how long take from the beginning to the end of the green card?

[Sunnymia 0]

Hello everybody,

i just want to know your experience about how long take from the start to the end of all immigration prosses. My wife she stay in italy and im stay in usa.

I Just wanna know how long takes for have her here with me!

Thank you everybody!

[Hannah09 1]

it usually depends on how lucky u are! it can take up to one year or 2. it really depends on how fast u get the NOA2 and than the wedding and submitting the paperwork for AOS...is hard to give a real period of time. but is a lot to go though ...a lot of nerves and waiting

good luck !

Edited September 26, 2013 by Hannah09

[slvrfx576 15]

I am one of the lucky ones. I first filed I-130 on Feb 19, 2013 and my wife has her interview on 10/03....about 7.5 months. BUT there are many others who have filed in February who still have had not even had initial petitions approved....so there is no way to predict. Hopefully things will start moving faster soon as the USCIS is opening a new processing center next week. But there is no way to predict at the moment. Check out the "progress" forum and the country specific portal for timelines on Italy.

[NikLR 13,227]

I would say minimum 6 months, but a year or 18 months is more likely.

[r060106 109]

I would say minimum 6 months, but a year or 18 months is more likely.

18 months? Yikes. Well at least we'll probably get an IR-1 if that's the case, on the bright side.

Edited September 27, 2013 by r060106

[NikLR 13,227]

It really depends on when the new service center starts doing approvals. People have been sitting on their thumbs waiting.

[r060106 109]

It really depends on when the new service center starts doing approvals. People have been sitting on their thumbs waiting.

Good point. Le'ts hope they start this upcoming week like many think they will. Ugh, so depressing.

[NikLR 13,227]

To be honest, expect it to take a REALLY long time and be pleasantly surprised when it doesn't!

[r060106 109]

To be honest, expect it to take a REALLY long time and be pleasantly surprised when it doesn't!

Seriously? Is that what you did?

When you say REALLY long, are you referring to your 18 months quoted above, or longer? I just don't know how I'm going to stomach being away from my wife for such a long time, especially given the fact she's pregnant.

Edited September 27, 2013 by r060106

[a+j 77]

Are you an American citizen or a legal permanent resident?

Edited September 28, 2013 by a+j

[NikLR 13,227]

Seriously? Is that what you did?

When you say REALLY long, are you referring to your 18 months quoted above, or longer? I just don't know how I'm going to stomach being away from my wife for such a long time, especially given the fact she's pregnant.

Pretty much. I thought, well the i-130 will take a year, then 4 months at NVC, then 3 months until the interview. We happened to file right when the whole "local office" thing started. Ended up taking 4 months for the I-130 and then about a month to get our NVC numbers. NVC was done in 26 days, interview was a month and a half later... total time was just under 8 months and exactly 9 from filing to green card.

[r060106 109]

Pretty much. I thought, well the i-130 will take a year, then 4 months at NVC, then 3 months until the interview. We happened to file right when the whole "local office" thing started. Ended up taking 4 months for the I-130 and then about a month to get our NVC numbers. NVC was done in 26 days, interview was a month and a half later... total time was just under 8 months and exactly 9 from filing to green card.

Well hopefully my wife and I will be pleasantly surprised like you guys were.

[Ms Hogan 295]

You can take a look at my timeline for another example of pleasantly surprised. See my signature below for the details as well. Good luck!

[r060106 109]

You can take a look at my timeline for another example of pleasantly surprised. See my signature below for the details as well. Good luck!

Thanks

[NikLR 13,227]

You can take a look at my timeline for another example of pleasantly surprised. See my signature below for the details as well. Good luck!

You were pleasantly flabbergasted

It was awesome!!! /3 cheers!