I am happy for you guys, at least late Jan filers heard something from USCIS.

As of today, still no updates from my side. getting a bit anxious !!!

Well today is my 90 days since the CSC has had my paper work 85 days since I received my NOA1 still no touches no nothing if they request more info I will scream if the CSC is so over burden with paperwork than why dont other centers like the VSC help out imagine if the US goverment actually had to work like business i think they would been out of business years ago

I've rarely seen someone announce "just received" their NOA2 in the middle of the day. Do you think the updates at the site

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/caseStatu...id=almQ_s_wKrs4

are sent by an automated program in the evening? Has anyone received their NOA2 in the middle of the day?

sigh... George

I feel like crying so bad today!

Mine was in the afternoon at 3:19PM

Is it normal to get touched AFTER being approved? What does that mean? Maybe that they sent it off to NVC already?

I don't know about normal, but I got approved on a Friday and touched again on the following Monday...

I sure hope that's what it means!

And, we got our approval e-mail a quarter after midnight EDT.

Congratulations to all the touches and approvals over the last day or so!

Hang in there, FutureMrs.

Don't cry Sarah. I warned you cause I knew it would be hard. I also warned you about checking every day and driving yourself crazy. Even with all the support from here, there, and everywhere, sometimes it is better to step back for a while and not focus on the waiting. You will survive it and you will be fine. Just hang in there.

The date listed before yesterday's "touch" was a day after the NOA1 was dated. I'm guessing that once they generate an action, it gets posted in the file and can probably result in something else happening with that date. And the guess that it means it was sent to NVC is probably a good one!

Yes, it is normal. A touch the day after approval happened to me and to lots that I know. People say that it means that CSC has sent your file off, and I think that is a fair assumption. My file was received by NVC a week after that touch. So congrats, you are on the move now!!!


Karoline

Sounds good! Thanks!

Viel Glück beim Interview

Date has changed again to 4/26 from 4/25. Work, CSC! Work!!!!

Monday will be week four of our NOA2 approval, but the NVC still has no record of having received our case. Is this normal? Should I start freaking out because they probably lost it?!

Dankeschön!!!

I should try to take this advice too! My goal was to go today without checking visajourney or uscis. And it's only 11:15 and I already failed.

Just wanted to let u guys know:

I was TOUCHED today

Jan 24 Noa1
April 26 Touch
CSC

K-1 Fiancee is in India

You are so lucky. I had touches Friday, Monday and tuesday and now it s thursay and NOTHING.

I not only want to cry .. I am just tired of being glued to the uscis website.. and always checking.. its getting me no where and depressed all the time. I have 14 days till I am in Algeria and 13 days till I get on the plane and start travelling and all of this makes me so sad and burned out. I thought for sure I would know something by now.. even with the waiver because everyone seems to be getting their cases worked on and approved

dont feel bad.. have an imbra waiver and there are people with imbra waivers in vermont who have already had interviews

I got a touch!

My NOA-1 was 01/16.

There are people from VSC that filed in March of 2007 and they already have their fiancees here. If that does not make you nothing will.

Febuary Filer

k1journey,

Congrats on the touch.

Can you please make a timeline and update it? That will help us all out.

thanks

Congratulations everybody to all the touches and NOA2's!! It's great to see they are actually working over there at CSC.

We are still waiting... Maybe they will start working on our case next week...

Any official numbers? % of Jan CSC noa2's??

We should be at least at 50% by now if not 60% approved.

wahrania, girl, you're even depressing me now! i know you're freaked out, but it seems like you should reallllly take a break from checking the USCIS site all the time. i know that might sound like backwards advice, but you need to give yourself a break from worrying about this stuff, it isn't healthy all the time. i do my fair share of freaking out too, believe me, but i also sometimes rent a good movie or go out to eat or just do SOMETHING that isn't stewing-over-the-NOA2. as you've seen, touches mean someone is touching your file, but no more and no less than that until you hear about definite action.

TimsDaisy...I think you time is coming up... It would be nice to send a congrats.

Thanks! I hope so. I'm trying to stay calm and just be pleased that someone is doing something with our file. I'm trying not to sit around "expecting" to hear for sure today. Though I can't say I don't get jumpy everytime I get a "new email" message!

And here's hoping the rest of the Jan gang gets some action!

still new here -- are you guys getting "touches" through the email notifications you set up on the USCIS website or are you having to go each time and check their site on-line?
thanks!
autumn

It's a change in the "last updated" field in your USCIS online account portfolio. It won't generate an email because technically it isn't an action of any kind. A touch doesn't mean you were approved or denied or are getting and RFE. It doesn't mean anything until you, uh, find out what it means.

Some people get a bunch. Some people get none at all. Some don't even get emails and just have an NOA2 show up in their snailmail box.

well, i guess we got 'touched' today then this is the first time i've checked our status online in over a week (too depressing to see it still say 'pending Jan 22/07). low and behold, the last updated date is today! no email received, but hopefully that means we don't have to wait too much longer to get our NOA2... which would be so good because my fiance has really been getting depressed this week i feel the same; i'm trying to stay strong for him, but it's getting very hard.

wish us luck things start to happen quickly now *crosses fingers and toes*

You must check the USCIS website for a "touch" that does not result in an action. An action that results in a change of status will generate an email. A "touch" only means the petitioner's file was scanned, resulting in a date change. This means someone is looking at your file.

...sigh George

Hi all, i filled in the timeline

1/29 NOA1'ers, where are you guys????????????????/


Any touches???????

Not us lucho, just here impatiently waiting and getting tired of seeing "Last Updated 02/01/2007"

I got toched today.

Last updated 1/31/07
But I'm excited to hear about all these touches - We still have time for a lot of approvals this week!

sweet!!! go csc, go!!!

I just saw the date change. I haven't received any emails so far.

You won't get an email until they actually take an action on your file - approval, denial, or RFE generated. Right now, the date change just means someone is dealing with the paperwork. No outcome until there's an outcome!

Good luck

And dependant on whether the online system is working properly... it is possible to get the approval e-mail even two weeks after you get the hardcopy approval notice in the mail.... been there, done that.....

Ah yes, of course. The email system works when it does work to notify you unless it doesn't in which case it won't. So take from the online case status what you will or what you won't and know that it does and does not actually indicate any action. Making it about as clear and reliable as anything else in this process.

Maybe you and I should either chat on the phone or IM each other instead of checking on our cases!

JG: Yes I know! lol

Hang in there ALL!

I faxed my congressman info today, they will send an inquiry tomorrow. My hands are now tied, I have done all I can! Time to have a life!

FutureMrs,

I'm counting on your post of whatever you learn regarding your petition that you can share. No new NOA2s posted in the timelines yet today..

...sigh George

I wrote Congressmen two weeks ago Tuesday regarding inconsistent processing times and the overall lengthy process of obtaining family-based visas. I didn't (at this time) request for assistance with my own petition specifically - although I did sign all of the information waivers to provide them with any information that may be of assistance (and hey - if they want to help - by all means, get on it). Followed up with an email yesterday because I had not received a response yet. Today I got a letter in the post from my Senator who is up for re-election next year. Posted response he sent me in the USCIS forum.

California Service Center

This will be interesting, thank you. I can't get the link to work.
George

Just click on the username and find username's posts!

I will surely let everyone know when and if I hear anything!

I have been watching this thread for a while now for a friend that filed late in January. Try not to let this wait get you down. I know it seems like forever but in the grand scheme of things it is nothing. If you look at our timeline we waited a long time for the approval. At the time it seemed like forever. Now that it is all behind it was nothing.
On the bright side, the process moves very quickly after this step.
Try to find some patience in your heart. Think ahead!.
Does your foreign love speak English well? You may want to find ESL classes for them.
Are there children involved? You should talk to the school.
Do you have tax records for the I 134?
Do you know where your local health department is so that you can complete the immunizations?
Do you understand the DS 3025, the I 94, and the I 693A?
When you get the NOA2 it is very important to protect it. Make a lot of copies. If you lose this document it will cost you 200 bucks to get a copy.
Have you read about work authorization? This takes a while and frustrates most people down the line

Here's the Congressman response I got. This will be a bit easier anyways. Not TECHNICALLY a double post, right?

Dear Ms. Tiffany

Thank you for your recent correspondence and for bringing this matter to my attention. The decisions of federal agencies have a direct impace on the lives of many Texans. For that reason, I understand the importance of this issue to you. As your United States Senator, I am happy to offer my assistance.

Accordingly, I have contacted the appropriate officials at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and asked them to provide a response to your concerns. I will write you again as soon as I receive their reply to my inquiry.

I appreciate having the opportunity to represent you in the United States Senate and to be of service in this matter.

Sincerely,

John Cornyn
United States Senator



P.S. Thanks for the much-needed pep talk, Sjoe. Think we're all a bit down lately with CSC dragging their feet!!!