amye

Okay, these are all great suggestions, everyone.  Thank you!  I will look into all of these.  My fiancé said he does think the postal service might be the cheapest way for me.

I'm moving in a week and I haven't planned this out very well.  I had every intention but then found out I'm pregnant and the last month has been work and exhaustion and sleep and constant nausea and very little else.  So....things went quite sideways for me.

We WERE going to drive my stuff down and have a two week road trip with a Vegas wedding in the middle but decided to put that off since I already feel sick all the time and two weeks in a car would be horrible.  Won't fit in my wedding dress anymore either.   Oh life, you are funny, aren't you!

Anyway, again, I appreciate the suggestions!!

5 minutes ago, AnJ Co said:

I understand this enterprise is still going strong.  https://www.uship.com/

 

Compared to a household goods mover who has a 2100# minimum, maybe this would be an option.

Other than this, I wouldn't have any idea, except renting a Penske van

Thank you.  I did post on there and got zero bids.

Hi all,

Are there are recent threads on different moving options for Canada to the US?

I saw old posts and a lot of people used UPack but those are very old and my quote for the smallest option to ship was quoted at $2300 which it crazy seeing as it's mostly clothing, shoes, and some personal effects that I'm looking to move.

I'm going from BC to Texas.  If anyone has any info or if I've missed a thread that has all the info (the likely case), please let me know.

Thank you!!!

Just now, geowrian said:

Congrats!!!!

THANK YOU!  Oops, caps still on.  lol

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Just an FYI - I ran my scan after midnight (EST) due to the maintenance window. However, I saw no updates at all (no RFEs, no approvals, etc.). CSC was open today, so this sounds like their system just  hasn't updated, so that's why there's nothing to report for today. I will re-scan in the afternoon tomorrow.

thanks Geo

7 hours ago, visamountain said:

I am a December filer. I check the processing times monthly and as of today every service center is listed as July 28, 2016 as of December 31, 2016? Can anyone explain this to me? It's discouraging to see it go from August 2016 to this on the USCIS site and simultaneously encouraging to hear so many late November cases are being approved, and talk of December being as soon as next week. 

Not sure anyone answered this yet but the USCIS date is not accurate.  They may have unfinished files going back that far but they are currently working on new November files.  Just follow this threat to see the progress.  Geowrian posts an update every business working day (no holiday postings) around 8:30pm PST.  That's the information you're looking for.  Forget the Visa Journey estimates and the USCIS date; just follow this thread.

I was thinking that 1 that was touched on today's results might have been Jim.  Wonderful news.

Just now, JimJesDuma said:

Well hello to the November filer thread - Part 2.

 

It's been a while since I posted glad to see Geo, Art, Vogann, and others are more than holding the fort down.

 

Just loving it here in the Philippines.

Well today is Day 107 since NOA 1.

3 day weekend which means no processing on Mondy

 

Noon here so I ran the USCIS app.

I show only 8 cases left out of over 350

from 10/31 receipt date.

 

 Petition Approved 

 

15 weeks and 2 days for our NOA 2

 

Congrats to all the recent approvals and NVC activity.

 

We already have an appointment for CFO next week which is specific to Philippines.

 

Hang on for others still waiting doubtful you will have to wait 107 days.

 

Jim

you got approved??????

Just now, geowrian said:

Fixed~ Cases updated & approved were swapped.

Ahhh okay, thanks Geo!!!

11 minutes ago, geowrian said:

***Today's comprehensive update***
Date: 2/17/2017
Scan ran: 10:35 PM EST
Scan finished: 11:15 PM EST
Records: 3460

 

Cases updated today: 65
Approved: 94
RFEs: 6
Other: 23

 

Today's Data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2bld1UWNPcDQzUkE

 

All data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1B_oR3Imoi-dVhQSG02YkFhVjg
MS Access Database: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2WndWWDFpM2gxVm8

 

*Keep in mind I'm only counting WACs from WAC1790048000 onward. Records untouched prior to this are not included.*

 

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	17-Feb	16-Feb	# Touched
10/20/2016	1	1	0
10/31/2016	9	10	1
11/1/2016	6	6	0
11/2/2016	6	6	0
11/3/2016	32	34	2
11/4/2016	13	13	0
11/7/2016	28	29	1
11/8/2016	12	12	0
11/9/2016	29	29	0
11/10/2016	29	30	1
11/14/2016	117	128	11
11/15/2016	53	59	6
11/16/2016	47	47	0
11/17/2016	75	82	7
11/18/2016			0
11/21/2016	214	224	10
11/22/2016	118	122	4
11/23/2016	116	116	0
11/25/2016	134	140	6
11/28/2016	256	266	10
11/29/2016	122	122	0
11/30/2016	98	98	0
12/1/2016	91	91	0
12/2/2016	108	108	0
12/5/2016	345	345	0
12/6/2016	212	212	0
12/7/2016	108	108	0

 

 

 

Typical Friday...slower. Also, note that Monday is a holiday so don't expect progress until Tuesday (except maybe some weekend warriors?).

65 cases touched and 94 approved?  

1 hour ago, Keemdenice said:

I am so happy for u  mapleaf29. I knew it u will get approved this month. 

You are next @amye

That would be so very nice!  Thank you for the positive vibes, Keemdenice!

6 minutes ago, MapleLeaf29 said:

This afternoon, I left for a work conference in San Francisco.  I decided that I wasn't going to think about the visa at all -- I was just going to enjoy being in California.  The plane landed, I took my phone out of airplane mode, and the app said APPROVED!!!!!! I almost burst into tears in seat 23B.  I keep checking the app again just to make sure it's real!

Congratulations!!!  Awesome news!!!

19 minutes ago, geowrian said:

***Today's comprehensive update***
Date: 2/16/2017
Scan ran: 10:30 PM EST
Scan finished: 11:15 PM EST
Records: 3460

 

Cases updated today: 216
Approved: 106
RFEs: 80
Other: 30

 

Today's Data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2Z09hNTA3NzdYcmM

 

All data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1B_oR3Imoi-dVhQSG02YkFhVjg
MS Access Database: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2WndWWDFpM2gxVm8

 

*Keep in mind I'm only counting WACs from WAC1790048000 onward. Records untouched prior to this are not included.*

 

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	16-Feb	15-Feb	# Touched
10/20/2016	1	1	0
10/31/2016	10	10	0
11/1/2016	6	10	4
11/2/2016	6	6	0
11/3/2016	34	36	2
11/4/2016	13	13	0
11/7/2016	29	33	4
11/8/2016	12	12	0
11/9/2016	29	38	9
11/10/2016	30	31	1
11/14/2016	128	144	16
11/15/2016	59	83	24
11/16/2016	47	62	15
11/17/2016	82	100	18
11/18/2016		1	1
11/21/2016	224	242	18
11/22/2016	122	127	5
11/23/2016	116	125	9
11/25/2016	140	169	29
11/28/2016	266	286	20
11/29/2016	122	121	-1
11/30/2016	98	98	0
12/1/2016	91	91	0
12/2/2016	108	107	-1
12/5/2016	345	343	-2
12/6/2016	212	172	-40
12/7/2016	108		-108

The negatives are caused by the addition of the new records added today. They won't appear moving forward.

 

NOTE: I removed the cases with "approved" and other "final" statuses (Rejected, Denials, etc.)  as of yesterday from my list, and added the remaining ~300 cases from Dec from my original list. If something was missed then let me know.

 

Wow, lots of activity today. Nice!

Thank you for the good news, Geo!

1 minute ago, shanakog said:

Yeah, I mean that I should get my k1 visa shortly after my interview. So unless I can travel my k1 to the festival (happening in early April), I won't bother to get an extra tourist or business visa beforehand.

Ahhh okay.  I understand.  Yeah, that sounds like it might be tight.

Just now, shanakog said:

Yes for k1. Unless I am able to make it to the festival with my k1 visa I probably won't be attending.

isn't the interview in your own country?

2 minutes ago, shanakog said:

Hey amye! I don't have any type of US visa at the moment, and since the festival is relatively close to the date I expect to have my interview (by May or June) it wouldn't be worth the hassle / money to make another trip

the interview for your k1 visa?

19 minutes ago, thatsmygsp said:

I was an examiner for the US Patent Office. I wonder if the folk examining our applications at USCIS go through a similar process like I did at the patent office. In the old days, the US Patent office had paper applications like USCIS has now. When an examiner requested applications to work on, we would physically receive 10 or maybe 20 applications on our desk at a time. The examiners would review the applications one at at time,  but we would do the easy ones first, because we were working on a production schedule, and not by the hour. The easy ones were worth as much as a hard one, and its human nature to do the easy ones first. And lets say an examiner ordered 20 applications to work on, but then went on a short vacation, was out sick, was out for any reason really - an application might sit in his/her office for days, maybe weeks longer than other applications with the same filing date that are being worked by examiners who are actually at work those days. Reviewing geo's graph, it seems something similar might be happening at USCIS. Not trying to knock the process. Just trying to understand. Those who know, please correct me

 

And does anyone know if the USCIS examiners work on production? IMPORTANT question! 

 

There was a comment in the old thread about the adjudicators getting audited once a week and it sounds as if its something similar to your US patent situation.

8 minutes ago, geowrian said:

***Today's comprehensive update***
Date: 2/15/2017
Scan ran: 10:30 PM EST
Scan finished: 11:25 PM EST
Records: 5000

 

Cases updated today: 81
Approved: 53
RFEs: 22
Other: 6

 

Today's Data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2b2JHYkNybU9DbDg

 

All data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1B_oR3Imoi-dVhQSG02YkFhVjg
MS Access Database: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8es4j04tzi2WndWWDFpM2gxVm8

 

*Keep in mind I'm only counting WACs from WAC1790048000 onward. Records untouched prior to this are not included.*

 

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	15-Feb	14-Feb	# Touched
10/20/2016	1	1	0
10/31/2016	10	10	0
11/1/2016	10	11	1
11/2/2016	6	6	0
11/3/2016	36	36	0
11/4/2016	13	15	2
11/7/2016	33	33	0
11/8/2016	12	15	3
11/9/2016	38	38	0
11/10/2016	31	33	2
11/14/2016	144	148	4
11/15/2016	83	87	4
11/16/2016	62	65	3
11/17/2016	100	102	2
11/18/2016	1	2	1
11/21/2016	242	244	2
11/22/2016	127	137	10
11/23/2016	125	125	0
11/25/2016	169	174	5
11/26/2016			0
11/28/2016	286	296	10
11/29/2016	121	121	0
11/30/2016	98	98	0
12/1/2016	91	91	0
12/2/2016	107	107	0
12/5/2016	343	343	0
12/6/2016	172	172	0

 

 

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Slower day today. That said, late Nov. cases are starting to be approved in addition to the early and mid Nov. cases.

 

Note: 2 cases were approved today mixed in with the Dec. filers. They were, however, Nov. filers just with later case numbers. USCIS, please...

10 files for 28Nov processed!!!  So awesome!!!

17 minutes ago, Kevin&Kanyanat said:

Howdy, all although I am a December filer,  early December but still December.  Following your posts has been inspirational. I can commiserate with those you have been waiting for forever and vicariously be happy for those who have gotten their approvals. 

Not being a November filer I don't have any standing but I don't find anyone's griping about still waiting to bring me down. Nobody has flamed anyone who received theirs.  Fortunately when someone is complaining I'm usually in a good mood and when I am bummed out someone gets their approval and I feel better.   With all that said I am by no means a patient person. But I've been deployed multiple times and that taught me a lot about being patient. We can't control the situation. We can only control our reaction to it. Soon folks. Soon we will all have them. 

I look forward to the day I can type to you all I got mine. If my thumbs arent shaking too bad to write. ?

lol My fiancé is familiar with deployment and his tolerance for waiting far exceeds mine.  Quite amazing to see how those experiences have afforded some the gift of patience.

Just now, Scelous said:

That was my notice date.  My received date was November 22.

Ah okay.  Thank you for the clarification and congrats!!!

5 minutes ago, Scelous said:

Hey guys, just FYI: my visa application was approved and moved on to NOA2 yesterday.

You have your NOA1 date as Nov 28.  Was that the receive date or the notice date?

I knew they'd come through for us on the day of love!!!  Best day I've seen so far!!!  <3<3<3