CaseyCobos

I'll be 41 and probably juuuust getting to wear my wedding dress (for the first time too, lol).
We've been long distance confidantes since we met when he was 19 and I was 27. 
14 years this October. ❤

Personally I’m happy to see anyone’s approval. I hope they also get to mine soon as it’s the most important one to me as I’m sure everyone’s is to them. 
It seems to be the luck of the draw and I’ve been pulling 13’s since I’ve started.
First, I could have started this over a year ago but cold feet and a lack of belief that America was that frightened or angry that we would elect an orange orangutan ( sorry for any orangutans I insulted)
Second I should have never used the post office that lost three 50lbs bags of dog food in one week to mail in my application. I actually mailed my petition in on October 20th via priority mail, USCIS didn’t receive it for two weeks, hence my Nov. 6 date.
Luckily I’ve chosen a great husband who has a great sense of humor and with all the delays has kept me laughing instead of crying, laughing is much more fun than crying.

Yup me too. Super happy for those being approved but what the actual USCIS. Sort your s*** Out.

Anyone feel like they’ve lost the first half of November and to frantically make up for it they’re madly grabbing at 16-20 th petitions so No one notices 😂 

I am kind of pissed off now. As they are not touching early Nov. 

Anyone feel like they’ve lost the first half of November and to frantically make up for it they’re madly grabbing at 16-20 th petitions so No one notices 😂 

Anyone feel like they’ve lost the first half of November and to frantically make up for it they’re madly grabbing at 16-20 th petitions so No one notices 😂 

Approvals are all for 17 and 20.... so for filers in the future, just choose some dates you think may be a lucky number. 

This is what REALLY HAPPENED to the box of November Petitions

Im wondering the same thing.. we are November 1st filers. Happy for everyone getting approved but very confused as to the way they are currently working / operating. 

this is frustrating i find it real crazy how everybody getting aproved is at the end of november and im here from the beginning and nothing like how you skip 16-22 days into november its soo stupiddd

Day 182 and feeling pretty optimistic about this week. 

So my friend, he's a July filer... and he had to wait something like 227 days for NOA2, as back in July they were at peak slowness.
His fiancee had her interview last week on the 3rd, got approved, and he's going to fly her home later this month. 
 
I know this doesn't really help those of you anxious and waiting, but for me personally, I find hope in seeing my friend's journey and know our time is coming soon.
 
Try not to dwell on the wait, 5 years from now, these few extra weeks won't even be a worry. Think long term, this is all worth the wait! 

We are ready for a good week! 🙂
Today is 185 days for us...
NOA1 is Nov 2nd. 
Waiting for NOA2.
Praying things move along for everyone's sanity 😉

This week was way too slow so if we don't see approvals pouring in next week then something is seriously wrong with the adjudicators at USCIS.
 
Everyone needing approvals please join me in  praying that adjudicators get plenty of rest (& maybe even sex) over the weekend and food and coffee everyday next week... we need them to be happy next week!!!

Uuugh these people are making me insane. 

Scan will be finished soon, I saw 3 or 4 approvals today. 11/17 and 11/20, I believe... wasn't watching it too closely as it's running. I'll post up results soon.

Results of Full November Scan done 5/3 Evening (CST)
 
There were only 6 updates today. Here are the updates:
 
Decision Notice Mailed = Rejection
One of the 2 approvals had recently finished an RFE and got their response into USCIS on 4/13 and are now approved.
 
Receive Date Status Date 11/02/17 Your Current Status: Case Closed Benefit Received By Other Means 05/03/18 11/13/17 Your Current Status: Decision Notice Mailed 05/03/18 11/13/17 Your Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Was Mailed 05/03/18 11/16/17 Your Current Status: Case Was Approved 05/03/18 11/20/17 Your Current Status: Case Was Approved 05/03/18 11/20/17 Your Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Was Mailed 05/03/18  

Scan running.... will post updates soon.
 
on 11/2 at the moment and only seen 1 updated today (case closed)

Is anyone as confused as I am? Can we say November has "officially started" or are we still in the dark? Lol

These numbers are not exact as I've rounded to the hundreds, and are not "the exact first" for a particular day, but I know many of you like doing mini scans using the phone apps... so here's approximate numbers you can use for each date if you are so inclined.
 
38300     11/01/17
39600     11/02/17
41000     11/03/17
42500     11/06/17
44400     11/07/17
46100     11/08/17
46700     11/09/17
48500     11/10/17
50200     11/13/17
51500     11/14/17
53200     11/15/17
54200     11/16/17
55700     11/17/17
58300     11/20/17
60200     11/21/17
61000     11/22/17
62300     11/24/17
65900     11/27/17
66600     11/28/17
67500     11/29/17
68200     11/30/17

How many people are wishing they’d waited a few days to nail out their petition or had mailed it earlier to get Nov 16/17 date >_< 
lol so frustrating. USCIS what chu doing 🤷🏻‍♀️

My theory is that they do it on purpose so we don't have any proof of how we should've been touched already when they screw up (again).

Less than 1% of the month is approved at this time, and only about 4% have even been touched. I too hope they will make a lot of progress this month, but until we start seeing more movement, I'm trying to not get too excited.

This is the weirdest movement I’ve ever seen....