I-130 petition for siblings

[trinidougla 0]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

[payxibka 10,047]

F4 preference is currently processing 1998.... It seems like about 6 more years

[trinidougla 0]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

Yup but should another application be sent and what about tracking the case online no information to do so

[payxibka 10,047]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

Yup but should another application be sent and what about tracking the case online no information to do so

another or new application does not solve your problem... it would only re-start the 10 year wait ...

The USCIS representative on the phone should be able to give you a case #... that is what you need

[trinidougla 0]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

Yup but should another application be sent and what about tracking the case online no information to do so

another or new application does not solve your problem... it would only re-start the 10 year wait ...

The USCIS representative on the phone should be able to give you a case #... that is what you need

That is what I thought but they said no just send another application and the priority date would be from the first application date ... if USCIS isn't assisting much where else should we contact .. we have have applications before 2005 also frustrating

[payxibka 10,047]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

Yup but should another application be sent and what about tracking the case online no information to do so

another or new application does not solve your problem... it would only re-start the 10 year wait ...

The USCIS representative on the phone should be able to give you a case #... that is what you need

That is what I thought but they said no just send another application and the priority date would be from the first application date ... if USCIS isn't assisting much where else should we contact .. we have have applications before 2005 also frustrating

not called the misinformation line for nothing....

[trinidougla 0]

I'm from the Caribbean and my brother who is a US citizen filed an i-130 in 2004 on my behalf at this time we have received no further updates on the application no NOA 1 or case number, the USCIS customer Service phoneline was contacted and they asked for his SS number they were able to "access his name" but claimed that they could see no other information .... should another application be sent.. what should we do from here ??

Yup but should another application be sent and what about tracking the case online no information to do so

another or new application does not solve your problem... it would only re-start the 10 year wait ...

The USCIS representative on the phone should be able to give you a case #... that is what you need

That is what I thought but they said no just send another application and the priority date would be from the first application date ... if USCIS isn't assisting much where else should we contact .. we have have applications before 2005 also frustrating

Thanks for the information next week we will try to see if we get more information and I wasn't clear to yur last response

[aaron2020 11,651]

You need to confirm with USCIS that a I-130 petition was actually filed in 2004. Your brother should have received a noticed from USCIS confirming receipt of the petition. If USCIS does not have a record of this, there is no way you can claim a 2004 priority date.

Sending in another petition will not get you a 2004 priority date if USCIS has no record of the previous petition. Having copies of the original petition may help but it is not proof that it was submitted.

[trinidougla 0]

You need to confirm with USCIS that a I-130 petition was actually filed in 2004. Your brother should have received a noticed from USCIS confirming receipt of the petition. If USCIS does not have a record of this, there is no way you can claim a 2004 priority date.

Sending in another petition will not get you a 2004 priority date if USCIS has no record of the previous petition. Having copies of the original petition may help but it is not proof that it was submitted.

I spoke with my brother and he said yes he received some correspondence after having sent the application but it has no file number or receipt number that we could use for tracking and we contacted USCIS customer service who said they see his name on the system other than that no other infor available ... how do we track from here the status of the application .. he was thinking about going to his field office whith documents is this recommended .....