Can we talk about the Track My Visa website

[LadyGRAY2026 4]

I have a few questions, mainly why are there so many Approvals showing for September when the previous months have very little approvals ? Have the USCIS made a statement about this ? Or am I not understanding the graph? I of course am very happy for everyone who is getting approvals, but it seems the majority of cases before September are only in the DOS stage, isn't that the NOA2 ? Seems like the most approvals for a previous month was 21 (June) but Sept is showing 174 approvals already.

 

Any answers appreciated - guess I am still just trying to learn the steps, even though I feel like I have read them 500 times ....  

Edited 9 hours ago by LadyGRAY2026

[Edward and Jaycel 2,725]

I wouldn't trust any stats from these 3rd party websites. 

[mam521 3,072]

As @Edward and Jaycel pointed out, I wouldn't trust the stats from a third party website.  As with anything, they are only as good as the data input into the model and that data is only representative of the users that are using that resource.  Hundreds of thousands of people are going through different immigration processes at any given time, so it's not going to be accurate.  

[Boiler 49,021]

The people to ask would be the web site

[Modest 5]

6 hours ago, LadyGRAY2026 said:

I have a few questions, mainly why are there so many Approvals showing for September when the previous months have very little approvals ? Have the USCIS made a statement about this ? Or am I not understanding the graph? I of course am very happy for everyone who is getting approvals, but it seems the majority of cases before September are only in the DOS stage, isn't that the NOA2 ? Seems like the most approvals for a previous month was 21 (June) but Sept is showing 174 approvals already.

 

Any answers appreciated - guess I am still just trying to learn the steps, even though I feel like I have read them 500 times ....  

 

DOS is the Department of State. After USCIS approved the K1 Visa, they send it to the DOS. In other words, a typical approval with "Request for Evidence (RFE)" goes along the line of "Case Received" > "Approved" > "DOS" on their site.

Again, like multiple others mentioned, the numbers are not accurate. You can use it for timeline and rough estimate at best.