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I will, it's nice everyone can see that there is movement, but I never thought that philippines was expedited compared to other countries. But one must also remember having all those T's crossed and I's doted is a must! I know I triple checked my work and still found mistakes. Don't get frustrated if you don't hear anything right away, and keep the faith. Time is on your side and life will be further blessed when you are together with your loved one...

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: India
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About 7 - 9 days at the moment, dependent on where it's routed to;

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ir1cr1historical

I have sent my i130 on 05/09 & reached on 05/12 - Still no movement at all...

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Lebanon
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Hi all

Well i just heard last week that in lebanon u can expedite the a pplication since usa secretary of states warns us citizens to travel there for security reasons. So on friday i called uscis and requested an expedite. They gave me a confirmation number and said the will look into it and get back to me in 5 days. So ill wait and call back hope they accept the expedite.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Good luck, gondola!

Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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Just received my NAO1 and case has been routed to California. Anyone else been routed to Cali? What are their current wait times?

Congrats! I think you're one of a few on the thread not routed to Nebraska. The current processing times based in VJ member timeline data can be found here;

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ir1cr1historical

The current USCIS posted processing times can be found here;

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=abcPa5UrnMxOO9PW9ANzu

However the USCIS stats haven't been updated since April 30th.

Good luck!

I have sent my i130 on 05/09 & reached on 05/12 - Still no movement at all...

Barodaheart, did you submit an e-notification of acceptance form with your petition?

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Just received my NAO1 and case has been routed to California. Anyone else been routed to Cali? What are their current wait times?

Our case has been transferred to California service centre also. Very few applications are transferred to csc. I think so.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Argentina
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At least last month, cases were routed to CSC (and auto-expedited) when the US citizen currently lives abroad with the beneficiary.

CR-1 (Argentina): April 2014 to March 2015.

ROC (VSC): March 2017 to March 2018.

 

USCIS
04/02/2014 I-130 NOA1 (NSC)
08/14/2014 I-130 Transferred to CSC
09/05/2014 I-130 NOA2 (day 157)

NVC
09/17/2014 NVC received
09/26/2014 Case number, IIN and BIN assigned
09/30/2014 AOS and IV fees invoiced and paid
10/01/2014 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2014 Sent AOS and IV packages
10/23/2014 Documents received (according to email from NVC)
10/24/2014 AOS and IV packages scanned / FALSE checklist (DS-260 reviewed)
11/25/2014 Medical exam done
12/29/2014 Case complete (day 272)

 

EMBASSY
02/19/2015 Interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina - APPROVED! (day 324)
02/24/2015 CEAC status changed to ISSUED
03/05/2015 Visa in hand! (day 338)

03/05/2015 USCIS Immigrant Fee paid / ELIS "Optimized"
03/16/2015 POE @ JFK! (day 349)

04/07/2015 USCIS ELIS status update

04/15/2015 Green card is being produced

04/21/2015 Green card was mailed / ELIS "Closed"

04/23/2015 Green card in hand! All done until December 2016!

 

ROC

03/07/2017 I-751 Package delivered (VSC)

03/08/2017 I-751 NOA1

03/25/2017 Biometrics letter in the mail

04/03/2017 Biometrics appointment (day 28)

03/19/2018 I-751 NOA2 (day 378)

 

N-400

03/16/2020 Filed

02/11/2021 Biometrics reuse notice

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At least last month, cases were routed to CSC (and auto-expedited) when the US citizen currently lives abroad with the beneficiary.

Really? Wow, they're lucky. But why are they expedited? We're still waiting for NOA2, we're routed to NSC. I miss my husband so much. :'( And I need tons of patience for this long visa journey.

God bless us all. :)

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USCIS

05/13/2014: Sent I-130 to USCIS

05/19/2014: NOA1 Email Received. Assigned to NSC.

05/22/2014: NOA1 Hardcopy

06/16/2014: NOA2 Email. Approved. :dancing:

06/19/2014: NOA2 Hardcopy

06/20/2014: I-130 shipped to NVC

NVC

07/02/2014: Case received at NVC

07/11/2014: NVC confirmed they received our package on July 2.

07/23/2014: Got Case Number, IIN, BIN

07/30/2014: DS-261 Available and Completed

08/01/2014: Received NVC Instructions & AOS Invoice (Email)

08/01/2014: Called NVC to rectify spelling of address

08/03/2014: Paid AOS fee on CEAC (in process)

08/05/2014: AOS Fee in PAID status

08/13/2014: AOS Packet Mailed

08/14/2014: AOS Received at NVC

08/15/2014: AOS Scanned

09/03/2014: DS-261 Reviewed according to NVC rep

Waited for 41 days (29 business days) for IV invoice :dancing:

09/09/2014: Received IV invoice (Email)

09/10/2014: Paid IV fee on CEAC (in process)

09/11/2014: IV fee in PAID status

09/11/2014: IV Packet Mailed

09/12/2014: DS-260 Completed

09/12/2014: IV Packed received at NVC
09/15/2014: IV Scanned
Waited for 35 calendar days for AOS Acceptance and Case Complete :clock:

10/21/2014: Case Complete :dancing::whistle:

10/31/2014: Received Interview Instructions (P4)

EMBASSY

11/04/2014: Medical Exam at SLEC (2-day process) PASSED!

12/01/2014: Interview APPROVED! :dance:

12/09/2014: Visa on Hand

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Just received my NAO1 and case has been routed to California. Anyone else been routed to Cali? What are their current wait times?

Congrats! :)

USCIS

05/13/2014: Sent I-130 to USCIS

05/19/2014: NOA1 Email Received. Assigned to NSC.

05/22/2014: NOA1 Hardcopy

06/16/2014: NOA2 Email. Approved. :dancing:

06/19/2014: NOA2 Hardcopy

06/20/2014: I-130 shipped to NVC

NVC

07/02/2014: Case received at NVC

07/11/2014: NVC confirmed they received our package on July 2.

07/23/2014: Got Case Number, IIN, BIN

07/30/2014: DS-261 Available and Completed

08/01/2014: Received NVC Instructions & AOS Invoice (Email)

08/01/2014: Called NVC to rectify spelling of address

08/03/2014: Paid AOS fee on CEAC (in process)

08/05/2014: AOS Fee in PAID status

08/13/2014: AOS Packet Mailed

08/14/2014: AOS Received at NVC

08/15/2014: AOS Scanned

09/03/2014: DS-261 Reviewed according to NVC rep

Waited for 41 days (29 business days) for IV invoice :dancing:

09/09/2014: Received IV invoice (Email)

09/10/2014: Paid IV fee on CEAC (in process)

09/11/2014: IV fee in PAID status

09/11/2014: IV Packet Mailed

09/12/2014: DS-260 Completed

09/12/2014: IV Packed received at NVC
09/15/2014: IV Scanned
Waited for 35 calendar days for AOS Acceptance and Case Complete :clock:

10/21/2014: Case Complete :dancing::whistle:

10/31/2014: Received Interview Instructions (P4)

EMBASSY

11/04/2014: Medical Exam at SLEC (2-day process) PASSED!

12/01/2014: Interview APPROVED! :dance:

12/09/2014: Visa on Hand

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Argentina
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Really? Wow, they're lucky. But why are they expedited? We're still waiting for NOA2, we're routed to NSC. I miss my husband so much. :'( And I need tons of patience for this long visa journey.

I don't know why. I guess it's sort of a replacement for DCF, which stopped being an option pretty much everywhere a few years ago. With DCF, a US citizen could file at the embassy and 'bypass' the USCIS stage if they lived abroad with the beneficiary. The rules are weird like that... just like your case will most likely be expedited too because you or your partner are from the Philippines and there was a typhoon there last year, and I'm going to be waiting a lot longer. I miss my wife a lot, too.

CR-1 (Argentina): April 2014 to March 2015.

ROC (VSC): March 2017 to March 2018.

 

USCIS
04/02/2014 I-130 NOA1 (NSC)
08/14/2014 I-130 Transferred to CSC
09/05/2014 I-130 NOA2 (day 157)

NVC
09/17/2014 NVC received
09/26/2014 Case number, IIN and BIN assigned
09/30/2014 AOS and IV fees invoiced and paid
10/01/2014 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2014 Sent AOS and IV packages
10/23/2014 Documents received (according to email from NVC)
10/24/2014 AOS and IV packages scanned / FALSE checklist (DS-260 reviewed)
11/25/2014 Medical exam done
12/29/2014 Case complete (day 272)

 

EMBASSY
02/19/2015 Interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina - APPROVED! (day 324)
02/24/2015 CEAC status changed to ISSUED
03/05/2015 Visa in hand! (day 338)

03/05/2015 USCIS Immigrant Fee paid / ELIS "Optimized"
03/16/2015 POE @ JFK! (day 349)

04/07/2015 USCIS ELIS status update

04/15/2015 Green card is being produced

04/21/2015 Green card was mailed / ELIS "Closed"

04/23/2015 Green card in hand! All done until December 2016!

 

ROC

03/07/2017 I-751 Package delivered (VSC)

03/08/2017 I-751 NOA1

03/25/2017 Biometrics letter in the mail

04/03/2017 Biometrics appointment (day 28)

03/19/2018 I-751 NOA2 (day 378)

 

N-400

03/16/2020 Filed

02/11/2021 Biometrics reuse notice

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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I thought after filing I-130 and getting approved by USCIS it will only take approximately 6 to 7 months. But by reading every one's post it seems like it might take more than that :(

Is it true? In my sister's case who filed last year for my brother-in-low....it only took him TOTAL of 7 months to come here.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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There are always exceptions, but the average for people who file for CR-1 or IR-1 visas is 11-15 months. Are you certain your sister filed an I-130 and not for a K visa (I-129F)? The K visas typically go faster, but you're then caught up in limbo for a few months after entering the US before getting the ability to work or travel outside the US or your green card.

Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: India
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Congrats! I think you're one of a few on the thread not routed to Nebraska. The current processing times based in VJ member timeline data can be found here;

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ir1cr1historical

The current USCIS posted processing times can be found here;

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=abcPa5UrnMxOO9PW9ANzu

However the USCIS stats haven't been updated since April 30th.

Good luck!

Barodaheart, did you submit an e-notification of acceptance form with your petition?

Yes...

I got confirmation now at 2:00 am in the morning. I am chicago processing center. Is it good or better?

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: India
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Our case has been transferred to California service centre also. Very few applications are transferred to csc. I think so.

my case routed to California Services center, too.

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