Contact USCIS ?

[pushbrk 12,883]

I see the following when I enter my own receipt number

on the USCIS Case Status page ...

'Initial Review'

"During this step, USCIS initiates the background checks of the applicant/petitioner and identifies issues that may need to be addressed either during an interview or by asking the applicant/petitioner to submit additional information or documentation. USCIS reviews the applicant's/petitioner's criminal history, determines if there are national security concerns that need to be addressed, and reviews the application/petition for fraud indicators"

You must have some inside info on the inner workings of USCIS then?

Yes, I do. We all do. What you quoted is correct. It just doesn't happen during a spread out time. It happens at then end, when it's your turn.

[Matt & Rocio 28]

Is this *just* for the IR-1/CR-1 I-130's that have NOA1s in 12/2011?

Thanks for your patience while I ask question after question

What I said earlier about this chart including lower priority petitions may be incorrect as this chart is for immediate relatives only.

The All other pending line shows the number of petitions pending during that month. So in December of 2011 there were a total of 225,000 pending I-130 petitions for immediate relative across all service centers. They received 37,000 new petitions that month and completed nearly 29,000 petitions while 9,000 petitions were waiting for a customer to reply to an RFE.

Does that answer your question?

[lubnajavid 20]

immediate relatives means .... those I-130s files for spouse etc by a USC, correct?

Not by LPRs like me...

[ullnvrkno 95]

They received 37,000 new petitions that month and completed nearly 29,000 petitions while 9,000 petitions were waiting for a customer to reply to an RFE.

Does that answer your question?

Yes BUT the 29k petitions completed are from other months, not just December, correct?

[bigdog 376]

Hang in there and Skype more.

[pushbrk 12,883]

immediate relatives means .... those I-130s files for spouse etc by a USC, correct?

Not by LPRs like me...

Should be immediate relatives of US Citizens, so no, not by LPR's like you.

Yes BUT the 29k petitions completed are from other months, not just December, correct?

Of course. Most of them were filed during the summer.

[beavisandbutthead 0]

I don't know if it helps but it will answer your "why does it take so long" question:

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=4&office=2&charttype=1

In December there were 225,000 pending I-130 petitions nationwide, and about 115,000 pending at the California Service Center alone.

Met my fiencee through a friend, was so happy how she acted, like a human. sorry im from silsicon valley were it is 5 men to one woman, odds so suck these days here. but now i can see the times are changing with the internet we can almost go anywere and meet anyone. ib bet most are from silicon vally 115,000 pending at the California Service Center alone

[Laure&Colin 558]

Met my fiencee through a friend, was so happy how she acted, like a human. sorry im from silsicon valley were it is 5 men to one woman, odds so suck these days here. but now i can see the times are changing with the internet we can almost go anywere and meet anyone. ib bet most are from silicon vally 115,000 pending at the California Service Center alone

No CSC gets most I-130 petitions from all over the country, not only from California.

I was surprised to see the number of I-130 filed is so high compared to I-129F, looking at VJ alone you might think petitions for fiancé are more common.

I suppose it also includes all I-130 filed when adjusting status.