June 2013 I-130 Filers (merged)

[etrangais 947]

I am so down I might need some medications, :'( 30 days transferred no news :'( do NSC really exist

220 days and counting ... :'(

I'm on the same boat brother! NSC feels like a black hole. It will take almost 60 days for an adjudication.

I hate it I hate it I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MarielManuel 0]

Hello, I would lke to know after the procesa is xferred to Nebraaka how can you keep up with the prceaao

[corlitoa 6]

Yes me too

[anxiousl7925 4]

The USCIS handles millions of petitions and applications for this country each year--an honorable and needed task. Even the agency's most ardent critics will readily admit that the workers of this agency face a daunting and serious challenge in speedily and fairly adjudicating all of these application while at the same time protecting this country and its laws.

What no one understands is how the agency decides to prioritize the adjudication of this massive workload. That some petitions and applications will have to wait longer than others is a given; that the spouses, children and fiance(e)s of US citizens should have the longest wait times is a proposition more than a bit harder to understand. For the past two years, first thanks to the President's extra-Constitutional Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and then for his also extra-Constitutional Provisional Waiver program, the immediate family members of US citizens have been made to bear the burden of increased USCIS Service Center workloads (all, it might be added, to the benefit of people who broke US immigration law to come here and have been retroactively given psuedo-status by Presidential executive order, without the express permission of the US Congress to do so). The first victims of these programs were I-129f filers for K-1 fiance(e) visas. The wait time for these petitions ballooned from 3-5 months to over a year in 2012, while DACA filers were granted speedy approvals (almost never refusals) in less than 5.

In January of 2013, the wheel turned and I-129f filers began to see 3 month processing windows. To compensate for this, and for the President's new Provisional Waiver program for unlawful immigrants filing from inside the US (not approved by the Congress of the United States of America), filers of I-130 petitions for US spouses and alien children (!) were simply stored and delayed for almost 10 months, until a backlog of over 400,000 of these petitions had accrued. The USCIS is now working to end this backlog, but this tremendous backlog has resulted in wait times in excess of 10 months for an I-130 petition, and this for a visa which must face two more lengthy steps, the National Visa Center step and the US embassy step, in addition to any additional administrative processing which results from a US visa interview, before it can be granted.

Asking the spouses and parents of aliens to wait for something approaching two years (or more, depending on the additional Administrative Processing the embassy in question decides to take) to see their loved ones while unlawful immigrants are quickly and efficiently granted permission to reside here and even legal status is unacceptable and, what's more, unlawful, since the Immigration and Naturalization Act mandates US authorities to give first priority to the immediate family members of US citizens. The USCIS must in the future give priority to the applications for legal entry to this country of the spouses, children and fiance(e)s of US citizens. The USCIS must dictate that each month it will adjudicate a certain percentage of US citizen relative and fiance(e) petitions, as this is the priority which the law demands these petitioners be given.

Thank you and God bless the United States of America.

USCIS Customer and I-130 Petitioner

What is the point you ate trying to make in this statement? We all know they do not go by their own laws that they make!

Edited January 19, 2014 by Ryan H

[BOS_LHR 829]

Hello, I would lke to know after the procesa is xferred to Nebraaka how can you keep up with the prceaao

There are a couple of threads for filers that have been sent to Nebraska, you may want to read and join these if you haven't already: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/467494-any-i-130-case-here-got-transfer-to-nebraska-service-center/ and http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/470690-nebraska-service-center/

Aside from that, the process is the same as before -- you have to call USCIS to ask them questions about your case, or you can check your status online with your receipt number. You can also try emailing the Nebraska service center directly if you're getting close to 60 days since transfer with no action on your case: NSCFollowup.NCSC@uscis.dhs.gov. In the meantime, make sure you're studying the NVC filer thread so that you're ready for the next step in the process.

[TexMex2013 0]

For those who are still stuck, try emailing your svc center, it may help.

Once you're approved, FYI I just found out that you can immediately email the NVC with your USCIS receipt # in the subject line (even though you don't yet have an NVC case number) and ask for all communication to be via email. That should speed things up. The next step after USCIS is much faster, take heart...

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/approved/contact.html

[samreen23 461]

I am so down I might need some medications, :'( 30 days transferred no news :'( do NSC really exist

220 days and counting ... :'(

Same here

[AKAMAKAVELI 0]

samreen23 and TAandNA as i can see you both are from pakistan may i know what city you guys are located at ?????

its been 23 days since i got transfer no update yet should i call them or wait till my 60 days period is over ???? any suggestions ????

[iffatnasim 3]

Again new week!!! New hope

[etrangais 947]

Again new week!!! New hope

Today is a holiday: Martin Luther king junior day

[iffatnasim 3]

[anxiousl7925 4]

It says the uscis WILL TAKE ACTION on your case within the 60 days of you're transfer! It doesn't say maybe or might or you have to wait longer this article is coming from the uscis.

http://budalawgroup.net/uscis-information-update-on-form-i-130-processing-times/

[TAandNA 13]

samreen23 and TAandNA as i can see you both are from pakistan may i know what city you guys are located at ?????

its been 23 days since i got transfer no update yet should i call them or wait till my 60 days period is over ???? any suggestions ????

Hey Aka Makaveli, I am from New jersey ! and my Spouse is from Hassan abdal ;(

My Expected Approval date goes to Feb 9 to March 8 ,.... This sucks :'(

I'm on the same boat brother! NSC feels like a black hole. It will take almost 60 days for an adjudication.

I hate it I hate it I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can feel ya brother,

Same here

Dear Samreen,

I can feel yaa :'( My Patience :'( , my dreams, :'( My dreams seems like shattered !

Same here

Dear Samreen,

I can feel yaa :'( My Patience :'( , my dreams, :'( My dreams seems like shattered !

Same here

Dear Samreen,

I can feel yaa :'( My Patience :'( , my dreams, :'( My dreams seems like shattered !

[thedude6752000 360]

Please be sure to let the USCIS know how you feel by giving a like and a comment to my letter on their website!

http://uscisconnect.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Give-US-Citizen-I-130-I-129F-Petitions-Proper-Priority/461215-24738

[Kaylara 814]

Hello fellow NJ dweller! Good luck!