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Was actually the day before yesterday but thank you!

10 untouched cases processed today. Unfortunately most turned out to be RFEs though: 69000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 70000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 71500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 2 RFESs, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed) (2 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (2 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 77500: 4 RFESs (3 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 78500: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/25/22: 24 Total Updates: 6 Approvals, 11 RFESs, 6 RFERs, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed) March (16) + April (24) = 40 updates

Updates for April: 71000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (1 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 80500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 81500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/24/22: 19 Total Updates: 14 Approvals, 1 RFES, 2 RFERs, 2 Denials March (7) + April (19) = 26 updates

Updates for April: 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 73500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 77500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 1 Other (Date of Birth Was Updated) (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/23/22: 12 Total Updates: 2 Approvals, 9 RFERs, 1 Other (Date of Birth Was Updated)

Mainly just the I-134 (fiance from USA) filled out and signed. He / She will need tax returns for 2021 (ideally last 3 years) and a few months pay stubs as proof of financial support. You (non USA) will bring these and a bunch of other documents to your interview.

Yeah not sure really. There is about an equal number of Untouched vs RFERs (150~). They seem to prioritize the later... New cases do get processed but only like 2 or 3 each day.

Updates for April: 72500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Other (Document Is Being Held For 180 Days) (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 3 Approvals (0 new / 3 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 81000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress) 08/22/22: 15 Total Updates: 12 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 Other (Document Is Being Held For 180 Days) March (1) + April (15) = 16 updates

Updates for April: 70000: 1 Other (Document Is Being Held For 180 Days) (0 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/19/22: 11 Total Updates: 3 Approvals, 5 RFERs, 2 Denials, 1 Other (Document Is Being Held For 180 Days) March (9) + April (11) = 20 updates First time I seen "Document Is Being Held For 180 Days"... Sounds like they couldn't deliver a response mail to the recipient

I got an email. I didn't get the email until the case finished processing at NVC and was sent to the embassy. It took about 40 days.

Updates for April: 69000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 72500: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 81500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/18/22: 13 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 8 RFERs March (11) + April (13) = 24 updates

It was just a 1 page I797C form. It does contain your fiance's alien registration number which you will need when filling out the DS-160 form later on.

In progress just means the case processed before and wasn't untouched (Case Received). It's to differentiate whether the USCIS is processing new cases rather existing cases. April is mostly existing (in progress) cases now. There are quite a few cases open for 79500 group:

Updates for April: 71000: 2 Approvals, 1 Denial (0 new / 3 in progress) 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 2 Denials (1 new / 1 in progress) 75500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 3 in progress) 79500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 80500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/17/22: 15 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 5 RFERs, 4 Denials, 1 Withdrawal March (5) + April (15) = 20 updates

Updates for April: 71000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 3 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress) 75500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 78500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress) 80000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/16/22: 16 Total Updates: 3 Approvals, 1 RFES, 11 RFERs, 1 Denial March (2) + April (16) = 18 updates

I received an email from: nvc-do-not-reply@state.gov. In the email they attached an rtf file with your case number.

No they aren't. For April as of now 8/15/22: 148 Untouched, 321 RFESs, 165 RFERs. Break down by groups: 69000: 1 Untouched, 8 RFESs, 3 RFERs 69500: 2 RFESs, 2 RFERs 70000: 1 Untouched, 12 RFESs, 2 RFERs 70500: 3 RFESs, 1 RFER 71000: 4 Untouched, 13 RFESs, 16 RFERs 71500: 4 Untouched, 12 RFESs, 3 RFERS 72000: 4 Untouched, 10 RFESs, 12 RFERs 72500: 5 Untouched, 9 RFESs, 3 RFERs 73000: 9 Untouched, 16 RFESs, 9 RFERs 73500: 9 Untouched, 15 RFESs, 3 RFERs 74500: 3 Untouched, 17 RFESs, 14 RFERs 75000: 2 Untouched, 7 RFESs, 12 RFERs 75500: 5 Untouched, 5 RFESs, 3 RFERs 76000: 1 Untouched, 7 RFESs, 9 RFERs 76500: 12 Untouched, 22 RFESs, 10 RFERs 77000: 1 Untouched, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER 77500: 9 Untouched, 8 RFESs, 3 RFERs 78000: 12 Untouched, 16 RFESs, 9 RFERs 78500: 5 Untouched, 22 RFESs, 5 RFERs 79000: 5 Untouched, 23 RFESs, 6 RFERs 79500: 14 Untouched, 20 RFESs, 8 RFERs 80000: 7 Untouched, 21 RFESs, 5 RFERs 80500: 6 Untouched, 7 RFESs, 3 RFERs 81000: 12 Untouched, 14 RFESs, 7 RFERs 81500: 15 Untouched, 19 RFESs, 8 RFERs So technically 148 (Case Received) + 165 RFERs = 313 cases that USCIS can still process.

Updates for April: 69000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (1 new / 2 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/15/22: 14 Total Updates: 12 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 RFER March (6) + April (14) = 20 updates

USCIS usually starts shifting to the next month when they "processed" about 70% of the month's untouched cases from what I noticed. Like for March there are still 68 untouched cases. 3 new (untouched) March fliers were just approved last Thursday so they eventually do get processed. As for why these cases are still untouched, I don't know either without more transparency from USCIS or from people who are unfortunately still waiting. I feel like sometimes it's just bad luck and that's scary.

150 untouched cases for April

Updates to end the week: 71000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 3 Approvals, 1 RFER (3 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/12/22: 12 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 4 RFERs, 3 Denials March (7) + April (12) = 19 updates

Updates for April: 69000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 71000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 75000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 77500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 79000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 79500: 4 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress) 80000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (1 new / 2 in progress) 80500: 2 Approvals, 1 Denial (0 new / 3 in progress) 08/11/22: 23 Total Updates: 10 Approvals, 6 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 4 Denials, 1 Withdrawal March (5) + April (23) = 28 updates

Updates for April: 69000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (1 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/10/22: 11 Total Updates: 6 Approvals, 2 RFERs, 2 Denials, 1 Withdrawal March (1) + April (11) = 12 updates

April updates: 69000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 71000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 1 Other (Appeal Was Dismissed) (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress) 74500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 4 in progress) 75000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 81500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 08/09/22: 20 Total Updates: 9 Approvals, 1 RFES, 7 RFERs, 1 Denial, 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (Appeal Was Dismissed) March (0) + April (20) = 20 updates

You might want to check this thread: It took me about 40 days to receive an email from NVC. I think it might vary depending on your consulate but not totally sure about that...

Unfortunately, I feel like they don't really go in order so you are at the whim of USCIS. Here are the remaining stats for 72000 and 72500 groups: 72000: 4 Untouched, 151 Approvals, 10 RFESs, 14 RFERs 72500: 5 Untouched, 111 Approvals, 9 RFESs, 4 RFERs