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Wednesday Burndown (unopened case report) Unlike my other report, this one tracks the activity at USCIS from last Friday (COB) to today. It was intended to see where USCIS was opening cases for the first time. (generally, resulting in a Decision or RFE) My observations on the data. The results for December are better in one way. For cases that are just opened, the majority (>58%) are decided. That abruptly changes in November where if the case is opened, it is far more likely to be issued an RFE. All cases before (and including) 10/22 are eligible for a case inquiry. Decembers case inquiry (if USCIS does not further delay it) is May (your day), 2023. Lets hope that USCIS puts a little more action into our month soon. Best Week of (previously untouched) cases, opened : 31 for week of: 2021-12-31 Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 170 (across all of 2021) Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......254....246........8............3...............2.........2 09/03.....16......16.........0............0...............0.........0 09/10.....10.......9..........1............1...............0.........0 09/17.....29......28.........1............1...............0.........0 09/24.....20......16.........4............3...............0.........1 10/01.....22......19.........3............1...............0.........2 10/08.....14......14.........0............0...............0.........0 10/15.....38......21........17...........8...............0.........9 10/22.....47......35........12...........3...............0.........8 10/29.....37......27........10...........0...............0........10 11/05.....78......74.........4............0...............0.........4 11/12....114....110........4............2...............0.........2 11/19.....85......78.........7............1...............0.........6 11/26.....56......42........14...........2...............1........11 12/03.....63......60.........3............3...............0.........0 12/10.....87......79.........8............5...............0.........3 12/17....101.....75........26..........22..............0.........4 12/24....223....206.......17..........13..............0.........4 12/31....210....179.......31..........16..............2........13

Wednesday December Case Updates (tracking the changes from Monday) I am one of the many (and increasing number) in the RFER -> Waiting for decision stage. It looks like 27 new cases have joined mine bringing the observed count to 117 waiting for decision. (an update about this will be posted on Friday) This chart as developed treats RFE and RFER identically whereas now it is clear that these are two very different steps. I will continue to use the Burndown, day charts (posted Friday), and RFE status (posted Friday) to help get the best picture possible. Based on the burndown chart, if your case was untouched, then it is still more likey to be decided rather than entering the RFE wait. For those who are with me in the RFE loop, just hoping we get some activity soon. Total activity including "expedite" & "mailed documents" Changes on March 21 2023: 31 Changes on March 22 2023: 35 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_20 DEC 1-3: Untouched:32 Approved: 1 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 0 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 0 (Counted in stats above) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:79 Approved: 7 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 3 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 3 (Counted in stats above) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:75 Approved: 9 Denied: 1 RFE/RFER: 13 RFER->Denial: 1 RFER->Approval: 1 (Counted in stats above) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:208 Approved: 5 Denied: 0 RFE/RFER: 5 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 0 (Counted in stats above) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:179 Approved: 6 Denied: 2 RFE/RFER: 11 RFER->Denial: 0 RFER->Approval: 0 (Counted in stats above) Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0

not sure about that "1000" number... other posts said 50% of cases, fixed numbers like this, and more. From my data, there is no rhyme or reason to the process now other than the histogram of activity has spread wider and wider month after month. The result is fewer cases being focused on and overall slower processing on specific date ranges. IF I were to guess, I think they are weighting the processing to manage 80% cases times (and slowly losing ground on that)

awful numbers today. especially on RFER->Decision ....

Here is Monday's burndown report which considers only untouched cases being opened (looking back into 2022 as well) Reminder, this looks only at a few case types (Case Was Received) to see how many have not been touched at all. As of last Friday (17 Mar 2023 @ ~7pm), there were still 848 cases I have observed as untouched between Jan 1, 2021 and Nov 30, 2021 (ouch) On to the data (as you can see, it is a little all over the place) Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 113 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......254....251........3...........2...............0.........1 09/03.....16......16.........0............0...............0.........0 09/10.....10.......9..........1............0...............0.........1 09/17.....29......29.........0............0...............0.........0 09/24.....20......17.........3............2...............0.........1 10/01.....22......20.........2............0...............0.........2 10/08.....14......14.........0............0...............0.........0 10/15.....38......21........17...........8...............0.........9 10/22.....47......39.........8............3...............0.........4 10/29.....37......27........10...........0...............0........10 11/05.....78......76.........2............0...............0.........2 11/12....114....113........1............0...............0.........1 11/19.....85......83.........2............0...............0.........2 11/26.....56......42........14...........2...............1........11 12/03.....63......61.........2............2...............0.........0 12/10.....88......86.........2............1...............0.........1 12/17....101.....83........18..........16.............0.........2 12/24....223....211.......12...........8..............0.........4 12/31....211....195.......16..........10.............0.........6

Here is Monday's report (showing activity since Friday) Added yet a new feature to my Mon/Wed/Friday Report. as I am in the RFE (response received) category, I have been curious about how many of the decisions are approvals versus denials as well as how long they take. Sorry, to see how long they take you will need to see another post from me. But notice in the statistics below, there is a new data point RFER>Denial and RFER>Approval Showing the decisions from Request for Evidence Received to either Denial or Approval. Changes on March 18 2023: 13 Changes on March 20 2023: 75 Changes on March 21 2023: 10 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_17 DEC 1-3: Untouched:33 Approved: 4 Denied: 0 RFE: 2 RFER-Denial: 0 RFER-Approval: 2 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:86 Approved: 8 Denied: 0 RFE: 4 RFER-Denial: 0 RFER-Approval: 6 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:83 Approved: 26 Denied: 0 RFE: 6 RFER-Denial: 0 RFER-Approval: 9 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:213 Approved: 9 Denied: 1 RFE: 8 RFER-Denial: 1 RFER-Approval: 1 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:195 Approved: 14 Denied: 0 RFE: 12 RFER-Denial: 0 RFER-Approval: 4

my list showed 678 RFEs for December of which 55 were decided (approved or denied) and 111 were pending review RFER .... didn't run any statistics on the remaining 500 RFEs or so.

My Request for Evidence was received (RFER) by USCIS .... Foolishly, I thought that meant it was likely that a quick approval was coming. I got curious as to which day of the week it might happen. So I wrote yet another script. As I studied the data more, I found something rather disturbing. 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And Finally (last statistics post) for the day ... The Burndown graph. This chart compared activities from the previous Friday to Today looking ONLY at unopened case counts. Note there are subtitle differences in what is considered "unopened" in each of my charts due to differences in when the scripts were written. The main purpose of this chart was initially to estimate when December cases would start to be processed. As stated many times before, the USCIS is very inconsistent as to when they started processing cases as well as when they actually process cases. That said, last Friday there were 993 cases BEFORE December 2021 detected as untouched. Lets hope they continue to process December cases until we are all approved. Max (previously untouched) cases opened : 104 Occurring week of: 2021-12-24 Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 429 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......270....254......16...........8...............1.........5 09/03.....17......16........1.............1...............0.........0 09/10.....12......10........2.............1...............0.........1 09/17.....34......29........5.............3...............0.........2 09/24.....25......20........5.............4...............0.........1 10/01.....23......22........1.............1...............0.........0 10/08.....18......14........4.............1...............0.........1 10/15.....62......38.......24...........12..............1.........9 10/22.....57......47.......10............8...............0.........2 10/29.....49......37.......12............5...............1.........5 11/05.....86......78........8.............5...............1.........2 11/12....119....114.......5.............2...............0.........1 11/19....100.....85.......15...........11..............1.........3 11/26.....77......56.......21............6...............2........12 12/03.....89......63.......26............7...............0........17 12/10....153.....87.......66...........54..............0........12 12/17....164....101......63...........51..............0.........9 12/24....327....223.....104..........76..............0........28 12/31....251....210.......41..........27...............0.......14

@grumpypiggy, you asked for it so here it is. Some people have asked for a more detailed breakdown of stats by day with additional detail. I will continue to post this on Fridays so you can get a relative idea of where the cases stats are. Using Last File of 2023_03_17.csv as control Dec 1: 17 Untouched (17.5%) 63 Decided (64.9%) Dec 2: 9 Untouched (8.3%) 85 Decided (78.0%) Dec 3: 13 Untouched (9.5%) 93 Decided (67.9%) Weekend Dec 6: 34 Untouched (8.6%) 273 Decided (68.9%) Dec 7: 13 Untouched (11.3%) 87 Decided (75.7%) Dec 8: 7 Untouched (7.1%) 77 Decided (78.6%) Dec 9: 32 Untouched (26.0%) 73 Decided (59.3%) Dec 10: 3 Untouched (3.3%) 67 Decided (74.4%) Weekend Dec 13: 54 Untouched (12.8%) 262 Decided (61.9%) Dec 14: 25 Untouched (29.1%) 53 Decided (61.6%) Dec 15: 8 Untouched (8.3%) 63 Decided (65.6%) Dec 16: 15 Untouched (11.5%) 99 Decided (76.2%) Dec 17: 2 Untouched (1.4%) 96 Decided (66.2%) Weekend Dec 20: 33 Untouched (12.4%) 176 Decided (66.2%) Dec 21: 44 Untouched (24.2%) 102 Decided (56.0%) Dec 22: 63 Untouched (45.7%) 62 Decided (44.9%) Dec 23: 45 Untouched (26.8%) 100 Decided (59.5%) Dec 24: 42 Untouched (31.3%) 70 Decided (52.2%) Weekend Dec 27: 115 Untouched (50.0%) 88 Decided (38.3%) Dec 28: 36 Untouched (65.5%) 18 Decided (32.7%) Dec 29: 32 Untouched (28.8%) 69 Decided (62.2%) Dec 30: 11 Untouched (10.5%) 88 Decided (83.8%) Dec 31: 22 Untouched (18.2%) 73 Decided (60.3%)

Fridays standard report which monitors activity since Wed to today Still some reasonable activity on Mar 16 and 17 including a number of approvals. My RFE shows RFIE, RFE and RFERs in this report (i.e. in the RFE process like I am) On to the data: Total activity including "expedite" & "mailed documents" Changes on March 15 2023: 2 Changes on March 16 2023: 69 Changes on March 17 2023: 87 Changes on March 18 2023: 2 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_15 DEC 1-3: Untouched:35 Approved: 4 Denied: 0 RFE: 3 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:88 Approved: 24 Denied: 0 RFE: 10 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:101 Approved: 42 Denied: 0 RFE: 15 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:223 Approved: 25 Denied: 0 RFE: 7 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:211 Approved: 14 Denied: 1 RFE: 10 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

Yes, was planning on making that part of the Friday Report-out

Wednesdays Burndown Report. Reminder, this report looks for how many untouched cases have been opened from Friday to today. This is slightly different timeline than my other report(s) Max (previously untouched) cases opened : 80 Occurring week of: 2021-12-24 Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 245 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......270....268........2...........0................0.........1 09/03.....17......17.........0............0...............0.........0 09/10.....12......11.........1............0...............0.........1 09/17.....34......32.........2............1...............0.........1 09/24.....25......23.........2............2...............0.........0 10/01.....23......22.........1............1...............0.........0 10/08.....18......15.........3............1...............0.........0 10/15.....62......46........16...........8...............1.........6 10/22.....57......56.........1............1...............0.........0 10/29.....49......43.........6............1...............1.........3 11/05.....86......84.........2............0...............1.........1 11/12....119....116........3............1...............0.........1 11/19....100.....91.........9............7...............1.........1 11/26.....77......70.........7............4...............1.........2 12/03.....89......68........21...........3...............0........16 12/10....153....111.......42..........35..............0.........7 12/17....164....139.......25..........17..............0.........8 12/24....327....247.......80..........56..............0........24 12/31....251....229.......22..........14..............0.........8

Wednesday's Report showing changes observed from Monday (7pm PST) to Today (Wednesday 7pm PST) Friday, I will post an updated per-day report Total activity including "expedite" & "mailed documents" Changes on March 14 2023: 57 Changes on March 15 2023: 58 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_13 DEC 1-3: Untouched:38 Approved: 0 Denied: 0 RFE: 9 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:111 Approved: 21 Denied: 0 RFE: 11 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:139 Approved: 12 Denied: 0 RFE: 12 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:247 Approved: 19 Denied: 0 RFE: 12 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:230 Approved: 8 Denied: 0 RFE: 4 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 2 Rejected: 0

Depends on a number of factors, Just got an update (and will post once approval hits) that says USCIS is moving a touch faster and partly depends on the filer. For example, MY RFER was just opened well after working hours on 3/13 and then dated 3/14 (who hoo). That said, I live two towns away from USCIS (in CA), put my papers in the post office that day using the provided envelope So, would not say 2 months at this point ....

For Burndown data, Monday's update compares previously unopened cases with last Friday 3/10/2023 Overall the case count is good for an RFE day (Saturday) and a working day (Monday) There are still quite a few open cases in December ... so hopefully they maintain focus on our month Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 116 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......270....270.......0............0...............0.........0 09/03.....17......17.........0............0...............0.........0 09/10.....12......12.........0............0...............0.........0 09/17.....34......33.........1............1...............0.........0 09/24.....25......25.........0............0...............0.........0 10/01.....23......23.........0............0...............0.........0 10/08.....18......17.........1............0...............0.........0 10/15.....62......56.........6............0...............0.........5 10/22.....57......57.........0............0...............0.........0 10/29.....49......47.........2............0...............0.........1 11/05.....86......86.........0............0...............0.........0 11/12....119....118........1............1...............0.........0 11/19....100.....94.........6............6...............0.........0 11/26.....77......74.........3............2...............0.........1 12/03.....89......81.........8............1...............0.........6 12/10....153....135.......18............16...........0.........2 12/17....164....157........7............6..............0.........1 12/24....327....276.......51............37...........0........14 12/31....253....241.......12............7..............0........5

Todays update comparing todays activities with last Fridays (3/10/2023) I also noticed that there were a few cases "re-opened" so I thought I would correct my database with these details. The dates before Mar 10 are therefore "fixes" to cases which were re-opened that I had marked as complete (for one reason or another) On to the data: Changes on January 19 2023: 1 Changes on February 9 2023: 1 Changes on February 13 2023: 1 Changes on February 15 2023: 1 Changes on February 27 2023: 1 Changes on March 9 2023: 2 Changes on March 10 2023: 1 Changes on March 11 2023: 18 Changes on March 13 2023: 86 Changes on March 14 2023: 7 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_10 DEC 1-3: Untouched:44 Approved: 6 Denied: 0 RFE: 4 Updated: 2 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:135 Approved: 19 Denied: 0 RFE: 3 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:157 Approved: 8 Denied: 0 RFE: 5 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:276 Approved: 38 Denied: 0 RFE: 16 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:242 Approved: 8 Denied: 0 RFE: 6 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

had forgotten her divorce papers in the huge packet ... so they asked for them and I sent them back the same day the letter arrived. Had a funny thought about selling "squares" as to which day the USCIS might "receive" the papers (as they are just two towns over and I am certain the envelope was there Saturday). Won't do it though because any chance the found out that I did could be bad (especially if I won as it might be considered illegal gambling ... lol)

totally unclear how long it takes them to open the letter for RFER .... mine was sent the same day it was received and I live 2 cities away so will document my experience. That seems to be (generally) the biggest time gap and time from RFE to approval is seeming to trend downwards ... might make for an interesting graph at some point.(I.e. RFER to Decision) also notice, USCIS doesn't seem to react well to expedite requests .... do not do one or might add significant time to your case.

I got curious about RFE processing as I am in the middle of that process as well, So I ran some statistics (included below) Mar 06 - Online Observe RFE Mar 10 - Post Office Delivers Letter Mar 10 - Returned to Post Office TBD ?? - Received by USCIS TBD ?? - Next Step ... So I mined a few RFEs to see how long it took to get the next step and counted back the days (by calander days) to see when the RFER (response) and RFIE (Request for Initial Evidence) or RFE (Request for Additional Evidence Was Sent) happened. Here is the data I have (formatted as follows) Case: Date (mm/dd/yy), Days from last, Change observed WAC22900286xx: 09/20/22 -59 RFIE 10/27/22 -22 RFER 11/18/22 0 Approved WAC22900296xx: 12/15/22 -48 RFE 12/30/22 -33 RFER 02/01/23 0 Approved WAC22900250xx: 02/02/23 -32 RFE 02/14/23 -20 RFER 03/06/23 0 Approved WAC22900253xx: 02/03/23 -25 RFE 02/15/23 -13 RFER 02/28/23 0 Approved WAC22900262xx: 02/02/23 -26 RFE 02/17/23 -11 RFER 02/28/23 0 Approved WAC22900240xx: 02/06/23 -28 RFE 02/16/23 -18 RFER 03/03/23 -3 Name Was Updated 03/06/23 0 Approved WAC22900251xx: 02/06/23 -25 RFE 02/25/23 -6 RFER 03/03/23 0 Approved WAC22900253xx: 02/07/23 -21 RFE 02/18/23 -10 RFER 02/28/23 0 Approved WAC22900291xx: 02/04/23 -30 RFIE 02/28/23 -6 RFER 03/06/23 0 Approved WAC22900245xx: 02/10/23 -24 RFE 02/22/23 -12 RFER 03/06/23 0 Approved WAC22900250xx: 02/08/23 -20 RFE 02/22/23 -6 RFER 02/28/23 0 Approved WAC22900285xx: 02/09/23 -29 RFIE 02/23/23 -15 RFER 03/10/23 0 Approved WAC22900288xx: 02/08/23 -22 RFIE 02/22/23 -8 RFER 03/02/23 0 Expedite Request Denied WAC22900293xx: 02/08/23 -15 RFIE 02/22/23 -1 RFER 02/23/23 0 Expedite Request Denied WAC22900261xx: 02/14/23 -20 RFE 02/28/23 -6 RFER 03/06/23 0 Approved WAC22900258xx: 02/15/23 -23 RFIE 02/28/23 -10 RFER 03/10/23 0 Approved WAC22900263xx: 02/17/23 -21 RFIE 03/07/23 -3 RFER 03/10/23 0 Approved

Burndown always compares the weeks progress as compared to last Friday. So this information gives an indication as to where USCIS has focused this past week. Hoping we all get approved soon Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......304....270.......34.........13.............3.........18 09/03.....42......17........25.........10..............0.........15 09/10.....12......12.........0...........0...............0..........0 09/17.....46......34........12..........4...............1..........7 09/24.....33......25.........8...........3...............0..........5 10/01.....26......23.........3...........2...............0..........1 10/08.....28......18........10..........1...............0..........9 10/15.....65......62.........3...........2...............0..........1 10/22.....71......57........14..........7...............0..........5 10/29.....60......49........11..........6...............0..........5 11/05....117......86.......31.........18..............3..........8 11/12....133.....119......14.........13..............0..........1 11/19....113.....100......13..........7...............0..........5 11/26.....83.......77........6...........3...............0..........3 12/03....122......89.......33.........26...............2.........5 12/10....197.....153......44.........28...............0........16 12/17....294.....164.....130.......100..............2........28 12/24....402.....327......75.........55...............0........19 12/31....343.....253......90.........68...............1........21

Friday's update data -- Sorry I accidently overwrote the normal graph so including the day data and graph for today As for USCIS processing between Wednesday and Today (Friday) here is what I observed Changes on March 10 2023: 115 Changes on March 11 2023: 6 Changes on March 9 2023: 52 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_08 DEC 1-3: Untouched:46 Approved: 1 Denied: 0 RFE: 2 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:153 Approved: 12 Denied: 0 RFE: 11 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:164 Approved: 60 Denied: 0 RFE: 11 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:327 Approved: 22 Denied: 0 RFE: 19 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:253 Approved: 30 Denied: 0 RFE: 3 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 For the per day statistics Using Last File of 2023_03_10.csv as control Dec 1: 18 Untouched (18.6%) 62 Decided (63.9%) Dec 2: 17 Untouched (15.6%) 85 Decided (78.0%) Dec 3: 14 Untouched (10.2%) 88 Decided (64.2%) Weekend Dec 6: 34 Untouched (8.6%) 267 Decided (67.4%) Dec 7: 14 Untouched (12.2%) 83 Decided (72.2%) Dec 8: 44 Untouched (44.9%) 44 Decided (44.9%) Dec 9: 57 Untouched (46.3%) 55 Decided (44.7%) Dec 10: 6 Untouched (6.7%) 64 Decided (71.1%) Weekend Dec 13: 100 Untouched (23.6%) 216 Decided (51.1%) Dec 14: 38 Untouched (44.2%) 44 Decided (51.2%) Dec 15: 10 Untouched (10.4%) 60 Decided (62.5%) Dec 16: 17 Untouched (13.1%) 97 Decided (74.6%) Dec 17: 2 Untouched (1.4%) 94 Decided (64.8%) Weekend Dec 20: 61 Untouched (22.9%) 155 Decided (58.3%) Dec 21: 58 Untouched (31.9%) 90 Decided (49.5%) Dec 22: 82 Untouched (59.4%) 46 Decided (33.3%) Dec 23: 55 Untouched (32.7%) 88 Decided (52.4%) Dec 24: 75 Untouched (56.0%) 48 Decided (35.8%) Weekend Dec 27: 152 Untouched (66.1%) 62 Decided (27.0%) Dec 28: 37 Untouched (67.3%) 17 Decided (30.9%) Dec 29: 32 Untouched (28.8%) 67 Decided (60.4%) Dec 30: 12 Untouched (11.4%) 87 Decided (82.9%) Dec 31: 26 Untouched (21.5%) 72 Decided (59.5%)

Here is the activity chart for previously unopened cases comparing Wed 7pm PST to Friday 7pm PST There remains moderate activity for December ( > 10% of cases opened) and overall denials remain low. Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 334 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......304....281......23...........9...............2.......12 09/03.....42......20........22...........7..............0........15 09/10.....12......12.........0...........0...............0.........0 09/17.....46......39.........7...........1...............1.........5 09/24.....33......25.........8...........3...............0.........5 10/01.....26......24.........2...........1...............0.........1 10/08.....28......23.........5...........1...............0.........4 10/15.....65......62.........3...........2...............0.........1 10/22.....71......64.........7...........1...............0.........5 10/29.....60......54.........6...........2...............0.........4 11/05....117....108........9...........0...............3.........4 11/12....133....128........5...........5...............0.........0 11/19....113....106........7...........2...............0.........4 11/26.....83......79.........4...........2...............0.........2 12/03....122.....96........26...........20............1.........5 12/10....197.....167......30...........19............0........11 12/17....294.....227......67...........42............2........23 12/24....402.....358......44...........34............0.........9 12/31....343.....284......59...........40............1........18

Wow, already Thursday AM and I forgot to post Wednesday's Data. Sorry all. Lets get straight to it: As hoped, the Dec 6-10 activity was shared with the week up (Dec 13-17) and should be shared with the week of Dec 20-24 soon. It is good to see that they are still processing December with semi-reasonable numbers per day. Looking forward to the end of the week burndown to see how the entire week went Data is changes from Monday to Wednesday Changes on March 7 2023: 78 Changes on March 8 2023: 46 Changes on March 9 2023: 5 Report of significant changes since 2023_03_06 DEC 1-3: Untouched:47 Approved: 4 Denied: 1 RFE: 1 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 6-10: Untouched:167 Approved: 8 Denied: 0 RFE: 7 Updated: 1 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 13-17: Untouched:227 Approved: 24 Denied: 2 RFE: 14 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0 DEC 20-24: Untouched:358 Approved: 13 Denied: 0 RFE: 7 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 1 Rejected: 0 DEC 27-31: Untouched:284 Approved: 32 Denied: 0 RFE: 13 Updated: 0 Term\Withdrawn: 0 Rejected: 0

For the burndown, here is the update as of 3/6/2023 @ 7PM PST This is a record of previously untouched cases that have been opened in some way by the USCIS (RFE, Decision, etc). I will continue to post this data every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at least until all of December is past the inquiry date for the entire month. Getting to todays data as compared with Friday 3/3/2023 Total (previously untouched) cases opened : 158 Week.....Was...Now...Delta..Approved..Denied..RFE Prev.......305....293......12...........3...............1.........8 09/03.....42......35........7.............0...............0........7 09/10.....12......12........0.............0...............0........0 09/17.....46......45........1.............0...............0........1 09/24.....33......30........3.............0...............0........3 10/01.....26......26........0.............0...............0........0 10/08.....28......27........1.............0...............0........1 10/15.....65......63........2.............1...............0........1 10/22.....71......68........3.............0...............0........2 10/29.....60......58........2.............0...............0........2 11/05....117....115.......2.............0...............2........0 11/12....133....132.......1.............1...............0........0 11/19....113....109.......4.............1...............0........3 11/26.....83......80........3.............1...............0........2 12/03....122....105......17..........13...............0.......4 12/10....197....177......20..........12...............0.......8 12/17....294....260......34..........19...............0......15 12/24....403....377......26..........21...............0.......5 12/31....343....323......20...........9................1......10