From NOA to NOA2, What is the longest wait time?

[Prisonmate 93]

I see many getting their NOA2 within 90 days from their NOA notice. A few within 100 days.  I'm curious what is the longest wait time someone had to endure for their NOA2 approval. 

Would you mind posting the number of days and what did you do to keep your sanity while waiting?

 

[Aeiou1357 15]

Hello Prisonmate! My fiance and I waited 148 days for our NOA2. We got an RFE within 100 days and was a long wait for approval after RFE. Keeping our sanity has been hard, but dealing with it better nowadays, just focusing on other things, staying busy. Luck!!!

[Naes 12,205]

7 minutes ago, Prisonmate said:

I see many getting their NOA2 within 90 days from their NOA notice. A few within 100 days.  I'm curious what is the longest wait time someone had to endure for their NOA2 approval. 

Would you mind posting the number of days and what did you do to keep your sanity while waiting?

 

For my time here, one of the most memorable is @KBA I still can't believe the power they had as a couple. I think you can check the timeline by going there.

 

But this was not a normal wait for 99.9% of the people here: I say the regular longest waits at worst times was 200 ( but our average 2 years ago was 180-200 days)

 

I am a highly anxious person and by my 200th day I was going into real negativity. I am now sitting here with my now husband watching TV shows, have an awesome job and really happy life - and that thought ( back then a dream of ours) was the only thing I needed to remember everyday. And to be honest, people in VJ reminded that to each other every day.

[Marriednow 4]

44 minutes ago, Prisonmate said:

I see many getting their NOA2 within 90 days from their NOA notice. A few within 100 days.  I'm curious what is the longest wait time someone had to endure for their NOA2 approval. 

Would you mind posting the number of days and what did you do to keep your sanity while waiting?

 

13 months and two days...ridiculous

[KBA 542]

1 hour ago, Naes said:

For my time here, one of the most memorable is @KBA I still can't believe the power they had as a couple. I think you can check the timeline by going there.

 

But this was not a normal wait for 99.9% of the people here: I say the regular longest waits at worst times was 200 ( but our average 2 years ago was 180-200 days)

 

I am a highly anxious person and by my 200th day I was going into real negativity. I am now sitting here with my now husband watching TV shows, have an awesome job and really happy life - and that thought ( back then a dream of ours) was the only thing I needed to remember everyday. And to be honest, people in VJ reminded that to each other every day.

Yes, I think our wait was definitely one of the longest! (Take a look at my timeline, it’s not pretty) But we are finally married and submitted the AOS paperwork...and hoping things go smoothly from here! 

[Sarge2155 4,570]

582 days @HTMW

Their interview is this Monday please wish them well. Mine was 299 days!

[SalishSea 16,770]

Last year, our wait time from NOA1 to NOA2 was 185 days.  This seems so slow as compared with the faster processing times currently, but our EAD/AP wait time was 135 days, which is faster than average.  We also had a quite fast NOA2-NVC-interview process - 5-6 weeks or so total.

 

Each part of the process has its own challenges and wait times.  We live in the jurisdiction of one of the busiest LFOs, and don't expect our AOS interview anytime soon.  I'm pretty grateful that my husband can at least work and be readmitted to the US though.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[Prisonmate 93]

Thanks to those that posted how many days it took to get their NOA2.

 

Also thanks for giving each other encouragement and to think positive. Sooner or later the NOA2 will arrive.

 

Tomorrow is Monday. Sept 23rd. Another new week and hopefully, more of us will get an answer from the USCIS. 

[JeanneAdil 6,191]

IR1 

Nebraska for 10 months and transfered to Missouri (for faster proscessing which was a joke)

missouri for  another 6 months 

 

and back in 2009/2010 K1 's in California were there long as the building experienced a broken water pipe and USICS had no way to know what applications were lost until people started inquiries

Edited September 22, 2019 by JeanneAdil

[geowrian 22,335]

The longest I've seen was around 3+ years for an I-129F for a fiance.

Shortly after when I filed, the norm was around 8-10 months.

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

4 months for me 

[Mark & Kath 24]

15 months here 😖🙋🏻‍♀️🥴

[melissaemb1 0]

We have been waiting 502 days since NOA1 and have received a transfer notice, but no other info  

[Prisonmate 93]

24 minutes ago, Mark & Kathe said:

15 months here 😖🙋🏻‍♀️🥴

Fifteen Months?!!!! That's 450 days!!!!!!! I think I would have given up by 300- days.