I-130 & I-129F approved same day HELP!

[candance 0]

So I made the mistake of filing both the I-130 and the I-129F. I know, I know, i made a big mistake. I filed the I-130 Jan 10, 2012 and the I-129F Feb 13, 2012. I was hoping they'd just cancel out the 129F. However, both were approved May 17, 2012. I've been contacting the NVC and they can't find either of them and its been 28 days since our notice/approval date. Ive emailed NVCresearch and called the NVC and they are still saying they don't have the petitions and to call USCIS. So I call USCIS and they tell me the I-130 was forwarded to the NVC while the I-129F was forwarded to the Consulate in Dublin (my husband is Irish). Can anyone tell me 1. if they usually end up cancelling out the I-129F and 2. If its normal for the NVC to still not have our I-130 processed. and 3. What the process is when this type of thing (both petitions approved same day) happens?

I havent seen my husband and father of our 2 yr old daughter in 7 months. Im trying to get our case expedited due to a medical emergency no one seems to know where our petitions are

Thank you!

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[amyandjorge 76]

I believe it is standard for both petitions to be approved simultaneously. The same thing happened to us last year except we filed both at the same time. We went with the I-130 and got the docs ready for NVC.

sorry, your question about where the petitions are is confusing to me... the petition is approved (done), onto the next step with NVC. If you want to expedite then you want to skip the NVC, correct??

You might want to review the complete process for I-130.

[candance 0]

Ive contacted the NVC about where our petition is and they said they dont know. So Im wondering if it got lost? Or if it takes longer than 30 days for the NVC to process the I-130? I am trying to get an expedite but NVC just keeps telling me they cant find my petition and can tell me nothing more until they find it. Its really frustrating.

[reginakrys 33]

Both approved petitions are sent to the NVC. If they are received on the same day, the 129F gets administratively closed, leaving you with only the IR-1/CR-1 path.

NVC is very backlogged right now, and it's been taking 4+ weeks from NOA-2 to NVC case number (for IR-1/CR-1). Not sure though about the current trend from NOA-2 to case received at NVC.