Dec 2013 I-130 filers

[nanana 74]

I have a question, is it possible to request a change of embassy once the I-130 has been approved, but before you even have a case number from NVC. I'm a British national that was living overseas when the petition was originally filed. However I am now back home in London and will go through the London Embassy. Do I have to wait till they assign me a case number then request for that to be changed to a London case number or can I avoid that?

Thanks all

Hi I was searching the VJ to find an answer for your Q and what I found was that people were sending emails about it once they reached nvc and got case# .. but I personally think that you can call nvc as soon you get your noa2 and ask about it. is shouldn't cause any delays though.

[california_luv 56]

did you get an answer that your background check is complete and now is assigned to an officer? or different ?

Oh no, that would be so much info I would not have been able to handle properly lol

It just says this:

Thank you for your inquiry about your I-130, Petition for Alien Relative.

USCIS records confirm that this case was received on December 23, 2013. At this time the case is assigned to an officer. Although assigned, we cannot predict the date the case may actually receive review.

If you have not received a decision or other notice of action on this case within 30 days, please contact us for an update.

[nanana 74]

ohhh I hope you will get your noa2 soon !

when we got a response for our SR similar to yours (being assigned to an officer blah blah blah 30 days.. blah ) the noa2 came 3 business days later! so I hope it is a good sign and you will get your approval today or tomorrow!!

[california_luv 56]

All devices crossed for all of us!

[faisal.sial 4]

Look like another week going to pass without any update.

Today info pass at albany new york field office.Hope will get some info/status of our case

[california_luv 56]

Look like another week going to pass without any update.

Today info pass at albany new york field office.Hope will get some info/status of our case

Hope you get something worthy out of it. Keep us posted.

[elifg 2]

Thank you @axs and @nanana. This is my 4th day hopefully will receive a positive answer very soon.

[LoveMyTico 999]

im not so sure on this.....our case was "pulled for derogatory information on me" and investigated apparently for 2 months till everything cleared...or that's what we were told at our 1st info pass appt. In order for "degoratory information" to surface they would have had to investigated me, found some "interesting, mismatched info" and conduct further investigations. We're quiet curious in knowing what it was but would have to put forth a request for this information to be disclosed under the freedom of info act, which we aren't at this point because we do not wish further delays on our petition.

So, in our case, yes, they conducted background checks on me, the beneficiary.

Were you ever in the US before? I asked my lawyer the other day and he said they do not do security checks on the beneficiary in their home country. If you were in the US, they may be checking name matches ETC...

[LoveMyTico 999]

ohhh I hope you will get your noa2 soon !

when we got a response for our SR similar to yours (being assigned to an officer blah blah blah 30 days.. blah ) the noa2 came 3 business days later! so I hope it is a good sign and you will get your approval today or tomorrow!!

"being assigned to an officer" doesn't mean much. They Senator's office told me my case was assigned to an officer DEC 2013. My approval didn't happen until March 18th 2014. I always imagined my file sitting in a box next to someone's desk, collecting dust... and people bringing new files over to this officer and putting them on top of mine... after waiting so long, you start to come up with different scenarios in your head LOL

and when they told me my case was assigned to an officer, they gave me a 2 week time frame.... which came and went.. then I got the security check cr@p and then I got that we were out of security checks and it should be another 2 weeks... and then 2 more weeks went by. The wait was horrible.

The day we were approved was the same day the USCIS website changed the processing time to 5 months. The day before it said May 2nd. We were April 12th and nobody wanted to do a service request for me. It was really ridiculous. They we lucky that they approved our case that day because I would have been on the phone all day trying to get answers. I had really had it by that point. I am still angry about it and its been 6 months. LOL

[nanana 74]

"being assigned to an officer" doesn't mean much. They Senator's office told me my case was assigned to an officer DEC 2013. My approval didn't happen until March 18th 2014. I always imagined my file sitting in a box next to someone's desk, collecting dust... and people bringing new files over to this officer and putting them on top of mine... after waiting so long, you start to come up with different scenarios in your head LOL

and when they told me my case was assigned to an officer, they gave me a 2 week time frame.... which came and went.. then I got the security check cr@p and then I got that we were out of security checks and it should be another 2 weeks... and then 2 more weeks went by. The wait was horrible.

The day we were approved was the same day the USCIS website changed the processing time to 5 months. The day before it said May 2nd. We were April 12th and nobody wanted to do a service request for me. It was really ridiculous. They we lucky that they approved our case that day because I would have been on the phone all day trying to get answers. I had really had it by that point. I am still angry about it and its been 6 months. LOL

I see your point , but we got this :USCIS records indicate your case was undergoing an extended background check. The background check is now complete and the case is assigned to an officer " thus I believe it was true what they stated because noa2 came 3 days later.

I am glad to see you are done with uscis and nvc as well. I hope your hubby is going to be home with you soon, Good luck with waiver.

[LoveMyTico 999]

I see your point , but we got this :USCIS records indicate your case was undergoing an extended background check. The background check is now complete and the case is assigned to an officer " thus I believe it was true what they stated because noa2 came 3 days later.

I am glad to see you are done with uscis and nvc as well. I hope your hubby is going to be home with you soon, Good luck with waiver.

I got the same exact letter . TSC was horrible. Things are a bit faster these days.

[mrs thb 331]

I got the same exact letter . TSC was horrible. Things are a bit faster these days.

No Tico, tsc is not.....they're still play mind games with certain files.....like ours!

Elifg, luv and faisal.sial we are still here watching updates and prAyin' with all of our limbs crossed. It will be a very exciting day when you all post great news!!!!!!!

[bk2014 34]

Hello guys, after I emailed SCOPSSCATA I received a reply from Nebraska SC informing me that our petition is "assigned to an officer" and should we not hear anything in 30 days, to contact them again. This is day 2.

what's scopsscata?

[faisal.sial 4]

Infopass status:

They did not give any case status info.Just ask to wait for 29 September. Hope you will hear something. If you did not any thing came again on 29 September.

Lets wait for 29 September.

They did not answer my any question.

[LoveMyTico 999]

Yep, info pass appointments are useless