I-130 VSC NOA1 receipt April 2

[johnjurewicz 1]

I-130 NOA 1 priority date from VSC March 30 2012, Receipt date April 2, 2012 (NOA1)

Given 5 month published turnaround time for I-130 at VSC, should we worry?

To be clear, no NOA2 received yet and we seem to be about 2 weeks late.

Also, when I check the USCIS web portal, status is still "Initial Review"

Worry time?

[bsd058 296]

I-130 NOA 1 priority date from VSC March 30 2012, Receipt date April 2, 2012 (NOA1)

Given 5 month published turnaround time for I-130 at VSC, should we worry?

To be clear, no NOA2 received yet and we seem to be about 2 weeks late.

Also, when I check the USCIS web portal, status is still "Initial Review"

Worry time?

Nope. Check out Igor's List from the Immigration Timelines section up top. 7 people from VJ have been approved in from the April filers with VSC. 2 were special circumstances. VSC is slowing down more, but they approved quite a few petitions in June. Just waiting on July's numbers now. They should be out soon. Hopefully they speed up, but apparently USCIS is saying (the call centre) that they are still working on around March 16th. Hang in there. I'm June, so I have a stake in this, too.

[bigdog 376]

K3 is not used, You will not be given a choice at this point. I believe your case will be turned into a CR/IR. Taken from another Posting by Gegel.

http://travel.state....types_2993.html

The Second Step: Applying for a Visa

Important Notice: Effective February 1^st, 2010, when both petitions have been approved by USCIS and sent to the NVC or when USCIS approves the I-130 before the I-129F, the availability of, as well as the need for, a non immigrant K-3 visa ends. If the NVC receives both an approved I-130 petition and an approved I-129F petition:

• The non immigrant K-3 visa case will be administratively closed.
• The application process explained below will not be available to the foreign-citizen spouse and cannot be used.
• The NVC will contact the U.S. citizen sponsor and foreign-citizen spouse, with instructions for processing the IR-1 (or CR-1) immigrant visa. For more information on the immigrant visa process, review the Immigrant Visa for a Spouse webpage.

If the NVC receives the approved I-129F petition before it receives the I-130 petition, the NVC will process the I-129F petition. NVC will then send the I-129F petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the marriage took place. If the marriage took place in the United States, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that issues visas in the foreign-citizen spouse’s country of nationality. If the marriage took place in a country that does not have a U.S. Embassy, or the Embassy or Consulate does not issue visas, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that normally processes visas for citizens of that country. For example, if the marriage took place in Iran where the U.S. does not have an Embassy or Consulate, the petition would be sent to Turkey.

The U.S. Embassy or Consulate where you, the foreign-citizen spouse, will apply will provide you with specific instructions, including, where to go for the required medical examination. During your interview, ink-free, digital fingerprint scans will be taken. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a Consular Officer.

Eligible children of K-3 visa applicants may apply for K-4 visas. Separate applications must be submitted for each K visa applicant, and each K visa applicant must pay the visa application fee.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.