July 2013 I-130 Filers

[onek 306]

Could you please remind me what the reason was for expedite? I am glad your request went through. Congrats.

Thank you. Expedite was due to military deployment

[Terry J 50]

Congratulations Onek and wishing you smooth sailing ahead!

[onek 306]

Thank you Terry. Good luck to you

[onek 306]

Congrats, onek! Such great news! Wish you a smooth journey ahead!

Thanks vegasbound Good luck to you as well

[xprecious32 50]

I-130 sent July 19

Received July 24

Priority Date July 24

Notice Date July 26

Service Center - NBC Overland Park,KS

Edited August 23, 2013 by xprecious32

[vegasbound 83]

Member Name.....Delivered.Center..NOA1......Days..RFE/AR......NOA2........(Days)
Terry J .......06/26/13..VSC.....07/02/13..4....................................
vegasbound......06/27/13..NBC.....07/01/13..2....................................
defyandmystify..06/29/13..NBC.....07/01/13..0....................................
scienceworks....07/01/13..NBC.....07/03/13..2....................................
onek(*,+).......07/01/13..NBC.....07/04/13..3.................08/19/13.....46....
RjKatya.........07/05/13..NBC.....07/10/13..5....................................
Nobby7..........07/08/13..NBC.....07/11/13..3....................................
Dwipal..........07/08/13..VSC.....07/11/13..3....................................
YulingZhu.......07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
meehan..........07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
THETIMEISNOW....07/10/13..NBC.....07/11/13..1....................................
mahmoud ismail..07/10/13..NBC.....07/17/13..5....................................
Tuts & Ye.......07/11/13..NBC.....07/12/13..1....................................
Bxfemme.........07/15/13..NBC.....07/17/13..2....................................
dozer63.........07/16/13..NBC.....07/17/13..1....................................
cujodu..........07/17/13..NBC.....07/22/13..3....................................
kenneth&hazel...07/17/13..NBC.....07/25/13..6....................................
Me and Tico.....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................
LoveExile(*)....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................
SWebner.........07/22/13..NBC.....07/24/13..2....................................
Annie & Mark....07/23/13..NBC.....07/26/13..3....................................

xprecious32.....07/24/13..NBC.....07/26/13..2....................................
En-oh-eh-to(*)..07/29/13..NBC.....07/31/13..2....................................
chunky(*).......07/31/13..NBC.....08/01/13..1....................................
CaizLurol.......07/30/13..NBC.....08/02/13..2....................................
kashewmoo.......07/31/13..NBC.....08/05/13..5....................................

Delivered: Date when package was received by USCIS
NOA1: Date when NOA1 was issued (found on NOA1 hard copy or notice date)
*: USC filed from abroad
+: Expedited request

Days: Business Days

Edited August 24, 2013 by vegasbound

[mmaarreekk 45]

Member Name.....Delivered.Center..NOA1......Days..RFE/AR......NOA2........(Days)

Terry J .......06/26/13..VSC.....07/02/13..4....................................
vegasbound......06/27/13..NBC.....07/01/13..2....................................
defyandmystify..06/29/13..NBC.....07/01/13..0....................................
scienceworks....07/01/13..NBC.....07/03/13..2....................................
onek(*,+).......07/01/13..NBC.....07/04/13..3.................08/19/13.....46....
RjKatya.........07/05/13..NBC.....07/10/13..5....................................
Nobby7..........07/08/13..NBC.....07/11/13..3....................................
Dwipal..........07/08/13..VSC.....07/11/13..3....................................
YulingZhu.......07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
meehan..........07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
THETIMEISNOW....07/10/13..NBC.....07/11/13..1....................................
mahmoud ismail..07/10/13..NBC.....07/17/13..5....................................
Tuts & Ye.......07/11/13..NBC.....07/12/13..1....................................
Bxfemme.........07/15/13..NBC.....07/17/13..2....................................
dozer63.........07/16/13..NBC.....07/17/13..1....................................
cujodu..........07/17/13..NBC.....07/22/13..3....................................
kenneth&hazel...07/17/13..NBC.....07/25/13..6....................................
Me and Tico.....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................
LoveExile(*)....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................

SWebner.........07/22/13..NBC.....07/24/13..2....................................

mmaarreekk......07/22/13..NBC.....08/05/13..14...................................
Annie & Mark....07/23/13..NBC.....07/26/13..3....................................

xprecious32.....07/24/13..NBC.....07/26/13..2....................................
En-oh-eh-to(*)..07/29/13..NBC.....07/31/13..2....................................
chunky(*).......07/31/13..NBC.....08/01/13..1....................................
CaizLurol.......07/30/13..NBC.....08/02/13..2....................................
kashewmoo.......07/31/13..NBC.....08/05/13..5....................................

Delivered: Date when package was received by USCIS
NOA1: Date when NOA1 was issued (found on NOA1 hard copy or notice date)
*: USC filed from abroad
+: Expedited request

Days: Business Days

Edited August 26, 2013 by mmaarreekk

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Member Name.....Delivered.Center..NOA1......Days..RFE/AR......NOA2........(Days)

Terry J .......06/26/13..VSC.....07/02/13..4....................................
vegasbound......06/27/13..NBC.....07/01/13..2....................................
defyandmystify..06/29/13..NBC.....07/01/13..0....................................
scienceworks....07/01/13..NBC.....07/03/13..2....................................
onek(*,+).......07/01/13..NBC.....07/04/13..3.................08/19/13.....46....
RjKatya.........07/05/13..NBC.....07/10/13..5....................................
Nobby7..........07/08/13..NBC.....07/11/13..3....................................
Dwipal..........07/08/13..VSC.....07/11/13..3....................................
YulingZhu.......07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
meehan..........07/09/13..NBC.....07/11/13..2....................................
THETIMEISNOW....07/10/13..NBC.....07/11/13..1....................................
mahmoud ismail..07/10/13..NBC.....07/17/13..5....................................
Tuts & Ye.......07/11/13..NBC.....07/12/13..1....................................

alaskafan.......07/11/13..NBC.....07/15/13..2....................................
Bxfemme.........07/15/13..NBC.....07/17/13..2....................................
dozer63.........07/16/13..NBC.....07/17/13..1....................................
cujodu..........07/17/13..NBC.....07/22/13..3....................................
kenneth&hazel...07/17/13..NBC.....07/25/13..6....................................
Me and Tico.....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................
LoveExile(*)....07/18/13..NBC.....07/20/13..1....................................

SWebner.........07/22/13..NBC.....07/24/13..2....................................

mmaarreekk......07/22/13..NBC.....08/05/13..14...................................
Annie & Mark....07/23/13..NBC.....07/26/13..3....................................

xprecious32.....07/24/13..NBC.....07/26/13..2....................................
En-oh-eh-to(*)..07/29/13..NBC.....07/31/13..2....................................
chunky(*).......07/31/13..NBC.....08/01/13..1....................................
CaizLurol.......07/30/13..NBC.....08/02/13..2....................................
kashewmoo.......07/31/13..NBC.....08/05/13..5....................................

Delivered: Date when package was received by USCIS
NOA1: Date when NOA1 was issued (found on NOA1 hard copy or notice date)
*: USC filed from abroad
+: Expedited request

Days: Business Days

Don't know about you all, but I'm thinking about preparing for NOA2 to speed up the next stage through NVC. Haven't made a thorough review yet of all the tips and the docs to prepare, but expect to be working on this soon. If anyone wants to work on this together, whether chatroom workgroup, just message boards, whatever.... maybe we can help one another.

What I understand is that in most cases, the NVC will go almost as fast as we do, unlike the USCIS (we just sit on our hands and are waiting now), so it behooves us to to have everything ready that the NVC will want.

I've also heard from multiple sources - a good attorney, the US Embassy in my wife's country, others - that the rate of speed by which the file moves through the consulate or embassy, depends on the country. Some consulate workloads are heavier than others.

[deleteme 34]

Obsessing.....

In trying to estimate when NBC will send the NOA2, I used Excel to calculate the following:

Based on data from VisaJourney timelines, NBC approved 287 applications that were filed with them in November and December 2012, and January and February, 2013. The median number of days that they took to approve these applications (50% applications approved in less time, 50% applications approved in more time) was 91 days.

Here's how it further breaks down:

Approved in... | % approved | cumulative

1 mo | 0.3% | 0.3%

1-2 mo |25.8% | 26.1%

2-3 mo |23.3% |49.5%

3-4 mo | 19.9% | 69.3%

4-5 mo |16.4% | 85.7%

5-6 mo |6.6% | 92.3%

6-7 mo |4.9% | 97.2%

7-8 mo | 1.0% | 98.3%

8-9 mo |1.4% |99.7%

9-10 mo |0.3% |100.0%

Probably the really quick approvals are the "expedited ones" like our friend onek above. (Happy to give way to you, for your service to the nation, onek.)

What % are expedited? That's hard to tell, but among our group of 27, onek is the only one we know, so maybe only around 3-4%.

That means that about 1/4 of us should have already seen their NOA2's in the next few weeks. And in the next thirty days after that, 1/2 of us should have already seen their NOA2's.

Well, the table above speaks for itself.

If this seems a bit like over the top analysis, my pleading is that I miss my wife!! - as I suppose you all miss your spouses, too.

It shall be a race to see whether we can unite with them by Christmas.

Edited August 27, 2013 by alaskafan

[B & G 200]

Obsessing.....

In trying to estimate when NBC will send the NOA2, I used Excel to calculate the following:

Based on data from VisaJourney timelines, NBC approved 287 applications that were filed with them in November and December 2012, and January and February, 2013. The median number of days that they took to approve these applications (50% applications approved in less time, 50% applications approved in more time) was 91 days.

Here's how it further breaks down:

Approved in... | % approved | cumulative

1 mo | 0.3% | 0.3%

1-2 mo |25.8% | 26.1%

2-3 mo |23.3% |49.5%

3-4 mo | 19.9% | 69.3%

4-5 mo |16.4% | 85.7%

5-6 mo |6.6% | 92.3%

6-7 mo |4.9% | 97.2%

7-8 mo | 1.0% | 98.3%

8-9 mo |1.4% |99.7%

9-10 mo |0.3% |100.0%

Probably the really quick approvals are the "expedited ones" like our friend onek above. (Happy to give way to you, for your service to the nation, onek.)

What % are expedited? That's hard to tell, but among our group of 27, onek is the only one we know, so maybe only around 3-4%.

That means that about 1/4 of us should have already seen their NOA2's in the next few weeks. And in the next thirty days after that, 1/2 of us should have already seen their NOA2's.

Well, the table above speaks for itself.

If this seems a bit like over the top analysis, my pleading is that I miss my wife!! - as I suppose you all miss your spouses, too.

It shall be a race to see whether we can unite with them by Christmas.

August filer here, you guys are my target group to watch! When you start getting good news, means I'm not far behind!

Interesting analysis Alaskanfan, and fantastic work! Trust me, I get the whole obsessing thing, its what I do to make the time go by. Though I don't think that it applies to anyone that's filed after the first of May. All petitions before May, were sent to NBC in Missouri and then transfered to local field offices, or approved at Missouri.

Since the beginning of May though, all stand alone I-130 petitions have been sent to Kansas City, to the brand new NBC service centre that will be opening up end of September. It would be interesting to watch the first couple of weeks of October to get a sense on how fast Kansas will be moving. Maybe then we can have a better prediction date for approvals. Till then, we just seat tight!

[deleteme 34]

August filer here, you guys are my target group to watch! When you start getting good news, means I'm not far behind!

Interesting analysis Alaskanfan, and fantastic work! Trust me, I get the whole obsessing thing, its what I do to make the time go by. Though I don't think that it applies to anyone that's filed after the first of May. All petitions before May, were sent to NBC in Missouri and then transfered to local field offices, or approved at Missouri.

Since the beginning of May though, all stand alone I-130 petitions have been sent to Kansas City, to the brand new NBC service centre that will be opening up end of September. It would be interesting to watch the first couple of weeks of October to get a sense on how fast Kansas will be moving. Maybe then we can have a better prediction date for approvals. Till then, we just seat tight!

B & G,

Something you say alarms me: "Since the beginning of May though, all stand alone I-130 petitions have been sent to Kansas City, to the brand new NBC service centre that will be opening up end of September."

Are you saying that since the beginning of May, all stand alone I-130 petitions that would have been processed by NBC in Missouri + field offices are accruing - and are not being worked on - until the Kansas City service center opens in the beginning of October? If I'm understanding you correctly, and your information is correct, that's five months' worth of applications just sitting there until they resume work in Kansas City in October.

That would be scandalous, if true, and would add 1 to 5 months to our waiting period, assuming that all else is equal.

I wonder where you got this information. Would you please let us know?

--alaskafan

[deleteme 34]

To be clear, when I refer to the NBC in Missouri, I was referring to the Lee's Summit location. Obviously, the new NBC in Kansas City is also in Missouri. I'm just wondering what's happening to all those applications from May - September, 2013.

[scienceworks 64]

Search for NBC AILA. There is a pdf document regarding a conference call. B & G is correct in his/her analysis. It's all gathering dust in Kansas. I am afraid if they will start working on new ones they get and all previous files in May-Aug will get dumped to a corner.

[B & G 200]

B & G,

Something you say alarms me: "Since the beginning of May though, all stand alone I-130 petitions have been sent to Kansas City, to the brand new NBC service centre that will be opening up end of September."

Are you saying that since the beginning of May, all stand alone I-130 petitions that would have been processed by NBC in Missouri + field offices are accruing - and are not being worked on - until the Kansas City service center opens in the beginning of October? If I'm understanding you correctly, and your information is correct, that's five months' worth of applications just sitting there until they resume work in Kansas City in October.

That would be scandalous, if true, and would add 1 to 5 months to our waiting period, assuming that all else is equal.

I wonder where you got this information. Would you please let us know?

--alaskafan

Check out this thread and the USCIS link on it.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/448502-national-benefits-center-semiannual-aila-meeting/

As there is no NBC official processing times available online, actually no information is available about what is going on with stand alone I-130s, I have been reading May-June-July filers threads to try and figure out if there is some kind of trend.

Here I would like to correct myself, that I am not 100% sure if all May petitions have been sent to Kansas Service Centre. But reading on the May 2013 thread, almost all of the VJ members have had their petitions sent there.

Calls to USCIS by May VJ members have been told that their casefiles are at NBC, I don't think any have reported been sent to a local field office. Same goes for the June filers as well. In Jan and Feb members had reported an average of 2 months before NBC transfered their cases to local field offices. Thats not the case with May filers, they are beyond the 3 month mark and closing in on 4.

So it does seem as if, the I-130s are been held back for the moment, be that seeming extremely scandalous, but not surprising. If you read mid 2012 threads on waiting for well over 5 months for an NOA2. As soon as USCIS started transfering case to field offices, there were people that had their NOA2s in as little as 2 weeks.

The good thing is that Division 8, once operational at the end of Sep, will only be dealing with stand alone I-130s.

[deleteme 34]

Wow. Thanks for this research.

I suppose that you can disregard my research on Nov 2012 - Feb 2013 approved I-130s.

Because all standalone I-130 applications since May seems to have been routed to the new Overland Park, Kansas facility (mine, NOA1:7/14/2013, is there, too), and are just sitting there, we are in uncharted waters.

I've reviewed May discussion threads, too. They are upset and only one seems to have been approved. It was an expedited case.