February 2013 I-130 Filers

[Clemjam 8]

Congratulations! Welcome to the waiting world

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

Oh hai. I'm Nola and I'm now a February filer. *waves*

[The Mean Lady 604]

Oh hai. I'm Nola and I'm now a February filer. *waves*

lmao

[Da_Ladybug 3]

sent I-130 for my daughter (husband's stepchild) on February 11, 2013. Application sent from texas to Phoenix...

[LucidSofia 59]

Oh hai. I'm Nola and I'm now a February filer. *waves*

Hi Nola, welcome! I had said before that I thought Clemil would be around the first ones to get approved because she had children, but since you're part of the group now I have ot say that you'll probably, most definitely be the first one to get approved (i've been reading your threads). Anyways, I'm glad you finally got things sorted out! Good luck! The email really did sound like they were going to process it fast, so hopefully it will only be a few weeks

Edited February 23, 2013 by LucidSofia

[JennyWhiteley 2]

Hi everyone!

we had a bit of a stressful situation, we got married in South Africa in October and found out there that my new husband wouldn't be able to return to the UK with me as was previously the case, as the laws on financial requirements had just gone up dramatically! Quite distress over our long separation and I am so very thankful to this website and all the people that have worked so hard to make the process easier for all of us!

Married October 10th, 2012

Marriage certificate recieved January 18th, 2013

I-130 sent to Chicago lockbox on Tuesday Febuary 5th, 2013

USCIS Acceptance Confirmation & routed to NBC on Friday 8 February, 2013 (MSC code)

Listed at Initial Review on the USCIS website on 11 Febuary 2013

Form I-797 received 14 February 2013

So the wait begins!

I have been trying to find some information on the forums but I'm not all that certain I'm looking in the right place, but how long are MSC codes currently taking? I know since August 15 2012 that stand alone I-130's (Which is what mine is) are being sent to the NBC and to local field offices, I just cannot seem to get my head around how long that process is currently taking?

Thanks everyone, I miss my husband so much and it really helps that I know other people are in the same boat with me !

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

Hi Nola, welcome! I had said before that I thought Clemil would be around the first ones to get approved because she had children, but since you're part of the group now I have ot say that you'll probably, most definitely be the first one to get approved (i've been reading your threads). Anyways, I'm glad you finally got things sorted out! Good luck! The email really did sound like they were going to process it fast, so hopefully it will only be a few weeks

Results not typical, whatever the outcome might be.

Hi everyone!

we had a bit of a stressful situation, we got married in South Africa in October and found out there that my new husband wouldn't be able to return to the UK with me as was previously the case, as the laws on financial requirements had just gone up dramatically! Quite distress over our long separation and I am so very thankful to this website and all the people that have worked so hard to make the process easier for all of us!

Married October 10th, 2012

Marriage certificate recieved January 18th, 2013

I-130 sent to Chicago lockbox on Tuesday Febuary 5th, 2013

USCIS Acceptance Confirmation & routed to NBC on Friday 8 February, 2013 (MSC code)

Listed at Initial Review on the USCIS website on 11 Febuary 2013

Form I-797 received 14 February 2013

So the wait begins!

I have been trying to find some information on the forums but I'm not all that certain I'm looking in the right place, but how long are MSC codes currently taking? I know since August 15 2012 that stand alone I-130's (Which is what mine is) are being sent to the NBC and to local field offices, I just cannot seem to get my head around how long that process is currently taking?

Thanks everyone, I miss my husband so much and it really helps that I know other people are in the same boat with me !

Are you both currently residing abroad and did you indicate that on the forms? If so, the approval from NBC should be about 40 days, if not then it will depend on the field office you are sent to.

[JennyWhiteley 2]

Results not typical, whatever the outcome might be.

Are you both currently residing abroad and did you indicate that on the forms? If so, the approval from NBC should be about 40 days, if not then it will depend on the field office you are sent to.

I am still in the United Kingdom but my husband had to go back to the US where he is currently living in York, PA. We indicated both addresses on the forms, and chose the London US Embassy as the one closes to me.

Do you know if there is any way at all to find out what the local field office proccessing times currently are? I believe our local field office is Philadelphia =)

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

I am still in the United Kingdom but my husband had to go back to the US where he is currently living in York, PA. We indicated both addresses on the forms, and chose the London US Embassy as the one closes to me.

Do you know if there is any way at all to find out what the local field office proccessing times currently are? I believe our local field office is Philadelphia =)

With your husband, residing in York, your field office will be Philadephia. They don't currently have processing times for local offices since this is not a standard procedure and I-130 petitions are only getting processed at local offices temporarily.

The closest piece of information currently available are the trend charts showing case volume in local offices. Here is Philly's chart:

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=4&office=22&charttype=1

[oohpartiv 484]

I am still in the United Kingdom but my husband had to go back to the US where he is currently living in York, PA. We indicated both addresses on the forms, and chose the London US Embassy as the one closes to me.

Do you know if there is any way at all to find out what the local field office proccessing times currently are? I believe our local field office is Philadelphia =)

I'm from York, PA! Small world! Your local office IS Philly.

I have a good friend from London who had to leave her Ecuadorian husband behind so she could go home and get a job to meet the new requirements for her husband's UK visa. The financial requirements are ridiculous! And they don't even allow for a cosponsor.

Lots of luck in your journey!

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

I'm from York, PA! Small world! Your local office IS Philly.

I have a good friend from London who had to leave her Ecuadorian husband behind so she could go home and get a job to meet the new requirements for her husband's UK visa. The financial requirements are ridiculous! And they don't even allow for a cosponsor.

Lots of luck in your journey!

Pennsylvania party! Native Pittsburgher here!

[oohpartiv 484]

Pennsylvania party! Native Pittsburgher here!

Woo PA! I've only been to Pittsburgh once, but many of my good friends live there and love it. The only thing I really know about it is that is has a lot of bridges.

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

I have a good friend from London who had to leave her Ecuadorian husband behind so she could go home and get a job to meet the new requirements for her husband's UK visa. The financial requirements are ridiculous! And they don't even allow for a cosponsor.

I believe that the UK has the reunification loophole but many people don't know about it or utilize it. We were even instructed on how to do it for Denmark and it is my understanding that it is the same in the UK. If you live/work/study in another EU country for about a year or more with your foreign spouse you can bypass the UK spouse visa requirements. That is my understanding anyway. I know of so many Danish couples who have done this due to the barbaric spouse visa laws that used to be in effect and still a little bit are (before you could have forgotten about bringing a spouse fron a non-first world country and/or who couldn't get a high language score in German, Danish, or English an/or didn't have a BS or higher from a first world country).

[oohpartiv 484]

I believe that the UK has the reunification loophole but many people don't know about it or utilize it. We were even instructed on how to do it for Denmark and it is my understanding that it is the same in the UK. If you live/work/study in another EU country for about a year or more with your foreign spouse you can bypass the UK spouse visa requirements. That is my understanding anyway. I know of so many Danish couples who have done this due to the barbaric spouse visa laws that used to be in effect and still a little bit are (before you could have forgotten about bringing a spouse fron a non-first world country and/or who couldn't get a high language score in German, Danish, or English an/or didn't have a BS or higher from a first world country).

I didn't know that! I'll pass the word along. I do know that her husband has to take an English test and get a certain score to get the visa. It's a small list of requirements for the visa, and it doesn't take long to process and receive once you turn them in (like two months or so, I believe) but they're difficult things to get.

[JennyWhiteley 2]

Hi everyone, Woohoo PA party!! =D Its so lovely to have so many kind people on this site as a support throughout this process!

The new visa laws in the UK are simply barbaric, I have only just finished university and there is no way I will be able to get a £19,000 a year job, nor do I have the £64,000 in savings I would need to bring my new husband in. We had done the research before getting married and only found out about the changed whilst on honeymoon, it was incredibly stressful! We decided to go down the US visa route because although the process is quite long at least we can start it now, and I do love America =) the weather is certainly a lot better than here in the UK! The other thing about the UK visa rules is that I have to maintain the £19,000 a year job for the five years my husband would be on probation, and if I lost that job then my husband would be deported. Also meaning I would not be able to have any children until after those five years!

Nola123 - you are right about that loophole, but we couldn't see the point in basically delaying settling down, and that would add a years setp into it. Sick thing about the new UK law is that the financial requirements are ONLY for UK citizens, NOT for EU members. AKA if I was from France I would be able to bring my US husband into the UK (not even my own country!) without any financial requirements!

AKSinghSingh79 - Thank you for your help with that site, I hadn't seen that earlier and it makes me feel a little better =)

oohpartiv - York is great isnt it? I cant wait to be there with my husband and his family =D Lots of luck in your journey too!