Dec 2013 I-130 filers

[pmandeep 1]

Hey everyone,

Usually how long on average does it take to get your NOA1 or a status sms/email after sending in your I-130?

[Natanloupan 11]

Hey everyone,

Usually how long on average does it take to get your NOA1 or a status sms/email after sending in your I-130?

Within 2 weeks I had my text and hard copy . Within 6 days I had mine and 11 days for hard copy . However you were closer to holidays then when I sent mine . I think you may hear something this week .

[SennaBrigante 92]

sennabrigante, how did u apply for expedite I-130?? I have been trying to contact us consulate n us embassy here in UAE, but they r just telling me I-130 petition goes through uscis. Please tell me how did u applied for expedite??

My husband just called the USCIS, gave our receipt number and when he spoke with an operator he requested for the expedite...

The US consulate in your country won't have any involvement with your petition until NVC sends them your packet and NVC will only receive your packet after USCIS approves and sends it to them. Go to the USCIS website to get the number your should call. Hope this helps.

[razspaz13 30]

I am soooooooooooo glad I did not go back to the usa and am waiting here with my hub and children whilst everything processes

got a phone call from a stranger your husband has been injured and the ambulance and police are here..........

nothing like a strong dose of reality to make time stand still, am delighted to say he is alive and no broken bones, has concussion, contusions, soft tissue damage etc...

here's to a safe and healthy new year to all dec filers and vj people, and again another reason why we should not have to be apart from family!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kay&Jeff 7]

I am soooooooooooo glad I did not go back to the usa and am waiting here with my hub and children whilst everything processes

got a phone call from a stranger your husband has been injured and the ambulance and police are here..........

nothing like a strong dose of reality to make time stand still, am delighted to say he is alive and no broken bones, has concussion, contusions, soft tissue damage etc...

here's to a safe and healthy new year to all dec filers and vj people, and again another reason why we should not have to be apart from family!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy to hear that he is not to badly injured this is one of my biggest fears with being away from my husband - that something like that would happen and i might never see him again,

This is why Im so thankful that he is returning to Australia next Tuesday to wait with me until we can go back together. life is to short to be apart if we dont absolutely need to be.

[pmandeep 1]

Within 2 weeks I had my text and hard copy . Within 6 days I had mine and 11 days for hard copy . However you were closer to holidays then when I sent mine . I think you may hear something this week .

@Tandag1025, Yes I am thinking the same thing, I checked my bank account yesterday and saw that they did deposit the check that I had sent. So I am hoping that I will get NOA1 by Jan 11th. /fingerscrossed.

I am soooooooooooo glad I did not go back to the usa and am waiting here with my hub and children whilst everything processes

got a phone call from a stranger your husband has been injured and the ambulance and police are here..........

nothing like a strong dose of reality to make time stand still, am delighted to say he is alive and no broken bones, has concussion, contusions, soft tissue damage etc...

here's to a safe and healthy new year to all dec filers and vj people, and again another reason why we should not have to be apart from family!!!!!!!!!!!!

@razspaz13. Glad to hear that he is alright and nothing serious has happened. Like kay&jeff mentioned this may as well be one of the biggest fear/anxiety factor for myself as well and hoping that nothing happens to her, while we are apart and waiting for our file to move forward and get to completion.

[CanadianMom 45]

I am soooooooooooo glad I did not go back to the usa and am waiting here with my hub and children whilst everything processes

got a phone call from a stranger your husband has been injured and the ambulance and police are here..........

nothing like a strong dose of reality to make time stand still, am delighted to say he is alive and no broken bones, has concussion, contusions, soft tissue damage etc...

here's to a safe and healthy new year to all dec filers and vj people, and again another reason why we should not have to be apart from family!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stuff like this makes me thankful that my husband is here in Canada with me while we wait for the paperwork to go through. I know not everyone is so lucky, although we did have the paperwork separation when he was coming here, but it wasn't nearly as long as this seems to be.

[SennaBrigante 92]

I am always paranoid with my husband's driving. Good thing he lives in a small town with about 5 stoplights total lol.

He's equally paranoid because I'm a commuter in the urban jungles of Manila, extremely clumsy and absent minded and very pregnant haha

[Gboree 59]

I tried looking up my case status with the receipt number that was sent to me via sms and it says my case could not be found at this time. Has anyone else experienced this?

you and me both... I tried to check my case status but I did not find anything too. I am waiting for upcoming week so that I can call them if I don't see the status update. I hope this makes you feel a little better.

[Monirasohel 0]

They received our I-130 dec 5 th at the Nebraska service center and on Dec 9 th I got our NOA1 in the mail .... I hope this goes quickly really wanting my husband here with me soon ....

[nanana 74]

you and me both... I tried to check my case status but I did not find anything too. I am waiting for upcoming week so that I can call them if I don't see the status update. I hope this makes you feel a little better.

you didn't make your timeline so I don't know when you've sent your forms, but it takes few days before you can see your case in the system. it is even written on your email to wait till you get a hard copy with checking it at least it took few days before I could check mine.

btw. where are you ? Nebraska?

They received our I-130 dec 5 th at the Nebraska service center and on Dec 9 th I got our NOA1 in the mail .... I hope this goes quickly really wanting my husband here with me soon ....

I hope that too. Nevertheless, we need to be patient.

[Monirasohel 0]

I am in Texas and my form was sent to the Nebraska center .. I already got my hard copy in the mail . And have checked my status online and it says Initial processing or something like that .. Does anyone know how long it stays in that process before it moves onto the next stage ?? Any help would be great thank u

And sorry am new to the site so still have no clue what I am doing here lol

[Karmalicious 60]

I am in Texas and my form was sent to the Nebraska center .. I already got my hard copy in the mail . And have checked my status online and it says Initial processing or something like that .. Does anyone know how long it stays in that process before it moves onto the next stage ?? Any help would be great thank u

And sorry am new to the site so still have no clue what I am doing here lol

Unfortunately, most likely the answer is "forever." Some quote the whole process from filing to visa will be about 2 years now.

[Monirasohel 0]

Oh no I can't wait 2 yrs we were told by his embassy and by my embassy anywhere from 5-9 months ... If it's gonna take that long I may be moving to Bangladesh .....

[nanana 74]

noa2 is the Next step , now it takes about 8-10 months to received it. uscis goal is to do it in 5 months. I hope it will work for us and we will get it by may/ June. then is the nvc step and then interview. but who knows.

this may help you to find out what are the next steps. http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

Edited January 5, 2014 by nanana