My husband had his interview on May 16th and as expected he was denied his Visa. We had our I601 all prepared and paid the $545 right then & there but had to mail in the I601 package which they received on May 21st. They told us it would take "up to" 15 weeks for a final decision. Any idea how long it takes to get on the darn list and does the counting of the weeks happen once your on the list or when they receive the package? Looks like they update the list weekly however, we're still not on it yet.

Any information would be helpful...thank you

From what I can remember with my own situation, the timeline begins from the date when they "officially" receive the paperwork. You should get a receipt from them in the mail with the date on it and you can then start counting. I would say that any timeline they give is probably more of a guideline rather than an exact estimate but keep checking the list published on the website ... and most of all, GOOD LUCK.

When you say they received it on May 21st, have you had correspondence from them acknowledging receipt. When I sent mine in it took three weeks from the time I know they received it to the date I received the official notice of receipt stating 12-15 weeks for processing.

I was on the next updated list after receiving the offical acknowledgement of receipt. I was at 'pending' for just over 17 weeks. At 18 weeks I received an RFE, which I submitted within a week. I received my approval a couple of weeks later.

The worst part was getting to 15 weeks and still nothing happening. I can only suggest you prepare yourself for the possibility that that timeline will come and go. At least you have found these boards. Might have helped maintain my sanity if I had found them earlier.

This is getting ridiculous...London updated their site today after more then 2 weeks and moved the Under Review cases to Completed, however there's now only ONE listed in Under Review!! We've been on this list now for 15 weeks and haven't moved. When they told us it would take "up to 15 weeks to review" we thought ok we can wait and patiently we have. Now we're entering our 16th week...when is this going to be complete?

Please, does anyone know the inner workings of the I-601 review process?? How many people do they have working on these cases? How long does it really take to read a waiver packet and make a decision??!!

Hi, Mike and I just sent our waiver in on the 17th of September. They took my money on the 18th of September-according to my account. We have received no official notice and are not appearing yet on the list. You'd think we'd learn after being in this process that nothing ever seems to make sense! But, we hope that this time it will be different I guess. lol You are sooooo close. Good luck and let everyone know please. Tracy

Check out immigrate2us.net, there will probably be more info available there.

I have posted in their forum also, but it seems nobody has any answers. We're just going to have to sit here and wait it out.