No NOA2 yet at Texas Center

[sweetgal8 4]

Hi everyone!

I am the beneficiary and was wondering if I can call the service center and if they will give me information about the status of our petition (I-129F.. K1 Visa)? It's been over 3 months now since NOA1, and I read all over this website that some people have received RFE by mail without the website being updated. My fiance is out of town for a couple months and his cousins are taking care of his mail... I ask them once in awhile if they've received anything, but don't want to keep nagging. If we do receive a RFE, how long do we have to reply to it?

[Pamela&Terry 1]

3 months is not that long. Maybe they won't ask for an RFE. However, It doesn't hurt to call so ask your fiancé to call the the service center. You can call too and just ask for an update. They will tell you about the current process time and ask you to wait but it is always a good thing to check. You can if you want.

Your fiancé should get an email as well once the NOA2 gets in the system.

I know how it is, I used to check twice a day. I was always waiting for the RFE like you but then I didn't got one and I got my approval , just be patience and be strong!

Edited May 25, 2014 by Pamela&Terry

[jajaju 33]

We waited 9 months for NOA2, 3 months is not unusual. You can call TSC as much as you like to ask how your case status is.

[TBoneTX 43,425]

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[carton025 38]

You can call if you want to but I am afraid it won't do any good. Chances are the person you will be talking to will only have a terminal in from of them and will only be able to tell you the current status which you already know. You petition is probably sitting in a pile of petitions on someone's desk waiting to be processed. Like others have said 3 months is not very long. It may seem like a very long time to you, but in the big picture it isn't very long. Patience...

Best of luck!

[ashleyphilly 70]

I was wondering the same thing. So the beneficiary can call? Would that look bad on our case?

[sweetswinks 400]

Hi there!

waiting up to 6 months for an NOA2 from Texas Service center is fairly average these days. I am a January filer and I've been waiting 4 months for my NOA2.

I made the following table https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bdkZgfg-0CeJeCcapb9VLk-sr5FG2LWewyZbd5CSUgk/edit?usp=sharing to show just how many petitions Texas has right now in comparison to California which is approving petitions in under 60 days.

The most recent USCIS data depicts TSC consistently having twice the amount of petitions backlogged compared to CSC. TSC completes less petitions than CSC but yet TSC receives more petitions than CSC. Data taken direct from the USCIS website http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=5&charttype=1

This link tells you what the officer on the phone at USCIS can actually tell you: http://www.dhs.gov/cis-ombudsman-update-getting-most-out-your-call-uscis-national-customer-service-center

Edited May 25, 2014 by sweetswinks

[sweetgal8 4]

3 months is not that long. Maybe they won't ask for an RFE. However, It doesn't hurt to call so ask your fiancé to call the the service center. You can call too and just ask for an update. They will tell you about the current process time and ask you to wait but it is always a good thing to check. You can if you want.

Your fiancé should get an email as well once the NOA2 gets in the system.

I know how it is, I used to check twice a day. I was always waiting for the RFE like you but then I didn't got one and I got my approval , just be patience and be strong!

Thanks so much for the quick response! I am not in rush to be honest, I am just worried we might get a RFE that's all... My fiance is in the military and he won't have access to his mail for a couple of months because he is deployed. He'll be back soon. Thanks for all the help! I think i'll wait until it's been 6 months and i'll call the service center.

[Sylea 30]

I am the beneficiary, our PD is November 18/2013 - I called USCIS on Friday as we are at 6 months and one week since NOA1. A very pleasant and friendly officer just read the same processing times off the website as I can see myself. He apologized profusely, but told me he could only speak to the petitioner or a legal representative. When I told him we had actually hired a lawyer, he told me that she could go online with a special form and access immediate and up to date status, and also put in a Service Request.

I contacted our lawyer and she is doing that tomorrow. (it was too late in the day Friday by the time I was able to contact her, 3 hour time difference)

I'll update again when I hear back from my lawyer and what she is able to find out. I have to hope we should see our approval within the next week or so, especially since we are well over the 6 month processing times.

Good luck to all.

PS I just realized tomorrow is a holiday in the US, so I guess I won't know anything more till later next week!! Grr Argh!!

Edited May 25, 2014 by Sylea

[Pamela&Terry 1]

Thanks so much for the quick response! I am not in rush to be honest, I am just worried we might get a RFE that's all... My fiance is in the military and he won't have access to his mail for a couple of months because he is deployed. He'll be back soon. Thanks for all the help! I think i'll wait until it's been 6 months and i'll call the service center.[/quote

Wow! Me too!

I completely understand! My husband is in the military too we did Our visa while he was deployed as well. Message me if you have any questions I am happy to help and share some tips.

[Karebear 13]

I am the beneficiary, our PD is November 18/2013 - I called USCIS on Friday as we are at 6 months and one week since NOA1. A very pleasant and friendly officer just read the same processing times off the website as I can see myself. He apologized profusely, but told me he could only speak to the petitioner or a legal representative. When I told him we had actually hired a lawyer, he told me that she could go online with a special form and access immediate and up to date status, and also put in a Service Request.

I contacted our lawyer and she is doing that tomorrow. (it was too late in the day Friday by the time I was able to contact her, 3 hour time difference)

I'll update again when I hear back from my lawyer and what she is able to find out. I have to hope we should see our approval within the next week or so, especially since we are well over the 6 month processing times.

Good luck to all.

PS I just realized tomorrow is a holiday in the US, so I guess I won't know anything more till later next week!! Grr Argh!!

I had my husband call and they told him that nothing was wrong and we would hear something in 22 days. He was right and we finally got approved after 210 days.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

If you do ever get an RFE, you usually get about 89 or 90 days to respond to it, which is plenty of time.

[Fuji1978 33]

Hi everyone!

I am the beneficiary and was wondering if I can call the service center and if they will give me information about the status of our petition (I-129F.. K1 Visa)? It's been over 3 months now since NOA1, and I read all over this website that some people have received RFE by mail without the website being updated. My fiance is out of town for a couple months and his cousins are taking care of his mail... I ask them once in awhile if they've received anything, but don't want to keep nagging. If we do receive a RFE, how long do we have to reply to it?

Just ask him to send you the receipt number and you can check status online at this link .

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do

[Jon York 156]

I called them last week and I'm sure they told me the same thing they'd tell you - because it's the same thing they told somebody else here more than a month ago! They said they're currently working on November 16th petitions. So for more than a month they've been stuck on that day - apparently. At least that's what they say. At three months they'll definitely not tell you anything more than you can get from their website.

They've posted the current processing time for K-1s at Five Months. But even if you're over 5 months as I am, they'll tell you you're not over the posted five-month deadline!! So I wouldn't waste your time right now calling them. You're not supposed to call them anyway until you've over their posted time which is 5 months. But apparently in government-speak 5 months means anything longer than 5 months!

[sweetgal8 4]

I called them last week and I'm sure they told me the same thing they'd tell you - because it's the same thing they told somebody else here more than a month ago! They said they're currently working on November 16th petitions. So for more than a month they've been stuck on that day - apparently. At least that's what they say. At three months they'll definitely not tell you anything more than you can get from their website.

They've posted the current processing time for K-1s at Five Months. But even if you're over 5 months as I am, they'll tell you you're not over the posted five-month deadline!! So I wouldn't waste your time right now calling them. You're not supposed to call them anyway until you've over their posted time which is 5 months. But apparently in government-speak 5 months means anything longer than 5 months!

I am willing to wait 6 months... like I said I am not in a rush. I am just worried about the status of our petition. I'd like at least an update if they are even working on my case. But I guess not, since you are saying they are still working on Nov. and December cases. In the meanwhile,I'll just wait, it's not a problem...