What if they lost our papers?

[Eve81 19]

We filed our papers in January 2018 and we got the NOA1 on january 29. Lots of people from around the same date got already their NOA2, RFEs and even the whole approval. We got nothing, simply nothing. So we are starting to worry they lost our papers. Does anybody has an idea what we need to do? How to contact USCIS, and if they lost it, do we have to start all over..? After 5 years of living apart, we were so much looking forward to finally be together every day... And now... well, it doesn't look like it's going to be soon.

 

Thanks

[Chris Duffy 1,256]

USCIS has a contact # on their website.

 

Call them directly

[Eve81 19]

My husband to be send in an inquiry but we are afraid they'll just say: we are processing...

[debbiedoo 2,339]

I doubt they lost your stuff. Its a waiting game. after day 225 you can file an inquiry or have a congressman inquire for you. 

[Eve81 19]

2 minutes ago, debbiedoo said:

I doubt they lost your stuff. Its a waiting game. after day 225 you can file an inquiry or have a congressman inquire for you. 

I so much hope it's just that. Waiting and waiting. It just freaks me out when you get all these positive timeline emails from other people, and you get nothing. People that got their NOA1 3 days before us, already had the NOA2 end july and are completely approved since sept 4. So it makes you think something went really wrong.

[debbiedoo 2,339]

2 minutes ago, Eve81 said:

I so much hope it's just that. Waiting and waiting. It just freaks me out when you get all these positive timeline emails from other people, and you get nothing. People that got their NOA1 3 days before us, already had the NOA2 end july and are completely approved since sept 4. So it makes you think something went really wrong.

theres people from last year that are still waiting for NOA2. 

 

as hard as it is, you cant compare how long your case takes to a very small sampling of how long other cases take. 

[Eve81 19]

4 minutes ago, debbiedoo said:

theres people from last year that are still waiting for NOA2. 

 

as hard as it is, you cant compare how long your case takes to a very small sampling of how long other cases take. 

What's the end date you can wait for. Otherwise you can be waiting for 2 years and still not get a NOA2. Is the 225 days after NOA1 to send in the inquiry, or call them up to know, the only way how you can know if they actually still need to look at it?

[geowrian 22,336]

As noted, contact them and ask. They have lost or forgotten paperwork before, but this is not a likely scenario. More likely it’s just bad luck compared to others who filed around you.

[KBA 542]

Just hang in there...you can submit an inquiry or contact your congressman. I didn’t have success with either unfortunately and had to wait over 400 days for an RFE finally. Every case is different but definitely keep being the squeaky wheel and eventually you’ll get an answer. Hang in there!

[Eve81 19]

Just now, KBA said:

Just hang in there...you can submit an inquiry or contact your congressman. I didn’t have success with either unfortunately and had to wait over 400 days for an RFE finally. Every case is different but definitely keep being the squeaky wheel and eventually you’ll get an answer. Hang in there!

That's more than a year! 😮 You hung in there because you knew they still had your papers...? The inquiry and congress man told? Or did you just knew nothing, waiting and hoping something would ever come out of it...

[Maeph 46]

I guess U need to call USCIS already coz your outside normal processing time already...you can inquire now coz receipt date is already February 13 in USCIS.

[Eve81 19]

13 minutes ago, Maeph said:

I guess U need to call USCIS already coz your outside normal processing time already...you can inquire now coz receipt date is already February 13 in USCIS.

My man just called and they just give the same answer like what the website says. Maybe he is calling the wrong number

 

[KBA 542]

1 hour ago, Eve81 said:

That's more than a year! 😮 You hung in there because you knew they still had your papers...? The inquiry and congress man told? Or did you just knew nothing, waiting and hoping something would ever come out of it...

I did a lot of inquiries, called, went to the field office, had my congresswoman call and I submitted a case to the Ombudsman. The response we kept getting was that the security checks were still pending. It wasn’t until we filed a lawsuit that we received the RFE. 

[Eve81 19]

2 minutes ago, KBA said:

I did a lot of inquiries, called, went to the field office, had my congresswoman call and I submitted a case to the Ombudsman. The response we kept getting was that the security checks were still pending. It wasn’t until we filed a lawsuit that we received the RFE. 

My man just called. They say it's pending in Cali and they can not give us more info. We have to wait for the inquiry... So let's wait until sept 26 and see what they say then

[Jaquelly 1,647]

This is going to be super blunt:

 

There are people waiting before you. There are people waiting after. Like @KBA and @debbiedoo have both said, this is a waiting game that you cannot rush. They will get to you when they get to you. We all know that frustration and anguish, but you're really just stressing yourself out over something that is out of your control.

 

It will happen. Try to stay strong.