Thanks, Rambaldi:

I think you can contact your congressperson any time but they will only be able to apply any pressure if you are past the date or if there is some kind of error that they are not addressing at USCIS. I was worried about having two different dates April 18th (the actual received date) and an erroneous May 11th received date that showed online. USCIS agreed that the April 18th date was the correct one but did not change the May 11th date. I figured better get someone else involved since the difference in date could mean two months of extra waiting before approval the way things are going. Having worked in numerous state and federal agencies, I was always respectful of the work government employees did especially when you compare their pay to the private sector. But I also know that things won't change unless people put pressure on their congressional representatives to provide more resources to the USCIS to get more help.

Anyway, I am only one person and I think the experience so far has been wholly unpleasant and I shall let everyone know if my received date does change on the USCIS. I'm just glad the the NOA1 has the correct date I guess.

Thanks and good luck to all.

Hmmm yeah no touches in the past 2 days. So I am assuming the 3 touches I have are due to two phone calls.

We got our NOA2 today! About damn time! lol

Well I guess friday the 13th is your lucky day and not a "bad luck day" like they all say. Congrats to you.

Thank you!

(one Friday the 13th...June 13, 2003, I hit a deer on my way to work. This Friday the 13th is infinitely better )

OH WOW! This is the best news! I am so HAPPY for YOU! YAY YOU GUYS! Congratulations!

*hugs*

Annette

Hiya!

just wondering if any of the late april filers have been 'touched' a lot? We have not had one touch or a NOA1. We have called them and they gave us a case number, but thats it. has anyone been approved? ta!

-hugs- Thanks so much!

I hadn't called CSC since Monday so I decided to try again today. My case still hasn't been assigned. I asked what the heck is happening lately, why timelines have been extended by a month and only two approvals have came out this month. She informed me that they are having SERIOUS computer problems. She tried to give me the December line but I told her about VJ and that how most were being approved, up until recently, in 80-90 days. She informed me that those days are long gone. So I default to wioombeen's advice and I take solice in knowing that I am so lucky to be with the one I love, a few extra weeks (or months) or separation are trivial. Congrats on the NOA2 from VSC thesparrow, you are one of the lucky ones. Have a good weekend all and let's hope and pray that CSC will end it's month+ long vacation next week.

What I find funny about this is the fact that they stated that one of the reasons for the new increase in fees is so that they can go digital and increase the processing time since they would not longer have to do it "BY HAND" anymore. So their Pc's are down. Get out the Ol' #2 and get to work.


TO: Thesparrow

CONGRATSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ABOUT TIIIIIIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOT WOOOOT!!!!!!





wioombeen

Edit:
Lessen the processing time haha not increase it haha.

wioombeen

Hey QUINN...you and I both got NOA2 on same day (6/27)...I called NVC today and they got our petition 7/12 and gave me a case number. One more step behind us.

For all the Aprils waiting for NOA2...really sorry not to see more get approved..stay strong & best wishes.

Very cool ...you'll always remember this date, congrats. Now if CSC could get busy for other Aprils.

Hey Rambaldi - I updated my dates a little on my signature today...don't know if it matters since you went through TX? Hope you get your NOA2 soon. You and I are one of the few going thru Spore. Looks like I (& QQ) will be blazing that trail for you. So we'll have to keep in touch as we go through Spore.

Hey April filers!!!!! It's showtime for y'all...just wanted to wish y'all luck!!!!!!

I think that would be too much modernization for them...maybe stone and chizzle would be much more their speed, but i don't care as long they work on the cases and not use the computers as an excuse to prolong our anxiety filled wait.


Robert

CONGRATS the sparrow!!! Best of luck for the rest of your journey!!

Now if CSC will get a MOVE ON!!

Aww Tom I dunno either, it's hard to predict or even imagine what they're up to, or doing..... Oh, I see it now, so you actually got your NOA1 on the 5th instead of the 9th. Would you help us all out and edit that in your timeline too pls!! Thanks for your kind words, CSC was really dead this week!!

My friend went through the S'pore consulate too last year, and she said it was pretty fast. So I bet you should be hearing from them pretty soon. Good luck! And yeah, keep checking in, let me know how the rest of your journey goes!

Oh really?? That's great news!! Hopefully my petition was in the same box!! Right now, I'm just going to wait until either my Fiance gets package 3 or I finish the exam, which ever comes first. In the back of my mind tho, your petition being sent to NVC means mine was too! thanks for the update, i really appreciate it!

We mailed our petition on March 28. Received NOA1 on April 09. No touches, no RFE.
Would it do any good at all for me to call the Customer Service center about my case? Or will they just tell me it's 'pending' and send me on my way?

At the least- if they sent a RFE we would have gotten it long before now, right? Right?!

CONGRATS!!!
Hope to see a lot more approvals soon!!

Caro

Welcome Cassandra+Yuibi - we have the same NOA1 date. =)

Hope they get to the April 9th pile soon - we haven't been touched or anything yet either.

~ Eka

Yeah they will just tell you it's pending and that they are still only working on cases dated from December. Which is not entirely true, HAHA I still do it though haha

We also have the same NOA1 date as you and Eka & Pyrrhic.



Wioombeen

So happy for you!! but will also admit Im soo jealous!!

Come on VSC (were on day 130 for our I-130, and day 113 for our I-129)!!


good luck to everyone!!

California Service Center Now Issuing Delayed Form I-797 Approval Notices
USCIS is pleased to announce that it has resolved the systems problems creating delays in Form I-797 notice issuance from the California Service Center (CSC) that had been previously announced to the public. CSC is in the process of generating and mailing the delayed approval notices and affected customers should expect delivery by July 20, 2007. We appreciate the patience our customers have shown during this effort.
Affected customers who have not received a notice by the July 20, 2007 date (for example, if you have checked the online system and it indicates that your case was approved and you have not received an approval notice), may submit an inquiry for review to the e-mail box. Please include your receipt number and/or your A number with your inquiry. The CSC e-mail address for inquiries is: CSC.NoNotice@DHS.Gov

maybe we will all be getting some good news very soon...

fingers crossed!

Annette

Well.. at least that is something... maybe they will start shoveling those NOA2s through now.. (i can be hopeful anyways)

I sure hope so. They will need a pretty big shovel!

I updated our timeline. I wasn't sure initially which date I should put in there. Good to hear the S'pore consulate gets them through relatively quickly. My fiance is actually from China but has been living/working in Singapore for 6 years. Best wishes.

I never called, never a touch, or RFE (thankfully). Not sure if calling does anything to speed it up? Hang in there, I would think the approvals are coming soon for the rest of April filers. It probably slows down this time of year because more people are on vacation (unfortunately). It's the government, the others are not putting in overtime to makeup for it.

I have really come to despise SPAM that is titled with some variation of "Your Approval".

Almighty then. One more hour and I will be on day 98 and It will be, in my time zone anyway, officially Monday. By this Friday I will be on day 102. Then of course for all of those who share my own deficiency in mathematics, the following Monday, I will be day 105.

I am wondering if I will be submitting a similar post on day 105, or will I be with the rest of those who I HOPE TO GOD will be obnoxiously(and rightly so) announcing their NOA2s before then HAHA.. We will see eh?

We need to bring the thread from 32 pages to well over 40 this week in NOA2 announcements/congratulations alone.!!!

CSC! Let the week begin!

Wioombeen

Same here - day 97, no touches, no nothing. It's getting really frustrating.
We're not calling to avoid illegitimate touches , but I feel the need for some action already.

There is a bunch of us here all around the same time frame. Our NOA2 announcements will be like a heating bag of jiffy pop popcorn.

wiombeen

OK a whole new week...I hope we get bucket fulls of good news here and if you do get that elsuvie NOA2 make sure you post about it on here and change your timeline so we can all celebrate along with you!

Come on CSC let's GO already...

Annette

Well Monday is half way over now . COME ON CSC....GEEEEEEEVE TO UUUUSSSS.

The Official 100 Day Rant:

Tomorrow will be 100 days since our NOA1 was issued, 110 days since the petition was mailed and 130 days since my fiance and I were last together. Not as long as some but much longer than others. I've been pretty patient so far, but in the spirit of Quinn, I'm unleashing a furious rant with hopes that CSC will turn around and approve us. I'm not very optimistic, but it's worth a shot.

As the days pass, I grow more agitated. I feel like we are being penalized for doing things by the book. I'm Canadian. I could have gone to the US ages ago, visited my then boyfriend and married. By this point, we would be well into the adjustment of status process. Instead, we did things the "right" way and got stuck with absurd processing times and equally extreme AOS costs, in addition to the regular costs of filing the I-129F, traveling to the interview, medical, obtaining the visa, etc that would have been avoided by jumping ahead to AOS.

We chose to do things the right way because we are law-abiding citizens of our respective countries. I plan on living the rest of my life in the USA with the man I love - there is no reason I would jeopardize that to shave a few months off the process. Canada has it's own problems with immigration and I have little respect for anyone that abuses the system of their current or future homeland. I would certainly not want to become one of those people myself.

However ...

It takes 100+ days to plug my name into a database and flip through some photos and emails??? Give me a break. If us regular folk were that inefficient in our respective professions, we'd be fired. Our employers would go under with that sort of track record too. Seriously CSC - hire more people, delegate, do something! I realize that major changes are coming into effect at the end of this month and I hope the process is improved for future couples but I have my doubts.

In the end, what are a few extra months apart when we're planning for a lifetime? I'll tell you what - a few extra months that we could have spent together. And once gone, a few extra months that we can never have back.

Angry enough? Kinda sad too. Give us our NOA2 already!

Rawr!

~ Eka

I will bet you one root beer that you will have a touch by tomorrow!! All of CSC is probably in line at the local Borders waiting for the new Harry Potter book.

Seriously tho, clearly something is wrong with CSC. I expected to have to give out lots of congrats by now. It's just not right to suddenly go into massive delay mode. I really feel for you guys, it just doesn't seem fair at all.

It would seem as if CSC has just closed shop and is no longer doing anything. Maybe they all took July off?

I got a touch today. Been checking it all day. as of a few moments ago it updated. I have not used the RFE thing in a few days now as well. so this must be a legitimate touch PLZPLZLZ let it be hahaha.

Woot! Now that's what I like to hear. The rant must be working.

~ Eka

Nice! Schweeet! Yeah, wioombeen, THIS MUST BE a legitimate touch, it must be, it must be!!!

I just checked mine, no touch yet though...

Well my timeline here went back up to August 3rd again... it was at the 20th.. so maybe they will get rolling. If your ranting works.. I will be doing it next!

Oh Eka, you literally took all the words from my heart and said it all. I know, it seems really unfair, but spending these 3 months here in VJ, it doesn't seem to me that every K1 gets equal treatment from CSC. I know how each and every single one is different and all, but to me, it just seems like it's totally a game of luck. Whichever file gets picked first gets worked on first, and so on. Don't take me the wrong way, I'm really happy for people who have been approved in like 2!! or 7, 55, 68, or even 75 days, but as the days drag on, it just gets more and more difficult to put on a smile and press on.....when I've past my 90 day mark, and approaching my 100th.......

hi all, we share the same timeline here and axiously awaiting our NOA2. I called the number thats on our NOA1 today and the rep just said the only info he had was what we saw on the website. It was the national line and he said he couldn't give me the California Service Center phone number. So, my question is,, what is this number you all are calling to get some answsers and touches, even if its only to check if we got an RFE, anyone willing to help will be greatly appreciated, thank you

Harout

Indeed. From calling they have told me that each case is processed in the order it is received. I personally think that is a bunch of BS.

Oh please let it be......seriously, please!!!

Oh wow Deron, you were touched 14/07? On a Saturday?

yey. my timeline is down from 8/2X to 8/4.

*sigh*

Talked to one of my old bosses today that's heavily involoved in politics. She says i should have already written my reps a few times now. How long to people usualy wait before writing? 90 days? 100+?

This whole process is very emontionally... deadening. <~ new word? heh.

Thats what people will always say, but your congressman will usually say they can't do anything about it until "due process" has taken place, which in CSC's case, I'm thinking about 3-4 months.. they may even wait til six month or longer before they make a congressional inquire... i notice we have the same NOA1 date... hopefully we won't have to wait that long (keeping our fingers, toes, eyes... crossed)

NeverSeen, we have people here who have NOA1s received as early as on the 2nd, and has yet to hear anything too.....

Though my timeline is also down from 8/1 to 7/20....dunno how true is that....