So they just put people in another category. So it would seem the little ride up means nothing?

Not necessarily. Part of the reason that Igor's list works this way is that a lot of those people from six months or more ago have stopped being active. Igor's gives lists a "last active" date and a good portion of those older NOA1 dates have last active dates in 2007. They are people who got approved and just stopped coming to VJ. So they were still taking up a spot even if they've long since interviewed and gotten married. (There are a few exceptions to that and I pray they get their NOA2s soon.)

I just hope I do not become one of those exceptions

I got another fortune cookie at dinner and this one said "Concentrate on your long term goals. Success will soon be yours!" Apparently the cookies are trying to tell me something...I hope they're right!!

Unless I'm mistaken (and that's been known to happen), the data on Igor's list is compiled strictly from timeline data on VJ and doesn't look at nor in any way is tied directly to USCIS information. Also, the last column in his table is "Updated Last". That reflects the last time that couple's VJ timeline was updated and may or may not reflect how active that person has been on VJ. For example, my "updated last" date is 2/25/08, because there has been no USCIS activity on my petition since February and no need for me to update my timeline. But, I continue to be "active" on VJ. By the way, Igor's List presently shows the earliest February K-1 filer at 85 and we're at 101!

JMO.....pulling for the CSC and all of us Feb filers!

For the most part you're right...however if you read the section titles the one we mostly look at is "within the CSC processing time (2007-11-17)". The date is taken directly from the USCIS's list of processing times. So when CSC changes their processing times, people get moved out of that section.

I may not have been clear about what I meant when I mentioned inactive people. A lot of people disappear from VJ after they get their approval...with or without updating their timeline. A lot of the people who show August/September/October NOA1 dates and were last updated in 2007 have stopped updating their timelines.

It's alright guys. We've already waited close to 4 months now. Just another 2 more months or so...we'll get there soon. Besides...summer is nearly here and summer time always seems to go by a little faster.

Monty-are you guys going to have a civil ceremony and then a big wedding in March or are you going to hold off on entering the country until January/February? We're going to have a civil ceremony as soon as the visa is granted (he'll be coming here as soon as I can get a flight to Canada so we can drive back together) and then a big wedding in May. I'm in the throes of wedding planning...I never realized what a girly-girl I was until now.

We want to travel back together and I won't be able to go there until March since I plan on staying there for a couple of weeks (need to save up my vacation time). So we'll just have a civil ceremony when she gets here. Then in the summer we'll have a big wedding...we've got to keep the family and friends happy too!

Alliance sucks. Lin and I belong to the real power. The Horde
Kick the gnome is our favorite game to play on the weekends. Stormreaver ftw
3 70s and a 39 twink undead rogue.

Anyway, I'm a March CSC filer. Looks like I'll be playing WoW without Lin next to me for a while longer eh?

Hope you gals/guys get your NOA2s soon

Bring it!


I'm a 70 'lock with a smattering of alts. We both have one of each class. I stick to the DPSers...I've tried other classes and damage is just what it's in my nature to do. My shammy, rogue, and shadow priest are my favorite alts. My druid is quickly growing into a nice little DPSer, also.



Hopefully not too much longer!

My 70 warrior and lock eat hordling shammy's for breakfast - Alliance rules. Except when I'm playing my horde paladin - then alliance sucks.

lmao...I tried to play horde for awhile and everyone just snipes at each other so much! The first 15 minutes I played someone sat in general chat and ripped apart anyone who dared say anything...and it was pathetic, too! It was like he was trying to root out alliance spies or something. I honestly heard him say things like "That's the kind of thing ALLIANCE would say!! How dare you alliance scum come play on the horde side!!" That's the last time I played horde.

You know...there are so many of us that play WoW...we should start a VJ guild on one of the servers.

Actually I think that's a great idea

You guys lost me,Lol. I know of WoW but have never played. One of the guys I worked with last year played and showed me a little bit. Looked cool, but just not my thing. My thing is motorcycles, if it has two wheels I want it!!! lol

YEP, me too. Give me 2 wheels. The faster the better Not that I've ever broken the speed limit.

Who on earth would ever what to go fast than the speed limit, certainly not me.

Craig tried it last week on the Autobahn on the way back from Denmark (visiting my Dad, the first time they met), and we ended up in 27 km not moving traffic and a closed Autobahn... so we switched seats, because he got bored by moving 2 km in 1 hour

Nor me...I'm sure those speeding tickets were a mistake......

Disclaimer: I've only ever had two speeding tickets in 10 years of driving.

Lol thats funny. When I was in Germany for x-mas and new years Tina and I got stuck in two traffic jams. One on the way to Berlin (someones truck caught fire) for over an hour. I drove on that one and had her dad's Opel pegged when ever I could. When we got back that night he asked if how fast i got it. Then the day I was suppose to fly out we got stuck in a 7 hour traffic jam, I ended up missing my flight and getting an extra day there. But 7 hours in stop and go traffic in a standard was killing my leg!

Ouch! On both counts there...I can't even imagine a seven hour traffic jam!

ok,

anyone have any updates with CSC?

any touches? anything?

this is frustrating.

i wish i lived in Vermont !

I think the site is still down...from what I can tell, no one is getting any touches. I know up until at least earlier this week the USCIS website was not reporting correct information. There were people who had already gotten their P3, but the website was still saying it was pending. As of now, I would place absolutely no faith on it. They still seem to be working the beginning of January, so we've got a bit of a wait still. I think June is our month!

yeah, thats what i have been thinking too....June should see the beginnings of the Feb approvals.


i just hope that if we are going to get RFE's...we would have gotten them by now.

Just don't count on anything. A lot of RFEs come just as they're ready to approve you. What we're really waiting for is for our petitions to hit an adjudicator's desk. Once that happens, it's pretty quick. Most RFEs will show up as other people are getting approved. Just be ready to respond ASAP! Most RFEs get approved very soon after the USC fixes it and sends it back. Just remember...we'll all GET approved...it's just a matter of how long it takes. Hopefully it will be quickly.

Yeah it was a stretch of like 8 or 9 miles with no exits and it was 3 lanes of autobahn going down to 1.

I love when they do that..... not really.... it's common, and no one knows that really. Craig wanted a fast car because he wanted to see how it is driving without speed limit, but most of the time there were to many cars to go really fast, and then when it was free there was a limit. he also hated the car the rental place gave us, so he was making fun of me driving, since I dont drive much in Germany, and in Cleveland I got the Jeep he bought me the last time I came.

I really hope for all of us (or at least a huge amount of us) will get approved in June. Next week snail mail will hit big time, and that stupid 3 on Igors list will grow to a bigger number. I know we have to wait, specially since we applied in the 2nd half of February, and seeing so many people waiting for so long, i just want it to go in order, since I don't like it when someone cuts in line.

thanks aravis that makes my saturday complete... good luck everyone god bless us

nanz

I'm starting to get nervous guys. Maybe it's just my excitement. Here's to all us February filers (and everyone else) that our process goes smooth!

I keep checking every day to see if my case has been touched, this is so frustrating, not sure who else is like me but not having any control in this and it being left up to others to determain my life, Mark's life, and that of the kids just about kills me. I have good days and bad, on the good days I am full of faith, and all smiles, on the bad days I am filled with what ifs and I am scared.
I really need to try and relax more, lately I have had a lot of stress/anxiety attacks because of how overwhelming this all is having to count on other people to do their part. It is great to have people here to talk to who are going through the same process we are, and it helps to know we are not alone.
I need to remember to relax a bit more and trust that God will see us through this.
Good luck everyone and God bless! Make sure you tell us when you hear something!

Im just thankful that theres a thread now for February filers.Although waiting can be strenous sometimes especially for CSC filers I know that we can all make it.Patience is a virtue afer all lol.May God bless us all and lets keep the faith....

I completely understand...I have those days when I know it will be ok and I know that I can make it through the wait. Then I have those days where the world is caving in and I just want it to be over and I don't think I can make it another day...but I have to, that's all we can do. We'll make it through this. Right now the USCIS website seems to be broken...there is a January filer who received their NOA2 by mail and their petition is at the foreign embassy, but the USCIS website is still saying they are "pending approval". It doesn't stop me from logging in at least twice a day...but it does give me a little bit comfort when there is nothing new. K1 visas are almost NEVER rejected unless you don't have proof that you've met. Even then...they'll RFE and demand more evidence...they won't just deny it. Our approvals WILL COME, a year from now we'll all be married and this wait will be like a nightmare...horrible, but over. Just keep the faith, we're going through this for a reason...and it's worth it. *hug*

And what might that reason be? Because we have to file in California? Today is 3 months for me and in some ways it ticks me when I think that some who file in Vermont have a visa in only 3 months.

We had day 100 today, and I'm such in a bad mood, and Craig is so close to the point to stop talking to me. Then again I think of the people who wait more then double, and tell myself how stupid I act and feel sorry and guilty to feel like left behind, when there are plenty others waiting.

I'm very lucky that my fiancee is very supportive of all this. She understands how long it takes and all the people waiting and such. What sucks for me is that I won't get to see her until the visa gets approved since I plan on making one trip to bring her here when everything is approved. So who knows when that'll be. There really isn't much to do instead of just waiting it out. It isn't a question of IF the visa will get approved...just a matter of when.

Because we met someone special...because we fell in love...because we would do anything to be together, and for us, right now...that means waiting a little bit longer.

You know whats funny, Moving to Colorado a few years ago was one of the best things I did. But now I wish I still lived in Maine!!!!! Then I could have been a VSC filer

Naaa, I'd rather be in CSC hell with the rest of you.

wow its nice that u had post this kind of issue here. im also a feb filer i got my noa1 last march 8 but since now i dont received or got any update and touch so far. its sound unfair for me, but i dont want to get mad it will just ruined my face so i better let it up to them as long when it reach 6 mos from the day we filed i hope if we heard something its already NOA2. or else i dont know. lol lets keep update each other on our slow case. lol

Wow that's sweet of you thanks! i'm glad i met you guys here and it makes me strong, i have been so stressed out the last few months but i know god is sooo good and he will never let us down thanks to all of you guys!!! god bless us always...

here's a good luck for all of us...

nanz

What causes you to go backwards on Igors list? Yesterday I was at 153 and now 156

It happens when people create their timeline after the fact. Like if someone filed in February, but only now found VJ...they create their timeline, so it adds more data to Igor's list.

KEEP YOU EYES ON YOUR INBOXES!!! A January 29th CSC filer just got NOA2!!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&start=240

That means us any day now!!

To scared to keep up hopes, so I don't start to hope for another month... but in case its coming sooner I will say "lets dance" but we are right in the middle of February, so maybe by next week the first week(s) of February will get touched

Igor's List is nice, and I think it's a good gauge of what's going on. But, there are some inherent "weaknesses". As another VJer calculated, the number of K-1 petitions sent to the CSC which are on Igor's List represents approx. 5% of the total actually filed at the CSC (don't know her source data, but it seems like a reasonable extrapolation). On Igor's List, VJers are listed in order of the date they sent the petitions. A more accurate comparison would be the date the petition is actually received by the CSC (NOA1 date). But, even that data isn't consistenly entered in the timelines. I know that at least some VJers enter the date that they actually receive the NOA1 and not the date on the NOA1. So, you have to consider that when looking at NOA1 dates on VJ timelines. And yes, I'm sure that I'm not pointing out anything that you probably haven't recognized on your own.

All that being said, I think it's still a good indicator. The recently approved petition with a 1/29/08 NOA1 looks like it probably does reflect the actual CSC received date (it was sent on 1/24/08), and that tells me the CSC must be real close to getting K-1 petitions received in February on adjudicators' desks if some are not already there! And that gives me reason to hope!!

Best of luck to all of us Feb filers!!!

Yeppers wont be long now. Next batter on the plate FEBRUARY FILERS - keep ya head level and remember to follow through on the swing

We filed our petition on February 1st! Ohhhhh... the anxiety is just too much! Keeping my fingers and toes acrossed!

This is the worst process I've ever witnessed. This has been a huge emotional and physical drain on me. I've literally lost 30lbs in the past 4 months, over all the stress. I'm really finding it hard to get excited at this point, and I'm an early feb filer. I haven't even broken 100 on Igors list yet. Sorry for being a downer, but this has really taken a toll on me.

Looks like we have our 1st NOA2 for a Feb filer.

Benny and Cassi.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showuser=43904