whiterabbitt

back when mailing my lawyer did this with every page 
it doesn't hurt to mark them before scanning 
think this way:  USCIS  printers are getting thousands of documents a day  /yours may not come thru altogether  -could be mixed in others
and yes, they do loose documents

Hi! Our PD 26 Oct 2020, Texas Processing Center.

Some good news! Our 'Case Received' updated to 'Case is being Actively Reviewed' yesterday. I checked the documents tab on the USCIS website and we have 2 approval pdfs for my husband and lawyer! I expect because it is the weekend it should change to 'Case Approved' in a few days.
 
(Initially thought my PD was Nov 10 2020 as we paper filed and thats when we got notice. However in the approval pdf, it says PD 26 Oct)
 
Good luck everyone! Hang in there, yours should hopefully be soon! 
 

My NOA1 is November 10, 2020  
 
Paper filed, Texas center in letter receipt 

Nothing for 9 months

Late to the party, but my husband DQ'ed Feb 16 and has an interview for August 9!! 🎉  That was such a hard 5 month wait. Thank you to the people that started this forum as it has been so helpful to us. Hoping timelines will improve for those still waiting! xx

The wait is really frustrating I agree. Ours took 6 months to get approved at Nebraska center, and some were getting approved faster, while others waited for way longer...you can still gather the documents you will need at the NVC stage while waiting for your approval, so you can upload everything quickly on CEAC later.

Nebraska used to be very slow. USCIS is not good at spreading the cases out evenly. When one gets backed up too much they transfer some to another. Nothing makes sense in immigration. It took me 10 months to get passed Nebraska. 

I feel your frustration. … No one truly knows how cases are distributed amongst the service centers. Are cases assigned randomly? Does Nebraska get the easier cases? Are they more efficient? How complex was your submission compared to others? Just too many unknowns.
 
On average across all centers, it's now taking about 9 months give or take 3 months to get approval. Mine took 7 months.  For me, I used the wait time to understand the NVC stage and did a first pass on the DS-260 and I-864. Then I went about my business. Yeah I know, it's easy  to say it takes a lot of patience, but there isn't much else you can do but wait "patiently".