May 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[Etherial 267]

Here is the link for the May Cases file.

What I noticed is that 2 cases got denied Dec 3 and Dec 8 and another case got approved Nov 30. There is no possible way for me to know if that approval was expedited but with the recent denials also, that means they have started working our cases.

I will be updating the file once a week maybe more often depending on work.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bYbU6iImqwTZCF2awJ5_IEPxH7IhON8do1YlMlhytAI/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by Etherial

[DSBeijing 303]

6 hours ago, Etherial said:

Here is the link for the May Cases file.

What I noticed is that 2 cases got denied Dec 3 and Dec 8 and another case got approved Nov 30. There is no possible way for me to know if that approval was expedited but with the recent denials also, that means they have started working our cases.

I will be updating the file once a week maybe more often depending on work.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bYbU6iImqwTZCF2awJ5_IEPxH7IhON8do1YlMlhytAI/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

 

I wouldn't get any hopes up. There is over 6000 cases (K1s) from prior months that are open before May. At the same time, the processing rate has fallen over 50% since September and continues to fall.

Bellow you can see on first set still unopen cases from each month (NOA1). Second(RFE and other status) and Third(closed cases) sets show processing rate each month, and it continues to go down each week.

If the processing rate stays on same level as now, we are looking at least 4-5 additional month of waiting.

 

I have been tracking this since May, funny thing that the processing rate for K1 has collapsed after appointment of Jaddou to new USCIS head. She is very active on Twitter :D, making ceremonial appearances, while at same time the agency is literally falling apart :D. 

 

PS all figures are only K1s - 129F

[Etherial 267]

32 minutes ago, DSBeijing said:

I wouldn't get any hopes up. There is over 6000 cases (K1s) from prior months that are open before May. At the same time, the processing rate has fallen over 50% since September and continues to fall.

Bellow you can see on first set still unopen cases from each month (NOA1). Second(RFE and other status) and Third(closed cases) sets show processing rate each month, and it continues to go down each week.

If the processing rate stays on same level as now, we are looking at least 4-5 additional month of waiting.

 

I have been tracking this since May, funny thing that the processing rate for K1 has collapsed after appointment of Jaddou to new USCIS head. She is very active on Twitter :D, making ceremonial appearances, while at same time the agency is literally falling apart :D. 

 

PS all figures are only K1s - 129F

Thanks for this info,

However, we see daily that cases arent processed by priority date anymore, meaning they are approving March cases while there are still February and January cases still in NOA1.

So, it's good to see progress even if it's gonna be at slow rates. As I said above 2 (May) cases got denied Dec 3 and Dec 8 and another case got approved Nov 30 so at least there is some movement.

[DSBeijing 303]

3 minutes ago, Etherial said:

Thanks for this info,

However, we see daily that cases arent processed by priority date anymore, meaning they are approving March cases while there are still February and January cases still in NOA1.

So, it's good to see progress even if it's gonna be at slow rates. As I said above 2 (May) cases got denied Dec 3 and Dec 8 and another case got approved Nov 30 so at least there is some movement.

This has been happening every month (i am tracking cases since May, and habe all statuses and changes, of cases), they do 1-2 cases for May. And since i track every case, i see if it was expedite or not. Most approved caeses in May up now were not expedite, just some random processing.

 

So it seems that they process random batches to keep average processing time down, because if they did it properly, they would have to adjust expected dates on their website to 9-10 months, instead of 6.5-8.5 currently

 

[Etherial 267]

1 minute ago, DSBeijing said:

This has been happening every month (i am tracking cases since May, and habe all statuses and changes, of cases), they do 1-2 cases for May. And since i track every case, i see if it was expedite or not. Most approved caeses in May up now were not expedite, just some random processing.

 

So it seems that they process random batches to keep average processing time down, because if they did it properly, they would have to adjust expected dates on their website to 9-10 months, instead of 6.5-8.5 currently

 

Agreed. Still we got stay updated, hence why we made the file

[Etherial 267]

The May filers doc is updated today.

No changes except 1 case was approved on Dec 14 (doc was previously updated Dec 11) that had previously gotten an RFE.

Thats good news cause they are starting to touch our cases.

[sb3570 25]

Has anyone submitted an out of processing date inquiry? I saw today people with receipt date of may 1st can submit.

 

[Em&Jen 27]

Hello dear sisters and brothers in this boat with me ❤️ Any idea when they will update their processing times? I am 10 days from filing outside processing and super nervous they will hit it back to March before I get to file. Are they updating on regular basis or any random day?

[SalishSea 16,776]

On 12/11/2021 at 5:18 PM, Etherial said:

However, we see daily that cases arent processed by priority date anymore, meaning they are approving March cases while there are still February and January cases still in NOA1.

This type of skipping around has been noted for YEARS here on VJ.  It is not a sequential process.

[DSBeijing 303]

5 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

This type of skipping around has been noted for YEARS here on VJ.  It is not a sequential process.

Yes, they are literally using it to make the processing times look better then they really are. 

If they did it properly, real processing times would ne 10-12 Months instead of 6.5-8.5 as they are now.

 

There are over 2500 cases in March and over 2800 in April before us. 

And they have been processing around 1300-1500 K1 per month, so it us sadly long way ahead of us.

 

I still hope that they will pick up steam soon, and go back to processing rates of over 2000 per month

[SalishSea 16,776]

1 hour ago, DSBeijing said:

Yes, they are literally using it to make the processing times look better then they really are. 

If they did it properly, real processing times would ne 10-12 Months instead of 6.5-8.5 as they are now.

 

There are over 2500 cases in March and over 2800 in April before us. 

And they have been processing around 1300-1500 K1 per month, so it us sadly long way ahead of us.

 

I still hope that they will pick up steam soon, and go back to processing rates of over 2000 per month

Maybe.   I’m sure that even with contract workers,  USCIS cannot maintain optimal staffing levels with omicron infections and exposures.    It’s that way in most work sectors at the moment.   Where I live, pharmacies, grocery stores, and even schools have had to close due to staffing.

[DSBeijing 303]

29 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Maybe.   I’m sure that even with contract workers,  USCIS cannot maintain optimal staffing levels with omicron infections and exposures.    It’s that way in most work sectors at the moment.   Where I live, pharmacies, grocery stores, and even schools have had to close due to staffing.

I track processing rate since May for all months of 2021. 

Omicron is not at fault, the processing rate halved since August 2021, we went from over 2000-2500 cases per month to 1200-1500 in good month.

 

What ever happened to processing of K1 started long before Omicron. 

 

I will post screenshots when i get back home tonight. 

[slavaskii 885]

2 minutes ago, DSBeijing said:

I track processing rate since May for all months of 2021. 

Omicron is not at fault, the processing rate halved since August 2021, we went from over 2000-2500 cases per month to 1200-1500 in good month.

 

What ever happened to processing of K1 started long before Omicron. 

 

I will post screenshots when i get back home tonight. 

Yes, CJ just updated the chart for March and there were only 10 updates today. It’s extremely bad.

[SalishSea 16,776]

53 minutes ago, DSBeijing said:

I track processing rate since May for all months of 2021. 

Omicron is not at fault, the processing rate halved since August 2021, we went from over 2000-2500 cases per month to 1200-1500 in good month.

 

What ever happened to processing of K1 started long before Omicron. 

 

I will post screenshots when i get back home tonight. 

I've been reading VJ for 6 years.  The fluctuations you're describing are not new.  I've seen I129f processing times vary from 3 months to 12 months during that time.  I'm sure the pandemic and variant outbreaks have not helped the situation, but based on years of watching this stuff, USCIS processing productivity definitely waxes and wanes.

[4thntr 44]

On an average day we:

• Process 3,100 applications to sponsor relatives and future spouses.

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/a-day-in-the-life-of-uscis

 

please process may