Help Needed: upgrading I-130 from F2A to Immediate relative of USC

[vjjmember111 5]

 

 

Guys,

I submitted I-130 for my wife and daughter (separately)  in Sept 12 (receipt date) 2016 as LPR to CSC (california service center). I became naturalized US citizen in feb 24th of 2017. The same day (Feb 24th) called USCIS to upgrade both petitions from F2A to Immediate relative of USC. The lady in USCIS opened two cases for my petitions. USCIS sent me an e-mail on March 7th asking to send my naturalization certificate for my wife's case and the same day i send my certificate. I didn't hear anything from USCIS for my daughter's case so i kept calling until March 20th when i met a nice lady who told me that the request to send Naturalization certificate was sent out (via e-mail) on March 10th. I never received that e-mail so l wrote a cover letter and faxed the naturalization letter in March 20th for my daughter's case as well. 

March 21st, i called USCIS again to confirm if they have received my naturalization certificate for both cases and if both my cases were upgraded to F2A to Immediate relative of USC. USCIS confirmed that both the cases were upgraded to Immediate relative of USC. 

Now the most frustrating part is, i hear conflicting information while i call USCIS for the receipt date of my petitions. 

One lady at USCIS told me that the Receipt date for both of my cases will change to Feb 24th since i upgrade my petitions from F2A to immediate relative to the date when i naturalized. Other lady at the same institution said it takes 4-6 weeks to action on your petition after the petitions were upgraded. Not sure which one to Believe. 

I am wondering if anyone has similar experience in the past? I am trying to figure out if indeed my wife's and daughter's receipt date will change to the date when i naturalize after they are upgraded and the petitions go back to queue? California Service center as of Jan 31st is processing october 15th 2016 cases, if upgrading the petitions reset the receipt date, mine will pushed few months back at least by 3-4 months and i am really worried if this is the case. Otherwise CSC has already processed petitions way beyond my wife's and dauther's receipt date so how long does it take them to action on my cases?

[maitte28 12]

On 3/26/2017 at 0:14 PM, vjjmember111 said:

 

 

Guys,

I submitted I-130 for my wife and daughter (separately)  in Sept 12 (receipt date) 2016 as LPR to CSC (california service center). I became naturalized US citizen in feb 24th of 2017. The same day (Feb 24th) called USCIS to upgrade both petitions from F2A to Immediate relative of USC. The lady in USCIS opened two cases for my petitions. USCIS sent me an e-mail on March 7th asking to send my naturalization certificate for my wife's case and the same day i send my certificate. I didn't hear anything from USCIS for my daughter's case so i kept calling until March 20th when i met a nice lady who told me that the request to send Naturalization certificate was sent out (via e-mail) on March 10th. I never received that e-mail so l wrote a cover letter and faxed the naturalization letter in March 20th for my daughter's case as well. 

March 21st, i called USCIS again to confirm if they have received my naturalization certificate for both cases and if both my cases were upgraded to F2A to Immediate relative of USC. USCIS confirmed that both the cases were upgraded to Immediate relative of USC. 

Now the most frustrating part is, i hear conflicting information while i call USCIS for the receipt date of my petitions. 

One lady at USCIS told me that the Receipt date for both of my cases will change to Feb 24th since i upgrade my petitions from F2A to immediate relative to the date when i naturalized. Other lady at the same institution said it takes 4-6 weeks to action on your petition after the petitions were upgraded. Not sure which one to Believe. 

I am wondering if anyone has similar experience in the past? I am trying to figure out if indeed my wife's and daughter's receipt date will change to the date when i naturalize after they are upgraded and the petitions go back to queue? California Service center as of Jan 31st is processing october 15th 2016 cases, if upgrading the petitions reset the receipt date, mine will pushed few months back at least by 3-4 months and i am really worried if this is the case. Otherwise CSC has already processed petitions way beyond my wife's and dauther's receipt date so how long does it take them to action on my cases?

 

I'm following your case, have you had news ???

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[vjjmember111 5]

11 hours ago, maitte28 said:

 

I'm following your case, have you had news ???

NO words from USCIS. Reached out to Senator same answer... nothing new.. 

[maitte28 12]

On 4/3/2017 at 11:22 PM, vjjmember111 said:

NO words from USCIS. Reached out to Senator same answer... nothing new.. 

Hello vjjmember111

What is the status of your case.

[vjjmember111 5]

My cases are approved by USCIS back in June and currrently with NVC pending document review. 

 

[Holdanna 8]

Dear VJJmember111-

 

I was wondering how long your case sat at NVC after you submitted proof of Citizenship and requested upgrade?

 

Thanks

[vjjmember111 5]

Holdanna, Actually i sent the request to update the status while my case was still with USCIS cervice center and it took almost 2 months to get the status updated. 

[JAtlanta 8]

On 1/15/2018 at 9:40 PM, vjjmember111 said:

Holdanna, Actually i sent the request to update the status while my case was still with USCIS cervice center and it took almost 2 months to get the status updated. 

Dear VJJmember111,

 

My Husband will soon become USC this month end and i will be contacting USCIS to upgrade my petition. My application is at CSC.  Can you please post the timelines for your case so that it can help me. Somehow it is showing that CSC is processing March 2016 case as on Jan 31, 2018.

 

Please help. I am really worried.

[Rasha167 66]

3 hours ago, JAtlanta said:

Dear VJJmember111,

 

My Husband will soon become USC this month end and i will be contacting USCIS to upgrade my petition. My application is at CSC.  Can you please post the timelines for your case so that it can help me. Somehow it is showing that CSC is processing March 2016 case as on Jan 31, 2018.

 

Please help. I am really worried.

Hello iam in the same position, my husband will soon become a USC and at that time i will be approved by the USCIS so i will be at the NVC. Please keep me updated with your timeline as soon as something happens. Thank you 

[vjjmember111 5]

I guess if your case is still in CSC, upgrading your i-130 from F2A to immediate family of USC doesn't expedite the I-130 approval.  You can check periodically on USCIS website to check the processing time. The only difference in processing time you will see is once your approved petition reaches to NVC. 

[kookee 9]

On 3/18/2018 at 10:22 AM, vjjmember111 said:

I guess if your case is still in CSC, upgrading your i-130 from F2A to immediate family of USC doesn't expedite the I-130 approval.  You can check periodically on USCIS website to check the processing time. The only difference in processing time you will see is once your approved petition reaches to NVC. 

Hi,

So just to make it clear, your Priority Date was not reset when you became USC, right? Can I ask what did the Senator write back to you?

 

I'm in the same situation now. USCIS said they upgraded my case to reflect that I'm an USC now. But it has been 2 months since I upgraded the case already and my case was at USCIS for nearly 10 months, no thing new happens. I'm thinking about submitting a new I-129F.

 

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by kookee

[RileyCade 0]

On 3/20/2018 at 12:06 PM, kookee said:

Hi,

So just to make it clear, your Priority Date was not reset when you became USC, right? Can I ask what did the Senator write back to you?

 

I'm in the same situation now. USCIS said they upgraded my case to reflect that I'm an USC now. But it has been 2 months since I upgraded the case already and my case was at USCIS for nearly 10 months, no thing new happens. I'm thinking about submitting a new I-129F.

 

 

Hi, any updates? I also upgraded mine and my petition is been pending for almost 9 months now. Its been exaclty 1 month since I upgraded my petition.

[kookee 9]

19 hours ago, RileyCade said:

Hi, any updates? I also upgraded mine and my petition is been pending for almost 9 months now. Its been exaclty 1 month since I upgraded my petition.

USCIS had approved my case after my post. My case was at USCIS for 9.5 months in total (California).

 

For my case, it took USCIS:

• 3 weeks to upgrade to USC (after calling them to get the Service Request #).
• 5 weeks to approve after USC upgrade.
• 2 weeks for the case to be delivered to NVC.

In NVC, I had to wait 8 weeks for my case to be entered to their system and 1 more week to pay the AOS bill.

 

Hope this helps.

[RileyCade 0]

On 5/28/2018 at 1:04 PM, kookee said:

USCIS had approved my case after my post. My case was at USCIS for 9.5 months in total (California).

 

For my case, it took USCIS:

• 3 weeks to upgrade to USC (after calling them to get the Service Request #).
• 5 weeks to approve after USC upgrade.
• 2 weeks for the case to be delivered to NVC.

In NVC, I had to wait 8 weeks for my case to be entered to their system and 1 more week to pay the AOS bill.

 

Hope this helps.

Thank you so much. Did they schedule an interview already to your beneficiary’s foreign country? Also did you ask them to expedite the petition or you just upgraded it from f2A to Immediate relative? Please keep me posted.

Edited May 30, 2018 by RileyCade