May 2013 I-130 Filers

[Sad.wasi 32]

after waiting for 6 months seems its just the waste of time to keep waiting for i 130 ...so we have decided to apply for K 3 visa now ..omg :'9

[quitepainful 56]

maybe i am missing something... NOA date 5/10/13.... and you are at the 6 month mark??

Result: 156 days

It is 156 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date

Or 5 months, 3 days excluding the end date

[deleteme 34]

to alaskafan:

had the same thoughts after reading the letter

how can you consider amount of pending petitions, when you have no source and VJ members are (maybe) 10% of all the petitioners...

Okay, here are my $0.02 regarding the letter:

0. Thanks for all the effort and the extent you're going to help with this!

1. Do you maybe want to mention how we got to the estimate of this 88% like make some intro that there is a community gathering statistics of the members, etc.? Because the phrase 'a vast majority (around 88%) of our I-130 petitions filed in March remain un-adjudicated' will undoubtedly lead to a question where we get this info because there's no official statistics by month as far as i'm aware.

2. Speaking of this 88% of March filers: if we take the stats without DCF my calculation shows more than 12% processed, so i'd use a more generic phrasing like 'over 80%'.

3. Just for my understanding: which federal law are you referring to when you say adjudicating those petitions should be their first priority?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

1. I said in the letter that hundreds of us report NOA1s and NOA2s to each other.... that's the source, and the sample size is statistically significant relative to the overall number of petitions. The data shows a clear change in Feb-March. Before Feb-March, NOA2s were regularly rolling at 90 days. By May, about half of Feb filers had received NOA2s. Then, it just stopped, until now. March never really started.

What changed? Nothing changed with VJ online, as far as I know. Something had to have changed with USCIS. In social science, we call this "exogenous shock" - or a change to a system due to a cause from outside of a system. That is what we saw in June, a prior change at USCIS changed our data patterns here at VJ. When we confronted them about this, we were treated dismissively.

2. I say 'around 88%' - which is true according to VJ data. Look at our graphs of approved I-130s. It looks like a few points higher than 10% to me, definitely below 20%.

3. Immigration and Naturalizaton Act, 201 (b) - and many other places. Standing law generally refers to all law, cases, statutory legislation as well as regulations and in many places, the law acknowledges the precedence of family unification in all immigration matters.

[The Beekeeper 1]

3. Immigration and Naturalizaton Act, 201 (b) - and many other places. Standing law generally refers to all law, cases, statutory legislation as well as regulations and in many places, the law acknowledges the precedence of family unification in all immigration matters.

we, with i-130 petition for a spouse, do have the precedence according to the law, and don't have to wait for a visa number, but we do not have the precedence among ourselves. With so many I-130 petitions being processed, difficult to know who has the precedence..

[LoveMyTico 999]

we, with i-130 petition for a spouse, do have the precedence according to the law, and don't have to wait for a visa number, but we do not have the precedence among ourselves. With so many I-130 petitions being processed, difficult to know who has the precedence..

you'd think they'd go by the date they receive the files and store them accordingly.. but obviously, it isn't the way it works.

[malenliam 18]

I think no..someone posted in the forum of june filers..someone got approved MSC1391294173..

im happy for them but I felt dismay..how come their papers got approval first before others?

[rudyzn 2]

I think no..someone posted in the forum of june filers..someone got approved MSC1391294173..

im happy for them but I felt dismay..how come their papers got approval first before others?

Do you know if this was an Expedite Procedure? Any special treatment?

If this is true, it is good news for us all!!

[MrsParker 13]

Smh now I feel sick...my receipt number is before theirs and I went for expedite also...smh I'm so sad now.

Smh now I feel sick...my receipt number is before theirs and I went for expedite also...smh I'm so sad now.

[Simeon 25]

I think no..someone posted in the forum of june filers..someone got approved MSC1391294173..

im happy for them but I felt dismay..how come their papers got approval first before others?

In a nutshell, each case is different. For example, a petition from a visa waiver country has less conditions than a petition from a totalitarian/communist country, and the visa waiver country will be approved faster simply because there's less work to do on them.

[newonehere 7]

Any May filer approved yet? I dont think even all Aprils are approved.

Laurel Scott says that there should be drastic drop in i130 processing times for August and later.

They better finish all the May filers before they start August ... please please please

Already 5 months over and on 6th month....

[usman104 23]

i am march filer and still waiting for approval,,,

[newonehere 7]

I am so sorry to hear that , did you at least get some communication RFE or something? Are you doing anything about it?

[samreen23 461]

I already plan to email a cover letter with a link to the letter, to whitehouse.gov.

The purpose of this letter is not to inform them of what we know they know.

USCIS made decisions that hurt us, and, I believe, that they knew they were going to hurt us. I believe that our difficulties were avoidable. They did not have to choose to hurt us, but they were negligent. That is why they were not forthright with us. They had good reason to mislead us and conceal the facts from u - they knew what was coming.

But they have the power more than anybody else, including the White House, to immediately improve our situation. Yes, the White House has more authority, but the WH has to order USCIS to improve our situation. USCIS can do it themselves, if they so choose.

So, the goal here is to put pressure on them. If they do nothing - and double-down, we'll write another letter and we will spread awareness farther. We will name their names in public, etc. We will do everything that we can to embarrass them. They should not get away with what they have done, and this is a way for us to expose them.

I believe our stories will interest the news, as will USCIS's callous attitude. We just have to organize our efforts the right way. Hopefully, this will work.

Any progress on the letter alaskafan? When are u planning to mail it? Sorry for being so anxious but it's getting so overwhelming and I feel like this is the only hope we have what u r doing thru this letter hopefully it will make some difference!

[rudyzn 2]

+1

Said it many times, but this waiting is beyond RIDICULOUS

[usman104 23]

hi newone here,

no still did't get any RFE.. just got the message through inquiry ..waitt....