form i 130 processing time

[heartsprince 2]

hi to all .... i am a US citizen and my husband is in Pakistan i got married with him by feb 2013 and i filed the petition i 130 at 30 april2013 it was accepted by uscis after a week ...its been 2 months and i didnt get that how long its gonna take the time to be completed..please if anybody knows about the processing time of i 130 then help me ...i ll be greatfull to them ..

[Alelovescesar 5]

Depending on what service center your looking at a wait of about 6 months if not longer. sorry I waited a year and a half for mine

[ainsn 13]

It took us 8 months to get our approval from USCIS and move on to the second part - NVC.

[lee21chan 4]

It depends some take 4-7 months. Ours took 7 months.then you have to wait on nvc which takes about 3 months. We are still waiting on our case complete from nvc. So good luck I hope it goes faster than ours

[me & her 2]

it takes alot of patience to get through this process,hang in there and you gonna be just fine,its a long frustrating process each case is different though,some take longer to be approved some take shorter time,so be preapared for longer waiting period but pray to have it done fast,wishing you all the best

[heartsprince 2]

thanks all of you guys.....but one thing that i didnt understood ...you mean it ll take 7 months more expecting two previous months which has already gone? our case was accepted by 3rd may 2013...and pleas tell em what would be the the next step after approval ?

[scienceworks 64]

Depending on what service center your looking at a wait of about 6 months if not longer. sorry I waited a year and a half for mine

Wow. That is a very long time! Did you have any RFEs?

[immihelp99 21]

thanks all of you guys.....but one thing that i didnt understood ...you mean it ll take 7 months more expecting two previous months which has already gone? our case was accepted by 3rd may 2013...and pleas tell em what would be the the next step after approval ?

Do you mean accepted or approved?

If it was accepted, then you'll need to wait probably 4-7 months (my wait was 2 months)

If it was approved, then your next step will be the NVC.. national visa center stage. You need to call them at (603) 334-0700 and ask them if they have received your case yet.

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[The Mean Lady 604]

OP, please fill in your timeline.

You say you filed 2 months ago, so highly... highly... doubtful that you are at the vermont service center.

Does your receipt number start with MSC?

You also say filed for Other.

What other?

Did you actually file an I-130 to get a CR1/IR1 visa?

[lonelywithouthim1 36]

Hi and welcome to VJ. I think we may have the same timeline. I also sent my I-130 end of April 2013 and it was received by first week of May 2013 (May 2, 2013 to be exact). My petition is at the National Benefit Center as is all I-130 petitions that are stand alone. From what I understand, our petition will eventually be forwarded to our local office for processing. I have seen some approved after 2 months and I have also seen other waiting for over a year. This information is based on those that complete the "Timeline" here on VJ. I have also include the link to the May filer, please join us. This is a stressful pocess but you are not alone. Good Luck to all of Us.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/429769-may-2013-i-130-filers/page-5

Edited July 3, 2013 by lonelywithouthim1

[The Mean Lady 604]

Hi and welcome to VJ. I think we may have the same timeline. I also send my I-130 end of April 2013 and it was received by first week of May 2013 (May 2, 2013 to be exact). My petition is at the National Benefit Center as is all I-130 petitions that are stand alone. From what I understand, our petition will eventually be forwarded to our local office for processing. I have seen some approved after 2 months and I have also seen other waiting for over a year. This information is based on those that complete the "Timeline" here on VJ. I have also include the link to the May filer, please join us. This is a stressful pocess but you are not alone. Good Luck to all of Us.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/429769-may-2013-i-130-filers/page-5

I don't think you've seen any local offices waiting for over a year since they only started transferring mid August of 2012.

Not that it couldn't happen, but it's not normal.

[lonelywithouthim1 36]

I don't think you've seen any local offices waiting for over a year since they only started transferring mid August of 2012.

Not that it couldn't happen, but it's not normal.

Oh no..I wasn't saying at the local office. I mean in general the process was taking over a year for some. I have yet to find the estimated time by local office. Any idea where that might be? I read earlier today my local office is processing October filers, you can imagine what it did to my morning :-(

[The Mean Lady 604]

I'm honestly not sure what "Washington" is as a local office.

Is it DC or Seattle?

[lonelywithouthim1 36]

I'm honestly not sure what "Washington" is as a local office.

Is it DC or Seattle?

Washington, DC