ALL Potomac I-130 Filers (New Center) [merged threads]

[Shoegum 2,391]

I got my NOA1 (with Potomac-YSC receipt number) on Monday this week and my case is still not on the USCIS website. They say to wait 7-10 days before the case will show up in the system. I think you can't track it on the website until Potomac actually receives your case file from the Chicago office.

Thanks that makes sense, i received the letter monday aswell but the date on letter is 4th.

[B&Z 201]

Here's the info I could get from this thread on approved transfer cases through Potomac.

[Bosna1234 17]

by the picture it means they are still working on august

[mhaze 0]

just started petitioning my mom from Philippines Jan2016

[dffktlzl 0]

For those who got approved (maybe July or August filers), have you received anything from NVC yet?

My case was received on August 31 at Texas and was transferred to Potomac and was approved on July 8th.

On the USCIS web, they say the case was sent to NVC on July 16. Haven't heard anything since then.

[Bosna1234 17]

any news from potomac

come on we are all waiting

[B&Z 201]

For those who got approved (maybe July or August filers), have you received anything from NVC yet?

My case was received on August 31 at Texas and was transferred to Potomac and was approved on July 8th.

On the USCIS web, they say the case was sent to NVC on July 16. Haven't heard anything since then.

July??? Or January?

[dffktlzl 0]

For those who got approved (maybe July or August filers), have you received anything from NVC yet?

My case was received on August 31 at Texas and was transferred to Potomac and was approved on July 8th.

On the USCIS web, they say the case was sent to NVC on July 16. Haven't heard anything since then.

SORRY JANUARY NOT JULY.

[B&Z 201]

For those who got approved (maybe July or August filers), have you received anything from NVC yet?

My case was received on August 31 at Texas and was transferred to Potomac and was approved on July 8th.

On the USCIS web, they say the case was sent to NVC on July 16. Haven't heard anything since then.

SORRY JANUARY NOT JULY.

From what I saw while reading through this entire thread yesterday, USCIS Potomac can take a month to actually MAIL your petition to NVC and then NVC can take another month to assign you a case number.

[imprezaowner27 8]

Here's the info I could get from this thread on approved transfer cases through Potomac.

Some of those cases are after my noa1 date. It's all over the place

[ZI0615 6]

still nothing...maybe just maybe October filers may end up hearing or seeing approvals in March :/ to me that's light years away

[Bosna1234 17]

potomac come on already

[B&Z 201]

still nothing...maybe just maybe October filers may end up hearing or seeing approvals in March :/ to me that's light years away

That would only be a 5 month wait time (in other words, it would be exactly as USCIS says to expect), which is better than the 6++ months others have been experiencing over the past year or so. We're not K-1's, it's unrealistic to expect USCIS to approve our petitions faster than 5 or 6 months, regardless of which service center we get stuck with. Patience is a virtue, and it is key in this process.

[Pkr 21]

It looks like centers from which it was transferred to potomac are already processing september cases ...

That would only be a 5 month wait time (in other words, it would be exactly as USCIS says to expect), which is better than the 6++ months others have been experiencing over the past year or so. We're not K-1's, it's unrealistic to expect USCIS to approve our petitions faster than 5 or 6 months, regardless of which service center we get stuck with. Patience is a virtue, and it is key in this process.

people getting their cases processed in CSC is pretty fast ... they get their approvals within 3 months

[B&Z 201]

It looks like centers from which it was transferred to potomac are already processing september cases ...

people getting their cases processed in CSC is pretty fast ... they get their approvals within 3 months

Potomac is clearly not at 3 months; all I'm saying is, why kill yourself with anxiety when there's absolutely nothing you can do to speed up USCIS processing at other service centers? We all know to expect 13+ months for an IR-1/CR-1 to fully process, and you're EXTREMELY LUCKY if you get it any faster than that without a special expedite. I'm seeing a lot of unrealistic expectations people are having on here and that can lead to major disappointment and even depression. Please, save yourselves from the mental damage you're inflicting upon yourselves.