Not heard much about I1-30

[Miles Ramsell 1]

Hey everyone,

So my Mum (LPR) filed an i1-30 for me (i'm over 21 and unmarried) in Febuary 2008, I understand that this is my PD. After 6 months I got a letter sent to me stating the application had been approved, so maybe this is my PD, I'm not sure. Either way it has been 4 years since I have received anything from them about my application so I am worried I could have missed a letter in the post.

My mum calls the USCIS every 6 months to see if there is any progress however there never seems to be. When I log into the uscis.gov website the coloured circles at the top are on last one which is named 'Post Decision Activity'. Is this normal for my case and do I just have to sit and wait? I really don't want to miss out on doing anything which is expected of me.

Also my Mum just applied for citzenship so I have been told this could cut my total waiting time down to around 6 years, is this true?

Thank you in advance, any help would be much appriciated,

Nice One

Miles Ramsell

[Ryan H 3,812]

What was approved by USCIS was the petition your mom filed, not an application. USCIS is done with the petition at this point in time; the file is now at the NVC where it will sit until a visa becomes available in your category (F2B) for the country you are from.

According to this month's visa bulletin, it is an 8 year wait for an F2B visa to become available. If you are from Mexico, the wait is 20 years; if you are from the Philippines, the wait is 11 years.

When your mom becomes a citizen, you will move into the F1 category, if you get married after she becomes a citizen, you would drop to the F3 category. Wait time for F1 before a visa becomes available based on the current visa bulletin is 7 years, 19 years for Mexico, 15 years for Philippines. Wait times on F3 are 10 years, 19 years for Mexico, 20 years for Philippines.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Which country are you from?

At the moment, waiting times for unmarried over 21 kids of greencard holders is 8 years unless you are from Mexico (20 years) or the Philippines (11 years), so you'd have some time to go yet.

Once your mom is a US citizen, she can let them know and upgrade the petition to F1, which will cut waiting time to 7 years (19 years if from Mexico), so you'd still have 4+ years to go. If you are from Phils, DO NOT upgrade as this would add 4.5 years to the wait.

[Miles Ramsell 1]

Hey!! thanks so much for your input so far, so in reply...

I am from the UK and the I1-30 was approved back in 2008.

Wow I can't beleive how long the wait is... but I understand there are thousands of people in the same situation and it's not just me. I wish there was a way of speeding all of this up and letting the honest, legitimate people in quicker.

how do we find out when the time comes? is it just an email or letter that is sent to my Mum? or maybe a phone call..