May 2013 I-130 Filers

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

I seriously doubt that, here's why:

-Most expedites do not take this long. It has been 2.5 months since I requested it. People who request expedites usually get approved in about a month or so (I have sent PM to all people requesting expedites in previous months, and I know their "timelines")

-Even though I tried calling the USCIS many times in order to get some news, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM REGARDING MY EXPEDITE REQUEST, SO I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS APPROVED.

-The reasons for my expedite were not super urgent, life threatening, or any of the mentionned circumstances...(US Embassy in our country even told us how to manage our situation while waiting for our approval... their argument was very good, I hate to admit)

Anyways, WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS I GET MY HARD COPY.

NBC is at it again I tell ya'

Do you think your approval was expedited?

[r060106 109]

I'm confused as to whether it was an expedite. If so, that doesn't really bode well for the rest of us who can't get expedited.

Edited October 16, 2013 by r060106

[BOS_LHR 829]

Blueberry was quoting an earlier post from rudyzn stating his reasons to believe that his expedite did not get approved. He doesn't know for sure yet, but thinks not.

[lovex3 1]

Hey guys,

I have found that one of the person in the October filer (actually filed at the end of September) for I-130 has gotten NOA2 as of yesterday.

As of today the national average is 11.0 Months. Could it be that this person just got extremely lucky? If I'm not mistaken, this person did not expedite.

[Merrily 14]

Hey guys..

So..my friend filed her I-130 on Jan. 1, 2013. She said that she got her NOA-2 on July 29th, 2013. And now..she is in the later stages...of getting police clearance and all!

So...I think that a 7 month wait period is what we are looking at!!

[quitepainful 56]

Quick question. Where did you get the 11 month national average?

[samreen23 461]

Oh wow it's on uscis!! It got changed from 16.6 to 11!! Phewww I m so happy!

[dirk_diggler 107]

it's probably calculated automatically based on the current rate of adjudication.. one would expect it to drop back to 5 months in the near future when they kick things back into gear

[Sad.wasi 32]

i just looked on uscis ..their processing times are 11.0 months right now ..but i dont belive in them .

[Sad.wasi 32]

USCIS National Goal - 5.0 Month(s

USCIS National Average - 11.0 Month(s

National Benefits Center - 11.0 Month(s)

Effective as of: August 31, 2013

[Sad.wasi 32]

samreen exactly 2 months back they were showing 7 to 9 months ..but after 2 months it started to show 16 months ..so dont b so happy..they r not trusted that much as you are thinking ..

[samreen23 461]

samreen exactly 2 months back they were showing 7 to 9 months ..but after 2 months it started to show 16 months ..so dont b so happy..they r not trusted that much as you are thinking ..

Yes I know that but it keeps changing automatically depending on the current time. And Before that 8 months it was showing 13 months. So I know it's not a very trustworthy estimate but I have a feeling they r really getting in action now. Looking At these recent approvals it bodes somethg better for us. And anyways 16.6 is better than 11 right. Whatever gives us some hope be positive!

Edited October 17, 2013 by Ryan H

[Natsukiii 35]

samreen exactly 2 months back they were showing 7 to 9 months ..but after 2 months it started to show 16 months ..so dont b so happy..they r not trusted that much as you are thinking ..

There's nothing wrong with having a little faith, just sayin'

[BruceHill64925 8]

Hi All, I check here everyday most of the threads, but do not comment since there has not really been anything to say. However noting that two things about the USCIS timeline are very encouraging:

First they finally added a drop down for NBC which is an improvement showing that NBC is apparently actually processing things. Second the movement of the expected time from 16.6 months to 11. Certainly is in the right direction, but more importantly it more of less demonstrates that the time estimate must be based on the petitions in process divided by the current processing level. Please also note that as of today the date shown is "as of Aug. 31". This means to me that the pace of processing is steadily improving particularly since we have been under the impression that the Overland Park facility was not to start until the beginning of the new fiscal year which was after August 31.

Here is my prediction which is as good as the money you are paying for it (as you are not paying for it, it might not be worth anything!):

My prediction is that we will see significant improvement of processing times reflected on the USCIS site and also in the number approved since the direction is correct. Now I am not saying the approvals will be anywhere as fast as we would like, but I think we will see a noticeable improvement.

One other observation I have is that we frequently refer to the approval rate as indicated from the timelines here on VJ. Looking at a significant number of the couples who have profiles, a lot of the profiles which show as still unapproved are from people who have not visited VJ in a long time. This means that not only are we a fairly small subset of all the visa petitions, many and I mean a lot of VJers do not come back to update their initial timelines ever or on a timely basis which creates an even greater appearance of lack of approvals. Yes, the things are slow and approvals seem to be given out of time and numerical order. No question about that, but it might be that things start going faster than we have expected. Not as fast as we would like, and not as fast as they should, but maybe not as bad as we have thought.

Anyhow, I take things as they come and it gives me reason to be somewhat optimistic.

Just my two cents (actually less than that!!)

[quitepainful 56]

i agree i rather they lie to me to help me sleep better than not tell me anything.... cant take away a mans hopeeee.... plus they added NBC!!!!! so they are getting better metrics ??