Waiting for a NOA2 from VSC for your I-129F?

[Steph1973 0]

I am so ready to get in my car and drive to Vermont and see what the dealio is.

Don't do it. They'll upset you and you'll end up getting in trouble for telling them how wonderful they are.

That is so true. Not a good thing for me to do, although I would love to be one of those patient, relaxed people that could manage that right now.

[Bobalouie 0]

Amrssnowangel, and all of you from June, I think you have a right to be upset. Being a July filer, I honestly am thrilled that they are working July, but I can only imagine what I'll feel like if I start to see August being done and I'm still sitting here. Just a couple people with dates after me have been approved and it makes me feel like, HEY! what about mine? Did you forget mine? So it's okay... we are all happy that Vermont is working and happy to see people get approved... but yeah, it would be nice if they went in order like they said they do. Then we wouldn't have to worry about getting passed up. It just causes more stress!

I dont mind someone 2 weeks past mine...but we are now talking a full MONTH difference..I dont care WHERE my file WAS...it was THEIR job to keep track, organize it and manage the amount of work flow. They were ill prepared, mismanaged.

Im TRILLED that those that are approved ARE approved...I really am..but yeah...I do think...umm...what about mine??? Hellooo?? Anyone working on it today?? LOL..

STATISTICS I PULLED:

OF JUNE FILERS 64% OF THOSE FILED HAVE BEEN APPROVED

OF JULY FILERS 37% HAVE BEEN APPROVED WHICH IM HAPPY FOR.....

THAT MEANS THAT 36% ARE STILL WAITING ON WORD OF THEIR PETITIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOWEVER....Does anyone else find it odd that 36% of June filers are still waiting for word on their petitions while VSC is currently starting to work the last half of July?? Am I off base? To wonder why July filers were being approved BEFORE my JUNE file ever was assigned???? Does this information back up the USCIS's commitment of processing first come first served? Am I alone in feeling this is very very unfair..and that the mismanagement of this system has caused tons of heartaches?

Im contacting my senators office today to get answers......

Well, as a fellow June filer, I agree

I was thinking about writing my congressmen today or tomorrow. I just have a feeling we've been lost on some vacationer's desk or something. Who knows.

I created a spreadsheet I intend to use..showing the noa1 dates and noa2 dates of all those filers from june/july and ALL those approved that filed aug/sept/oct as well. To SHOW them that Im not making up numbers. That REAL people are WAITING. I want them to SEE that if MY file just hit a desk on Nov 21, HOW did others a MONTH after my noa1 get out onto the floor to be worked???? Im happy to email you a copy if you'd like it.

Here is my theory of what is going on:

Since we have no idea how they process petitions, other than the fact that they put them in boxes and on a shelf somewhere, it is possible that they dont date code label those boxes. They are probably labeled something like "june 129F petitions". There would be 10-15 boxes labeled that way, and when an adjudicator goes over to the shelf, he/she has no idea if they are getting petitions from late June or early June. They are just grabbing a June box off of the shelf because they dont see any April or May boxes. All the June boxes might be on adjudicators desks so some adjudicators, after completing their June box go to the shelf and the only thing left is July, so they are starting to work that.

We also know that, with the large influx of petitions that they had, some were being stored in semi trailers in the parking lot. Chances are that adjudicators are not going to the semi trailers to pull files. There is probably some contractor who is responsible for going to the trailer, finding all the May, June, July boxes and bringing them into the building. My guess is that the contractor missed a box or two of May and June petitions and that is why VSC "found" a box of petitions. It was buried in a place it wasnt supposed to be or it was just flat missed.

Plus the fact that we know there are a lot of vacations going on right now, and if the adjudicator has already ordered name checks on a particular case, they probably cant scan it back into the system, put it back into the box and onto the shelf for the other adjudicators to work on. From what I read in Huskerkievs accounts of the process, I believe that to be true. So, you end up with some petitions on someones desk who is not there, and probably only management has the authority to go over there and complete that case. And we all know how hard it is to get GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT to do anything remotely resembling work.

We have to remember that in normal time, it would be two days of work for a person to adjudicate 1 box of petitions, however, in government time it is probably closer to two weeks.

I just noticed your timeline...you JUST filed in SEPTEMBER....Wait .... just see how you feel about this process and coming up with excuses for their poor management. I agree...with alot of what you say...but I find it NOT to be a good excuse. This isn't a credit card payment...its PEOPLES LIVES....

Whoa! Easy now! I am simply presenting a theory. I personally think this whole system is F'd up, and I know you have to be stressed now, and I am too. Until they get you guys cleared out, I have to continue to wait. I have already been calling customer service, writing officials, participating in the chocolate drop, all that stuff. i am pissed too. Just take a breath and calm down a little. My post is not an inditement of you or what you are going thru.

[amrssnowangel 0]

VJ WILL COME TO YOUR TOWN
(to the tune of: SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING TO TOWN)

We're making a list
We're counting it twice,
Gonna find out whose naughty or nice,
Come on VSC, and get down.
We want our approvals,
We want them right now,
Cant take the waiting
Im telling you why,
VJ members paid to apply.
We know that you've been sleeping,
WE know your not awake,
WE know that you've been bad not good,
Get to work for goodness sake.
Oh, you better watch out,
You better well try
You better work hard
Im telling you why
VJ will come to your town.

Amrssnowangel, and all of you from June, I think you have a right to be upset. Being a July filer, I honestly am thrilled that they are working July, but I can only imagine what I'll feel like if I start to see August being done and I'm still sitting here. Just a couple people with dates after me have been approved and it makes me feel like, HEY! what about mine? Did you forget mine? So it's okay... we are all happy that Vermont is working and happy to see people get approved... but yeah, it would be nice if they went in order like they said they do. Then we wouldn't have to worry about getting passed up. It just causes more stress!

I dont mind someone 2 weeks past mine...but we are now talking a full MONTH difference..I dont care WHERE my file WAS...it was THEIR job to keep track, organize it and manage the amount of work flow. They were ill prepared, mismanaged.

Im TRILLED that those that are approved ARE approved...I really am..but yeah...I do think...umm...what about mine??? Hellooo?? Anyone working on it today?? LOL..

STATISTICS I PULLED:

OF JUNE FILERS 64% OF THOSE FILED HAVE BEEN APPROVED
OF JULY FILERS 37% HAVE BEEN APPROVED WHICH IM HAPPY FOR.....

THAT MEANS THAT 36% ARE STILL WAITING ON WORD OF THEIR PETITIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOWEVER....Does anyone else find it odd that 36% of June filers are still waiting for word on their petitions while VSC is currently starting to work the last half of July?? Am I off base? To wonder why July filers were being approved BEFORE my JUNE file ever was assigned???? Does this information back up the USCIS's commitment of processing first come first served? Am I alone in feeling this is very very unfair..and that the mismanagement of this system has caused tons of heartaches?


Im contacting my senators office today to get answers......

Well, as a fellow June filer, I agree

I was thinking about writing my congressmen today or tomorrow. I just have a feeling we've been lost on some vacationer's desk or something. Who knows.

I created a spreadsheet I intend to use..showing the noa1 dates and noa2 dates of all those filers from june/july and ALL those approved that filed aug/sept/oct as well. To SHOW them that Im not making up numbers. That REAL people are WAITING. I want them to SEE that if MY file just hit a desk on Nov 21, HOW did others a MONTH after my noa1 get out onto the floor to be worked???? Im happy to email you a copy if you'd like it.

Here is my theory of what is going on:

Since we have no idea how they process petitions, other than the fact that they put them in boxes and on a shelf somewhere, it is possible that they dont date code label those boxes. They are probably labeled something like "june 129F petitions". There would be 10-15 boxes labeled that way, and when an adjudicator goes over to the shelf, he/she has no idea if they are getting petitions from late June or early June. They are just grabbing a June box off of the shelf because they dont see any April or May boxes. All the June boxes might be on adjudicators desks so some adjudicators, after completing their June box go to the shelf and the only thing left is July, so they are starting to work that.

We also know that, with the large influx of petitions that they had, some were being stored in semi trailers in the parking lot. Chances are that adjudicators are not going to the semi trailers to pull files. There is probably some contractor who is responsible for going to the trailer, finding all the May, June, July boxes and bringing them into the building. My guess is that the contractor missed a box or two of May and June petitions and that is why VSC "found" a box of petitions. It was buried in a place it wasnt supposed to be or it was just flat missed.

Plus the fact that we know there are a lot of vacations going on right now, and if the adjudicator has already ordered name checks on a particular case, they probably cant scan it back into the system, put it back into the box and onto the shelf for the other adjudicators to work on. From what I read in Huskerkievs accounts of the process, I believe that to be true. So, you end up with some petitions on someones desk who is not there, and probably only management has the authority to go over there and complete that case. And we all know how hard it is to get GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT to do anything remotely resembling work.

We have to remember that in normal time, it would be two days of work for a person to adjudicate 1 box of petitions, however, in government time it is probably closer to two weeks.

I just noticed your timeline...you JUST filed in SEPTEMBER....Wait .... just see how you feel about this process and coming up with excuses for their poor management. I agree...with alot of what you say...but I find it NOT to be a good excuse. This isn't a credit card payment...its PEOPLES LIVES....

Whoa! Easy now! I am simply presenting a theory. I personally think this whole system is F'd up, and I know you have to be stressed now, and I am too. Until they get you guys cleared out, I have to continue to wait. I have already been calling customer service, writing officials, participating in the chocolate drop, all that stuff. i am pissed too. Just take a breath and calm down a little. My post is not an inditement of you or what you are going thru.

You are right...it was me not you...i do apologize for misinterpreting...it was a melt down moment

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

...... THIS PROCESS MAKES US DO THINGS LIKE THIS HUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amrssnowangel 0]

...... THIS PROCESS MAKES US DO THINGS LIKE THIS HUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uh huh :blink: :whistle: :innocent:

[charlene 0]

I am so ready to get in my car and drive to Vermont and see what the dealio is.

Don't do it. They'll upset you and you'll end up getting in trouble for telling them how wonderful they are.

Be patient....I am still waiting on ours that was filed May 11....your time will come...

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

I am so ready to get in my car and drive to Vermont and see what the dealio is.

Don't do it. They'll upset you and you'll end up getting in trouble for telling them how wonderful they are.

Be patient....I am still waiting on ours that was filed May 11....your time will come...

....WOW YOU ARE PATIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Steph1973 0]

I am so ready to get in my car and drive to Vermont and see what the dealio is.

Don't do it. They'll upset you and you'll end up getting in trouble for telling them how wonderful they are.

Be patient....I am still waiting on ours that was filed May 11....your time will come...

Oh Charlene-that is so sucky!!!!!!!!!!!!

[*julez* 124]

I am so ready to get in my car and drive to Vermont and see what the dealio is.

Don't do it. They'll upset you and you'll end up getting in trouble for telling them how wonderful they are.

Be patient....I am still waiting on ours that was filed May 11....your time will come...

Have you asked your congressperson to make an inquiry on your behalf since you are well beyond the 6 months?

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

ive become so used to posting in this thread, that i feel like i have no friends anywhere else on VJ....

my case was sent to naples instead of albania...and its a national holiday today in albania, so i cant get anything done

just thought i would share that and say congrats to all those who were recently approved, and i hope that when everyone else gets their NOA2, they wont be syked out like i was, and have to deal with more BOLOGNA at the embassy stage

Edited November 29, 2007 by babybluesusie

[Steph1973 0]

ive become so used to posting in this thread, that i feel like i have no friends anywhere else on VJ....

my case was sent to naples instead of albania...and its a national holiday today in albania, so i cant get anything done

just thought i would share that and say congrats to all those who were recently approved, and i hope that when everyone else gets their NOA2, they wont be syked out like i was, and have to deal with more BOLOGNA at the embassy stage

I just spoke with my congressman's office. They called VSC and spoke to their contact there. Apparently, this is someone they always call and is a high up there (not one of the useless customer service idiots). She said my case is currently with an adjucator. If I don't hear anything in 30 days they can call back.

Good news is my petition is with an adjucator. Bad news...why wouldn't I hear anything by 30 days?? I feel a little relieved though that it isn't in a dusty crate in the corner of a trailor parked out back in an abandoned parking lot.

[Bobalouie 0]

ive become so used to posting in this thread, that i feel like i have no friends anywhere else on VJ....

my case was sent to naples instead of albania...and its a national holiday today in albania, so i cant get anything done

just thought i would share that and say congrats to all those who were recently approved, and i hope that when everyone else gets their NOA2, they wont be syked out like i was, and have to deal with more BOLOGNA at the embassy stage

I just spoke with my congressman's office. They called VSC and spoke to their contact there. Apparently, this is someone they always call and is a high up there (not one of the useless customer service idiots). She said my case is currently with an adjucator. If I don't hear anything in 30 days they can call back.

Good news is my petition is with an adjucator. Bad news...why wouldn't I hear anything by 30 days?? I feel a little relieved though that it isn't in a dusty crate in the corner of a trailor parked out back in an abandoned parking lot.

The 30 days statement is what they tell everybody. It is the company mantra and they are just covering their asses.

[ric 0]

ive become so used to posting in this thread, that i feel like i have no friends anywhere else on VJ....

my case was sent to naples instead of albania...and its a national holiday today in albania, so i cant get anything done

just thought i would share that and say congrats to all those who were recently approved, and i hope that when everyone else gets their NOA2, they wont be syked out like i was, and have to deal with more BOLOGNA at the embassy stage

I just spoke with my congressman's office. They called VSC and spoke to their contact there. Apparently, this is someone they always call and is a high up there (not one of the useless customer service idiots). She said my case is currently with an adjucator. If I don't hear anything in 30 days they can call back.

Good news is my petition is with an adjucator. Bad news...why wouldn't I hear anything by 30 days?? I feel a little relieved though that it isn't in a dusty crate in the corner of a trailor parked out back in an abandoned parking lot.

They told me the same thing. Here's hoping!

[Jason-Sasha 1]

JASON AND ALL MY VSCER'S! THEY ARE STILL MOVING!!!!

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: EACxxxxxxxxxx

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On November 28, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service

WHOOO!!!!!!! I was totally planning on a December approval "if we were lucky". But no, 4 months to the day of the first touch after they got the petition...AMY AND I ARE APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY DREW!!!!!!! I knew it would be very very soon!!! Congratulations, my friend!! isn't it the greatest feeling????

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Heh, I really didn't stay up all night. But I got up and had the CRIS email in my box at 6:30 am!

Whoo!

Also, VSCers, I got a letter from my other senator back home (I am in Texas as of this writing) so when I get home I will continue to follow up with them even though my own case has been approved.

Just letting you all know that I fight for what I believe in even if I have no personal stake in it anymore (well, sorta).

That's my man!

No really, it is. I'm Amy, hi everyone.

I made this account ages ago, and then he made a seperate one, which I guess was kinda silly of us, but never mind! Congrats to Jason and all who've been NOA2'd, and to the rest, hang in there!

Congratulations Amy!! We're like roommates.