F2A Spouse I-130 2017 filers

[Nil09 2]

30 minutes ago, PD3 said:

Omg ur pd falls in last visa bulletin.. did you try to reach NVC to check on the delay?

Pd from January 8th 2017 they hold everything for Mumbai Consulate so we can’t do anything.

[RA2019 0]

On 5/7/2019 at 10:04 AM, punsunny said:

 yes exactly same on my approval notice my case was approved on 15 april its been 20 days  have not received anything yet 

I called NVC last week. I was told that it takes 6 weeks they process the documents, although on the letter mentions 30 days.

[Khushi Kaur 3]

On 5/11/2019 at 12:56 PM, Nil09 said:

Pd from January 8th 2017 they hold everything for Mumbai Consulate so we can’t do anything.

Very slow processing now

[Khushi Kaur 3]

June visa bulletion out

[puru444 44]

June bulletin is out ... 15 Jul 17.

 

Anybody from India received an interview date?? Please update ... Feb, Mar, Apr filers ... please share your experiences.

 

Bottle neck situation has been created for India after closing the New Delhi Embassy processing for spouses of UCs & GCs ...

It's useless to get current on paper (VB) if Bombay consulate is loaded with other prior cases like CR1, IR1 and other Immediate Relative categories over F2A i.e. subject to numerical limitation. 

 

We (petitioner) should reach out to local congressmen or refer a lawyer to seek help by sending out some letter to NVC or USCIS at least. I don't understand & see any logic to shut down the Spouses visas processing in New Delhi Embassy at first place, especially in a country like India which is densely populated. 

[Bboorrcchh 5]

On 5/13/2019 at 10:19 PM, RA2019 said:

I called NVC last week. I was told that it takes 6 weeks they process the documents, although on the letter mentions 30 days.

yes, the waiting for welcome letter is so long. I don't understand why it takes 6 weeks just to enter the case into the system and generate an invoice number and a new case number. Is the information system in NVC too old?

[dAmbee 0]

On 4/12/2019 at 8:07 AM, Shadi17 said:

Congrats bro,so happy for u.

I have an update.My expedite request approved and they emailed me that us embassy will contact me with interview date soon.my question is,will nvc inform me interview date or i have to call embassy to schedule it?

Hi Brother

F2A

I have applied for my Wife.

PD: August 30, 2017

Country: Bangladesh

USCIS Office: California Service Center

Did anyone get the approval letter yet?? 

[Alborz 0]

On 4/12/2019 at 1:07 PM, Shadi17 said:

Congrats bro,so happy for u.

I have an update.My expedite request approved and they emailed me that us embassy will contact me with interview date soon.my question is,will nvc inform me interview date or i have to call embassy to schedule it?

Hi Shadi,

 

can you you please give a little more info on the grounds for your expedite request and how likely who thought it’ll be to get accepted? 

 

Our lawyer is advising against submitting an expedite request on grounds of financial need.

 

thank you

[Youssef1985 0]

Anyone can explain to me please how is it possible that my PD is 25 July 2017,  and I am on F2A. My case is not even approved yet while my priority date is going to be current next month ???

[sherydenise 66]

Had my interview this morning and was approved for my visa! Very happy  

[PD3 19]

10 minutes ago, sherydenise said:

Had my interview this morning and was approved for my visa! Very happy  

Congratulations! Your long wait came to an end.

[sherydenise 66]

3 minutes ago, PD3 said:

Congratulations! Your long wait came to an end.

Thank you Yes! It's been a long journey! Can't wait to be with my husband next month  

[SJS 1]

USCIS has approved my case on March 2019. But, I have not received WL from NVC yet. Any idea... 

[puru444 44]

13 hours ago, Youssef1985 said:

Anyone can explain to me please how is it possible that my PD is 25 July 2017,  and I am on F2A. My case is not even approved yet while my priority date is going to be current next month ???

There was a time, when I-130 got approved within 6-9 months after filing with USCIS. Now the pattern has changed, USCIS picks petition which is going to be current in 3-4 months on VB. Visa bulletin is publish by NVC under the prescribed law which allows only 90,000 approx. numbers in a year for all countries with 7% per country cap in F2A.

 

NVC do the math on the basis of approved petitions received from USCIS. Since, USCIS is holding the petitions for very long time which is disturbing the process and misleading the numbers of NVC's yearly budget. This procrastinating process of USCIS is affecting the whole process drastically and this is actually happening right now because dates are flying with insane speed i.e. not healthy at all.

 

I am aware with this VB behavior since 2008 when I was waiting for my number under F2B, same thing happened in 2010-11 when dates moved too fast and Embassies and Consulates around the world were not even ready to bear that much load and retrogression (reverse movement) happened and dates pushed back by more than 12 months in certain categories in order to make correction. Refer Visa Bulletin archives of last 10 years ... you will notice this pattern ... 

 

Right now NVC has very few approved petitions due to this backlog at USCIS, your case must be approved by now but god knows what USCIS up to these days ... Interview Letter will be sent to those whose cases are Documentarily Qualified/completed but in reality very few cases are completed with year 2017 PDs. NVC must be experiencing false numbers in its system, and dates on VB are advancing at great speed like there are no cases exist in year 2017 but reality is different .... soon they gonna realize the actual demand is over supplying dates and retrogression might be happened. 

 

You better check with USCIS what stopping them to approve your petition. I hope you will be approved soon ... good luck!! 

 

Edited May 16, 2019 by puru444

[Youssef1985 0]

40 minutes ago, puru444 said:

There was a time, when I-130 got approved within 6-9 months after filing with USCIS. Now the pattern has changed, USCIS picks petition which is going to be current in 3-4 months on VB. Visa bulletin is publish by NVC under the prescribed law which allows only 90,000 approx. numbers in a year for all countries with 7% per country cap in F2A.

 

NVC do the math on the basis of approved petitions received from USCIS. Since, USCIS is holding the petitions for very long time which is disturbing the process and misleading the numbers of NVC's yearly budget. This procrastinating process of USCIS is affecting the whole process drastically and this is actually happening right now because dates are flying with insane speed i.e. not healthy at all.

 

I am aware with this VB behavior since 2008 when I was waiting for my number under F2B, same thing happened in 2010-11 when dates moved too fast and Embassies and Consulates around the world were not even ready to bear that much load and retrogression (reverse movement) happened and dates pushed back by more than 12 months in certain categories in order to make correction. Refer Visa Bulletin archives of last 10 years ... you will notice this pattern ... 

 

Right now NVC has very few approved petitions due to this backlog at USCIS, your case must be approved by now but god knows what USCIS up to these days ... Interview Letter will be sent to those whose cases are Documentarily Qualified/completed but in reality very few cases are completed with year 2017 PDs. NVC must be experiencing false numbers in its system, and dates on VB are advancing at great speed like there are no cases exist in year 2017 but reality is different .... soon they gonna realize the actual demand is over supplying dates and retrogression might be happened. 

 

You better check with USCIS what stopping them to approve your petition. I hope you will be approved soon ... good luck!! 

 

Your explanation was very clear. But i see it very strange that also the processing times says it did not even reach my case ( July 25, 2017) they are still on ( May 25, 2017) which gives them right when they say your petition is not out of normal prossessing yet. Why are you calling us ? 

I am really confused. Does that mean my whole total time of prosessing my case until the interview is going to be around 3 years ?