What Is considered a normal processing time for a I 130

[Tasha and Oshane 0]

Please help! I called the usics and stated that they are currently working on case from February 2013 ; I filed for my husband on June10,2013 and next week it will be 6 months and still no update. So what is normal processing time the site says 7.4 months you call and get a different answer! So please if you have any information please post. thanks so much

[HettyandSaid 18]

The USCIS has been backed up for months now. I am a may filer...and they just transferred my case to another office to try to move the process along. I am still waiting for my NOA2 for my I 130. It should not be too much longer now.

[jj_stout 4]

Ours took 8 months to be approve. Just hang in there.

[Tasha and Oshane 0]

Thanks:) I will hang in there; but they need to do better because the process is not free so they should be a little more concern about there customers:)!

[NikLR 13,227]

It's the government. The USCIS isn't a business. Don't get me wrong, a government has to make money so they can spend it on things the people need, but you're not their customer.

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

Lately its been 8-10 months.

[TBoneTX 45,076]

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[Jawaree 717]

Some says 8-13 mths due to backlog

[Kaylara 814]

It's the government. The USCIS isn't a business. Don't get me wrong, a government has to make money so they can spend it on things the people need, but you're not their customer.

You're wrong there. We are the customer. We are their customer in every way. We have paid, and we require a service from them. We paid for a service that they are not delivering. The only reason we don't go elsewhere for the service is because they have a monopoly. I'm sure that there are plenty of people who could not stand the wait and went to their spouses country instead. (I've considered moving back to NL, even.)

[dwheels76 5,468]

Please help! I called the usics and stated that they are currently working on case from February 2013 ; I filed for my husband on June10,2013 and next week it will be 6 months and still no update. So what is normal processing time the site says 7.4 months you call and get a different answer! So please if you have any information please post. thanks so much

Normal processing stopped in Janusry since there its gone south for USCIS and NVC and not getting better. We will see what happens in the next 6 months. Not like less people will be petitioning. They have 535,000 petitions sitting waiting to be adjusdicated and more filed daily.

I see VWP and AOS on the increase.

[NikLR 13,227]

You're wrong there. We are the customer. We are their customer in every way. We have paid, and we require a service from them. We paid for a service that they are not delivering. The only reason we don't go elsewhere for the service is because they have a monopoly. I'm sure that there are plenty of people who could not stand the wait and went to their spouses country instead. (I've considered moving back to NL, even.)

You act like your spouse has a right to be in the USA. According to the laws of the USA, they don't. You have to petition for the right for them to even apply for a visa. You have to let the government decide if they want another person in your country and if that person can be your spouse. You don't like it... So do something. I can't; I'm merely an immigrant. The ONLY reason I am in the USA is because my husband has his dream job and I want to support him because I love him that much. Trust me, I'd much rather be back in my homeland, as cold as it is there right now. Should we ever not work out, I will not be one of those people that stay. We've already talked about retiring in BC.

I'm on this board to help people get through the process, to make sure they dot their i's and cross their t's because the US government controls the population, which they do, in their opinion, for the best of the whole. Every government does this of course to a certain degree. But the only people who can change it are the citizens. If you think you're really a customer, then act like one. You wouldn't allow a company to treat you like so; you'd write a letter, make a petition, make a noise, or would you?

This government is controlled by people you elected... Or did you? Think about it a while.

In the end the petitions are adjudicated by a human being. One who is likely just as overworked as the rest of the people. The Department of Homeland Security is obviously trying to help out by moving petitions around so they can be adjudicated by someone with less of a workload. They seem to want to get the ball rolling. The timeline has dropped from 16 months to 8 in the last 2+ months.

JMHO, take it or not for what my 2 cents are worth.

[Hypnos 6,576]

Immediate relative I-130s are taking around a year to process right now.

[mezou0028 4]

Immediate relative I-130s are taking around a year to process right now.

really a year for normal processing time for I 130 wow

and NBC i know is really slow some they had their NOA1 in mars and nothing happen yet ?????

evry day i am choked to hear bout that

[Kaylara 814]

You act like your spouse has a right to be in the USA. According to the laws of the USA, they don't. You have to petition for the right for them to even apply for a visa. You have to let the government decide if they want another person in your country and if that person can be your spouse. You don't like it... So do something. I can't; I'm merely an immigrant. The ONLY reason I am in the USA is because my husband has his dream job and I want to support him because I love him that much. Trust me, I'd much rather be back in my homeland, as cold as it is there right now. Should we ever not work out, I will not be one of those people that stay. We've already talked about retiring in BC.

I'm on this board to help people get through the process, to make sure they dot their i's and cross their t's because the US government controls the population, which they do, in their opinion, for the best of the whole. Every government does this of course to a certain degree. But the only people who can change it are the citizens. If you think you're really a customer, then act like one. You wouldn't allow a company to treat you like so; you'd write a letter, make a petition, make a noise, or would you?

This government is controlled by people you elected... Or did you? Think about it a while.

In the end the petitions are adjudicated by a human being. One who is likely just as overworked as the rest of the people. The Department of Homeland Security is obviously trying to help out by moving petitions around so they can be adjudicated by someone with less of a workload. They seem to want to get the ball rolling. The timeline has dropped from 16 months to 8 in the last 2+ months.

JMHO, take it or not for what my 2 cents are worth.

I act like I have a right to have my petition adjudicated in a timely manner, which is what I'm asking for. If they're going to deny my petition arbitrarily, it doesn't take nearly 9 months for that. The rules governing who can immigrate here are very clear for my spouse. As long as we meet the requirements, they have no basis to reject my husband's visa here. If they do, I can appeal it, and take them to court and fight it out there. Someone else explained it much better and I'll find that post for you when I have another free moment.

I'm glad that you're here to help. And yes, I've already been through the immigration process in the Netherlands, so I'm well aware that this insanity isn't limited to the US.

I've written letter, made phone calls, contacted our representatives and media, gotten the word out via social media, and taken part in the last mass emailing/faxing and am helping with the writing and compiling of information for the next one that we're doing, which I will also take part in. I'm making as much noise as possible and doing my part to fix this problem.

No, I didn't elect the people who are currently representing me. I lived in the Netherlands for the past 8 years. But they still represent me, and if they don't do their job, I will vote against them, and urge my entire social network to do the same.

The timeline has gone down because they were gaming the processing times. We have proof of this and it is part of the next letter that we will be sending out. We have found several sources from the USCIS that show that they basically stopped adjudicating the I130's for months at a time. That they're now playing catch up (but still gaming the processing times) does not make me grateful. It make me angry that they lied to us for months and are continuing to keep us away from our family members, despite their claims of family unity being a priority. It makes me angry that they did not continue to ship the petitions to the field, but instead sent them to collect dust in a centralized adjudication unit that was not yet staffed or operational. It makes me angry that they refused to make the K3 available and lied in their conference to AILA when they knew that they weren't meeting their processing time goal even then and had stopped adjudicating IR/CR standalone petitions. I'm doing my part to get the facts and attempt to fix this, as stated above. But happy that they're trying to keep us quiet by throwing us a bone and changing the processing times is not going to work. Even after I've gotten my approval, I'm going to continue to work to make sure that the people who petitioned after me don't get stuck in this mess in the future.

They have a monopoly and basically absolute power over these petitions. If they can't wield it responsibly, then they need to have their power curtailed.

My husband is coming here for me. (And ultimately, our children.) I went to Europe for him, and could not handle it, ultimately. I want to stay married to him, so we're going to try it here. We were expecting to wait. But when I filed, the total process was taking about 8-9 months. We're now at nearly 9 months and aren't even through the first step in our process, and that, to me, is unacceptable.

[Kaylara 814]

really a year for normal processing time for I 130 wow

and NBC i know is really slow some they had their NOA1 in mars and nothing happen yet ?????

evry day i am choked to hear bout that

They say that by May, they expect it to be back to the normal 5 month time frame. But I wouldn't hold my breath for that. In April, they told AILA that they were processing applications in a reasonable time frame and wouldn't be re-evaluating their use of the K3 visa. They had already stopped adjudicating new files. So they are perfectly happy to speak out of both sides of their mouth.