I-130 lagging time Q?

[SeaTurtis 1]

Hi, I looked on the USCIS page for the office I filed its timeline said 6 months or Less. Its about 40 days short of six months and iv heard nothing, check status still accepted October. I know they are not busy keeping illegals out so why so slow. Should i expect an update BEFORE April 20?

[kris&me 572]

I 130 for?

spouse visa or AOS?

timeline and information about what you are wanting would help

spouse visa can sit in USCIS as long as a year / gf was at that stage 9 months and then was transfered to another office for faster processing (another 5 months)

others can answer more specific quesitons if they know what you apply for

[SeaTurtis 1]

I have no idea im tempted to bring her ### in through mexico. As far as i know to import my wife i need approval on i-130 before i decide which visa to apply for. A year is just stupid dont these idiots work for us? Wth kind of marriage can handle waiting paying for two hpuseholds for a freaking year?

[JFH 12,191]

I imagine you had the choice to do. K-1 before marriage? That would have been much quicker. But you chose to marry first and do the longer CR-1 route.

We are all here on this one-year (or longer) track because we chose this path. For me, the benefits of CR-1 far outweigh the negative of waiting a year.

Nothing is perfect. Have you used the long waiting time to get fully prepared for the NVC stage? That can go very fast if you have every thing ready to go.

[SeaTurtis 1]

Good points bit i have to add if i didnt get so many mixed opinionsfrom this forum id of likely realized or heard a year at some point and modified my plans. Now i clearly stated before i was already marrird going for cr1 and people providid links timelines sowing 6 months or less. Some say 5 but had someone told me one year id not be here now. Thats the thing about this ####### is few seem to state fact and no answer is at all consistent.

Sure as heck cant rely on uscis website for any information its all outdated. I filed both 129-f and i-130

Waiting a year is fine. Waiting a year in usa while shes in asia is conplete bs and without crappy advice id of been there a few months ago.

Thats not anyone in particular its just to note the complete inconsistency of this forum. Too many chiefs and not enough indians;) so to speak.

Lol thank you

[JFH 12,191]

I'll repeat what was said before when you asked about time scales a few weeks back.

Every case is different. Those who live overseas with their spouse in certain countries (e.g the UK) can file locally and the process is much quicker. Military spouses are also processed quicker. People from the Philippines are often processed quicker due to a policy that was put in place following the big typhoon. Some people request an expedite for health reasons - I personally know someone whose case was rushed through because the US citizen was about to have a liver transplant. There have been claims of cases being expedited due to pregnancy.

The reason the answers vary is that this forum is made up of people from all over the world. Each couple is different so each case is different. It's like asking a doctor how long it will take you to recover from an illness. Everyone will be different. And in the hospital there will be people with the same illness but recovering at different speeds. It's the same here.

All we can do is give your own personal experiences. We are not saying your situation will be the same. We present the facts of our cases in our timelines. How you interpret the information and relate it to your situation is up to you.

Edited March 18, 2016 by JFH

[JlovesA 109]

SeaTurtis, it sounds like you are a bit confused about the process.

Typically the petition is the part that takes 5-6 months. It takes a few more months after that to go through NVC, the embassy, and to receive the visa.

There is only one visa you can apply for your wife, and it's CR-1 (or IR-1 if you've been married more than 2 years). You filed an I-130 petition which is the correct thing to do.

If you were applying via DCF as JFH mentioned, it can be much quicker, but it doesn't sound like you live overseas with your spouse so it's not an option.

Unfortunately it's just how the cookie crumbles!

Edited March 18, 2016 by JlovesA

[Ryan H 3,821]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to USCIS Service Centers forum.

[SeaTurtis 1]

All good replies and great info! I wonder if tgere is any accuracy to something i read today on another forum. Couple of people complaining about the exact same 7-9 month waits for i130 and one guy pointed out he calld USCIS and they tell him tge month cases they currently working on.

So I found a PDF Nebraska office updated Jan 13 all i130 cases completed as of then where July2. That was nearly 3 months ago so maybe they are pretty close to October cases now.

Tha ks guys Ill post some pics of us all in our beach home in maui when its over!!

[SeaTurtis 1]

JFH now you made clear what I must have missinderstood about a year ago when i decided to marry. I was living oberseas but only 9 months. At that time i had no idea guys like you existed on forums so yahoo answers and google disnt help much.

I read so much disinfo one said i didnt even need visa if married outside US just need embasy to notorize her as immedate familyk. I was pretty much married and completed my i130 and i129 before finding you guys.

I think part of the things i didnt understand before is i was looking at the wrong field office for my timeline and now I realize its Nebraska.

I think the timeline you posted when i asked before was after the i130 for the CR1 and that was a nice link you sent me it showed pretty much atep by step and made me realize i want to have an attorney prepare that one.

So after i130 is approved ill pay someone to handle it from that point on. It appears the CR1 timeline after i130 is at least 4 months.

From what insaw on the link you provides before.

JFH now you made clear what I must have missinderstood about a year ago when i decided to marry. I was living oberseas but only 9 months. At that time i had no idea guys like you existed on forums so yahoo answers and google disnt help much.

I read so much disinfo one said i didnt even need visa if married outside US just need embasy to notorize her as immedate familyk. I was pretty much married and completed my i130 and i129 before finding you guys.

I think part of the things i didnt understand before is i was looking at the wrong field office for my timeline and now I realize its Nebraska.

I think the timeline you posted when i asked before was after the i130 for the CR1 and that was a nice link you sent me it showed pretty much atep by step and made me realize i want to have an attorney prepare that one.

So after i130 is approved ill pay someone to handle it from that point on. It appears the CR1 timeline after i130 is at least 4 months.

From what insaw on the link you provides before.

[SeaTurtis 1]

Ok Giys I called USCIS this morning and it appears for at least the last 3-6 months the Nevraska office has been completing all i130s right on 6th months.For example Today the most recent completed patitions are September 2 2015. When they update the status they tend to be moving from the 2ed to 2ed of each month. Mine is October 20 so Before May 20 which is month 7, I should have a notice.

So as of the last 3 months the Nevraska office is right on the six month. Give or take two weeks.

Hind sight Im not sure whos reply I read that told me to call and find out how far away my priority date is but thats the best advice. If someone knows how to watch the progression of approved i130 forms by finding out the most recently completed forms they can keep a fairly good idea of when there forms should be processed.

Obviouslt Id been told before how to look at the charts online but those are in most cases a couple of months old. I think for a person who is New to this and wants the most accurate time he can get, Beings everyone is trying to plan the next year of liveS according the what ever timeline they can find.

The best option is to call, Id say monthly and keep track of which months had been completed. In Hind sight I remember seeing a few outdated pdf forms for timelines bus as i went from 2014-2015 and 2016 I can see the speed at which they completed forms and get a mush better idea of what to expect.

Especially month 5 and six, if they simply call and ask which forms are being processed at the field office there form is in than they will know if they are a month or three away from having processing. Or at least as best as you can know.

Its even more accurate tha trying to compare others who had approved months or the year before. It reflects whats going on right now. And fate can change and cause more delays but still thats the best odds of having a timeline you can arrange your life by.

The only service in the world you can not expect perfection is any government or military. Again humor is the only reason I add this tid bit but Imagine our military contracts Haliburton for a laser guided cruise missiles and they better be perfect for those 20 million dollars but when they get mistake ly dropped on civilians the excuse is "well we are the best and we have the best but we cant be perfect"!!

Lol get more perfection out of your local plummer;) its a global standard;)

[SeaTurtis 1]

Guys Iv got another good Question. Currently if someone of a 3rd world country, my wife, my kids, wants a tourist visa for a 1st country its not an electric 2 week 15$ visa because they are from asia.

At what point will my kids and wife wualify for a us passport? And or at what point will if ever, they be able to fill out the same online visas i get say when i visit australia?