May 2014 I-130 Filers

[lirpa11 16]

Yay received our NOA2 in Australia yesterday! We only lodged at the end of May :-D

[nyala62 82]

Yay received our NOA2 in Australia yesterday! We only lodged at the end of May :-D

Congratulations, we are early May filers but still at initial review status. any body in my situation? My PD is May 6

Edited July 12, 2014 by nyala

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

We were May 12, still in initial review status.

[ogbeifun 0]

May 8 Ooº°˚ ˚°ºoo , still on intial review. The wait seems like forever

[lirpa11 16]

What service centre are you guys at? We were at the Californian centre. Also, we have been together since 2006, and been to usa in 2009, 2010, and 2012/2013 to see my family. We also were married in January 2012, and built a house together in 2011, which we both have our names on, so the evidence gathering part was easy as we have years worth of stuff.

Now I'm worried it will go faster than I anticipated as we don't want to leave our home in Australia (which we need to list on the market and sale) until early January. If all goes to plan I would love to be on a plane to usa early to mid January with all loose ends tied up, but I dont want to delay the whole process either...

I'll keep waiting for the next step rather than press them for now, and I'll contact them if I don't hear from the nvc in a month or so. Should that be ok? Does the nvc contact us? I have read that we should contact them but I don't want to rush things just yet.

[lirpa11 16]

I just want to say i am hoping those of you still waiting get your Approvals soon :-) I only waited a short while and that was frustrating so praying for you all :-)

[ogbeifun 0]

Thanks Lipra 11, but am at Nebraska service center, which seems Τ̣̣̥☺ be the slowest service center at the moment.

[nyala62 82]

Ogbeinfun & Lipra.....

We are also at Nebraska Srvice center........Only God knows when

[ogbeifun 0]

Nyala, we are at the same service center, α̲̅πϑ our PD so close May 6 α̲̅πϑ 8, hopefully we get approvals at the same time. Pls what country are U̶̲̥̅̊ from?

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

I also am at Nebraska. Which is depressing now because I had rejoiced SO HARD when I saw that we went to Nebraska, because it was the shortest at the time. But the waiiiiiiting. Urgh.

[nyala62 82]

Nyala, we are at the same service center, α̲̅πϑ our PD so close May 6 α̲̅πϑ 8, hopefully we get approvals at the same time. Pls what country are U̶̲̥̅̊ from?

ogbeifun, you can see the flag of my country right there, up there....Ghana

[net2684 5]

@lirpa - NVC sent me an email about receiving my package. Though it took them two weeks to tell me about it. If you don't hear anything after 30 days then call them. Don't be afraid to call them. Very nice people, just be nice in return. Also take there name down, reason being, one guy I talked to said I had to wait 30 business days which is over 6 weeks. If I hadn't been calling I would be ahead of schedule, would of gotten an email about paying the bill. Never feel bad about keeping on top of the visa.

Now with you wanting to wait till January to sell your home, I don't know what kind of buyers market it is out there, but from what I read you have around six months to travel on the visa. I think that has more to do with the medical interview, I think it has an expiration that if you don't travel with in that time you need to have another one done. Hope that helps.

[lirpa11 16]

@lirpa - NVC sent me an email about receiving my package. Though it took them two weeks to tell me about it. If you don't hear anything after 30 days then call them. Don't be afraid to call them. Very nice people, just be nice in return. Also take there name down, reason being, one guy I talked to said I had to wait 30 business days which is over 6 weeks. If I hadn't been calling I would be ahead of schedule, would of gotten an email about paying the bill. Never feel bad about keeping on top of the visa.

Now with you wanting to wait till January to sell your home, I don't know what kind of buyers market it is out there, but from what I read you have around six months to travel on the visa. I think that has more to do with the medical interview, I think it has an expiration that if you don't travel with in that time you need to have another one done. Hope that helps.

Thanks, I'll wait a bit and then contact them to keep things moving.

As for selling our house, hubby wants Christmas here in Australia with his family before we head overseas where he will not see them for awhile. I'll have a look to see how long houses are taking to sale, speak to real estate agents, and list ours in a timely manner so it should sale around December (a bit before, a bit after). I understand the market can change and it could sale faster, or slower, but either way hubby wants Christmas here so I will give him that :-) we will,work around the rest of it

[Emily and James 1]

Hi everyone, as mentioned several pages back, we got our NOA2 and are getting everything together for the NVC stage. Well, trying to. Turns out doing my back taxes was not as simple as I thought. But anyway, I have a question about AOS stuff that I posed in Processes and Procedures, but I only got one answer and I'd love to get more info. My quandary:

My job won't be continuing after we move, so my father is going to be the joint sponsor for my husband. What I'm trying to figure out is what still needs to me included in the AOS package regarding my own finances. I do think I read somewhere that in my situation I need to show my tax returns (working on that...) but maybe not anything about my income/assets? If I don't have to bother with that stuff, it's just as well. I mean, I can get an employment letter here in Vancouver but if my job will end when I leave, that seems pretty useless. For my father of course we'll show all monetary and other assets, as well as tax returns.

I do apologize as I know this is pretty standard stuff, but I can't seem to find an answer through my many searches. Feel free to link to a thread that answers this question (I looked already through the best wiki guides and gov pages....)

Thanks!!!!

[net2684 5]

As best I know from people I talked to about the AOS, always give them the information they ask for, at the minimum. Give them your tax information even if your job is over by the time they get the information. Anything to do with getting a new job, you submit when they ask for it, or when you update your visa information. If your father is helping to sponsor, then you need his tax information as well. Hope that helps you.