After 6 months of waiting my fiancé is finally with me. My fiancé is pregnant and was able to make it here safely last Friday. We got our visa and she arrived here right around 6 months from NO1. Good luck to all you guys! =) Thanks to all for all of the useful information from this site!
Having to wait for the process to grind its wheels is frustrating to say the least. I feel your pain. When they say that they work on the files in the order they are received they are right. You're in line and your file comes across the adjudicator's desk within that line. Once they open your case and begin the background checks and inventory your submission then things can start to happen or they sit and wait. If you are missing a form or document then your case gets set aside until you return the requested documents/forms. Once they are received they get filed with your case. Now if the background checks are complete and all the required documents are there then they will render a decision. But if something is missing that you're not responsible for, like a background check, It's not going to get processed until such time as your entire file is complete. This includes behind the scenes process that you don't see. So while your file sits, someone else that came behind you had no documents missing and she is from a country that is not suspect, their case can leapfrog yours till all your documents are adjudicated. So when you see they are getting their NOA2 before you and they submitted after you that is what is usually is taking place. It's just they way it is.
So, a document, a letter of intent, is missing or a background check is not complete that may be the item(s) that are holding up things. This whole immigration process is a hurry up and wait, and then wait some more and maybe wait some more. As a veteran of many processes that you have yet to tackle, I suggest that you sit back and work the system using the timelines that UCIS posts. Once your case goes beyond that advertised timeline then it's time to call in the Big Dogs.
Last year, after waiting for my wife's 10 year GC (permanent residency-filed through Vermont) we waited one year and 4 months for her approval. My stepson was 1.5 and my step daughter was 1.7. All the while those who were lucky enough to file through California was adjudicated within 6 months which is normal processing time. So, no one can tell you when you will be processed and anything that is told to you typically does not pan out to be the timetable that you actually received.
The best I can tell you is that you have to have a lot of patience because every step of the way through AOS, Perm Residence and Naturalization is going to drive you nuts. It does not get better. I'm just saying.
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