How it works
Case reads, not receipt tracking
CaseTrends compares your F2A profile with similar applicant signals, keeps official facts separate, and watches saved cases for changes that are meaningful enough to revisit.
Matching starts with your path
CaseTrends normalizes F2A details like AOS vs consular path, chargeability, filing date, stage, service center, and milestones. The matcher favors reports that share the same path and stage, then uses nearby stages and timing when exact matches are thin.
Free reads use community signal
Free case reads use public applicant reports from the F2A community plus official Visa Bulletin context. That makes the free path useful for understanding the landscape, but it remains a community-signal read.
Pro monitoring adds cleaner signals
Saved-case monitoring can combine public applicant reports, official facts, and anonymized CaseTrends timelines from users who choose to contribute. Receipt numbers, notes, user IDs, and free-text USCIS status are stripped before a timeline can help peer comparisons.
Official facts stay separate
Visa Bulletin facts are deterministic data, not model guesses. CaseTrends separates Final Action and Dates for Filing, applies chargeability, and keeps official updates visible without turning them into legal advice.
Monitoring looks for meaningful change
Meaningful-change alerts are not daily noise. The alert job reruns an entitled saved-case baseline and sends email only when outlook, confidence, Visa Bulletin movement, chart source, or official policy context crosses a threshold that matters for that case.
Weekly review is the quiet-week digest
Weekly review is a Monday summary for Pro saved cases. It can say that nothing major changed, include any meaningful alerts from the week, and nudge you when your manually maintained case file looks stale.
Important limits
CaseTrends does not sign into USCIS, poll private case files, or predict an exact approval date. It is an informational read on similar F2A movement and official context.
CaseTrends reads public applicant discussions to identify patterns. It also uses official Visa Bulletin context and, for future Pro features, anonymized saved applicant timelines. It is not an official USCIS case tracker and does not have access to your case file. These insights are not legal advice and should not be used to make legal decisions. Always consult a qualified immigration attorney for guidance specific to your situation.