I130 November 2016 filers

[Amber87 2]

24 minutes ago, Odekunles2016 said:

We are in the same boat. I was supposed to receive mine on August 29. This makes me feel like they are playing with our feelings or just don't care. 

I know , it's really starting to hurt. This is cruel. 

[Amber87 2]

52 minutes ago, Odekunles2016 said:

We are in the same boat. I was supposed to receive mine on August 29. This makes me feel like they are playing with our feelings or just don't care. 

Plausible theory on why we have been left behind. Like someone else has already mentioned on here before, Nebraska is competing with all the other service centres processing times. So every month they have to keep up, or "appear" as though they are keeping up. To do this they update their processing dates of where they are up to every month, even though they do not represent reality accurately.

I believe they then approve some cases from November at random to allow them to continue moving forward into the next month, while leaving some behind. By approving some of the November cases they avoid a high volume of enquiries and an inundation of calls from all November filers. 

Edited September 1, 2017 by Amber87

[SuperBaoBao 8]

2 minutes ago, Amber87 said:

Plausible theory on why we have been left behind. Like someone else has already mentioned on here before, Nebraska is competing with all the other service centres processing times. So every month they have to keep up, or "appear" as though they are keeping up. To do this they update their processing dates of where they are up to every month, even though they do not represent reality accurately.

I believe they then approve some cases from November at random to allow them to continue moving forward, while leaving some behind. By approving some of the November cases they avoid a high volume of enquiries and an inundation of calls from all November filers. 

Actually I think the main reason is that some are invited in for an I-130 interview like me. Those are scheduled in a month. So I think they don't move forward until those are approved. Maybe an officer has too many interviews so can't really move forward to the next case coming? 

[netri7 7]

12 hours ago, amul said:

Yes there is confusion between Certificate of Registration of Marriage and a Marriage Certificate. Can't get the Certificate of Registration of Marriage without a Marriage Certificate, but USCIS cannot keep up with all the ever changing formalities in a country (region, state, city), so they have a set standard and it's best to follow it to a T 😅

 

 

Once they received it, it took about 10 days for them to approve it and it took 13 additional days for it to be received by the NVC. 

 

I received the notice from the USCIS app and a few days later, the hard copy arrived via mail. 

 

Hope this helps. ☺️

It does indeed. Thank you Unfortunately my case is a little different. We received the mail; and it says the officer is unable to establish bonafide proof of marriage and needs us a list of evidence from us for him/her to establish that. Our lawyer sent quite some evidence but apparently it wasn't enough; so we're starting back from scratch and gathering ALL sorts of evidence. A lot of it. It's probably going to take the next before we can send it to uscis and how much time for them to review who knows! But I'm sure it won't be a quickie.

[amul 229]

6 hours ago, netri7 said:

It does indeed. Thank you Unfortunately my case is a little different. We received the mail; and it says the officer is unable to establish bonafide proof of marriage and needs us a list of evidence from us for him/her to establish that. Our lawyer sent quite some evidence but apparently it wasn't enough; so we're starting back from scratch and gathering ALL sorts of evidence. A lot of it. It's probably going to take the next before we can send it to uscis and how much time for them to review who knows! But I'm sure it won't be a quickie.

Oh nooo -- so sorry to hear all this! 

 

If I may ask -- what did you all send with the initial petition? If you like, please PM me as well. 

 

Sending good juju your way! 

[jannethoro 0]

HI I HAVE GOOD NEWS AFTER 10 MONTHS OF WAITING MY HUSBANDS I-130 HAS FINALLY BEEN APPROVED.

WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED AND HAPPY

WE RECIEVED A LETTER NOTIFYING THAT WE WERE APPROVED NO CHANGES ONLINE. 

[Tejts 58]

27 minutes ago, jannethoro said:

HI I HAVE GOOD NEWS AFTER 10 MONTHS OF WAITING MY HUSBANDS I-130 HAS FINALLY BEEN APPROVED.

WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED AND HAPPY

WE RECIEVED A LETTER NOTIFYING THAT WE WERE APPROVED NO CHANGES ONLINE. 

Congratulations to you and your husband🎉🎉🎉🎉....I'm about to be on month 10...but I think you didn't reach 10th month oficially because your timeline is saying you applied at the end of November....no matter what, you guys are accepted and one step closer to the end of this suffering....Lucky you....God bless ❣️

[Amber87 2]

Has anyone here successfully traveled to the US on a B2 tourist visa during this 1-130 wait without any trouble? if so how long were you allowed to stay? Thank you😊

[Nietsnut 0]

Is anyone still waiting for NOA 2?

 

I sent my I-130 from Japan to the Chicago Lockbox on 11/25. I got my NOA 1 on 12/31. 

 

So far I have heard nothing since then and I've checked my case status several times. 

 

Is anyone else still stuck in limbo at the I-130 stage?

[Odekunles2016 6]

57 minutes ago, Amber87 said:

Has anyone here successfully traveled to the US on a B2 tourist visa during this 1-130 wait without any trouble? if so how long were you allowed to stay? Thank you😊

If you have the visa now Yes and you can stay up till 6 months. 

[Odekunles2016 6]

7 minutes ago, Nietsnut said:

Is anyone still waiting for NOA 2?

 

I sent my I-130 from Japan to the Chicago Lockbox on 11/25. I got my NOA 1 on 12/31. 

 

So far I have heard nothing since then and I've checked my case status several times. 

 

Is anyone else still stuck in limbo at the I-130 stage?

Yes my date is November 23,2016

[Amber87 2]

43 minutes ago, Odekunles2016 said:

If you have the visa now Yes and you can stay up till 6 months. 

Hi Odekunles, thanks for responding.😊😊 Have you yourself tried entering on this visa for 6 months? I'm so nervous about going as I've heard mixed responses as to what I-130 filers can and cannot do when it comes to using a tourist visa. I might contact a lawyer first just in case 🤔.. 

53 minutes ago, Nietsnut said:

Is anyone still waiting for NOA 2?

 

I sent my I-130 from Japan to the Chicago Lockbox on 11/25. I got my NOA 1 on 12/31. 

 

So far I have heard nothing since then and I've checked my case status several times. 

 

Is anyone else still stuck in limbo at the I-130 stage?

Yes my PD Nov 16

[Dassie 3]

35 minutes ago, Amber87 said:

Hi Odekunles, thanks for responding.😊😊 Have you yourself tried entering on this visa for 6 months? I'm so nervous about going as I've heard mixed responses as to what I-130 filers can and cannot do when it comes to using a tourist visa. I might contact a lawyer first just in case 🤔.. 

Yes my PD Nov 16

Pls share the lawyer' s response with us ... thank you

[Meashka08 2]

1 hour ago, Nietsnut said:

Is anyone still waiting for NOA 2?

 

I sent my I-130 from Japan to the Chicago Lockbox on 11/25. I got my NOA 1 on 12/31. 

 

So far I have heard nothing since then and I've checked my case status several times. 

 

Is anyone else still stuck in limbo at the I-130 stage?

We are stuck too. Our NOA 1 date is 11/21 and we are actually in Japan as well. 

[melusine10 89]

9 hours ago, Nietsnut said:

Is anyone still waiting for NOA 2?

 

I sent my I-130 from Japan to the Chicago Lockbox on 11/25. I got my NOA 1 on 12/31. 

 

So far I have heard nothing since then and I've checked my case status several times. 

 

Is anyone else still stuck in limbo at the I-130 stage?

YEs, nov 29 still waiting.

Edited September 4, 2017 by melusine10