Anna Hessler

Hope you are feeling better! From the looks of it, numbers have been fantastic and they are actively working on January 2022 cases! 

Hi folks! I'm the one running I-129F spreadsheet.

Feel free to ask questions!
I will also add these questions + answers to FAQ in Read Me sheet, so it will clarify to more people and I will try to make the spreadsheet more clear.

Hi! I haven't seen Saturday RFE numbers but I didnt want to delay this any further. RFEs don't reduce the backlog or improve the times anyway, so I'm not too worried about them. The numbers are still much better than before, but the approvals and denials only total to about 700. We need ~820+ to reduce the backlog. I didn't include December because I didn't realize that had started, but I think there were only 20 or so.
 
Next week I'll clean this up a little. This week was a bit busy for me. Have a great week! 
 
 

Update 02/09/23
 
121500: 1 Other (Document Was Mailed) (1 new / 0 in progress)
123500: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress)
124500: 1 RFES, 1 Denial (1 new / 1 in progress)
126500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
129000: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
130000: 5 Approvals, 1 Denial (4 new / 2 in progress)
130500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER, 2 Denials (1 new / 3 in progress)
02/09/23: 17 Total Updates: 8 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 4 Denials, 1 Other (Document Was Mailed)
 
Update 02/10/23
 
118500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (3 new / 0 in progress)
121500: 1 Other (Document Was Mailed) (1 new / 0 in progress)
122000: 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (3 new / 0 in progress)
122500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
123000: 1 Approval, 1 RFES, 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (4 new / 0 in progress)
123500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
124000: 1 Other (Date of Birth Was Updated) (1 new / 0 in progress)
126000: 1 RFER, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (2 new / 0 in progress)
127000: 1 Denial (1 new / 0 in progress)
127500: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress)
128000: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
128500: 1 RFES, 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (2 new / 1 in progress)
129000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs, 1 Denial (4 new / 0 in progress)
129500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
130500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
02/10/23: 30 Total Updates: 9 Approvals, 4 RFESs, 10 RFERs, 2 Denials, 2 Withdrawals, 3 Others (Document Was Mailed, Date of Birth Was Updated, Document Was Returned To USCIS)
 
Total for this month: 122 Untouched, 2738 Approvals, 343 RFESs, 157 RFERs, 393 Denials, 10 Expedites(Denied: 10), 181 Withdrawals, 89 Others

O Boy it feels amazing to scan my own approval
 
*September 2/9/23 Updates*
 
132500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
133000: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
133500: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
134000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
134500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
135500: 3 Approvals, 1 RFER (2 new / 2 in progress)
136000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
137000: 1 Approval, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (2 new / 0 in progress)
137500: 13 Approvals (11 new / 2 in progress)
138500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
139000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
140000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 3 in progress)
140500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
2/9/23: 36 Total Updates: 25 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 5 RFERs, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS)
 
Total for this month: 174 Untouched, 1860 Approvals, 368 RFESs, 126 RFERs, 260 Denials, 5 Expedites(Denied: 4 / Received: 1), 119 Withdrawals, 89 Others

Friday Updates:
106500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
112500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
118500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 3 in progress)
02/10/23: 5 Total Updates: 2 Approvals, 3 RFERs
 
Total for this month: 52 Untouched, 2486 Approvals, 224 RFESs, 75 RFERs, 338 Denials, 8 Expedites(Denied: 7 / Approved: 1), 164 Withdrawals, 69 Others

Thursday Updates:
113500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
114000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
02/09/23: 2 Total Updates: 2 RFERs

Although, USCIS changes their mind and contradicts themselves all the time 🤣 so maybe it doesn't! Who knows with them anymore. 

2/9/23 Updates
 
133500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
134000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
135500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
139000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
140000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
2/9/23: 5 Total Updates: 5 RFERs
 
Not sure if USCIS have worked or not, they havent touched anything for September, i even checked for 2/10/23 there was zero updates 😞 
 
 
 

September 2/8/23 Updates
 
133000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
134000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress)
135000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
135500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
136500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
137000: 5 Approvals, 1 RFES (5 new / 1 in progress)
137500: 1 Other (Name Was Updated) (0 new / 1 in progress)
140500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
141000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
141500: 3 RFESs, 1 RFER (3 new / 1 in progress)
2/8/23: 19 Total Updates: 11 Approvals, 4 RFESs, 3 RFERs, 1 Other (Name Was Updated)
 
Total for this month: 197 Untouched, 1831 Approvals, 371 RFESs, 125 RFERs, 260 Denials, 7 Expedites(Denied: 5 / Approved: 1 / Received: 1), 119 Withdrawals, 91 Others

Thursday 2/9/23 Updates:
 
Hmm....they might under maintainance again
 
14000: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
15500: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
16000: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
17500: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
18500: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
20500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
21000: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
22500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
 
11 Total Updates: 6 RFESs, 5 RFERs

Update 02/08/23
 
119500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
122500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
123500: 1 Approval, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (0 new / 2 in progress)
124000: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
124500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
128500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
129500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
130000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress)
130500: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress)
131000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
131500: 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (0 new / 1 in progress)
02/08/23: 14 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 1 RFES, 5 RFERs, 1 Withdrawal, 2 Others (Document Was Returned To USCIS, Document Was Returned To USCIS)

Wednesday 2/8/23 Updates:
 
Worried about the high RFE rate
 
24500: 8 Approvals, 1 Withdrawal (9 new / 0 in progress)
25000: 10 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 Other (Case Transferred To Another Office) (13 new / 0 in progress)
25500: 3 Approvals, 1 RFES (4 new / 0 in progress)
26000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
26500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
27000: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
28000: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
28500: 4 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress)
29000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
29500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
30500: 1 RFES, 1 Withdrawal (2 new / 0 in progress)
31500: 1 Expedite(Denied: 1) (1 new / 0 in progress)
 
45 Total Updates: 28 Approvals, 13 RFESs, 1 Expedite(Denied: 1), 2 Withdrawals, 1 Other (Case Transferred To Another Office)
Most Recent Approval Date: Dec 7
 
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Some other useful spreadsheets shared in other places for tracking K1 process, including us Dec 2021 filers: 
I-129F Report (Daily, Weekly, Monthly); WAC K1 2023 Processing Hope it helps!

Wednesday 2/8/23 Updates:
 
RFE rate is quite high recently
 
13000: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
13500: 5 Approvals (5 new / 0 in progress)
14000: 3 Approvals, 3 RFESs (6 new / 0 in progress)
14500: 3 RFESs, 1 RFER (4 new / 0 in progress)
15000: 1 RFES, 3 RFERs (4 new / 0 in progress)
15500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
16000: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress)
16500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
17000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
17500: 6 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 Other (Case Closed Benefit Received By Other Means) (8 new / 0 in progress)
18000: 3 Approvals (3 new / 0 in progress)
18500: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
19000: 2 Approvals, 2 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress)
19500: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
20000: 2 Approvals, 2 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress)
20500: 5 Approvals, 2 RFESs (7 new / 0 in progress)
21000: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (3 new / 0 in progress)
22000: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
22500: 6 Approvals, 8 RFESs (14 new / 0 in progress)
23000: 7 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 1 Other (Name Was Updated) (13 new / 0 in progress)
24000: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress)
 
101 Total Updates: 62 Approvals, 33 RFESs, 4 RFERs, 2 Others (Case Closed Benefit Received By Other Means, Name Was Updated)

Wednesday Updates:
107000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
114500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress)
116500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress)
117000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (2 new / 1 in progress)
02/08/23: 7 Total Updates: 4 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 Denial

September 2/7/23 Updates
 
132000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
132500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES, 1 RFER (3 new / 0 in progress)
133000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (1 new / 2 in progress)
133500: 3 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress)
134000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
134500: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress)
135000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
135500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
136500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
137000: 6 Approvals (4 new / 2 in progress)
137500: 3 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 1 in progress)
138000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress)
140500: 1 Approval, 3 RFERs (0 new / 4 in progress)
141000: 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (1 new / 1 in progress)
141500: 2 Approvals, 2 RFERs (1 new / 3 in progress)
2/7/23: 44 Total Updates: 22 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 19 RFERs, 1 Withdrawal
 
Total for this month: 205 Untouched, 1820 Approvals, 373 RFESs, 126 RFERs, 260 Denials, 7 Expedites(Denied: 5 / Approved: 1 / Received: 1), 119 Withdrawals, 91 Others

Update 02/07/23
 
121000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
122000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
123000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
123500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
125500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
126000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
126500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
127000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
127500: 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (0 new / 1 in progress)
128500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
129000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress)
130000: 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
130500: 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress)
131000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
131500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
02/07/23: 25 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 1 RFES, 17 RFERs, 1 Denial, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS)

Tuesday (7/2) Updates
1000: 3 RFERs, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (0 new / 4 in progress)
1500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
2000: 4 RFERs (0 new / 4 in progress)
4000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
4500: 3 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress)
5500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
6500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
7000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
8000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
8500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
9000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
2/07/23: 22 Total Updates: 21 RFERs, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) 10000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
10500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
11500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
12000: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress)
2/7/23: 7 Total Updates: 1 Approval, 1 RFES, 5 RFERs

Monday (6/2) Updates
1000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 1500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 3000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 3500: 3 Approvals, 1 Withdrawal (3 new / 1 in progress) 4000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed) (5 new / 0 in progress) 4500: 5 Approvals, 1 RFES (6 new / 0 in progress) 5000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 5500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 6000: 5 Approvals (5 new / 0 in progress) 6500: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress) 7000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 7500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 8500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress) 2/6/23: 31 Total Updates: 22 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 1 RFER, 2 Withdrawals, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed)   9500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 2/6/23: 1 Total Updates: 1 Approval   10000: 3 Approvals, 2 Others (Document Was Returned To USCIS, Document Was Returned To USCIS) (5 new / 0 in progress) 10500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 12000: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress) 2/6/23: 8 Total Updates: 6 Approvals, 2 Others (Document Was Returned To USCIS, Document Was Returned To USCIS)

Tuesday 2/7/23 Updates:
 
24500: 15 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 Other (Case Was Reopened For Reconsideration) (17 new / 0 in progress)
25000: 7 Approvals, 6 RFESs (13 new / 0 in progress)
25500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress)
26000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
26500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
27000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
28000: 1 RFES, 1 Withdrawal (2 new / 0 in progress)
28500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
32500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
 
44 Total Updates: 27 Approvals, 15 RFESs, 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (Case Was Reopened For Reconsideration)
 
Most Recent Approval Date: Dec 7

Tuesday Updates:
108500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
112500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
115000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress)
116000: 4 Approvals, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 5 in progress)
116500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
118000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)
02/07/23: 11 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 4 RFERs, 2 Withdrawals

Tuesday 2/7/23 Updates:
 
13000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
13500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (4 new / 0 in progress)
14000: 4 Approvals, 1 RFES (5 new / 0 in progress)
14500: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (2 new / 0 in progress)
15000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (3 new / 0 in progress)
15500: 3 RFERs (3 new / 0 in progress)
16000: 2 RFESs, 1 RFER, 1 Expedite(Denied: 1) (4 new / 0 in progress)
16500: 7 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS) (12 new / 0 in progress)
17000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
17500: 1 Approval, 4 RFESs (5 new / 0 in progress)
18000: 6 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER (9 new / 0 in progress)
18500: 3 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER (6 new / 0 in progress)
19000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (3 new / 0 in progress)
19500: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs, 1 RFER (5 new / 0 in progress)
20000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
20500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (3 new / 0 in progress)
21000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
21500: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress)
22000: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress)
22500: 6 Approvals, 4 RFESs (10 new / 0 in progress)
23000: 4 Approvals, 3 RFESs (7 new / 0 in progress)
23500: 5 RFESs (5 new / 0 in progress)
24000: 1 RFER (1 new / 0 in progress)
 
101 Total Updates: 44 Approvals, 38 RFESs, 17 RFERs, 1 Expedite(Denied: 1), 1 Other (Document Was Returned To USCIS)

Update 02/06/23
 
119500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
121000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress)
122000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress)
124500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress)
125500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
126000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress)
126500: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress)
128500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
129000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
130500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
131000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
131500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
02/06/23: 17 Total Updates: 16 Approvals, 1 Denial

Hi! I haven't seen Saturday RFE numbers but I didnt want to delay this any further. RFEs don't reduce the backlog or improve the times anyway, so I'm not too worried about them. The numbers are still much better than before, but the approvals and denials only total to about 700. We need ~820+ to reduce the backlog. I didn't include December because I didn't realize that had started, but I think there were only 20 or so.
 
Next week I'll clean this up a little. This week was a bit busy for me. Have a great week! 
 
 

You're right.  Interestingly, the last administration tried to increase fees, but it was blocked by a federal judge.  Seems, this admin is going to get fees increased.  Hopefully, that will allow USCIS to hire more eyes.  Then, eventually, processing times will decrease.