i130 processing times

[meghanr 0]

I know this isnt a question difficult to answere but, why do people i130s take different amount of times to be processed..

I know of people who filed their i130 two months AFTER me and have already been approved and recieved their noa2 (same country as well) but mine is still being processed?.. Should this be something to be nervous about?..

[Cesar & Cata 35]

I know this isnt a question difficult to answere but, why do people i130s take different amount of times to be processed..

I know of people who filed their i130 two months AFTER me and have already been approved and recieved their noa2 (same country as well) but mine is still being processed?.. Should this be something to be nervous about?..

Hi and welcome, first, usually when people try to help out they take a look at your timeline to get an idea of where and what part of your process you are in. Yours is all over the place, you may want to take a few minutes to fix it.

Currently Vermont Service Center is taking a long time to process the I130's and K-1 (even worse in your case). So if you compare to people that filed in Mar, Apr, May for Cali Service Center it may be frustrating to say the least. But it was the reverse just 6 months ago, so I guess its just the way it goes.

Also, people who file from an international address also seem to be processed much quicker even in Vermont, a fews ago there was a guy who got approved in under 3 months.

Edited August 16, 2012 by Cesar & Cata

[dwheels76 5,465]

I know this isnt a question difficult to answere but, why do people i130s take different amount of times to be processed..

I know of people who filed their i130 two months AFTER me and have already been approved and recieved their noa2 (same country as well) but mine is still being processed?.. Should this be something to be nervous about?..

It depends on so much none of us have all the answers. I was trying to find the thread of the interview for you that a member had with an adjudicator. Really eye opening. Like one of the things he said, No they are not done in order. You may get a box of cases that are labeled January 2012 and you may get July 2012 yet people before them haven't even been looked at. Oh what when the manager says stop all I-130 petitions and switch to I-751 or I-129F's.

Also one of the things he said is how they get credit for every person on application so that immigrant being petitioned with the 1,2,3,4 kids thats a bonus point for each one so guess what they are going to do that file before the single one person.

Also your file very well could have been pulled and being adjudicated (Don't go by what the USCIS website says, it may never say "touched, updated) and well you may need extra looking into. Remember this is the background checks, interpol, FBI all kinds of stuff. Making sure that marriage certificate is good. So alot of behind the scenes stuff going on.

And yes some get forgotten put aside one adjudicator said you have some adjudicators check out a file and don't check it back in may have taken a day off or God forbid went on vacation. There's your file on their desk waiting for them and only them to check them back in.

[Ryan H 3,801]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to USCIS Service Centers forum; topic is about USCIS operations and not about the spousal visa process itself.

[meghanr 0]

Sorry about my timeline, im not sure why it looked like that... The only thing we have done as of yet is file the i130 petition and recieve a NOA1... approvals of later NOA1 dates are really bringing our hopes down and making him frustrated about when his will be approved... hopefully soon though... The timeline says their approving march 19 petitions.. Just hoping for no RFE..

[louiep 7]

It depends on so much none of us have all the answers. I was trying to find the thread of the interview for you that a member had with an adjudicator. Really eye opening. Like one of the things he said, No they are not done in order. You may get a box of cases that are labeled January 2012 and you may get July 2012 yet people before them haven't even been looked at. Oh what when the manager says stop all I-130 petitions and switch to I-751 or I-129F's.

Also one of the things he said is how they get credit for every person on application so that immigrant being petitioned with the 1,2,3,4 kids thats a bonus point for each one so guess what they are going to do that file before the single one person.

Also your file very well could have been pulled and being adjudicated (Don't go by what the USCIS website says, it may never say "touched, updated) and well you may need extra looking into. Remember this is the background checks, interpol, FBI all kinds of stuff. Making sure that marriage certificate is good. So alot of behind the scenes stuff going on.

And yes some get forgotten put aside one adjudicator said you have some adjudicators check out a file and don't check it back in may have taken a day off or God forbid went on vacation. There's your file on their desk waiting for them and only them to check them back in.

if you could please find that thread would you send me a link to it dwhells76 man i would really appreciate thks in advance godbless

[dwheels76 5,465]

if you could please find that thread would you send me a link to it dwhells76 man i would really appreciate thks in advance godbless

Phew here you go http://www.visajourney.com/content/adjudicator-q-and-a