Waiting for NOA2 since Feb,2013

[shivam23 11]

Ohhhh i dont know about that

[shivam23 11]

hey KDH can you suggest me a way to overcome this situation....info pass appointment should be beneficial for an inquiry about the petition???

[The Mean Lady 604]

You think your petition is still at the NBC.

I suggest you take the time to figure out where your petition actually is.

Which, your info there suggests Reno.

[stevie b 141]

Thanks a lot for your prompt replies. One more question, I was looking at the infoPass website to make an appointment at the NY Field Office, it seems they dont provide the service I would need? I chose "You need Service on a case that has already been filed" and then I am asked to choose one of the following:

Services on a case that has already been filed At Case Status Online

• You can check current case processing times to get an idea of how long your case should take.

• If your case has a receipt number, you can check the status.

We offer 4 kinds of appointments for a case that you have already filed. Please choose from the following - Order from Immigration Court - If you were directed to us for processing based on an order from the Immigration Judge. You must bring all documents required in the post order instructions given to you by the court.

Case Processing Appointment - If you received a notice to go to your local office for further case processing.

EAD inquiry appointment - If your I-765 employment authorization application has been pending for more than 90 days.

Case Services follow-up appointment - If it has been over 45 days since you contacted NCSC and have not received a response to your inquiry. You must bring the Service Request ID Number related to your inquiry to the appointment.

Which one of the following would apply in my case? Case Service follow-up? if so, where would I get the service request id number from?

Thanks for your time.

service on a case that has already been filed

case service follow up

leave any field blank that you don't have

I just put my noa1 number in where I could

*** moved to progress reports ***

5-8 months really is the time frame an i-130 petition takes. Any longer than 6 and you can start doing service requests and making infopass appointments at the local office. People from Atlanta seem to be the hardest hit as Atlanta didn't even start working on cases they received in August until Jan. The larger the city, the slower they tend to be as well because they have so much other work they're also doing. Hope that you can get a little insight into where your case is at via calling.

ouch.. sorry but so not true a bout the larger city thing.. I am sure it has more to do with allocation of resources .. ie.. who is trained to adjudicate a 130

I promise you that my office services a community much larger than Atlanta or even DC, and I was through there fast fast fast

[sirius 32]

thanks stevie

[ps & jo 1]

so my case is getting delayed because of atlanta office, my husband kept calling them and made a request on phone then we recieved a letter saying sorry for delay. my husband went to attorney and he said he can request for a second interview because our interview didnt go well.

[The Mean Lady 604]

ouch.. sorry but so not true a bout the larger city thing.. I am sure it has more to do with allocation of resources .. ie.. who is trained to adjudicate a 130

I promise you that my office services a community much larger than Atlanta or even DC, and I was through there fast fast fast

Correct!

Population of Atlanta: under 500k (wait 8, 9, 10 mos)

Population of Chicago: over 2.5million (wait less than 5)

[stevie b 141]

Correct!

Population of Atlanta: under 500k (wait 8, 9, 10 mos)

Population of Chicago: over 2.5million (wait less than 5)

yeah my office services about 2 million also.. I was approved in 2.5 months

[nami33 6]

Hi, my spouse & I married over seas in January. She returned home to NY & filed I130 in late January, received email of USCIS Acceptance Confirmation on February 1. Got the letter I-797 (NOA1) a few days later. Since then we've just been waiting. I live in Canada & my spouse is in New York. We called USCIS on a telephone conference call and spoke to tier2 agent last month and he kept saying "It takes 5-8 months", when I asked if there's any problems with the application he said "no, just wait 5-8months". Looking at VJ, most people seem to get NOA2 in 3-4 months. Is everyone having this problem recently or is it just us? I think our center is Vermont (though Im not sure).

Mine took 14 months! ... Ans they never sent me an RFE or anything. Just dean silence untill one day .. boom it showed up after i gave up calling them. What a mess at the Vermont service center.

[sirius 32]

So, as per KDH's advice. My wife called in to USCIS today and spoke to a Tier2 agent. The agent said, despite your case (MSC) not showing up on the website, it is still very much in process & there are not issues. Upon asking the direct question of when our case was transferred to NYC field office, the agent said "in March". My wife did not ask the exact date, but considering we got our NOA1 on 29 January, it must be early March? It's going to be 5 months exactly on 29th June since we received NOA1. The agent said to wait another month before making infoPass. What do you guys think? Should we make the infoPass now?

[stevie b 141]

So, as per KDH's advice. My wife called in to USCIS today and spoke to a Tier2 agent. The agent said, despite your case (MSC) not showing up on the website, it is still very much in process & there are not issues. Upon asking the direct question of when our case was transferred to NYC field office, the agent said "in March". My wife did not ask the exact date, but considering we got our NOA1 on 29 January, it must be early March? It's going to be 5 months exactly on 29th June since we received NOA1. The agent said to wait another month before making infoPass. What do you guys think? Should we make the infoPass now?

head over to the thread for the Washington dc office specifically .... sorry, but they are running way outside processing times.. someone got a congressional response that it is almost 10 months to approve there now..

head over, lots of experienced infopass members at your local office

sorry to hear it is there

[sirius 32]

head over to the thread for the Washington dc office specifically .... sorry, but they are running way outside processing times.. someone got a congressional response that it is almost 10 months to approve there now..

head over, lots of experienced infopass members at your local office

sorry to hear it is there

Why the Washington DC office thread? My case is in NYC.

[NYC.RSA 25]

So, as per KDH's advice. My wife called in to USCIS today and spoke to a Tier2 agent. The agent said, despite your case (MSC) not showing up on the website, it is still very much in process & there are not issues. Upon asking the direct question of when our case was transferred to NYC field office, the agent said "in March". My wife did not ask the exact date, but considering we got our NOA1 on 29 January, it must be early March? It's going to be 5 months exactly on 29th June since we received NOA1. The agent said to wait another month before making infoPass. What do you guys think? Should we make the infoPass now?

mine was transferred to nyc field office on the 22nd of march.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Why the Washington DC office thread? My case is in NYC.

Yes, nothing to do with DC, you're NYC.

NYC takes a whiiiiiiiiiiiiile.

I would not suggest bothering to infopass until 6 month mark

You can read some of the NYC filers here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/435462-new-york-city-feild-office-i-130-transfers/

[shivam23 11]

hey atleast u knw whr is u r petition processing bt i hav not got any letter aur smthng frm USCIS tht tell me whr is my case!!!! People sid tht most of the cases transferred to field office bt i dnt whr my case is rght nw n my case in NBC !!! aftre tht tyy moved frm it aur nt ??? how can i knw whr is petiotion can any one help me !!!! I just gonna to compelte 5 mnths for i-130 n 4 n half for i-129F .... and is it true i-129f petition increase the time frame ???