I-130 June 2017 Filers

[Glendale1989 3]

9 hours ago, Crispyxx said:

Little update for all our fellow june filers. We have called Texas Service Center last week due to their processing time still saying they're working on Nov16 cases and rhe response of the person we spoke to on the phone was that in fact they are still working on cases from Nov16 BUT this doesn't mean they're not any further with processing than that, meaning there might be some open cases they have due to wrong filing or still missing documents. He said we should expect worst case 6-12months from now. 

I was so shocked I almost started crying and wouldn't believe it.

However I looked through the other forums of filers up to March17 and they're starting to get their NOA2 letters now so hope's up. Looks like best case we can hope with responses in december...would definitely be a nice christmas present 😊

Stay strong yall. 

Well i hope that officer you talked too was not for real! I've seen a lot of approvals from march already.

[Crispyxx 36]

3 minutes ago, Glendale1989 said:

Well i hope that officer you talked too was not for real! I've seen a lot of approvals from march already.

He seemed very certain. That's why I started going through the filer forums of 2017 on here. 

I am just holding on to the believe that we will get responses in december equivalent to the wait time of the march filers.

I am thinking that the officers there might say that because they have to expect mistakes being made in filing forms and don't wanna make themselves being held down on "promising" earlier dates when it can happen that it takes significantly longer.

[crespo 30]

Never let it be said that we are not strong because we are very much , it takes strong faith to take your marriage through this bull

[crespo 30]

As for the agent don't listen to him he and everyone else only reads what's on the website they don't know if the cow really went over the moon, from what I gather they are almost in April so I'm guessing by November we can hear from them and for those of us with late June can look out for something by early or mid December

[crespo 30]

My wife and I hope to get approved by November the latest so we can wrap this entire thing up by February.

[CloveD 22]

Most keep talking about Texas filing center...but what about Nebraska? I've checked, so I sorta know what that looks like... but, as Crespo stated above, staying strong is important. I would like to add that focusing on the positive is also vital for my husband and I. Helps us appreciate the fact that we even got to meet and fall in love in the first place. I can remember a time when none of that would even be possible without the technological advances we have today! Anyway... continued best wishes to all of us!! 

[crespo 30]

@cloved these months can certainly make or break a relationship/marriage it gives you so much time to think about your partner as well as it can get really frustrating  hence you have to find ways of keeping your marriage going ,keeping the spark that started it to flame high by doing simple things

[crespo 30]

Ive never been the type to be paitent but this right here is patients of the highest order no denying it.

[CloveD 22]

Agreed Crespo... LOL... it does require patience... trust... gratitude... positive focus. All of those things are so important to my husband and I! It does us no good to focus on anything negative, including news, etc... just trying to stay in the best place possible and feel good about the fact that he's coming home soon! 

[crespo 30]

When we first got our receipt notice we where very exexcited, I thought to my self this is not so bad how did everyone say that you got to wait a 6-12 months to finish the process. So I went online to start the next part of the process only to realize that I need a next receipt number and only to find out I had to wait another 3-5 months before I can get it lol

[crespo 30]

So for right now Potomac and Texas are the only two stations moving on moderate timimg everything else seem to be out of order

[crespo 30]

I would say based on approval rate Texas is going the tastes now as Potomac has really slown down.

[crespo 30]

Persons from Nebraska keep the faith your wait time is greater than anyone else but remember the prize at at the end of all this is an life time with your spouse. Happy waiting every one .95 days of waiting and still counting 

[Amisharjil 26]

Hi Guys do you know when will they act on June 17 filers for I-130?  I had filed for my husband from overseas and my case is in Nabraska. Only received the I-797C notice of action. What the next procedure??

[JOL 19]

1 hour ago, Amisharjil said:

Hi Guys do you know when will they act on June 17 filers for I-130?  I had filed for my husband from overseas and my case is in Nabraska. Only received the I-797C notice of action. What the next procedure??

Sadly, the Nebraska service center usually takes longer than most others.  

 

THEIR next procedure is to review your submission, hopefully find no reason to send you a Request for Further Evidence letter, eventually approve your I-130 and then forward it to the National Visa Center (NVC.)

YOUR next procedure (presuming they do not send you an RFE) is technically to complete two online forms, the DS-261 Online Choice of Address and Agent, and the DS-260 Immigrant Visa Electronic Application.  

 

However, you cannot access either until/unless the USCIS approves your I-130 and sends it to the NVC, and the NVC then assigns the case number you must enter at their online portal to access the other forms.  Once the NVC assigns the case number it will send you a letter with the case and invoice ID numbers for the additional fees you must pay, which should arrive a week or so after your I-130 approval notice from the USCIS.  Once you get the I-130 approval notice you can start calling the NVC, (603) 334-0700, to request your case and invoice ID numbers, to avoid the delay of awaiting their snail mail before completing the other forms and paying the other fees.

 

After you complete the DS-261 choice of agent form (it is usually best to just enter the Petitioner as agent unless using a lawyer instead) you can start calling the NVC to complete its review of the DS-261 over the phone, otherwise that process can take up to two weeks.  Once the NVC completes review of the DS-261, its website should unlock the payment options for the Affidavit of Support and Immigrant Visa Application, which must be paid electronically from a US bank/credit union account, so make sure you have both an account number and routing number when making those payments.  Once the NVC site shows both fees as "PAID" it should unlock the DS-260 Immigrant Visa Electronic Application; it is probably best to have the Beneficiary complete that, because most of the questions pertain to them, not the Petitioner.  Any time after the DS-261 unlocks (i.e. once all fees are paid) you can send the NVC your I-864 and all supplementary documents (e.g. all supporting documentary evidence, any I-864a or similar forms, etc.)  

 

Right now, preparing that I-864 submission is your ACTUAL next procedure, because you can be doing all that while waiting for the USCIS to review, approve and forward your I-130 petition.  The I-130 is all about the Petitioners relationship; the I-864 is all about the Petitioners income, so you need as much verifiable documentary evidence as practical on the Petitioners job (e.g. an employment letter from the company,) wages/salary (e.g. tax returns, W-2s, pay stubs, etc.) bank statements, assets etc.  The Petitioners must ALWAYS submit an I-864 with NO EMPTY FIELDS, along with verifiable documentary evidence of all income and assets recorded on the I-864, even if someone else is actually sponsoring the Beneficiary; any co-sponsor must also complete an I-864 and include verifiable documentary evidence of all information on it; any household member assisting the sponsor with meeting the income requirements must also submit an I-864a and include verifiable documentary evidence of both their income/assets AND relationship and domicile with the sponsor.  

 

In our case, it took over a month to obtain and assemble everything for the I-864 Affidavit of Support submission, and once the NVC receives that it takes another 8-11 weeks to be approved (presuming they see nothing that prompts them to send you a checklist letter, in which case you must supply the missing documentation and wait another 8-11 weeks.)  So I strongly recommend having everything ready to go on that when the USCIS approves your I-130. 

 

As for WHEN the USCIS will approve your I-130:  We filed at Nebraska in late September 2016 and got approval in late May 2017, but your mileage may vary.

Edited September 10, 2017 by JOL