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Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

This is the most important comment in these 99 pages.
 
This community is great at tracking USCIS efficiency. But what is it all for? Why do we come here daily? Is the knowledge of how bad the situation is actually helpful?
 
I would feel guilty to disappear once I get my approval. I would like to see every member who has commented so far, plus all the future heart broken filers (april, may june, july...) do something more effective.
 
I'm really tired of refreshing the chart. Now what can we collectively do.

This is the most important comment in these 99 pages.
 
This community is great at tracking USCIS efficiency. But what is it all for? Why do we come here daily? Is the knowledge of how bad the situation is actually helpful?
 
I would feel guilty to disappear once I get my approval. I would like to see every member who has commented so far, plus all the future heart broken filers (april, may june, july...) do something more effective.
 
I'm really tired of refreshing the chart. Now what can we collectively do.

This is the most important comment in these 99 pages.
 
This community is great at tracking USCIS efficiency. But what is it all for? Why do we come here daily? Is the knowledge of how bad the situation is actually helpful?
 
I would feel guilty to disappear once I get my approval. I would like to see every member who has commented so far, plus all the future heart broken filers (april, may june, july...) do something more effective.
 
I'm really tired of refreshing the chart. Now what can we collectively do.

This is the most important comment in these 99 pages.
 
This community is great at tracking USCIS efficiency. But what is it all for? Why do we come here daily? Is the knowledge of how bad the situation is actually helpful?
 
I would feel guilty to disappear once I get my approval. I would like to see every member who has commented so far, plus all the future heart broken filers (april, may june, july...) do something more effective.
 
I'm really tired of refreshing the chart. Now what can we collectively do.

This is the most important comment in these 99 pages.
 
This community is great at tracking USCIS efficiency. But what is it all for? Why do we come here daily? Is the knowledge of how bad the situation is actually helpful?
 
I would feel guilty to disappear once I get my approval. I would like to see every member who has commented so far, plus all the future heart broken filers (april, may june, july...) do something more effective.
 
I'm really tired of refreshing the chart. Now what can we collectively do.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Thanks for the reply Mike,
 
Another situation: My son is 3months old. He has his passport and can fly with me to USA. My fiancee, his mother cannot. It is out of the question to take a 3month old away from his mother while breastfeeding. 
 
What do you think about an expedite request on the basis of my son requiring his mother to breastfeed. Would that be considered urgent? 

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Thanks for the reply Mike,
 
Another situation: My son is 3months old. He has his passport and can fly with me to USA. My fiancee, his mother cannot. It is out of the question to take a 3month old away from his mother while breastfeeding. 
 
What do you think about an expedite request on the basis of my son requiring his mother to breastfeed. Would that be considered urgent? 

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Thanks for the reply Mike,
 
Another situation: My son is 3months old. He has his passport and can fly with me to USA. My fiancee, his mother cannot. It is out of the question to take a 3month old away from his mother while breastfeeding. 
 
What do you think about an expedite request on the basis of my son requiring his mother to breastfeed. Would that be considered urgent? 

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Thanks for the reply Mike,
 
Another situation: My son is 3months old. He has his passport and can fly with me to USA. My fiancee, his mother cannot. It is out of the question to take a 3month old away from his mother while breastfeeding. 
 
What do you think about an expedite request on the basis of my son requiring his mother to breastfeed. Would that be considered urgent? 

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Best not to speak in absolutes. My child is an American. If my child is in the US, I would say that is urgent.

Really you are saying there's nothing we can do, and thats the funny part
 
I am tired of catching flights this often, thought I could have my fiancee in the US for Christmas. Now we have a new born baby with a fresh US passport before she is even approved. K1 is faster hahahhaha
 
I've accepted staying in Albania for the summer, beaches are beautiful so it's not too bad. 
 
I would recommend the lot of you meet as often as possible, can't imagine not seeing each other for over a year. Albania isn't a bad meeting place either...
 
 

Thank you for the analysis! That does make me feel a bit better, mainly because I follow the charts too closely and get tunnel vision haha (that is, I see only a few cases processed a day and can’t fathom how that fits into the ‘big overall number’). If they truly did 12.5% up until this point in December, and last week was the first nearly “full” week of March cases, my hope is somewhat restored. I mean, there’s 8 working days left in December, that can be as good as 800 March approvals or as little as 400. Thank you for your optimism as well - at the very least, I think we all need to see that we’re at the very end of the road here, and as we’re closer than anyone, we should be the happiest.
 
I don’t even know what emotion I would have at this point to getting an update from USCIS, though I’ve had so many the past 3 months I think the first reaction would be to run to the toilet 😂
 
Okay! So disclaimer is that my fiancée is Belarusian and in Belarus so I only vaguely know the Dutch measures because I was planning a trip there, but my understanding is that to get into the country, the CDC card is still accepted. I also don’t think you need a test but the new restrictions came literally at the eleventh hour yesterday so please do check. If they do require a test, it would need to be a PCR, so keep that in mind.
 
Also he should know that, past the airport, the CDC card isn’t recognized anywhere. Netherlands scans your COVID certificate in order to get into any store, which, of course, requires your card to have a QR code from the EU DCC. In Amsterdam, it’s nearly impossible to get the CDC card made into an EU DCC, though I did find a pharmacy in Paris that did it for me. In lieu of that, he would need to get daily tests.
 
But, of course, Amsterdam is also in full lockdown right now so traveling is only really advisable out of necessity. I’ve never cancelled a trip in my life but pulled the plug on this one. Everything is closed until late next month, except for essential food stores. Markets are closed, events banned, etc. You have to order takeout at every cafe/restaurant. Unfortunately now is not the time to travel because it’s my understanding Germany/France/Italy are contemplating the same and these can go into effect at a moment’s notice. Good luck to you and your brother!

Now we are 3,288 waiting of 3,753 (subtracting the automatic denials from lack of signature on i129f in April 2021)
There are 332 approvals and 133 RFE = 465. 
 
465 / 3753 = 12.4% of cases looked at.
 
This percentage is about half of December. Maximum I see another 12% being looked at before January. (~25% a month).
By end of March should be near 100% for March group.
 
10-12 months looks about right.
 
The new hope: Hope I don't wait till March.
The new perspective: We are all first in line. That is something to be grateful for!

Hi slavaski, 
 
My brother is flying to Holland on tuesday and was unsure if he would still be able to. According to the dutch government, you are able to enter as american with only a vaccine card. I would take a test for good measure too