While looking at the USCIS site, I checked out the Press Room and read a new release dated July 11, stating that the system delays that were preventing some hard copy NOA2s (and NOA1s?) from being issued has been resolved.

This is news to me as I get most of my info from here on VJ and haven't seen this mentioned here yet.

If these delays supposedly affected cases from April to the present, is there a chance that many couples who have already been approved might be getting a nice surprise in the next few weeks? (Or by July 20th, according to the press release?)

I understand that the I-797 is a hard copy notice of action, but what about all the cases that remain mysteriously "pending" online after they have been approved? Could those couples receive an unexpected approval in the mail sometime soon?

This is probably old news to more savvy members of this forum, but I thought I would share.

Looking for a reason to be hopeful,

~ Eka

I'm wondering the exact same thing. Our NOA1 is the same date as yours and our case status online hasn't been updated since April 14. I'm guessing that it's entirely possible that I may receive a NOA2 in the mail before they decide to update my case status online?

Or maybe I've just gone crazy.

Our first receipt was dated April 24th and we are with the Vermont Processing Center. We also have had no update at all since then. It is just in limbo.