I-130 APPROVED and now what???

[DianaP 0]

Hello VJ friends;

After almost two painful year of battle with USCIS, after one whole year away from home, and on the birthday of our now big boy 2 years old OUR I-130 was approved on October 24th, 2008.

My question here is for the old timers... What should I expect next, I am anxious and very nervous about going home soon...

A short long brief of my history is that I was a permanent resident of the US for 10 years, being married to an american born, having an american mother, american brothers and an american son did not stop them to put me on deportation procedures on a denial of I-751 filled on 2003 and only answered in dec of 2006. We have all suffered tremendously through this battle.... the cruel separation of my family was unimaginable pain, strain and all the worse life experiences we could possibly face... Now that the I-130 has been approved almost a month a ago I been calling NVC everyday and STILL no record of my petition... So NVC has not recieved anything yet from USCIS is this normal????

When I called the 800 number they told me I should file I-824 so my approved I-130 could be transferred to NVC otherwise since I was living on the US when I filled the I-130 and now I am overseas in Brazil my petition would only seat in VSC until such form is filled and paid $340 for it... In the other hand both my attorney and the USCIS director s office (202-272-8000) they tell me that since I filled an I-129F (which still pending) they are already ware that I am in Brazil therefor no I-864 needs to be filled, further they say the evidence of that is that no interview was conducted in the US therefor no I-864 needs to be filled because the interview will be conducted on Rio de Janeiro....

Let s hear your opnion on it, since I am so HAPPPPPPYYYY it was approved and so LOST of what is going on NOW....

Thanks to all....

[Old Dominion 26]

Hello VJ friends;

After almost two painful year of battle with USCIS, after one whole year away from home, and on the birthday of our now big boy 2 years old OUR I-130 was approved on October 24th, 2008.

My question here is for the old timers... What should I expect next, I am anxious and very nervous about going home soon...

A short long brief of my history is that I was a permanent resident of the US for 10 years, being married to an american born, having an american mother, american brothers and an american son did not stop them to put me on deportation procedures on a denial of I-751 filled on 2003 and only answered in dec of 2006. We have all suffered tremendously through this battle.... the cruel separation of my family was unimaginable pain, strain and all the worse life experiences we could possibly face... Now that the I-130 has been approved almost a month a ago I been calling NVC everyday and STILL no record of my petition... So NVC has not recieved anything yet from USCIS is this normal????

When I called the 800 number they told me I should file I-824 so my approved I-130 could be transferred to NVC otherwise since I was living on the US when I filled the I-130 and now I am overseas in Brazil my petition would only seat in VSC until such form is filled and paid $340 for it... In the other hand both my attorney and the USCIS director s office (202-272-8000) they tell me that since I filled an I-129F (which still pending) they are already ware that I am in Brazil therefor no I-864 needs to be filled, further they say the evidence of that is that no interview was conducted in the US therefor no I-864 needs to be filled because the interview will be conducted on Rio de Janeiro....

Let s hear your opnion on it, since I am so HAPPPPPPYYYY it was approved and so LOST of what is going on NOW....

Thanks to all....

Before it gets to the NVC, an approved petition goes through a processing center on New Hampshire. Don't ask why. But it may be delayed there. Call once a week, or better yet, since you have an attorney, they should be the ones following up. Sorry this has been such a mess.

[DianaP 0]

Before it gets to the NVC, an approved petition goes through a processing center on New Hampshire. Don't ask why. But it may be delayed there. Call once a week, or better yet, since you have an attorney, they should be the ones following up. Sorry this has been such a mess.

Thank you for your reply; my attoorney sadly does not follow up on anything this petition was lost for over 15 months and she did not even follow up at this stage I am not able to afford a new lawyer.... Thank you for your input.

[Ning 619]

Hello VJ friends;

After almost two painful year of battle with USCIS, after one whole year away from home, and on the birthday of our now big boy 2 years old OUR I-130 was approved on October 24th, 2008.

My question here is for the old timers... What should I expect next, I am anxious and very nervous about going home soon...

A short long brief of my history is that I was a permanent resident of the US for 10 years, being married to an american born, having an american mother, american brothers and an american son did not stop them to put me on deportation procedures on a denial of I-751 filled on 2003 and only answered in dec of 2006. We have all suffered tremendously through this battle.... the cruel separation of my family was unimaginable pain, strain and all the worse life experiences we could possibly face... Now that the I-130 has been approved almost a month a ago I been calling NVC everyday and STILL no record of my petition... So NVC has not recieved anything yet from USCIS is this normal????

When I called the 800 number they told me I should file I-824 so my approved I-130 could be transferred to NVC otherwise since I was living on the US when I filled the I-130 and now I am overseas in Brazil my petition would only seat in VSC until such form is filled and paid $340 for it... In the other hand both my attorney and the USCIS director s office (202-272-8000) they tell me that since I filled an I-129F (which still pending) they are already ware that I am in Brazil therefor no I-864 needs to be filled, further they say the evidence of that is that no interview was conducted in the US therefor no I-864 needs to be filled because the interview will be conducted on Rio de Janeiro....

Let s hear your opnion on it, since I am so HAPPPPPPYYYY it was approved and so LOST of what is going on NOW....

Thanks to all....

Before it gets to the NVC, an approved petition goes through a processing center on New Hampshire. Don't ask why. But it may be delayed there. Call once a week, or better yet, since you have an attorney, they should be the ones following up. Sorry this has been such a mess.

It looks like it would have been far better to understand & follow the laws of the USA during the 10 years you were here so you wouldnt be in this situation. Having American relatives doesnt change your status relevent to the immigration laws either.

Having said that I had a similar experiance with USCIS & NVC & hope this wil get straightened out.

After our 130 was approved it was "lost" as well & I couldnt find out where it was or what to do about it. The 824 doesnt require a fee unless they have changed the way that is done. I wrote 8 letters to USCIS & NVC as they asked me to do requesting they find my case. They never answered nor found the case. USCIS said it was at NVC & was thier problem & to contact them. NVC said it was still at USCIS & to contact them.

I had 3 meetings in the USA via INFO PASS as well. Each time they said " this just never happens & we dont really know what to do". That from an office of Immigration. Amazing experiance.

I did as they asked & NEVER heard from either agency. I did not know until I read the post above that there is some other office involved in N H.

My case was never LOST. By the time I heard from USCIS & NVC that they were working on it, the case was sent by NVC to the Embassy. The very agency that denied having the documents had finished with them & sent them out.

USCIS adjudicates the case. When that process is done they assign a bar code to it & it is sent to NVC. If your case is at USCIS they would know. If it was sent to NVC they would also know. If it was recieved by NVC they would know.

Since you are in Brazil I would go to the American Embassy & ask them to look into the case. I contacted the Embassy in Bangkok & they are the ones that found out what was happening to my case. They assigned a duty officer to my case & he worked with USCIS in the USA & NVC. It was the efforts of the Embassy that found that the case was already on its way to them.

Your case is not lost. Your NOA 2 is proof that it isnt lost. It is probably at NVC right now. Yes it is normal. Check in the guides & find the flow chart for NVC. That is what you can expect to happen including the need for the 864.

There is no form or fee to pay to get it sent to NVC. Your lawyer should know better than that but like many this lawyer is a waste of time & money.

Edited November 19, 2008 by Ricker

[e-migra 4]

Hi! It's so sad to read stories like yours...

Unfortunatelly I don't have an answer, but I want to wish you BOA SORTE!!!!!

e-migra

[DianaP 0]

Hi! It's so sad to read stories like yours...

Unfortunatelly I don't have an answer, but I want to wish you BOA SORTE!!!!!

e-migra

Thanks for the note at least... Good luck to all of us in this painful journey.

[DianaP 0]

Hello VJ friends;

I always followed all the laws in the US; the only reason I ended up leaving was by being wrongly legally advised, since my I-751 was denied due to a INS mistake, and I only received an apology letter once I was already in Brazil giving me only 20 days to reinstate my greencard but when I received the letter it was already 60 days past...

Yes they have admitted to losing my I-130 case before, they wrongly sent it to Miami where it got lost on the 7th Floor; records dept. once I contacted the USCIS director s office in WaSHINGTON at 202-272-8000 Mrs. Ruffin located my case and fowarded to VSC after 16 months of wasted time my case started being processed and because of such major error AGAIn on their side they granted us expedited processing which I do not believe it is making any difference on how fast things are going... but thank you so much for sharing your story and very goo dluck to all of us... once again THANKS.