QUOTE(StillThePrettiest @ Oct 2 2007, 03:05 PM)
here's the link to the page I go to (with my customised numbers and orders, heh
) - you'll see there're four now; three for the 1st, and one for today - and one of yesterday's is a June filer! not sure of any special circumstances there, but maybe it means they're almost done with May...
Why do you guys keep making me be the bad guy?
Here are the facts:
I did the last CSC
summary report on Sept 26th. At that time CSC had 124 open K1 petitions. At 2.71 approvals a day (19 a week) which was the CSC pace for the 7 days preceeding Sep 26, it is going to take CSC approximately 46 days to finish with May and there are still some April petitions to process also. Unfortunately they are
not almost done with May.
We all need to stop focussing on NOA1 dates when comparing timelines. NOA1's are often delayed and members can enter any number of possible dates as the NOA1 date. The most accurate date to use for comparison purposes and to guage your progress is the
sent date. Why? Because USCIS prioritizes based upon the date a petition is
received, not the NOA1 notice date. And unless delivery was delayed, the receipt date is normally only a few days after the sent date. This is the reason that VJ uses the sent date to project the adjudication date. (If you want to test this, change the sent date on your timeline and you will see that your projected adjudication date (PAD) changes also. Change the NOA1 date and the PAD does not change.)
If anyone wants to verify what I am saying, they can ask Zoomer or Captain Ewok:
QUOTE(bszoom42 @ Sep 4 2007, 11:24 AM)
Captain,
Thanks for the change.
Please don't use NOTICE date - use RECEIVED DATE. As per USCIS - Notice date is the date they printed the notice; and is irrelivant to the process. RECEIVED DATE is the date they file your applications by.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Re...Times082407.pdfQUOTE
The actual received date will be honored and recorded on the receipt notice. This date will appear in the Received Date box on Form I-797, Notice of Action. The received date on Form I-797 is different from the Notice Date, which also appears on the Notice and identifies the date the receipt notice was actually generated.
QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Oct 2 2007, 02:37 AM)
....... historically the NOA and recieved date were the same in most cases. I guess people just got used to it. Only recently this year did that change and the USCIS is also trying to get back to a one or two day data entry period. I would encourage people to use the "sent date" if they want to find people at or around their timeline for filing. This will be the most accurate method as things stand now.
The "June" petition that was recently approved was submitted on May 9th. It is definitely not a June petition in the eyes of USCIS unless it was lost in the mail for a month before it was received.
Of the last 18 non RFE K1 petitions approved at CSC, the sent dates ranged from 4/28 - 5/15 with the single exception of Nora & Ryan who submitted their petition on 5/22. Of the 17 that remain, they all were submitted prior to 5/11 except 1.
Members who are being processed at CSC should be encouraged because approvals seem to be rolling out at a fairly good pace recently. However, it is still going to be a while before they are finished with May.
Sorry.
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I am realistic in my thoughts that I'll probably get approval in Decemeber but I'm optimistic that I MAY get it in november. That wee bit of hope makes the wait seem not so bad. Time passes quicker when you can say...maybe next month, maybe next month....than when you just say, maybe in 2-3months! We are all in the same boat and I think we all deal with the highs, lows and stresses in different ways.