I-130 "Normal Processing Time" According to the USCIS

[MO&RA 22]

3 minutes ago, DILAW said:

Thank you for the positive comment.  I am trying to stay positive, but the best thing for me is to try to forget about it because it bothers me when i start to think about it.  Even the congresswoman clerk who told me to contact her after she submitted the case expedite wouldn't even reply to my email.  Just to let you know, i have bothering others or asking anyone for anything.  I sent her a follow up email which is my first email since meeting her in person in March, i sent her an email 3 weeks ago...( 22 days ago asking her if she followed up like she promised).  Then yesterday i sent her my second email asking her for the same thing.  So i waited 21 days to send her my second email.  Both emails are short and brief, but i am not sure why she hasn't replied.  I plan to wait a month from today to reach out to her.  That way i am sending her an email once a month.  Or i might go to her office and see what's stopping her from at least replying to my email.

I know she's helpless and not a nice person, but i voted for the congresswoman she works for and it's not a favor she's doing for me trying to assist me, that's her responsibility to assist her voters

I admire your persistence and trying to this extent. Good job Dilaw. Please notify us of the result. I'm praying for all of us.

[DILAW 94]

16 minutes ago, MO&RA said:

I admire your persistence and trying to this extent. Good job Dilaw. Please notify us of the result. I'm praying for all of us.

Thank you and i will update the group.  Good luck to all of us

[florida racer 73 200]

3 hours ago, SabRob said:

Do you have anyone checking your mailbox for you? We opted for text and email notifications as well and our status just didn't change online. All we got was the NOA-2 in the mail. 

yes, I have family checking the mailbox daily for me, I also have the email and text notifications turned on. It is a pain to just sit and wait but it is something we all must do...... unfortunately!

[florida racer 73 200]

31 minutes ago, DILAW said:

Thank you and i will update the group.  Good luck to all of us

Good luck to you also, One thing that USCIS has taught me is to be patient, I did not know that they are taking up to 9 months to process I-130's, thank you for mentioning that. I assumed that they were still within the 5-6 month window.

 

[tiyyo 68]

12 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

yes, I have family checking the mailbox daily for me, I also have the email and text notifications turned on. It is a pain to just sit and wait but it is something we all must do...... unfortunately!

There are apps too that will show your status. They are Case Tracker and USCISApp.

We are now at 215 days at Nebraska....tick tick tick...

[DILAW 94]

21 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

Good luck to you also, One thing that USCIS has taught me is to be patient, I did not know that they are taking up to 9 months to process I-130's, thank you for mentioning that. I assumed that they were still within the 5-6 month window.

 

I finished my 6 months period, then i was told it's 9 months now.  Yeah we definitely have to be patient

10 minutes ago, tiyyo said:

There are apps too that will show your status. They are Case Tracker and USCISApp.

We are now at 215 days at Nebraska....tick tick tick...

Those apps are 3rd party apps just like the website though

[SabRob 154]

40 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

yes, I have family checking the mailbox daily for me, I also have the email and text notifications turned on. It is a pain to just sit and wait but it is something we all must do...... unfortunately!

Awesome, good luck! We didnt get any emails or texts from USCIS even though we opted for them as well. Since the status didn't change online, my heart stopped when I saw the USCIS envelope, I thought it might be an RFE but it was our notice of approval!! 

[DILAW 94]

17 minutes ago, SabRob said:

Awesome, good luck! We didnt get any emails or texts from USCIS even though we opted for them as well. Since the status didn't change online, my heart stopped when I saw the USCIS envelope, I thought it might be an RFE but it was our notice of approval!! 

I advise you to sign up for the new usps email notification.  It basically shows you what's coming to you in the mail that day.  It's nice.  When i got my RFE, i got a notification earlier that day with the letter from the uscis RFE letter image.  

[florida racer 73 200]

25 minutes ago, SabRob said:

Awesome, good luck! We didnt get any emails or texts from USCIS even though we opted for them as well. Since the status didn't change online, my heart stopped when I saw the USCIS envelope, I thought it might be an RFE but it was our notice of approval!! 

Awesome, I am glad that you got the NOA2, congrats!

 

6 minutes ago, DILAW said:

I advise you to sign up for the new usps email notification.  It basically shows you what's coming to you in the mail that day.  It's nice.  When i got my RFE, i got a notification earlier that day with the letter from the uscis RFE letter image.  

Do you have any information on this, I have never heard about this?

 

[DILAW 94]

27 minutes ago, SabRob said:

Awesome, good luck! We didnt get any emails or texts from USCIS even though we opted for them as well. Since the status didn't change online, my heart stopped when I saw the USCIS envelope, I thought it might be an RFE but it was our notice of approval!! 

Congrats, i am really happy for you

[DILAW 94]

2 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

Awesome, I am glad that you got the NOA2, congrats!

 

Do you have any information on this, I have never heard about this?

 

Check this link out:

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

 

They launched this service 5 months ago I guess and in my area it was available early April.  I love it.

[florida racer 73 200]

6 minutes ago, DILAW said:

Check this link out:

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

 

They launched this service 5 months ago I guess and in my area it was available early April.  I love it.

I will check it out, thank you!

 

Pop's and mother in law both worked in the postal service for over 30 years, you would figure I would have heard of this...... lol

 

[DILAW 94]

3 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

I will check it out, thank you!

 

Pop's and mother in law both worked in the postal service for over 30 years, you would figure I would have heard of this...... lol

 

If they are old school, they wouldn't.  I worked for the USPS 8 years ago and I found out through an email sent to me by the USPS

[florida racer 73 200]

5 minutes ago, DILAW said:

If they are old school, they wouldn't.  I worked for the USPS 8 years ago and I found out through an email sent to me by the USPS

Yeah, they have been retired, pop's for 5 years and mother in law 3 years, I am sure this was long before their time

 

[DILAW 94]

9 minutes ago, florida racer 73 said:

Yeah, they have been retired, pop's for 5 years and mother in law 3 years, I am sure this was long before their time

 

Yeah, the Informed Mail feature was launched I think in Feb'17