Processing time for I-130 brother,sister

[matbrand33 0]

Hi All,

I hope someone can help. I sent an application (I-130) for my brother to come to the U.S.A in April 2011. I recieved a letter and a case number for the application about 7 days later, Great.

I have not heard anything after that time and when looking on the Vermount web page for the proseccing time, it say December 2010. Does anyone have any idea's what I should do? Does it take this long?? Should I call the center to fineout what is wrong? What id the the next spet to take?

Thanks for you help in this matter. Have a nice day everyone.

Thanks

[kzielu 1,149]

I-130 likely takes a while but since the whole process takes about 12 years, no need to bother yourself with petition approval time. Its pretty much irrelevant...

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hi All,

I hope someone can help. I sent an application (I-130) for my brother to come to the U.S.A in April 2011. I recieved a letter and a case number for the application about 7 days later, Great.

I have not heard anything after that time and when looking on the Vermount web page for the proseccing time, it say December 2010. Does anyone have any idea's what I should do? Does it take this long?? Should I call the center to fineout what is wrong? What id the the next spet to take?

Thanks for you help in this matter. Have a nice day everyone.

Thanks

There are limits on how many visas can be issued in a year for employment and family members except spouse, fiancé or minor children. Certain countries have their own line and limit.

So you got in line April 2011 (priority date) for a brother. That is an F-4 visa category. When a visa becomes available then they will start processing your application. Each month the Visa Bulletin says where the line is--meaning what priority date is ready to be served. This is the August 2013 bulletin. http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_6028.html

The chart shows for the F-4 category, they are now serving people that got in line on June 22, 2001.