October 2012 I-130 Filers

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Ughhhh I got all the way to the Tier 2 hold que and sat for over 45 minutes. Somebody gets on the line and says because of the hugh volume they will call me back in 48 hours or I can call again Thurs or Friday.....45 minutes on hold to be told this??? sheesh!

I'm glad I didn't bother calling today then - it would have used up a chunk of Skype minutes!

[griddio 0]

Called last week - 45 mins wait and managed to talk to an ISO saying 5 to 6 months for the I130. I am devastated, as we filed in a way consistent with 2/3 weeks reply on I130; however, they transferred the case to NBC and no update on website. We have a MSC 13900XXX nbr as others here do. I am married to USC for 17 yrs; have 3 children, all USC.

I had a GC which I had to abandon as I've been out of the US for many years. I have a job offer which subject to GC which I'll probably lose if it takes this long to process. I have submitted for consular processing. I am feeling a bit stressed!!

Griddio

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Called last week - 45 mins wait and managed to talk to an ISO saying 5 to 6 months for the I130. I am devastated, as we filed in a way consistent with 2/3 weeks reply on I130; however, they transferred the case to NBC and no update on website. We have a MSC 13900XXX nbr as others here do. I am married to USC for 17 yrs; have 3 children, all USC.

I had a GC which I had to abandon as I've been out of the US for many years. I have a job offer which subject to GC which I'll probably lose if it takes this long to process. I have submitted for consular processing. I am feeling a bit stressed!!

Griddio

They appear to no longer be expediting people who live overseas with their spouse (we are going on 2+ weeks and no sign of an expedite). See this thread about the new MSC processing times:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/401169-calculated-nbc-noa2-date/

[griddio 0]

Called last week - 45 mins wait and managed to talk to an ISO saying 5 to 6 months for the I130. I am devastated, as we filed in a way consistent with 2/3 weeks reply on I130; however, they transferred the case to NBC and no update on website. We have a MSC 13900XXX nbr as others here do. I am married to USC for 17 yrs; have 3 children, all USC.

I had a GC which I had to abandon as I've been out of the US for many years. I have a job offer which subject to GC which I'll probably lose if it takes this long to process. I have submitted for consular processing. I am feeling a bit stressed!!

Griddio

Thanks Nola...I'm in Norway by the way. Yes, it is starting to dawn on me that the two weeks does not apply (NoA1 Oct 10), but I had to change pants after they commented 5/6 months for I130. Seems the timelines are all over the board.

[bluetina 7]

hi guys, as for MSCxxxxxxxxxxx case number. I was wondering, does anyone know what is the 3 numbers that replace MSC when calling USCIS Customer Service Center. thanks

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

hi guys, as for MSCxxxxxxxxxxx case number. I was wondering, does anyone know what is the 3 numbers that replace MSC when calling USCIS Customer Service Center. thanks

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[bluetina 7]

672

thank you so much Nola123.

[PuppyLove 24]

We called Customer Service the other day and after waiting 50 minutes we got to speak to a nice woman who confirmed that our case is at NBC and not yet assigned to an officer. It doesn't look like cases are at local offices, just NBC. She also mentioned that the official processing time is 5 months but then she said 4.5 months is a more accurate average. Btw we called the 1 800 number using Google because they allow free calls to 1 800 numbers! So no need to pay for it guys It's really nice if you are calling from outside the US and its also easier to wait all that time with a computer call instead of using the phone. Hope this helps someone

[Darnell 8,478]

an early october filer was approved - yay !

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=140134

That's 56 days.. Wow

Edited November 28, 2012 by Darnell

[NikLR 13,227]

And its over seas. Wow.

We called Customer Service the other day and after waiting 50 minutes we got to speak to a nice woman who confirmed that our case is at NBC and not yet assigned to an officer. It doesn't look like cases are at local offices, just NBC. She also mentioned that the official processing time is 5 months but then she said 4.5 months is a more accurate average. Btw we called the 1 800 number using Google because they allow free calls to 1 800 numbers! So no need to pay for it guys It's really nice if you are calling from outside the US and its also easier to wait all that time with a computer call instead of using the phone. Hope this helps someone

Other people have called and found out which local office their petition has been sent to. Also there have been RFEs from local offices. So some cases are at local offices and others are at NBC.

[Yugo 7]

an early october filer was approved - yay !

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=140134

That's 56 days.. Wow

Do we know what specific with their case? Is it just like all of us? That would be awesome:-)

[Mntjc 14]

Right now VJ is giving me an estimate of 70 - 76 days. I'm also doing my own math and it seems that the average for NBC is around 65 days. The problem though is that we don't have enough cases to have really reliable stats.

So, if you still haven't done so, pleease

[Darnell 8,478]

Do we know what specific with their case? Is it just like all of us? That would be awesome:-)

Yup, we know. when you click the link and study, you'll know also

[Mntjc 14]

Yup, we know. when you click the link and study, you'll know also

I did but I guess, despite all the reading ans studying, I'm too new in the process to "catch" it...

[Yugo 7]

Yup, we know. when you click the link and study, you'll know also

Wow... I like your answer:-) I need be smarter:-)

I was just asking if they filed from the US, or consulate processing, or expedite, etc...