August 2017 I-129F Filers

[CaptainAmerica 115]

47 minutes ago, Naes said:

Not unless it goes for months.

 

USCIS is self funded- doesn't get affected.

NVC is budgeted by DOHS every 2 years, so it won't get affected right away.

Embassies have budgets, so as long as they have enough budget it won't get affected.

 

So again unless it goes for months we will be ok. 

 

 

you can find lots of links here. 

You're awesome!  I was getting worried about this today too, so I'm glad to read some sort of positive news. 

[Naes 12,205]

1 minute ago, CaptainAmerica said:

You're awesome!  I was getting worried about this today too, so I'm glad to read some sort of positive news. 

We are all worried. But it somehow worked till now in 2011 and 2013. It will work itself out now too. We have to stay on the positive side to survive. 

 

The 99% part is uscis and NVC won't stop. That's the most essential part for all of us at this moment. 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Naes

[NICK & PAULA 1,097]

Guys! I'm feeling so happy with all the approvals in May, June & July threads  that I see! It feels like it's mine. hahaha! August filers, our time will come. Let's keep the faith. 

Edited January 20, 2018 by NICK & PAULA

[emeraldbu 24]

1 hour ago, NICK & PAULA said:

Guys! I'm feeling so happy with all the approvals in May, June & July threads  that I see! It feels like it's mine. hahaha! August filers, our time will come. Let's keep the faith. 

Yea. Pd Aug 10

My case was closed Jan 2 

And approved my i130 instead.

[Naes 12,205]

Hellloooooooo Everyone  

 

June and July had a big update of case statuses yesterday.

They updated backdated approvals too. 

 

This is the details of work done in January (only updated cases)

 

 

	June	July	Total
Jan W1	231	4	235
Jan W2	311	22	333
Jan W3	551	323	874
Total	1093	349	1442

 

I'm sure you can see how different it looks when they actually update things online!

We still have lots of cases (dates) that are not updated in the first part of June. 

But here are the latest view into every month!

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Approved	1317	263	13	6		1		1600
Received	1358	2941	3519	3176	3770	3304	3297	21365
Touched	996	206	139	129	128	67	27	1692
Excluded	370	386	404	287	244	205	185	2081
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	3509	26738

 

 

The latest date they touched at the moment is July 14.

 

DISCLAIMER: Here on are my personal educated opinion.

 

Now my thoughts on this from watching how it flowed in the past is that hopefully they are going to change processing times to July 1 as of November 31. in order to let the June filers be able to officially start inquiries (I am really hoping of this even though I know it is not correct)

 

July is definitely going stronger than how April, May and June did. by having this much ahead with this many approvals in only 1 week didn't happen for a long time.

Please continue watching around carefully. For those in the September, please still do not put money on anything and watch for when and how August will start.

For everyone else, If I were you, before making firm plans I would watch for how things are going on 3 months ahead of you.

 

Even though there is improvement (looks like it) the improvement is not from a perfect place, this improvement still makes lots of July filers get to 200 days. And June filers are already 200+ days. NVC right now is taking about 40 days (although not for everyone). So when you are planning ahead keep all these in mind and calculate as if K1 will finish in 10-12 months.

 

Basically calculate the worst but hope for the best!! Because your positivity will keep you and your relationship healthy and happy!! But being realistic will save your sanity!

 

I'll be here with any other update if I get anything else during the weekends!

 

Good luck to all of us!

[streanor 405]

Thanks so much for sharing @Naes  

[Naes 12,205]

8 minutes ago, streanor said:

Thanks so much for sharing @Naes  

Anytime... I need June to roll, then July to roll... I reallly need to get rid of you guys too  

[streanor 405]

3 minutes ago, Naes said:

Anytime... I need June to roll, then July to roll... I reallly need to get rid of you guys too  

It would be my pleasure to F*** off as soon as I can with my NOA2  Here's hoping the speed keeps rolling fast for all of us!!! 

[Naes 12,205]

7 minutes ago, streanor said:

It would be my pleasure to F*** off as soon as I can with my NOA2  Here's hoping the speed keeps rolling fast for all of us!!! 

You're not f-ing off, you'll be back in less than a month with the NVC... don't go too far just F off my scans (meaning get that approval )

 

Then you'll have AOS questions and ROC questions... Graduates of '17 will be stuck together for a looooong time 

[streanor 405]

1 minute ago, Naes said:

You're not f-ing off, you'll be back in less than a month with the NVC... don't go too far just F off my scans (meaning get that approval )

 

Then you'll have AOS questions and ROC questions... Graduates of '17 will be stuck together for a looooong time 

I know we've a long way to go yet... it's all baby steps! So glad we have each other here to help keep each other some way sane! 

[NICK & PAULA 1,097]

@Naes - You girl is awesome! Thank you so much for doing such selfless act by helping us get through this process. I will be your biggest cheerer when you get your approval. 

[Thelucybelle 674]

When your tummy totally flips because you realize they are processing WAC's only 46,268 away from your number! ( seriously no irony intended!!(

[Rami91 37]

2 hours ago, Thelucybelle said:

When your tummy totally flips because you realize they are processing WAC's only 46,268 away from your number! ( seriously no irony intended!!(

What do you mean lol

[Naes 12,205]

22 hours ago, Thelucybelle said:

When your tummy totally flips because you realize they are processing WAC's only 46,268 away from your number! ( seriously no irony intended!!(

Totally agree!! When I saw 400000s I felt a jump in my heart.. hehe

[Daniel P 2,022]

Update of the graphs comparing May and June regarding the length of time from Received to Approved one month later (as to 01/20/2018), this time including July under the same conditions.

 

As a reminder, in the graphs below I try to compare what happened within the next 190 days after that last day of May, June and July 14th (last day with approvals) received cases. In order to see them clearer I put them together in pairs.

 

In that time, with a total of 1877, 818 and 243 approved cases (after removing some outliers) respectively:

 

• May had a global mean of 175.25 days from Received to Approval date, with a standard deviation of 14.06 days.
• June had a global mean of 186.05 days from Received to Approval date, with a standard deviation of 9.16 days.
• July had a global mean of 193.91 days from Received to Approval date, with a standard deviation of 3.28 days.

 

Even if it doesn't look very good (way less approvals in the same period of time for July and also starting from 185+ days) just remember that, because of the holidays, they haven't worked the same number of days, and more importantly, haven't been very consistent updating approvals, which is why these results only apply to the information it comes from, the unreliable information updated by USCIS.

 

If they keep the rate of approvals seen in the last days, I believe we'll start seeing a clear improvement in the next one or two months. Let's hope!