March 2021 K1 I-129F filers

[slavaskii 885]

So, as the main March chart gets updated, an observation is that we're likely only around 1400 filers left in March; it's kinda hard to believe we started with over 4,000, and that processing only 'kicked up' in mid-January  Last time they left about 200-300 February filers before moving on to us, so I presume the same circumstance may happen here. If that's the case, then we're in the final weeks of March processing; I'd say after 3 more weeks, we'll see most everyone nearly cleared at this pace. 

 

Also a reminder, as alluded to above, is that the inquiry date is now March 7th. I don't think we'll see another revision of the inquiry time soon, as 9-12 is still pretty accurate. So far, none of us (obviously) have had to wait over a year for NOA2, and the data is collected from two months prior. Perhaps it'll get adjusted to 10-12, but I find it unlikely to go over that until we see what happens with the April filers. Hopefully for them, processing times will stay consistent or ideally decrease. Good luck tomorrow, troops!

Edited February 23, 2022 by slavaskii

[MeG@Am 110]

1 hour ago, slavaskii said:

Also a reminder, as alluded to above, is that the inquiry date is now March 7th. I don't think we'll see another revision of the inquiry time soon, as 9-12 is still pretty accurate. So far, none of us (obviously) have had to wait over a year for NOA2, and the data is collected from two months prior. Perhaps it'll get adjusted to 10-12, but I find it unlikely to go over that until we see what happens with the April filers. Hopefully for them, processing times will stay consistent or ideally decrease. Good luck tomorrow, troops!

April filer here and been following this group since ours is next.  I am hoping that the momentum will only improve, if not, at least stay the same.  All of us waited for a very long time now and sure it's an agony.  Congrats to all who are approved today.

[Pangoleen 66]

One thing I find quite confusing is, going through the immigration timelines here, a good majority of March filers I come across seem to have gotten their NOA2 anywhere between August and November, 2021. Meanwhile, the anonymous case data and this thread paint an entirely different picture. Just seems like a weird discrepancy that has been bugging me for a few weeks.

 

I do know that USCIS doesn't work in perfect chronological order, but how is it possible for random chunks of the (in this instance) March group to be prioritized over thousands of others, a whole 5-8 months ahead of everyone else? Only crackpot theory I can come up with is that this could be done to artificially boost timeline statistics, although the amount of cases is probably far too miniscule to make any real difference.

[Milkman199 14]

12 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Approved, what a blessing to be had on this day

Congrats! Thank you Slavaskii for pointing me here from Reddit. You’ve saved me mentally!

 

And good luck to all the other March filers out there! 🤞

[KSVJ 216]

13 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Approved, what a blessing to be had on this day

congratulations!! thank you for all of your contributions! when my time comes (hopefully soon) i look forward to seeing you on the NVC threads 🙂

[dalindeck 390]

Website glitched and duplicated my post, can't see a way to delete this one --

Edited February 23, 2022 by dalindeck

[dalindeck 390]

Let's see how they are faring today so far

 

57000 - 2 Approvals
57500 - 0
58000 - 3 Approvals, 1 RFE
58500 - 0
59000 - 1 Approval, 1 RFE
59500 - 0
60000 - 2 Approvals
60500 - 0
61000 - 1 Approval
61500 - 3 Approvals
62000 - 0
62500 - 0

63000 - 1 Denial

63500 - 1 Approval

64000 - 1 RFE

64500 - 5 Approvals

65000 - 8 Approvals, 2 RFEs, 1 Other

65500 - 10 Approvals, 5 RFEs
66000 - 4 Approvals, 1 RFE

66500 - 10 Approvals,

67000 - 3 Approvals, 1 RFE

67500 - 1 Approval

 

We're at 68 updates today with no new trends to report on. Still working into late March cases while handling some stragglers that they left behind. Seems to be the way that the USCIS operates, haha.

[Fk254 45]

It's so frustrating and tormenting to see the two cases following me have been worked on....but mine is still pending

Edited February 23, 2022 by Fk254

[Re Mo 36]

1 minute ago, Fk254 said:

It's so frustrating and tormenting to see the two cases following me have been worked on....but mine is still pending

Ohhh I feel ya 😪 I'm stuck there too

[lb119397 79]

8 hours ago, KSVJ said:

congratulations!! thank you for all of your contributions! when my time comes (hopefully soon) i look forward to seeing you on the NVC threads 🙂

There are NVC threads? 😬

Edited February 23, 2022 by lb119397

[dalindeck 390]

Here's the end of day update!

 

57000 - 2 Approvals (=0)
57500 - 0 (=0)
58000 - 5 Approvals, 1 RFE, 1 Denial (+2 Approvals, +1 Denial)
58500 - 2 Approvals (+2 Approvals)
59000 - 2 Approvals, 1 RFE (+1 Approval)
59500 - 0 (=0)
60000 - 2 Approvals, 1 RFE (+1 RFE)
60500 - 0 (=0)
61000 - 1 Approval (=0)
61500 - 4 Approvals (+1 Approval)
62000 - 1 Approval (+1 Approval)
62500 - 1 Denial (+1 Denial)

63000 - 1 Denial (=0)

63500 - 2 Approvals (+1 Approval)

64000 - 2 Approvals, 1 RFE (+2 Approvals)

64500 - 6 Approvals, 1 RFE, 1 Other, 1 Denial (+1 Approval, +1 RFE, +1 Other, +1 Denial)

65000 - 8 Approvals, 4 RFEs, 1 Other (+2 RFEs)

65500 - 12 Approvals, 11 RFEs, 1 Other (+2 Approvals, +6 RFEs, +1 Other)
66000 - 4 Approvals, 4 RFEs (+3 RFEs)

66500 - 13 Approvals (+3 Approvals)

67000 - 3 Approvals, 1 RFE (=0)

67500 - 1 Approval (=0)

 

We're at 102 (+34) updates today! A lot more denials than I am used to seeing. In any case, this is a number I'm glad to see again!

[Re Mo 36]

The numbers look good for the fortunate few but not that great as I move onto Day 353 in continued silence and no notice . Let's see what tomorrow brings as we near another weekend. 😐

[lb119397 79]

19 minutes ago, Re Mo said:

The numbers look good for the fortunate few but not that great as I move onto Day 353 in continued silence and no notice . Let's see what tomorrow brings as we near another weekend. 😐

If you haven’t done so already, I would send an inquiry to USCIS and also a request to your congressman/woman and/or senator. Each time that I submitted and inquiry to USCIS, about a week later I would call and the rep submitted an inquiry on their end as well. I also recommend requesting that a T2 officer calls you.  
 

This all has a wait time of 30 days, so you might get a decision before then, but sometimes persistence is key. I feel that the constant persistence on my end might have helped, and I have the same NOA1 date as you. 

[Re Mo 36]

5 minutes ago, lb119397 said:

If you haven’t done so already, I would send an inquiry to USCIS and also a request to your congressman/woman and/or senator. Each time that I submitted and inquiry to USCIS, about a week later I would call and the rep submitted an inquiry on their end as well. I also recommend requesting that a T2 officer calls you.  
 

This all has a wait time of 30 days, so you might get a decision before then, but sometimes persistence is key. I feel that the constant persistence on my end might have helped, and I have the same NOA1 date as you. 

I have done 1 online inquiry, 1 ombudsman inquiry and 1 congressional inquiry prior to USCIS changing processing timelines. Currently I cannot do an inquiry because my date of receipt is March 8th once it changes to a later date I will immediately start submitting inquiries again

[I129f49619 96]

2 hours ago, Re Mo said:

I have done 1 online inquiry, 1 ombudsman inquiry and 1 congressional inquiry prior to USCIS changing processing timelines. Currently I cannot do an inquiry because my date of receipt is March 8th once it changes to a later date I will immediately start submitting inquiries again

So you're at 343 days?? Since you're received date is March 8