April 2014 I-130 Filers

[chris_trina 22]

Hey everyone Im new to here but i have been following everyone journey. I was wondering if they are having a slow down at the NVC because i was approved in for the I 130 Sept 12 2014 but have not received any info from the visa center. Patiently waiting!!

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Hey everyone Im new to here but i have been following everyone journey. I was wondering if they are having a slow down at the NVC because i was approved in for the I 130 Sept 12 2014 but have not received any info from the visa center. Patiently waiting!!

I read that the NVC stage is taking upwards to 60 days for processing lately. You may have a few more weeks yet, or you may get lucky and be processed more quickly. Good Luck!

[counicoune 2]

Hey people. We are officialy abandonning the project of me living in USA with my husband... My husband just got his permanent residency in Canada and meanwhile I still have no news from Vermont center for my NOA1 and it is been 6.5 months... We are prety bummed about it, it is not what we wanted, but we have been away from each other for 9 months, our son havent seen his dans since he is 9 months, that's enough. in 2 months we will be reunited <3

I wish you all a better journey than ours at the UCIS. Best of luck to everyone <3

[chris_trina 22]

Yes i called this morning they said they had to enter the info so i think im at a stand still until December. But Im so happy i have everyone here to tell here their stories. I was getting very frustrated before. I was telling my hubby today i should have filed in his country it would have been easier. One of my coworkers also filed his petition a couple of years ago he said he had no problems. But i guess we have more people marrying abroad.

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Hey people. We are officialy abandonning the project of me living in USA with my husband... My husband just got his permanent residency in Canada and meanwhile I still have no news from Vermont center for my NOA1 and it is been 6.5 months... We are prety bummed about it, it is not what we wanted, but we have been away from each other for 9 months, our son havent seen his dans since he is 9 months, that's enough. in 2 months we will be reunited <3

I wish you all a better journey than ours at the UCIS. Best of luck to everyone <3

Sorry to hear things didn't work out as planned for you both. But as you said, at least you'll now be tigether as a family very, very soon. Best of luck on your new journey! I pray we hear something soon!

Edited October 24, 2014 by Lynn n Sam

[owoomobanjo123 0]

Good morning, Please I need help and advice, I submitted my petition on 14th April 2014, up till now I have never been approve still on initial review and am going to been 7 month on November 14, My wife called uscis office Vermont center and they give her reference number and sent a E mail to her that the case is with officer for investigation.. Today I suggest maybe my wife should contact senator office inoder to write USCIS,or please what can I do and why the case is with investigation officer at 6month plus now

[S. & A. 159]

Hey everyone Im new to here but i have been following everyone journey. I was wondering if they are having a slow down at the NVC because i was approved in for the I 130 Sept 12 2014 but have not received any info from the visa center. Patiently waiting!!

Hi and welcome! Were you approved from Nebraska or were you transferred to California at some point? I think Nebraska takes longer to ship the cases to NVC, some people had to wait around a month or so for the case to even get there. You say NVC received it though, do you know what day? It takes NVC about a week or two from the date they receive it to input it into the system and generate a case number, but even if you get it over the phone you can't do anything with it until NVC sends the welcome letter (email). For reference, see my signature - NVC received my case on 9/17, assigned a case number on 9/26, and I got the welcome email 9/30 (it was pretty fast, I can't complain too much).

Hey people. We are officialy abandonning the project of me living in USA with my husband... My husband just got his permanent residency in Canada and meanwhile I still have no news from Vermont center for my NOA1 and it is been 6.5 months... We are prety bummed about it, it is not what we wanted, but we have been away from each other for 9 months, our son havent seen his dans since he is 9 months, that's enough. in 2 months we will be reunited <3

I wish you all a better journey than ours at the UCIS. Best of luck to everyone <3

I'm so sorry to hear this. At least you have a viable way for your family to be together, even if it's not what you initially wanted. Isn't there any chance that your husband can go live with you for a few months to a year while this nonsense visa stuff happens (you could delay it at NVC for up to a year) and then you both go back to America? Best of luck in whatever you choose to do, I'm happy your family is going to be reunited very soon.

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Good morning, Please I need help and advice, I submitted my petition on 14th April 2014, up till now I have never been approve still on initial review and am going to been 7 month on November 14, My wife called uscis office Vermont center and they give her reference number and sent a E mail to her that the case is with officer for investigation.. Today I suggest maybe my wife should contact senator office inoder to write USCIS,or please what can I do and why the case is with investigation officer at 6month plus now

Hi and welcome! Were you approved from Nebraska or were you transferred to California at some point? I think Nebraska takes longer to ship the cases to NVC, some people had to wait around a month or so for the case to even get there. You say NVC received it though, do you know what day? It takes NVC about a week or two from the date they receive it to input it into the system and generate a case number, but even if you get it over the phone you can't do anything with it until NVC sends the welcome letter (email). For reference, see my signature - NVC received my case on 9/17, assigned a case number on 9/26, and I got the welcome email 9/30 (it was pretty fast, I can't complain too much).

The OP stated they are going through Vermont. OP -- welcome to the very slow VSC. Our PD is April 10, 2014 and we are still waiting as well. Our status on the USCIS website also states Initial Review to date. A call to VSC resulted in the standard non-reply of "it's in queue". I had filed a Service Request -but did so too soon (which I knew better, but my impatience got the better of me). They won't even consider it until your wait time is 1 month past their standard processing time (which is currently 5 months) so once you've hit the 6 month mark, you can file, which from your post sounds like you've already received a Service Request number I'm guessing. I think, but not sure - the jury is still out on whether Senatorial assistance helps your case or not, but anything is worth a try. Let's hope all of us still waiting on our NOA2 get some results soon! Best of luck to you!

[chris_trina 22]

I was at the Nebraska ctr thank u for giving me insight. I will see what hapoens at the end of the month. Wish me luck!!!?

[S. & A. 159]

Hi and welcome! Were you approved from Nebraska or were you transferred to California at some point? I think Nebraska takes longer to ship the cases to NVC, some people had to wait around a month or so for the case to even get there. You say NVC received it though, do you know what day? It takes NVC about a week or two from the date they receive it to input it into the system and generate a case number, but even if you get it over the phone you can't do anything with it until NVC sends the welcome letter (email). For reference, see my signature - NVC received my case on 9/17, assigned a case number on 9/26, and I got the welcome email 9/30 (it was pretty fast, I can't complain too much).

The OP stated they are going through Vermont. OP -- welcome to the very slow VSC. Our PD is April 10, 2014 and we are still waiting as well. Our status on the USCIS website also states Initial Review to date. A call to VSC resulted in the standard non-reply of "it's in queue". I had filed a Service Request -but did so too soon (which I knew better, but my impatience got the better of me). They won't even consider it until your wait time is 1 month past their standard processing time (which is currently 5 months) so once you've hit the 6 month mark, you can file, which from your post sounds like you've already received a Service Request number I'm guessing. I think, but not sure - the jury is still out on whether Senatorial assistance helps your case or not, but anything is worth a try. Let's hope all of us still waiting on our NOA2 get some results soon! Best of luck to you!

But I was replying to the other user, chris_trina.

[S. & A. 159]

I was at the Nebraska ctr thank u for giving me insight. I will see what hapoens at the end of the month. Wish me luck!!!?

Good luck!! Call NVC next week if you want to see if there's any progress... like I said, you will have to wait for the email to do anything but at least you'll know if they assigned a case number.

[chris_trina 22]

Good luck!! Call NVC next week if you want to see if there's any progress... like I said, you will have to wait for the email to do anything but at least you'll know if they assigned a case number.

WOW you are moving so fast! That is wonderful, i wish they wouldnt have got caught in the slow down.

[S. & A. 159]

WOW you are moving so fast! That is wonderful, i wish they wouldnt have got caught in the slow down.

Thanks. You should prepare EVERYTHING you can for the NVC stage while you wait. I thought we had everything ready, but hadn't it been for some delays on our end we could have sent our documents about two weeks earlier. To give you an idea how stupid this process is though, I just got an email from NVC today that pretty much said "we received your documents, but all the documents are missing" had to call NVC and they said to disregard it. Good luck!

[chris_trina 22]

Thanks. You should prepare EVERYTHING you can for the NVC stage while you wait. I thought we had everything ready, but hadn't it been for some delays on our end we could have sent our documents about two weeks earlier. To give you an idea how stupid this process is though, I just got an email from NVC today that pretty much said "we received your documents, but all the documents are missing" had to call NVC and they said to disregard it. Good luck!

As many people are filing they need to hire workers to accomadate the workload. This is so crazy i feel like sometimes they are just playing games with people lives. They know that people have been apart from their love ones for awhile so they have many of us in a uproar. So tonight i will go ahead fill out the AOS i have my tax transcript waiting so I will just send all in when they send the information.

[S. & A. 159]

As many people are filing they need to hire workers to accomadate the workload. This is so crazy i feel like sometimes they are just playing games with people lives. They know that people have been apart from their love ones for awhile so they have many of us in a uproar. So tonight i will go ahead fill out the AOS i have my tax transcript waiting so I will just send all in when they send the information.

Yeah, I agree with you. Thankfully though, things do seem to be going a little faster after the most recent process update (the fees increased, but oh well). That sounds like a good plan. Check your AOS many, many times and make sure you get the right line from your tax return/transcript. Do not leave anything blank, just write N/A. Oh, also if you try to log in to the CEAC site as soon as you get the welcome email (I know, I tried this) it will say your case is in process of termination. Do not panic, it means it's not available yet. Takes a few hours.