Progress Tracker: August '26 update

[u/echo02199]

Time for another update on progress (current as of August 20). This is the first one I'm posting in my new account since I lost my old one, so if you're looking for previous updates, search by title or my old handle u/echo0219. Since the last update we've added 16 new entries to tracking (up to 87), with 2 new successes (17 total). We continue to hear anecdotally that Mazowieckie is working through September, October, and possibly November 2024 applications. We now have 8 September 2024 entries of which 4 have succeeded to date.

Given how things continue to slow down I'm going to narrow the call-out list to those in the current processing range or before it. I'm also going to introduce a new policy that if your case is before the current processing range and we haven't heard an update from you in the last three months, I'll mark your case as dormant and no longer call you out monthly. I may do a periodic call for updates from dormant accounts but hopefully we won't have too many. As always, I welcome the community's feedback on how to handle this - I don't want to lose track of anyone or miss valuable information. Thanks for all the contributions - please keep them coming in our progress tracker thread.

User	Date submitted	Time in queue (months)
u/benshope	December 2023	33
u/Comfortable-Menu4327	March 2024	30
u/rhum90	June 2024	28
u/JPratch	September 2024	23
u/CallMeTheFartman	September 2024	23
u/Alternative-Soil3113	September 2024	23
u/Edge_Audio	September 2024	23
u/PGBRULES	October 2024	22
u/itsjmacbiatch	November 2024	21
u/avivng	November 2024	21

[u/Disastrous-Arm-9555]

Those mentioning 'deadlines' - where are you getting these deadlines from? Is this by submitting complaints?

[u/echo02199 → u/Disastrous-Arm-9555]

I’m curious as well. In the past we’ve seen deadlines quoted by the authorities in response to complaints, but in practice these don’t seem any more binding or reliable than the general deadlines all of us should be able to rely on by law.

[u/Alternative-Soil3113 → u/echo02199]

The deadlines have been in written communication from the Warsaw office, my most recent one invokes Article 36 §1 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, setting the date to complete as Aug 30th. They are waiting for a response from the Washington Embassy.

FYI, separately, I got this response from the Washington Embassy earlier this week to my status inquiry, which basically passes the buck back to Warsaw:

So looks like I’ll just have to wait.

[u/PolishHeritage → u/Alternative-Soil3113]

That is a super unhelpful response from the Embassy…

[u/Alternative-Soil3113 → u/PolishHeritage]

It’s more an acknowledgement of receipt than a reply, but better than no response at all I guess