Touched on a Sunday?

[av8or1 246]

Hi gang,

As many of us do, I satisfy both my curiosity and obsession by checking my case status online each day via the USCIS website. Considering that a "touch" == a government employee looking at your case file and thus updating the date you see when you examine your petition details, has anyone else experienced a "touch" on a Sunday? When I looked this morning, the "last updated" date was 3/23/08. That was/is yesterday. That was/is a Sunday. And that was/is Easter Sunday. As a former civil servant myself (albeit in a much different agency) this seems a bit odd to me...

Now mistake me not, I am thankful, I will take a "touch" anytime I can get it, regardless of the day so long as it helps to shorten my time in the proverbial visa waiting room, but still my curiosity was/is piqued. Perhaps a typo and someone actually updated it today? Anyone?

Thanks,

Jerry

Edited March 25, 2008 by adair

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

I have noticed many touches on a Sunday...I was touched and approved on a Sunday...

[Yoink 7]

SUndays seem to actually be one of the most popular touch/approval days... and then they wane as the week continues

[shawndoc 0]

In a thread here where a former USCIS employee talks about his time with USCIS, he mentioned that most of the people reviewing the I129F's were teleworkers. So my guess is there's a quota for how many applications they touch/review in a week, and its just up to them what day they decide to do it.

[av8or1 246]

Amazing! Ok, thank y'all for the feedback; interesting to know. Like I said, I was in a much different agency where practically noone worked on the weekends, nor were there any teleworkers/commuters.

Best,

Jerry

Edited March 25, 2008 by adair

[ga1jin 0]

I was touched on 3/23, Easter Sunday, too.

[ga1jin 0]

By the way, Jerry, it looks like we have very similar timelines. Maybe we're in the same "box."

[Gerald and Vinera 0]

Hi gang,

As many of us do, I satisfy both my curiosity and obsession by checking my case status online each day via the USCIS website. Considering that a "touch" == a government employee looking at your case file and thus updating the date you see when you examine your petition details, has anyone else experienced a "touch" on a Sunday? When I looked this morning, the "last updated" date was 3/23/08. That was/is yesterday. That was/is a Sunday. And that was/is Easter Sunday. As a former civil servant myself (albeit in a much different agency) this seems a bit odd to me...

Now mistake me not, I am thankful, I will take a "touch" anytime I can get it, regardless of the day so long as it helps to shorten my time in the proverbial visa waiting room, but still my curiosity was/is piqued. Perhaps a typo and someone actually updated it today? Anyone?

Thanks,

Jerry

Hi,

I'm new to this and don't know how you "examine your petition details" to see if you have been "touched?

Thank you for your assistance,

Gerald

[av8or1 246]

Hi,

I'm new to this and don't know how you "examine your petition details" to see if you have been "touched?

Thank you for your assistance,

Gerald

Hi Gerald,

You go here:

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

and either create an account based on your petition case number (shown on your NOA1) or login to an existing account. There are instructions there too if you need them. Once you log into the system, you will see a listing of your petitions. Beside your case number will be a field (column) that says "Last Updated". If this date is newer than the date on your original NOA1, then you have been "touched" on the date shown. Keep track of this (by checking daily) and you'll know how much/often your case has been looked at by a USCIS case worker. They must enter (perhaps via barcode) the date anytime they look at your paperwork.

Hope that helps.

Best,

Jerry

[panamania79 2]

Hi gang,

As many of us do, I satisfy both my curiosity and obsession by checking my case status online each day via the USCIS website. Considering that a "touch" == a government employee looking at your case file and thus updating the date you see when you examine your petition details, has anyone else experienced a "touch" on a Sunday? When I looked this morning, the "last updated" date was 3/23/08. That was/is yesterday. That was/is a Sunday. And that was/is Easter Sunday. As a former civil servant myself (albeit in a much different agency) this seems a bit odd to me...

Now mistake me not, I am thankful, I will take a "touch" anytime I can get it, regardless of the day so long as it helps to shorten my time in the proverbial visa waiting room, but still my curiosity was/is piqued. Perhaps a typo and someone actually updated it today? Anyone?

Thanks,

Jerry

When I was waiting for an approval,I was "touched" a couple of times on a Sunday.

[av8or1 246]

By the way, Jerry, it looks like we have very similar timelines. Maybe we're in the same "box."

ga1jin,

Yeah, perhaps so! It appears that your stuff has been touched more often than mine though, so I suspect you'll win the "race." 'Course, I didn't create my account with the Case Status Online "system" until the 18th or 19th of this month, so who knows if my stuff had been touched before then. We certainly have identical NOA1 dates, that's for sure!

Best,

Jerry

[Gerald and Vinera 0]

Hi,

I'm new to this and don't know how you "examine your petition details" to see if you have been "touched?

Thank you for your assistance,

Gerald

Hi Gerald,

You go here:

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

and either create an account based on your petition case number (shown on your NOA1) or login to an existing account. There are instructions there too if you need them. Once you log into the system, you will see a listing of your petitions. Beside your case number will be a field (column) that says "Last Updated". If this date is newer than the date on your original NOA1, then you have been "touched" on the date shown. Keep track of this (by checking daily) and you'll know how much/often your case has been looked at by a USCIS case worker. They must enter (perhaps via barcode) the date anytime they look at your paperwork.

Hope that helps.

Best,

Jerry

Thanks! That worked!

Gerald

[shawndoc 0]

Mine never showed a touch. Just NOA2 out of the blue.

[ga1jin 0]

By the way, Jerry, it looks like we have very similar timelines. Maybe we're in the same "box."

It appears that your stuff has been touched more often than mine though, so I suspect you'll win the "race."

You never know. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the touches. We'll see. Good luck!

[BigCityDave 0]

Touches, unfortunately, have very little meaning and are not good indicators that your petition will be approved.

Keep your chin up, chances are there but it is not definite that something is on the way.