christmascowboy

Same thing has happened to me, after checking on MyUSCIS account (and having trouble viewing .tif files) I noticed the uploaded birth certificate was illegible because the scanner contrast was too pale. I am about to upload the birth certificate now.

Have you had any updates as of yet?

Spent the day yesterday trekking to Tokyo to submit a Police Clearance certificate request at the Costa Rican embassy. Woke up this morning to see we are finally  approved after a 5 week wait for them to process our RFE!

15 hours ago, LibertyBears said:

We received the RFE in mail today 

If it makes you feel any better, we’re in more or less the same boat. I’m a UK citizen, just checked the system and an RFE has been flagged. I expect more or less the same type of request even though our initial package was as comprehensive as we could possibly make it.

I went through the files again on Sunday night. These are most, but not all of the cases which saw action in the last week.

While most attention is being focused on mid June, we can clearly see quite a good start is being made on July for some lucky filers who are seeing approvals.

July 7th in particular seems to have been allocated to a case officer. Makes me wish my petition had arrived a day later...

This doesn't include cases processed on Monday and Tuesday of this week, obviously. This is a 4 day weekend for some places, but hopefully USCIS California keeps plugging away!

18 hours ago, Camille Gaudier said:

my receipt number isn't here, but it was received last June 8, 2020.. what does that mean?

It could mean any of the following:

1) Your application is not being processed at the California Service Center

2) You aren't reading the first column correctly, maybe my layout has confused you

3) I have made an error somewhere that I can't see

Going by the data above and your receipt date of June 8, I'd guess your receipt number was something close to WAC2090126XXX? 

But the case numbers are a little bit of a mess for June as you can see.

14 hours ago, XenophiliusPDX said:

Thanks for publishing this, it’s all so exciting! 
 

clarifying questions though, I don’t understand the first column, and why are some dates represented both individually and in ranges? Are the receipts embedded in both rows? That may just be how the data comes, don’t know if you know the answer. TIA 

also, I used the case tracker app to save the most recent approved I-129F I could find and then searched by intervals of 100 receipts and saved the first case in the results up until mine so I can track the progress as they move through. I know they don’t all go in order, just a an approximation of seeing where we are in the wait list. 5 cases on my tracked list until ours! 
 

our time is coming, folks! 

The first column is the receipt number for your case. If you are being processed at the California service center, it will start WAC then a series of 11 numbers.

I'm not sure either why some batches span several dates, but it is down to the way they process the incoming applications - I think they focus on taking in batches on certain days, but I don't have a good answer to that.

I also don't have a clue why they seem to jump forward and process random days (see Jun 22-25) when there are plenty earlier applications left untouched.

This is the one I personally find more informative - the number of cases which have seen a change in processing status over the last 7 calendar days. This is more or less what the movement on I129F cases processed in a single week at California USCIS.

I know some of the number don't add up, but that's down to the case tracker app, not me.

okay, two charts for you this weekend - first one is the current state of play for mid May through end of June, as promised.

And this shows the actual number of cases actioned in the past week (7 calendar days)

Here is an update on the current processing situation for June. 

I'll post another updated file covering mid-May through end of June this weekend 👍

22 hours ago, JojoandTomas said:

It does seem to be picking up. I heard some June filers saying they are seeing movement.

I updated my file on Saturday night for late June and there were a surprising number of June cases approved around June 24/25th, especially considering the vast majority of early through mid June was untouched.

Some of us will possibly have equally lucky receipt dates and start seeing some approvals in a week or two!

5 hours ago, NandV said:

Thanks for doing this! This was pretty cool to see. May 29 - June 1 had so many applications...I guess from your chart, they're processing apps around June 1/2

There have been a handful as late as June 1/2, but most of the approvals that I noticed were clustered around the middle of May, with some promising movement on May 21/22. I just hope for our sakes that we don't suffer the same misfortune as those cases which were received on April 24

That’s good to know. I would expect the Japanese embassy would want everything. I want to get a jump on these certificates (I also need one from the UK, Japan, and from Costa Rica- but they should all be fairly straightforward). If I can get the Vietnam one done early, without being held to ransom from afar, I may as well. If it turns out I have to travel over there, or pay through the nose for the service, I’ll wait to confirm it’s actually on the embassy list of requirements.

Just to clarify- I’m not going to get the police check from my current country until the embassy contacts me- but since police checks are valid for 6 months to a year (or longer if you don’t reenter the country), I want to be in a position to apply for the others once I get NOA2.

Okay thanks a lot! I appreciate you looking into this. It's what I expected, but needed a fresh pair of eyes to look at it.

It's the whole "nonimmigrant" visa thing which was giving me doubt. I think I was also mixing up the option to get any vaccinations required at the adjustment of status stage once actually in the country, and married.

5 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

It’s required for all K-1 applicants.

Thanks for your straightforward response. 

However, in this case I'll need a little more convincing/reassurance it is required at the visa interview stage.

"The applicant must present themselves to the National Center of Criminal Records (in Hanoi) or grant authority to someone to apply on his/her behalf." Neither of these options are feasible, so might it not be waived at K1 visa interview? Probably still required at the AOS stage once in the US?

Between 2007-2010, I lived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

According to the screenshot below from the reciprocity table on travel.state.gov, one might turn up to a K1 (nonimmigrant) visa interview without having obtained a police record. 

However sometimes K1 is treated as an immigrant visa, so can anyone advise with authority on whether I am exempt from gaining the police check, or whether not having one is actually necessary and likely to lead to delays and a 221g being issued?

Not as tidy as updates from other posters, but this is my effort at updating the current state of play for California's case processing of I-129F petitions.

9 hours ago, missile said:

 

Haha Olga88 I love you for doing this!!! I'm somewhere in there and it gives me hope that there are approvals (although the rejections column looks scary). I just need some sort of update at this point ... at my wits end here.

I wouldn’t worry about the rejections column. Those were improperly filed petitions that didn’t make it past the initial stages (at the Texas lockbox?). If you have a receipt number, it’s just a case of trying to relax, be patient, and wait your turn for good news.

6 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

I am not sure what is going on here. If I had the I-797 Notice of Action, I might be able to ascertain what is being represented by the 901 reference. @christmascowboy, you may want to revisit your case number to insure you have divided the number correctly to determine your dates of action and that you have the correct amount of digits. Maybe you copied the number wrong from when you received it on the telephone call. Just a thought.

Nope, I promise you I’ve copied it correctly from the photograph of the I-797.

WAC 20901XXXXX

If the number was down at 000 in October 2016, that would seem to tally with July 2020 being around 900 working days later, Wouldn’t it?

On 7/19/2020 at 11:49 AM, Cmptrsdeal said:

If you ever need to call in regarding your case, you will need  your Receipt number and to check your status also. 

 

Here's alittle bit of interesting info about the Receipt number:

 

Each of the 13 digits in a USCIS receipt number has a specific purpose. Here’s how to read a USCIS receipt number.

Let’s take an example receipt number to explain it:

WAC 16 012 50960

Service Center (WAC 16 012 50960)
Every receipt number begins with three letters that represent the service center that received the case. There are several codes for USCIS service centers. They include:

CSC – California Service Center
EAC – Eastern Adjudication Center (now known as Vermont Service Center)
IOE – ELIS (efile)
LIN – Lincoln Service Center (now known as Nebraska Service Center)
MSC – Missouri Service Center (now known as National Benefits Center)
NBC – National Benefits Center
NSC – Nebraska Service Center
SRC – Southern Regional Center (now known as Texas Service Center)
TSC – Texas Service Center
VSC – Vermont Service Center
WAC – Western Adjudication Center (now known as California Service Center)

 

Fiscal Year (WAC 16 012 50960)
The second set of digits represent the fiscal year that the case was received. Government agencies use a fiscal year that is different from the calendar year. It begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. So our example case number was opened between October 2016 and September 2016.

 

Computer Workday (WAC 16 012 50960)
The third set of digits indicates the computer workday that the case was opened. The computer workday is basically the same thing as a workday. Therefore it excludes most weekends and holidays. Our example case was opened on the 12th workday of the 2016 fiscal year (October 18, 2016).

 

Case Number (WAC 16 012 50960)
The final set of five digits is the case number.

 

 

 

AND LASTLY, CHECKING YOUR STATUS YOURSELF:

 

 

Go to this site:

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

 

Enter the entire 13-digit number without spaces and click the "Check Status" button and view the results.

This all makes sense when I look at my receipt number, except the Computer Workday is 901 ?! 

Does that mean that the workdays rollover across fiscal years until it reaches 999 and then resets? 

We’ve just got notification of receipt! My fiancée checked her bank just half an hour prior and the cheque hadn’t yet been cashed. That was a 15 day turnaround from posting to NOA1, but across two weekends (including Indy day)