Unreliable processing times - I-129F NOA2

[KULtoATL 1,551]

Just now, Irisandjoel said:

Oh I will, I have everything neatly organized in a folder and will double and triple check when the time comes. I like to keep everything super organized.

Yeah I thought so, I was sure we needed that form, makes sense for a Fiancé visa since I'm not gonna be allowed to work for a few months after I get there.. But yeah that is a good point to fill it out anyway and have it ready if they decide they need it after all. 

Join in the February filers thread for some company You can also keep track of what's going on with February petitions. There are other people who are in your shoes i.e. pending NOA2.

 

 

[Irisandjoel 52]

Just now, KULtoATL said:

Join in the February filers thread for some company You can also keep track of what's going on with February petitions. There are other people who are in your shoes i.e. pending NOA2.

 

 

Oh thanks, I was looking for that group!

[KULtoATL 1,551]

No worries Have fun!

[Adriana&Marko 58]

4 minutes ago, Irisandjoel said:

Oh damn... hopefully they will get to it asap.

Thank you I no I called my lawyer to see what's the hold up and they told me just wait that's all we can do 😞

[Lenchique 48]

1 hour ago, Irisandjoel said:

Hello everyone, 

 

I am new to this site and I hope I can get some answers/moral support here

 

My fiancé applied for my K1 visa and sent in the I-129F in February, and he got the receipt that the case was received Feb 28th. And now we have been waiting and I have been following the current service center processing times from this website and checking our case status every day for the past few weeks since the website claimed they were getting closer to the date of our case. In middle of last week they were processing feb 28th but still no change in case status. So my fiancé called USCIS today to ask them about the case status and they tell him our case was forwarded from Texas service center to California (we had no idea about that) and that California is currently processing December 15th!!! :S Which means still 2-3 months of waiting until they finally get to our case. 

 

So apparently the processing times this website is showing are waaaayyy off. And I'm pissed about that obviously, getting my hopes up and all that..

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/index.php?cfl=0 - this is the website I checked to see the processing times.

 

But the guy on the phone then said that when they finally get to our case that there isn't much of a wait after that until I schedule my interview at the embassy... Which I think is weird since according to a timeline flowchart from this website they give about 10 weeks from NOA2 until embassy interview... or is that bullshit too?

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

 

So yeah.. kinda sad and depressed right now, had been hoping to have my visa approved in end of August and to be moving in middle/end of september.. but seems like it's gonna be much later than that. 

 

- Iris 

Iris,

our NOA1 was 2/10/17

NOA2 was 5/5/17 (80+ days), also processed by California center. Avg is 90-115 days. We got lucky with a just wee bit shorter wait. So don't panic. Start reading feb/March filers forum and you'll see where you are at in comparison to others. You are about a month behind our time table.

 

My my finace just went through his physical exam. We hope to get the interview first week in July. So I hope to have him here in early August. 

[Bill and Claudio 10]

4 hours ago, Irisandjoel said:

Hello everyone, 

 

I am new to this site and I hope I can get some answers/moral support here

 

My fiancé applied for my K1 visa and sent in the I-129F in February, and he got the receipt that the case was received Feb 28th. And now we have been waiting and I have been following the current service center processing times from this website and checking our case status every day for the past few weeks since the website claimed they were getting closer to the date of our case. In middle of last week they were processing feb 28th but still no change in case status. So my fiancé called USCIS today to ask them about the case status and they tell him our case was forwarded from Texas service center to California (we had no idea about that) and that California is currently processing December 15th!!! :S Which means still 2-3 months of waiting until they finally get to our case. 

 

So apparently the processing times this website is showing are waaaayyy off. And I'm pissed about that obviously, getting my hopes up and all that..

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/index.php?cfl=0 - this is the website I checked to see the processing times.

 

But the guy on the phone then said that when they finally get to our case that there isn't much of a wait after that until I schedule my interview at the embassy... Which I think is weird since according to a timeline flowchart from this website they give about 10 weeks from NOA2 until embassy interview... or is that bull too?

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

 

So yeah.. kinda sad and depressed right now, had been hoping to have my visa approved in end of August and to be moving in middle/end of september.. but seems like it's gonna be much later than that. 

 

- Iris 

Don't worry... it can takes 5 entire months. We received our NOA1 on February 9th, we still don't getting the NOA2 yet. I saw here on Visa Journey some couples that Received NOA1 on February 2nd and NOA2 on June 6th. 

Believe me, I know how frustrating this waiting can be.

Good luck and patience for us.. :-)

[Emmz 154]

3 hours ago, Adriana&Marko said:

Hang in there im a November filer and I didn't hear back till the 100th day so 5 months it took which was March 2nd got a rfe but my

case was on hold for two months had to get few papers for my rfe sent everything back and it's been 20 days nothing yet 

i was january filers 2017 we got noa1 jan23 we got rfe may17 but we sent it ryt away and uscis got our rfe response may 22 but until now we dont received any NOA2 still? do u have any idea wat to do?

[Adriana&Marko 58]

25 minutes ago, Emmz said:

i was january filers 2017 we got noa1 jan23 we got rfe may17 but we sent it ryt away and uscis got our rfe response may 22 but until now we dont received any NOA2 still? do u have any idea wat to do?

So you sent in your rfe and they received it may 22nd like me ? I called immigration before lady told me if we don't hear back by July 22nd to call them but I don't think it will be that long we should hear something soon I hope 🙏🏼She told me within 60 days they get back to you 

[afikam 9]

I also have a similar issue. Our NOA1 was Feb 24, 2017 - I spoke to a guy for a really long time. He said that the website was last updated May 26 with those December times. I'm in the same predicament, we were hoping to start our lives together Mid-august or September. Anyways, he said the best thing if you want to feel like you're doing anything, is to visit a field office. There are some all over the US and a few outside. I plan to make an appointment for the Jo-berg one; cause I am currently based in Cape Town. Good luck!

[j N j 50]

7 hours ago, KULtoATL said:

One more suggestion, have your fiance sign up for USPS Informed Delivery. He'll get a scan of incoming letters for each day so he'll be able to tell in advance when there's a USCIS letter.

is this set up at USPS.com or the USCIS website? and what info do they need to do so? Thanks.

Edited June 13, 2017 by j N j

[janet3 1,170]

8 hours ago, Irisandjoel said:

Hello everyone, 

 

I am new to this site and I hope I can get some answers/moral support here

 

My fiancé applied for my K1 visa and sent in the I-129F in February, and he got the receipt that the case was received Feb 28th.

I sent my K1 visa application off on January 26 and have a received date of February 2nd and NOA1 date of 2/6. I have not received the NOA2. 

I would strongly suggest you follow the February 2017 filers (as I do). I have found that there is an incredible amount of knowledge and support in the group  (if you feel like venting, or have questions or concerns or ideas). They are an amazing bunch of people  (like all those here)

But I understand your frustration completely.....it feels like your life is on hold and your future is being held hostage.....but there are people out there that are in the situation.....you are not alone. 

[geowrian 22,335]

26 minutes ago, j N j said:

is this set up at USPS.com or the USCIS website? and what info do they need to do so? Thanks.

It's a service provided by USPS. I was one of the architects & developers on the ID project. It's not related to USCIS...USCIS just uses USPS for their domestic mail service. You can use the website, iOS, Android, or Windows 10 apps to check your packages and mail images after enrollment.

 

You can signup via the main website, or if you already have a usps.com account (free), just go here and enroll for My USPS and/or Informed Delivery.

https://reg.usps.com/preferences

 

Enrollment requires verification of your identity. This is performed by asking some questions (that you've probably seen if you signed up for a bank account or loan or some other services online). The questions asked vary from person to person, but are generally to identify address and/or account histories (i.e. on which of the following addresses have you lived, you have an account serviced by which of the following lenders, etc.). If that is not successful or there is not enough information to present you with questions (no history), then there are some post offices (not all!) that you can visit to show your ID and verify your identity.

Edited June 13, 2017 by geowrian

[j N j 50]

11 minutes ago, geowrian said:

It's a service provided by USPS. I was one of the architects & developers on the ID project. It's not related to USCIS...USCIS just uses USPS for their domestic mail service. You can use the website, iOS, Android, or Windows 10 apps to check your packages and mail images after enrollment.

 

You can signup via the main website, or if you already have a usps.com account (free), just go here and enroll for My USPS and/or Informed Delivery.

https://reg.usps.com/preferences

 

Enrollment requires verification of your identity. This is performed by asking some questions (that you've probably seen if you signed up for a bank account or loan or some other services online). The questions asked vary from person to person, but are generally to identify address and/or account histories (i.e. on which of the following addresses have you lived, you have an account serviced by which of the following lenders, etc.). If that is not successful or there is not enough information to present you with questions (no history), then there are some post offices (not all!) that you can visit to show your ID and verify your identity.

thats good, cuz I already have an USPS account, I will go there and finish the process needed..Thanks so much!

[TriloByte 1,818]

It's also worth noting that you can't officially bug USCIS about your case until the date that's now Dec 15th passes your NOA1 date. As others have pointed out, that Dec 15th date does not represent which cases USCIS is mostly working on right now. Currently, they are working on Feb cases and moving into March cases. Some cases just take longer to get NOA2 (like mine which took 131 days), and there are is no shortage of theories as to why.

 

Some popular theories for the delays include:

• The case is waiting on a background check.
• The case is on the desk of a person that's sick, slow, fed up, on vacation, etc.
• The case has fallen into the abyss.
• The case was moved to the bottom of the stack because Tier 2 didn't like a person's tone or were just having a bad day when the petitioner called.

My theory for why some are approved faster than others:

 

You see, they have the regular workers, the ones that communicate back and forth to the phone workers and follow the rules. Then there are the workers (or should I call them true patriots), who are not USCIS employees, who have infiltrated the CSC pyramid complex in order to get the job done. That's why we see mail approvals, but not online approvals. These I-129F ninjas are shuffling out approvals left and right and out of sight, so fast that nobody can see what's going on. They move in on the USCIS officer's desks like Bruce Lee and then disappear into the shadows with the cases that we figured had slipped into the abyss. Then the next thing we know, we get an approval in the mail, and nobody over there knows what happened. 

 

The California service center (seriously)...

 

Edited June 13, 2017 by TriloByte

[Diane and Chris 651]

The I-134 was the main document of interest at the embassy interview. The officer looked it over very carefully. Just saying that was our experience. Good luck!