darina

Hey guys! I was hoping you could help. My case status on ceac website says "Ready". (Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time.) Can I go ahead and schedule the interview already or do I need to wait for the embassy to contact me? From my understanding Embassy in Moscow only has Packet 4 but no Packet 3. I called the embassy and a guy who picked up the phone said that i could wait or schedule it already but that he also said he was no expert in this question and forwarded me to the visa department. The lady there wasn't sure what I should do. Please, help! 

Just now, hy2016 said:

no way! how long did it take your representative to get back to you and what did they ask for?

We sent them an email with request and then called back to make sure they received it. Then they emailed some privacy agreement paperwork for us to sign, and in a few days they contacted the USCIS. It took about a week for the office to process our request and contact the USCIS (they emailed us once they did) and then within 48 hours they received a response from the USCIS, which they forwarded to us right away. The response was: you case will be updated within the next 45 days, if it doesn't you may contact USCIS again. But our case got approved in 10 days or so. 

4 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

We're in exactly the same spot. Just waiting for the "official" 5 month mark before taking serious action (our received date is 12/6). I feel like we've tried to remain rational and civil about this for a looooong time now. We've been patient, understanding that some people just end up waiting longer than others, no rhyme or reason. That patience is running out now, especially since it is becoming clearer and clearer that we have no legitimate way of getting information about the hold up.

We filed our inquiry well before 5 month mark, i think it was day 120 or something like that. We got our NOA2 on 135th day. And the USCIS responded to the inquiry within 48 hours. 

15 minutes ago, Kuben&Tiffany said:

Yep, we're at 150 days with no word about anything. I've emailed USCIS with no response. Once it passes our received date (6th) I'm going to start calling. I'm not feeling confident that it's going to make any difference one way or another, unfortunately. 

Have you tried filing a congressional inquiry? It is usually much more efficient than trying to get any info out of USCIS. 

19 minutes ago, Kate + Evgeny said:

Darina, thank you so much for your reply, your sympathy, and your advice. I really appreciate it. And I am so happy to hear you got your NOA2 with no problems! If I wanted to go ahead and do a congressional inquiry, how would I go about that? Is there a specific form to use, or should I just search out the info and contact them in any way possible? And so, it would be the senator for the location of my permanent residence and where we're planning to live together? Thank you so much again for your help.

No problem, just hang in there! In terms of the congressional inquiry: you need to contact your local Congressman or Senator (place where you live now). I suggest just giving them a call. And they will tell you what form to fill out on the website. There is basically a form sending your request to their office and an additional privacy form allowing USCIS to release information about your case to the Congressman's staff. USCIS usually responds within 48 hours to their requests so maybe you are gonna get some information this way. 

You can also try calling them and then email USCIS but that got us nowhere even though that is an option. 

22 minutes ago, Kate + Evgeny said:

I guess I need to just post ... I am getting so frustrated and tired. Our case was received December 22 and NOA1 on January 3rd. All this time and nothing. I'm seeing January filers with received dates of a month later than us getting approved left and right. That is great for them, but kind of terrifying for those of us with so much earlier dates. This December thread is getting quiet. I am just so exhausted from this. I don't want to even talk to my fiance about being worried because I'm the upbeat one about this process; he's just worried about it all the time. But now I'm worried. I don't know what to do. Are we screwed? Are we destined to be the next poor people stuck inside the 80-something cases left for the month in the next week or two like the poor remaining November filers? Is it as bad as it looks for us? We sent a huge amount of information, hundreds of pictures, dozens of pages of Skype records, and even affidavits of support and police records and stuff before they were required to try to make it as thorough as possible. That was probably really dumb, because maybe nobody wants to deal with our case because it's a big file. Maybe it's my fault that we're left behind, because I put in too much. I just wanted to do everything I could to make things go smoothly. Now we're stuck in limbo and nothing we can do. I feel so much for the people who have filed earliest and have still not been answered. I so hope that they will finish with the earliest cases and work their way up to ours. I don't know even exactly why I'm writing this except just to say it somewhere, and to ask: Are there others out there who filed around our time? How are you doing? What does everyone think about the status of the remaining December filers, is it terrible news for us that we haven't been touched yet?

I definitely understand your frustration. I was severely depressed and nervous that something was completely wrong in our file. We finally got our NOA2 after 134 days of waiting (Received date Dec 1st; no RFEs in between). And seeing people approved from a month or two away from our filing date was incredibly frustrating. Yours is at 116 days right now based on your timeline. I know this wont help and everyone keeps saying it but "be patient" is really the motto here. We did file a congressional inquiry with our Senator, you can try doing that as well. It didn't speed up anything for us but at least we knew that our case wasn't lost and someone was working on it. Good luck and keep waiting. Soon enough it will happen! 

16 minutes ago, AkesAngel said:

Sorry for being late today ... had some trouble with the scan files

 

Cases for December updated 4/10/2017: 138
Approved: 81
RFEs: 16
Other: 41

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1Q2FQd0xnM1E4Sm8

 

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Rec'd Date	4/10/2017	4/8/2017	Touched Cases
1-Dec	2	2	0
2-Dec	2	2	0
5-Dec	7	13	6
6-Dec	14	16	2
7-Dec	2	2	0
8-Dec	11	12	1
9-Dec	31	33	2
12-Dec	25	26	1
13-Dec	7	7	0
14-Dec	36	41	5
15-Dec	38	42	4
16-Dec	40	54	14
19-Dec	53	93	40
20-Dec	58	61	3
21-Dec	133	146	13
22-Dec	146	170	24
23-Dec	215	235	20
27-Dec	348	389	41
28-Dec	170	177	7
29-Dec	60	86	26
30-Dec	80	85	5

Thank you for posting it!

Is anyone else Dec 1st received date here?

My fiance is a naturalized US citizen and we have been waiting 128 days already from when our i129f was received. I was wondering if any naturalized citizens had to wait this long or there is a different reason for that. Thanks! 

1 hour ago, hy2016 said:

anyone else have a NOA1 of 12/9 or earlier and still not hear back? 37 cases for 12/9 and they didnt touch any of the cases yesterday. So depressing!!! 

123 days and counting. Our case was received on Dec 1st. Filed a congressional inquiry but all we got back is "The above referenced case is under review with an officer. Please feel free to contact us if your constituent does not receive a notice of action* within 45 days."

Any ideas on what else we might do or why its taking so long?