nov 24. .post decision activity

[krisca 0]

hi guys, just wondering if anyone received the same email i got. .

"On November 24, 2010, a USCIS office received this case from the State Department with a request that we review it."

is this a good or a bad thing. . .

[HeatDeath 430]

It depends on whether or not you have had your interview yet, and how it went.

This sort of message is what normally occurs when the interview goes badly, and the consulate believes they have discovered information which could cause USCIS to want to cancel the approved visa petition.

Without more detailed timeline info from you I can't be absolutely sure, but I'll be honest, I can't think of any situation in which the consulate punting your application back to USCIS would be a good thing, except one.

If the interview went well, and they basically said you were approved - CR/IR-1 visa entrants get their GC sent to them automatically, a few weeks after they PoE. This might require the consulate to send the case back to USCIS to process the GC. If this is the case then your message might be normal. If no one else with a CR-1 corroborates this, your message might be bad news.

I think it mostly depends on how your interview went. If you haven't had your interview yet, it's almost certainly bad news.

[krisca 0]

oh my good God...are you saying it's a bad news? i don't see why they would deny my petition, we've been together 8 years in total..married for 3years and live-in partners for 5 years. . we filed a petition for our daughter last year for me and my daughter...my daughter was approved i was denied because they sent an RFE we didn't comply so i was denied. . .hubby went back here in the Philippines to study for a year so my daughter's case is till pending in NVC till my petition gets approved..and then i got this freakin email . .

we haven't had any interviews. . .no RFE's. . .i was a little relieved coz it seems that a bunch of people who file August got the same email. . .so we called USCIS they said they've already made a decision and just wait for it in 30days. . but i'm kinda worried

[Callina 1]

Krisca, I submitted a I-130 petition for my mother in August and yesterday I got the same e-mail as you. I don't understand what it means, but I don't believe we should panic or take it as a denial before we actually get more information from them in the mail. Stay calm and positive!

[krisca 0]

thanks Calina,,you know some of the post i made here about the email i got,,i got positive and negative feedbacks but mostly negative. . .im just a little relieved that it didn't happen to me only. . .thanks again. . .i hope everything goes smoothly on ur part and mine as well..advance Merry Xmas

[HeatDeath 430]

It wasn't my intention to scare you unduly. I went through the K-1 process and have no direct experience with the IR-1 process. For all I know that email is totally normal for IR-1 applicants. I just know that if that email showed up in aK-1 process, it would virtually certainly be bad news.

The fact that in a week or so only one other person has responded with seeing the same email, and that even they don't know for sure what it portends, may very well be bad news. Or it may simply be an artifact of their being relatively few IR-1 applicants currently reading the PI sub-forum.

I would post your question again up in the CR-1/IR-1 main forum, and see if anyone else has ever gotten an email like this.

Above all, the most important thing is not to panic. Think like a bulldozer. Advance slowly and surely, and nothing can stop you. Just keep taking one step at a time. Even if this is bad news, absorb it as it comes, and take deliberate, measured responses to get around or through it.

Like my sig says:

[krisca 0]

yeah, i guess you're right. .. i have to stay calm. . .i'll just have to wait for the decision. . .i waited for 4 months anyway, i only have to wait 1month more. . .i can wait patiently...thanks for your input. . .i have posted this to the CR1/IR1 forum and it turns out a lot of people got the same emai. . my husband called USCIS this morning (US time) they said that Texas Service Center is reviewing my case and there is nothing wrong so we'll just have to wait for the decision. . thanks again. . .God Bless