Aug 2013 I-130 filers

[Eastyo 100]

I think an email to the lawyers is due, then! Thank you.

This is the trouble,

1) The US citizen needs to be granted entry to remain and have been in the UK for 6 months.

and 2.. perhaps the most annoying...

2) You have to FIRST CANCEL your i130 you currently have, BEFORE they accept your petition in the UK, so there is risk...

But let me know what your lawyers say!

[TJsMomSarah 5]

This is the trouble,

1) The US citizen needs to be granted entry to remain and have been in the UK for 6 months.

and 2.. perhaps the most annoying...

2) You have to FIRST CANCEL your i130 you currently have, BEFORE they accept your petition in the UK, so there is risk...

But let me know what your lawyers say!

We've been here for seven years with me on a ILR, so number one isn't a worry.

Just shot them an email now. In the past, we've had to chase them like hounds for a reply, but I might be making an overseas phone call tomorrow if I don't hear back. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

[festamati89 40]

We've been here for seven years with me on a ILR, so number one isn't a worry.

Just shot them an email now. In the past, we've had to chase them like hounds for a reply, but I might be making an overseas phone call tomorrow if I don't hear back. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

thats eally rediculous when i was back home if i would have known i would of done it myself i cant believe they never let you know...seriously upsets me that people can be that selfish and make something that should be 1.2.3 a much longer and tedious process

[TJsMomSarah 5]

thats eally rediculous when i was back home if i would have known i would of done it myself i cant believe they never let you know...seriously upsets me that people can be that selfish and make something that should be 1.2.3 a much longer and tedious process

It was actually mentioned during the initial consultation with the lawyers, that we had a particular circumstance where it would go directly to the Embassy and would be rather quick. I just didn't two and two together until now.

Just emailed my partner. She's calling the lawyers tonight if we don't get an email back from them by evening UK time.

Edited January 15, 2014 by TJsMomSarah

[Eastyo 100]

We've been here for seven years with me on a ILR, so number one isn't a worry.

Just shot them an email now. In the past, we've had to chase them like hounds for a reply, but I might be making an overseas phone call tomorrow if I don't hear back. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

I get the same response time from my lawyers, funnily enough, if you email the department

in London, you get a response in around 2-3 hours! And they are mega helpful!

It's just having the balls to cancel a petition 5 months in to the process.... We can't file here until March, so that will

be 7 months in, which is even more risk...

Also you don't wait for the NVC, people on this forum often get visa's

in 3 to 4 months from the start to finish!

Edited January 15, 2014 by Eastyo

[festamati89 40]

I get the same response time from my lawyers, funnily enough, if you email the department

in London, you get a response in around 2-3 hours! And they are mega helpful!

It's just having the balls to cancel a petition 5 months in to the process.... We can't file here until March, so that will

be 7 months in, which is even more risk...

Also you don't wait for the NVC, people on this forum often get visa's

in 3 to 4 months from the start to finish!

I know it sucks but i wouldnt withdraw my petition now its too far in

[Eastyo 100]

I know it sucks but i wouldnt withdraw my petition now its too far in

True, but it all depends on what USCIS post as their "update". I don't think we will see any improvements, and i bet the PD date is only a few weeks after Feb 13th...

Some with the transfers, they do some and we all go YAY, and say we are next, but we just don't know ,thats the killer!

[TJsMomSarah 5]

We won't do anything rash quite yet. We've asked the lawyers to explain why they didn't do a DCF and went with a US Service Center. Unless they've got some crazy good reason, and the PD date doesn't move much, we'll pull it. I think in this current path we're looking at more than 'weeks to a few months' for the approval.

[Eastyo 100]

We won't do anything rash quite yet. We've asked the lawyers to explain why they didn't do a DCF and went with a US Service Center. Unless they've got some crazy good reason, and the PD date doesn't move much, we'll pull it. I think in this current path we're looking at more than 'weeks to a few months' for the approval.

If you look on the US London consulate site, there is a 3 week wait for i130 processing.... but yes, the entire timeline is also better

[Eastyo 100]

If i look at the i130 (imm rel catagory) on this site...and only for CSC not national

http://dashboard.usc...e=2&charttype=1

Does this not mean that they have hardly any to process, look at the trend line... I dont get it?

[festamati89 40]

If i look at the i130 (imm rel catagory) on this site...and only for CSC not national

http://dashboard.usc...e=2&charttype=1

Does this not mean that they have hardly any to process, look at the trend line... I dont get it?

it looks like it but god knows i dont believe in what they say anymore especially with that feb 13 thing they did last month

[BOS_LHR 829]

If i look at the i130 (imm rel catagory) on this site...and only for CSC not national

http://dashboard.usc...e=2&charttype=1

Does this not mean that they have hardly any to process, look at the trend line... I dont get it?

Bear in mind that data was from the end of October, when they hadn't really ramped up the transfers. March transfers started in earnest around the third week of October, so we should have a very different chart for the November update.

[aditya3245 113]

Are there any august filers (exception grapier) who have been transferred as of the 15th ?

[Eastyo 100]

Are there any august filers (exception grapier) who have been transferred as of the 15th ?

Not that i see, i think we are still waiting for a few July....

Bear in mind that data was from the end of October, when they hadn't really ramped up the transfers. March transfers started in earnest around the third week of October, so we should have a very different chart for the November update.

Ah, good point, when do they get updated? same as the main "goal"

[BOS_LHR 829]

Ah, good point, when do they get updated? same as the main "goal"

Usually they'll all update on the same day, though not necessarily at the same time. There have been some instances (like last month) where there's a gap of a couple of days between updates on the two pages. USCIS can never make anything predictable or easy.