$("#someid").on("submit", function (e) {

            var formData = new FormData(this);

            $(".progress").show();

            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "somefile.php",
                xhr: function () {
                    //var myXhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
                    //if (myXhr.upload) {
                    //    myXhr.upload.addEventlistener("progress", progress, false);
                    //}
                    //return myXhr;
                },
                data: formData,
                context: this,
                cache: false,
                contentType: false,
                processData: false,
                dataType: 'json',
                success: function (data) {
                    $(".progress").hide();

                }
            });

            e.preventDefault();

        });