May 2013 I-130 Filers

[jomz0922 0]

_{hi everyone, I'm may filers too. hopefully this is month for us, good luck to all of us}

[jomz0922 0]

My wife's I-485 is at Lee Summit, but not sure if my I-130 is being reviewed there too. Is it possible that concurrent filing is being done at separate offices?? Or same location?

Congrats to the first May approved case by the way!

Congrats.

[Jp_Clariz 1]

Hi everyone... Congrats to the one who just got approved!!

My question is: How did you know if you case transferred to Kansas or Missouri? They email or mail it to you with says that it transferred??? My husband called in the uscis yesterday asked about our case if transferred and any updated how is it going but they said they have no idea and they don't know..

Thanks:)

Edited October 3, 2013 by Jp_Clariz

[Rani&Raja 0]

Called USCIS yesterday to ask a simple question, "have they received my Info Change?"

When I initially sent in the I-130 my last name hadn't been yet legally changed to husbands.

Since sending petition in May I have changed my name. I called them to ask how I go about

updating them with the name change. Was told to send a letter with copies of supporting docs.

Did that a couple weeks ago. Just wanted to call and check on that and they knew absolutely nothing.

What the heck do they know?? I'm overwhelmed and frustrated as ever!! I am trying to be optimistic

in regards to Overland Park, but honestly, this sucks. No one seems to know a thing and the customer service reps

or someone could at least update USCIS website with updated info regarding Overland Park. But no, just leave us hanging in the dark.

I would feel a bit better if they would at least update us! Is that too much to ask or expect?

[samreen23 461]

Does anyone have any idea If changing ur last name to husband's speeds up the process or slows it down further? Logically speaking they should need less proof of the marriage being genuine since the name is changed right?

[scienceworks 64]

Does anyone have any idea If changing ur last name to husband's speeds up the process or slows it down further? Logically speaking they should need less proof of the marriage being genuine since the name is changed right?

it's wont speed up or slow down. They ask for maiden name anyway (If I remember correctly)

Edited October 3, 2013 by scienceworks

[Rani&Raja 0]

Does anyone have any idea If changing ur last name to husband's speeds up the process or slows it down further? Logically speaking they should need less proof of the marriage being genuine since the name is changed right?

It doesn't make any bit of difference as many married women these days are not taking their husbands name.

[rudyzn 2]

Hello to everyone, I'm also a May filer, and have a question for you.

My wife and I live outside the US together,France.

I maintain a US residence, US driver license,and US voter registration.

I am moving to a new apartment November the 5th, in France of course and need to change my address.

Now my question is how do I change our address for a pending i-130? I have tried to use the online address tool on the USCIS website, however, a foreign address is not allowed.

Any ideas or numbers I can call to do this would be greatly appreciated.

I live in France as well, petitioned my wife and daughter.

Can you please tell me what the USCIS told you regarding changing your foreign adress?

Oh, and don't foget to fill in your timeline!!

Thanks a lot

[AtlantaD 3]

They say the third time's a charm, here it is updated for the third time today:

Post Decision Activity

On October 1, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

I have gone through so much emotions today...I'm happy but I'll believe it when I receive the letter.

OK May filers, get ready for the approvals to come your way...Good Luck to all :-)

Way to Go! Congratulations!

[lucybelle 453]

Hello to everyone, I'm also a May filer, and have a question for you.

My wife and I live outside the US together,France.

I maintain a US residence, US driver license,and US voter registration.

I am moving to a new apartment November the 5th, in France of course and need to change my address.

Now my question is how do I change our address for a pending i-130? I have tried to use the online address tool on the USCIS website, however, a foreign address is not allowed.

Any ideas or numbers I can call to do this would be greatly appreciated.

In order to change a foreign address I'm pretty sure you need the ombudsman involved. If you call and try to do it they will not let you, and you cannot do it with the online form. My address was incorrectly listed as a USA address and I contacted the ombudsman to get it changed to my correct Costa Rica address. It took about 2 months to happen.

If you really need the address change you might have to just change it to an address in the USA. Is there anyone in the USA who can receive mail for you?

[naam_2013 72]

Does anyone have any idea If changing ur last name to husband's speeds up the process or slows it down further? Logically speaking they should need less proof of the marriage being genuine since the name is changed right?

Samreen: Changing wife's last name to husband's last name does not speed up the process; I have also heard of some cases got delayed due to ttis name change because it was not done correctly; so my humble suggestion is "do not change the last name ". My wife's is the beneficiary, and she is keeping her maiden last name.

All the best.

[BruceHill64925 8]

I tried to check my USCIS account last night (not that I expect a change, but I try to check frequently) and then again just now. I was not able to sign on and the message was that there were too many unsuccessful attempts so my account was locked. I did not have any unsuccessful attempts. I have always been able to log on with no problem. There didn't seem to be any way to resolve the issue, so I tried to see if changing my password would work. I went through the personal security questions with no problem and got to the point of inserting a new password. When I did so, the message appeared that I could not change my password since my log-in information could not be found.

Anybody else have this problem? Anywhere I can go for technical help from them?

[LoveMyTico 999]

I tried to check my USCIS account last night (not that I expect a change, but I try to check frequently) and then again just now. I was not able to sign on and the message was that there were too many unsuccessful attempts so my account was locked. I did not have any unsuccessful attempts. I have always been able to log on with no problem. There didn't seem to be any way to resolve the issue, so I tried to see if changing my password would work. I went through the personal security questions with no problem and got to the point of inserting a new password. When I did so, the message appeared that I could not change my password since my log-in information could not be found.

Anybody else have this problem? Anywhere I can go for technical help from them?

Yep, It happened to me more than a few times. And I know I am using the correct password... You just have to keep trying. Wait a few hours and go back and try again.

I had an old sign on from 2008 with my old case numbers. Since I couldn't remember my user name and password, I created a new account and only had my current case number in it. One day, I went to sign in and it gave me that same error you got... I was thinking.. "WTH??? " I finally got it by resettting my pssword and to my surprise, someone at the USCIS combined my two accounts and now all three case numbers are under the one account. So I know someone was looking at our case but I never saw an update on the USCIS website...

Keep trying, you'll get in.

Sometimes they do an update on the site on Sundays.

Maybe u'll have better luck on Monday morning

[Hollyday 122]

I tried to check my USCIS account last night (not that I expect a change, but I try to check frequently) and then again just now. I was not able to sign on and the message was that there were too many unsuccessful attempts so my account was locked. I did not have any unsuccessful attempts. I have always been able to log on with no problem. There didn't seem to be any way to resolve the issue, so I tried to see if changing my password would work. I went through the personal security questions with no problem and got to the point of inserting a new password. When I did so, the message appeared that I could not change my password since my log-in information could not be found.

Anybody else have this problem? Anywhere I can go for technical help from them?

When i had this problem i just reregistered. Tried contacting them but never got a reply, so.

[katieflossom 54]

I tried to check my USCIS account last night (not that I expect a change, but I try to check frequently) and then again just now. I was not able to sign on and the message was that there were too many unsuccessful attempts so my account was locked. I did not have any unsuccessful attempts. I have always been able to log on with no problem. There didn't seem to be any way to resolve the issue, so I tried to see if changing my password would work. I went through the personal security questions with no problem and got to the point of inserting a new password. When I did so, the message appeared that I could not change my password since my log-in information could not be found.

Anybody else have this problem? Anywhere I can go for technical help from them?

Yes after a certain number of days they force you to reset your password, happened to me last week too (for the second time).