December 2015 I-130 Filers

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Hey guys.... The Chicago received my i130 on dec 14, and the send me a mail, you case is forward to California services center.... So I worried, how long the California takes a time to approve my i130, I'm a green card holder since 2 years... I was applyed for my wife... She is on nepal right now

Hi Mkate, congratulations and welcome! When I click the 'Processing Times' tab up at the top and look for I-130 CSC. It says October 23 (I forgot exactly already) NOA1 dates are being processed right now. But that seems way too quick, cause that would mean processing at CSC would get done in 2 months for December filers. But I don't know that may be misleading cause in 2 months the lockboxes may have started sending more I-130 petitions to CSC to increase the backlog.

But in general their goal is to get all the service centers average processing times to 5 months. Then after that you have your country specific processing time for NVC and US Embassy in Nepal which you probably can find using the Embassy info tab above and / or your embassy processing times somewhere else on VJ.

Also if you fill in your timeline with your NOA1 date and all I believe it gives an approximate date for the NOA2. There are other tools and lists like Igor's list which displays information on VJ member NOA1 to NOA2 dates and all which can tell you something about how long its taking. Some are also deceiving cause some cases are approved for expedites, for special or extreme / emergency cases.

They are all really estimates, every case is different so there's no definite answer, it just depends. Good luck!

Edited December 24, 2015 by LookyWhatIFound

[Mkatel0317 1]

Thanks for response..... I just gat a receipt notice...they gives me alien number and the csc write down the performance classification 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr. What does mean? Can you tell me plz

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Thanks for response..... I just gat a receipt notice...they gives me alien number and the csc write down the performance classification 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr. What does mean? Can you tell me plz

I'm not perfectly sure. LPR is Lawful Permanent Resident. But I did a VJ search and somebody asked that question. I didn't quite understand the responses but possibly something about someone overstaying some visa or something about needing to adjust status.

I'm a US Citizen so I don't quite know how the I-130 process works if you are an LPR. I would post the question outside of this thread to get some answers from folks who might know something about this.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Thanks for response..... I just gat a receipt notice...they gives me alien number and the csc write down the performance classification 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr. What does mean? Can you tell me plz

Its also possible that they have you in the wrong classification. I read somebody just got his citizenship but USCIS had him down as an LPR. He just had to correct it with USCIS and it was solved.

[AH88 1]

Mailed mine out last week! Let's see how long this takes

[Mkatel0317 1]

Hey guys, I wanna tell you something-: I'm a green card holder since 2 years, last time 8 month ago I was gone my country and I did marriage, I was back on 5 month ago on USA.... Now Dec 10 I applyed for my wife using the form i130, G325A,G1145. Dec 14 the lockbox send me mail, your application was accepted and we going to transfer California service center..... Now today , I gat a mail.. The Mail showing my priority date is December 14. And preference classification is 203A2A INA SPOUSE OF LPR. And they gives me alien number also, I just wanna talk you about, how long the process on my case and what does mean on 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr, plz kindly can you tell me about this......

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Mailed mine out last week! Let's see how long this takes

Hi AH88, I see you also just got your Citzenship, Congratulations on that and now starting the I-130. Quite the busy one aren't you! 2016 going to be a great year for all of us!

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Hey guys, I wanna tell you something-: I'm a green card holder since 2 years, last time 8 month ago I was gone my country and I did marriage, I was back on 5 month ago on USA.... Now Dec 10 I applyed for my wife using the form i130, G325A,G1145. Dec 14 the lockbox send me mail, your application was accepted and we going to transfer California service center..... Now today , I gat a mail.. The Mail showing my priority date is December 14. And preference classification is 203A2A INA SPOUSE OF LPR. And they gives me alien number also, I just wanna talk you about, how long the process on my case and what does mean on 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr, plz kindly can you tell me about this......

The Alien number they gave you I believe is not yours, you already have one and will be your forever. The alien number you got will be your wife's.

I think the priority date is something like the date when the visa is available.

Maybe this link might help, I've got a party to go to!

http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-and-priority-dates

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[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Hey guys, I wanna tell you something-: I'm a green card holder since 2 years, last time 8 month ago I was gone my country and I did marriage, I was back on 5 month ago on USA.... Now Dec 10 I applyed for my wife using the form i130, G325A,G1145. Dec 14 the lockbox send me mail, your application was accepted and we going to transfer California service center..... Now today , I gat a mail.. The Mail showing my priority date is December 14. And preference classification is 203A2A INA SPOUSE OF LPR. And they gives me alien number also, I just wanna talk you about, how long the process on my case and what does mean on 203 a2a ina spouse of lpr, plz kindly can you tell me about this......

Mkate, here's what I could gather. Since you are an LPR filling I-130 your visa is an F2A family based visa. For residents, unlike for USCs, visa's are not always available and the NVC won't schedule your interview until they are available.

USCIS publishes these monthly visa bulletins which would tell you the cutoff dates for the Visa for the country you're dealing with. The priority date has to be earlier than the cutoff date for visa's to be available.

Like I said I really don't know a whole lot about this but just thought I'd give you enough info so that you can find out what you need to. Good luck!

[Mkatel0317 1]

Thank you boss... For information... I'm going to updated my all processes, and I hope you give me a response and suggestions.., thanks a lot

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Sure, but also you do know there are people on VJ that probably have gone thru exactly what you are dealing with, just they are not in this thread. Start a new topic outside of this thread and put part of your question in the title, at like the general IR1/CR1 level so people who know about this can answer your questions, you will probably find there are folks who know the ins and outs of the process.

Edited December 25, 2015 by LookyWhatIFound

[Mkatel0317 1]

One more question, I can't seen any case status.... How to look if case is processing on csc office? The uscis site only show me ....

Receipt no. Last update date. From email alert

WAC16... 12/16/015. I130. Yes

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

The first 3 letters,

WAC -- California Service center

EAC -- Vermont

NSC -- Nebraska

SRC -- Texas

I don't know what the other's are, my case hasn't even got as far as yours yet so I can't even compare.

The status thing has changed so I don't know. I just remember it never quite worked right, for some people the update never showed.

The date was updated whenever somebody scanned your case, but it usually didn't really mean much cause they could have just moved your case from one place to another or something.

Once it goes to your service center it usually stays and processes there, although they can transfer it, but they will tell you in that case.

[RJS7 5]

Sent off my I-130 package on 8 December 2015 and received email confirmation of receipt and forwarding to California Service Centre on 17 December. I'm also expecting a 9 to 12 months end-to-end process. I emailed my embassy a couple of months ago and they said currently 9 months but always subject to change.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Sent off my I-130 package on 8 December 2015 and received email confirmation of receipt and forwarding to California Service Centre on 17 December. I'm also expecting a 9 to 12 months end-to-end process. I emailed my embassy a couple of months ago and they said currently 9 months but always subject to change.

Welcome to the December gang, and congratulations RJS7. We've got 8 in here so far and hopefully it goes relatively smooth and steady for all.