I130 May 2017 filers

[Ana Wharton 9]

Oi pessoal  eu sou brasileira me casei no brasil  em março  eu e meu  esposo começamos o processo do cr1 pela rapid visa o nosso caso foi aceito em 22 de maio pela uscis texas o noa1 não demorou a chegar foi em 1 semana. Hoje  estamos no fim do mês de agosto já  completou 3 meses e nada do noa2. Tenho pesquisado e pelo que  vi  o Texas  está atrasado  com processo  no sistema fala que eles estão processando casos de dezembro de 2016. Alguém  sabe me dizer se alguém recebeu o nao2 ou qual mês texas realmente tá trabalhando para aprovação  do noa2 e qual mês acha que vai vir esta  aprovação?  Obrigada  

[KeziaBrian 30]

4 hours ago, Ana Wharton said:

Oi pessoal  eu sou brasileira me casei no brasil  em março  eu e meu  esposo começamos o processo do cr1 pela rapid visa o nosso caso foi aceito em 22 de maio pela uscis texas o noa1 não demorou a chegar foi em 1 semana. Hoje  estamos no fim do mês de agosto já  completou 3 meses e nada do noa2. Tenho pesquisado e pelo que  vi  o Texas  está atrasado  com processo  no sistema fala que eles estão processando casos de dezembro de 2016. Alguém  sabe me dizer se alguém recebeu o nao2 ou qual mês texas realmente tá trabalhando para aprovação  do noa2 e qual mês acha que vai vir esta  aprovação?  Obrigada  

Oi Ana, O noa 2 geralmente demora pelo menos uns 5 meses mesmo. A demora vai se chata, eu sei. Te aconselho ficar de olho no "Processing Times"  http://www.visajourney.com/content/times/ que vai te mostrar, de acordo com os dados coletados pelo site (por quem ja recebeu o noa2 e ja atualizou a timeline) qual o mes que ta sendo processado. Pelo que vi, o Texas ta processando casos de February... voce deve receber uma resposta pro seu caso em Novembro/Dezembro. Also! da uma olhada na sua timeline se vc tiver fizer uma timeline, depois que vc a preencher com os dados do noa1, o site te da uma estimativa da data que provavelmente vai rolar pra vc! Boa sorte!

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

On 8/24/2017 at 6:05 AM, Amelsbaihi said:

Hi my pd is may 18 , tsc 

I think it s very slow in Texas but i still hope that things Will move on quickly 

Good luck To every one 

Texas is actually pretty good.. 160 something days is the current average.

[Abhi Parekh 8]

Hi everyone

I am new to this.

My file went to texas and my pd is may 22nd.

hopefully i will be able to see my wife by end of next year.

good luck

[Abies 1,713]

4 hours ago, panipurilover said:

Hi everyone

I am new to this.

My file went to texas and my pd is may 22nd.

hopefully i will be able to see my wife by end of next year.

good luck

Yes. Maybe even before next year ends 

[Abhi Parekh 8]

6 hours ago, Abies said:

Yes. Maybe even before next year ends 

I have friend of mine. he got his wife's visa in 16 months. i am not sure which center his i 130 send was sent to.

[tmrosario 68]

On 8/15/2017 at 1:11 AM, yekabeltre said:

Hello everyone!! Im new to this. My i130 was recieved on may 3 and sent to Potomac service center for processing. I called Uscis and the lady told me that all my documents look good and that i will be receiving an answer in September. I would like to know if anybody is in the same boat as me? 

 

 

Hey I am on the same exact boat as you! my pd is 05/19/2017 my husband is also from DR and it was sent to Potomac! Fingers crossed hopefully we hear back this month!

Edited September 5, 2017 by tmrosario

[yekabeltre 9]

On 9/5/2017 at 1:27 PM, tmrosario said:

Hey I am on the same exact boat as you! my pd is 05/19/2017 my husband is also from DR and it was sent to Potomac! Fingers crossed hopefully we hear back this month!

I cant wait !!!!

[SDandAkom 13]

On 8/29/2017 at 7:14 AM, Abhi Parekh said:

I have friend of mine. he got his wife's visa in 16 months. i am not sure which center his i 130 send was sent to.

Seems like you guys may not understand the process so I will educate you a little. 16 months is too long. The only way it will take that long is if the petitioner is not a United States citizen. Permanent Resident pertitioners must wait for a visa number once the I-130 is approved. The wait time is approximately 2 years but NVC willstart processing in about 1 year in so that your time will not delay.

 

When the petitioner is a United States citizen, there is no wait time for a visa number and the application is processed at NVC right away. So six months + about 12 weeks depending on how fast you submit your files and how accurate they are. 

When Potomac started processing I-130s, applicants could get their spouse visa with 4 to 5 months as they too 6 weeks to process i-130. Now it takes 5 to 6 months so process at Potomac and so if you get all your ducks in the row, your spouse could be here within 9 to 10 months from your priority Date. But this is not the same for every service center. Centers like Nebraska are taking 10 to 13 months to process i-130 so add 3 months NVC and 2 months safety for errors and even Nebraska will be about 17 months which is out of processing time.

 

By the way. If your application is over 6 months and you have not heard from USCIS, you can get your senator pr congressman's help. You can also contact CIS ombudsman to escalate the case. Finally, if all fails, you can file a written of mandamus to force the government to make a decision. But not that writ of mandamus only force them to make a decision. It does not have to be favorable.

 

I hope this makes you guys feel better. Ask me any questions if you have one. I have been through the system so I understand quite a bit.

[Abhi Parekh 8]

2 hours ago, SDandAkom said:

Seems like you guys may not understand the process so I will educate you a little. 16 months is too long. The only way it will take that long is if the petitioner is not a United States citizen. Permanent Resident pertitioners must wait for a visa number once the I-130 is approved. The wait time is approximately 2 years but NVC willstart processing in about 1 year in so that your time will not delay.

 

When the petitioner is a United States citizen, there is no wait time for a visa number and the application is processed at NVC right away. So six months + about 12 weeks depending on how fast you submit your files and how accurate they are. 

When Potomac started processing I-130s, applicants could get their spouse visa with 4 to 5 months as they too 6 weeks to process i-130. Now it takes 5 to 6 months so process at Potomac and so if you get all your ducks in the row, your spouse could be here within 9 to 10 months from your priority Date. But this is not the same for every service center. Centers like Nebraska are taking 10 to 13 months to process i-130 so add 3 months NVC and 2 months safety for errors and even Nebraska will be about 17 months which is out of processing time.

 

By the way. If your application is over 6 months and you have not heard from USCIS, you can get your senator pr congressman's help. You can also contact CIS ombudsman to escalate the case. Finally, if all fails, you can file a written of mandamus to force the government to make a decision. But not that writ of mandamus only force them to make a decision. It does not have to be favorable.

 

I hope this makes you guys feel better. Ask me any questions if you have one. I have been through the system so I understand quite a bit.

Yes  I agree it should not take longer but it is taking longer(not complaining that it is taking longer). For him it did took 16 months to get visa and he is US Citizen by born. For me, I am still waiting for my I 130 to get approved. I had it in my mind that it will take year and half for my wife to get visa.

 

I am hoping to get my I 130 approved by end of this year.

 

Thanks for the info though, i will contact senator or CIS ombudsman if i did not hear from them.

[tmrosario 68]

On 9/9/2017 at 4:13 PM, SDandAkom said:

Seems like you guys may not understand the process so I will educate you a little. 16 months is too long. The only way it will take that long is if the petitioner is not a United States citizen. Permanent Resident pertitioners must wait for a visa number once the I-130 is approved. The wait time is approximately 2 years but NVC willstart processing in about 1 year in so that your time will not delay.

 

When the petitioner is a United States citizen, there is no wait time for a visa number and the application is processed at NVC right away. So six months + about 12 weeks depending on how fast you submit your files and how accurate they are. 

When Potomac started processing I-130s, applicants could get their spouse visa with 4 to 5 months as they too 6 weeks to process i-130. Now it takes 5 to 6 months so process at Potomac and so if you get all your ducks in the row, your spouse could be here within 9 to 10 months from your priority Date. But this is not the same for every service center. Centers like Nebraska are taking 10 to 13 months to process i-130 so add 3 months NVC and 2 months safety for errors and even Nebraska will be about 17 months which is out of processing time.

 

By the way. If your application is over 6 months and you have not heard from USCIS, you can get your senator pr congressman's help. You can also contact CIS ombudsman to escalate the case. Finally, if all fails, you can file a written of mandamus to force the government to make a decision. But not that writ of mandamus only force them to make a decision. It does not have to be favorable.

 

I hope this makes you guys feel better. Ask me any questions if you have one. I have been through the system so I understand quite a bit.

I somewhat knew some of the things you stated here but I must say that reading this gave me a peace of mind. You explained this very well. Thank you. 

[Info9909 8]

Filed on May 9 

i-130 spouse

waiting for case approved

texas 

[MrHanky 1,378]

9 minutes ago, Info9909 said:

Filed on May 9 

i-130 spouse

waiting for case approved

texas 

There's no point to create a thread for this, you can input this data in your timeline and join the thread for May

[Ryan H 3,834]

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18 hours ago, Info9909 said:

Filed on May 9 

i-130 spouse

waiting for case approved

texas 

 

18 hours ago, MrHanky said:

There's no point to create a thread for this, you can input this data in your timeline and join the thread for May

 

[tmrosario 68]

On 9/15/2017 at 1:49 PM, MrHanky said:

There's no point to create a thread for this, you can input this data in your timeline and join the thread for May

There's no point of you writing this. If we want to talk through this thread so be it.