September 2013 I-130 Filers

[Vlntine 1]

Hello all - i'm trying to follow all of this but having a difficult time - I know everything seems to be stalled at this point for September filers - any thoughts as to when this might get sorted out

[r060106 109]

Don't expect your NOA2 until around May or June.

[Myguita 3]

Approved on Dec 9th through a requested expedite..our case is now headed to either the state department or the visa board..

Edited December 10, 2013 by Myguita

[Yulieth 41]

Congrats

Approved on Dec 9th through a requested expedite..our case is now headed to either the state department or the visa board..

[sairam8451 8]

Approved on Dec 9th through a requested expedite..our case is now headed to either the state department or the visa board..

If you dont mind asking what was the reason you gave for expedite and what was the process.

[Myguita 3]

At first I applied for an expedite as part on the humanitarian relief our USA was providing to Filipino's..10 days went by with no word..A day after that, my father was diagnosed to have stage 4 lung/brain cancer and so I called and spoke to a tier 2 operator about getting my wife over to meet him before it was too late..My wife and dad had grown close through skype but had never met in person..He was very empathetic to my situation so I felt I would get my request approved..Yesterday I checked my case status and there it was..POST DECISION ACTIVITY CIRCLE in blue..

It's been a rough few months, so it was extra special getting great news like that. I feel for all of you..Hopefully the I-130 process continues to pick up the pace..

[Jematt 7]

Approved on Dec 9th through a requested expedite..our case is now headed to either the state department or the visa board..

CONGRATS!!! So happy for you to get approval! Finally another approval in our thread here!

At first I applied for an expedite as part on the humanitarian relief our USA was providing to Filipino's..10 days went by with no word..A day after that, my father was diagnosed to have stage 4 lung/brain cancer and so I called and spoke to a tier 2 operator about getting my wife over to meet him before it was too late..My wife and dad had grown close through skype but had never met in person..He was very empathetic to my situation so I felt I would get my request approved..Yesterday I checked my case status and there it was..POST DECISION ACTIVITY CIRCLE in blue..

It's been a rough few months, so it was extra special getting great news like that. I feel for all of you..Hopefully the I-130 process continues to pick up the pace..

I am so sorry to hear the circumstances and about your dad. Prayers & thoughts to you as you go through this. I hope that NVC hurries you through their process. It has been painstakingly slow for us...so I hope it moves faster for you. Good luck! Keep us posted and truly, I am sorry about your father. I lost my dad to lung cancer and I know the pain of it. to your family.

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

Update about our congressional inquiry. Mr. Blueberry received a letter from his congressman yesterday.

After a review of our systems it was found that Case MSC 139xxxxxxx Form I-130 filed on behalf of Mr. Blueberry is currently pending. The estimated processing time for I-130 petitions is an additional six months from today’s date. These delays are due to workload factors not related to your constituent’s case. If your constituent does not receive a decision or other notice of action from USCIS by that date, please contact your USCIS congressional liaison again.

No word about were our file actually is and that's what we wanted to know

I knew USCIS would give us their standard brush off response, but it still hurt a bit. Sigh.

[Kaylara 814]

Update about our congressional inquiry. Mr. Blueberry received a letter from his congressman yesterday.

After a review of our systems it was found that Case MSC 139xxxxxxx Form I-130 filed on behalf of Mr. Blueberry is currently pending. The estimated processing time for I-130 petitions is an additional six months from today’s date. These delays are due to workload factors not related to your constituent’s case. If your constituent does not receive a decision or other notice of action from USCIS by that date, please contact your USCIS congressional liaison again.

No word about were our file actually is and that's what we wanted to know

I knew USCIS would give us their standard brush off response, but it still hurt a bit. Sigh.

*hugs* Maybe call back and tell them that they didn't actually answer your question? That's what I'm going to do with mine tomorrow.

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

*hugs* Maybe call back and tell them that they didn't actually answer your question? That's what I'm going to do with mine tomorrow.

Thanks... yeah, good idea.

"6 months from today's date"- it was sent Nov 29th, so that would put us at May 29th. Ridiculous...

Every time I see you posted something I am hoping you were finally approved. Hope it will happen before Christmas!

[Kaylara 814]

I wonder how they reconcile that message with the claim that they will be back to 5 months processing time by May?

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

That, or their 7.4 months average processing time. That's the current one, right?

By the end of May it will have been almost 9 months of waiting ...

Edited December 12, 2013 by Blueberry Pancake

[Kaylara 814]

I wonder how they reconcile that message with the claim that they will be back to 5 months processing time by May?

I sincerely hope that it's just a canned response and is as accurate as any message about processing times sent out by the USCIS. (Which is to say, not at all.)

I have to tell you (and I posted it in another thread) but I got a letter back from my congressman's office. You see, I called because the processing average says 7.4 months, the processing date is Feb. 12, 2013 (Which does not equal 7.4 months), my transfer notice said that I'd get an answer within 60 days, and when I called to check on it, the automated voice system said to wait 180 days. Right, so no clarity there. The letter I got back from the congressman's office said that I'd been expedited (No) and sent to Nebraska (yes) on November 11, 2013 (No.) Then it told me that I could probably expect a 5 month "weight time" (I wish I were making this up) but it was taking about 3 months from the transfer date. (How is this supposed to be an expedite, btw?) It ended with what I assume was supposed to be a sentence, but was actually a confusing sentence fragment. All in all, rather disappointing, but I'm not surprised.

I'm hoping we'll get our approval soon, too! And everyone who's stuck in this stupid backlog. I've seen a couple people that I've been privately rooting for get approvals, and I've been so happy for them. And I really don't want to ruin it by being the cranky pants over here with no approval.

But sometimes I'm super, super jealous.

[Kaylara 814]

That, or their 7.4 months average processing time. That's the current one, right?

By the end of May it will have been almost 9 months of waiting ...

Ugh. So ridiculous. The volume and trend charts on the USCIS right now are not encouraging. If you're getting in 40k+ a month, and you're processing 29K a month, and have a backlog of 355K+, well, those numbers don't bode well. I guess we'll have to wait and see the October, and eventually November number releases, see how much the increase in adjudications is.

[r060106 109]

I'm ready for another six months as well.