I-130 approval times

[b1978 0]

If the timeline on the homepage says 55 days and they are processing those as of March 5. And I got my NOA on March 24, why does it say under my profile then timeline:

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between July 3, 2009 and August 2, 2009*.

Thats much longer than the 55 days... ?

Also, would filing a I-129F speed up the process of the I-130 application or slow it down. We wish to do a I-130, but it looks like now the I-129F is being approved at the same time as the I-130 for many people. Would filing that I-129F speed up the I-130 approval or slow it down or not make a difference at all?

Brandon

[RickD 0]

Ours took 46 days from the NOA1. We decided to drop the I-129F since Ivonne already has a SSN from working in the US on an exchange program back in 98-99. With the CR-1 she can look for work right away and the CR-1 ends up being about $600 less than the K-3. It will take us about 4 - 6 six weeks longer than the K-3.

RickD

IR-1 / CR-1 Visa

Event Date

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Bogota, Colombia

Marriage : 2008-12-18

I-130 Sent : 2009-01-06

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-01-12

I-130 Approved : 2009-02-27

NVC Received : 2009-03-10

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2009-03-17

Pay I-864 Bill 2009-03-17

Receive I-864 Package :

Return Completed I-864 : 2009-03-24

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2009-03-19

Receive IV Bill : 2009-03-31

Pay IV Bill : 2009-04-03

Receive Instruction Package :

Case Completed at NVC :

NVC Left :

Consulate Received :

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Visa Received :

US Entry :

Comments : 01/26/2009 Touched

Processing

Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 46 days from your NOA1 date.

[blue123 0]

If the timeline on the homepage says 55 days and they are processing those as of March 5. And I got my NOA on March 24, why does it say under my profile then timeline:

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between July 3, 2009 and August 2, 2009*.

Thats much longer than the 55 days... ?

Also, would filing a I-129F speed up the process of the I-130 application or slow it down. We wish to do a I-130, but it looks like now the I-129F is being approved at the same time as the I-130 for many people. Would filing that I-129F speed up the I-130 approval or slow it down or not make a difference at all?

Brandon

We were 34 days between NOA1 and NOA2 but I have seen some done in 22 days and some can take months, timeline data is based on the average which is why they say 55 days for you, hopefully if no complications you should get through much quicker.

[Dan & Juan 12]

My I-130 was approved in 110 days from NOA1 date. It was less than 6 months but still seemed longer than many others.

[turbo2253 0]

Approvals can depend the the beneficiary's country, some take longer to process than others. The time from approval to interview is also dependent on the country of the interview. It is best to compare apples to apples, so you are not frustrated. Sometimes people have short times for their respective countries, but they think they are moving slowly because they are looking at a case from a very quick country. Good Luck, Mike & Yizhen

[TayRivers 4]

The I-130's for both my parent took 17 days from NOA1 to approval.