February 2013 I-130 Filers

[deeder 1]

Late February filer from Florida..... Nothing yet! impatient

[Ana&Sean 5]

My husband called tier 2... First time he talked to a tier 2 he asked if the case has been touched they said yes but who knows if they are telling the truth... Also the tier 2 said that at NBC it has been taking 9-10 months... If they are telling the truth about the case being touched shouldnt that mean it will be approved soon??

[Ana & Cesar 5]

well, ours was touched Aug 13 and nothing yet. I called the other day and I was told that our file was transferred to my local office here in California, and I should wait again for another 6 wks. Now I'm confused, coz' I thought that if the petition is outside of the US, the next destination of our file once approved will go to NVC for visa and then go to the US embassy of the person being petitioned. Can anyone help pls?

[Firesp33dR 2]

Feb 21'st, NOA2 Approved on June 10th, been at NVC since. Process overall takes a long time, hope everyone gets theirs approved soon, Good luck to all

[Ana&Sean 5]

look what i got from senator:

Dear Sean,

Thank you for supporting us on this issue.

Your call to the following decision makers has been recorded:

• Senator Harry Reid

Sincerely,

FreedomWorks

They are soooooooo helpful

[bigboss19 0]

look what i got from senator:

Dear Sean,

Thank you for supporting us on this issue.

Your call to the following decision makers has been recorded:

• Senator Harry Reid

Sincerely,

FreedomWorks

They are soooooooo helpful

Hi,,,,sean,,,how r u brother,,,,My NOA date is 28/2/2013......same as yours,,,,When we call uscis,,,they say it is at NBC still.( pending currently) ....my case doesnt show in online record....no case found......

Did u have any updates or anything,,,Did NBC give u estimated time frame ?? ....When u take the help of ur senator,,,how did senator help u to get information,,,can you pls give me some guidance,,,,plzzz.....keep replying me or if i get any information i wiil reply u back.....

how long do u think our case will approved,,,,,,,,,i m praying for all feb filers !!!!!

[Ana&Sean 5]

Hi,,,,sean,,,how r u brother,,,,My NOA date is 28/2/2013......same as yours,,,,When we call uscis,,,they say it is at NBC still.( pending currently) ....my case doesnt show in online record....no case found......

Did u have any updates or anything,,,Did NBC give u estimated time frame ?? ....When u take the help of ur senator,,,how did senator help u to get information,,,can you pls give me some guidance,,,,plzzz.....keep replying me or if i get any information i wiil reply u back.....

how long do u think our case will approved,,,,,,,,,i m praying for all feb filers !!!!!

Hello bigboss, did they say they have touched your case yet? cuz they told me and i dont know if that is just to give us false hope or what... i want to believe this 1st part of the nightmare will be over soon...

What did u mean your case doesnt show in a online record? u didnt file for it to be shown as a online record?

NBC said they are usually taking up to 10 months which is a big kick in the nuts since we just hit the 7 months mark.

I dont think my senator is helping... I sent his office an email with all the information then he replied a month later i had even forgot that i sent his office an email i was so confused at first... and i think that is just a false hope email like "hi i am a senator id like to have your vote so let me send you a bullshit email so you think im working on it" the other senator didnt even send a bullshit email so i guess he is better

I pray to God that october really is the month for us to get approved cuz if not we are only going to see our loved one after a year of being apart... and i had a deal that if this takes over a year id go to Brazil cuz Family is more important, we dont know how long we have left with our Family so i think we have to make every second count... I have a child she is suffering with my absence...

I want to think october is the month cuz less and less people are coming here to VJ complain their stuff is taking too long i want to think is cuz they have moved on to the next step and soon it will come to us... and VJ gave me an estimated timeline within the time frame I am in it gave me until october 11 and tier 2 said our case is touched so fingers crossed

I am also very worried about my wifes passport... it will expire in aug of 2014 and ive heard they dont like giving visas to an almost expiring passport and ive heard a new passport could take 5 months i am really worried i wasted all this time thinking it wouldnt be a problem and doing nothing about it and when the time comes i could get denied cuz of a passports expiration date...

[hunnymoon 5]

gov't shutdown now?!?! great... more waiting for us to come

[bigboss19 0]

Hello bigboss, did they say they have touched your case yet? cuz they told me and i dont know if that is just to give us false hope or what... i want to believe this 1st part of the nightmare will be over soon...

What did u mean your case doesnt show in a online record? u didnt file for it to be shown as a online record?

NBC said they are usually taking up to 10 months which is a big kick in the nuts since we just hit the 7 months mark.

I dont think my senator is helping... I sent his office an email with all the information then he replied a month later i had even forgot that i sent his office an email i was so confused at first... and i think that is just a false hope email like "hi i am a senator id like to have your vote so let me send you a bullshit email so you think im working on it" the other senator didnt even send a bullshit email so i guess he is better

I pray to God that october really is the month for us to get approved cuz if not we are only going to see our loved one after a year of being apart... and i had a deal that if this takes over a year id go to Brazil cuz Family is more important, we dont know how long we have left with our Family so i think we have to make every second count... I have a child she is suffering with my absence...

I want to think october is the month cuz less and less people are coming here to VJ complain their stuff is taking too long i want to think is cuz they have moved on to the next step and soon it will come to us... and VJ gave me an estimated timeline within the time frame I am in it gave me until october 11 and tier 2 said our case is touched so fingers crossed

I am also very worried about my wifes passport... it will expire in aug of 2014 and ive heard they dont like giving visas to an almost expiring passport and ive heard a new passport could take 5 months i am really worried i wasted all this time thinking it wouldnt be a problem and doing nothing about it and when the time comes i could get denied cuz of a passports expiration date...

ok,,thanks sean,,,now u have said that VJ gives you time frame,,,,which is untill 11 october,,,,,,how do they calculate this date,,,is it same for me ( noa 1 is 28/2/13)....can u give me link to find out this time frame period......how do they calculate......does this calculatation work really ??

where is ur case at moment ?? at NBC or local office ??

when i check online case status,,,it says ur case can not be found at this time,,,they said its system fault,,can not fix tht,,,when we call they say my case is at NBC,,,,,,i dont knw is it touched or not ?? ........wht does touched means....do they assign officer for case,,,,how long does it take after get touched ??

[LoveMyTico 999]

ok,,thanks sean,,,now u have said that VJ gives you time frame,,,,which is untill 11 october,,,,,,how do they calculate this date,,,is it same for me ( noa 1 is 28/2/13)....can u give me link to find out this time frame period......how do they calculate......does this calculatation work really ??

where is ur case at moment ?? at NBC or local office ??

when i check online case status,,,it says ur case can not be found at this time,,,they said its system fault,,can not fix tht,,,when we call they say my case is at NBC,,,,,,i dont knw is it touched or not ?? ........wht does touched means....do they assign officer for case,,,,how long does it take after get touched ??

Click "immigration timelines" above. Then click "igors list" you can set the chart for what you want to look at.

The estimated times are calcualted based on the timelines. It is important that everyone complete their timelines . You can view each persons timeline and follow it if you want to. Since alot of people don't update their timelines, it is only a fun way to watch your case. I wouldn't use it for anything else. It changes often

When I first filled in my timeline, The estimate said July. I have seen it go all the way to january 2014. Right now it says November. I was told by Tier 2 and Ombudsman office to expect Halloween. So WHO KNOWS ! ! !

[Ana&Sean 5]

Click "immigration timelines" above. Then click "igors list" you can set the chart for what you want to look at.

The estimated times are calcualted based on the timelines. It is important that everyone complete their timelines . You can view each persons timeline and follow it if you want to. Since alot of people don't update their timelines, it is only a fun way to watch your case. I wouldn't use it for anything else. It changes often

When I first filled in my timeline, The estimate said July. I have seen it go all the way to january 2014. Right now it says November. I was told by Tier 2 and Ombudsman office to expect Halloween. So WHO KNOWS ! ! !

But you are a APRIL filer we FEB filer have been waiting for so long going to be 8 months now!! and no i wouldnt trust VJ timeline but it is the first time it gave me a present timeline not a future one get it?

ok,,thanks sean,,,now u have said that VJ gives you time frame,,,,which is untill 11 october,,,,,,how do they calculate this date,,,is it same for me ( noa 1 is 28/2/13)....can u give me link to find out this time frame period......how do they calculate......does this calculatation work really ??

where is ur case at moment ?? at NBC or local office ??

when i check online case status,,,it says ur case can not be found at this time,,,they said its system fault,,can not fix tht,,,when we call they say my case is at NBC,,,,,,i dont knw is it touched or not ?? ........wht does touched means....do they assign officer for case,,,,how long does it take after get touched ??

I think they calculate by what we post on our timeline ya know? but i wouldnt worry about it much i just said that it was nice that they gave me a present timeline not a future timeline like it used to say oct-nov now it says sep-oct which is what we are in get it? im not going to be too disappoited if the 11th comes and i dont get a approval i am just saying i am ready for the good and the bad

my case is at nbc too

touched means someone picked up a box w at least 50 cases and your case is one of them and usually u have to ask if its touched usually they r not nice enough to come out and say... and i am happy they said touched but they could be lying just to give us a false hope cuz really what are we gunna do if they say touched and we only get approved next year?

some say it takes 2 weeks to get a approval after the case has been touched but its not a sure thing they can come out w a billion excuses why we havent been approved yet all we gotta do is wait and try not get too worked up on it

[friendlyusa 37]

There are bunch of Jan and tons of Feb filers still waiting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

But this week so far there have been lots of End March and few April approvals, VJ approvals are just a fraction of what's out there.

The bad part is NBC does not seems to follow FIFO for our petitions.

But you are a APRIL filer we FEB filer have been waiting for so long going to be 8 months now!! and no i wouldnt trust VJ timeline but it is the first time it gave me a present timeline not a future one get it?

I think they calculate by what we post on our timeline ya know? but i wouldnt worry about it much i just said that it was nice that they gave me a present timeline not a future timeline like it used to say oct-nov now it says sep-oct which is what we are in get it? im not going to be too disappoited if the 11th comes and i dont get a approval i am just saying i am ready for the good and the bad

my case is at nbc too

touched means someone picked up a box w at least 50 cases and your case is one of them and usually u have to ask if its touched usually they r not nice enough to come out and say... and i am happy they said touched but they could be lying just to give us a false hope cuz really what are we gunna do if they say touched and we only get approved next year?

some say it takes 2 weeks to get a approval after the case has been touched but its not a sure thing they can come out w a billion excuses why we havent been approved yet all we gotta do is wait and try not get too worked up on it

[Shirley& Dan2 9]

I can't believe what these people are doing to me and all of other people waiting. I did my second service request and the answer from that was another six months. The first service request back in August it was the same answer. What is wrong with that answer. I think we need to hold a rally in Washington dc and let ourselves be heard. I know it won't solve anything but something needs to happen. Anyways good luck to everyone out there. I know I am suffering a whole bunch hope and pray I make it thru this mess....

[Ana & Cesar 5]

I called yesterday again, and I asked for tier2 officer. On my first call, the guy told me to call back in 9mins, I didn't argue so I called again in 9 mins. The lady who answered phone said that I'll wait for 3 hrs & I told her it's ok, got plenty of time to wait. I got an answer in less than 10mins. The Officer that talked to me was actually nice. I asked her why my file was sent to California when my husband is still in the Phils. She said, that was wrong and file will not go to CA. After decision, the files will be forwarded to NVC then to US embassy in Manila and that they have no way of knowing how long we still have to wait. She assured me that it is being worked on at this point. And I should feel lucky that there is no RFE. OK? Since I am petitioning for my stepson too, that makes my case slower than normal. She said that it shouldn't take longer than 9 mos and hopefully will get an answer this month or early next.

I think for us February filers, to keep our sanity, let's go on with our life and live day by day. When the time comes for our turn, and i'm sure it will, that'll be one sweet day!!! but till then, I will stop looking at the status for a while and keep moving forward. I've wasted so much time checking, calling and stressing about all these. Kind of pointless when we get nothing but promises from people who doesn't even works on our case. Info pass will tell you the same thing so why waste time on that too? I've brought my whole family here in the states(parents and siblings) and with that experiences, I should have known better. I guess now is different coz' I'm waiting for the love of my life that's why I'm so frustrated. To all of us reading this, pls. update your status so VJ can get a better estimates. More power and God bless us all...

[bigboss19 0]

But you are a APRIL filer we FEB filer have been waiting for so long going to be 8 months now!! and no i wouldnt trust VJ timeline but it is the first time it gave me a present timeline not a future one get it?

I think they calculate by what we post on our timeline ya know? but i wouldnt worry about it much i just said that it was nice that they gave me a present timeline not a future timeline like it used to say oct-nov now it says sep-oct which is what we are in get it? im not going to be too disappoited if the 11th comes and i dont get a approval i am just saying i am ready for the good and the bad

my case is at nbc too

touched means someone picked up a box w at least 50 cases and your case is one of them and usually u have to ask if its touched usually they r not nice enough to come out and say... and i am happy they said touched but they could be lying just to give us a false hope cuz really what are we gunna do if they say touched and we only get approved next year?

some say it takes 2 weeks to get a approval after the case has been touched but its not a sure thing they can come out w a billion excuses why we havent been approved yet all we gotta do is wait and try not get too worked up on it

Ok,,,thanks sean,,,i really appreciate ur replys,,,,,i checked my timeline ,,,it says ur case will be adjudicated bet 24 th sep and 17 october,,,,so hope for best,,,,looks like october is key month for us,,,,

i am still not sure tht do they touched my case or not ?? ....i have to inquire abt tht....i think it should be touched by this time.....

keep me informed brother,,,,,,wish u best of luck....u r awesome......