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Hello guys,

I have some questions actually I need second point of view of my thoughts.

I started I-130 petition of my spouce, which was accepted.

My first question is - the priority date is the acceptance date(in other words - in case everything is right with the documents - the date they are received by USCIS).

I noticed something that I really really liked in the u[pcoming visa bulettin:

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D. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE COMING MONTHS (August - October)

FAMILY-sponsored categories (potential monthly movement)

F2A: Could become “Current” at some point during the coming months.

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My main question to you is:

As far as I understand it correctly. With other words if that happen. There will be no diference in case I-130 is filled by U.S citizen or green card holder. Or let me put it in oder words - The entire process will be under 1 year with almost no waiting period. Correct?

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pushbrk   12,892

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The critical date will be whether YOUR priority date is current WHEN your petition is approved. Yes, if by the time your petition is approved, your priority date is current for your preference category and your spouse's country of origin, your process will proceed on the same timeline as for the spouse of a US Citizen. Your actual progress through the National Visa Center will depend on things YOU do, not just the priority date being current.

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Hello guys,

I have some questions actually I need second point of view of my thoughts.

I started I-130 petition of my spouce, which was accepted.

My first question is - the priority date is the acceptance date(in other words - in case everything is right with the documents - the date they are received by USCIS).

I noticed something that I really really liked in the u[pcoming visa bulettin:

"

D. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE COMING MONTHS (August - October)

FAMILY-sponsored categories (potential monthly movement)

F2A: Could become “Current” at some point during the coming months.

"

My main question to you is:

As far as I understand it correctly. With other words if that happen. There will be no diference in case I-130 is filled by U.S citizen or green card holder. Or let me put it in oder words - The entire process will be under 1 year with almost no waiting period. Correct?

as I understand it a 130 filed by a lpr (green card holder) takes around two years.. for a citizen, less than a year


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
"about me"

NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

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pushbrk   12,892

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as I understand it a 130 filed by a lpr (green card holder) takes around two years.. for a citizen, less than a year

Then your understanding is incomplete.

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Hey Stevie: If F2A become current. Then there will be no waiting period for Permanent Residents petitioning spouces or children under 21. Main diference between US.Citizen sponsoring and Green Card holder sponsoring is exactly that.

Cross fingers, because it's just aint OK families to be separeted for more than a year if you ask me. Even 1 year is a way long.

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