Angel&Eric

Dont get too stressed about this.  My post about the H1Bs being transferred does not say they are being completed first.  Just another possibility.
 
I too struggle with the stress caused by this but there really isnt anything we can do about it.  We are using the time talk about thing they may ask in her interview, and thing we want to do when they (we have a 2 year old) get here.
 
Try to stay positive!

Mongfer, the main impact of the processing delay was two main events.
 
First, the application price increase in December had both November and December filers trying to beat the increase. There were over 4000 applications both November and December. That set back the applications from that point on.
 
The latest delay though was last week and it appears to be repeating itself this week. We are seeing a huge decrease in productivity in processing applications to a bare trickle from was once over 100 touches a day. Now all we are seeing is RFE's and RFE responses. We do know that there are a few examples here on VJ of people getting their applications approved but the website is not showing that. There is so much speculation to why that is happening, but it is our misfortune that it is.
 
The fact that February applications are getting touched at all baffles many of us December and January filers. There is still over 100 December filers that have not had their applications touched yet and hundreds (I believe that it may be close to 1000) of January filers that are dying for movement.
 
I will close by saying this... unless the USCIS can make changes to their process and get more staff to handle the flow, I only see this getting worse. The last week and a half has pushed many to contact their Congressional Representatives, but I believe that that fix will only last so long. The USCIS falls back always when you call to the fact that on their terms that it can take from 3 to 6 months. Very few of us have reached that timeline. So we wait.
 
Sorry for the essay.

I think I found the answer to all the questions about processing and why there has been so few approvals!

Being a February filer I scanned for Feb. and as I said there was more than one... in fact there were two.  I was mildly disappointed.  But it is progress.

i did some pretty extensive detective work and this is what I found!
 
 

I followed up by grabbing one of the Case numbers that was approved and entered into my cases on USCIS.gov.  The status there was Approved.  
 
Maybe, just maybe, they are getting things going again.

I followed up by grabbing one of the Case numbers that was approved and entered into my cases on USCIS.gov.  The status there was Approved.  
 
Maybe, just maybe, they are getting things going again.

December and January filers are reporting delayed reporting of approvals so it may not be as bad as it seems.
 
It does look like a lot of RFEs.  I am curious if something changed.

Thank you @iamdegie

Congrats!!

Congrats!!

Lets hope that the keeper of the rogue box only took a couple days off.

Lets hope that the keeper of the rogue box only took a couple days off.

Lets all hope for another rogue box!

I know we all miss our fiances and cant wait to get them here with us.  I have an added incentive.  Meet our son Gabriel!
 
We have only been able to spend about 7 weeks together in his 2 years but we video chat every day.
 
Can you imagine going through this without the technology we have today?

Lets all hope for another rogue box!

I know we all miss our fiances and cant wait to get them here with us.  I have an added incentive.  Meet our son Gabriel!
 
We have only been able to spend about 7 weeks together in his 2 years but we video chat every day.
 
Can you imagine going through this without the technology we have today?

I know we all miss our fiances and cant wait to get them here with us.  I have an added incentive.  Meet our son Gabriel!
 
We have only been able to spend about 7 weeks together in his 2 years but we video chat every day.
 
Can you imagine going through this without the technology we have today?

I know we all miss our fiances and cant wait to get them here with us.  I have an added incentive.  Meet our son Gabriel!
 
We have only been able to spend about 7 weeks together in his 2 years but we video chat every day.
 
Can you imagine going through this without the technology we have today?

I know we all miss our fiances and cant wait to get them here with us.  I have an added incentive.  Meet our son Gabriel!
 
We have only been able to spend about 7 weeks together in his 2 years but we video chat every day.
 
Can you imagine going through this without the technology we have today?

Still not bad.
 
Always a great source for info.  Thanks!

Yeah, total approved so far in the Feb group: 34, RFEs: 25

Good for you! We are Feb 8.  Hopefully someone grabs another box soon.

Earl Nightingale

Feb cases touched 20-Apr: 7
 
Approved: 0
RFE: 5 (still from 6-Feb)
Others: 2
 
Raw data here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wWQs77fPiIRjFyblFCMjFCUkU