Somebody have gotten an approval on Sunday.

I got a touch yesterday... on Saturday? I really hope all these touches mean something good for all of us!

Keep moving Jan filers' approval....so it's Feb filers turn...

getting really impatient

Hmmmm.

My petitions haven't been touched in awhile. According to my timeline, the I-129F may be approved on May 30. A few weeks ago, it said May 20 and slipped out to June 2 before settling down on May 30.

For a long time, there wasn't enough data for the timeline to forecast approval of the I-130. Then the timeline forecaster forecasted May 19 for about 10 days until today. Today, the timeline says there's isn't enough data to forecast approval.

I wonder how the timeline forecaster works and how accurate it is.

I don't go by that timeline since it's not very good. I look at the average time between NOA 1 and NOA 2 of others who got the approval. The statistics page gives you a better estimate than the projected timeline.

just reviving an old thread...

where are you K3 March filers?

I GOT TOUCHED BOTH THE I-130 AND I-129F ON THE SAME DAY!!! MAY 4TH!!

Congrats, consolemaster! We're all rooting for you. My prediction is by the end of next week YOU WILL BE APPROVED!

another week passed with no good news.... all hopes pinned on the next week.

I'm here -- working late tonight -- about to call my wife from the lab.

I'm curious about how accurate the timelines are. I wonder if the tool would have more predictive power if I-130s sent to NBC,TSC, and CSC were aggregated, since they are all processed at CSC. Perhaps analyzing will tell. On May 1, I collected predicted NOA2 for I-130 and I-129F for all K3 petitioners I found who don't have their NOA2 yet. (As soon as the timeline is updated with the I-129F NOA2, the prediction goes bye-bye.) So I'm hoping people will promptly announce their NOA2s or update their timelines. In a few weeks, I'll have an initial assessment. We'll be in the first cohort, so it won't help us so much, but may help those that follow. Tonight I may get a population of K1 estimated timeline completions.

I'm a bit bummed that my timeline projection for I-129F NOA2 moved two days ago from 30 May to 6 June. But today the timeline has decided that I might get NOA2 for the I-130 on 19 May, which would be great (especially since I expect simultaneous approval). We will see ......

BOTH MY I-130 AND -129F GOT TOUCHED AGAIN TODAY!!!

do they work on sunday (uscis)

Apparently, they do. Some people have received approvals on Sunday!

is there anuy approvall for march filers , any body got an approval yet

Not yet. I just did a timeline search. Looks like we'll an approval tomorrow though! I can never get tired of this.

thank you so much for your replying
i hope so that march filers will start hearin and getting approval by tomorrow

Amen to that!

CRAP. My "expect approval on" date just got moved BACK 3 weeks

Actually we did have a MARCH APPROVAL. the member ullumanali. His I-129 was approved just a little while ago, and he he filed for it the beginning of march, and his case was at CSC.

consolemaster,

wow! you have a lot of touches!!! i am excited for you and your SO!!!!



I am envious of him.....

all the march filers.. especially the ones with the consistent touches recently-- when do u think we can expect to see our NOA2? i was so sure that last week was the week.. but nothing happened.

Our timelines are VERY similar. I'm hoping to hear something by next week for sure.

Mine is also very similar to your timeline. My has I129F has also been touched for four days in a row. I hope that my case would be approved within a week.

Yup, I bet our cases are in a stack being worked on by the same caseworker. Do you think that many touches in a row may mean a forthcoming approval or an RFE?

I was also thinking that these cases are being worked on by the same caseworker. I do believe that having these many touches mean that the approval is coming soon.

Quite a few of us had a rash of touches, and then nothing. I hope something happens soooooooooooonnn.....

I hope you are right! How long after approval do we expect to wait until the visa is issued? Approximately?

This is frustrating! Dammit. If I leave, and not check my status for hours I get a touch. But, when I check my status every hour, there's no touch!

I think that this is different on every case. It depends on how fast NVC receives the approved petition, how fast the consulate receives the petition and how fast they schedule the interview. Generally I believe it takes about two months after the approval of I129F for the visa to be issued. But I have seen people who have to wait 3-4 months after approval and I have also seen people who receive visa within less than two months after approval. So it depends on each case and the country.

my I-130 hasn't been touched since march 9th, and it has been quite with the I-129 as well. this is so frustrating. i think i am gonna stop checking for couple of days.. maybe then some miracle will happen.

TWO months?!! MORE??!! I know people have been waiting for much longer than that, but when I asked at the consulate how long the I-129 usually takes, they said that it is generally under 3 months! And I thought that meant together with the visa issuance.

We were so NOT prepared to wait this long!!

AnnaF - hw did you manage to get an expedite request? My wife is separated from me and our baby while the visa process goes on, my Dad is very active politically and we couldn't get any of our congressmen to do anything but lie to us! (they ALL had completely different excuses about exactly they couldn't help me, and all had different stories on what they could do) And that is with some direct personal connections, too.


My 129f NOA1 was March 1st ... I'm still waiting to hear back after a couple touches last week. I told my wife that I thought we'd get an acceptance this week, but I doubt that now. *SIGH*

I need an approval!

This is ridiculous! I got another touch today, and no approval!

They are reading your posts here and having their fun!!

Yes, please give console an approval!! (I'm next in line )

What are they doing? I'm ready to fly over to my wife's country!

I had to fly 4!!! times already since we got married!!

In Russian, there is a saying, - "If the mountain can't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed goes to the mountain!!!

Both my I-130 and I-129F have been touched 3 times together already!

They are really testing your patience. This is crazy, recieving so many touches and still no approval. Good luck! Hope you get your approval today

NOT having thse touches is worse..... Especially when you are a month before in the timeline and your projected date just got moved back. again.

I know what you mean!! I have the exact timeline like yours. I didnot have any touches since March 28th, the day after my case went to California. This is very painful.

waiting waiting waiting

Looks like I'm getting touches every two days. I am hoping that I will get an approval on or by Thursday!

congratulations on all those touched consolemaster- i think ur approval is coming soon..very soon- ur probably maxed out on those touches..heheh

i haven't been touched in a whileee.... and that hurts.

I compiled a chart of VSC petitions. Updated 3/09/2007 @ 12:51A

Maybe your petitions are so awesome, they are just passing it around the service center so everyone can have a look at it. That's my theory. Really though, I hope you get that approval soon!

Yeah, you are not that excited...

Yay! we got touched at last!!! all these touches, i just wish they'd let us know some progress update!!!