I-130 January 2017 Filers

[AnIJrny 44]

1 hour ago, martin bk said:

Congrats to everyone that has got the NOA 2

i got into the states on Friday, border control was fine and I had no issues, even tho I was so nervous about coming over. 

Looking forward to spending the 4th with my husband. 

Doesn't look like we will get our approval while I'm here, Nebraska seems to have slowed down again. 

But the main thing is I get to spend some quality time with him. 

Nice!! Yes quality time that I'm sure is much needed! Enjoy 

[SabRob 154]

5 minutes ago, Chinegwa25 said:

Hi guys, Congrats to everybody who had been approved... I wanted to know do i have to add my married name in my paspoort ? Is it a most ? Would i Be in trouble if i stay with my maiden name ? 

No, you don't have to change your name in your passport, you will not get in trouble for keeping your maiden name. Taking your husband's name isn't necessarily proof of bona fide marriage.

[Chinegwa25 15]

2 minutes ago, SabRob said:

No, you don't have to change your name in your passport, you will not get in trouble for keeping your maiden name. Taking your husband's name isn't necessarily proof of bona fide marriage.

Ooh thank you, because it would take me months to wait on my new paspoort 

[AnIJrny 44]

16 minutes ago, Chinegwa25 said:

Hi guys, Congrats to everybody who had been approved... I wanted to know do i have to add my married name in my paspoort ? Is it a most ? Would i Be in trouble if i stay with my maiden name ? 

I think that if you've legally changed your name that you have to also change your name on your passport. 

I haven't changed my name yet for this reason, so I'm not 100% sure. 

 So maybe someone else can chime in 

[Bowlynn 2]

On 27/06/2017 at 5:02 PM, Yeonin said:

mine changed to approved the same day, jus waiting for it to be changed to sent to department of state 

Hello, did you get your new case number?

[Sharif Shakhshir 5]

On 6/29/2017 at 11:17 PM, Yeonin said:

the overall advice is to call once a week for the first two weeks, after that you can start bothering them more often, but please avoid everyday....you never know whom you're dealing with. If she said two weeks then that's a good thing, because it can take much longer. Don't let impatience get the better of you now, just call once a week.

Sooooo agreed.  We are all trying to get thru a process and calls that are too early only distract NVC personnel from moving cases forward.  If they say 2 weeks, this is much better than the 6 weeks on the NVC website https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/nvc/immigrant-processing-faqs.html

[NihalV 26]

On 6/30/2017 at 9:22 PM, larnar1309 said:

got my case number, IIN and submitted my DS-261 (choice of agent) today guys!!! 

 

total time taken to receive CN and IIN was exactly 3 weeks - 21 days!  

hopefully will speed up and some of you can get yours faster than me!! 

 

NVC received my petition on 06/21/2017 and its been 2 week now (07/04/2017) but still case is not created at NVC... is it normal? or this is taking longer time in my case ?

 

Priority date - 12/28/2016

I-130 approved  06/03/2017

NOA2 received through mail - 06/08/2017

NVC received case - 06/21/2017

[Yeonin 127]

4 hours ago, Bowlynn said:

Hello, did you get your new case number?

we haven't called yet, we'll  try the end of this week😊

[Yeonin 127]

2 hours ago, NihalV said:

 

NVC received my petition on 06/21/2017 and its been 2 week now (07/04/2017) but still case is not created at NVC... is it normal? or this is taking longer time in my case ?

 

Priority date - 12/28/2016

I-130 approved  06/03/2017

NOA2 received through mail - 06/08/2017

NVC received case - 06/21/2017

according to larnar their case took 3 weeks and 21 days as the post stated, your up at two weeks, it's normal. Just wait a little while longer cause normally nvc says to call after 4 weeks.

[larnar1309 101]

4 hours ago, NihalV said:

 

NVC received my petition on 06/21/2017 and its been 2 week now (07/04/2017) but still case is not created at NVC... is it normal? or this is taking longer time in my case ?

 

Priority date - 12/28/2016

I-130 approved  06/03/2017

NOA2 received through mail - 06/08/2017

NVC received case - 06/21/2017

Yup! That's pretty normal - as i said, it took me exactly three weeks with calls every few days. The last week or so we were told it would be given on the Friday that we got it and after we called the next few times we kept being told that. (We still called just in case there was any chance it sped up) but yea - at the moment seems to be taking 2-3 weeks.

 

which is much better than 6 or however many weeks it says it will take on the site !! 

 

Get excited  this part of the process seems much quicker and smoother than the long I-130 wait.

 

in the meantime- have your AOS and IV package completely ready to send (other than case number and IIN info)

 

and go through the sample PDF files of the ds-260 so you can collect all the info you need for it  

Edited July 4, 2017 by larnar1309

[mnoman 2]

hey guys i am new here could you please provide me details to File I-130 for spouse what documents do i need to submit with the petition or either i should hire a attorney for that ? 

[Bowlynn 2]

4 hours ago, Yeonin said:

we haven't called yet, we'll  try the end of this week😊

Okay.. 😊

[freaque 11]

Ugh day 181

It's been 6 months

 

[dady12 12]

26 minutes ago, freaque said:

Ugh day 181

It's been 6 months

 

Texas and nabraska service centre are been hell these days,uscis are too lazy these days as petition now taking more than 6months for approvah,I am over 6 months of waiting and still no sign from nabraska,very sad

[Liz92 5]

3 hours ago, dady12 said:

Texas and nabraska service centre are been hell these days,uscis are too lazy these days as petition now taking more than 6months for approvah,I am over 6 months of waiting and still no sign from nabraska,very sad

My Priority Date is the day after yours so hopefully I can gage off when you hear anything back. It's a horrible feeling not knowing.