COMPARISON
MyCheck vs VisaJourney
VisaJourney has been running for over twenty years: free self-help guides, example forms, country-specific advice, member timelines, case tracking and estimated approval dates, and a forum where people compare notes.
Use both, for different things. VisaJourney is where you find out what other people’s cases did. MyCheck is where your own case lives — privately, with the documents and dates attached to it.
Choose MyCheck if
- You want your own case organised rather than other people’s stories read.
- You would rather not post your details on a public forum.
- You want reminders, due dates and documents in one place.
Choose VisaJourney if
- You want to know how long cases like yours actually took, from the people who filed them.
- You have a question only somebody who has been through it can answer.
- You want free guides and example forms before you file.
What VisaJourney does better
- Twenty years of member timelines, and a forum big enough that somebody has usually been through your exact situation.
- Free guides and example forms, country by country.
- Estimated approval dates drawn from what members report.
- It costs nothing.
What MyCheck does better
- Your case is private. Nothing you keep in MyCheck is posted anywhere unless you choose to publish it.
- There is a community in MyCheck too — questions, replies and a best answer, under General, USCIS, Visas and Life in US — and the app will translate a post into your language on the spot.
- A checklist tied to your own case, with reminders and a Today view, rather than a thread to read.
- Status updates for your receipt number, pulled and kept for you.
- It works inside ChatGPT, Claude and Grok, and the app is in 13 languages.
- The timing you see is USCIS’s own published figure, labelled as history rather than a guess at your date.
Side by side
| What you want to do | MyCheck | VisaJourney |
|---|---|---|
| Ask people who filed the same case | Yes, the MyCheck Community — and the app can translate a post into your language | Yes — twenty years of it, and far bigger |
| Guides and example forms | No | Yes, free |
| How long it usually takes | Yes | Yes, estimated approval dates from what members report |
| Keep your case private | Yes, private unless you publish it yourself | The community runs on posting publicly |
| A checklist for your own case, with reminders | Yes | Not on their site |
| See what is due today | Yes, the Today view | Not on their site |
| Work a list with your spouse or attorney | Yes, shared checklists | Not on their site |
| Save a checklist by asking ChatGPT, Claude or Grok | Yes, on the free plan | Not on their site |
| Use it for anything that is not immigration | Yes | No |
| What it costs | Free for one case and 3 checklists; $9.99/month for unlimited | Free |
Try MyCheck free
One case, three checklists and reminders are free, on the web and in the app. No card to start.
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