All California Service Center I-130 filers

[Nena14 1]

5 hours ago, sherydenise said:

It took NVC two weeks to receive our file (you can call and ask them when as they won't tell you unless you ask) and then it took six weeks from there for our case number to be issued. So a total of eight weeks after approval.

Perfect, thank you for sharing

[Ahmadk100 0]

On 3/5/2019 at 9:30 AM, Ahmadk100 said:

Hello Everyone, 

I130, F2A Permanent resident filing for my spouse 

Center: California Service Center

Priority Date : 12/20/2016

 

I130 not approved yet!!! I submitted the online e-request couple times and received the same reply below: 

 

Thank you for your inquiry. We recognize your interest in the final adjudication of your pending application/petition and are aware of the difficulties caused by any delay in processing. We regret we are not able to give you a timeframe for when we will review your case but the California Service Center is committed to processing this workload. We will be making every effort to adjudicate your case in the most efficient manner based on our available resources. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

 

Please advise...

I received the below information after the last e-request i sent online:

The status of this service request is: 

On 03/09/2019, you or your representative contacted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about your I-130 because you believe your case is outside normal processing times.  

Your case is currently delayed because the required security checks are still pending. We cannot make a decision on your case until we receive the results of these security checks. 

We hope this information is helpful to you. 

 

So does it mean that they started working on my case?

 

[Bboorrcchh 5]

When PR starts petition for his wife and kid, i.e. submitting I-130 for them, what are those required materials? could someone share with me? Many thanks!!!

[Mrs. RiRi G 153]

1 hour ago, Bboorrcchh said:

When PR starts petition for his wife and kid, i.e. submitting I-130 for them, what are those required materials? could someone share with me? Many thanks!!!

Send every important documents that relates to the petitioners wife and child.

[hasretk51 1]

My PD is 03-03-2017 and in the latest visa bulletin for april 2019 F2A is March 1st 2017 so my PD will be current this May but my petition is not approved yet. Do they usually approve it close to the time when PD comes current or will I have to wait even after my PD is current just because USCIS didn't approve my petition yet ?

[sherydenise 66]

1 minute ago, hasretk51 said:

My PD is 03-03-2017 and in the latest visa bulletin for april 2019 F2A is March 1st 2017 so my PD will be current this May but my petition is not approved yet. Do they usually approve it close to the time when PD comes current or will I have to wait even after my PD is current just because USCIS didn't approve my petition yet ?

Have you tried calling USCIS? Most March 2017 filers will have approval by now. 

[hasretk51 1]

Just now, sherydenise said:

Have you tried calling USCIS? Most March 2017 filers will have approval by now. 

No I did not because for some reason they pushed back the receipt date for a case inquiry for my category for CSS which is now February 02, 2017 and I can't make an inquiry too.

[Kiki23 1]

On 3/8/2018 at 5:53 AM, Akanksha said:

My PD is 21 November 2016 didn’t got approval yet

did you file for your child or spouse?

or

did you file for Adjustment of Status (AOS)

[sherydenise 66]

4 hours ago, hasretk51 said:

No I did not because for some reason they pushed back the receipt date for a case inquiry for my category for CSS which is now February 02, 2017 and I can't make an inquiry too.

You can still call them, you don't need to make an official inquiry. People call all the time, they may or may not have information for you but you'll never know unless you ask. Up to you.

[WarisShahid 7]

Hello Everyone, 

I130- approved, F2A Permanent resident filing for my spouse 

Center : California Service Center

Received Approval Notice via Mail, No communication via email, status on web is also not updated yet.

Priority Date : May 16th 2017

Approval Notice Date : February 6th 2019

 

i am still waiting from NVC letter. my question : is there anything i can prepare or do something at my end to save time before i get response from NVC ? are there any list of known document which i can prepare or collect in the meanwhile. 

just do not want to waste time after i hear anything from NVC.

[khalid bahadri19 1]

8 minutes ago, WarisShahid said:

Hello Everyone, 

I130- approved, F2A Permanent resident filing for my spouse 

Center : California Service Center

Received Approval Notice via Mail, No communication via email, status on web is also not updated yet.

Priority Date : May 16th 2017

Approval Notice Date : February 6th 2019

 

i am still waiting from NVC letter. my question : is there anything i can prepare or do something at my end to save time before i get response from NVC ? are there any list of known document which i can prepare or collect in the meanwhile. 

just do not want to waste time after i hear anything from NVC.

Tax transcript

I-864

Police Certificate 

 

[WarisShahid 7]

6 minutes ago, khalid bahadri19 said:

Tax transcript

I-864

Police Certificate 

 

i am filling my 2018 tax returns now a days. 

i came to USA in 2016, filled taxes for 2016(very small income amount as i only worked for 18 days in 2016), 2017(full tax return), 2018(full tax return)

do you know if i can give I-864, Affidavit of Support for my wife ? 

[khalid bahadri19 1]

6 minutes ago, WarisShahid said:

i am filling my 2018 tax returns now a days. 

i came to USA in 2016, filled taxes for 2016(very small income amount as i only worked for 18 days in 2016), 2017(full tax return), 2018(full tax return)

do you know if i can give I-864, Affidavit of Support for my wife ? 

They want the recent tax transcript so you are good with 2018, but it is good to send them the 2017 as well.

Yeah if your income is above the poverty line which is 125% then you are good to file I-864. 

For any reason if your income doesn't meet the requirement you can get another household to file I-864A for you.

[WarisShahid 7]

3 minutes ago, khalid bahadri19 said:

They want the recent tax transcript so you are good with 2018, but it is good to send them the 2017 as well.

Yeah if your income is above the poverty line which is 125% then you are good to file I-864. 

For any reason if your income doesn't meet the requirement you can get another household to file I-864A for you.

thank you for the response.

[ABHM 2]

Hi. Do we need the police certificate for Pakistan. I think NVC does not recognize certificates from Pakistan. Check the State Department's reciprocal documents for each country.