I-130 Application Untouched in Vemont

[newhampshire 0]

The Vermont Service Center received our completed I-130 application on March 1, 2006. It was touched on March 4, 2006 and since has remained untouched. Any advice (or empathy!)?

[aussiewench 9]

The Vermont Service Center received our completed I-130 application on March 1, 2006. It was touched on March 4, 2006 and since has remained untouched. Any advice (or empathy!)?

Vermont is still approving I-130's relatively fast, though not as fast as 2005. You are probably not too far off an approval so hang tight. When my hubby subitted the I-130 it was touched 4-5 days in a row and then nothing. We were approved out of the blue in 45 days. Yes you have been waiting longer then those of us from last year but think about it....this is the big one...the immigration visa which will get you the green card with no adjustment of status. At one time these visas where taking years. now 8-9 months is common.

Keep yourself busy. Are you up on what is going to happen through NVC? If not have a look at the CR-1 Flowchart in the 'Guides' tab. And then theres the Time Savers for NVC and James Shortcuts which you can find the link for in my signature. The better you understand this process the quicker ride you can have through NVC, barring any holdups with security checks.

Good luck

Lorelle

[lquin 0]

The Vermont Service Center received our completed I-130 application on March 1, 2006. It was touched on March 4, 2006 and since has remained untouched. Any advice (or empathy!)?

Hang in there !!.... we are in the same boat !!.. ours went in on the 9th March..

[phirephly 0]

aye, very big second to aussie's advice... don't count the touches... as you can see in my sig, our CR-1 wasn't even touched at all between NOA1 and approval. It's completely arbitrary (to us, at least). Definitely make sure you're preparing for the next steps - when you're waiting this long, you don't want to *cause* delay, right? Just keep going, you'll get there. ttyl,

mich

[simple_male 1]

The Vermont Service Center received our completed I-130 application on March 1, 2006. It was touched on March 4, 2006 and since has remained untouched. Any advice (or empathy!)?

Our I-130 was touched 3 consecutive days before the approval. Some I-130s (like phirephly's) were not even touched before the approval. So please hang in there and in the meantime, get ready for next steps which would be at the NVC.