November I-130 Filers

[Robinhood 13]

Here we go again! I have done my homework for the last almost 5 months , talked to even tier 2 officers, yelled at some too! Still no luck. Simply frustrated!

Well looking at past cases we can at least say that NBC is faster than local offices... No one is going to deny that here. Why don't you just try going to your Local office and find out?

First time I called USCIS on 5th March, had a long chat with Tier 2 who swore and pressed that my case is at NBC.. I called on 8th march and talked with Tier2 who confirmed that my case was transferred to Local office on Jan 9. So point is you can't trust these people, you need to try all avenues available. I suggest you visit your Local office. I haven't seen a case stuck at NBC for more than 5 months..

Good Luck..

[ngaamba 0]

I sincerely hope that I am in the same boat as you, with all the bad things I'm hearing about the Atlanta Field office, I don't want my petition to be there! I'm a week out from 5 months too, I haven't had my husband call USCIS in a while tho as I didn't want a repeat of the "it hasn't been 5 months yet, just wait and then call us back" As soon as I hit 5 months and 1 day without a response I'm getting my husband to put in a service request!

@ maree, I have talked to tier 2 officers and even made an info pass , still no response or update, am leaving it to God now, I surrender all.

@ maree, I have talked to tier 2 officers and even made an info pass , still no response or update, am leaving it to God now, I surrender all.

A service request is my last option, don't know if it will help given what I have been through. Just trusting God now.

[Maree 1]

@ maree, I have talked to tier 2 officers and even made an info pass , still no response or update, am leaving it to God now, I surrender all.

Yeah, that's how my husband feels too. But I can't quite let it go yet...

[ngaamba 0]

Yeah, that's how my husband feels too. But I can't quite let it go yet...

I am not letting go, just letting God.

[angelxxxx 0]

I sincerely hope that I am in the same boat as you, with all the bad things I'm hearing about the Atlanta Field office, I don't want my petition to be there! I'm a week out from 5 months too, I haven't had my husband call USCIS in a while tho as I didn't want a repeat of the "it hasn't been 5 months yet, just wait and then call us back" As soon as I hit 5 months and 1 day without a response I'm getting my husband to put in a service request!

We are past 5 months already. 5 months and 6 days to be exact. It is really frustrating that when we called USCIS, they said that process is going 7-8 months now!!

[dubaiguy 1]

SUMMARY: Live in Dubai but have a USCIS appointment in USA. To fly or not to fly?

Hi All,

Just looking for some advice.

Quick summary: My wife and I live in Dubai but have a home in USA. We put our USA address on Page 1 of the i130 and our Dubai address on Page 2. (yes, i know i am idiot for doing that no need to keep pointing that out every time I post).

This caused our paperwork to route to the San Francisco field office, which serves our permanent address in the USA. We were told to wait, maybe they will just approve...

Two weeks ago they told us they have an appointment for me (I am the USC) in 2 weeks in San Francisco to prove bonafide marriage.

Tier 2 is giving me two different solution to this:

a) send a letter to San Francisco field office explaining you don't live there (we did this 2 weeks ago by overnight DHL, no response yet)

b)the other tier 2 said there NO other option but to fly to this interview. You can not change address to an international one until after NOA2. If we miss interview they will simply keep rescheduling forever until we withdraw our application and reapply

At this point, I may just fly to get it over with (it is a lot of $$ and 16 hours nonstop from Dubai, but I just want things to be done now). But am also worried we will show up and they say, "we got your letter last month so we transferred your papers, etc.

Just looking for any input you all may have about similar situations.

Thanks,

Dubaiguy

NOA1 8NOV2012

Touch 17DEC2012

SF Field Office Appt Letter Received 15MAR2013

[usncorpsman316 0]

SUMMARY: Live in Dubai but have a USCIS appointment in USA. To fly or not to fly?

Hi All,

Just looking for some advice.

Quick summary: My wife and I live in Dubai but have a home in USA. We put our USA address on Page 1 of the i130 and our Dubai address on Page 2. (yes, i know i am idiot for doing that no need to keep pointing that out every time I post).

This caused our paperwork to route to the San Francisco field office, which serves our permanent address in the USA. We were told to wait, maybe they will just approve...

Two weeks ago they told us they have an appointment for me (I am the USC) in 2 weeks in San Francisco to prove bonafide marriage.

Tier 2 is giving me two different solution to this:

a) send a letter to San Francisco field office explaining you don't live there (we did this 2 weeks ago by overnight DHL, no response yet)

b)the other tier 2 said there NO other option but to fly to this interview. You can not change address to an international one until after NOA2. If we miss interview they will simply keep rescheduling forever until we withdraw our application and reapply

At this point, I may just fly to get it over with (it is a lot of $$ and 16 hours nonstop from Dubai, but I just want things to be done now). But am also worried we will show up and they say, "we got your letter last month so we transferred your papers, etc.

Just looking for any input you all may have about similar situations.

Thanks,

Dubaiguy

NOA1 8NOV2012

Touch 17DEC2012

SF Field Office Appt Letter Received 15MAR2013

i'm surprised you're having to think twice about going to that interview! i think you need to show up for that interview 'cause if you don't, you run the risk of having your spouse's petition being denied!

they're questioning the validity of your marriage dude! didn't the light bulb over your head turn on when you saw what they were asking for? while your at it, print out a copy of that letter that you mailed thru DHL and present it to the immigration officer at your interview.

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

Dubai guy, I had a somewhat similar issue. Contact the ombudsman at OLUInquiries@uscis.dhs.gov

They routed me to the field office directorate who told me I could fax them an AR-11 and declare my address as foreign and they would not require an interview.

[laurie1015 1]

No i havent checked if im at a local office everytime i call they tell me im at nbc and they said its so backed up i might be waiting 6-7 months

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

No i havent checked if im at a local office everytime i call they tell me im at nbc and they said its so backed up i might be waiting 6-7 months

Do you speak to an ISO or the customer service rep?

[laurie1015 1]

I ask to speak to a tier 2 like wveryone keeps tellinv me they suppousely can see more info than the first person that gets on the phone

[dubaiguy 1]

Dubai guy, I had a somewhat similar issue. Contact the ombudsman at OLUInquiries@uscis.dhs.gov

They routed me to the field office directorate who told me I could fax them an AR-11 and declare my address as foreign and they would not require an interview.

Hi Nola,

Can I ask how long did this Ombudsman exchange took for you, from first contact to appropriate processing of your app? Just curious if it was a week or a month or 2 months or 6 months, etc. Wife and I are weighing all the options and that piece of info would really help us out.

Thanks.

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

Hi Nola,

Can I ask how long did this Ombudsman exchange took for you, from first contact to appropriate processing of your app? Just curious if it was a week or a month or 2 months or 6 months, etc. Wife and I are weighing all the options and that piece of info would really help us out.

Thanks.

Well what happened was we ended up contacting the Ombudsman and Foreign Field Office at around the same time. The Ombudsman took a week to get back to us and the field office directorate would have solved the issue immediately upon receiving the fax. The directorate basically told us that unless we submitted the AR-11 or showed up for an interview, that the I-130 would be denied.

By the time they took to get back to us, we had already sent off a new I-130 to the field office in the UK, so I can't tell you how it would have resolved, but it would have.

[Somedaysoon 0]

Hello everyone! I am new to visa journey but i am a November filer and have been following this topic shortly after sending in my i-130 petition for my husband. I have now been waiting 5 months and 2 days since my NOA1. My petition is currently at the National Benefits Center (at least i think it still is). I knew right when i first called them speaking with a tier 2, i was told the reason why my case was at the NBC is because the other field offices were backed up and that she'd call me back. It took her a few days to call me back which idk why she had to, but when she did she said it's possible it will later on be sent to my local field office and they will "notify" me when and if it does. Then later that day i received a phone call back from another person who was talking to me as if my questions haven't already been answered yet, and then told me that my case will NOT be sent to a local office. His tone sounded like he was lecturing me just because i wanted to know if what the first lady told me was correct. Keep in mind these aren't the first people robots who just read everything from their website that they have pulled up in front of them and pretend to know everything that's going on with your case as if it's in their hands, but the second person who we refer to as our only bit of logical information and hope of good news.

Now i knew this wasn't going to be a very smooth process right when i already got two different stories from the beginning. So here we are now, sleepless nights and stressful days later, hoping i would have heard at least something by now, but nothing so i finally decided to call after reading about how everyone's petition seems to be at their local office if they haven't heard anything by now. So much for notifying us. First guy i spoke to would not transfer me even when i asked questions i know for a fact he didn't know. He wanted all my information including where i was calling from. He didn't answer if my case was currently at my local office or not, even though i know he doesn't know. Then he went on asking me what my local office is and decided to tell me i cannot open a service request because NBC's current processing time is 9 months and to call back after it has been 9 months. 9 months? Really? I would hate to see all the other field offices' processing times for i-130s if NBC, the place that was supposedly helping these places out, is now backed up. With every ounce of hope i had left in me i decided to brush this 9 months out of my head...i would gladly take 7 over 9...So i called back determined to speak to a tier 2. This time i got a lady who immediately didn't like me. I was being nice and asked if i could please speak to someone higher, who could tell me where my petition is currently at. She insisted that she knows everything and when i asked her if she knows the processing times for NBC she told me that they don't know that information. Okay.. so the first guy was spoon feeding me BS to get me off of the phone. The only good use this lady had for me was to schedule an appointment with my local office. So i decided to quit trying to speak to a tier 2 and just schedule an info-pass. So i go on the 23rd of this month and i will be sure to post an update as to what was said. Hopefully i get some kinda clarity, because this whole situation i am in is doing a number on me. It would be nice if maybe the people we talk to actually cared. I am currently living apart from my husband and not knowing when i am going to see him again isn't healthy.

Sorry for ranting i have been very patient during this process up until now, anyone else schedule an info-pass? Was it any help at all? Any suggestions as to what i should do or ask that may help?

And for all of you in the same boat as me, hang in there. God is in control, not them.

[laurie1015 1]

Hello everyone! I am new to visa journey but i am a November filer and have been following this topic shortly after sending in my i-130 petition for my husband. I have now been waiting 5 months and 2 days since my NOA1. My petition is currently at the National Benefits Center (at least i think it still is). I knew right when i first called them speaking with a tier 2, i was told the reason why my case was at the NBC is because the other field offices were backed up and that she'd call me back. It took her a few days to call me back which idk why she had to, but when she did she said it's possible it will later on be sent to my local field office and they will "notify" me when and if it does. Then later that day i received a phone call back from another person who was talking to me as if my questions haven't already been answered yet, and then told me that my case will NOT be sent to a local office. His tone sounded like he was lecturing me just because i wanted to know if what the first lady told me was correct. Keep in mind these aren't the first people robots who just read everything from their website that they have pulled up in front of them and pretend to know everything that's going on with your case as if it's in their hands, but the second person who we refer to as our only bit of logical information and hope of good news.

Now i knew this wasn't going to be a very smooth process right when i already got two different stories from the beginning. So here we are now, sleepless nights and stressful days later, hoping i would have heard at least something by now, but nothing so i finally decided to call after reading about how everyone's petition seems to be at their local office if they haven't heard anything by now. So much for notifying us. First guy i spoke to would not transfer me even when i asked questions i know for a fact he didn't know. He wanted all my information including where i was calling from. He didn't answer if my case was currently at my local office or not, even though i know he doesn't know. Then he went on asking me what my local office is and decided to tell me i cannot open a service request because NBC's current processing time is 9 months and to call back after it has been 9 months. 9 months? Really? I would hate to see all the other field offices' processing times for i-130s if NBC, the place that was supposedly helping these places out, is now backed up. With every ounce of hope i had left in me i decided to brush this 9 months out of my head...i would gladly take 7 over 9...So i called back determined to speak to a tier 2. This time i got a lady who immediately didn't like me. I was being nice and asked if i could please speak to someone higher, who could tell me where my petition is currently at. She insisted that she knows everything and when i asked her if she knows the processing times for NBC she told me that they don't know that information. Okay.. so the first guy was spoon feeding me BS to get me off of the phone. The only good use this lady had for me was to schedule an appointment with my local office. So i decided to quit trying to speak to a tier 2 and just schedule an info-pass. So i go on the 23rd of this month and i will be sure to post an update as to what was said. Hopefully i get some kinda clarity, because this whole situation i am in is doing a number on me. It would be nice if maybe the people we talk to actually cared. I am currently living apart from my husband and not knowing when i am going to see him again isn't healthy.

Sorry for ranting i have been very patient during this process up until now, anyone else schedule an info-pass? Was it any help at all? Any suggestions as to what i should do or ask that may help?

And for all of you in the same boat as me, hang in there. God is in control, not them.

seems like we have similar situations and have been getting similar answers i have been extremely frustrated with uscis and have decided i wont call back atleast for another month