I have a question. I wonder how many applicants does CSC recieve each month? (I-129F) I am sure not everyone is using this site. I am just interested in the statistics. I am planning to marry my boyfriend in March and I applied in July 28th. My NOA1 was issued on August 6th. Do you think I can make it?

I don't know if reliable stats are available, but I think a conservative estimate would say at least a couple of thousand petitions per month

your estimated NOA2 date is December 19... I don't know what the times are like through Tokyo, but I think you might be pushing it... who can say though; anything's possible

Scott, I am definitely rooting for you. This has got to be your week. Its nice to know that I am also a member of the highly esteemed WA WA CLUB!

Gary

Next week we will be hitting 100 days since we got our NOA1. We thought she would be here by December, now it's looking more like a January interview and her coming here by February. What a difference a few months makes.

i wonder why petitions from cuba get an approval in just a few days...i am envious....

YEAH the weekend is finally over and something could actually happen again today.

Well with my time difference in England I have to wait till around 3 pm for anything to be able to happen but we are very excited about this week.

I have a feeling both Scott and myself (both on exactly the same dates including assignment and touches) are gonna hear something today.

I also think that with it being closer to the end of Sept they are gonna have a sudden surge on the back log of May filers.

Come on CSC .....Have at it !!!!!

I got an email this morning saying that we were approved last Friday!!!

I checked our status online at least 50 times this past weekend, and the status didn't change until after I received the email.

It is good to have the approval finally, I feel like part of the weight has been removed from my shoulders!!

Congarulations

wow..congratulations....that is good news! an approval is a great reason for celebration!

YEEEAAAHHH.......Congratulations !!! I have a feeling it is going to be a good week.

Keep em coming people

WE'RE APPROVED !!!!

We received email conformation today that our case was approved last Friday!!!!! Checked USCIS and that is updated too. HOORRAAYY!!!!

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!!!
Scott

Congratulations guys.. I do hope this will be a good week for us and also for me..

yehey...2 approvals now.......congrats......

Epa Scott: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! , I am still in Seattle visiting to Marc but it is hard thinking about other goodbye...just waiting for a response to be able to live together without more separations...

Great for you and your beautiful fiancée...

Yazz

WOW! Congratulations!

CONGRATS to you and your SO!!!

Best of luck on the rest of your journey!

Yayyyy, CONGRATS!!! I am happy for you, hopefully the approvals will keep coming.

Congratulations!

CONGRATS TO SCOTT !!!

However on our part we are a bit low really, after 156 Days and one RFE at the very start, We just now got an email from Cris saying we got an RFE AGAIN !!!

Seems insane to me that they could have had it for this long without looking through it and listing what they need

OH well have to just pick ourselves up and move on and try to look at this as a step forward.

CONGRATS AGAIN AND HOPE MORE APPROVALS COME THROUGH

hey shadow42!! sorry to hear about the RFE's!!! thats the worst!! I was curious what you got RFE's for?? Wanted to see if I had missed something in my application and could possibly prepare what i may need.

sadly, my application is still on some shelf some where in CSC, my priority date on my NOA1 is 05/23, so looks like i have at least 2 weeks or maybe 2 1/2 weeks 'til approval!!!! was hoping my SO would be able to come back w/ me in Jan on my return visit but thats not looking very good!!!!!!!

Hey,

Thanks for the kind words, we don't know what the RFE is for yet and to be honest are really amazed as we basically sent almost everything at once. Like bank statements and phone bills and statements of intent and affadavits of support and police reports, the whole nine yards .

As soon as we get the letter I will post what it was in regards to, Until then good luck everyone and hope more approvals are on the way today !!!

Gratz Scott and Yenifer!! Here's to the increasing approval speed of CSC!!!

Andrew...call CSC again (don't get fowarded to the national call center...speak only to and officer) and explain again your situation..how long you've been waiting and hopfully you can get the info you need to expedite your RFE. Just don't forget that you remain top on the list until your case has been adjudicated !!! No worries !!!

Scott

Hi Scott..first of all congratulations.. 2nd is can you tell me how can you actually speak to an officer instead to a USCIS customer rep? As far as I am aware most of us that had tried the RFE trick ended up speaking to someone who doesn't really know a thing. Thank you.

This is a prompt list that will save you phone time since you may have to call several times before you are connected to the service center...if at the end of the prompts a message tells you there are no officers available to take your call you will be transferred to the national call center (this is a waste of time) just hang up and keep trying to get an officer...it took me about 20 tries so don't give up !!!

Call 1-800-3755283
Listen for the choices and follow these steps ...i other words for the first choice press 1, second choice press 2, then 2, then 4, then 2, then 1, then put in your case number ( EAC or WAC AND THE NUMBER) then 1, and last 1....the last one will connect you with a live operator...then you say you are calling to inquire about the RFE ( request for evidence ). Tell the officer that my lawyer told me i had an RFE and you want to know what they are looking for.

This works...I've used it twice and it worked both times.

Scott

Thanks for the advice Scott......and HUGE CONGRATS for your GREAT NEWS .

I really am happy for you because we ALL deserve to beat this crappy system of waiting for so long for this approval to start the real process of getting our visas.

We are trying to console one and another and waiting for the letter and we will keep you informed. We just hope that, as you say, it wont slow us down too long. We would call CSC but they will not talk to me as the recipient and my fiance the petitioner really does not want to speak to them at this time which is understandable really.

Best wishes Scott and have a few drinks for me in celebration you both deserve it

Thanks Scott.. but I have another stupid question to ask.. um will the officer ask me who is my lawyer if I made that up? Like if I said my lawyer said dah dah dah dah.. will the officer ask about my lawyer? Coz I do not have any.. thanks..I'll call them if by Friday I still don't hear anything or atleast a touch. Thank you.

Kits 24 Faith I notice that on your timeline it says Touched August 22: RFE received and case resumed - How do you know this ? did you receive an email stating this ??

I just dont understand how if it was resumed almost a month ago you have not received your approval. Please let me know what they say if you do call them about how they deal with the RFE,many thanks.

BTW when ever I do the 'REF trick' we normally just ask how the case is going once we get through to someone and make sure it is a woman as there is a guy there also and he is no help at all but the woman normally tells us whats going on. We haven't bothered to say anything about a lawyer just that we had an RFE. - Hope this helps

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE Just had an urge to post that Keep getting approved everyone

http://www.jeraly.com/images/VisaDocs/CSC%...20-%20Final.jpg

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Thanks again Debz for the words

huzzah! heartiest, sincerest, joyfulest congratulations to those who just got approved! I'm so very happy for you

so sorry to hear about the RFE, that sucks BIG time... hope you can get it sorted quickly and join the celebrating ranks

It sounds like you haven't signed up under USCIS' email notification and on site service. It's free and all you have to do is go to www.uscis.gov and on the left ther's a link to check your status online. Then just follow the instructions on how to make an account and make sure you select Customer instead of Representative if making your account. Me either, it's hard not to complain since we all are just human beings. But really it is giving me and my SO such a hard time because we thought right after the case has resume from the RFE, we will have our NOA2 in less than a month. I have seen others here that had a RFE got their NOA2 in days or after a week or two. I guess we just have to stay positive and trust God that some things are not in our control. God bless on your speedy journey and I hope we can get out of this long wait already.

Really very sorry to hear about the RFE. I was really hoping you would be getting your approval by now. It sucks that you cannot call USCIS on the phone and find out what is needed regarding your RFE. You would think they would be more understanding and want to get you moving foward as quick as possible.

I know you can do nothing at this point but believe me I do feel your pain. Stay strong.

Many many thanks to StillThePretties..., kits_24_faith, and afterforever for those very very kind words and thoughts.

Believe me those words are very important to us and do help us keep going.

You people are the best and I just wish USCIS and CSC could see what great people they are holding up.
If they could only see that I know they would speed up.

At the end of all this I know we all will have our hard earned reward because we ALL deserve it sooooo much.

I am praying for all of us keep the good news coming as it makes us all smile

No one will ask for you to prove it...the only reason for saying that is to play like an innocent little lamb gone astray from the heard and you can't find your way back It seens as though when you play dumb and are extremely nice they go out of their way to help and inform you...(just my opinion).

Best of luck!!
Scott

I second that. I called several times to "check on the status". Each time I was super nice and the officer was very helpful-even if they were just basically telling me to be patient. I don't think they understand how hard that is!!!

Thanks Scott.. so with my situation (look at my timeline) can you kinda help me what should I say to the officer when I call this Friday if still no NOA2? Like what do you think is appropriate to say about what my lawyer said about my case? Since my case has resumed already from a RFE response back in August 22. Thanks for all the help.

Congratulations for the new approvals

Congratulations to all the recent approvals... and good luck.

CONGRATULATIONS on the new approvals!

I'm sure we'll be receiving more this week so that all the May filers will be approved soon.

Kits and Faith, hope you receive your noa2 soon, our fellow kababayan.

God bless us all!

I think in your case where you already have an RFE be very honest and very specific about the questions you pose to them. Try to explain details about the RFE and ask about the time frame...and why is it taking as long as it is and what more can be done to expedite the petition. Hopefully the officer you speak to can give you some answers.

Keep us posted.

Scott

Pekewl: I see our timelines are 1 day apart. I am tempted to call using the RFE, but logically I know its too soon. Should we just keep waiting? I know the approvals are coming about 120+----what does anybody else think about calling? Ramzis and Alane

ramzis51,

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but I want to keep it real for everyone. As you all can see by my timeline it took about 142 days for our approval and I do know how tough the wait is...and by the looks of things that, unfortunately seems to be the norm now. Also I want you guys to know that when I spoke to an officer to confirm our approval on 09/24 she told me that it would be 30-45 working days before NVC received our case and not to bother calling...yeah right!!!...now that used to take about a week and now is supposedly up to 6-9 weeks!!!

I will let you guys know how accurate this info is as time passes and I have more news.

Scott

I appreciate all the information I get here, Scott, including REALITY-----I am THE PATIENT ONE in this thread---thanks, Alane and Ramzis PS ---- A huge happy congratulations

Thanks Scott again for all the help.. I will call this Friday but I hope I don't have too. I want my NOA2 pls USCIS.. I'll keep you guys updated.



Hi Beng and Carl.. thanks and I noticed that your fiancee is in Makati.. mine is in Imus..I wish you guys well.. God bless..keep us posted

We all need to be patient but even in the strongest willed person, patience only get you so far. We are all human, we all feel. We are all in this wait together and I know I don't just speak for myself when I say this forum does make it easier knowing we not in this alone and there are others who understand the shear frustration of having your future on hold whilst it sits in a pile in an office.

Thank you to everyone here for your ongoing support. We've had many laughs so far!

wow, FIVE approvals down so far for the 24th, peoples! thinsgs are moving at California!

*does restrained little desk dance*

of course, the shortest NOA1 - NOA2 gap of the five was 133 days, so the averages aren't dropping massively yet, but isn't it nice to know things are still happening there, after the flood *ahem * of approvals last week! and if we take someone's speculation of the VJ numbers being roughly 10% of the whole, that's FIFTY approvals on the 24th

(yes, I know that's wild speculation, but let's be happy, huh? heaven knows we've been annoyed and sad for long enough )

just think if they could manage 5 VJ approvals a day thats 25 a week (mon-fri) or 100 a month......things would be back on track in no time!.....ahhhh it's nice to dream!

As long as the averages are dropping it is a good sign of things to come. Backwards in this case is always better than foward. I will take any good signs at this point in time. Hopefully, all May filers will be approved this month. Good luck everyone

and the current tally stands at eight, all on the 24th!

I hope a whole lot of people have forgotten to update their timelines; we might get even more when they remember