September 2012 I-130 filers

[hikergirl 277]

And you are not supposed to move belonging before your POE so they may get cranky if they suspect you of doing that as well.

Enjoy your visit though and I hope you get no hassles

[DB19 0]

Congratulations ... Plz pray for us too

you will get your approval soon, try to contact your senator office they will give you a good detailed respond within a week or two.

[DB19 0]

Yes, of course I will come back, otherwise my immigrant visa will be cancelled. The good thing in it is that I get to go twice to the States, so I can take twice as much of my staff

Congratulations!

I wonder how many of us from September are left...

wow congrats you are very lucky

[removed-2014-0501 9]

Well USCIS just e-mail me back letting me know that my file is @ Jacksonville local office as of April 1,2013 .Damn it seems these people tell so many lies they get confused but yet still they first told her it was in Orlando

Edited April 4, 2013 by leecindygro

[izabela 10]

Well USCIS just e-mail me back letting me know that my file is @ Jacksonville local office as of April 1,2013 .Damn it seems these people tell so many lies they get confused but yet still they first told her it was in Orlando

I know exactly how you feel... We just stopped calling USCIS a while ago exactly because of such things...

[izabela 10]

ya will go to infopass and find out what is going on.

How did the infopass go? I hope you got some good news

[natalymartinez1 0]

it is quite surprising that the VSC updated their processing times and their date is now AUGUST 6,2012.My question is till when are they going to make me wait?,I cant file a expedited request because my pregnancy has no risk,nor they send me any approval yet.How long more till this approval comes in and my anxiety of not being with my husband through my pregnancy and for my delivery goes away?till when are they planning to torture me?Why are you approving case from october and so on and having us on wait?

[DVV 5]

How did the infopass go? I hope you got some good news

Sorry for the delay, By the time my wife came out from USCIS office it was Mid-night in india. I am not quite sure if its good news yet, below are the details

Her appointment time was 9:45 AM, As soon as she got her number called, went to the counter and a old aged officer(she said he was very kind) was sitting in that counter. My wife gave him NOA1, he scanned it and started working on his computer. He did not ask her any questions but by wife was telling him all the details.. blah blah.. A couple of minutes later, he called someone inside and a lady came out and they both started to talk to each other. My wife could barely hear them.. the lady office said "no 29th..", then he said " no, thats fine, i can do it". Later she typed something on his computer and went inside. He went inside too and brought my file ( YES, physical file, it has all our documents, the photos etc that we mailed to CSC). He asked my wife only one question while he was going through the docs, " Where is your husband now?, does he live here?", My wife replied " No, he used to be here, Did his M.S in computer science, later worked here for couple of years. Now he is in india". He said, everything looks fine and your case is approved and stamped the file with RED APPROVED MARK.

He said, i have nothing to give you now stating the approval, he typed something in computer and said i informed NBC and US consulate in india about the approval, NBC will send you the Approval notice in 15- 20 days, and US consulate will call him for interview (He did not mention abt NVC, was that by mistake?). My wife thanked him .. came out of the office and called me shouting ' YEAHHHHH!!!! its approved'. we both are happpy, But i was a bit skeptical and asked her to calm down a little as we do not have anything on paper or email as its approved.

A couple of hours later we got the below automated email from USCIS, which is new ( i never saw something like this, is this normal). Does this mean our petition is approved or NBC will take the final decision as its mentioned below?

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Initial Review

On April 4, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we certified our approval of this case and sent it to the appropriate appellate body for review. They will notify you directly when they make a final decision. If you move while this case is pending, follow the instructions provided in the notice and use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Does this mean we are approved or we need to wait for NBC to send NOA2 to officially celebrate?. sorry for such a long post, but i wanted to give everyone all the details i could, so that it might help you guys.

Edited April 5, 2013 by DVV

[izabela 10]

Sorry for the delay, By the time my wife came out from USCIS office it was Mid-night in india. I am not quite sure if its good news yet, below are the details

Her appointment time was 9:45 AM, As soon as she got her number called, went to the counter and a old aged officer(she said he was very kind) was sitting in that counter. My wife gave him NOA1, he scanned it and started working on his computer. He did not ask her any questions but by wife was telling him all the details.. blah blah.. A couple of minutes later, he called someone inside and a lady came out and they both started to talk to each other. My wife could barely hear them.. the lady office said "no 29th..", then he said " no, thats fine, i can do it". Later she typed something on his computer and went inside. He went inside too and brought my file ( YES, physical file, it has all our documents, the photos etc that we mailed to CSC). He asked my wife only one question while he was going through the docs, " Where is your husband now?, does he live here?", My wife replied " No, he used to be here, Did his M.S in computer science, later worked here for couple of years. Now he is in india". He said, everything looks fine and your case is approved and stamped the file with RED APPROVED MARK.

He said, i have nothing to give you now stating the approval, he typed something in computer and said i informed NBC and US consulate in india about the approval, NBC will send you the Approval notice in 15- 20 days, and US consulate will call him for interview (He did not mention abt NVC, was that by mistake?). My wife thanked him .. came out of the office and called me shouting ' YEAHHHHH!!!! its approved'. we both are happpy, But i was a bit skeptical and asked her to calm down a little as we do not have anything on paper or email as its approved.

A couple of hours later we got the below automated email from USCIS, which is new ( i never saw something like this, is this normal). Does this mean our petition is approved or NBC will take the final decision as its mentioned below?

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Initial Review

On April 4, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we certified our approval of this case and sent it to the appropriate appellate body for review. They will notify you directly when they make a final decision. If you move while this case is pending, follow the instructions provided in the notice and use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Does this mean we are approved or we need to wait for NBC to send NOA2 to officially celebrate?. sorry for such a long post, but i wanted to give everyone all the details i could, so that it might help you guys.

Congratulations, it sounds to me that you have been approved

[oohpartiv 484]

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Initial Review

On April 4, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we certified our approval of this case and sent it to the appropriate appellate body for review. They will notify you directly when they make a final decision. If you move while this case is pending, follow the instructions provided in the notice and use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Does this mean we are approved or we need to wait for NBC to send NOA2 to officially celebrate?. sorry for such a long post, but i wanted to give everyone all the details i could, so that it might help you guys.

That's the notice people receive when their case was adjudicated at a field office, meaning that the field office has approved it and has sent it off to NBC so that the official NOA2 can be sent out. In other words, yep, that's an approval. Congrats!

[DVV 5]

Congratulations, it sounds to me that you have been approved

Thanks, :dance: eagerly waiting for NOA2 from NBC now

That's the notice people receive when their case was adjudicated at a field office, meaning that the field office has approved it and has sent it off to NBC so that the official NOA2 can be sent out. In other words, yep, that's an approval. Congrats!

Thanks, does it really take 15 days to get NOA2 from NBC after we get this email?

[oohpartiv 484]

Thanks, does it really take 15 days to get NOA2 from NBC after we get this email?

It could. When you get NOA2, wait a week and start calling NVC to make sure they've received it. Not to be a downer, but you still have a lot of waiting to do. It's been taking a month or somethings longer for field offices to send files to NVC, and then you have to wait another two or so weeks for case numbers, etc.

[DVV 5]

It could. When you get NOA2, wait a week and start calling NVC to make sure they've received it. Not to be a downer, but you still have a lot of waiting to do. It's been taking a month or somethings longer for field offices to send files to NVC, and then you have to wait another two or so weeks for case numbers, etc.

ya, i know. My only concern was the officer yesterday didn't mention about NVC while he was talking. He was like I sent an email to local US embassy in India, they will call your husband for interview and all. He didn't mention anything abt local office sending the file to NVC. Does the file go from Local Office --> NBC --> NVC? or local office --> NVC directly?

[oohpartiv 484]

ya, i know. My only concern was the officer yesterday didn't mention about NVC while he was talking. He was like I sent an email to local US embassy in India, they will call your husband for interview and all. He didn't mention anything abt local office sending the file to NVC. Does the file go from Local Office --> NBC --> NVC? or local office --> NVC directly?

Nobody can really say for sure, but most think it's local office - NBC - NVC, because NVC sends out the NOA2s, and has the records of when each file has been shipped to NVC. Some field offices are holding the approved files, though, instead of sending them out as soon as they're approved, so that they can send one monthly batch of approved petitions all together at the end of the month. If it takes a while for NVC to receive it, I wouldn't worry too much. Just make sure you keep informed.

[Robinhood 13]

Sorry for the delay, By the time my wife came out from USCIS office it was Mid-night in india. I am not quite sure if its good news yet, below are the details

Her appointment time was 9:45 AM, As soon as she got her number called, went to the counter and a old aged officer(she said he was very kind) was sitting in that counter. My wife gave him NOA1, he scanned it and started working on his computer. He did not ask her any questions but by wife was telling him all the details.. blah blah.. A couple of minutes later, he called someone inside and a lady came out and they both started to talk to each other. My wife could barely hear them.. the lady office said "no 29th..", then he said " no, thats fine, i can do it". Later she typed something on his computer and went inside. He went inside too and brought my file ( YES, physical file, it has all our documents, the photos etc that we mailed to CSC). He asked my wife only one question while he was going through the docs, " Where is your husband now?, does he live here?", My wife replied " No, he used to be here, Did his M.S in computer science, later worked here for couple of years. Now he is in india". He said, everything looks fine and your case is approved and stamped the file with RED APPROVED MARK.

He said, i have nothing to give you now stating the approval, he typed something in computer and said i informed NBC and US consulate in india about the approval, NBC will send you the Approval notice in 15- 20 days, and US consulate will call him for interview (He did not mention abt NVC, was that by mistake?). My wife thanked him .. came out of the office and called me shouting ' YEAHHHHH!!!! its approved'. we both are happpy, But i was a bit skeptical and asked her to calm down a little as we do not have anything on paper or email as its approved.

A couple of hours later we got the below automated email from USCIS, which is new ( i never saw something like this, is this normal). Does this mean our petition is approved or NBC will take the final decision as its mentioned below?

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Initial Review

On April 4, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we certified our approval of this case and sent it to the appropriate appellate body for review. They will notify you directly when they make a final decision. If you move while this case is pending, follow the instructions provided in the notice and use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Does this mean we are approved or we need to wait for NBC to send NOA2 to officially celebrate?. sorry for such a long post, but i wanted to give everyone all the details i could, so that it might help you guys.

Congratulations