Stickfigure

My husband tried to teach me to drive stick. I cried and we haven't tried again.

Manual is the best Unless you're stuck in traffic then it can become a pain.

They are averaging 210 days, so you should hear something based on your timeline in 2-3 weeks

Well I should hear something in 2 weeks then as I'm on 196 days.

I'm July 24th and still waiting.

Quite a few August filers at CSC are being approved while us July filers are still waiting

Ah you have described New York City

Haha so I have However the taxi's in South Africa are minibuses carrying 20+ people at a time

Interesting thread. I've had my driver's license in South Africa for a wile now. Driving in South Africa is a war zone. Nobody knows the rules of the road and more than 50% of people (100% of taxi drivers) have bought their licenses. The fact that I've never been in an accident makes me think I'm a pretty good driver

In terms of getting your license here, you write your learners first (permitted to drive a car as long as a valid drivers license holder is in the passenger seat next to you) This is a written test however the papers have been leaked online so everyone just downloads and memorises them. After that you apply for your drivers test which is a practical test. Yard (3 point turn, hill start, reverse and parallel) Then about a 15 min drive out on the roads.

What I'm curious to know is, if you already have a drivers license in your home country, will you be required to do the entire practical test over. I'm fine with hill start and 3 point turn but don't really feel for parallel and reversing. I'm sure I read on VJ somewhere that some guy was just asked to drive around the block. Also how many questions in the theory test have measurements? In South Africa we use the metric system, so I'll have to learn the imperial system.

I hit the 6 month mark yesterday.

Having a look at Igor's list, a few late July and early August filers were approved last week. Still nothing for me though.

NOA1 of July 24th. Still waiting.

fiance called today they told him they are working on july 17 applications, dont know what to beleive...

Is that just for K-1 applications? Or I-130's as well?

July 24th. Still waiting.

Sahs, we have the same filing date. Unfortunately, looks like we'll be waiting a bit longer. Spoke with a Tier 2 supervisor at CSC today who said it'll likely be the end of the month before our petitions will be in their 'processing' time. They're working on July 17th as of today...

I'm July 24th. Hoping to hear something before the end of the month

Are there any more NOA2's for July 2012 filers?

My application filed on July 25th, 2012.

NOA1 received on July 28th, 2012.

Case status set to "Initial Review".

Not a word or an update received since :0(

Exact same situation as you. My NOA1 date is July 24th.

3 days to go until I hit the 5 month mark. I'm only expecting to be approved in January at the earliest.

Just keep trusting God because my noa1 was July 18th and we got our NOA2 on 12/13/12....the service center jumps around from month to month...hang in there!

They are still aproving I-130's for CSC. We just got our NOA2 today. I noticed they are starting to approve July I-130 petitions.

That's encouraging to hear

i called friday 12/7 and they informed me that they were processing June 13 applications at the CSC

That sucks. My NOA1 is July 24th. Looks like I'm still in for quite a wait.

Sigh, I'm a July 24th filer. Looks like I still have quite a wait despite being 2 weeks away from the 5 month mark

Yip me as well. NOA1 of July 24th.

Hello everyone,

Today is 132 days since PD of July 20, 2012 and no NOA2. We should all be getting very close now, I've seen July filers from CSC being approved during the 120-165 day time period. Hope we all get approved soon.

My NOA1 is July 24th. Haven't heard anything yet

My I-130 NOA1 is July 24th so I've been waiting for just over 4 months. Haven't heard anything since. They do say they have a wait time of 5 months so I suppose I can't really start complaining until December 24th haha.

Grats to everyone on their respective case completes and interview dates. I finally got mine Interview Jan 10th @ 1pm!!!! WHOOOP WHOOOOP. Uhm now I seem to be having a brain fart though, what the heck am I supposed to be doing now besides the medical??

Is the interview at the embassy in CPT or JHB?

Anyone who applied for an I-130 in July received their NOA2 yet? My NOA1 was July 24th so yesterday was the 4 month mark.

Congrats I applied at the CSC 11 days after you. Hopefully I get accepted in the next 11 days then haha.

Any idea what date CSC is currently working on?

This is quite concerning.

My father (US citizen) submitted my I-130 (child under the age of 21) at the California Service Center on the 24th of July so I was hoping to hear something around the end of December/beginning of January (5 months wait time.) If you've been waiting for 6 months and still haven't heard anything, how long am I going to have to wait for?