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Wow, thank you Captain Ewok for these data insights! Super fascinating to see how it’s all calculated. Makes sense now why despite that September 7th date in the snapshot I gave above, my personalised approval estimate remained at the end of October. And, of course, estimates are estimates! It’s just nice keeping track of current data trends to get an ‘idea’ of how things are running currently. I do sincerely hope they somehow catch up and approval estimates get reduced back down to the 11 month mark. It was not until the fee hikes in April 2024 that we started seeing approval estimate windows increase. I believe a factor may have been the surge in applications in March 2024 - presumably everyone trying to apply before the fees went up. Anyhow, thank you again for taking the time out for a fun data analysis personalised to my case!

Someone taught me a ‘science’ to figuring out your mail-in corresponding case block range for online filers. If you go on https://www.casestatusext.com/forms/I-130/IOE-LB - towards the bottom see the ‘Who are the lucky ones?’ Section. Filter the list by date, then find your NOA1 date. Keep doing this while changing the NOA2 date at the top of the table, and you’ll begin noticing a trend in the number range for your NOA1 date and the surrounding dates. For example, I figured for my online receipt the corresponding mail-in case blocks are within the IOE092245 - IOE092246 range. I further confirmed this on the ‘Case Track’ mobile app when I typed out these ranges and all of them had the exact same NOA1 date as mine for I-130’s.

Yes, this was my main concern. I was actually concerned someone put in an expedited case approval that cause CSC timeline to jump 😅

It seems the paid tracking aspects on TrackMyVisa are only for I-129F applications. But there's some interesting graphs to see for free for I-130's! Thank you guys! I actually find it very interesting that in the last 28 days the NOA1 month that's had the second most updates is March 2024 after May 2023. The graph almost looks like they're working backwards from March 2024 right now 😅

Hi guys, I saw a huge jump for CSC so I’m intrigued how these estimated processing times work/are calculated? I have 3 I-130’s, all of which were accepted at Texas Service Centre. 2 of them were transferred to Nebraska and 1 to California.

So, I contacted the medical centre and they responded saying under 12s DON'T require a COVID vaccine as of 1st April 2024. I can't see this documented anywhere online officially. Can anyone re-confirm if they've seen this somewhere?

Judging by the timelines I've been following online I think you'll be approved any moment. For standard processing times I've seen approvals for max May 26th in these recent days. So you should be next in line any moment now. Ignore the website estimate regardless, that's never accurate nor foretelling of anything.

For all of those who have had recent experiences with getting medicals done for an CR1, were you required to get a COVID vaccine done? Where did you get that done from (I do not see it readily available anymore)? Secondly, anyone know where to get them done for under 12s?

You should be fine! I went last month for 3 weeks with pending i-130 on an ESTA. I did not have global entry but I did do the MPC app thing which took me to a smaller quicker liner (it was actually even shorter than the global entry line) and I was not asked anything other than 'are you here on vacation?' to which I said 'yes'. That was as much interaction as I had.

For those that may benefit from this, I visited on an ESTA and there was no issue at all. I kept proof of residency/ties to home docs with me just in case. I did not need to show them. I used the MPC app which took me to a very small line with just a handful of people in front of me. All I was asked by the immigration officer was 'are you here on vacation?', and I said 'yes'. He was super nice and cheerful. He then took my fingerprints and stamped my passport, said 'have a nice trip!' and that was that. I was out super quick of the airport. Hopefully this can help anyone reading up on this!

We have 3 applications - 2 are for step-children. From the start it showed one step-kid as 4 weeks (then when that time ran out it showed 'taking longer than expected'). The spouse showed as 3 months. And second step-kid showed at 6 months.

Do we need to file separate K4's for children? Or is our collective mention under one K3 form fine?

We're just a few days apart! Let's see how this fares for us experience wise.

Status change to 'case actively being reviewed'.

Thank you for the helpful and detailed post! 🤍 This helps a lot.

No harm in asking for people's personal experiences on a forum format.

I see so many posts on here regarding expediting requests, and majority of the answers are how that's not a good enough reason.... I don't see any post here that shows you what a valid/good reason actually is to expedite. I feel like every reason that would cross my mind as a valid expedite request has been vetoed on here - so I am genuinely curious now. I'd like to know on here if anyone had their request to expedite approved, what was the reason you gave? Or if anyone knows of anyone elses experience and what the specific reason for expediting was that got approved?

I know it's early days yet, but would love to start a thread here for fellow Sep23 filers so we can track progress together! Filed: Sept 22, 2023. NOA1: Sept 22, 2023. AR: Sept 29, 2023. I am contemplating the filing of an I-129F. Not sure yet.

Ok. But if I do get approved to transfer the London consulate, that still means the AP starts sooner if it's going to happen regardless whether in London or Islamabad. And the sooner it starts, the sooner it's over with. So either way, London consulate will still be a quicker process regardless.

Is the "Case is being actively reviewed" status update generic, I am assuming? We have progressing I-130's for myself (the beneficiary spouse) and 2 children - they all got the status update simultaneously, which makes me think after a set time frame they just update it automatically? That no one actually probably touched the application yet...

From what I've read it's mostly males who get put in AP, the same males that get pulled aside at any POE in the US as their names typically are flagged in the system. But of course, always a risk in any case to be put in AP. That cannot be helped. There's potential negatives all over in this whole process. Trying to focus on a potential positive

Thank you guys. If Islamabad wasn't as terrible as it is right now I would have probably just not bothered. But if there is a slither of chance even to knock 2 years off and can't harm the application then definitely worth trying! Yes, already put Pakistani address for the i-130 form. In terms of any documentation to prove address, the only thing I'd have is my UK bank account which still has a UK address. Can't think of anything else that may have it. Will try anyways and see how it fares!

Thanks guys. Does it come up in the interview at all? Do they question reasons behind transferring the consulate? I don't want to appear dishonest if they question where I live. Or have them use it to try to catch me out.

Ok, thank you Crazy Cat. Guess it'll be a short visit with time taken off work...

Oh no Do you think there's harm in trying? Because of Islamabad this whole process is going to take like 4 years for me to be able to finally be with my husband and it's stressing me out. If I can change the consulate to London I can knock off 2 years, which is significant.