"Touched"

[tanyaNashley 2]

HI Guys,

I see a lot of people referring to their petition as being "Touched"... What does that mean?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

If you sign up for case updates on the USCIS website, there is a "last updated" date assigned to your case. On VJ, it's called a "touch" ... someone picked your case up and did SOMETHING with it. However, you should know that these are completely meaningless. Sometimes things happen after a touch, sometimes they don't. Sometimes cases NEVER get touched or never get updated on the USCIS website.

So they're really nothing to pay too much attention to at all.

[N&S 32]

The search function would probably have revealed this

If you have created an account on the USCIS website with your case number you can see when your file has last been "touched" - all it means is that it has had some activity (might just be physically moving it from A to B) but at least gives you some sanity that they are still doing something with it

Edit: Coconuts beat me to it - not sure how to remove this...

Edited May 14, 2012 by N&S

[Therealworld 90]

Very true coconuts. My was only touch once after receiving my file and then petition approved just under five months!

[tanyaNashley 2]

Thanks for the quick response everyone This is experience will truly be one of the greatest opportunities in the practice of Patience

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Very true coconuts. My was only touch once after receiving my file and then petition approved just under five months!

Mine said "Initial Review" long after I'd been approved. This process became much less stressful when I wasn't checking my case every day.

Edited May 14, 2012 by Coconuts

[N&S 32]

Mine said "Initial Review" long after I'd been approved. This process became much less stressful when I wasn't checking my case every day.

LOL - I wasn't really checking my status that much (initially) but really, REALLY got addicted to Igor's list; turned out with that and a spreadsheet the link to which I have lost I was within a few days of predicting my approval date

[Penny Lane 8,159]

LOL - I wasn't really checking my status that much (initially) but really, REALLY got addicted to Igor's list; turned out with that and a spreadsheet the link to which I have lost I was within a few days of predicting my approval date

Ugh, yes! The first thing I would do when I got to work was check Igor's List. I needed an intervention.

[theCook 0]

Ugh, yes! The first thing I would do when I got to work was check Igor's List. I needed an intervention.

ye i never got a touched as it were but found Igors list useful although that depends on peoples timelines as well

[tanyaNashley 2]

ye i never got a touched as it were but found Igors list useful although that depends on peoples timelines as well

It doesn't seem as if Igor's list is around anymore... Was he an old VJ member that created it?

[Pitaya 2,576]

It doesn't seem as if Igor's list is around anymore... Was he an old VJ member that created it?

Uh....click on the "Immigration Timelines" button at the top of the forum page for Igor's list....

[rayandmel 39]

Igor's list direct link:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthly_filers.php?form=1&visa=1&scenter=2&option=1&sortby=2

Good luck!

[bigdog 376]

Never saw any touches on our file. ??

[MrsSomers00 0]

Mine said "Initial Review" long after I'd been approved. This process became much less stressful when I wasn't checking my case every day.

Yes it has becom my daily routine of checking the status, knowig its going to be the same. I saw that my form was "touched" in february and thats it. Still waiting to be approved.

[Operator 1,925]

HI Guys,

I see a lot of people referring to their petition as being "Touched"... What does that mean?

Sometimes it takes so long to get an approval you actualy have to touch yourself.