If you telephone USCIS does that show up automatically as a touch on your case even though someone may not have even handled your file at all ?

I dont think so..

ANY OTHER REPLIES???????????????//HAS ANYONE CALLED USCIS AND SPOKE WITH SOME THEN LATER SAW A TOUCH ??????????????????????????????/

Im pretty sure that that doesnt show up as a touch.

Well I called on the 19th and saw a touch on the 21st . I decided to call again ont the 22nd and speak to someone again and I saw a touch late in the evening on the 22. According to this test , it seems the touch are only login of a called relating to that receipt number

When I called Aug 25, had a touch the next day; Called last week, talked in length to an Immigration officer - no touch. who the heck knows.........

yes! people often get touched after a call to the USCIS, maybe 1/3 of the time. So, it isnt bad or good. Usually the touch will read something like "we will send out a notification to your question etv etc etc"

Good Luck!

How can you read a touch??????????????????????????????????

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How can you read a touch??????????????????????????????????
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You can't read a "touch". That's the point!

Yes. I happened to me. I listened to the prompt as if I were inquiring about a recent RFE that I had received. When I got a live person on the line, I explained to them that I haven't yet received the IMBRA RFE. 2 days after that call, my petition was touched (first time). I'm not sure whether it was mere coincidence or not.

I have had touches after e-mails. I would just write it off to the phone calls to be honest with you. Sometimes they update it sometimes they don't. They aren't consistent.

when my fiance went to uscis last oct., we had a touch the following day 10.05.06, then we received an email again 10.06.06 stating that on october 5, they sent a letter/mail in respond to our question regarding the processing of our papers...

hmmm...

Well I guess sometimes its just a mere coincidence!