Needed answers for and only F3...

[stanko76 45]

Hello to everyone,

my I-130 F3 petition was filed at october 27th, 2004,

NOA1 at november 18th, 2004 and i've got approval notice 5 years later at december 23rd, 2009, NVC received my case from USCIS at december 31st, 2009 and assigned NVC case number...nothing happen' almost 3 years, so, total is almost 8 years of waiting. Country: Serbia (Europe), how long until medical, interviews...please, don't tell me "look at VB", i want to know AVERAGE time frame after approval for F3, so anyone who pass the road like mine, how long you guys wait, after NVC receive approved and assigned new case number to your petition...please i want the answers from people who finished F3 journey...thank you for upcoming answers....

[kzielu 1,149]

Sorry - look at VB, compare F3 current priority dates with yours, and try to understand what that means cause apparently you have a problem with it. Current PD for F3 is May 15th, 2002 so you have roughly two more years. There is nothing average about it, your case will not move anywhere until your priority date is current. NVC case numbers do not matter here almost at all.

[stanko76 45]

Ok, if i wait 8, i can wait 2 more..thanks...

[Anh map 2,098]

The priority dates can change. The only source of information that matters is the Visa Bulletin.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Hello to everyone,

my I-130 F3 petition was filed at october 27th, 2004,

NOA1 at november 18th, 2004 and i've got approval notice 5 years later at december 23rd, 2009, NVC received my case from USCIS at december 31st, 2009 and assigned NVC case number...nothing happen' almost 3 years, so, total is almost 8 years of waiting. Country: Serbia (Europe), how long until medical, interviews...please, don't tell me "look at VB", i want to know AVERAGE time frame after approval for F3, so anyone who pass the road like mine, how long you guys wait, after NVC receive approved and assigned new case number to your petition...please i want the answers from people who finished F3 journey...thank you for upcoming answers....

Average times and prior history mean nothing because this stuff changes all the time. Once your priority date is current then it depends on how fast you and the petitioner get the required documents to the NVC. If you both work quickly then you can usually get an interview within two or three months. Obviously, your priority date won't be current until the visa bulletin says it is, and that depends almost entirely on how many people are waiting in line in front of you.

Even watching the visa bulletin isn't 100% reliable. Sometimes the cutoff date advances by more than a month from one visa bulletin to the next. Sometimes it advances by less than a month. Sometimes there's a retrogression and it moves backward. Things can change dramatically over the course of a month or two. All you can do is watch and wait.

[stanko76 45]

Thank You guys..