Question about fast approval

[GringoPaisa 0]

I have been married to a lovely Colombian lady for 15 months. We have lived in Medellin since the marriage. I submitted the I-130 for my wife and two children on Sept. 15, thinking that with the normal processing times, we might hit the two year mark around the time she came to the states (thus being an IR-1). Surprise, surprise!! After exactly one month, I received notice that the two children have been approved and more info is needed for my wife. I will address this as soon as I receive a copy of the 797 (it's in the US, still).

Question right now is this: Anyone have experience with cases being processed this quickly? Possibly for direct embassy processing in Bogota, in the sense of largely bypassing the NVC wait? Never heard of a one month turn around and just curious what it might mean.

Copying this from the Colombian forum to see if there are any responses here.

[silverjetplane 34]

A lot of USCs filing from outside the US have been getting approved. I was 2 weeks at USCIS for my I-130 to be approved. Apparently USCIS was processing these applications quickly in order to spend more time processing other applications. Unfortunately, the sudden influx of petitions being approved and sent to NVC meant a big backlog was created there which increased waiting times to beyond 60 days just to review the file. It looks like NVC is getting better with their times, but it is still quite a wait.

I'm not sure if Colombia is still doing DCF - not many countries are. Chile isn't but we were still approved quickly. I will try to find a link where "fast approvals" have been keeping a list.

In any case, get started with all the documentation! As you can see from my timeline below, we also weren't expecting to be approved in less than 6 months so we didn't have anything prepared for the NVC process. Time to get moving!

Good luck!

[GringoPaisa 0]

Thanks for the rapid response! Yes, I have been gathering stuff for the NVC stage all along. Were you able to use the online payment and filing or was all by mail?

No, Colombia doesn't do DCF.

Edited October 21, 2014 by GringoPaisa

[silverjetplane 34]

We made the payments online and the DS-261 and DS-260 are electronic forms completed on the ceac.state.gov website. For both the AOS and IV packets, original documentation needs to be submitted by mail. Only a few countries do EP (electronic processing) and Chile isn't one. So it's a combination of both. Paying online requires a US bank account but it doesn't matter if the AOS and IV docs are mailed from the US or abroad.

[silverjetplane 34]

Here is the link with other USCs who have had fast expedites. Please complete it with your information.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/357465-usc-petitioner-living-abroad/page-42