October filers, did you receive NOA1 for I-130?

[HSIMPSON 0]

Hi! I'm the original poster.

Yesterday (02/05) I called Vermont. The clerk couldn't find my I-130 in their system using ECA# stamped on the back my check. They only have my 129f. Next he asked whether I sent my i-130 to Vermont or Chicago lock box and whether I paid for I-130 or I-129f and then placed me on hold for about 5 minutes. He came back with the usual application backlog and fee hike stories and then told me this: recently (don't know how recent that was) they had to forward 100 or so i-130 applications to Chicago lockbox for data entry. Until then they don't have anything about my i-130. He encouraged me to check back in a few weeks!

Hello,

I followed some advices here and filed both I-129F &I-130 together in late October 2007. NOA-1 for 129F arrived one week later. The $355 check has just been cleared last week (01/18/2008). Am I supposed to get NOA1 for I-130 at all or not util after I-129F gets approved? Since I filed both I-129F and I-130 together I don't really know what to expect.

thanks,

viktor

[TasksGirl 0]

100 or so? More like all of them!

[M and K 0]

Hello,

I followed some advices here and filed both I-129F &I-130 together in late October 2007. NOA-1 for 129F arrived one week later. The $355 check has just been cleared last week (01/18/2008). Am I supposed to get NOA1 for I-130 at all or not util after I-129F gets approved? Since I filed both I-129F and I-130 together I don't really know what to expect.

thanks,

viktor

I'm not certain if this helps with the topic, but I filed (using attorney) our I-130 at the end of October. Receipted in January and then sent the I-129F. I-129F was receipted within a week and I've been instructed by my attorney that it is currently taking between 110-150 days from the receipt date until USCIS approval, and then another 10 days before we receive a NOA.

We don't expect to hear anything before mid May, but still keeping out fingers crossed.

Best of luck on a quick process...

[Elbereth 0]

Hi, this is my first time here so please be patient with me if I'm posting incorrectly.

I sent both the I-129-F and I-130 petitions to processing at the Vermont Service Center in August. I felt trouble was ahead when I went to the post office to mail the I-130 at the end of the August and saw dozens of others in line with packages going to the same address. I knew there would be a backlog because of the significant fee increase at the end of August....and, like me, I knew everyone was trying to beat the clock on the fee.

Anyway, for some reason things have gone smoothly for my husband and I thus far. It was a long time before USCIS cashed my check and it cleared the bank so I remained worried, but just before Christmas I received a letter asking for evidence of our marriage....I had tons of evidence and sent it off promptly before the holiday.

On January 10, 2008 my husband and I were in Egypt together when I received email notice that our I-130 Petition had been approved and sent to the National Visa Center.

Now, here's my problem...

I am finding what seems like such remarkably conflicting information online about what happens now that our petition has been approved and sent to the NVC. Can anyone give me the lowdown on the process? I'm back in the US now and my husband is back home in Algeria. Does anyone know what we should expect at this point?

I'd be so grateful for any help or advice you can send my way.

Thanks!

Mimi

wow, you got approved insanely fast! VSC is a lot faster than CSC though.. i guess