NealandCari

It shouldn't take that long. Call USCIS and ask if they've received it. Perhaps your notice was never sent or lost in the mail...it's happened before.

I'd be interested to know as well as I have wondered the same thing.

I was also approved on May 22. I'm going to try to call NVC tomorrow, just in case....

Yay! Finally! Hopefully that touch was an approval and you just haven't found out yet!

Congrats!!!

I sure hope so! Apparently our touch yesterday WAS the approval!!! Got the email today - dated 5/30! I'm still floating!

YAY! That's fantastic news! Congrats!!

We, like Milenka, just also got TWO hard copies of our NOA2 today in separate letters.

Well I just got an e-mail from my uncle (we are using his US address), saying that TWO NOA2s arrived yesterday in separate letters...So at least I can stop worrying about that now...anyone else who is waiting gotten the paper copy yet? Good luck to everyone! Hopefully we'll be seeing some more approvals asap!

No paper copy for me yet. Hopefully soon!

Glad to see some good news! I've had touches the last two days, but no status change since when they sent NOA2 (which hasn't made it to us yet) I hope that soon I'll hear those magic words from NVC!

I am now convinced we are in the same pile. I also got yet another touch yesterday. I'm hoping that touch was the "sent to NVC" touch.

Thanks hmm, Sarah, Neal and Cari, and Dan and Tiff. Like I said, I will let you know what happens with these responses. On a brighter note, I got my birthday package from Barney today...the best presents ever, so thoughtful. Get this, one of them was a star that Barney had named for me, "Princess Jenifer". I teared up on that one. I got lovely cards and other great gifts...made my day!!!

Ooh another birthday girl! Happy Birthday!!

I sure hope so!!

Yay! A touch!

Yay! Congratulations!

Hi guys. Well, I called USCIS AGAIN, and still nothing. They have had our RFE now for two weeks, and still don't even have record of it. So, I hopped my little butt in gear and emailed one of my local representatives and Senator Boxer as well. Hopefully will hear back from them and maybe get some help. Will let you all know what happens. Jen

Aww, sorry to hear that. Wishing you all the best with the senatorial help!

I was so hoping to come in here and find out Dan and Tiffany got approved.

Hopefully this week! I'm keeping my fingers crossed tightly...

Yeah, I got touched yesterday too. It was a holiday. Strange...

I haven't tried calling NVC yet, I am gonna wait a little longer, BUT I did get an e-mail today from USCIS saying that on the 25th a notice was mailed to me saying that our case was approved...and we were approved on the 22nd...I don't know what's going on with everyone elses case, I just hope everyone gets their NOA2s, and NO WAY should anyone have to pay for that!

Maybe we DID get the same helpful woman on the phone at CSC! I also got an email saying my notice was sent on the 25th...

I've had 3 touches since my approval. I'm hoping that means it will be sent to the NVC quickly!

I was also touched on the holiday. Strange.

I just called CSC and they told me I was approved on May 22!!! Good Luck to everyone else! And if you got touched but haven't gotten an approval, please call. I would have never known otherwise because my status never changed!

Were you checking your status on the USCIS website and you were prompted to change your password, then saw you were touched? I've tried calling with no luck and their website doesn't show any changes. The only thing I've seen is that my paperwork was touched on May 22 and May 23. That was the first sign of life since receiving my NOA1 approval back on March 2nd. I'm curious to know if this has been happening to other March filers.

It asked me to change my password, but I've been putting that off, clicking "change it later" or something.

My status never changed until after I called. I was also touched on May 22 and 23. I finally got through to someone who told me I was approved on the 22nd. I am really starting to believe that all the people touched on the 22nd and 23rd got approved on the 22nd, but we all just got the same lazy person who never bothered to change our status. I would keep calling; it took me a couple of times to get through to anyone helpful. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

I would call them. When your asked at the prompt (think it is 2), press for inquiring about information for RFE. I was touched May 23 and then nothing. I called May 23 and 24 and talked to USCIS and they said it was still pending. Then I called again on the 25th and keyed in for information regarding RFE I recieved(never got one, thought I would try something new) and then I was routed to the CSC where thw lady told me I was already approved May 22.

The USCIS people dont know s***!! The lady I spoke to was convinced they were working on November filers ONLY. She said the people on VJ were probably lying about their timelines.

The lady I spoke to at CSC also said USCIS personel dont know s***!!

Give it a try!! It cant hurt!!

EXACT same thing happened to me. I called on the 24th, and got some woman at USCIS who just read me exactly the status it had on the website (i.e. that my case was received March 1, etc.). When I called the morning of the 25th though, I got connected to CSC directly and the woman told me I had been approved on the 22nd and that she would send the NOA2 asap.

No more touches since 5/22/2007, and NVC doesn't seem to know our CIS case number yet, at least that's what their computers told me on the phone

Have you tried calling and doing the RFE trick? Call 1-800-375-5283 early enough in the day and they will transfer you to someone at CSC rather than the USCIS national customer service line (who are way out of the loop). Judging from trends, I bet your first touch on the 21st was an approval, or at least the second, they just never bothered updating your status. That's what happened to me.

We got our NOA2 hard copy today

There is absolutely no hyme or reason to this madness! There's another thread I was just reading, and people who received NOA2's in early May still do not have their paper copies, yet for most their petition is already at the respective consulate (some have even received packet 3).

I've even seen that some are getting the e-mail notification that their case was approved, after those of us that were approved during the middle of May....just unbelievable!

I wish we could find out how these darn things are processed, and how is it that some mail is being sent out and some not. At this point I have to say its not the US mail that is inefficient...an envelope is pretty much delivered in about 4-5 days anywhere in the continental US, once it is actually mailed....so the problem definitely lies w/ CSC. The H-1B visa backlog excuse is no longer making sense to me.

I will post when and if I get the paper NOA2. We definitely need those things for AOS, so I hope all of us that are waiting will get them soon!

I called and did the RFE trick and when the lady told me I was approved, she said she would make sure they got my NOA2 in the mail straight away. Had I not called, who knows...we'll just see when I actually get it...

Yeah, there is definitely something wrong with the system. I was approved on May 22nd, and just found out today when I called CSC, but it showed just two touches on the 22nd and 23rd. A bunch of people have had similar situations lately...

Same here. Funnily enough, after I called USCIS and found out I was approved, then they decided to email me!

Probably a lot of people have been approved who just don't know it because the USCIS site isn't showing it.

You can add me to the list of those who are approved. Our file was touched on May 10 and 11, but the site wasn't updated, and I found out today by calling the NVC that our I-129F was approved on May 10, arrived at the NVC on May 23, and was sent to the consulate today.

I wish the same happiness ASAP for everyone else who is waiting. Waiting is hard, but the petitions do eventually get approved.

No kidding, my status never changed or anything. Sure enough, soon as I called, I got the email confirming my approval.

And congratulations!! It's been a momentous week for approvals. Let us pray that CSC keeps up the pace!

Ok, so after writing my last post I just called to CSC, and I think I got the same nice lady since she said that we also got approved on May 22...wow, how cool is that! Now I can move over to the NVC thread Good luck to everyone still waiting...I still can't believe that it's true!!!!!!

Yay!! Cograts!! We must have been in the same pile. Let's hope it's a speedy trip to NVC!

The woman said they hadn't sent the notice yet but she'd make a note to get it in the mail ASAP. She said they'd be sending it to the NVC in the next couple of weeks. I'm so excited!