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I-130 filed 4/25/12 for Spouse in India

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: India
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Hello Everyone!

I am a US citizen and filed the I-130 for my husband in India, on 4/25/12. A couple weeks later I received a letter stating that the Vermont Service Center has received the paperwork and the case is in progress. I also received my case number on this letter. After this I have been checking the status online at the USCIS site regularly. Unfortunately, It has been saying "Initial review" for almost 4 months now! Anyone have any information as to what or who I can contact to speed the process up or to get more details for this? I called the customer service number for USCIS and got an automated message stating the same thing the website is saying.

Any information or feedback anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!!

Timeline
USCIS
04/25/2012: I-130 Sent
04/30/2012: NOA1 Priority Date
05/01/2012: I-797 Rec'd Hard copy
09/26/2012: NOA2 (I-130 APPROVED)

NVC
09/28/2012: NVC received
10/09/2012: Case number/IIN
10/15/2012: DS-3032 sent (re-sent after AOS fee PAID)
10/25/2012: DS-3032 accepted
10/9/2012: AOS Bill PAID
10/23/2012: AOS Package sent
10/25/2012: IV Bill PAID
10/26/2012: IV Package sent
12/19/2012: Case complete at NVC

CONSULATE
03/06/2013: Medical
03/22/2013: Interview ---Case put on Administrative Processing!

01/03/2014: Embassy asked for Medical Exam and Passport Clearance Certificate to be submitted again

01/10/2014: PCC and Medical submitted to Embassy (Mumbai Consulate)
01/15/2014: Visa APPROVED/ ISSUED

02/15/2014: POE - EWR (Newark, NJ) !!!!

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Hello Everyone!

I am a US citizen and filed the I-130 for my husband in India, on 4/25/12. A couple weeks later I received a letter stating that the Vermont Service Center has received the paperwork and the case is in progress. I also received my case number on this letter. After this I have been checking the status online at the USCIS site regularly. Unfortunately, It has been saying "Initial review" for almost 4 months now! Anyone have any information as to what or who I can contact to speed the process up or to get more details for this? I called the customer service number for USCIS and got an automated message stating the same thing the website is saying.

Any information or feedback anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!!

National Customer Service Center (NCSC): 1-800-375-5283

or make an appointment with infopass https://infopass.uscis.gov/info_lang.php?sel_lang=en or send them an email at their service centers :

California Service Center: csc-ncsc-followup@dhs.gov

Vermont Service Center: vsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov

Nebraska Service Center: ncscfollowup.nsc@dhs.gov

Texas Service Center: tsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov

or If you do not receive a response within 21 days of contacting the Service Center, you may contact the USCIS Headquarters Office of Service Center Operations by email at SCOPSSCATA@dhs.gov.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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They will not entertain any request until you have crossed the 5-6 months mark. My approval came on 194th day from Vermont.

USCIS:

12/06/2011 - Married

01/17/2012 - I-130 Sent

01/18/2012 - NOA1 Date

07/30/2012 - NOA2 Email Received (194 Days since NOA1)

NVC:

07/30/2012 - Case arrived at NVC building

08/20/2012 - Received case #, IIN, gave both e-mail addresses

08/20/2012 - E-mailed DS-3032 (used email template & also attached scanned copy)

08/27/2012 - AOS bill invoiced & PAID online

08/28/2012 - AOS bill appears as PAID

08/29/2012 - DS-3032 accepted

08/30/2012 - IV bill invoiced & PAID online

08/31/2012 - IV bill appears as PAID

08/31/2012 - AOS Package sent (via priority mail)

08/31/2012 - IV Package sent (via priority mail)

09/04/2012 - NVC received both packets (due to weekend & labor day holiday)

09/11/2012 - AOS/I-864 accepted

09/17/2012 - RFE for DS-230 ques 30

09/19/2012 - Mailed new DS-230 by overnight mail

09/21/2012 - New DS-230 delivered at NVC

10/01/2012 - IV Package accepted

10/01/2012 - Case Complete

10/02/2012 - Interview date assigned by email

Mumbai Consulate:

10/05/2012 - Medical Done (Got the report on same day)

11/07/2012 - Interview @ Mumbai Consulate (Result: APPROVED)

11/09/2012 - Passport Pick up

11/22/2012 - POE Atlanta

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline

Hello Everyone!

I am a US citizen and filed the I-130 for my husband in India, on 4/25/12. A couple weeks later I received a letter stating that the Vermont Service Center has received the paperwork and the case is in progress. I also received my case number on this letter. After this I have been checking the status online at the USCIS site regularly. Unfortunately, It has been saying "Initial review" for almost 4 months now! Anyone have any information as to what or who I can contact to speed the process up or to get more details for this? I called the customer service number for USCIS and got an automated message stating the same thing the website is saying.

Any information or feedback anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!!

We got approved through california at the end of july, but if you look on the web site it stills says we are in the Initial review when actually we have been approved for over a month now... it will come when you least think it will, it took us 6 months to the day to get approved... hang in there it will happen sooner than you think...

Rachel & Tom <3

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