirms that actually your recieved date is 3/4, this likely means your NOA1 is around April 6/7 which is amazing news for us April filers!
Thanks so much for the reply and I hope the process is very smooth for you! Good luck

April filer here! Northern England though sorry

(Edit) Just thought that i'd also add, there is a whole forum for UK filers if you ever need specific information