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spiritedaway   6

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Hi everyone. My wife and i are about to start our I-130 process and we are worried with all that's going on it may make things very difficult for the process.

We are already married. we have our forms and all documents ready.

we are just wondering if it will be affected badly by Donald Trump.

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As long as your not a citizen-by-birth from the banned countries, you will be fine.

01/13/2016: I-129F filed  07/15/2016: K-1 visa in hand
10/13/2016: Filed AOS + EAD/AP.   07/07/2017: Permanent resident (Conditional)
04/16/2019: Filed ROC  11/17/2020: Approved. (10 yr GC)

 

Naturalization                                                        
09/02/2020: Filed (Online)    09/08/2020: NOA1: (NBC) 
10/22/2020: Biometrics Reuse Notice.  12/22/2020: Online Status Changed to Interview Was Scheduled.  
01/29/2021: N-400 Interview - PASSED! 01/29/2021: Same-day oath ceremony.  
'Merica. 

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spiritedaway   6

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1 minute ago, Dutchster said:

As long as your not a citizen-by-birth from the banned countries, you will be fine.

Trinidad & Tobago. its a Twin island in the west indies.   its scary to think i could wake up tomorrow to some crazy news.. it's insane what's happening right now. 

keeping my fingers crossed and my hopes high that i can be with my wife this year. 

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Dutchster   1,107

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You'll be fine, Trinidad is not on the list. It's completely understandable people all over the world are confused and scared about their visa's but he won't ban any other countries. This "ban" is only for countries of high concern when it comes to terrorism.

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01/13/2016: I-129F filed  07/15/2016: K-1 visa in hand
10/13/2016: Filed AOS + EAD/AP.   07/07/2017: Permanent resident (Conditional)
04/16/2019: Filed ROC  11/17/2020: Approved. (10 yr GC)

 

Naturalization                                                        
09/02/2020: Filed (Online)    09/08/2020: NOA1: (NBC) 
10/22/2020: Biometrics Reuse Notice.  12/22/2020: Online Status Changed to Interview Was Scheduled.  
01/29/2021: N-400 Interview - PASSED! 01/29/2021: Same-day oath ceremony.  
'Merica. 

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spiritedaway   6

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1 minute ago, Dutchster said:

You'll be fine, Trinidad is not on the list. It's completely understandable people all over the world are confused and scared about their visa's but he won't ban any other countries. This "ban" is only for countries of high concern when it comes to terrorism.

Well, we will go with that. 

they say the best way to approach something is with a positive mind set. 

Thank you very much.

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10 minutes ago, spiritedaway said:

Trinidad & Tobago. its a Twin island in the west indies.   its scary to think i could wake up tomorrow to some crazy news.. it's insane what's happening right now. 

keeping my fingers crossed and my hopes high that i can be with my wife this year. 

I completely understand your concerns.  My husband and I went through alot to get him here. It is scary to think about what could happen if we leave the country on vacation and could happen with immigration while we are gone.  Yes, we are from West Indies islands and not Muslims, but I don't trust trump or his questionable companions.  Who knows what he has up his sleeve next.  First Muslims, then Mexicans, and onto others.

We are trying to remain positive as well..give the benefit of the doubt.  But it is still very concerning.

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2 hours ago, spiritedaway said:

we are just wondering if it will be affected badly by Donald Trump.

Like everyone else says, for now it only relates to those 7 countries. But the executive order specifically states other countries can be added at will. All you can do is submit your application and wait. Also keep in mind that processing times, especially at the Nebraska Service center, has continued to slip - 6 - 8 months for an approval for the I-130 appears to be the norm.

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11 minutes ago, agripa said:

 Also keep in mind that processing times, especially at the Nebraska Service center, has continued to slip - 6 - 8 months for an approval for the I-130 appears to be the norm.

well this leaves more questions..i'm sorry. but what is the Nebraska service center?? do we need to send anything there? 

or are there different service centers that handle things differently? 

my wife is from California. San Diego to be exact. that's pretty far from Nebraska

 

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6 minutes ago, spiritedaway said:

well this leaves more questions..i'm sorry. but what is the Nebraska service center?? do we need to send anything there? 

Read the Guides available on VisaJourney; they provide much more in-depth information.

 

Basically, you send your application to one of two lockboxes in the United States. Which lockbox you send it depends on which state you live in. For example, you would send it to the Phoenix Lockbox. The Lockbox basically cashes your application fee check and just checks that all forms have been signed. The lockbox then forwards your application (seemingly RANDOMLY) to one of four service centers - (1) Nebraska, (2) Potomac, (3) California, or (4) Texas. These days very few I-130 applications go to California. Where you happen to live in the United States has NO bearing on which service center you get sent to. You get no say or choice in the matter.

 

It appears right now that Nebraska has become incredibly slow. Processing times have slipped to 6-8 months. Texas appears to be fastest, while Potomac is somewhere in the middle. But again, there's no way to choose your service center. All you can do is pray you get sent to Texas.

 

Why are some center slower than others?

Not a clue.

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5 minutes ago, agripa said:

Read the Guides available on VisaJourney; they provide much more in-depth information.

 

Basically, you send your application to one of two lockboxes in the United States. Which lockbox you send it depends on which state you live in. For example, you would send it to the Phoenix Lockbox. The Lockbox basically cashes your application fee check and just checks that all forms have been signed. The lockbox then forwards your application (seemingly RANDOMLY) to one of four service centers - (1) Nebraska, (2) Potomac, (3) California, or (4) Texas. These days very few I-130 applications go to California. Where you happen to live in the United States has NO bearing on which service center you get sent to. You get no say or choice in the matter.

 

It appears right now that Nebraska has become incredibly slow. Processing times have slipped to 6-8 months. Texas appears to be fastest, while Potomac is somewhere in the middle. But again, there's no way to choose your service center. All you can do is pray you get sent to Texas.

 

Why are some center slower than others?

Not a clue.

Okay thanks for that information. after sending the forms in i guess we will be notified as to which of the  service centers it was sent to?? 

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5 hours ago, spiritedaway said:

Hi everyone. My wife and i are about to start our I-130 process and we are worried with all that's going on it may make things very difficult for the process.

We are already married. we have our forms and all documents ready.

we are just wondering if it will be affected badly by Donald Trump.

:wacko:    

What can you do about it anyway?

Even before the recent crazyness, dont over stress on what you can't control and focus on what you can, getting all your evidence, knowing the process etc. What may happen when u wake up tomorrow who knows. Plan for the worst hope for the best.

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It is scary, but not much you can do but submit and wait.

I'm worried too, even though i'm from Russia. What if i leave the country (when i finally get my GC), something happens in Russia and he decides to ban everyone from there? That's crazy, i had no idea it's possible to do things like that, i thought he only could stop new people from those countries from applying for visas, which also would be inhumane since some families would be separated, but at least it wouldn't be a shock to those who originally applied on different conditions. By the way, our i-130 is still pending and can get denied too, then we fill have to file a new one or do whatever... what if he forbids filing i-130s at all by then? (by the way, may be you should hurry up before he does that).

Whatever, just don't think about what may or may not happen because it's pointless in this situation, solve the problems as they come.

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Citizenship:

09/15/2020 - Filed online. Estimated completion given - July 2021 (10 months).

January 2021 - biometric reuse letter

April 2021 - interview scheduled

24/05/2021 - Interview (approved)

 

Passport:

July 23 - applied, expedited service

August 11 - received the passport

Aug. 16 (approximately) - received passport card

August 20 - received citizenship certificate back

 

Story of my almost 3 years long pending AOS - click below for details

Spoiler

2015

  • March 10 2015 - USCIS received i-130/i-485
  • March 30 2015 - got a RFE saying that my husband cannot be my sponsor because of his income, which is not true, but we didn't know what to do so we hired a lawyer.
  • August 10 2015 - interview (went great, by the way). Were told to wait 120 days.
  • December 10 2015, April 10 2016, May 10 2016 - sent SR, responses: "your case is pending"

2016

  • May 25 2016 - Went to Info Pass, the case is taken to the supervisor, were told we will get something in 30 days (of course, after 30 days we got nothing....).
  • June 27 2016 - Went to Info Pass again, they told us to wait for 2 more weeks and if we still get nothing send a service request letter by mail. Did it on the same day.
  • June 27 2016 - After Infopass, went to senator Durbin office in Chicago.
  • July 8 2016 - Went to Mike Quigley office.
  • July 8 2016 - Received useless response from Durbin. All they know is that the case is pending and it's in Chicago, can't do anything else.
  • July 12 2016: Infopass, spoke to the supervisor, promises promises.... more wait.
  • July 17 2016: Filed Ombudsman.
  • July 26 2016: Another info pass, same story. We talked to 3 supervisors already! I don't get it!
  • July 29 2016: Sent another useless SR just because.
  • Aug 9 2016: Talked to the officer we had interview with! She was supposed to mail us RFE a year ago but she forgot (!!!) ! They admitted it. Gave us RFE.
  • October 11 2016: Response to RFE is received by uscis (the RFE was ridiculous. Basically all same papers we ALREADY GAVE HER at the interview: bank statements, lease, etc).
  • October 20 2016: Infopass, useless, did not have time to wait for the supervisor.
  • November 9 2016: Infopass, talked to the supervisor, he said there are no problems with our case and he will make sure the officer will make a decision within a few days. Gave us his email and phone number, told us to contact him directly instead of going to info pass.
  • November 15 2016: emailed the supervisor, since a few days have passed and still no decision. No response.
  • November 17 2016: called the supervisor, no answer.
  • November 17 2016: sent Service Request about i-130 (Lol, like that will help..)
  • November 19 2016: sent a letter to the director of Chicago Field Office.
  • November 22 2016: sent Service Request about i-485 (Lol[2])
  • November 23 2016: talked to the supervisor again to learn that..........my medical and fingerprints have expired and i need to wait for a notice to do it all again.
  • November 25 2016: The response from the Field Office Director Martha Medina-Maltes: your case is pending and every effort is being made blah blah blah
  • December 5 2016: Received a response to i-485 SR that my case is "pending supervisor review"... absolutely random since the supervisor said i'll need redo my medical and fingerprints again.
  • December 19 2016: Went to USCIS, the officer came out and told me we need to come back for a 2nd interview!!! I'm shocked because our marriage is 100% real and i can't believe they have doubts about it! But i'm glad that it's at least something.
  • December 27: 2nd interview (Strokes). Reason: i-130 petition. We did fine but the officer said we will receive a NOID! Our lawyer said it must be something else, not our answers... but what?!

2017

  • Jan 23 - infopass, asked if anything was mailed regarding i-130. Were told that nothing was.
  • Jan 27 - sent a service request regarding I-130.
  • March 1 2017 - went to uscis (no info pass), our officer's supervisor finally gave us the noid full of nitpicking and lies, that shows that they do not pay attention to anything. 
  • March 10 2017 - 2 years AOS anniversary...wow. 
  • March 31 - The response to the noid is received by uscis!
  • June 1st - went to the office, the supervisor promised we will get the decision in 4-6 weeks.
  • July 19 - 7 weeks passed, went back to uscis. The supervisor said he will give the case to the officer tomorrow, we asked when we will get the decision, he said he doesn't know. 
  • September 6: My husband talked to the supervisor again, he said he gave the case to the other officer, and the case is huge so the officer has a lot to do, and we will get a decision in 2 weeks. 
  • September 25: Went back since no decision was received (as expected). The supervisor said the same thing: we will get a decision in 2 weeks
  • September 29: USCIS asked for medical! Eureka! First time in 2 and a half years they sent something by themselves! :wacko: i-130 still not approved.
  • October 2: Notice that i-130 is approved (notice date September 26, still no online update). Also went to get medical done (should be ready by the end of the week)
  • October 3:  biometrics
  • October 10: medical delivered to uscis! The waiting games begins again :wacko:
  • December 11: 2 months after medical was delivered talked to the supervisor again, he said the decision will be made BY tomorrow and we will find out from the website on Wednesday. 
  • December 14: Called uscis, tier 2 officer told me that the case is approved.
  • December 18: Received Approval notice (Dated December 12)

 

Long story short:
After the initial interview we received:

1) a RFE asking for the same papers again,

2) then were asked to come to the 2nd interview that went fine of course, 

3) then a NOID that was full of mistakes.

All that was given to us in person, only when we made our way straight to our officer. And still waiting. Lots of fun (not).

4) 6 months after receiving our response to the noid i-130 is approved. 2 years 6 months and 16 days of waiting for i-130. Supposed to take 5 months. No words.

5) After 2 years 9 months and 2 days (or 1008 days) of waiting i-485 is approved.

 

 

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, LionessDeon said:

I completely understand your concerns.  My husband and I went through alot to get him here. It is scary to think about what could happen if we leave the country on vacation and could happen with immigration while we are gone.  Yes, we are from West Indies islands and not Muslims, but I don't trust trump or his questionable companions.  Who knows what he has up his sleeve next.  First Muslims, then Mexicans, and onto others.

We are trying to remain positive as well..give the benefit of the doubt.  But it is still very concerning.

LionessDeon we feel the same way.  We are waiting to purchase our tickets back home for a visit this May until we see how the next few months go.  I'm so terrified that hubby will not be able to make it back into the US if we leave and I definitely will lose my mind if that happens.  This is such an unfair feeling because we feel like we are prisoners.  We want to see the family in the worst way, but are afraid to take any chances. Ugggg!

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2 hours ago, BlessingDawn said:

I just wanted to say I love your name!!! Spirited Away is my favorite movie ever!!! And God Bless You And Your Family!!! All Is Well! ?

Thank you very much!!^_^...I hope to God i get to see her soon... Spirited Away is one of our favorites too we re-watched maybe like 5 times already haha.

Thanks again for your kind words though.

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