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1 hour ago, rtsandlin said:

If I were you, I would contact your Congressman. It's part of their job to help with Federal Agencies and there's usually a place on their website about federal agency help. If not, call their office, but they can inquire on your behalf in a more formal way. It's possible they have more knowledgeable contacts? I dunno. Just my 2 cents.

We tried our Congresswoman back when we were at USCIS stage. So useless! They wanted us to fax (yes fax) them my wife’s drivers license, then said they never received it (no paper in the fax machine?). Then the driver’s license was too dark. Thank hen they submit regular inquiry and were told to wait 60 days which we already did. I say try it as any action feels like progress but don’t put your hopes up. Fingers crossed!

To all December 2016 filers. Our PD is Dec/19 and we were approved on Dec/22. Our lawyer got an official letter in the mail, while USCIS website remains not updated. We’re so relieved and happy to be finally moving on!!! Fingers crossed for all left behind, Cheers!

20 hours ago, Crysta said:

I'm not sure if I asked this yet, but I was wanting to get feedback. I submitted an "Out of Normal Processing Time" inquiry on 11/02 and received a response via email on 11/28 that my case is being reviewed by and office and to allow 60 days for an answer. Well, being as impatient as I am now with my one year mark coming up in a couple of days, would it be necessary to put in a request for my Congressman to reach out to USCIS on my behalf? Or should I just ride out the remaining 31 days since I received that email response and hope for an answer? 

Frustrating process indeed, 374 days for us. We’re in the same spot as you are, case is with an officer, allow 60 days. We did go to a Congressman whom we had to fax (yes, fax) their form (twice as the first facsimile didn’t reach them... sigh), only receiving a note that they will inquire on our behalf. So far no word from them. Jan/19 is the 60 day mark from our inquiry to USCIS. I say try anything you can, better than this endless wait.

17 hours ago, vlen1234 said:

I received the RFE by email response today. Very disappointing. I planned to see my wife in February and I hoped we would have approval by then. Now we wait and respond to USCIS for more info. I wait for the mailed response. I pray for fast resolve of RFE request and approval soon.

 

Total madness that they sent RFE after one year. Hope you can resolve it quickly and get on with the process! 

We’re Dec/19 filers too, still waiting. Filed an inquiry and got boilerplate response to allow 60 days for resolution, which will be Jan/17. We’re keeping positive but it’s getting ridiculous. 

30 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

That is exactly what I tried to do today, i filled out the form so they could talk to USCIS on my behave, cant say i will get much further but will keep you updated, if I can ask whats your PD?

We’re last year’s leftovers, Dec/19!

17 minutes ago, Steph&Bobo said:

if that's the case, then maybe what Tier 2 told me last week could be true that it's under initial review even thought my case still reads received on the apps.

It will most likely read Received until it moves out of Nebraska Center. 

14 minutes ago, Crysta said:

Tha

That is great! I hope you'll receive an answer soon. I just spoke to a tier 2 and of course I receive the same spill that I get from a tier 1. Currently under review by an officer and to continue to allow 60 days. eerrrgghhh

Thanks, right back at you! It’s beyond frustrating at this point. Our lawyer is suggesting we involve member of Congress, as hopeless as we feel, I guess it’s worth a try. 

49 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

I wonder if that is the case, I was told 12/7 my case was with an officer and under review, but my status just states received, you would think if they were really working we would have gotten something like the other name changed case in initial review.

From what I’m seeing status-wise, the cases read Received until USCIS processes it.

1 hour ago, Khallaf said:

with them telling you that your case in under review, have you seen any status change when you check on your case with the app or online check with your case #.

I have the iPhone USCIS app and our latest and only update is our PD. But, when my wife called and spoke to Tier 2, they were able to look it up in their system, most recent update was last Thursday (as of last Monday), which brought slight comfort that somebody is actually working on it.

1 hour ago, Crysta said:

I share your same pain @Oladipo.. my pd is Dec 30 and my one year mark is coming up soon and still nothing. They did reply to my service request that my case is under review and to allow 60 days for an answer.. I am so impatient and I pray that I will receive an answer soon, and I pray the same for you! Hang in there! 

Same here, our PD is Dec/19. Same boilerplate response to our Service Request, to allow 60 days for response. Very painful indeed, trying to keep it together! 

20 hours ago, Alexis9294 said:

Congratulations to @Sundee and everyone else who has received their approvals! I'm officially one week away from the one year mark (PD Dec 6) and am starting to lose all hope. About 2 weeks ago I received a response to my inquiry that said that my case is IN LINE to be reviewed by an officer, meaning that my case hasn't even been touched! Yet, people who filed MONTHS after me are getting their approvals?! I can't help but to be completely ticked off by this whole process because it is far from fair.

 

Are there any early December filers left who haven't received their approvals?

I feel your frustration, we are PD Dec/19. Seeing all the approvals of as far as Feb filers was getting to me so we called our lawyer and he spoke to Tier2, who said we should be hearing an update by Dec/2. So far nothing doing, going to call our lawyer tomorrow to inquire for us. 346 days and counting...

1 hour ago, Crysta said:

Any Dec. filers left in here? ... currently sitting on 327 days  DEC. 30th, 2016.

Yep, our PD is Dec/19. 338 days and counting.

27 minutes ago, etrangais said:

Way overdue. 350 days after NOA1

Congratulations! We’re on day number 330. I’m probably slowing down the USCIS website traffic how often I’m checking for an update.

54 minutes ago, etrangais said:

you can sign up by creating an account at www.uscis.gov, click on "Check your case status"

Thanks!

2 minutes ago, etrangais said:

got 4 text messages and 1 email about the I-129F

I see, we filed through a lawyer, not getting any messages directly from USCIS. Is there any other way to sign up for text/email updates?

21 minutes ago, etrangais said:

They just closed our I-129F 

so we are hopping the approval of the I-130 will follow soon

Good news! How did you find out? All we have is the LIN case number, don’t see any other details. 

4 hours ago, etrangais said:

20 days left for the 1 year mark after NOA1.

No updates yet

We’re right behind you, PD Dec/19/2016, 325 in. This needs to happen any day now... right?! Stay strong!

59 minutes ago, Alenka27 said:

please write when you receive a response from USCIS

Will do. 

5 minutes ago, jakelake said:

Nebraska handles the bulk of CR1 cases. Naturally, that center will appear to take longer for that particular process.

 

The other centers handle other aspects of immigration such as naturalization, adjustment of status, petitions from nonimmigrant workers, applications to extend or change nonimmigrant status, applications for employment authorizations, etc.

 

There are different types of petitions where millions of people are also waiting for responses. It's not just petitions to enter a spouse that USCIS deals with.

Very true. They do post updates for particular paperwork though, so when the update for I-130 petitions says we’re (were, really) processing Jan 2017, us being Dec 2016 is only leaving us with question marks. 

3 minutes ago, Alenka27 said:

you called them or wrote to them after they had an update on their site on October 14? on August 31 they had a date on January 9. Or there is no sense to call?

Couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the Oct/14 update. We’re using a lawyer and he submitted formal inquiry on our behalf. Supposedly, USCIS has 60 days to respond. Honestly, I did not even think of calling.

7 hours ago, Alenka27 said:

Hi! I do not understand how Nebraska works! my date is January 26th. why do they process February if they have not finished January yet?

Hey there, our PD is Dec/19, so believe me, I feel your bewilderment!