"Touch" date

[M_&_R 77]

Hi all,

I'm logged in to the uscis site and looking at my "last updated" date. It's a few days after my NOA1 date so I assume it's when they cashed the check, or shoved it in a box, or whatever.

My question is this: for those who were checking that site/date, and have their NOA2, did you see that "touch" date change prior to getting your NOA2, not on the NOA2 date? I read in the interview with a former adjudicator that the date could be anything, including the box the case is in being taken out for processing. So I wondered if I'd see that change before hearing about my case (NOA2 or RFE).

Cases around my NOA1 date are finally being processed in Vermont. Just wondered if there's any point to my obsessive checking of uscis.

Thanks,

M

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

Ahhhhh.....you are getting very close to your NOA2 now.

I'm gonna win the bet....

[sk8rpatty 17]

My "touch" date never changed prior to NOA2. It went from my NOA1 date to my NOA2date and I was watching it obsessively. I was at the CSC though. VSC might be different?

[M_&_R 77]

Ahhhhh.....you are getting very close to your NOA2 now.

I'm gonna win the bet....

I will be happy to lose!

However to be honest I didn't realize you were doing CR1 & the whole interview phase was still at NVC. I'm still learning about the process. Hope you get a date this month.

M

[Pitaya 2,577]

IMHO, "touch" dates don't mean much. My petition was "touched" shortly after arrival at the CSC, it still took 157 days until approved.

To the OP: However, according to your timeline, you are getting close. Hopefully the VSC is getting back on schedule and your petition approval is forthcoming.

Good luck on your visa journey.

[M_&_R 77]

My "touch" date never changed prior to NOA2. It went from my NOA1 date to my NOA2date and I was watching it obsessively. I was at the CSC though. VSC might be different?

Thank you for the info. I figured it probably wouldn't, but you know how you get to thinking about stuff when you're trying to pass the time!

M

[M_&_R 77]

IMHO, "touch" dates don't mean much. My petition was "touched" shortly after arrival at the CSC, it still took 157 days until approved.

To the OP: However, according to your timeline, you are getting close. Hopefully the VSC is getting back on schedule and your petition approval is forthcoming.

Good luck on your visa journey.

I think everybody's is touched a few days later - my guess is that's them marking the payment cleared. Of course that would be the priority LOL

good luck to you too...

M

[Fight for Love 98]

sometimes the date change if you recently called them and ask to make some changes to your account/report an error/trying to expedite your case/etc.

goodluck

[Mrs.A2010 4]

Hi all,

I'm logged in to the uscis site and looking at my "last updated" date. It's a few days after my NOA1 date so I assume it's when they cashed the check, or shoved it in a box, or whatever.

My question is this: for those who were checking that site/date, and have their NOA2, did you see that "touch" date change prior to getting your NOA2, not on the NOA2 date? I read in the interview with a former adjudicator that the date could be anything, including the box the case is in being taken out for processing. So I wondered if I'd see that change before hearing about my case (NOA2 or RFE).

Cases around my NOA1 date are finally being processed in Vermont. Just wondered if there's any point to my obsessive checking of uscis.

Thanks,

M

M&R, I check USCIS too often too. I'm beginning to consider calling & checking on our case as well. The timeframe expectation on USCIS for I-130 is showing 5 months for VSC ours is going through (which would be the end of Sept for us according to that), but our lawyer told us she thought we'd have NOA2 within 2 to 3 months. I've been disappointed since then when it didn't happen in her timeframe.

Ours has never shown a touch on it, it just said it was received on April 30, & the NOA1 was May 1st. Nothing has changed since then. I wish you luck & we shall have it soon for sure! We just need to relax and wait for that email alert I think.

[MaRaAl 1]

Hi M im still waiting anxiously too and i check the uscis page daily even on weekends and still touched 3/5/12 as always(super desperate right?) I think i might get a RFE cuz i didnt send the Letters of Intent but i wish u the best of luck hope with all my heart that we can get our NOA2 soon... keep me posted

[M_&_R 77]

Hi M im still waiting anxiously too and i check the uscis page daily even on weekends and still touched 3/5/12 as always(super desperate right?) I think i might get a RFE cuz i didnt send the Letters of Intent but i wish u the best of luck hope with all my heart that we can get our NOA2 soon... keep me posted

Hey, it's my timeline twin!

I hope you hear soon as well. It's hard feeling like every day might be the day you finally hear something, right? It was a bit less stressful when it was like, no they won't get to me for a couple months so I might as well relax!

Trying to be patient....

M

[M_&_R 77]

By the way, for my fellow VSC filers with Mexico beneficiaries - have you done any timeline searching on VSC vs CSC for Mexico K1s? Using only NOA1 dates of 3/1 to 5/1, there are 8 such cases at CSC and 5 at VSC. 7 of 8 have their NOA2 from CSC. Zero - that's right, zero - have their NOA2 from VSC. Three cases that went through CSC already have interview dates.

When you read all those thread with people complaining about Vermont, and people say oh, CSC is slow too - well, compare apples to apples. That's what I'm doing here. Same visa, same country. CSC has processed 88% of their cases. VSC has processed zero.

It's ridiculous.

M

[pieroot 43]

I logged into my account to see if I had any "touch" dates, but nothing...does that mean that it hasn't been "touched"? Not even to run criminal checks? I know I'm a July filer and I should get ready to wait a while longer, but I can't help it, like everyone else!

[M_&_R 77]

I logged into my account to see if I had any "touch" dates, but nothing...does that mean that it hasn't been "touched"? Not even to run criminal checks? I know I'm a July filer and I should get ready to wait a while longer, but I can't help it, like everyone else!

I think they do everything at once, meaning it doesn't take 6 months because they're actually working on your file the whole time, it only takes a short time but you wait because of all the people that are ahead of you.

From what I'm hearing, no touch dates is pretty normal.

M