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I-130 Approval Time for F4 Visa

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AmericanCitizen85   8

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Hi, have any of you submitted an I-130 for a sibling or know anyone who submitted one? I'm trying to find out how long the approval time was. The sibling petition will be submitted for an individual from a non-oversubscribed country.

I'm from California if that would help determine processing time/service center.

I appreciate all your help!

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aleful   1,905

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hi

it doesn't really matter, it can take months or years

depending on the country, it will take over 13 years and for some countries over 20 years

what country is he from?

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AmericanCitizen85   8

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I think you misunderstood my post. I'm talking about approval date not visa ability date. Visa ability takes from 13 years to 20 something years.

For I-130 processing times I have seen from 5 years for (Vermont and California) and a few months for (Potomac and Nebraska and Texas I think)

Approval date is very important in terms of CSPA. The beneficiary would be from Pakistan.

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EM_Vandaveer   2,408

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The longer it takes, the better for beneficiary's children (CSPA), but impossible to predict.

Entry on VWP to visit then-boyfriend 06/13/2011

Married 06/24/2011

Our first son was born 10/31/2012, our daughter was born 06/30/2014, our second son was born 06/20/2017

AOS Timeline

AOS package mailed 09/06/2011 (Chicago Lockbox)

AOS package signed for by R Mercado 09/07/2011

Priority date for I-485&I-130 09/08/2011

Biometrics done 10/03/2011

Interview letter received 11/18/2011

INTERVIEW DATE!!!! 12/20/2011

Approval e-mail 12/21/2011

Card production e-mail 12/27/2011

GREEN CARD ARRIVED 12/31/2011

Resident since 12/21/2011

ROC Timeline

ROC package mailed to VSC 11/22/2013

NOA1 date 11/26/2013

Biometrics date 12/26/2013

Transfer notice to CSC 03/14/2014

Change of address 03/27/2014

Card production ordered 04/30/2014

10-YEAR GREEN CARD ARRIVED 05/06/2014

N-400 Timeline

N-400 package mailed 09/30/2014

N-400 package delivered 10/01/2014

NOA1 date 10/20/2014

Biometrics date 11/14/2014

Early walk-in biometrics 11/12/2014

In-line for interview 11/23/2014

Interview letter 03/18/2015

Interview date 04/17/2015 ("Decision cannot yet be made.")

In-line for oath scheduling 05/04/2015

Oath ceremony letter dated 05/11/2015

Oath ceremony 06/02/2015

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aleful Veteran

aleful   1,905

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hi

no, I understood, depending on the service center the i130 approval can take from months to years

since the process takes a very long time

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ucakci   0

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I would like to ask exactly same question !

Why processing time changes from a service center to other ?

And why it is not moving forward because we see september 2016 list on the processing times page. https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

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Unlockable   7,314

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Can't speak on why some service centers are drastically different than others in processing times. But understand that the F4 visa category is the lowest family based category regarding priority. Maybe some service centers have better resources to handle them. With such low priority I'm not surprised by the inconsistencies in timelines.

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aaron2020   11,651

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I'm aware that the longer the better but just curious to see how long approval took for others.

Months to years. That's the average for hundreds of thousands of applicants.

If you want a non-representative small number of people to post their wait time, then a few wait time is not going to give you the complete information that you want.

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AmericanCitizen85   8

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The only reason I am concerned about processing (approval) time is for CSPA purposes.

Will I be able to tell which service center is going process the I-130 after I receive the Receipt Notice from USCIS?

Anyway to send the I-130 to the California or Vermont service center to process...so it can take longer for approval? :idea:

The below dates are listed for the following service center locations for the F4 petition:

California ----- May 2011

Nebraska ----- May 2016

Texas ---------- 5 months

Vermont ------- November 2011

Potomac ------ 5 months

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You file the I-130 based on where you live. You have no control. USCIS can transfer the case base on their discretions. This can not be predicted or controlled. You wait. That is all you can do or can be done. Some people get approved quickly in a few months while others wait years for an approval. There is absolutely no way for you to control this.

We are giving you the best answer based on years of immigration experience. If there was a way for you to control this, we would help. There isn't.

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You don't choose which Service Center to file with. Petitioner's state of residence determines where to mail. It'll then be up to that service center to process.. or occasionally forward the case to another center, with workload being the primary (but not the only) criteria.

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

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Since I'm a resident of California, I will mail it off the to the phoenix Lockbox location? From there it could go to California Service Center (who have a 5 year processing time) or it could get transferred over to a different processing center?

Any idea what center might process a petition from a Northern California resident?

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