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I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

I just got my birthday wish for those who read my horrific story   I am crying hysterically and about to call Africa and tell him the news  We are December 27th filers and they have never touched our case, so all in ONE day APPROVED!

@fibelbs I believe geowrian said he's going to keep posting till they finish all of the December cases.  I could be wrong.  It's usually around 10:30pm but can be earlier with two people posting the case updates nightly. 

@acciokatie that's hilarious. we all need a little more humor in this waiting room.

@acciokatie that's hilarious. we all need a little more humor in this waiting room.

Which database exactly? I have a script to scan every case number in a range and use that to find the I-129Fs. Then I have another script to read in a list of I-129Fs and output their current status. I then use that to see activity for each date, and compare it to previous scan to get by-date updates (the table). I also load in the data into an MS Access database every data for long-term tracking of the data, queries, etc. Links to all the data (including the MS Access database) are in my daily posts.
 
For the scans I'm running, go by the Dec.27th. If you're looking to contact USCIS or something, I think they would go by the Notice Date instead, but I could be mistaken.

CONGRATULATIONS @geowrian to you and your forever love!

@AkesAngel unless I use the @ symbol it is hard to remember names on here.  Mine is obviously not my real name.  It's my prayer MOVE VISA MOUNTAIN MOVE!  

@AkesAngel unless I use the @ symbol it is hard to remember names on here.  Mine is obviously not my real name.  It's my prayer MOVE VISA MOUNTAIN MOVE!  

I'm going to go ahead and assume that in the midst of 4,058 cases that I am not the only porcelain, slightly SA tan beauty who will one day have a different kind of beautiful babies...and ask a few questions.  I've dated outside my race before, but I've never married before.  Are there decisions you are making before he or she arrives (mostly speaking to the she petitioners intending to marry a he beneficiary)?  By that I mean, I live in America, and at the end of the day this is still south, so I think about things and ask questions.  Will I always need to be the one driving at night?  How important is it that he never tells anyone at work where we live?  If I want to raise our children without sharing walls (apartment), should I buy a house now by myself, because renting will be too hard with him in the picture, because friends of mine tell me I could be rejected based on the color of his skin?  How long must we live at the address I wrote (my address) on every document?  Is it just until we marry or until adjustment of status?  My lease for my car is almost up, should I keep it and keep paying it off knowing as soon as we are able, I want to be home raising our family?  We don't plan to wait to have children, and I do intend to work one more year if I must.  I don't mean for these questions to be taken any other way than from the heart of a woman who loves her husband to be Is there anything else I should be thinking about regarding race?  Decisions we can make together, but actions I should take alone?  Ideally, we want to live in peace, but though this is not Africa, it is not always a peaceful America.   

I'm going to go ahead and assume that in the midst of 4,058 cases that I am not the only porcelain, slightly SA tan beauty who will one day have a different kind of beautiful babies...and ask a few questions.  I've dated outside my race before, but I've never married before.  Are there decisions you are making before he or she arrives (mostly speaking to the she petitioners intending to marry a he beneficiary)?  By that I mean, I live in America, and at the end of the day this is still south, so I think about things and ask questions.  Will I always need to be the one driving at night?  How important is it that he never tells anyone at work where we live?  If I want to raise our children without sharing walls (apartment), should I buy a house now by myself, because renting will be too hard with him in the picture, because friends of mine tell me I could be rejected based on the color of his skin?  How long must we live at the address I wrote (my address) on every document?  Is it just until we marry or until adjustment of status?  My lease for my car is almost up, should I keep it and keep paying it off knowing as soon as we are able, I want to be home raising our family?  We don't plan to wait to have children, and I do intend to work one more year if I must.  I don't mean for these questions to be taken any other way than from the heart of a woman who loves her husband to be Is there anything else I should be thinking about regarding race?  Decisions we can make together, but actions I should take alone?  Ideally, we want to live in peace, but though this is not Africa, it is not always a peaceful America.   

I can help with a few of these questions. He can drive at night. I am 46 year old AA and from the south and never had any problems. I have been pulled over for no reason a few times, but that was during the day, in California and Oklahoma, and after I had a really flashy car at the time (mistake). I would be very surprised if you have anyone at your job harass you for being in an interracial relationship. Interracial relationships are everywhere these days. So no, I wouldnt worry about telling folk where you live. It is VERY illegal to discriminate based on race in housing. And these days, people usually just want tenants who will pay their rent and wont trash the place. Again, I dont think that will be a huge issue for you. The address for the visa apps, I dont know. Lease time for car, I dont know. Race in America, especially the south (but not the deep south) I know well. You should be fine. There are always little racial things that happen, but you should be fine. Nothing that should disrupt your happiness in a permanent way. This is from a AA who dated many white women in the south, starting in the 1990s. Things are much better now. Good luck! 

Oh my goodness... this post made me so sad.  We shouldn't have to ask these questions - but clearly we still need to.  I'm sorry I can't help with any answers - but wish you both much love - and peace - to live your lives together xx

To get all the confusion of today out of the way ... maybe
That's Geo's and my data combined ... so all data for cases from Oct 31 to Dec 31
 
Non-Approved Cases (31 Oct - 31 Dec) Count Received 4079 RFE 1234 Other 613 Grand Total 5926       Short Status Case Was Received     Date Count 10/31/2016 6 11/1/2016 1 11/2/2016 3 11/3/2016 22 11/4/2016 2 11/7/2016 9 11/8/2016 4 11/9/2016 9 11/10/2016 3 11/14/2016 31 11/15/2016 11 11/16/2016 1 11/17/2016 22 11/21/2016 40 11/22/2016 66 11/23/2016 26 11/25/2016 32 11/28/2016 19 11/29/2016 7 11/30/2016 5 12/1/2016 21 12/2/2016 6 12/5/2016 72 12/6/2016 60 12/7/2016 16 12/8/2016 113 12/9/2016 93 12/12/2016 288 12/13/2016 129 12/14/2016 146 12/15/2016 195 12/16/2016 185 12/19/2016 393 12/20/2016 248 12/21/2016 272 12/22/2016 260 12/23/2016 307 12/27/2016 493 12/28/2016 243 12/29/2016 99 12/30/2016 100 Grand Total 4058       Date Updated 3/13/2017     Today Results Count Case Was Approved 104 Case Was Transferred And A New Office Has Jurisdiction 1 Decision Notice Mailed 2 Document Was Returned To USCIS 1 Name Was Updated 3 Request for Additional Evidence Was Mailed 38 Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received 1 Grand Total 150

Wow, I'm in shock.  I just read about the case that tops our friend on here whose fiancé forgot to check some of the most vital boxes and provide an explanation for how they met.  That story about the man who told the CBP officer when asked about his intentions to marry and he said, "Maybe we will.  Maybe we won't."  I would be livid!  How do you wait this long, with emotions high, and money dwindling due to paperwork and travel...and say that?  My heart aches for his spouse and I can't imagine what's next after that.  

Wow, I'm in shock.  I just read about the case that tops our friend on here whose fiancé forgot to check some of the most vital boxes and provide an explanation for how they met.  That story about the man who told the CBP officer when asked about his intentions to marry and he said, "Maybe we will.  Maybe we won't."  I would be livid!  How do you wait this long, with emotions high, and money dwindling due to paperwork and travel...and say that?  My heart aches for his spouse and I can't imagine what's next after that.  

Wow, I'm in shock.  I just read about the case that tops our friend on here whose fiancé forgot to check some of the most vital boxes and provide an explanation for how they met.  That story about the man who told the CBP officer when asked about his intentions to marry and he said, "Maybe we will.  Maybe we won't."  I would be livid!  How do you wait this long, with emotions high, and money dwindling due to paperwork and travel...and say that?  My heart aches for his spouse and I can't imagine what's next after that.  

Learning not to call USCIS and trust their predictions.  Lady on the phone told me today it would be 60-90 days from today, March 1st. Do you agree @geowrian ?  Trying to get ready to purchase another plane ticket to Africa.  Number 4, as I've been Nov, Dec, Jan, and now March.

it' hard to predict that far in the future, but there are about 4000 unworked cases ahead of yours. At the current rate, you're looking at about 27-32 working days before your petition is processed if they worked in a strictly first-come, first-served manner. Given that they don't do this and with the current data, there is approximately 85% chance they will process your application between March 24th and April 14th (assuming I can count working days properly).
 
Whoops...I was one week off. ehehe...

Thank you for all the encouragement and quick response to my questions. We met in January of 2016. I saw my husband and he saw his wife at first sight. I was living as a missionary overseas and had to leave after 18 days to move to my 8th of 9 countries in ONE year. We were apart for 10 months and he proposed on Thanksgiving night. Since then I've visited him for one week every month as a teacher. It has been our prayer to marry on April 2nd, and we realize it would take a miracle, but desire to marry here no matter what. These posts are so encouraging. We have had several people offer to help us and  almost did the 90 Day Fiancé TV show, but the next filming slot is sometime in June and this process seems to be going faster than anyone expected, so we decided against it for now. Like you, we have met the one we want to spend the rest of our life with, so we are ready for the rest of our life to start  I prayed for record breaking productivity for the month of January and I'm loving celebrating all these approvals.