Why is my NOA2 taking so long

[felix_ the_ cat 0]

I was looking a Igors list regarding the Texas Service Center and i see a lot of people got their NOA2 super fast even though their applications are newer. I got my NOA1 on the November 27th and have yet to hear anything else. But my case should be a slam dunk i met my fiancee when she was on j1 visa in the US (two year rule doens't apply) and then i lived with my fiancee overseas for 6 months. I sent a ton of supporting evidence. So i don't understand why people who met online got approved faster when i actually met my fiancee in person? Also it told me the Alien # was changed but it doesn't give it to me!!! Thank you anyone helping in advance!

[Laspoxaroumeni 68]

Have u contact USCIS???

[felix_ the_ cat 0]

no not yet... should i?

[kitthekat 1,317]

Unfortunately USCIS doesn't seem to process the applications in the order they are received. If you look at USCIS' website, they list the estimated processing time for I-129Fs at 5 months. Even if you call them now, they will tell you that you are still within the allowed timeframe.

You won't get the alien registration number until you get your NOA2 hardcopy in the mail. It will be printed there.

I know it sucks waiting but hang in there. It's early days yet.

[felix_ the_ cat 0]

Unfortunately USCIS doesn't seem to process the applications in the order they are received. If you look at USCIS' website, they list the estimated processing time for I-129Fs at 5 months. Even if you call them now, they will tell you that you are still within the allowed timeframe.

You won't get the alien registration number until you get your NOA2 hardcopy in the mail. It will be printed there.

I know it sucks waiting but hang in there. It's early days yet.

In what order do they process them?

[kitthekat 1,317]

Whichever file lands on top...

[baron555 934]

I was looking a Igors list regarding the Texas Service Center and i see a lot of people got their NOA2 super fast even though their applications are newer.

It happens. Don't let it get to you; maybe those were military expedites.

I got my NOA1 on the November 27th and have yet to hear anything else.

Because at least 5 months hasn't passed yet.

But my case should be a slam dunk i met my fiancee when she was on j1 visa in the US (two year rule doens't apply) and then i lived with my fiancee overseas for 6 months. I sent a ton of supporting evidence.

Have to wait to see.

So i don't understand why people who met online got approved faster when i actually met my fiancee in person?

How can you say that? We met online and it took my timeline to get ours.

Also it told me the Alien # was changed but it doesn't give it to me!!!

That's normal, means nothing.

Thank you anyone helping in advance!

[Gwapo1ako 14]

I was looking a Igors list regarding the Texas Service Center and i see a lot of people got their NOA2 super fast even though their applications are newer. I got my NOA1 on the November 27th and have yet to hear anything else. But my case should be a slam dunk i met my fiancee when she was on j1 visa in the US (two year rule doens't apply) and then i lived with my fiancee overseas for 6 months. I sent a ton of supporting evidence. So i don't understand why people who met online got approved faster when i actually met my fiancee in person? Also it told me the Alien # was changed but it doesn't give it to me!!! Thank you anyone helping in advance!

Ummm yea.... My petition was received on Nov 12 and got NOA1 on Nov 15th.

Still waiting for our NOA2.

Other people got their NOA2 in 1-2 months.... Some got their actual visa in that same time!!

Friggin process is excrutiating....

Our lives are in friggin limbo cause can't even plan for anything while others get to start their lives together already!!

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Have u contact USCIS???

Why would he? It's barely been 2 months.

The waiting hasn't even begun.

[EndlessStory 53]

you are still early in the stage. there's some august filler in TSC still hasn't gotten their NOA2

[TBoneTX 43,194]

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[Lisa y Miguel 62]

Why would he? It's barely been 2 months.

The waiting hasn't even begun.

omg so true...I have a PD of 8/2 and haven't received my noa2 yet ....there's still plenty of people ahead of you. Hold on tight, youre in for a long wild ride. There's still some July people I believe that haven't even transferred yet.

[nobbie 105]

Mine took 6 or 7 months last year, your couple of months is nothing.

[No name 88 48]

Good thing she's not a relative yet; you'd really wait.

You can get a complete stranger into the US that you met on the internet in 3-6 months but apparently the US can't let your wife in for over a year even though you've been living with her for two years. I don't get the process or the logic behind it.

Why do some applications sit for months while others get approved in half the time? OK you take DCF, Philippines and expedite cases out of the mix and they still don't make sense. Does filing too little or too much supporting evidence effect process times. Do countries matter? These are the factors I'd love to know.

[butterflies0124 8]

Hi, I'm on the same boat. Our NOA1 is from October and we still haven't even gotten our Alien # changed. I've called USCIS and they say we are still in the 5 month current waiting period and we can't do anything until then. It's very, very frustrating and challenging and as someone said, your life and your relationship with the person you love and want to have close to you are in LIMBO and for all you know, something could be lost, your case could just be ignored, anything really!

Of course there will be cases that take longer than ours, of course things could be worse, yes, we are only at the begining, we understand this. But it doesn't give us any comfort or a better understanding of the process and why some that submitted their applications to the same location got their NOA2 in less than a month while we are still waiting. I wish we had better insight into the processes at USCIS so that it could be a bit more comforting. We really have no idea what goes on.

My advise is to convince yourself nothing will happen until your 5 months are up, that way you are going less crazy watching the days go by. You can't do anything anyway!